Show TWO THOUSAND I ISEE SEE PAGEANT PRESENTED BY ID LII DI S SI SOCIETY Marks Year 50 Milestone in Weber r County Coun y Organization MUSIC INSPIRES Names Given of o Those Pioneering in ill ill Relief Activities In splendid pageantry and In the presence of more than 2600 persons in inthe Inthe the he Orpheum Orphe theatre Monday night women of the tho Weber North Weber Ogden and Mt Ogden stakes present- present presented ed d scenes of 01 the early history of the L. L D. D S. S church and the organization of t Weber stake Relief society In Og- Og Ogen Ogden den en on July 19 19 1877 by Brigham Young oung The pageant was given In commemoration commemoration oration ration of the organization of the Relict ReUel society in Weber county 50 years ears ago and which was the first so- so society clety organized by the church in Utah More lore than women and a number of f men appeared In the various varlo scenes cenes and singing was as by a choir of 30 0 voices under the direction of Douglas Brian Brlan with Wade Stephens as organist and Miss Lillian Thatcher pianist SOLEMN SOLE OPENING Opening of or the tre pageant was as In the darkened theatre representing the thelong thelong long ong night of Above the rumbling thunders proceeding from the he organ the voice of the Recording Angel Augel Mrs Bertha Eccles Wright was as heard saying Finished the patriarchal eras and finished even the meridian of time Lo Lo the hour nigh for the ushering In of the dispensation of ot o the fullness of time Behold darkness has covered the earth and gross darkness the tho people but the Lord shall arise arl and ond nd His glory shall be upon thee In a a. dim Win light the dance of the fol- fol lies lles cs was presented by a group of girls with veiled faces An angel of light removed the veils ells and the girls re- re rejoiced In the glory of daylight This was as followed bythe boy Joseph Smith kneeling In prayer In the sacred grove grovo while Joseph Smiths Smith's First Prayer rayer was played on the organ PRESIDENT The next event was the organization of f the Relief society for the church by y the Prophet Joseph Smith appoint appoint- appointIng Ing ng Emma Smith as president This was as followed by a typical Indian scene and incidents connected with the he great exodus from Nauvoo from Nauvoo to the valley alley 01 ot the Great Salt lake A strikIng Ing ng and impressive scene was enacted with Brigham Young with out- out outstretched outstretched stretched hand declaring This Is the place lace Scenes that followed were organ- organ organIzation ot oX the Weber stake Relief so solely so- so society society lely by Brigham Young who ap- ap appointed appointed pointed Mrs Jane Snyder Richards as a first president women of the early fifties In active Relief society work the ic division dl of Weber stake Into four stakes takes and the crowning of the stakes Perhaps the most thrilling scene and ond nd that which brought forth tu tu- tumultuous tumultuous tu- tu tumultuous applause from the vast au- au audience was that which demonstrated the ic patriotism and loyalty of the Re Re- Reef Relief Relie lief lie ef society women during the World war Over a period of years a large quantity of grain had been stored by the he women and when the United States entered the World war Mrs Emmeline B. B Wells president of the Relief society of the church bushes of wheat to the government WAR AVAR FERVOR rEmOR In the pageant Mrs Wells was seen presenting resenting the wheat which was ac- ac accepted cep ept d by Uncle Sam Bam In the fore fore- foreground foreground ground were Relief Relie society women preparing food supplies and hospital bandages and anti In the background an army of soldiers were marching to battle During this scene Miss Lois Peterson sang Keep Heep the Home Fires Burning As a grand climax to the pageant under the title See What God Hath Bath Wrought presidents of the four stales takes and the 42 wards In Ogden city and nd Weber county appeared upon the stage tage while the choir sang Shall the Continued on Page rage Two TWO THOUSAND SEE PAGEANTRY Continued From Page One Youth of Zion Falter In Defending Truth and Right Other selections sung by the choir during the pageant were Praise to the he Man Who Communed With Jehovah Jehovah ah Utah Pioneers Loves Old Sweet Song Bong Daughters of Zion and nd Have I Done Any Good In the World Today The pageant was WI written by Laura LauraM M. M M I. I Jenkins and directed by F. F C. C Van Buren Juren Hyrum Belnap was ws Brigham Young Kent Bramwell was the boy f g. g t dm tb Joseph Smith and Russell e Croft im- im impersonated personated the prophet In his man- man hood PROMINENT FIGURES Presidency of ot Weber stake at the time of the organization of the Relief society was impersonated as follows D D. H H. Peery his son Joseph Peery Lester P F Herrick his son Alonso Herrick and Charles F Middleton his hisson hisson hisson son Joshua Middleton The women are having hl their annual fled field day this afternoon In Lorin Farr park parle Women who were present at the time Ime of the organization of the Relief society In Weber county 50 years ears ago were special guests at the pageant Monday londay night and occupied reserved seats They were Weber stake stake stake-Henrietta Henrietta Wilson seventh Twenty Twenty Twenty-sev nth street Elizabeth EUzabeth Oakley Twenty sixth street Isa- Isa Isabell Isabell bell ell Littlefield Twenty-seventh Twenty street treet Mary Ann Riley Twenty- Twenty seventh street Mary Coutts Twenty sixth street Letitia E. E Peery 2461 Adams avenue Mary Doxey 2776 Washington avenue Lydia Her Her- Hernek Herrick rick nek Twenty eighth street Millie 1 Hall and Thirza Hall 2645 Childs avenue Miranda Murphy eighth y street Mary Ann Watkins 39 Twenty seventh street Agnes Webb 2922 Pingree avenue Mrs Thomas Thirtieth street Fran- Fran Franes Frances Frances ces es Brown 2922 Kiesel Klesel avenue Emma C. C Olsen of Hooper NORTH WEBER North Weber stake stake Poole West Twenty second street Eliza Eliza- Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth beth M. M Tracy Twenty-first Twenty street treet Harriett 1948 Childs avenue venue Ann Bolander West Sec- Sec Second Second ond nd street Catherine Fields Adams avenue Stova Stora Thomas west Second street Emma Emms M. M Tracy 1464 Jefferson efferson avenue Ann M. M Butler Childs avenue Elizabeth Grue Seventeenth Sev- Sev street and Childs avenue Mt Ogden stake stake Mary Mary J. J Poulter 2578 Gramercy avenue Lucy G. G Han- Han Hanock Hancock Hancock cock ock Twenty sixth street Han Han- Hannah Hannah Hannah nah B. B Poulter 2676 Jackson avenue Rose lose Canfield 2506 Madison avenue Harriett E. E Woodmansee Wash Wash- ington a avenue Hattie Hattle Brown 2506 Madison l avenue Almeda Brown Twenty fifth street Mary Ann Clark Monroe avenue Emma Hamp Hamp- Hampton Hampton Hampton ton 1469 Twenty-eighth Twenty street OGDEN STAKE Ogden stake stake Sarah Sarah J. J J White 2381 Quincy avenue Isabelle Wade 2331 Monroe avenue Cynthia Bingham Ogden avenue Elizabeth Goddard 1084 Twenty first street Hannah Nielsen First street Johannah Agren Seventh street Officers of the Relief society ex extended ex- ex extended extended tended their hearty appreciation to toan all an who assisted In making the pageant a success I |