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Show Logan Awaits Independence Day Fete Monday Fireworks Pageant, US AC Stadium Highlights Celebration in County j With a midway set up on the Junior high school' grounds ready to open tonight and several interesting events sltted, Logan's second wartime Independence day celebration will be conducted Monday July 5 The celebration officially opens Sunday midnight with a celebration bail at the Dansante, and will be1 climaxed Monday night with a gigantic fireworks pageant page-ant beginning at 8:30 p.m. in the U S A C stadium Other events include a pro-' gram of children's sports on the tabernacle grounds beginning at 2 p.m. All children in the val-J ley are invited to participate in j the various events and many free prizes will be given away. The fireworks pageant, "Flags of the Allied Nations" will be the major feature of the celebration, More than 100 people will par-tiicpate par-tiicpate and beautiful fireworks will supplement and conclude i the performance. The flags of 31 allied nations will be presented with musical accompaniment and brief descriptions over the public address system. The flags of five major allied powers, United States, Great Britain, Brit-ain, Russian, China and France, will be presented individually by horseback riders. The others, carried car-ried by Explorer Scouts, will' be presented in groups as follows: British dominions Canada, Australia, Aus-tralia, New Zealand, India and the Union of South Africa; our southern and Pacific neighbors Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Costa Rica, Haiti, Salvador, the Dominican Domin-ican Republic, Guatamala, Honduras, Hon-duras, Nicaragua, Brazil and the Philippines; the tragic nations-Belgium, nations-Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Norway, Greece, Ethopia, Czechoslovakia, Luxemborg, and Yugoslavia. Originally Franec was not in. eluded aonmg the allied nations but in view of the great effort being made by their free people and their assistance in aiding the allies in North Africa, France now is listed with the allies. The Pageant will be climaxed with the appearance of "Old Glory" with Ezra Lundahl carrying carry-ing the flag on a black horse. In front will be a color guard and fifer and drummer boy. They will march down in front of all grandstands and take a position in front of the other allied flags. When they assume their place a large fireworks set piece of the flag will be fired, the goddess of liberty, portrayed by Larua Lee Lundahl will appear and a colored col-ored "V" sign will be turned on. The audience will s ing the "Star Spangled Banner" and after af-ter the set piece burns out an 18 inch star shell will be fired, showering red, white and blue stars over the entire stadium. Other horseback riders will be Herb Humphreys, Wilford Lund-berg, Lund-berg, Dennis De Witt and Alonzo Smith. Ray Nelson and George B. Everton will be readers and Norman Nor-man D. Salisbury will be the announcer. Each episode in the pageant will be introduced by a bomb shell. The fireworks will be fired at the close of the pageant when it becomes dark. This will be under the direction of Chief C. W. Rapp and the fire department. Fifty beautiful dancing girls in costumes will intersperce the various va-rious episodes with songs and dances. These girls, who have been practicing for the past two weeks under the direction of Oreta Hall, Dorothea Ryan and Zetta Peterson, are: Deloy Lucherini, Joyce Sanders, Rosalie Smith, Roma Berntson, P-eggy Thorpe, Jane Schvaneveldt, Pat Trotman, Dion Clayton, Beverley Judd, Kathryn Salisbury, Lucy Watts, Thelda Larsen, Roma Hailstone, Francis Hayward, Kathryn Hill, Ann Ryan, Dorothea Ryan, Marine Mar-ine Geddes, Mary Lou Hales, Marian Carlisle, Beth Sanders, Ruth Swenson, Jean Richards, Laura Lee Lundahl, Jean Budge, Iva Lou De Witt, Myrtle Aebisch. . and Margaret Bateman. A grand celebration ball begin-ning begin-ning at 10 p.m. will continue mtii 1 p.m. at the Dansante. Special shows will be presented at all local theaters. |