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Show Crowd Of 1,000 Witness, Participate In Whiterocks Bishop's Day Events A crowd of 1,000 gathered in Whiterocks Friday, May 12, for the Bishop's day celebration of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal mission to the Ute Indian Tribe. At outdoor ceremonies, Rt. Rev. Harold L. Bowen, bishop of Colorado, confirmed a class of 49 Utes, in the absence of the Rt. Rev. Stephen C. Clark, bishop bish-op of Utah, for whom the observance ob-servance was conducted. Bishop Clark was unable to attend because be-cause of ill health. Holy communion was celebrated cele-brated by Rev. Joseph F. Hog-ben, Hog-ben, vicar of the mission. The opening feature of the celebration was a sung euchar-ist euchar-ist at the outdoor altar on the grounds of the St. Elizabeth's mission. The rest of the day's jrogram included dances, songs, speeches, and a horseback riding exhibit. Elderly women and children of the tribe joined in the opening open-ing sun dance, followed by a turkey dance performed by six young men schooled in the ritual rit-ual by senior citizens of the Tribe. Jasper Cuch, famed Indian dancer, led the Indians in several sev-eral traditional dances. A new feature of this year's Bishop's day was the presentation of the picturesque Circle dance trained under the Indian leader, Russel Root. At noon a barbeque, cooked under direction of the mission school members and faculty, was served. In the afternoon, the Whiterocks mounted posse, led by its organizer, Rev. Hog-ben Hog-ben gave an exhibition of form-riding, form-riding, precision drill, jumping, pole-bending, ring-tilting sack racing, and a polo match. Queen of the mounted posse was Arita Taveapont. Speeches during the afternoon were given by Roy Adams, superintendent sup-erintendent of the Whiterocks Indian school, and Robert Man-mon. Culbert Olsen. t7cZ -California 1939-43 8 o( Roosevelt Wednesday McConkie. Mr. Olsen K if in the area for about?1" i while attending to proneH terests. fI0Perty ic A patent on a veh;i gate was issued to ne e"d Winterton on May 9 ' mn 0 |