The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-02
PROGRAM COMPLETED
For the Reception and Banquet of
the New Cantonians,
Upon Their Arrival in This City August 8
Residents Asked to Extend the Use of
Their Carriages, Decorate Their HeG5es
and HavS One Streets ~sprthkisd Along
the Line Of March.

Only a day and a half more remains
until the arrival of the several hundred
people from the Hampden watch works
to take up their quarters here. On the
noon train on the Valley road on Fri
day they are expected to arrive in the
city, and the various committees having
in charge the proposed reception and
banquet are kept hard at work in ar
ranging the details for the successful
carrying out of the affair.
The ladies who compose a number of
the committees are not behind the men
in this work andhold daily meetings to
report work accomplished. They are
kept busy soliciting donations for the
banquet, but their labors would be
made much easier if those people who
desire to make donations for the ban
quet would voluntarily notify the com
mittee or any member of it. The time
is very short and much yet remains to
be done.
1t is the intention to have West Tus-
caravans street decorated in as gay a
manner as possible. OF purse the Wis
itors will reach the Square flOm the
Valley along this thoroughfare and the
appearance of flags and bunting on the
residences and across the street will
strike them much nor f~avorably at
first than it would later on. For this
reason the decorating committee will
see that appropriate banners are swung
to the breeze along this street and the
residents on that street particularly are
requested to decorate their homes and
business houses and in this way assist
in welcoming the tired new corners
THE PROGRAM.
The program of the affair as made
out by a committee is as follows: The
committee on reception, who is to meet
the Hampden people at Akron, will
meet the Valley train at 1919 o'clock.
Upon arrival of the train in this city
the Hampden men will form into line
and march to the square, preceded by
the G. A. Band, the Battalion and
the Hampden ladies in carriages On
arrival at the square all the Hampden
people will take cOnveyances and be
driven over the following route:
From Public Square south on Market
to Cedar: west on Cedar to Poplar;
north on Poplar to Lake; east on Lake
to Market; south Oh Market to Tuscan
aWaS; east on Tuscarawas to Cherry;
north on Cherry to Washington avenue;
west on Washington avenue to Walnut;
south on Walnut to Tuscarawas; west
on Tuscarawas to Harrison and u
ter march and take the new corners to
their respective homes.
In the evening the newcomers will
meet at the assembly room at the city
hall at $50 and march to the Taberna-
Gle, headed by the G. A. Band. There
they will be banqueted. The address
of welcome will be made by Mayor
Blake and will be responded to by a
Hampden representive. Speeches will
be made by members of the
Board of Trade, Messrs. Dueber and
Rood, and citizens.
Carriages will be in waiting at the
curbstope in the Square and North
Market streetfOr the newcomers, and
those who have offered carriages are
requested to have them in
position at 2 o'clock, sharp.
Those who have carriages and have not
signified their intention to the commit
tee of turning out, but who desire to do
so, are earnestly requested to notify the
committee at once and be in line on
Friday. It's necessary to have sutti-
Gent carriages, and this cannot be done
unless all lend a willing hand.
Tickets for the banquet nave been
placed on sale at 81 a plate, and there
will be no complimentaries.
WHAT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The impression that $50 a plate was
to be charged at the banquet on Friday
evening is a mistake. Ticket first spoken
of was for two persons, a lady and gen
tlemau, it being the object of the com
mittee to induce as many ladies as pos
sible to attend. Since then it has been
decided to issue single tickets also
which will be one dollar each. From
the fact that this whole affair is gotteI
up by individual citizens, and is in nc
sense under the auspices of the city
council or board Of trade, it has beer
! gotten up on a very liberal scale. Tvs
: things must be kept in mind, first, there
are expenses which cannot be met un
less the tickets are kept at M dollal
a. each; and, again, the limit of space il
; the tabernacle makes 1t impossible fol
citizens generally to get in, and at thu
present rate no one can find fault anC
1t is open to all who feel like buying
: ticket, either single or double. Let al
: our citizens whether they go into TIN
, banquet or not, show good cheer, ant
: help to make this occasion of so man!
: new citizens coming to our city, to fee
!: that they are coming to a progressive
and social people. JOHN BANNER,
m of committee