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Show Over 500 Attend Father, Sons Boy Scout Dinner "Successful beyond the anticipation an-ticipation of any member of tin sponsoring committo e," describes des-cribes the Father and Son's banquet held last ni.t;ht at t m. Roosevelt LDS church, which saw over 500 men and boy.-Scouts boy.-Scouts and Scouters, literally jam the recreation room, 'oyer and chapel to participate in the dinner and program. About 300 were expected to attend, and banquet tables hac! been provided for about that many. Everyone who came eventually received his dinner, but some were obliged to eat standing up; some found an unused un-used chair; and some used the chapel seats for the purpose. The banquet was conceived for three reasons, first, to bring fathers and sons together; second, sec-ond, to observe national Boy Scout week; and third, to raise funds for the Roosevelt district quota for the National Parks council. Success met every purpose pur-pose as the district went over the top financially and should be able to senfi the desired $1700 to the council. Chairman of the committee was Arthur Wiscombe. district president, and he was assisted by various members of the district dis-trict committee, with Paul Murphy Mur-phy in charge of the program, and Larry Larsen, young Eagle Scout, acting as master of ceremonies. cer-emonies. Merrill Christopherson, president presi-dent of the National Parks Council, of Provo, was the featured fea-tured speaker, and he called for an expansion of the Scouting Scout-ing progrem in the Uintah Basin, Ba-sin, and then offered advise and counsel as to how this could best be accomplished. A musical program was presented, having been arranged by the various LDS wards who make up the district. The highlight of the entertainment enter-tainment was a native . Indian dance, a contribution of the Whiterocks troop. This colorful affair featured six young Ute Braves who did the Turkey dance in full costume, to the music of the tom-tom and chant of two older Indian leaders. |
