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Show American Fork News Report of Committees Promises Biggest Display In County Fair History Reports of supervisors of the various var-ious departments of Utah county fair made to the board of directors at a meeting Saturday evening at Provo gave promise of one of the greatest exhibitions ever held in this county. These department heads are working out plans for expansion, and from, the present outlook the buildings will be filled to capacity with various products, pro-ducts, livestock, poultry, etc. In his report on the progress of the sale o space in the merchants and manufacturers' division, Victor Bird, supervisor, stated that more than 75 1 per cent of the space had already! been contracted. At Saturday's meeting, which was 1 ' m- Graduation Exercises For Seagull Girls and Trail-builders Trail-builders Conducted Sun. Graduation exercises for all the boys of the Trail Builders department and girls of the Sea Gull department in the Primary organization throughout through-out Alpine Stake were conducted a the regular Priesthood, Relief Society and Primary union meeting Sunday, September 8. President May H. Marsh explained the work of the Primary associations, and expressed her joy for the large group of graduates. Miss Dorothy Grant, a Sea Gull girl of the Fourth ward, spoke on the "Aim and Accomplishment Ac-complishment of the Seagull Girls. The Seagull girls were presented for graduation into the Y. L, M. I. A. by Labelle Ingersoll of the Stake Primary Pri-mary board and received by Presl- . - n TJntTi nf the ! i- m- held at the fair grounds, space for the community displays was alotted, and several representatives of communities com-munities were present to arrange for space. J. W. Thayne, county agricultural agent, reported that practically all of the larger cities of the county would have displays, and in addition to these, some of the smaller communities com-munities would be represented. Among these is the town of Orem, whose display last year was one of the outstanding exhibits of the fair. Manager C L. Warnick reported that he was besieged with applications applica-tions from various theatrical, rodeo and other entertainers. The best of these desiring to furnish entertainment entertain-ment will be chosen for both race- dent LJllia". j- I. A. Louella B. Greenwood of the Primary Pri-mary presidency presented the Trail Builders for graduation into the Y-M Y-M M I A. They were received in behalf of the Y- M. M. I. A. and Boy Scouts by C A. Grant of the Young Men's presidency. President C. E. Young, who presided presid-ed and had charge of the meeting, expressed ex-pressed his appreciation for the work done by the Primary. During the exercises the Trail Builders sang a selection, the Sea r.mi irlB and the Trail Builders fur- track and indoor entertainment. Plans for the huge bonfire and fireworks outlined for the opening night were approved by the board. This will be a unique feature, according ac-cording to Mr. Warnick:. Work on the livestock barn is nearing completion and thfj poultry utility plant will be completed In ample time for the opening day, according ac-cording to supervisors of those departments. de-partments. With such an outlook John F. Mendenhall, president of the board, expressed the belief that all that is necessary now to mke the fair go over the top in a big way is the support sup-port of the citizens of the county. With the reduced admission everyone can attend without feeling the expense ex-pense very much. nished a chorus number, and Reynold Rey-nold Devey of the Alpine ward gave a reading. President Heber J. Grant, who came in the meeting unexpectedly, was called upon to speak. He said he felt no other people in the world make the same amount of effort with their children as do the Latter-day Saints. He encouraged the parents to put forth an effort and instill this into the hearts of the children. He touched upon the value of paying tithes and offerings. Miss Annabel Miller, who is leaving for the Eastern States mission, expressed ex-pressed her appreciation for the work being done by the young people. She told a story to illustrate the subject sub-ject of humility. Musical numbers consisted of a violin solo by Miss Lenore Crookston and a ladies chorus from the American Ameri-can Fork First ward. In the Relief Society department, Prof. A- N. Merrill of the B. Y. U spoke on the "Book o Mormon." A number of changes were made in the Second Quorum of Elders as follows: Released Melvin W. Grant as president, Rulon Nicholes as 1st counselor, Frank W. Brown as 2nd counselor and Dclbert Greenwood as secretary. Sustained E. A- Pearson, president; L. C. Iverson, 1st counselor; counse-lor; O. C. Mercer 2nd counselor. Moral D. Steele and K. J- Bird were honorably released as members of the Stake Y. M. M. I. A. board. A. B. Allen wa-S sustained as Deputy Scout Commissioner and a member of the Y. M. M. I. A- board. President Heber J. Grant quoted from the Doc. and Cov. Section 121 on the exercise of the powers of the Priesthood and emphasized the fact that the Priesthood must be exercised with patience and charity. A good representation of the various vari-ous organizations were present in each department. |