Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-30
CHILDREN AT
LIBERTY PARK
Sunday School Reunion a Great
Event for the Little Folks
AUTOMOBILE RACE TONIGHT
VIII be Preceded by "A Parade by The
Newly Organized club 90 Base
ball aud Oiher sports

June go 1908. will long be remembered
by the children Of the Salt Lake stake
Sunday schools as one Of the happiesl
and most enjoyable days in all their
Sunday school life. The OCCASION for
such statement is the fact that today
Liberty PARK belongs to the little folks.
They are there In swarms ana all are
busy as little bees They started To
gather as early as 8 O'Clock this morn
ing and they have been gathering ever
since. AT O'clock this afternoon II was
estimated that between 5000 and 1000
children had got together which, with
the officers, teachers, fathers and moth
ers who viii assemble later promises TO
make IN crowd Of at least 10000 peo-
pie, all bent On having a jolly good
time. SO II may be safely said that as
the day was an suspicious one for the
old folks at American Fork, equally
suspicious was II for the younger ones
at Liberty Park.
A glance at the crowd at noon today
plainly revealed the fact that the Sun
day school reunion had been literally
responded to- There were large delega-
tons from every ward In the stake with
goodly representation from the Gran
lie and Jordan stakes and a number Of
Sunday school workers from Weber
stake Tile schools were encamped In
different sections of the park and their
presiding officers left no stone unturned
in looking after the wants OF the little
folks The swings were kept on the go
all morning. while those of an eques-
trienne turn of mind gave their atten-
ton TO the cute little donkeys and 9TH
ers kept busy the man with the musical,
merry -go-round, AT 10 O'Clock there
was q baseball game between juveniles
of the different wards, the winners be-
ing treated to good supply OF Ice
cream. An hour later there was an
amateur bicycle race each school In the
stake sending one representatives, II
was a two and half mile race and was
won In seven minutes. five seconds by
Master Holiday OF the Sixteenth ward
branch, this young man winning for his
school one dozen Sunday school song
books and for himself one years sub
scription TO the Juvenile o. X. Chris
Jensen Of the Twelfth ward was a close
second and got one dozen kindergarten
chairs, while Master Bytheway of the
Twenty-second ward vas third, the
prize being quarters subscription to
the lesson statements After these
events lunch was announced and all re-
paired 10 their respective sections OF the
park TO satisfy the cravings Of the inner
man.
This afternoon the program was car
ried out as announced in last nights
News" an attractive feature being the
military drill by the soldiers and band
from Fort Douglas. There were also a
number OF juvenile sports with suita-
BILE prizes and the amusing feature OF
catching a creased pig the catcher and
holder thereof 10 get the pig. In addi-
ton there was game Of baseball be-
tween teams from the Second and Six
teenth wards, representing the east and
west sides all OF which lent spirit to
the occasion and made the day one Of
thorough enjoyment for all concerned.
At O'Clock the Redman brothers
were booked for a motor paced bicycle
race.
AUTOMOBILE RACE TONIGHT.
This evening at I O'Clock there viii be
an automobile race on Fifth East
street Ga part Of which has been closed
+. J. Carter, who will ride a Rambler,
and G. $. Wilkes on an Oldsmobile.
Preceding the race the newly organized
Automobile club viii give parade.
which also win doubtless prove an in
teresting sight The race win be from
the city limits TO Ninth South street.
and the children viii view u from the
inside Of the park. so that there will
be no occasion for accidents.
The committee IN charge OF the re-
union has established headquarters
near the east entrance to the park and
has been busy all day attending to the
many wants OF the Sunday schools To
Joseph V. Smith. the general chairman.
belongs much OF the credit for the sue
cess Of the undertaking and he has
been ably assisted by G.. h. Felt. II. b.
Folsom, j. II. CARAT. A. A. Beesley.
Miss Kate McAllIster and a number OF
others.