American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-07-10
Lehi Holds a
Big Celebration
Ideal Daytime Parade--Patriotic
Exercises Good Program Of Sports.

Never before were there so many
people ut celebration, hundreds
coming IRON nearby towns and many
from other pa,,s OF the state to spend
the day.
Few people remained asleep after
day break for the committee on sa-
lutes did their saluting with giant
powder from All parts OF town.
AS the sun rose over the eastern
mountains the city's big new flag was
swung to the breeze from the liberty
pole and Lehi's Junior Boys Band
under the leadership of Melvin Smuin
commenced to serenade the city. The
boys showed remarkable progress and
were the subject OF favorable com
ments ali day.
The big feature was the parade,
higher class. IL drew forth favorable
comments from senator Smoot In ms
Grafton. Guy Evans as Marshall OIL
the day led the way and was followed
by Thomas Thurman on horseback,
carrying big flag. The other parts
Of the parade were as follows:
Boys Junior Band, marching.
kemp's Saratoga Jitney car.
Miss Wanda Goodwin as Goddess OF
Liberty. arranged to represent Liberty
statue In New York harbor-arranged
by the End Ward Y. l.. NJ. l. A.
Senator Smoot city and county Of
ficials In automobiles.
Utah with Alice Sabey as the Queen
bee on big bee hive under sego
LILY and with a lot of little boys rep
resentine bees-arranged by the LIST,
Ward Y. l.. NJ. I. A.
Relief OF the Belgians with Virgil
Coates as Uncle Sam giving supplies
to boys and girls In Belgian cos
tunes.
Relation of United States to Mexico
Second Ward Y. NJ. NJ. !. A.
Peace and War-Boys' dressed us
German, French and English soldiers
carrying weapons Of war and follow
ed by boys representing America and
carrying hoes for farming,
Red Cross Society-Soldiers on cots
attended by Red Cross Nurses-3rd
Ward Y. l.. NJ. !. A.
George and Martha Washington
dressed In colonial costume-Fourth
Ward NJ. |. A.
Dry Grains and Farm Products
Boys Agricultural clubs.
Arcade Band.
Farmers Society OF Equity with a
float representing a big set OF scales
on which were balanced pillow and a
sack OF grain and followed by grain
header and self binder.
Isaac Fox's goats on boys wagon.
Mothers club-Represented In carl
cature with two boys In decorated
cart carrying a cedar post arranged
as a big club,
Volunteer Fire Department-The
boys had their hose carts connected
with ladders and drawn by horses.
lHty uiso nau tut ehbihe Noh"sNNNe'
Morgan Lott. with house fitted
with modern plumbing.
Il. n. Webb. Jeweler. with a clock
eight feet in diameter and a pair OF
glasses on top.
Hertells Ice Cream
Schow Brothers-Cement pipes OF
sizes from three inches to three feet
In diameter.
Girls burlesquing Bee Hive girls.
Coon Band.
Automobiles.
The program in the Tabernacle was
listened 10 by 1900 people, and sew
eral hundred more stood around out
side unable 10 get In. Besides the city
officials and the general committee.
those occupying positions on the stand
were veterans OF the Black Hawk War
and Eli Kendall, Frank Yearance and
Charles Heron, veterans OF the civil
War George A. Coates acted as mas
ter OF ceremonies. Bishop Andrew
Field delivered the invocation, the
BOYS Junior Band gave several Sc
lections. the audience sang America,
Int flIhl W dIu WV N'bp Sh'b
an original song on the flag, l.. Is.
Willes, the town humorist, gave a
comic reading, and Mrs. Hazel Holm
stead, very effectively CARRIED In the
folds of Old Glory sang the Star
Spangled Banner. Six little girls SIM
ilarly dressed, waved the folds OF
their costumes in the choruses.
Senator Reed Smoot was the orator,
and his remarks were printed In the
leading Salt Lake dailies, because OF
his high position and the important
issues which he touched, The Sena-
tor congratulated the people OF Lehi
on the enthusiasm shown by them In
the celebration OF the day-the mag |
nifcence OF the floats In the parade, |
the music of the band and for the
great attendance at the parade and In |
the meeting. The keynote of his |
speech was sounded when he contrast
ed America celebrating her 18th an |
niyersary in peace while all the lead
ing nations OF Europe were at war |
Continuing he said:
We are celebrating an anniversary |
today OF an act that ended in yictori-
: 1890 -