The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-01
anniversary DAY
Nearly Fifty Sunday Schools
in Line This After
noon.
THE SPECIAL FEATURES
Hedding Presented With Ban
ner-Decorations Along
the Line.
THE SPECIAL FEATURES

Scarcely a the public school children
shaken off the excitement of one parade,
that of Decoration Day, when SO many OF
them participated in the flag at City Hall,
than comes the excitement of another
| parade, this time individually their own,
the parade marked by the small girl IN
the advent of a new dress n by the IN
dispensable small boy with the measure
ment of his capacity for ice cream. In
other words the annual Sunday school
parade which started out this afternoon
shortly after three o'clock.
But not three o'clock, nay, not even one
o'clock, was early to mark the beginning
of the annual event with younger portion
Of. the Sunday schools. These children
were VI at daylight to view the sky.
Then came a feeling of ~unbounded joy
because the pretty new frock could be
worn without jeopardy to material from
a drenching, while the owner could scarce
contain herself even after trying it on
| several times, till the hour arrived when
she might don it for good. and any time
after one o'clock the streets were filled
| with summer gowned girls n typically
combed and brushed Sunday school boys
all hurrying in the direction of their re-
spective churches.
Nor was the adornment of the outer
man entirely limited to the children.
Teachers, too, appeared in new gowns,
while the churches themselves were cloth
ed in a marvellous beauty of flags and
flowers, while all along the line of march.
faces peeped from window and porches
curtained and draped with flags, and now
and again a handful of flowers were
thrown upon the marchers beneath.
The days programme stated that in
| case of rain exercises would be held in
the churches, but there was no such dis
appointment in store for the enthusiastic
pupils as about this time last year. The
day could not have been better suited to
the occasion, for while it might have been
criticised as somewhat warm, still there
was a delightfully."- refreshing breeze near
~ all day, and the exercises of song,
recitation and tableau in the various
churches were FASTENED that each Sunday
School might be at its designated point of
the compass on time.
The exercises in the Tabernacle were as
usual most interesting, a feature OF the
entertainment being the Banquet OF Na-
tons by pupils of No. l School. Here also
were the children of the Home OF the
| Homeless entertained. The decorations
were flags and towers.
Hedding Sunday School also had a most
interesting programme, while, through
the effort of the ladies, who worked all
morning mending flags and ironing out
creased banners, the church looked pref
ty enough to hold its own with any in the
city. Here Trinity NJ. E. Sunday school
was entertained while a feature of the
IT, -o.1-ta+;or hr +ho Pow
James A. Owen OF a handsome blue and
gold banner, hand painted with the en-
blematic dove and olive branch by the
donor. Miss Anna Mitchell. This was pre-
scented to the infant department.
The parade was reviewed by the city
officials and others from stands erected
in Van Worst Park, at the residence of
DR.. J.. Lawrence Nevin. Bowers street,
where the schools sang MY Country IT'S
of Thee and at Boulevard and Tonnel
avenue.
Mr.. Harry H. Farrier acted as Grand
Marshal, with Messrs. John Courtney,
John Barricklo and Edwin H. Snyder as
division marshals.
The paradfng Sunday schools are:-Hed-
ding N. E. s. S., Trinity NJ. E. S. s.,
| Tabernacle S. s., Second Reformed S. S.,
| Parmly Memorial Baptist s. S., John
| Knox S. S., Scotch Presbyterian S. s.,
German NJ. E. S. s., Emory NJ. E. S. s.,
Bergen Baptist s. s., Zion A. N. E. S. S.
| Presbyterian Chapel M. s. s., First Pres
byterian S. S. of West Hoboken, First
| Baptist s. S. of West Hoboken, Palisade
NJ. E. S. S., United Presbyterian S. s.,
| Simpson NJ. E., Summit Avenue U. p,
Grace NJ. E., West Side Reformed,
Park Reformed s. S., Grace P. E. s. S.,
| Centenary NJ. E. S. s., Zion M. E. s. S.,
| ST. Paul M. E. S. s., Norwegian Evan
gelical s. S., German Reformed S. S.,
North Baptist s.. S., Holy Trinity S. s.,
| Second Presbyterian S. S., Salem Baptist
s.. s.. Bergen Mission S.. s., Waverly Con-
| gregational S. s., Central Avenue Re-
| formed S. S., Trinity Baptist S. S., Pill
| grim Baptist s. s., Jane M. E.. S. S., Sum-
nit Avenue Baptist, Westminster, Swed-
ish Lutherans, Marion Baptist.
At the conclusion of the parade each
sunday-school will return to its W
| rooms. where ice cream and cake will
be served.
The Hudson City section is in gala attire
| this afternoon IN honor of the Sunday
| school children, who enjoyed their annual
| June walk and subsequent festivities. Ed
win H.. Snyder is marshal of the division.
| His aides are James w. Farr, H. H. Me-
harg, w. T.. Heritage. The parade formed
at Congress street and Ogden avenue iii
| two columns. Column A was made up OF
| the Presbyterian Chapel Memorial Sun-
day School, e. J. Tomlinson, school mar.
! shall; the First Presbyterian School of
| West Hoboken, George B. Kemp, school
marshal; First Baptist Scbool of West
] Hoboken, the Rev. r. H. Rollins, school
marshal; Palisade Methodist, Henry
Schill, school marshal, and United Presby-
~terian, Otto Heisenbuttel, school marshal.
Column B was composed of the Waver-
ly Congregational School, Stephen d.
Eyre, school marshall. Central Avenue
Reformed. j. T.. Mahon. school marshal;
Trinity Baptist. ]. Pinkney. school mar
shall; Pilgrim Baptist, H, ortlieb, school
Marshal, and James Methodist, 0. w.
Cosine. school marshal.