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Show HYDE PARK ALSO OBSERVESMAY 30 H'de Park, May 31. Memorial Day services wero held hare yesterday yester-day at the cemetery In a fitting manner man-ner under tho ausrlclous of tho Boy Scout and Bco Hive Associations. Services began by singing tho Star Spangled Bonner, hy tho Bee Hive girls and tho congregation; prayer wns offared hy Patriarch John A. Woolf of Logan. Next comes a duet by Gertrude Seamons and Orma Chrl8tcnsen. Tho speaker of tho day was Elder M. F. Cowley who gava an eloquent and Inspiring nd-diess nd-diess applicable to tho occasion. A bilef synopsis Is ns-follows: V.'o may not always appreclato tho organizations organiza-tions In tho world, but thero Is much P.eod in many of them. Tho boy scout movement was organized nbout three years ago, and It now haa n membership In tho United States of somo 30,000 with 7,000 officers. Its object la to direct the actlvltlos of tho youth In proper channels. He 1 spoke of tho great scout work for ' tho moral uplift that Is being dono in Pennsylvania. Tho scouts nro to do good wherover they can nnd accept ac-cept no pay tor it. All good scout boys will bo acttvo In n temporal capacity and will Join In any good activity that may como In their way. Illustrations of how somo had thru proper application becoma great and honorable citizens. Mnny people In H19 world had adopted ana wero following fol-lowing tho activities of the saints, and wera doing much gocd. Men should seek to oxccll In nil good things, but Bhould not do so to boast over their fellow men, and to gain tho plaudits of men. Tho speaker referred re-ferred to how somo of the bcouI hoys looked upon their work and read of the many good deads dono by ono boy as enumerated by hlmiflf. Admonitions Ad-monitions to tho youth to do nil that thoy could In assisting tho aged for the time will com? when they will glow old, and need assistance. Thero are opportunities to do good presenting themselves every day. Rofercnco was mado to somo noblo men in tho world who nro assisting In tho boy scout movement. In foot and baseball games, only u few aro pctlvo, whtlo hundreds nro Idle lookers look-ers on. In tho scout mo'einent all nro actively engaged and can nuiko |