Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-28
BACK TO KENTUCKY
Louisville Club Planning a Great
Home Coming Week
Next June.
EXERCISES TO BE ELABORATE
"Weicome," Foster" Daniel Boone
and Greater Kentucky" Days
Will be Celebrated.

by young lady born in Kentucky. but
now living in Colorado. the Louisville
Commercial club is to have home
coming" for all Kentuckians next June
| says a Louisville special dispatch to
| the New York Globe The plans as fan
much more extensive than any of the
home coming" weeks ever held In
New England. The dates fixed are
! June IS. II. Is, IL and IL
The first day will be known as re
| ception and welcome day" Every coun.
ty in the state will establish headquar.
tiers in the new armory at Louisville
where registration of visitors will take
place. This will be followed by a civic
and military parade. Colonel Henry
Watterson has been invited TO deliver
the chief address of welcome and for
mer Governor David r. Francis of
Missouri the response. Among many
others invited to appear on the pro-
gramme are former Senators William
Lindsay and John G. Carlisle of New
York city. Associate Justice John NJ.
Harlan of the United States supreme
court, former Governor Thomas T.
Crittenden of Missouri and former Vice
President Adlai E. Stevenson of Illi-
nols.
HOnOrs Author of Song.
Thursday, June II, is to be Foster
Gay" in honor of stephen Collins Eos
ter. the author Of the immortal song
MY Old Kentucky Home" The events
of. the day will include brass bands
and vocal concerts. it being planned to
mass several bands to render MY Old
Kentucky Home and have a chorus of
several thousand children honor Eos
ter's memory. The Commercial club
has arranged with Miss Enid Yandell.
Ne of Foster. to be unveiled on this
day, to be later placed in the new cap
itol at Frankfort. The statue will cost
about $4,000 and will be paid for out of
contributions by the school children Of
Kentucky.
Friday. June 10. Daniel Boone day,
will give both host and guest Ne OPP
portunity of paying tribute to the Ken
lucky pioneer, reviving the states ear
liest history, the trials and privations
OF its men and women in the eight
eenth century, the fights led by General
George Rogers Clark. Kentuckians at
that the entire day will be spent in the
parks Of Louisville
Following the oratory there will be
given old fashioned games. in which
prizes will be awarded. Other features
of the day will include sewing bees,
apple parings and corn huskings, the
day concluding with the Virginia reel,
danced on platform built inside a
stockade to hold thousand couples.
The club Is now arranging for the net
essary shocks of corn and barrels of
apples to be used in the huskings and
parinGs.
BoOne's Relatives Invited.
Special recognition is to be paid on
this day to all the kindred OF Boone
who attend the festivities. A hand
some medal will be given the person
present who can prove the closest re-
lationship to the great pioneer. Ar
rangements have been made with Colo
mel c. c. Bickel, who has presented
the city Of Louisville with a statue of
Daniel Boone, to have this statue IN
yelled on Daniel Boone day. The
statue is being placed in picturesque
spot In Cherokee park.
Saturday, June III. has been set aside
as Greater Kentucky day, with bar
becues, campfires and the like-a day
when the speakers can tell how Ken
tuckians have assisted in making the
fields OF other states more prolific, the
bench and bar of other states more
learned. their press more profound;
how Kentuckians have helped disclose
the hidden mineral treasures of other
states and how they have contributed
to advancement under all conditions.
Sunday, June II, will be given over
to The spirit inspired by the song I'm
I'll We Meet Again" All the pulpits
Of the Louisville churches will be filled
by ministers of the gospel who are for
mer Kentuckians.
The census of 1900 shows that there
are more than 100000 natives Of Ken
lucky now living in other common
wealtlis of the United States. The
Louisville Commercial club, while ii
would be gratIfied to have the name
anu dUuTcSS OI every Oue VI tHtSc iOi-
mer Kentuckians for the purpose of
extending invitations to them. does not
expect to receive a complete list. but
has placed on foot a plan wheseby II
hopes to procure a large percentage.
The club expects TO get the railroads
OF the United States to make rate of
one fare for the round trip FOR this
great event II also expects to arrange
with the railroads to grant thirty and
sixty day extensions on all tickets.
which Will enable visitors to leave
Louisville on the night of the 18th for
any point in Kentucky to stay for a
time with their friends.
The club Is planning TO make hand
some awards. In addition to the Boone
prize, to the following: The former
Kentuckian present who came the
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