Show huge fluge ar V crowd participates duck creek Celeb celebration celebrate rati I 1 on fifteen hundred people attended the dedicatory services at duck creole creek recreation camp last baat week end june 24 and 25 26 A good representation 6 sen tation being present from kane county although the people were disappointed when they learned that governor blod and regional for ester ter rutledge could not be present and address them everyone enjoyed the camp fire program saturday evening the camp has been greatly improved since last year but in order to make the camp an up to date place of recreation the young people here feel that an open air dance hall should be built the dedicatory program was held saturday evening opening with the song springtime in the by congregation led by leland parry of 0 cedar city then followed the address of Welco welcome rhe by james edwin gurr super supervisor of the dixie forest supervisor gurr gave a very bt interesting te informative talk on the forests stating that there had been an increase of 1000 per cent in the use of forest camps by families communities and nation since 1919 and there are at the present time of these camps in this intermountain region and that all camps are on water sheds which makes them a menace to public c health unless properly supervised therefore each camp should have six minimum requirements to provide tor for maximum enjoyment and safety 1 proper toilets 2 water development 3 fire places for the prevention office of tire fire and to prevent the killing of roots of trees by tire fire 4 garbage disposal 5 tables and benches for the convenience of visitors 6 patrol to protect camps from vandals and from pollution of water and defacing and killing of trees by carving names mr gurr also suggested that playground ground equipment may easily be provided by each community living near through their civic clubs club sas as this spot la Is the central playground of southern utah in the way of horse shoo shoe grounds and equipment a baseball diamond volley ball etc this park la is tree free for or tho the use ot of the public the only requirement being to use with discretion to carry a shovel to put out tire fire and to leave the camp clean in conclusion he urged all to support respect and to visit the camp m P following mr gurra talk the ladles ladies chorus consisting of lydia lease lassen myrtle lynn ellla ellis cooper nell 11 heywood grace cooper dora clove rhoda sevy ida goulding thora foy belle cooper violet sevy thoreau theresa henrie and ards arda cameron grace prince ac cam lanying on the piano sang bang two selections then came a talk by president wm win P palmer on the history ot of the various tribes of southern utah and related denti danta leading to the naming of navajo lake which was given its name in october 1869 president palmers halmers Pal mers talk was very enlightening a and id showed that he be was thoroughly hughly y fai familiar nillar with early indian history and was very much enjoyed by the audience state fish and game commissioner newell B D cook then the n spate sp on control of public domain and problems pertaining to the propagation 0 of fish in our streams the cedar male quartette consisting ot of scott matheson james jamea urle leland parry and loren loran C miles rendered two very fine selections beth leigh of cedar city accompanying on the piano this quartets ino tw leonir aset erict outing hold held there last summer bummer thirty women from glendale Or derville and mt ML carmel under the leadership of theroa music instructor in the valley high at Or derville rendered two selections the dedicatory prayer was offered by state senator wilford day ot of paroman Pa rowan taps were sung by the congregation sunday morning the program was opened by selections by the paro wan school hand band another band concert was rendered at 2 sunday after afternoon the day was taken up by baseball games and other sports and recreation |