Strawberry Day Celebration Draws Mammoth Crowds in Pleasant Grove
Mammoth crowds from across the state attended Pleasant Grove for the sixteenth Strawberry Day. The day featured a parade at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., floral and berry exhibits, queen contest with Janice Partington winning, and a 2 p.m. rodeo at city hall park with wild horse and steer acts. Concessions, contests, and garden displays drew steady attendance, with multiple prize events and entertainment throughout the day.
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Pieasant Grove
Janice ‘Partington
Janive
Pat ‘Hillman
M Wih
Jean Larsen
Beverly May ‘Nichols
Zia
Monty Young
Girl Wins Scholarship to U S A C
Westminister College graduate Lole Binns, daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Binns of this city, won a 4 tuition scholarship to the U S A C in Logan. The award cited excellence in scholarship personality and character and reflects her strong work in natural and physical sciences. She plans to continue at U S A C next year.
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Westminister College
Lole Binms
Isaac Binns
Salt Lake City
Binns
Miss Binns
Logan
Wreelminister
Future Farmers Exhibit at North Salt Lake Show
The F P A chapter from Pleasant Grove High School displayed at the North Salt Lake Junior Livestock Show on June 8 10. Richard Swenson exhibited three fat lambs LaMont Blackhurst Archie Adams Harold Betzant and Milton Johnson each bed animals on exhibition.
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F.P. A
Pleasant Grove High School
North Salt Lake
Halliday Named Temporary Assistant Director at Tabernacle
Pleasant Grove relatives celebrate John R Halliday being named temporary assistant director of the Washington DC L D S Tabernacle. He succeeds Sterling Wheelwright as organist and choir leader. Halliday is a music instructor at BYU and has directed the Medelssohn male chorus of Provo.
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Pleasant Grove
John R. Halliday
Tabernacle
Sterling Wheelwright
Howard P. Kimball
L. D
Washington, D. C
Halliday
Medelssohn
Provo
Pleasant Grove High School
Brigham Young University
State Academy of Music i Berlin
Germany
Nielsen Radmall wedding reception in Third Ward hall
A large crowd attended a reception in the Third Ward amusement hall from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. honoring Mr and Mrs Elroy H Nielsen formerly Fern Radmall. Teas, pink and white decor, and a program with dancing followed a Salt Lake temple wedding June 1. The couple will reside in Pleasant Grove.
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Third Ward
Elroy H. Nielsen
Soapstone CCC Training Expands Amid Equipment Delivery
A fictional CCC contingent of 16 enrollees was sent to Soapstone on June 6 for camp preparation. Foreman William Clauston and Brederick Walker lead the site with Educational Advisor Ray Merrill supervising weekly instructional work. New equipment includes two tractors, Catemplar 30, and a trailer, while rock surfacing and road maintenance are planned ahead. Chaplain Curtis and entertainers visited, with talks on self-identity and personal appearance.
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Soanstone
Soapstone
William Clauston
Brederick Walker
Ray Merrill
York
American Fork Canyon
sta‘Wen
South Fork
Rutledge
L. P. Larson
Ogden
Pleasant Grove
Uintah Natonal Forest
Uinta Fort Douglas
Dune
Camp F-43
Plexsent Grove
John Bourland
John Paul
Oliver Pierrard
Wilbur Jarvis
Herman Milby
Chaplain Curtis
Miss Fusal
E. H. Mayfiled
Reunions Continue At Liberty Park This June
A large number of Christiansen relatives gathered for a family reunion at Liberty Park on June 5. The Hilton family plans its annual reunion at Liberty Park on Saturday June 12.
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Christiansen
Liberty Park
Hilton
Pleasant Grove locals attend weddings and visits in region
Pleasant Grove residents and visitors are listed in a social column note. The piece mentions Mrs Ella Cragan at a Provo funeral, Verda Colvin visiting family in Hurricane, Vance West and children returning from southern Utah, Herbert Tyler visiting from Los Angeles, and multiple Provo and Idaho visitors. It also covers birthday and anniversary events, hospital calls, car purchases, a piano group rehearsing in Salt Lake City, and plans for summer visits and local gatherings.
Births Reported This Week in Local Families
Congratulations are being received in several families for new additions this week. Ceci Baine welcomed a boy on Saturday June 3, J Gillis family welcomed a boy on Tuesday June 8, Floyd Sorenson welcomed a boy on June 7, Reed Crystal welcomed a girl on June 8.
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Ceci Baine
J. Gillis
Floyd Sorenson
Reed Crystal
4 H Club Notes Highlight Multiple Local Officers
The Happy Chef Cooking Club elected Louise Walker president and Luin Keetch vice president with a slate of officers. A separate 4 H Cooking Club chose Dorothea Yancey as president and Gloria Wad Jey as secretary treasurer, plus reporters and song leaders. A float for Strawberry Day was built, and Manila Bee Bee Dee 4 H Cooking Club organized May 12 with Ruth Swenson and Helen Warnick leading. Members include Leah Jean Swenson as president and Beverly West as vice president and reporter.
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Happy Chef Cooking Club
Thesday
Gladys Hooley
Doris Harris
Louise Walker
Luin Keetch
Maxine Henrickson
Lois Pawike
Laura Radebeck
Joy Fage
Dorothy Wadley
Noraine Wadley
Ruby Warnick
Dorothea Yancey
Cora Richins
Gloria Wad Jey
Jeneal ‘Thorne
Louise Armitstead
Audrey Smith
Barbara Loader
Virginia Bezzant
Manila Bee Bee Dee
Ruth Swenson
Helen Warnick
Leah Jean Swenson
Beverly West
Leah Wadley
Melba Grange
Theda Beck
Donna Eves
Phyllis Roundy
Virginia
Elsie Ellis
Ora May Little
Relief Society Officers Meet Sunday in Third Ward
The Relief Society will hold Unior meeting for ward officers Sunday afternoon and the sacra ment meeting Sunday evening in the Third ward. A returned Australian missionary was arranged for by James Walker with special musical numbers. The Third ward Relief Society closed with a program featuring the mothers singing and readings by Lucille Walker and Reve W. Pugai, followed by refreshments.
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Relief Society
Relief Society of the
Third Ward
James. Walker
Third Ward Relief Society
Lucille Walker
Reve W. Pugai
Council Grants C of C Requests at summer meeting
At a monthly meeting the chamber of commerce sought council approval for Strawberries Day events. Alma Kure spoke for sprinkling, policing, and barbed wire above the ball park fence and near the U P depot to address waste water. A housing fee was set for a USA Peace project this summer.
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Shamber of Commerce
Souneil
Qn Duineil
Alme Kure
Ball Park
U. P. Arpot
USA Deace Project
Marriages for Four Couples Sealed at County Clerk Office
Arthur Hentty Olsen aged 19 of Vine yard and Ardene Adams aged 18 of Pleasant Grove. John Fadiward Madden aged 26 of Westwood California and Hazel Monson aged 19 of Pleasant Grove received marriage certificates at the county clerk’s office this week.
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Arthur Hentty Olsen
Vineyard
Ardene Adams
Pleasant Grove
John Fadiward Madden
Westwood
California
Hazel Monson
Prove
M T A Members Provide Program and Speakers Named
Lehi Fourth ward MTA members delivered a splendid program at Windsor ward concert meet Sunday. Elder H Sheridan Cragan will speak next Sunday. Relief Society stake board plans for a convention tied to the stake conference Friday through Sunday June 46 and 27. Manila ward awaits Elder Torkelsen from Salt Lake City as speaker Sunday. Torkelsen recently returned from Norway with Elder Calvin Swenson. A bus leaves 8 30 a m Saturday to bring stake and ward workers to the Primary Invention. The convention runs Friday Saturday and Sunday.
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Lehi Fourth Ward
Windsor Ward
H. Sheridan Cragan
Relief Society Stake Board
Stake
Manila Ward
Torkelsen
Salt Lake City
Spencer
Norway
Calvin Swenson
Wand
Strawberry Day Boosts Town Celebrations in 1927
Ten Years Ago Now notes June 11 1927 Strawberry Day events with new lunch counter at Alhambra Theatre. Governor Dern proclaims Flag Day June 14 and urges patriot displays. Pantages Theatre program featured Vineyard Glee Club and strawberries given to managers. Ten thousand dishes served. parade route crowded. no major incidents. ideal weather.
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Dew Madern
Alhambra
Cufe
JL. Theobald
George HL Dern Teued
James B. Thorne
Pantages Theatre
Strawberry Day
The
Vineyard Glee Club
Aise
KR. 8. L
Berres
Amer
Measles Epidemic Hits Pleasant Grove Kindergarten
Several Pleasant Grove kindergarten children developed measles this week as classes continued for four weeks with teachers Grace Parker of American Fork and Mary Hottense of the city providing instruction.
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Pleasant Grove
Grace Parker
American Fork
Hottense Mary
Nstructinix
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