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Show Impressive Rites Held At Watch Tower Dedication MYTON (Special) The dedication ded-ication ceremony for the recently completed "Watch Tower" erected on the Myton City Fire Station for the use of the Ground Ob-. Ob-. servers Corps, which is operating as a part of the Civil Defense was the scene of festivities "Wednesday, May 9th, at 6 p.m. Sgt. Jerry McNutt, who has trained all of the observing personnel per-sonnel as the district representative representa-tive of the U. S. Air Force, was on hand, bringing Col. Glen F. Marston, Air Force co-ordinator for the state of Utah, Lt. Wm. C. Bayard, filter center commander, comman-der, and TSgt. Merle Scott, Air Force recruiting officer. Seats were "arranged on thej lawn of the City Park, where about 100 persons viewed the ceremony. cer-emony. Mayor Wm. H. Linck addressed the audience and welcomed wel-comed the visiting officials. He introduced the members of the Myton city council, Herald L. Crapo, Wilmer Murray and Alfred Morrill, and then introduced Lt Bayard, who acted as master of ceremonies. I The American Legion coloi guard advanced the colors while Owen Burgess gave the bugle call. Lt. Bayard addressed the group praising the citizens of Myton for their activities in erecting the G.O.C. tower. He explained the need for observers and how vital the constant watch was to the welfare of the nation. He introduced intro-duced Allan Babcock, supervisor and Mrs. Florence Lott, chief observer, ob-server, who had served faithfully faith-fully in the duties; also noted Blaine Brokaw, Nels Johnson, J. L. Courtland and others who were instrumental in the construction of the tower.. Col. Marston gave a very interesting talk on the defense de-fense budget and the1 huge sums mentioned quite awed the audience. aud-ience. Awards were made to three members of the corps: Mrs. Fannie Fan-nie Felter, Mrs. Florence Lott and Curtis Winn, who had each served ser-ved more than 100 hours as observers. ob-servers. Certificates were also presented to several who had completed com-pleted their G.O.C. training and many who had served almost 100 hours. Chill winds could not stop the impressive ceremony which came to a close with refreshments served in the fire station. The' tower was beautified by a large U. S. flag, which was presented pre-sented to the G.O.C. by Mrs. Amanda Parker. |