Arizona republican., 1922-04-23
LATTER DAY SAINTS
MAY DAY FESTIVAL
IS NEXT SATURDAY

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MESA, April 22.-Featuring a card
of sports at the ball park in the
afternoon and a live program of en-
tertainment in the auditorium that
evening, the Maricopa stake of the
Latter Day Saints church will hold
their annual May Day festival on
next Saturday. April 20. All of the
four wards in Mesa will participate
in the many varied events OF the
day.
The sports program at the ball
park is under the supervision of
Prof. D. 3. Jones. who has lined up a
live attractive list of events as
follows:
Girls indoor game. First and Sec
ond wards. VS. Third and Fourth
Relay race. junior girls, five to a
5O-yard dash, Y. L. presidents.
75-yard dash. Y. NJ. presidents.
Relay race, junior boys, five to a
team.
1OO-yard dash, free for all.
Progressive hop, step and jump,
five men.
Progressive mop, step ana jump
five girls.
Relay race. four men to a team.
Indoor ball throw.
50-yard dash. bishops only.
Winners in all of these events will
be rewarded with free tickets to the
evening attractions in the l. D. S.
auditorium Winding of the May
pole. dances, browning of the May
queen and other interesting events
will be staged there under the direc-
ton of the young ladies of the NJ. /.
A. A number of the young ladies of
the city are entered in the race for
Queen OF the May day, and votes for
them are being cast at various busi-
ness houses in the city.
Is Home From Chicago
B. II. Van Spankeren returned the
last of the week from Chicago and
Dixon, ILL.,, where he passed the last
six weeks and where Mrs. Van
Spanckeren has been for some
months for the benefit OF her health.
Mrs. Van SpanclSeren recently under
went a serious operation in a Chicago
hospital and her many friends here
will be pleased TO learn that she raj
lied well and is gradually improving.
She will return to Mesa In the fall-
Queen Esther to Meet
The Queen Esther circle OF the
Methodist church will meet on Mon.
day evening at 7:30 at the home of
Miss Lucia Bowen on South Shrine
street.
"FooIish Wives ina Mesa"
Mesa. movie fans will be delighted
with the announcement that Foolish
Wives" the first real million dollar
picture. Is to be shown in Mesa this
week. opening on Monday at the Ma
iestic. The, pictures actual cost up
to the time of its first showing was
s1.103,736. This stupendous sum was
expended in the construction OF gi-
gantic and costly sets and in the mr.
ing of thousands of extra actors
and actresses to make up. the crowd
scenes. Erich Won Stroheim, the au-
thor. director and principal actor IN
the picture, prided himself upon re-
producing at Universal City, Cal, the
exact scenes and activities TO pe
found at Monte Carlo.
Seniors Please Big Audience
"a Pair of Skies presented by the
senior class of the high school in the
auditorium Friday afternoon ano
evening was q pronounced success
and high praise was heard on every
hand of the excellent manner II
which those in the cast took theh
parts Both the afternoon ana even.
ing performances attracted alnosl
capacity houses.
Moving
The D. o. Colvin family has movee
from the Powell house at 102 Eas
First avenue to 1S0 South SHRINE
street. ., -.
moved onto a ranch mile southeas
" southside Thsaters Today
Majestic, Mesa-"The Notorlou
Miss Lisle." Comedy, Around I'M
Corners ,t.
and Mrs. Carter De Haven; Harot'
Lloyd comedy. From HAND =
Mouth" anr,
Rov Comedy. Erich Man, Poo
Man sWinners of the West" serial
To Give Reading
On Sunday evening, at 1890, at IN
Methodist Episcopal church, Wesle'
Anderson, professor of history at TN
high school. is going to read kenhe
dv's "The Servant in the house;
This play is a sociological study, VIZ
MANY emotional climaxes. which froi
Anderson's fine dramatic abillty WI
nortray to the best advantage. sIhos
who saw the high school plays frol
Anderson staged last year VIII wei
come this opportunity to hear his IN
depreciation Of this play.
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