The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20
Greatest Sunday School Rally
Ever Held in This Section
Of the State Will Be That,
Of Saturday.
MANY FLOATS TO FEAT
URE PARADE MILE LONG.
Schools From All Parts of the
County Will Send Delega-I
tions-Assignment of Plac-i
es of Formation.

Final arrangements have been COM
pleted for the great Sunday school rail-
ly day that is to be held Saturday, as
one of the side features OF the Rich
mond chautauqua. The Wayne
County Sunday School association off,
GERS are very enthusiastic over the
prospects for the biggest event of this
kind that has ever been held In this
section of the state.
The event has been advertised in
this section of Indiana outside of
Wayne county and also in various
points in Ohio. Word has been re-
ceived that the Sunday schools from
Eaton, Greenville, New Hope, Liberty
and other nearby out county towns
will attend as visitors. They will al
so be permitted to take part In the Gel
ebration. 1t is known that there will
be at least rs floats and II is estimat-
ed that there will be 6.oO0 persons take
part in the parade.
Very unique floats have been arrang-
ed by the different Sunday schools.
The Richmond Friends have joined
and will have one float made up OF
representatives of each of the three
churches. They will be dressed In
the William Penn garb. II is believ- :
ed that this will be one of the features
of the parade. This wagon will head
the Friends section of the parade.
| The St Paul's German Lutheran Sum
day school, which is the largest in the
| city, will have eight or ten floats in
the parade. The floats are prepared
and they expect to carry away some OF
the honors. Each float will be made
to represent some part of the church.
Franklin township lays claim to the
best float of all. Col Wiley is the su-
perintendent and he has a novel plan.
According to the reports he will have
mammoth float drawn by Is mules.
| At Webster the Sunday schools have
been making great preparation. The
Friends church will have three floats
and the Methodists will probably have
two. They expect to have delegation
of 800 come to Richmond.
Abingdon has float and reports say
it is to be drawn by twelve horses and
Col. Wiley will have a hard run for
honors. They expect to have 200 peo-i
pie attend.
Fountain City has number OF
floats decorated with all kinds of gay
colors and various other things that
are expected to receive honors.
The Williamsburg school was unable
to secure any wagons to use as floats
: and have made local arrangement to
furnish three hacks which will be dec
GRATED with flags and bunting.
Cambridge City, Centerville. Econo-
| my and other places are making elab-
, crate preparations.
, In Richmond the interest is very in
. tense Each of the Sunday schools Is
, making preparations and none expects
, to be out done by any of the outside
schools. 1t is believed there will be
80 or 40 floats from the Richmond
/ schools alone. Each Sunday school in
the city has been requested TO have the
persons expecting to enter the parade
at the respective church by o'clock
and then leave for the places of forma-
tion so that they will be ready TO
march not later than 3:15. Between
and O'Clock, Edward ]. Humpe will
; take the badges around to the differ
ent schools so that they can be dis
tributed. Only the persons wearing
: the badges will be admitted to the
chautauqua grounds free OF charge.
The badges will be given to the coun-
ty superintendents after 0 O'Clock. It
is thought that the parade will start
at 10 O'Clock and will be over a mile
in length.
The parade will be headed by Mr..
Halpenny of Indianapolis, Mr.. Clark.
: state superintendent. Mr.. James Shaw.
7 superintendent of the chautauqua and
E. j. Humpe. secretary of the Wayne
County Sunday schools.
The formation OF the parade will be
as follows:
. Grand marshal and aides.
Richmond City band. Main and Sec.
ond.
Ministerial Association, south side
Main, west of Second
City officials, north side Main west
, of Second.
Arlington township, east side South
: Second, first section.
Boston township, east side South
/ Second, second section
l. Center township. east side North
Second, first section.
Clay township, east side North Sec
ond, second
L Dalton township, east side North
; Second. third section.
Franklin township, west side North