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Ws \ISSION DAY St. Paul's 750 residents, most dressed in old settler’s attire, welcome some 4,000 guests to a one-day celebration of the town's history, TER its humble boginnings cast of nearly 40 horses and in the spring of 1984, Si. people ofall apes. Pauls Mitton Day is now an At rehearsal Stith maves his peo stabbed event) wh ple into position with skill sod p ‘ually drews an estimated 1000 per: Bence, At the actual pageant begs, Ble on the Saturday. preceding im Wagner, lol teacher and fae, Eiomers Day, The onedly cclebre appears on’ horsebeck Representing thn’ unusual number of activities the Osage in thir enlyharmony wh Keeps many Sromunitys 23 the sum moon water and ie, he dis feents, most of whom me atfied in mounts and, to the best of drums, Sl setders costumes, busy om daom kneels to Bless the earth. A reader nae dusk. Lu Reeves, founder and tales events leading up to the signing {Sairman of the event, choreograprs ‘he ante production Wien Reeves an her husband Ren retumed tS Paul i 1982 ater ving Ie’ Arkansae for several years, Li, Pecaly Boys fee a ly day’ in onder to provi ‘riginal idea was to have something skin to a cat fair, Area businessman {hd ifelong resident Lary South sug gested the ay beled "sion Day BPiscue on the commumtys Aistery fe ta honor the extabishment ofthe iit Osage Mission disaster with a steady rain forcing cat fooths indoors ad wrecking pls for fountyy music snd stset dancing on Main Stet However, enough ent finsm had been generated 0 guaran ee that there ‘ould be another Missln Day the follwing Yer. For that second celebration, Sith verte a pageant which chromic the Fiston’ the area and the fife of the Gong? Indins. Presented at sll sab. sequent Mision Days — Poliormanee, the pageant Involve of a treaty withthe white man. The ‘aralionocs on to explain how the Orage, heving noted the benefis fring feaped By the neightorng Pot {Snore te fom te tev fe Imissionaris St Mary's, request the Fep ofthe "Black. Robes" they {ale ‘the esute Monsignor Vincent Hogan. as Father John Schoormaker, enact artival by wagon of Father EGhocnenaker and i band of Tout ‘risonanes on Apel 28, 17. ater 8 fren doy joey front Westport nding, ar area now recognized fe atest sted portion Sf Kanaat City, Chie, Tatehie, principal chit St the Osage Nation, assumes he ent fhe ening Omg, Chief We Hair The pageant fon to depict the estubletnent OF 2 ‘anal training schol where young inion boys were taught agrcule at other sll to prepare them fra new way of fe atthe uli bepen (o aleappear fret the plains ‘The pageant ian annual highlignt but vihors wl not want to mse Me Sion Day's other evens. The celeb tion gets underway in the moming wrth tn" opening ceremony. and pa rade. Chie Tale Honored guests sch Mission Day, was joined lst ye ‘eee of Wil Both were fated ‘Speakers at the opening ceremony ard de horcback a the Read of tet ‘onal parade. Abo featired tn the piece ate sd Mn ston Day, selected snnvaly ‘Numero booth fentring hand crated andes are housed in the fe Sfation ands massive adjscent tert ‘Quits, wheat weavings, wooden das ecutive te ad hamid dl nd baby esate ony feo the Sle be und Tine of he kin. Gack Fam ser of oud Vay mel ats leon by an entrar sch 3 the Mn Mia «ae gn pcan be hea tibaght Sion a itor can a tk nthe alo the lal ond tea tures thao sone autineeteainent, fend he goal hone ping isn We ny announce oy Won fy see header oo ee pee, the ame aang Salt dane of 8 et ee Sues compte par te ‘The win pl ened by Rad Pe teen of fun Verson Hines, sree nat pounds sd pub Tae pode Gther stele tncade conte cont gue cr sows, Rao SN Seeing fore ey donations have ncded cone iyheTimerl Maza bode = eck og demonsuatn ands eating ire ddnontton by Dans Hale ot Rowat Ouahone The ay cpus wh» mouth watering nego ne np ‘Simone by area squre deen, fer the ening paar Maso Day come a oh oth dane sponsored "by" the. Knight of ambos “he ens sae ee oben wat hee stein eye the sparen the ane snd caver the ety uk an {pa ot a re te omar die of sl own group pat Son iis homeroi any Sd Sere ss vender the hokage daip make the communty of twat ny cye hep ith whe ay cia anna chang th we “tent ie span mai the bent ec” She syn," has been my elt the sc wh tie wy ip peers ep tee pn nd prep the hp Sviearerae Erosion coe “Highway 97 tH

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