The San Francisco call., 1908-05-13
SANTA ROSA READY
TO OPEN CARNIVAL
Crowning OF "Queen Nancy"
Will Be Event of First
Afternoon

SANTA ROSA, May 12.-The details
for the coming rose carnival to be
held in this city Friday and Saturday
are now practically completed and ev-
erything is in readiness for the open
ing events Friday will be devoted to
various preliminary affairs. In the
morning the Holt preparatory school of
Berkeley will play couple Of dou-
bles and two single tournaments with a
picked Santa Rosa team for the tennis
championship on the handsome new
courts in this city.
In the afternoon Queen Nancy" will
be crowned amid much enthusiasm and
a mass OF floral offerings. In the
evening there will be the grand car
nival ball opened by Queen Nancy
and her court. Throughout the day
and evening the street concessions will
be running and furnish much amuse-
ment for the public.
Saturday morning the naval officers
and men will arrive and shortly there
after the floral parade will be held
through the principal streets of the
city. The carnival spirit will prevail
and every one will be at liberty to
make the most Of the occasion. In
the evening the Columbia Park Pioneer
basket ball team will meet a picked
Santa Rosa team for the state cham
plOnSnlp. ne WlIH6ES Will De crowned
by Queen Nancy" and those in at
tendance Will enjoy dancing for sew
eral hours.
There will also be an Illuminated
parade during the evening which will
be followed with confetti battle
royal. The affair promises to wind up
in a gala time.
The management of the affair and all
arrangements for the carnival have
been planned and carried out by COM
! mitte&s from the Santa Rosa Woman's
improvements club. of which Mrs. Charles
Rohrer is president and Miss Caroline
Dunbar secretary, and the Santa Rosa
chamber of commerce, of which Mayor
James H Gray is president and z. H
Brown secretary. The committees are
as follows:
Queen aoat-.Mrs. G I, Kopf, chairman: Mrs
IL X Smith. Mrs f 4 3 e,,.e memmon. Mrs. c; @
Hood. Mrs. Eugene c. Farmer.
Floats-Mrs- c. o. Dunbar chairman: Mrs
eobs Mrs john Eis Mra psP0e @ eine Mrs ia
Automobiles-Mrs. L. ". Burris chairman
Mrs s DunbsT ar. Mrs.; I,,. W Peterson; Mrs
PoeI. reI Mrs. r r. G. g Newman a ''AA MRS W. n
Carriages and carts-sfrs- c. A Wright chair
man; Mrs Harry L. Hall, Mrs D. j. Paddock
Mrs T. p Keessn. Mrs D. R. Hodgson Mis.
Nellie Coulter. Mrs W S. Linsley Mrs. Nc
Bride smith. sIrs. r Boone Miller
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man: Mrs A. b. Ware. Mrs " f. Marcil
Mrs J. w. caypool. Mrs. J. u huykendail
Mrs. J. G. Smith.
Juveniie-Mrs. ]. \. Hooper chairman; Mrs
Phil HYDE, Mrs Tom Gregory. Mrs J. W aIil
lar Mrs n 1; DonoTan. Mrs. r. P. LIE Gro
Coronation cxercises-sIrs. J. r. Berry. Mrs
Restroom-afrs H. 6. Hahman, chairman:
Mrs s. Dunbar. Mrs. E. .. Sweetser. Mrs "
s. I.insley. Mrs John Elliott Miss Belle Hood
Mrs Thomas r. Keegan Mrs. Thomas ]. Butts
Mrs Bailey. Mrs. ]. Perry Fits. Mrs D r.
Hodgson, Mrs. y E. Marcill. Mrs. John votypka
Mrs. P. A. MeHerar.
Coffee and sandwiches Mrs J. X Smith. Mrs
7. J. Butts. Mrs. " Linsley. Mrs. T. p. Kee
gan Mrs John ii. Elliott.
Ice cream-Mrs. votypka, Mrs. J. o. Kuyken-
dal. Mrs. J. W. Cline. Mrs. A.. Jacobs. Mrs
r. p Le Gro Mrs. y. J. Paddock
Lemonade and soda-Alrs. 5. Dunbar. Mrs r
J. Rushmore Mrs y E Nareill Mrs T. f.
W r. Carfthers.
Confetti and canes-Mrs Phil HYDE. Mrs. W
II. Pyburn, Mrs. ]. W. Claypoob Mrs. Eugene
c. Farmer