The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-06-05
S. S. PARADE
Hundreds of Children View
ed By Mayor Pagan
and Others.

ABOUT TWO O'Clock today the city was
full Of good little Sunday school boys
and gir.s, the latter in white frocks,
dainty and new. hurrying in all directions
in chaotic groups. Later these children
were again seen, but this time in line
keeping step to the big brass bands Of
the Sunday school parade.
1t was the forty-ninth parade. and the
little pridea and darlings were viewed by
fond mothers and grandmothers. whv had
themselves experienced the ecstasy Of a
new frock in which they dared not sit
down for fear of wrinkles. All along the
route, from Mercer to varick streets.
along Coles and Eighth streets to Hamil-
ton Park, in the downtown section. and
along the Boulevard in the Hudson City
and Bergen district, the houses and pub
lie buildings were hung with flags which
waved in national glory above the re-
ligious emblems carried by the good pso-
pie below.
In order that the better showing Of
Sunday school scholars might be made,
all the public schools gave their boys and
girls a half holiday with the expressed
hops they would all parade, but even the
ice cream and cake served upon the re-
turn march in the various churches was
not sufficient indueement for some of the
less religious youngsters. However, there
were thousands in line, especially in the
downtown district. The Hudson district
also made good showing, but in the
Bergen district there was a decided fall
ing Off The First Congregational
Church. which always led the procession,
with the Rev. John L. scudder and his
cradle roll OF a hundred or more babies
in carriages, and the Roosevelt Cadets
was sadly missing. while the Bergen Bap-
tist, Bergen Reformed, First Presby-
terian and Emory NJ. E. Churches were
missing in more or less degree. The
parading churches were:-Simpson NJ. E.
s. s.. st. Johns German NJ. E. 5. s..
Grace NJ. E. S. s., Summit Avenue L. P.
s. S., Summit Avenue Baptist S. s.. En-
deavor Baptist S. s.. Westminster Pres
byterian S. s.. Marion Baptist and First
q. P. S. s. The reviewing stand was at
the home of Mr.. Thomas ]. Mellor, No.
2S29 Boulevard. where the schools were
reviewed at three o'clock by their mar
shal. Mr. Clifford H Melor, Division Aids
Fred r. Schultz and John A. Gross, and a
number of prominent citizens and clergy
men.
Mayor Pagan tried to take it all in. By
aid of a horse. a carriage and good Re
publican he was on the reviewing stand
for the Hudson City division, at the home
of DR.. j. Lawrence Nevin, No. 15S Bowels :
street, at three o'clock, and was down
town in Hamilton Park at half-past three
to be saluted by the good little boys and
girls of the downtown Sunday schools.
The Bergen section the Mayor had to
miss.
The parading schools in the Hudson
City division were:-First Baptist Sun
day School of West Hoboken. First Bap-
tist Mission Sunday School of Hoboken,
Palisade NJ. E. Sunday School, Presbyter-
ian Chapel Mission Sunday School, Sec
ond United Presbyterian Sunday School,
Hope Mission L. P. Sunday school, Wav-
erly Congregational Sunday School, Wav-
erty CauStS. EnSTiH bdptASt OuLuSS
School. Central Avenue Reformed Sunday
School, Trinity Baptist Sunday School,
James NJ E. Sunday School. and those in
the park or downtown division were
Wayne Street Reformed Sunday School,
Bethesda Baptist Sunday School, German
NJ E. Sunday School, John Knox Presby-
terian Sunday School. Holy Trinity Sun
day School Hedding NJ. E Sunday School
Parmiy Memorial Baptist Sunday School
Free Reformed Sunday School, Trinity
NJ. E. Sunday School, Grace P. E. sun
day School. German Reformed Sunday
School. Zion A NJ. E. Sunday School,
Norwegian Evangelical Sunday School,
st. Pauls's NJ E. Sunday School. NortL
Baptist Sunday School. Second Presby-
tersan Sunday School, Park Reformed
Sunday school and Centenary NJ. E
Sunday School.
Mr. Harry H. Farrier acted as grand
marshal of the downtown division with
Nj. John E Fairbanks and w. A. Dey as
aids. and in the Hudson City section, Mr..
~ Z. TAYLOR acted as marshal and W.
s. Shaterian Joseph Davis, Ed. Lelb and
w III. Johnson as aids