Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-30
TURNER HALL DEDICATION.
Great Preparations For the Big
Events.

In the Afternoon There Will be a Grand
Parade, Which WIN be Participated In
by All the Local Organizations and
Great Many Visitors.
Next Monday will be great day among
the Germans in Wilmington. On that
date the new hall of the Wilmington
Turn2emeinde at Eighth and French
streets, will be dedicated with pomp and
ceremony. Arrangements have about been
completed for the event, which will be all
occasion of unusual interest.
The main feature of the day will be
grand parade in the afternoon. which Will
be participated in by about l.500 men, in-
Guiding all the local German organizations
and number from other cities. The fol-
lowing visiting bodies will be in line:
Philadelphia Turngemeinde. $50 men;
Gemania Turnverein of Philadelphia, 70
men; Camden, n. j.. Turnverein, l5O mem
Germania Turnverein of Baltimore. 80
men; Harmonic Singing Society of Chester,
81 men. and delegations from the South
wark Turnverel of Philadelphia, Gam
brinus Sepgerkranz of Philadelphia,
SaXonia Mannerchoir of Philadelphia
Young Mannerchoir of Philadelphia
Scranton Turnverein. Trenton Turn
verein, New York Turner Resi-
ment and other organizations. The
following local bodies will participate
Delaware Sgngerbund, Arbeiter Sienger.
bund, German Beneficial Societies Nos. l
and D Liberty Lodge, A. o. U. w; Della
ware Lodge. ID. o. H.; Delaware Tribe, !.
o. Il. NJ; Germania Encampment, K. of
st. John and Malta; Humboldt Castle X.
| q. e.; Herman Lodge, !. q. o. f., and the
Germania Social Club.
Emil Siaurer will be chief marshal Of
the parade and his assistants will be
Robert Falk, William Schmidt and several
| others not yet selected. Henry Feldmeier
| will be honorary marshal.
| Several bands of music will be in line.
All the local bands have been engaged and
| the visiting organizations, as rule, will
bring music with them.
The head of the line will form at the
hall. Eighth and French streets, and will
start at go o'clock, marching to German
Hall. There some of the principal local
societies will be met, when the line of
march will again be resumed. The
paraders will go over the following route
Down Sixth to Walnut. to Front. to
French. to Sixth, to King, to Fourth, to
Market, to Ninth. to French, to the hall
When the end of the line reaches the hall
the dedication ceremonies will take place.
The speakers at the dedication Will be
Mayor Shortlldge. President Perkins oi
City Council; Henry Feldmeier, first presi
dent of the Turngemeinde; A. l.. Weise
first president of the Philadelphia Turnge
meinde district; Henry Auer, president o
the Philadelphia Iurngemeinde. and PROB
ably Henry Leitz, ex-president of th
United Singers of Philadelphia; Gov
Watson who has been invited to be presen
with his staff. and Gen. Sigel, who is al
honorary member of the New Yorl
Turner Regiment
In the afternoon, after the formal ded
cation of the ball, there will be u gymnas
tic exhibition, participated in by Turner
from this city and Philadelphia. In til
evening there will be grand concert an
, ball, the music for which will be funishe
, by the Arbeiter S@ngerbund, Delawar
Slengerbund and the singing section of th
n Turngemeinde.
: The officers Of the Turngemeinde are a
a. follows: President, Joseph Rymski; Vic
IN president, August Goeuner; Secretary, &c
!, hard Schermer Financial Secretary, Georf
Weth; Treasurer. Nelchior Braun; Phys
/ cal Instructor, Emil Maurer; Assstan
Robert Falk; Quartermaster, Williai
Schmidt; Librarian, August Hauser.