The San Francisco call., 1910-05-23
GIRLS PACK BOXOF
cherries FOR TAFT
San LeandrO Festival Commit
tee Will Send Gift to the
Chief Executive

SAN LEANDRo, May 22.-President
William II. Taft is to be presented by
the members of the San Leandro cherry
FESTIVAL committee with so pounds of
the largest and finest cherries grown in
TINS vicinity, packed by the city's pret-
tiest girls In q mahogany box
On the box, which is to be sent so
that the chief executive will receive it
| IN washington on the day the annual
FESTIVAL opens, will be a gold plate, en-
graved as follows: ITO President Will
liam II. Taft, with Greetings from the
City of San Leandro, the Queen of the
Cherry Festival and the General Com
mittee, June IL, 1910"
BOXES of cherries, carefully selected,
VIII also be sent to Governor GiIlett
and other state officials, Mayor p H.
Mccarthy of San Francisco, Mayor
Frank *. Mott OF Oakland the board of
supervisors and other Alameda county
officials
Hundreds of engraved invitations to
attend the cherry festival were sent
yesterday to civic and commercial or
ganizations, fraternal orders and prom
lnent men in all parts of the state.
Special trains will be run over the
Southern Pacific lines on the days of
the celebration to accommodate out of
town visitors
FEATURES OF CELEBRATION
The special feature of this years cell
ebration of the ripening of the cherry
crop is 10 be the parade Saturday
morning, June II, when the 1000 per-
sons in line and hundreds of decorated
automobiles will compete for valuable
prizes. f. H. Eber, who has been
chosen grand marshal of the parade,
has named the following aids:
Thomas Larin, Harry Smythe and
Harold Meek, San Lorenzo Jesse H.
Woods, P. II. Hoare, State Senator f.
K. Strobridge, James Curdy and L. G.
Turner, Hayward; Charles Reid. w.
cakes and M. Borge, San Leandro.
HAYWARD TO COOPERATE
Hayward is to cooperate with San
Leandro in the celebration and has en-
tered in all the contests to be held.
Work is to begin this week on the erec-
ton of the huge arch, so feet high, to
span the intersection of Hayward and
Estudillo avenues. The trustees will
give the city a thorough cleaning the
day before the festival opens.
In the contest for the selection of a
queen for the festival which is excit-
ing great interest. the honors appear
to lie between Miss Virgie Wilson,
whose votes number 12,O09. and Miss
Mabel Furtado, who has 1853 votes
lie OlHeT cdHulQdC6S are MISS AuCe
| Smith, 332; Miss Catherine Mccoy, 145;
Miss Ruette Lynch, As; Miss Ruth Cal
laghan, 81; Miss Margaret Smiley, 13.
COMMITTEES IN CHARGE
Mayor j. J. Gill, director general OF
the festival, has made his final appoint
ments to the various committees in
charge of the arrangements for the cell
ebration. The personnel of these COM
mittees is as follows:
Entertainment-J. J. Gill. chairman; F. B.
Eber. Edmund Herrscher, Joseph Rose, H. C.
Barton, Mrs. j. J. Santos, Mrs. U. Blankenship
and Mrs. A. ]. King.
Concessions Charles Q. Rldeout, chairman; 1.
B. Try and A. f. Pelton.
Adyertising-W. ]. Locke. chairman: Alan G.
Clarke, c. Q. Rideout and Mrs. Lottie Lynch.
Cherres--I II. Bigler. chairman; W. F. Gun
ningham. ]. B. TRY and Harold n Meek.
Finance--Joseph Herrscher chairman; A. A.
Rogers. Fred Schmidt. o. j. Lynch, F. c.
Stoakes, Nj. Rege and Z. NJ Smith
Street decoration--P c. Dubois, chairman; Al.
bert Fisher. George Knox and w. S. Peters.
Electrical decoration-L. Il. Smith and George
Knox.
Alan G. Clarke is general secretary of the fes-
tiyaI