The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-25
OLD FOLKS WILL
HAVE GREAT TINE
Central Committee Completes
Arrangements for Big Cele-
bration Next Tuesday.
MUSICAL PROGRAMME
AT THE TABERNACLE
aged People Will Be Given
Free Transportation About
the City.

The Old Folks central committee
met Thursday evening at the home OF
Bishop Heber c. Iversou and completed
ARRANGEMENTS for Old Folks day, which
is 10 be celebrated in this city Tues
day, June 90. The affair promises TO
be one of the most elaborate of its
kind which has ever been undertaken
by the committee aud the aged resi-
dents Of this city and elsewhere Will
he given sn enjoyable time.
Tho affair will he participated IN by
the old folks residing in the territory
between Payson and Lehi on the south
and Brigham City and Salt Lake on
the north The old folks of Salt Lake
county outside of uha city limits Will
not pariic:p pate ~ the affair, owing 10
the committee finding 1t absolutely I'M
possible 20 accommodate them comfort
ably and IN vicw of the fact that otoa
or entertainments are coming for the
old folks OF Salt Lake county, 1T was
decided that they would not feel burt
at rot being invited to the present
one.
Half Of the residents of the city who
own automobiles and who have volun-
tcercd the use OF ihcir machines for
The occasion, VIII take their autos 10
The O. s. L. depot to meet the train
from the north, which will leave Brig
ham City ut 80 clock in the morn
ing, and inc other half will meet the
train from tho south at the ID. r..
c. depot. which will leave Payson at
= a. n.
To &c Met by Bands.
The bishops and the bishops coun
a Il toll &c
viii 90 to The D. & r. G.. depot 10 take
c2Te of the old folks and see that they
get seated in the automobiles. while
those OF the Ensign aud Salt Lake
stakes Will 90 10 the Short Line depot.
Aside from !he automobiles, tbc old
folks will he met at th, depots by the
Fifteenth Infantry band from Fort
Douglas and the Ladies' G. A. f. band,
which will go to the Q. s. L. and D.
8. Il. G. depots, respectively.
Upon being broupht to the business
section, the old folks Will be met at
Brigham Young s monument at the top
of Man street. by Held's band All
three bands have donated their services
for the occasion. There will be pa.
rade on Main street, after which The
old people will be taken to Temple
square, whsrc musical entertainment
will be held in the tabernacle and
musical program which already has
been published, Prof. ]. j. Mcclellan s
symphony orchestra Will render q Sc
lection.
Pastors and ministers Of the various
denon1i national churches of the city
and the bishops Of tbe Mormon church
are requested TO ascertain how many
people over 20 wears of age there are
in their congrega lions and apply to
IE,l1. Ear arJinft 81 fbo
siding bishop Office. in The L. D. s.
university building, for tickets.
Free Transportation.
Through the courtesy Of Joseph s
Wells, general manager Of the Utah
Light and Railway company, the old
folks. wearing their badges, will be
transported about the city free. Flags
7ill be distributed to the visitors al
the depots rs they alleht from the
Grains, and the old folks of this city
viii be furnished with flags at the
entrance 10 Temple square. The old
people &c ims city will not be admit
'rd - the tabernacle until u o clock.
Ths is 10 enable the committee 10 get
the visitors seated before the old peo-
pie from this city are admitted. Thus
Will be done 10 avoid all crowdlng. The
roinnittec announced Thursday evening
that positively only people over the
age Of 70 years will be admitted. it
Is expected tnat from $500 10 400D
people viii participate IN the affair,
End accommodations will be arranged
for this number 1t is impossible,
however, 10 provide accommod dations
for very much greater crowd, which
would DAfurslly result in case the com
mittcc is not determined that the sf
fair is 20 be participated in only By
1hoso more than 20 years Of age,
All old folks arc requested by the
central committee TO come provided
with knife. fork. spoon aud cup.
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