The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-10
NEW CANAAN'S CENTENNIAL
HoW IT WILL BE OBSERVED JUNE
 16, F AND IS.

Three Days' Celebration Planned
 Sunday Schools to Have Procession 1 and Union Meeting-School Children | to Parade and Btg Turnout.
 The programme for New Canaan's centennial celebration is nearly com pie. The little town is sure to do it. self proud, and thousands of visitors
 are expected from Stamford and oth-
 CT neighboring towns. The plan so far
 as arranged is as follows: Sunday, June 16.--At 10:30 a. rn., un- ion service in the Congregational church. Rev c. M. Selleck will deliv-
 CT an historical address. Special sing
 ing under the leadership of Professor
 H. R. Humphries. All the choirs will
 unite in chorus singing, and soloists
 from out of town will be present. In
 the afternoon the Sunday schools will
 unite in parade, each school meeting at it's own church and marching to an appointed spot near the M E. church
 where they will form at 3:30. The pa
 rade will start at four. The line of march follows: From M. E.. church up Main to Forest, to St, Aloysius church, countepmarching to Main, to Baptist church, to St Marks church. to Con- gregational church, where an appro- priate service will be rendered, con- sisting of an historical address by 0 ,t,+ pl, wifi familiar hymns.
 Monday June 17.--A parade of chil- dren of the public schools will start at noon, headed by the juvenile band of the Connecticut School for Boys at Meriden, from Center school, and pro- ceed as follows: To Maple, to Main, to Oenoke avenue, countermarching to the green in front of the Congregational church, when addresses will be deliv- cred by Hon. c. D. Hine, secretary of the State Board of Education, and oth- CTS The march will be resumed through Park street 10 Railroad ave nue, to Main, to the opera house, where ice cream and cake will be served to the children. From 1 to p. m, there will be a public exhibition of school work in the opera house. At D. m. the commencement exercises of the school will be held in the opera house.
 Tuesday, June B.-Parade of fire companies, historical tableaux, floats, etc. The list of organizations to take part is not yet complete. Norwalk, Greenwich, Darien, East Norwalk Bethel and ether towns will be repre- scented in the line, with handsomely decorated engines, trucks and hose car riages, bands and drum corps The procession will form in South avenue, facing Railroad avenue, and will march thence to Main street, to Locust, to Forest, to East avenue, to Summer, to Cemetery, to Main, to Oenoke avenue, to Orson Ogden's. eountermarehing to Park, to Bank, to South avenue, to Cherry, to Park, to Richmond Hill road to Grove, to Railroad avenue, to South avenue and disband.
 The Waterbury Decorating company, under the supervision of J. F. Charters, has been awarded q contract. by the decoration committee for decorating the opera house, the exterior and inte- rior of the Congregational church, the Library building, Center school build ing, centennial headquarters, and the street work, which will consist of twenty-five arches made of bunting and flags. Mr. Charters has also con- tracted with number of private par ties for decoration