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Show fiprague Branch Llbr. So lllh East City t SUP Encampment Program Set; To Visit Museum Plans wore near completion this week for the greatest national encampment of the Sons of Utah Pioneers to be convener! at Brighton July 30, 31 and August 1, Horace A. Sorensen, program chairman, reported. Delegates from Pioneer Sons groups all over the world will assemble at Utah's famed mountain retreat for the encampent, he reported. Pioneer costumes and sports clothes are urged for the delegates, dele-gates, both to lend color to the nffiiir and to make for a comfortable com-fortable outing. "The Big Tent" will be set up for conventon headquarters, and patriotic flag raisings and lower-Ings lower-Ings will lend a true American flavor to each of the three day outing. "The Big Tent" will be hoisted In the Mount Millicent camping area, and will serve as a focal point for all activities or me encampment. en-campment. Registration will be Friday, July 30 from 12 noon to 5 p. m. Oxen drawn covered wagon rides, directed by Charles McDonald, Mc-Donald, wagon master, and photographs as mementos, taken by VV. Claudcll Johnson, will add atmosphere to the occasion. An oxen barbecue, to be held at Mt. Mellicent camp area at 6 p. m., will be followed by a camp-fire camp-fire program at 8:30. The winners of the pioneer story contest, under the direction of Walter A. Kerr, will be presented. Other outstanding features of the program will be Virginia Tanner's Tan-ner's nationally famous dancers, a barbershop quartet and Bill Gnadt, "World's Greatest Juggler." A breakfast from 7 to 9 a. m. at Alpine Rose Lodge will begin the Saturday morning program. A business meeting and election of officers of the National Society will be held immediately following follow-ing the breakfast, at 9:30 a. m. in "The Big Tent." Entertainment and an interesting interest-ing program has been provided for the women at Alpine Rose Lodge during the business meeting. meet-ing. The program includes showing show-ing of unique slides of early Utah history by Mrs. Elwood Winters. Box lunches will be served at 12 noon, ancl those desiring may take their lunches on a ski lift trip to Twin Lakes and Lake Mary where cold drings will be served. Sports activities, including volley vol-ley ball, Softball, horse shoe tournament, have been arranged during the afternoon from 2 to 5, with a special event, an old firearms shooting match, under the direction of Maroni Schind-ler Schind-ler at 8 p. m. Everyone is invited to participate partici-pate in this open tournament and win trophies and ribbons for best marksmanship in Sons of Utah Pioneers. A demonstration of Pioneer crafts, such as carving, spinning and weaving, will be of interest to the women in "The Big Tent" during the afternoon from 2 to 5, will be by Mrs. Arthur L. Beeley. The presidents of the Sons of Continued on Page 6 SUP CAMP Continued from -rage 1 Utah Pioneers will be honored at a banquet in Alpine Rose Lodge at 6:30 p. m., which will be followed fol-lowed by a program at the tent at 9 p. m. Features of the program pro-gram will be "Zion Wranglers" June and Gerald; "Down by the Beautful Sea." Alice Hepworth, commedienne; Sharon Eliason Jensen, Jen-sen, Carol Merrill, dancers. A breakfast will be held at Alpine Al-pine Rose Lodge from 7 to4) a. m. Sunday, followed by devotional services in the big tent at 9:30 a. m. A fitting climax to the three day encampment will be the afternoon's program, to be held at the SUP Museum, 2998 Connor Con-nor Street. A buffet luncheon will be served at 1 p. m., followed by organized or-ganized museum tours, under the direction of the Sugar House chapter chap-ter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. Mildred Moles Dillman will demonstrate and describe her elaborate and authentic Indian relic collection, and there will be music by the Beesley Strings. |