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Show Whistles and Shot Guns Notify Ogden of Second Armistice Celebration 1 A J I Neither to Ibe notea of ihr buelp I ending reveille, nor to the bursting J r,: noch" shell. bu in ihf noise of I thistles and f shotguns, torpedo? and nrscrackers, did Ogden waken to the 'piebration of Armistice day. One year Irn there was Buch hilarity in the m had never been witnessed before Sn that day tears riowed reely from hp relief of the terrible strain that ,ad been caused by ihe absence of liXred ones. Todav the celebration, necessarily, ..t,, n more reserved form There la nor the occasion The terrible days ihrough Wh!ch all passed, both thoai railed to France and the ones who rr jnained. are but memories The cole W hpation is one more in the nature o: thanksgiving thai all are home again ,'fr a tank well accomplished and oM of thanksgiving i ha t peace is acain upon the land It Is but fittinc that Armistice daj nctvities should be supervised and wholly planned and carried out by thd j ovs of the American Legion, rn cr-nnixatlon cr-nnixatlon winch is the outgrowth ol the war Starting earlj this morning, with a salute by the shotgun brigade, ihe hoy? of the legion were astir At 7 o'clock, when the Southern Pacific-bind Pacific-bind made its appearance, there were many people on the streets, unwilling 10 miss anv of the many events jilanned bv the committees of Herman, Baker Post No 9, American Lepion, in ( barge ot the bij; celebration. Plaing Over There" .md ether popularwar-tlme puce- ihe band paraded pa-raded the streets until 9 1U o'cloek W ibis hour the Ogden Municipal band assembled and marched to Lester park from ihe City Tlali. where th flag pn ;entaiion exercises were held This 1 was the formal part ot the program for the day. The flag, presented to the City by the American Legion to be the official banner, is a beautiful ! one. Joseph E Eans, former eltv al torney, made the presentation -i b Navy Model Destroyer. At 4 o'clock tlj nu model de- s. royer ni iinur in v.ut.-ii limn shii Lake. It will be met at ihe south city l:mits by a company of sailors and soldiers and others, who will march with it to the center of the citv on a parade through the down-town streets. Those participating In tho athletic events will h banquested ai the Y ber club at 6 o'clock There will be two dances in the evening The big ball at the Bertbana will be the feature fea-ture and there is a dance at the Eagles' clubrooms There is also a good boxing box-ing card at the Armory to attract a Urge crowd. Early this forenoon trains from t he-north he-north were crowded with visitors ar nvlng to participate in Armistice day With stores and business houses closed and a general hoi Ida) declart d, thc-re Is nothing to do but celebrate I and that is what ew none is domfc Several surpries are in More for the' people on the streets during the day. One of the prominent features ol , the decorations on Washington avenue I is the large sitn arro the Street be-1 itfeen Twentj fourth and Twentj Fifth streets, greeting the soldiers, sailors y and marines of the American Legion with the characteristic phrase, 'Howdj Buddy." This sign was made b the Redfieid King company and the Utah Power and Light company donated the power. to light it Mayor T. Samuel Drowning received the banner on behall of the citj V-Msting V-Msting in the presentation ceremony , were Commissioners Miles L. Jones aDd Chris Flygare Foliowin this ceremony, there was a large community sing The Munic Ipal band furnished accompaniment for this and the singing was directed by; Lester Hinchchff At 11 o'clock there was another band concert at City Hall park. b the Ogden Ladle.- band This concert extended ex-tended to 1 o'clock. Throughout the, day it Is planned to have mufic and' plenty of music and that music of the! n.ost joyous and hilarious nature-Most nature-Most of tho programs call for the ren-' cation of songs and selec tions so popu lar to the boys who were over there fiid In the many training camps. 1 where singing was made so much of LP the entertainment features. The thletic events started at noon, with the big six mil.- ross-countrv run' from North Ogden to Lorln Fair park nils run is in progress as the Stand it ard goes to prest For awhile the ' weather cast a gloom oven the athletic 0 Possibilities for the day. At least, it not so cold but that spectators can atch the many athletic events with , l,ut diecomfori The soccer football game follows1 ine cross country race This will start . ?' 3 5 o'clock, sharp it Is between m ?c Ogden and Salt Lake teams The ; U) Uneup follows- ft Salt Lake Ogden D. Porter g w. Skipper Si H; Prim Ih .Liptrot! A . ""horne... rhb s Smith' JV Jr1'1' c H. Johnson Jy Jr, Snn Ihb Parsons 2ff JnrL, r,J A. Dransfield if I tBvaffilcy r' ... Henderson 1 oun c . Hayes ,,nbbs li . . . A. Dtansfield 1 Major i0 j Hayes Various running races are to follow, including the hundred-yard dash, mile run ani 220-yard dash, in which therr i pre many college and high school en ! rief Sports in Afternoon. Following the v-ofi earn there will be several rnceg immely the 100-yard dasr. : nolo rv:n and 2220-yord daali Thorc nro Inrfje number of entrlos for .ill of the running event.- During pauses between athletic events' ihe Ojfden Municipal hand will give -ik-lect ons. The lineup 0f the learns follows: gears' American Legion-- Exp. Yt. ' VV. Glasmnnn, qb 5 16s Cro... hb 3 ig I stone f b 3 1 1 q I j KiiiRnfoifl. fb 3 ".SO I I Bagfey, 6 .? ?.o ; w ataon, rp 3 iki j Streper. Ir 2 165 Kniythe. rt 3 215 I Warrtir, re a 175 1 I ioiiKlas. It 3 ISO ESaatingB, e 4 if.o Hulmfton, tib 2 135 1 I G Cross, g l 1 60 Woodcock, c 2 is 1 ! Johnson, hb 3 155 ' a Olaamann, fb 2 175 Allison, e 2 150 Pet raon, t 6 iso , I tab AgKi' h reshmen W. Edwards, le n 165 Parkinson. It I 0 ivi Blood. lg .' 0 ii3 vf. M. Hansen, c . . 0 165 W Palmer, rg ,.. n ;io J. Evans, rt 3 i6j Parry, re 2 136 ! Andrus ob , 3 1 46 Conroy, Ih 3 151 Dearey, rh . . 3 um Eri kson. fit 2 Kft ! Williams, hb 3 r,( Hyde, o 0 ) 50 Kirk, e 3 15n Brown, hb . 1 i5o Stangcr, hb 0 i:,n Gownns, 1 1 130 Klckoff at 3 o'clock sharp. |