Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-07
THE 0. R. G. PICNIC.

How the Fourth was Passed
at Santa Barbara.
"a MAGNIFICENT PARADE
Notes Gathered by Herald's
Representative in the
Queen City.
When the excursionists from Los An
geles to Santa Barbara arrived at theil
destination at 2:30 P. NJ. on the 3rd
inst. they found large crowd Of persons
assembled to welcome them. A charge
was at once made for the different hotels
and after everyone was comfortably
quartered, the beach became the center
Of attraction and numbers indulged in q
dip in the surf. Long before the time
announced for the grand march, Lobero's
Theatre was filled to it's utmost capacity
by the merrymakers, who passed the
time admiring the handsome decorations
within the building. The theatre was
fitted up with elaborate floral
designs and gayly-colored bunting.
And scattered here, there and
everywhere we're the red, white and blue
flags and lanterns, emblematic of the
"All-aboard" Brigade. At each end of
the stage stood locomotive headlight
inscribed with the lettering 30. r. c.,
L. A. Div. ILL.," around the word swell
come" At the left side of the hall were
e.cream and lemonade booths, presided
over by the Woman's Relief Corps Of
Santa Monica, the following ladies being
in charge:
Lemonade booth-Mrs. Packard, Miss
Prisel, Miss Bonner.
Ice-cream booth-Mrs. Telhune, Mrs.
Bates, Miss Allare, Miss Clette, Miss
Curn.
The Mccoy orchestra occupied the
stage and furnished sweet music for the
many dances which consisted of the
usual polkas, schottisches, waltzes, etc.
A feature of the programme was, that
each dance was dedicated to some rail
road magnate or organization, all of the
local officials receiving recognition. Al
together about four hundred persons
participated in the affair, among whom
were noted the following: Mr.. Hartell
and vife, Mrs. L. Marshall, ]. H. Thomp-
son, Mr.. French, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs.
Polk. Mrs. Hoffman, Miss Barry, Miss
Garfield, Mr.. Smith and wife,
Mrs. Chopscast, Mrs. Sealey, Miss
Andrews, Elder Thomas and wife,
Miss Hattie Prescott, w. H. Lake, Mr..
Cowell, James Monroe, w. @. Duell,
Fred Chandler, Miss May Schlador, Mrs.
H. T. Andrews, Jose Romero, Nick Co
varrubias, Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Mohen. Mr..
and Mrs. Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Gar
ry, Mr.. and Mrs. Goddy, Col. Johnston
and sister, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. H. H.
Webb, Miss Burton, Miss Hodge, Miss
Harmon, Miss Voekman, Miss Bassett,
Charles Fife, Mr.. Miller, E. j. Vawter,
D. Kennedy, Mr.. Pridham, Mr.. French,
H. Boehme, E. Boehme, j. Walters, B.
Hawea, E. HUE, w. Simpson, G.. Rid
der, Mr.. Hay, j. Mahan, Mr.. Ayers, w.
j. Bigelow and wife, Miss Hattie Bige-
low, Miss 7. Ward, w. L. Edwards, Miss
Ida Thurston, ]. S. Thompson and wife,
Miss Rockafellow, Miss Lizzie Howard,
F. L. Harris, r. w. Payne, F. HI. Bay
lies, g. Fenner. w. E. Anderson and
wife, F. Curtis and wife,
Frank Horner and wife, Miss Clara
Sheppard, Theo. Huret, II. E. Sweetser,
w. J. Hamilton, Thos. Humphreys,
D. J. Carr and wife, Mrs. Adelaide
Cummings, Mrs. "A. Pine, P. F..
Paterson and wife, w. A. Platner and
wife, Miss Nellie Platner, E. Jesurun,
Robert Green and G. F. Gray.
The Committee of Arrangements con-
sisted of Messrs. ]. E. Hartell, G. f,
Phillips and r. W. Payne, and the floor
E. How'd, E. w. King, F. H. Seely, j. E..
Hartell, B. J. Gardiner and R. w.
Payne.
An excellent supper was served at mid
night, after which dancing was resumed
until nearly daybreak, when all retired
to snatch few hours sleep preparatory to
enjoying the festivities arranged for the
Nations birthday.
THE FOURTH.
The citizens were up betimes, pre-
pairing for the days celebration, and had
good reason to be proud of
the city's decorations, which
were admired by one and all.
Every street was ornamented, and from
all the principal buildings the national
colors floated, and variegated bunting
attracted the eye. The procession form
ed on State street, at 10 A. M, and moved
off with the City Marshal and mounted
police across State street, on north line OF
Haley street, at the head, followed by
Grand Marshal P. j. Barber, staff officers
j. A. Brown, j. w. Taggart, A. E. Put
nam, and Aids g. g. Hunt, Jas. M.
Short, Clio Lloyd, w. A. Hawley, G. A..
Stuart, J. A. Mathia, G. ]. Murphy and
William Hosmer.
The pageant with it's four divisions
formed very imposing spectacle and
met with considerable applause in its
tour along the crowded streets. The
marching of the First Infantry, COM
manded by Col. w. r. Shafter, was
much admired, and this regiment can
justly lay claim to being one of the best
drilled and most efficient corps in the
whole service. Its members stepped as
one man and the music furnished by the
regimental band was exception
ally fine. After the parade the
sightseers betook themselves to the
beach while many strolled over to the
Infantry Camp, where q concert was given
at A AS P. M. The HERALD is indebted to
Col. .Shafter and the other officers of the
company for their courteous treatment oi
| its representative, who passed pleasant