Evening journal., 1910-09-14
ILLUMINATIONS
FOR The FTREMEN
City Will Blaze Forth in
COIOred Lights While
Celebration is on
WEST CHESTER WILL
SEND MANY VISITORS

Among the towns around Whining |
ton that will send special excursion !
to this city on October 8 TO witness the
firemen's parade is West Chester.
That city also will have two of its fire
compapies in line of parade, the West
Chester Fire Company No. l. and the
Fame Company. The members of these
organizations are now making active
preparations for the trip, and they
will be accompanied by a host of
friends. The No. ] company will have
about $50 men in line, exclusive of
large band. and the Fame Company
expect to come TO Wilmington with
200 men.
No. / company will be the guests of
the Weccacoe. and the Fame will be
entertained by Water Witch Company.
The Volunteer Firemen's Associa-
ton, which is arranging for the cele-
bration, Is now taking an active hold
of things and rushing work on the
| arrangements. The business men Of
the city also have taken up plans for
] the celebration and yesterday obtained
a permit from the street and sewer
department to decorate Market street.
This thoroughfare will put on a dress
of colors, electric lights and other dec
orations.
The fireman's hat has been chosen
as the principal feature of the decora-
tions. The hat will be outlined in
proper colored electric lights and Will
be conspicuous everywhere
The city hall will have the emblem
on all four sides OF the building. The
city hall and other city buildings also
will be outlined with lights and a
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city will be similarly outlined
The streets Will be illuminated by
curved ropes of electric lights swing
ing from one point to another. One
half OF the chain of lights will be OF
red and the other of blue, with a string
in the center lof white lights. This
design serves 4 double purpose, decor
alton and illumination.
The Wilmington dnd Philadelphia !
Traction Company has directed $. Hy-
man Glucroft, it's consulting illumi-
nation engineer, to cooperation with |
the municipal committee in arrang- |
ing the decorations
Association Asks support.
The Volunteer Firemens Associa |
ton, under whose auspices the cele-
bration will be held. has for its OBJ
iect, among other things, a PROPOSE |
ton to make the association a perma- /
nent one and 1t is also proposed to es-
tablish a Beneficial Fund" for the |
immediate relief Of any member who |
may be injured or possibly meet death
while in active service in which event
some provision will be made for their
families. The firemen feel that
movement of this kind should un-
! doubtedly receive a liberal and hearty
support from all our citizens from the
fact that these men imperil their lives
continually while protecting the lives
and property of all our residents with
out receiving any compensation for
their heroic work.
In order to aid in raising funds to
help along such a movement, the as
sociation will publish handsome
Convention and Celebration Book. a."
containing portraits of officers, past
and present historical review of the
fire department and this association,
pictures of the various fire houses, To-
cation of fire alarm and signal boxes.
and much other valuable reading mat
ter with illustrations in keeping with
such a publication; in fact, it will be
a most complete work of the fire de-
partment and a fitting souvenir of
such memorial occasion.
Tho association feels that. consider
ing the services of these brave volun-
teers, every business man in the city
should give united support and coop
GRAFTON to make It the success that is
due the fire fighters of the city.
All residents of the city are joining
IN make the weeks celebration one
that will remain prominent in the his
tory of the city. There is talk Of
special flag being designed in honor
of the firemeu, having the state color
bands, with the emblem I'm the center,
all IN electric lights.
No particular charge is being made
OF merchants for decorating their
buildings, It being the idea of those
who are doing the decorating to allow
merchants to pay whatever they
please for the work Every Market
street merchant will be asked to deco
rate his place of business.
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