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Show "Mirthquake" Is Big Success As $14,000 Is Raised for Hew Stake House "Mirthquake" the huge 2-nightl celebration sponsored by Deseret stake on Friday and Saturday nights of last week, goes down in local history as the largest event of this kind ever staged locally. Close to two thousand people thron ged Palomar each night, coming from every ward and branch in the stake. Designed to raise funds to complete com-plete the new stake house, the affair af-fair did so and in a big way. A sum of around $14,000 was realized realiz-ed from the celebration. Everything Every-thing was donated for the event by stake members and every for for.sa.le and sold. Eleven hundred persons were ser ved dinner Friday night, and nearly near-ly that many again Saturday night according to Mrs. Pearl Snow, Relief Re-lief Society, dinner chairman. At the same time the Delta cafes were doing a record business with patrons who weer unable to squeeze squee-ze into Palomar. The Country Store, operated by the High Priests, with Harold Morris, Mor-ris, chairman, did an enormous bus iness. Their stock was an astonishing astonish-ing array, including foods, fowl, livestock, machinery -and clothing. They had Purina feeds, donated by Moody Bros., and 1000 lbs. of feed donated by Utah Poultry.They sold a tractor for $1700, that was donated by Ashby's Inc. They had an item of $100 worth of land levelling, lev-elling, donated by Frank Lyman. Their total business was around $8000. The Relief Society bazaar brought in around $1200. Their quilted silk spread brought in $71.00. Their dinners din-ners both nights were excellent. Hatch Farnsworth, of the City cafe furnished the beef for Friday night. Cudahy made a special price on the ham for Saturday night. Robert Rob-ert Palmer donated 1000 rolls Friday Fri-day night and Fisher baking com- pany did the same for Saturday. The Pacific Fruit company gave i 600 lbs. of cabbage for the cole slaw both nights. Eldon Eliason, general chairman of the event, coined the name "Mirthquake" for the celebration, and it was truly named. It was colossal, and a general air of good spirits prevailed. Mr. Eliason said a few hundred dollars would settle set-tle all expenses incurred in the affair. Business houses and individual individ-ual donors were most generous. To mention some others, Daynes Jewelry gave a 17-jewel watch, Quality Market 'gave much merchandise, merch-andise, Heber Curtis gave a water power dish washe rthey sold for $63.00. The Delmart gave the electric elec-tric dishwasher that went to Mrs. C. G. Hogan, of Lynndyl. on the drawing. Mr. Hogan was also honored hon-ored at the affair, as Saturday was his birthday. Something was going on all the time with an effect like a 3-ring circus. The Elders' carnival conces- sions made about $1000, the Seventies' Sev-enties' snack bars took in almost that sum. The Primary fish pond and Bee Hive candy kitchen brought bro-ught in $400. The used clothing department made close to $300 and the used books sold for another $300. Eldon Eliason and Dana Pratt were at the microphone for announcements an-nouncements and patter as the program went along. Two fine Talent Shows were given, one each night, with numbers num-bers from all wards and branches. Saturday night the winners were announced. Dale Johnson, accord- . ion soloist, Sutherland ward, took first place. He received a box of Utah county pears. Second place went to Bonita Johnson, Ballet , Delta Seccmd ward, and she was given a box of groceries. Two Mexican Mex-ican senors, Delta Third ward, portrayed por-trayed by Merlin Forster and brother bro-ther Niel, got third place and a box of groceries. "Mirthquake" was a big affair and well done. The stake presidency, presid-ency, June W. Black, Jay Nelson, and Verdell Bishop, with to express their sincere thanks to all who took part in any way toward the success of the affair. The funds raised all go to the completion of the new $145,000 stake house, which will be finished by November. |