The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-06-09
HEAD OFFICIALS OF THE ORDER GREETED WITH CHEERS
Directions City
City Welcome
Marching Men
Pageant.

III the reception and entertainment OF
the visitors. The schools of the city
were closed for the day and the city
and county buildings were shut up in
order to allow the officials to take part
in the festivities of the day.
The first event of the day was the
reception to the visitors at Castle Hall.
Many of the members of the order
were present to aid the officers of the
camp in receiving. Judge Clifford E.
Randall, consul of the camp, and AL
fred Simons, president of the picnic
association, were in charge of the re-
ception of the delegates.
One of the big features in the enter
tainment of the early arrivals was the
band concerts given by the Simmons
Employees Band on Market Square
and the Kenosha Brass Band at differ
ent points along the Main streets of
the city. Thousands of people crowd
ed about to hear these concerts. The
Simmons Employees Band donated
IL services for the entertainment of
the great crowd and the concerts Civ
en- by the band proved to be a great
help in the entertainment of the Wis
itors.
The one big disappointment of the
morning came when one of the big
special trains from Rockford, train
of eleven coaches, was held up on ac-
count of small wreck OBJ the western
division and the great crowd of the
Rockford Woodmen did not reach Ke-
nosha until after the parade was over.
The parade was the feature of the
morning and II was one of the greatest
if not the greatest paegent ever seen
in Kenosha. Ke1osha men turned out
in force and the business interests in
the city aided Loyalty in making the
parade ore Ions to be remembered by
the visiting Woodmen and the people
of the city. The parade moved from
Market Square just before eleven
O'Clock and there were six bands and
more than a thousand marching Wood
men in line. Chief of Police Owen
O'Hare and platoon Of police headed
the parade and they were followed by
Mayor Scholey and other city officials
in automobiles and carriages With
the mayor rode Head Consul Talbot and
other noteworthy men Of Woodcraft
and large number of the distinguish
ed guests. Then came the visiting
camps attended by theiI Forester teams
and bands which they had brought
with them and several of the camps
made noteworthy display. The Ra-
cine, Waukegan and Milwaukee camps
had the largest delegation, but several
of the Illinois cities sent large delega-
tions, Rockford and EIgin Woodmen
were Bitterly disappointed that they
were not permitted to take part in
the parade.
Following the Wisconsin division of
the Woodmen came the floats of the
Kenosha enterprises and it was the
greatest float display ever made in Ke-
nosha. There were more than hund-
red floats IN line representing every
industrial interest of Kenosba while
many private citizens turned out with
handsomely decorated equippages. The
parade of floats alone was more than
half mile long. There were many
floats which were worthy Of more than
special notice. The Royal Neighbors
showed their loyalty to Woodcraft by
turning out with a handsome float dec
GRATED in the colors Of the order and
the officials and number Of the mem
bers of the camp rode in the float.
The Simmons Manufacturing Com
pany had another float which attracted
great attention and showed the great
products of this industry. One of the
unique floats in the parade was that
OF JOhn Bruins VINO had house being
moved while the Horse Shoers Asso-
citation went one better and had forge
on a wagon and pony was shod as
the parade moved through Main street.
Peter Obertin had a beautiful floral
wagon and the Overland Automobile
Company had an automobile completely
covered in red and white roses mingled
with green ferns. John B. Pirsch and
the Nicholas Pirsch Buggy Companies
had displays that attracted wide at
tention as did floats furnished by vari-
Gus merchants. The North Side Bi-
cycle Repair Shop had complete re-
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