The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-05
SHERMAN PLACE DIVISION.


The parade of the ShermEa Place Divi
sion, which embraced the First Baptist Sun
day School of West Hoboken, Palisade M. E.
Sunday School, PRESBYTERIAN Chapel Mission
Sunday School, Central Avenue Reformed
School, James NJ. E. Sunday School, Wayer-
" Congregational Sunday School, First
West Hoboken Company Boys Brigade, ana
the Pilgrim tGerman) Baptist Sunday
School, was marshaled by William II.
Taylor and his aide, II. A. Chamberlain,
who represented Grand Marshal J, " Forster
in that district In the parade there were
over 1000 children, besides the many teach
ers and grown folk who accompanied them.
The parade really started from Bowers
street and Central avenue, as all the various
Sunday Schools marched through the differ
ent streets and followed the head of the
column which was the Waverly Congre-
gational Sunday School.
This school left their church at fifteen
minutes to three O'Clock and proceeded down
Palisade avenue to Bowers street, where they
halted and waited for the other schools to
form in line. The other schools followed In the
following order:-The First Baptist Sunday
School Of West Hoboken the Palisade M.
E. Sunday School, the Central Avenue Sun
day School, the Trinity Baptist Sunday
School, the Presbyterian Chapel Mission, the
James M. E. Sunday School, Pilgrim Ger
mani Baptist School, and the First West
Hoboken Company Boys Brigade. Each
school had its own band of music or
drum and fife corps. When all was
in readiness, word was sent along
the line to start the process
sion, and at fifteen minutes
to four o'clock the parade headed by a
platoon of police and Superintendent Tower,
of the Waverly Congregational Sunday
school started with flags flying and banners
streaming in the wind.
Each school had May pole in its ranks
with several children holding the ends OF
fancy colored silk ribbons. All wore coro-
nets of flowers
The Palisade NJ. E. School had devises
made of flowers In the shape of cross, an
anchor and heart, to represent faith, hope
and charity.
The James NJ E. School had float. upon
which rested an open Bible This was car
ried by the children of Miss Ralph's class.
The banners of the various schools were
very beautiful, as were the Individual class
banners
The banner of the Wayerly Congregation
al School was made of white silk. backed
with gold and had large gilt lettering. The
James NJ E. School banner was faced with
purple colored silk, backed with old gold,
and had large gilt letters and an open Bible
in the centre, with dove flying over it. with
an olive branch in its bill. The banner Of
u.
with gilt lettering. The other school ban
ners were all on the same style as the Pail
SADIE NJ. E. School, only they varied in
color
All along the line of march the houses
were decorated profusely with flags and
bunting, and at various places flowers were
strewn along the path. When the procession
had reached the reviewing stand, which was
ex-Assenblyman Henry Brautigam's house
on the north east corner of Summit
avenue and Sherman place the lines
divided and lined both sides of the
Sherman avenue and Summit. As they
reached the reviewing stand, they sang My
Country.n When the lines had been formed
on each side of the streets, the brass band Of
the Trinity Sunday School escorted His
Honor, Mayor Wanser, H. A, Chamberlain,
aide de camp; Marshal William c. Taylor;
aides. E. Fl. Snyder, ]. Fl. Neill, A. r Ed
sail, w. 2. Roberts, the ministers OF the
various churches and the superintendent of
the schools to the reviewing stand, where
they reviewed the children as they marched
back from Central avenue. On the way
back they sang "Shall We Gather at the
River"
Among those who were on the reviewing
stand besides those already mentioned were
ex-Assemblyman Henry Brautigam, As
Gowan, of West Hoboken; Rev. w W.
Rev. r. d. Johnston, Rev. T. H. Jacobus,
Principals Guilford and Hoyt, of Nos. and
s schools respectively; Miss Young, OF No;
rs school; Mrs, Andrews, of No. 10
school; Police Captain McNulty, Sup
erintendents H. Hutchins George Neill, J.
C. Mehaag, William Sturrock, a. Tower,
George H. King and the representatives Of
the press. After they had been reviewed,
Marshal Taylor gave orders for them to
adjourn to their schools This they did by
the shortest possible route, the W est Hobo
ken schools riding home in cars When they
had reached their churches they were
served with refreshments and dismissed.
In most of the churches there was only
short exercises, which merely consisted Of
singing by the school and an address by the
pastor or superintendent. They were held
previous to the marching.