Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-22
READY FOR THE OPENING.
Grand Parade of the Local and Nau.

Grand Parade of the Local and Nau-
 gatuck K. Of C.. This Evening.
 The much discussed and much her. aided big union fair of the Knights of Columbus will open this evening iil City hall. The fair will continue throughout the week, closing on Satur- day evening. Admission each evening will be at the rate of 15 cents, which admits to most of the privileges of the fair.
 The opening this evening will be made the occasion of q grand demon stration by the local councils reinforced by the members of Ojeda council of NaugatuclS At 7:30 tn four Water bury councils, Sheridan, Barcelona Hendricken and Mulcahy will assemble at the local headquarters in Platt's block, and thence after the arrival of the Naugatuck Knights, headed by the Waterbury Military band, will parade through East Main. South Main, Bank North Main and West Main street to the City hall. His Honor Mayor Kill duff and Father Curtin, it Is expected, will ride in the parade. Both are mem bers of the order and it is a peculiar coincidence that it is the only society of any kind which either gentleman is a member. Arrived at City hall all the parading Knights will enter and His Honor the Mayor will formally open the fair. Father Curtin also. it is ex- pected. will make few remarks, after which the canvassing, dancing, assem- bling of voters for the favorite school principals and other festivities inci- dent to a fair will be inaugurated Con- siderable enthusiasm, 1t is expected, will be shown at the opening.
 A special program of events has been arranged for each evening of the fair. Tomorrow evening the entertair.ncnt will be furnished by Kelliher and Keefe, the merry drum majors, and James Coughlin, the clog dancer; on Wednesday evening Alice Whelan, black face entertainer, and William Hughes, the well known tenor, will of ficiate: the famous Crackajack min strels from Danbury will be present on Thursday evening. md on Friday the greateset event of all will occur when Supreme Knight Ahearn, Su- prem Secretary Colwell and Supreme Physician McManus will be present and address those present. The draw ing and distributing of articles will be made on Saturday evening, and on this evening also will be announced the names of those who share in the S1 ,OOO purse, the names of the two school principals who receive the largest num- Der of votes for the free trip to the Buffalo exposition and the winner of the gold medal given to the Knight who makes the best showing in the number of season books sold. To many this will be the most interesting night of the fair. Dancing will, of course, be offered every evening during the week
 The general committee and sub-com- mittee have 1abored hard for the silc- cess of the fair. and at the final meet ing held yesterday a feeling of genuine satisfaction was expressed that the labors of all seem about to be realized. Many season book sellers accounted also for their sales, thus relieving in a measure the final labors Of the com mittee i'll this matter. Altogether, the outlook is promising and the indica- tions point to the first big union fair of the Knights of Columbus proving a most extraordinary success.