Show p i. i tx twe d i p pf s A 4 r f WL i 04 mow ty i r rs Ta i x eq a s i x 1 t ss a f tl a g J g 11 P 4 7 ar E. E k 44 Park City's Labor Day Parade Pronounced Best of All Time p Park laric k city's Uy's an- an ann annual i n 1 L Labor bOrD Day y celebration started out with a aBANG aBANG BANG early ber 1 1969 with Gib Martinez setting off 21 sticks of dynamite Over persons enjoyed the B Boardinghouse 0 1 r d i. i n g h 0 use Breakfast dished out by Earne Anderson Dave Prudence Bob Beal and Bob Buttons By 11 am a.m. the parade came down Main Street with five members of the Us U.s. Army Recruiting office from Salt Lake City Flag Bearer T. T Rolls in line left to right are J. J Tucker H. H B. B Sea and J J. J Bobo The men were attired in year replicas of the Union Calvary Calvary Calvary Cal Cal- vary uniforms to commemorate Park City's silver miI mining ing cen cen- tennial The uniforms are the same type that General Genera Patrick Edward OConnor O'Connor and his California Calif- Calif ornia V Vol Volunteers o l u n t fe e e r s wore when they v were ere prospecting the Wasatch Mountains during their spare time back in 1868 Following the Color Guard was Lew Hixson as Marshal of the Day riding a horse with sil silver ve r tack donated to the parade by L. L H. H Strong of Salt Lake City The horse was in last years year's Rose Bowl parade and the saddle is valued at Following Mr H Hixson i x s o n was Mayor Bill Sullivan left with Councilman Richard Martinez as passengers in a 1931 Model f A A A F Ford ord driven by owner Jim Newton Joe S Sullivan u 11 i van the mayors mayor's son is the front seat passenger On Sunday Mr Newton won the place first-place tr trophy phy in the Model A Ford 1931 1928 1928 category category cate cate- gory in hi the lit Utah ah Chapters Chapter's Veteran Motor Car Club of Americas America's fi first r s t invitational rally held in Park City this past weekend Eleven other antique cars joined in the parade N Next ext in the parade line was the Salt Lake US U.S. Post Office Employees Employee's band playing lively music and setting the marching pace pace for the This group of m musicians hOa have v e won notable prizes in competition across the Us U.s. and last year completed a tour back East The Park City Silver Mining Centennial Commissions Commission's float with Bea Kummer Riva Richardson Nan and Fraser Buck in old-fashioned old costumes followed the band The colorful colorful- Silver Queen float with Kathy the 1969 Silver Q Queen een left and her two attendants June Young and Betty Lou Hendrickson Hendrick- Hendrick son wearing their formal gowns fashioned to the styles of 1869 Vannette Flinders and Angelina Toly helped the lovely misses greet the parade spectators spectators' Close behind the Queen came the Pep Club doing their thing The white red-and-white clad Park City High School girls have Linda MacNaughton as president president president dent Marian Dearden as s vice- vice president with Dotty McComb and June Young as drill mis mis- tresses The Pep Club Car followed the girls with the snare I and bass b ss drums beating the drill cadence Flinders Mountain Meadow Ranch entered a covered wagon which was made in 1887 in Tiffon Tiffon Tiffon fon Oregon and was used as an official l US U.S. Cavalry wagon Mel Flinders was the driver and Shelly and Sue Flinders were the Order Man Brides Patty Prince and nd Paula Gasparac Gasparac Gas- Gas parac rode their horses as es escorts escorts escorts es- es corts to the wagon The United Park Park City-Park City R Res Resort e s o 0 r t float with the machinery of mini mining g A. A J l I 4 1 f 4 l ant A e it itT w M fe t iI T t tt f rA t L tY i S J a vc 2 x AP- AP k I 4 t T f 4 t history on display previous issue of Park Record carried carded p photo oto was next in in the parade t i. i 1 Continued on Page Four Time Long-Time Resident of Park City Resents Flower Children Inroads Dear Citizens of Park City I wonder what ever has happened happened happened hap hap- to our town The last few years we have seen quite a few changes Yes the mountains ar are still as beautiful the weather hasn't t changed much Theres There's still a afew afew a. a few of the old timers left but I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess the old fighting miners miner's gone You all know the thee ones Im I'm referring to The ones who were aware of the town and the people in it The people that took up a ball bat and met at atthe atthe atthe the bottom of Main Street to ru run run l the knockers apple-knockers out The people of Park City could always band together for a goo good d cause the cause the people of Park Cit City y have always had a lot of guts weve we've had to have Ive I've seen seena n a gentle people a loving people that really cared what happened happen i to his his neighbor and friend a L people that help a man rebuild I his business after he got burned burned burned burn burn- ed out You always knew if yo you u ever needed a helping hand one would be extended to you not because of how much money you had or what faith you followed followed followed fol fol- lowed but simply because you needed a hand The last year oI or orso so Ive I've seen the Hippies move in and be allowed t to run business liveright live liveright right on Main Street At least we kept Bessie on Heber Ave For the whole world to see Run naked through the streets playing play play- ing i flute while under the in influence influence in- in influence fluence of drugs Give me mea a good old-fashioned old wino any day And every one just turns his head and closes his eyes and hopes the winter winte will get rough enough so they will move out of town Fifty years ago the old- old timers would have tarred and feathered them and ran them outon out outon on a rail 1 I think its it's about time the people of Park City got together r and stood up for their rights Park City has always had a black eye not because because be- be cause cause of the citizens but because of the trash that's been allowed to live here Yes they got rid of the theUne line and once a month they pull a raid and slow down the strip strip- pers But we have something now that is far more dangerous Because these flower children are here to corrupt the youth of our pur city I say run them out shave off the flowing hair paint their heads blue and put up a sign at the bottom of Main Street that reads Hippie Dont Don't Let the Sun Set Seton Seton Seton on You Youlin in this Town Yours truly One Damn Mad Citizen |