The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-03
MERIDEN'S CENTENNIAL.
DETAILED PROGRAMMES FOR
LEADING LVENTS
is Now COmpleted-CeIebrqtiO VIII
be Elaborate and an Honor to the


Meriden, Conn.,, May S.-With but few
exceptions the detailed programmes of
all the principal events which will be
leading features of the Meriden Centen-
NAL celebration, opening on June 10 and
lasting until June 16, have been COM
pleted and confirmed by the general
committee in whose hands, by vote Of
the town and act of the last general
legislature of the state, is placed the
control of the celebration. These pro
grammes show the centennial will be
the most elaborate celebration ever I'M
dertaken in the state and possibly in
New England. The principal events Of
the week are as follows:
SUNDAY, JUNE 10.
The centennial will open on Sunday,
June 10, with religious observances
I principally. In all the churches elebo-
rate preparations have been made for
services morning and evening with no-
ted clergymen and former pastors in
| charge and fun musical programmes.
| Bishop Tierney will be in attendance at
| st. Roses Catholic church, and at ST.
| Mary's, the German Catholics will open
o three days state convention In the
afternoon there will be big union SER.
vice at which Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott
will be the speaker: The three days
session of the Southern New England
| funniest, which opens Saturday, will
be in progress with athletic sports at
Scheutzen park.
MONDAY, JUNE H.
The celebration proper will start Mon
day June II, when the big Midway will
open its doors and be in progress night
and day for the rest of the week, The
| Manufacturers and Varied Arts Expo
sition, occupying all of Hanover Park
will also open and run every day and
evening, and and another feature will
he the loan exhibit of historical articles
open every day, Athletic competitions
4 will be in progress at Scheutzen Park,
II with two ball games in the afternoon at
Hanover Park The first of the many
parades of the week will come that day
when in the morning the big Turner's
convention win have one the couven-
ton of German Catholics another, and
in the afternoon the big civic parade,
with thousands of men in line, will be
held. In this parade the veteran fire.
men of the state will take part as they
will be in session that day.
The Connecticut Bankers association
will meet in the morning at the Home
club, transact business, have luncheon
4 and enjoy carriage drive and take In
the sights in the afternoon and after
IL T,, inc
! the Turner'S will have big ball and the
other parades of the day will be supple
| mented with a big Industrial parade in
which illuminated floats will be a fea-
ture.
, TUESDAY, JUNE IL.
Tuesday June IL, Is Grand Army day,
when the annual state encampment will
open at the new Auditorium. There
, will be four parades, the G. A. r., an
} automobile parade, carriage parade
and a parade by the Southern New
. England Scheutzenbund for the open
ing of their big two days rifle shoot
There will be base bail at Hanover
{ Park in the afternoon and the C. A. r.
) campfire with fireworks and illumina-
lions in the evening.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.
Labor day comes Wednesday, June
IS, when there will be thousands of mer
, in line in the parade Of the State Fed
Grafton Of Labor, which will be fol
lowed by a field day at Terrace Garden
The G. A. r. encampment will also be
in progress and the Meriden Golf clut
will open it's four days tournament
: An athletic meet, open to Meriden ath-
letes only, will be held at Hanover
. Park. In the evening an elaborate
"Old Folks" concert will be presented
at the Auditorium, the State Fedora.
tion of Labor will be in session at Ter
> race Garden and the Southern New
England scheutzenbund at Turner's
hall.
THURSDAY, JUNE IA.
"Old Home" day comes Thursday
: June IA, and with it the big military
and semi-military parade, the big state
meet of the Connecticut Filters ant
Drummers' association, with prize con
! tests and a parade followed by tht
Drumners' ball at the Auditorium a
night and fireworks and Examinations.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10.
AS Meriden, before being set off an(
Incorporated as town was part o.
1 Wallingford, Friday is to be largely de
I voted to the mother town. There viii
= he historical exercises in the Auditori
4 UNI, with Judge L. NJ. Hubbard, o
Wallngford, as the presiding officer
( and other Wallingford speakers. Gene
f raj H. B. Darlington, U. S. A, retired
: of Hyde Park, Mass, will deliver tn,
= Grafton. Putnam Phalanx will arriv,
and parade and take part In the pre-
Y sentation to the town of a bronze tab
let bearing the names of all the AIeri
= den soldiers in the Revolution Thi
tablet is the gift of the Daughters o
l. the American Revolution and they will
e have as guests the regents and othe
s representatives of all chapters in tn
- state. An athletic meet, open to all Z
e A. A. athletes, will be held at Hanove
t Park in the afternoon and the finals il
v the Meriden Golf club tournament. Il
the evening the big Colonial ball vii
. he held at the Auditorium, with Put
nam Phalanx as guests of honor,
n SATURDAY, JUNE 16.
e Meriden was incorporated as a sepa
e rate town April Is, 1906, and the frs
town meeting held then. This frs
S town meeting is to be reproduced Il
e the morning of Saturday, June 16, in al
It elaborate manner. Putnam Phalan
d will act as escorts. In the afternoo
d and evening historical exercises will b
held. At the afternoon meeting vii
Il Inn rr,.n,,nre Ieror1ne whose family wa