The San Francisco call., 1905-06-08
WILL HOLD BIG
CELEBRATIONS
Citizens of Oakland and
Haywards Plan Elaborate
Programmes for Fourth
OFFICIALS ARE CHOSEN
Herman Gard Will Be Grand
Marshal and Mayor Will
Preside at the Exercises

OAKLAND. June PLANS are well
under way for the big Fourth OF July
celebration planned for this city by the
Merchants Exchange and already
number of events for the entertain
ment of citizens and visitors have been
definitely decided upon by the executive
committee. Herman Gard has been
elected grand marshal of the parade
and he will at once select those who
will act as his aids. Harry G. Will
Hams. chairman of the finance commit
tee, reported at the last meeting Of the
executive committee that more than
$500 has already ben secured to defray
the expenses of the celebration and he
expressed confidence that this amount
would be considerably increased by the
time the committee had completed a
canvass of the merchants and other citi-
zenS.
The literary exercises will be held
in the Macdonough Theater, John t.
Bell, the chairman of the literary COM
mittee, having been already instructed to
secure the theater for that purpose.
The afternoon programme Of games and
races will be under the direction of the
Reliance Athletic Club, the members of
which are now at work preparing for
the events. There will also be an
aquatic programme on Lake Merritt, in
which many members OF San Francisco
and Alameda County boating clubs will
take part.
In the evening there will be a big
display of fireworks, which will be held
either on the shores OF the lake or at the
junction of Broadway and Telegraph
avenue. The entertainment committee
has already been instructed to ask for
bids for the furnishing of fireworks, it
being the intention of the executive
committee to vary the usual display
of ordinary features with the exhibi-
tion of number of fancy set pieces
The celebration will open with the
parade, which will be held inthe morn
ing, and Immediately afterward lunch
con will be served under the trees at
the Willows" on the shore of Lake
Merritt. H. ". Gard, chairman of the
parade committee. is now arranging to
have the members of one of the local
women's organizations take charge OF
this feature of the celebration. Imme-
diately after the luncheon the literary
exercises will be held and these will be
followed by the afternoon athletic and
aquatic programme. The celebration
will close with the display of fireworks
in the evening. Mayor Frank K. Mott
will preside at the literary exercises
and the address of the day will be de-
livered by a prominent citizen of San
HAYWARDS. June Z. = Elaborate
are being made by the citi-
zens of Haywards- for an appropriate
celebration of the nations birthday
and the reports of the committees in
charge off the arrangements indicate
that the affair will be the largest ever
held in the interior of the county.
Treasurer Lillibridge Of the finance
reported at the last meeting
of the executive committee that $1522 so
had been subscribed for the celebration,
of which $553 had already been col
iected, insuring plenty of funds to de-
fray all the expenses incurred by the
The music committee has engaged
three bands for the parade, In which
nearly all of the fraternal organiza-
tions of Haywards and the surrounding
towns and several companies of the Ma
tional Guard of California will take
part. The executive committee has just /
that Miss Welch has been
selected to take the partaof the God
dess of Liberty in the parade and the
address of the day will be delivered by
Lin s. Church of Oakland. An !
invitation has been extended to the |
members of Company A. National Guard
Of California, of San Francisco to take |
part in the parade and also to spend |
their four days outing at Haywards. |
The committee has secured a piece or /
land for the use of the soldiers as a I
camping ground in case the invitation I
should be accepted.