Show CUTS DIAMOND anniversary IS FITTINGLY celebrated PAGEANT DEPICTING HISTORY AND GROWTH IS outstanding FEATURE OF TWO DAYS PROGRAM MANY FORMER RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE FROM neighboring communities ENJOY celebration WITH US the seventy fifth anniversary 0 of the file coming coining of the pioneers to paro wan was fittingly observed on the arid and the with a big celebration which was in every particular it i big success weather conditions were ideal as a result of which many former residents ot of parowan carowan Pa rowan and many liany people from our neighboring able to be in attendance and to enjoy the celebration with us at sunrise on oil the morning 0 of the thirteenth a volley of cannons was firca as a reminder to all within tho the valley ot of the time when those sturdy pioneers of three quarters of a century ago came to this city flags were also raised at the same hour meeting in the mornin morning at eleven the same morning a public meeting was held in the lie tabernacle at which the following splendid program was given community singing 0 ye mountain high invocation avocation win marsden chaplin address of welcome mayor thomie thomas D adams singing come co come me ye saints talk on early history of iron county by win R palmer of cedar city vocal duet mr air and mrs E ray lyman violin duet ivan decker and silas To talk morgan richards closing song utah we love thee chaplin banquet for all over Seve seventy fity at tu ianth e afternoon ot of lie thirteenth a banquet was served to all pioneers and those hose over seventy and aid a short program was enjoyed as follows music Dansa orchestra song burton barton brothers prayer charles adams several toasts were also given the pageant at tour four p in a large throng of children enjoyed the first presentation of the pageant of Pa Par rowau easily the big feature or oc the two day celebration was this pageant which was presented both evenings to rud aud encis which taxed the capacity ol of the tabernacle many who saw it tile the ight evening went a second time limo to see sec it arid and large numbers of 0 people fame came from cedar city and other surrounding towns to enjoy it outlined by protessor eastmond ot of tile the B Y IT and presented under lander tile the supervision of 0 W L adams it depicted lit in vivid manar manner the pioneering ind growth or of the community giving much ot of the history and including appropriate music by george ceorge and alfred durham and poems by I 1 mrs hir eleanor G Gj bruhn IV L adania and shirley Gudni unsen for 4 it B s presentation y T stage biage was built in the tabernacle and decorated with special scenery and pine hiees li ees age brush boulders and jugg suggestive estive of conditions which the tha pioneers found here atler after a briet brief introductory speech by mr W L adams the spirit of western wester u progress ress re presented by miss aliss barbara BI atheson appeared first on the scene with I 1 sentiments by this ebar J leter the I 1 iS setting etling was epra tor for lie coming ot or the w white I 1 it ite I 1 bian then iame parley P pratt represented by I 1 harley W dalton and a company ot of explorers and erected a liberty pole and nd hoisted tile the hag flag which by the I 1 oi an electric fan an con conf f In Inge genius alua use lisa 0 o coaled anione among the lip decorations coratious made i ibe he stars arid and stripes wave beamut eliy gully in the breeze then carne came tho the pioneers lor for the most part by of the original band and dressed to impersonate them very well outstanding among them S L barton representing hla his reat great grandfather george ceorge A S smith 1111 dave ave richards richarda representing captain steel sted in lit that at memorable L encounter neo unter with chief walbor who hy by the why way was waa impersonated by R E dalton kenneth mat ir aeson atheson as brigham Brig harn young and others with whom those of 0 us na who an To younger were more familiar the he building ot of tile the first bridge th house th visits ot of the ludw arid and choir kindly the organization ot of a branch ot of the church the first city council chief ahlet walkers visit when he turned his bis horses lial beb into the grain bichl captain jefferson hunts arid and john C fre fee I 1 intents nion ls visits Pa rowana rowans early eaily industries dus tries and many other interesting events all followed fol loweL la in their regular sequence the visit of 0 captain hunt represented by jos B E ward dressed in uniform and his party and that of fremont Freni ont who avas was impersonated by P A dark clark and was accompanied by other scouts including a dozen delaware indians indiana made thrilling pictures i A pathetic scene was that designated as the sunset of A dying race in which the remnant of the I 1 was waa pictured straggling toward a crimson sunset then came the queen ot of paro wan wall represented by miss eva adams arid and then queens queena from other settlements pioneered by people from par owan dozen of 0 them many ot of them being represented by young ladies from those particular communities during the grand final tableau the poem A vision of the future was impressively given by the queen of parowan carowan Pa rowan I 1 it is much to the credit ot of the community I 1 that such a creditable production was put on in so short a time only ten days were spent in preparing fo for it and yet it went oft off I 1 in excellent form much credit is due to will fj adania for his splendid super vision and direction n abid and also those who assisted him so faithfully ali miss barbara mattieson matteson Mat beson lieson in the leading part of 0 the entire production did exceptionally well public social lu in the afternoon ot of the fourteenth 1 a social in the opera l house fouse tor for everybody was largely attended and very much enjoyed the following program was given prayer andrew corry selection by the band community singing oh parowan carowan Pa rowan written by eleanor G bruhn talk amusements ot of the pioneers leonard song elizabeth near dean clark mary alary orton winnie whitney Wb itney neta dalton dallon selection by band contest singing in which six groups competed the honors going to the sixth group which sang silver threads among the gold cold prayer offered by peter guymon ot of provo following the program group picnic was enjoyed by everyone dances each evening after afler the pageant dances were held both in the opera house ind and the school auditorium neither place being largo large enough to i accommodate ni more ore than halt th alio e crowd ithe the division re resulted sIted in I 1 die lie youngai p ople going to tl c one in the school house where the Dausa played I 1 and the older people remaining at the opera house where J ll II perrys orchestra 1 cli estra from cedar city furnished music more suitable to them A feature of tile the dance the second evening at the opera house was step dancing by mrs rollins of minera ville and mr air peter guymon Guy roon mrs airs rollins is almost seventy live five years old oil and without knowing his age wc w venture that mr air guymon Is near th the C seventy mark arid and yet loth danced exceptionally well ari an exceptionally except conall y large number ot of married people were up from cedar city tor for the danco 01 1 the night ot of the fourteenth arid and it li estimated that more then two thousand people were in attendance at tbt celebration about were taken in tram from the sale bale ot of tickets which 3 will cover tile the cash expenses of 0 th celebration express appreciation tile the Dau daughters glite ot of tile the pioneers who were responsible for the celebre have expressed their feeling cell ng grid and their appreciation in ili the follow lag jag language I 1 we feel eel that this was ahugh a huge un der laking but that it was a decided success we take this opportunity oi 0 thanking all who in any way helped I 1 us again we thank mr will L adams for or lla his supervision arid and direction mr ali eastmond for or his bla writing the pageant mr L J adorns arid and those who assisted him for the splendid music and the garage men tor for their donating tho the expense of mr air Eastmo transportation to and from parowan carowan Pa rowan also all committees and those taking part on the program |