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Show WakWSI ' CELEBRATION OF THURSDAY NEW CHAPTER IN HISTORY. t . 'Hundreds of People Ga'her to Greet Governor Spry' and Staff, and Witness Opening of Armory Hall. The events of yesterday will make a new chapter in the history of our city; it was a day that will long be remembered by old and young; it was the celebration of two great events; first, the one hundred and j eightieth anniversary of that great j immortal general, known to' every school child as "The Father j of His Country," George i Washington; and second, the! formal opening of that elegant ele-gant new building, Armory Hall, as ' a nome for Company D, N. G. U. 1 The various committees had worked work-ed incessautly to make it one of the most enjoyable evtnts in the history of Mount Pleasant, and their efforts were crowned with success, and none too much credit can be given them. Although a light snow had fallen during the early tiLurs of Thursday morning, the sun broke throng the clouds, sheading its beautitu! rays on a vast throng of people that had gathered from far and near to greet 'he chief executive of the state of Ttah and his staff. While the students of Wasatch . ademy, the pupils of the public ools and citizens were being form-in form-in line for the march to the depot, ndreds of people had gathered on .e plateforra, waiting to hear the ,,nrill whistle of the locamotive an-. an-. nouncing the arrival of Governor Spry and his party. They had not ng to wait as the train arrived on ne. After some wait, the gover-ir gover-ir appeared upon the rear plat-irm plat-irm of his private car, "Wasatch", nd was reeted by the students of Vasatch Academy with their colors lying and the school yell. The procession for the march to the Armory was formed in the following fol-lowing manner: The ladies in carriages. The Mount Pleasant Band. Governor William Spry and Staff, Mayor J. W. Anderson and members of reception committee. Company D, in full dress. Teachers and students of Wasatch j Academy. Teachers and students of Public schools, six hundred strong, each waving the national emblem above j their heads, j Citizens in carriages. I The procession extended for four blocks, marching up Main to State street and south to the new Armory building. ' Here the children were granted a priviledge tnat will live in the memories mem-ories of the little folks forever. To the sweet strains of music, the little ones marched in single file by the door of the Armory, where the governor gov-ernor and his party were standing, Mr. Spry shaking each little tot by the hand, and giving a word of good cheer as they marched by. Several of our citizens took ad vantage of be ing introduced by Capt. Braby to the Governor. The members of Company Compa-ny D, were next in line and as each one passed, he was introduced to his commander in chief. This concluded the morning's program, carriages were in waiting and the governor and members of his party were taken to the beautiful beauti-ful home of Senator John H. Seely, ! where a delightful luncheon was awaiting them. The afternoon program, which' was to formerly open the new home for Company D, was called for three o'clock, but long before the hour arrived, the large building was well filled. By the time of opening had arrived 950 people were seated With one or two exceptions the p-o-gram was carried out as originally planned. Following is the program as rendered: Opening remarks, Capt. Thos, Braby. Music by the band. Address of Welcome, Mayor James W. Anderson. "Soldiers Chorus", High School , Choir. 1 Address, Governor William Spry. Selection, High School Orchestra. Address, Col. Lund. Solo, Miss Allen. Address, Col. Kessler. Selection, High School choir. Music, by the band. This closed the afternoon progra m. At 6 o'clock an elegant banquet was served at the South Ward meeting meet-ing house. One hundred and seventy seven-ty people were served. Eloquent toasts were given by a number of the distingushed visitors and several of onr leading citizens. The dance at Armory Hall was announced an-nounced for 8:30, it was however after af-ter 9 o'clock before dancing was commenced. The grand march was led by Govenor Spry and Mrs. J. H. Seely. Following were the members mem-bers of the govenors staff arfd members mem-bers of the guard according to rank. By 10 o'clock the hall was crowded to its utmost. It was estimated that four hundred people were on the floor. Two hundred and sixty-six tickets were sold. Company D, gave an exhibition drill, known in mil-litary mil-litary circles as "guard mount The officers and men of the company were highly complimented by their chief and officers of the guard, also receiving a hearty applause from the hundreds of spectators. After the drill dancing was resumed and continued until 2:30 in the morning. It was a gala day in Mt, Pleasant, and one that is long to be remembered. remem-bered. i |
