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Show Garden Club plans Arbor Day program The annual Arbor Day program sponsored by the Pleasant Grove Garden Club will be held Friday, April 24, at 7 a.m. at the Battle Creek Park. The public is encouraged to attend. at-tend. The program will include a welcome by Garden Club President Vada Winters. The colors will be posted by Boy Scout Troop 23. Scoutmaster Garth Fielding 'will give the prayer. Remarks will be given by Mayor David Holdaway. Norman Barton will speak on the historical value of trees. Parks and Recreation Superintendent Bill Hoglund will present the tree donation plaques. Mrs. Winters will introduce the individual to whom the tree, which will be planted, is dedicated and there will be a tribute to the individual in-dividual honored. There will be a special recognition for a tree presented by the Ar-mitstead Ar-mitstead Family in honor of Harold Armitstead. William Peterson will sing and then the closing prayer will be given. Each year the Garden Club plants a tree on Arbor Day in memory of someone who has contributed to the community over the years. |