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Show — Ogden Standard-Examiner_ UTAH, e OGDEN, 4 THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1964 “EDITORIALS i. Pioneer Days: Renewal of Allegiance: organized (Editor’ s note: When the 1964 Ogden Pioneer Days Parade moves down Washington Boulevard on Friday, the marshal will be _ | | area back in 1947. Through such activities, I feel we can Mrs. Elwood L. Slade. Wearing a “Gay Nineties” style dress, Cora Slade will be participating in her 29th Pioneer Days Pa- rade. Today, in a guest editorial, Slade describes what the Pioneer Days bration means to her.) | the first junior posse in this instill in our youth some of the basic be- Mrs. cele- — liefs that has made Utah so ee afin the generations. In the last 30 years, I’ve missed only fee) It’s not just the getting on a horse | that generates this feeling. It is encour- e ‘one Pioneer Days Parade—in 1958 when I was recovering from a broken shoulder. aging the young men—and women—to Tm always thrilled to participate be- think back to the roots of their heritage. cause, really and truly, this is one of the ‘ / : mort, important rea gee we ah cee: that wae i © We don’t have to spend a lot of mon; a ee | ey to develop this spirit. We can do it~ : BN , ae sincere attention to fundamen. Mu “Pioneer Days ‘oath i me to be a te tals. = oes our Regine to ae: fine i | As wenet ready for the 1964 parade, : a ve they rth ee. we for. ‘Indeed, a ‘renewal of al- . to life itse lf. What we Te doing is paying ‘ritiate to those who made Utah, as we > know it today, possible. My grandfather on | father’ s side came across the plains with one of the pioneer there are only two Diane bother me. For one, I feel more women | people did, it make you realize that we’re (ge Now living—and traveling— in luxury. _ And all this has come about i in little more than a century. | a. Ut was ie | | liouid | | participate in civic and governmental afeh This applies to women of all ages. For example, when I asked a son if ws liked having girls for drum majors in ~ — his band, he assured me he did—‘“for one thing, mom, we don’t use the language handcart companies. My father, weighing ‘but 85 pounds, was the original “Sam | when the girls are around Patch” of the Pony Express, making the when they’re not with us.” run around Green River. When you think of the things those that honed My other peeve is the shown for our flag. that Me we rs oO ont | ! " 4 i ssreap aC aes passes, so few pay it proper ota It takes so little to pay this respect. 7 of this feeling that L And it means so much. — @ 4 |
