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Show Fourth Of July Celebration A Gala Event In Mt. Pleasant i Tiie committee selected by the City Council co arrange for an appropriate ap-propriate celebration lor Independence Independ-ence Day has endeavored to make this the grandest alfair ever held in Mount Pleasant. The parade will be the leading feature of the day's program. Elvery business institution in the city together to-gether with all clubs, churches and other organizations will take part in it. Full particulars will be given in next week's issue of the order of the i pa: ade and the ones to take the i leading parts in the same. The J parade will take place at 10 o'clock f a. m. There are to be two bands to furnish fur-nish music during the day and many from the neighboring towns will be here to enjoy the festitivies. Immediately after the parade a meeting will be held in the assembly hall and a most interesting program will be carried out. Following is the order of the parts to be rendered: Master of Ceremonies, Mayor J. ; W. Anderson. Chaplain, John Carter. Orator, A good speaker of Salt Lake City. Selection from band, i Invocation, Chaplain. Vocal Solo, Frances Jensen. Reading of Declaration of Independence, Inde-pendence, C. L. Stewart. ; Piano Selection, Mabel Borg. i, Reading, Stella Olson, f! Trombone Solo, Louis Peterson. t Oration. Musical Number, Mr. W. L. Davis. j Selection, by Band, ht Benediction. nd . The afternoon sports will take m- ; place at 1 o'clock and last for about rs. one hour. They will consist of the he following numbers: 'he 50 yd. dash for girls, from 6 to 10 ins years; 1st prize 25c, 2nd prize 25c. of f 50 yd. dash for boys, from 10 to 14 years; 1st prize 25c, 2nd prize 25c. ig- , Slow bicycle race for boys, prizes ith ' 75 and EOc. his Sack race for boys, from 10 to 16 irt- , years; 1st and 2nd prizes 25c each, hen Pie eating contest for boys, from Jr-jrO to 18 years; 1st and 2nd prizes 25c ted (, 'each. ies- Egg race for girls from 8 to 12 . j years 1st and 2nd prizes 25c each, j Hurdle race for boys from 10 to j 10 years 1st and 2nd prize 25c each. Three legged race lor girls from 10 to IS years 1st and 2nd prizes ; each 25c. ! Potato race for boys from S to 1G years 1st and 2nd prizes each 25c. j Doughnut eating contest for girls from S to 19 years 1st, and 2nd prizes each 25c. Dipping oranges from a tub for boys from 10 to IS years 1st and 2nd prizes 25e each. Backward race for girls from S to 14 years 1st and 2nd prize 25c each. Following the games is a children's dance at Armory Hall from 2 o'clock until 3:30 p. m. Admission will be free to children. At 3:00 p. m. a burlesque ball game will be hotly contested between be-tween the business men of the city and the professional players. The following is the line-up of! the two teams: Business' Men. W. Hansen, catcher Jos. Johansen, pitcher Mooney (A. L.) Stout, asst. '' Dean Scofield, 1st base Orange Aldrich, 2nd " I. Jorgersen, 3rd " R. Coats, shortstop C. D. Strang, left field Tobe Candland, center " J. W. Annand, right " Professionals. C. L. Johns-Schalk, catcher J. M. Boyden-Marquard, pitcher J. C. StocksiChase, 1st base D. D. Tebbs-Hennessey, 2nd " P. M. Nielsen-Shafer, 3rd " W. P. Winters-Birdwell, ss G. Cbristensen-Schulte, right field R. A. Burch-Leach, center " J. W. Cherry-Mitchell, left " After the above game is played to a finish there will be a well matchd game between two leading ball teams from the neighboring towns which will wind up the games at the City Park. The admission prices will be 10 and 25 cents. At 8 o'clock in the evening a grand display of fireworks will be given on the Wasatch Academy grounds. The closing feature of the day will be a grand ball. |