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Show "Leamerado" Is Gala Labor Day Millard Meeting "Leamerado", annual Labor Day celebration sponsored by Leamington Leaming-ton veterans, was this year one of the best ever held. Hundreds of Millardites spent the day in Leamington enjoying the day's entertainment, en-tertainment, which included the morning program, noon barbecue, amateur rodeo and dance at night. HONORED GUESTS The day started with the program pro-gram at 10 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Parley Par-ley Elder of Oak City were honored honor-ed guests and were each presented present-ed with a gift. On the program was a song by the Delta Harmon-ettes, Harmon-ettes, followed by a reading, "Rip Van Winkle of Leamington," by Norma Nielson. Marilyn and Billie Badger sang and played two numbers num-bers on the guitar and ukelele. Verl Jacobson, of Oak City, gave a musical reading, "The Modern Grandma", and Sheriff Cub Robi-son Robi-son and company sang two songs. Heber Sorenson made a brief talk, followed by two numbers by the Harmonettes. Mrs. Louise Bentley sang "Vilia". A group of Leamington Leaming-ton girls gave a tap dance. Commissioner Com-missioner Mark Johnson, o'f Holden i made a short talk. There were more than 300 people at the program. pro-gram. More than 500 were served barbecued bar-becued beef and corn on the cob during the dinner hour in the park. After dinner sports were held for the children. ROBUST RODEO In the afternoon one of the best amateur rodeos ever staged was put on. Saddle bronc riding, steer riding, bareback riding and calf roping were the events, and provided pro-vided excitement for the enthusiastic enthusia-stic crowd. Burton Hanson placed first in calf roping, Jay Quarnberg second, and Jim Nielson third. Wal ker Finlinson and Mark Johnson broadcast events over the loud speaker. Concluding event of the day was the dance at night, attended by a large crowd, all enjoying it. Marian Nielson was general chairman of the celebration. Floyd Bradfield and Keith Nielson were in charge of the dance and program, pro-gram, Dean Harder and Bill Nielson Niel-son the bargecue dinner, LaForge Lovell, children sports, and Rich Finlinson, Bud Hansen and Jay Quarnberg, the rodeo. SERVICE MEN t A special feature was the presentation pres-entation of overnight cases to the four men entering the service with the National guard unit of Nephi. t They are Bevan Nielson, Thello j ' Nielson, Oren Nielson and Boyd 1 ' Harder. j The committees wish to thank j j every one who helped and took .' ; part in any way, and all the men j ' who furnished stock for the rodeo. ' j |