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Show i fcah Pioneer Sons Reeidy Greatest Encampment in History $ , t- V . u, .' ' '' Ml i t ' , , ; ! PIONEER FINERY Miss Sugar House Centennial, Charlotte Sheffield displays truly historic Pioneer costume at Sons of Utah Pioneer Museum before Horace A. Sorensen, permanent chairman of the museum. This elegant early day finery, together with hundreds of other priceless Pioneer relics, will be shown to National Encampment delegates of the Sons of Utah Pioneers July SO, 31 and August 1. v Invitational teams from the Sugar Iiouse chapter of the Sons i of Utah Pioneers this week were j spreading bids to other chapters I near and far to attend the national encampment of the organization i July o, 31 and August 1 The Sugar Iiouse chapter, host I group, is let ling no stone go un-i un-i turned to make the 1954 encampment encamp-ment the outstanding assemblage of Pioneers Sons history, George Morgan, president, reported. Richard A. Lambert, Ronald Kingsbury and Horace A. Sorensen Soren-sen formed the first invitational team which visited Cedar City last Friday, bidding 100 from Cedar City and 50 more from Parawan to the great encampment, business sessions of which will be conducted in the "Big Tent" at Brighton. The entire Alpine Rose lodge at Brighton also has been taken over for the three day encampment. At Cedar City, a unique bread and milk dinner was served, appetizing appe-tizing and filling, to attract wide attention to one of the principal fares of the Pioneers. Tasty cheese and honey augmented the bread and milk. Tomorrow (Saturday) the invitational in-vitational team of Nicholas G. Morgan, Horace A. Sorensen, Richard Lambert, Karl Hale, C. G. Mortensen and Lawrence Pennock (Nation SUP president, vice president, " past president, third vice president, secretary and treasurer, respectively) will sojourn to the Logan Temple Fork Sons of Utah Pioneers chapter for a Logan canyon outing out-ing where the invitation word will be spread. Similar delegations will visit each chapter in Utah the west and in some cases other sections of the country all from the Sugar House chapter asking a goodly representation at the national encampment. en-campment. The "Big Tent," a circus affair, will be pitched on the flats near Alpine Rose lodge; seats will be installed and the huge canvas theater will be used for business and entertaining events. The convention will be one of teeming activity. From registration Friday noon until the close of the 1954 encampment en-campment there is a schedule of events that will keep the delegates dele-gates occupied from early 'til late. One of the top entertainments will be the marksmanship tournament, tour-nament, directed by Maroni Schindler, official of the Salt Lake Small Arms club, which will see both modern and ancient vintage weapons brought into target play. As a matter of fact, the grand finale of the encampment, a visit to the Sons of Utah Pioneers Museum at 2998 Connor street in Salt Lake, will feature the priceless firearms collection over which Director Schindler is curator. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded winners of the shooting contests, the horseshoe games, baseball contests and other events at Brighton. Much rivalry has developed between be-tween the various chapters and these events will be sporting highlights high-lights of the conclave. Another event : strictly a Pioneer Pi-oneer Sons attraction will be the story telling contests, with prizes going to the best Pioneer tale told by adults, the best among the juniors with judged awards to be presented by Prof. Walter A. Kerr of the University of Utah. Mormon Battalion. Colonels Fred Reese and Elias L. Day will direct their companies in ceremonious flag raisings and lowerings each day of the encampment. Genuine ox teams will pull delegates in bonafide covered wagons and carts around a bumpy Brighton circuit, lending lend-ing color and true pioneer flavor to the encampent. Sunday morning's devotional services will offer deep religious significance to the meeting. From Sunday afternoon on, the Museum will hold the spotlight, from Maroni Schindler's gun exhibit, ex-hibit, to Indian relics, Pioneer household furnishings, rich and rugged costumes, dishware, ancient mill stones, Johnson's Army wagons, wag-ons, and valuable pioneer heirlooms assembled by Horace A. Sorensen, zealous champion of the preservation preserva-tion of Utah pioneer lore. Mrs. Arthur L. Beeley will head a committee putting on a demonstration demon-stration of Pioneer handicrafts and will show slides of early day happenings. Most modern contraption on exhibition ex-hibition at Brighton will be rides on ski lifts which will reveal to the visitors some of the rugged charms of the mountain resort with little effort or exertion on their parts. A barbecue repast will conclude the great encampment at the Museum. |