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Show Christmas Sales Days Starts Saturday, Santa is Coming The decorations are up, the lights will be officially turned on Saturday at 4 p.m. and Santa San-ta will come to town to help get things started as Pleasant Grove "officially" gets going on their annual Christmas season. sea-son. Beginning Saturday also it is hoped the Christmas music will be added to make the next few weeks enjoyable for the Pleasant Grove shoppers. Saturday afternoon, Santa is scheduled at 4 p.m. to turn on the lights, and will also pass out candy for the kids. Parents Par-ents are invited to bring them Saturday morning at 10:30, Maron Oveson and his Utah Power and light Co. truck will be on hand with Cub Scouts of the Pleasant Grove area to decorate dec-orate the huge Christmas tree in front of the city hall. Sales Days for Christmas will start Saturday officially, and participating Pleasant Grove mechants will be doling out the familiar pink tickets for shoppers shop-pers to write their names, to participate in the two drawings draw-ings scheduled for Saturday, to town to visit with the jolly old man. Dec. 11 and Saturday, Dec. 18. Tickets will be given on the basis of 1 per $1 purchase. Craig Smith and Paul Smith, C of C chairmen for the Sales Days effort, say that $200 in silver Eisenhower dollars will be given away at the two drawings draw-ings in $5 and $10 amounts, and this will be augmented by some nice turkeys. The number of turkeys to be given away will be determined by the "collection" from local merchants and from the income derived from the sale of tickets to them. The Smith boys said they plan to give away as many turkeys as the C of C promotion promo-tion can afford. The Christmas lights were put up this year by the C of C with Mr. Oveson, being the chief helper with his Utah Power Pow-er and Light truck. It is hoped that in future years new decorations decor-ations can be added. Ever wonder why the local mechants put on the Christmas Christ-mas promotion? Well, we hope it promotes local business. The merchants are our neighbors, friends and fellow taxpayers, and they help to support this community and make it a good place to live. Let's turn things around a little and support the local merchants for our Christmas Christ-mas and everyday shopping needs. |