The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-05
PROGRAM IS ARRANGED FOR
fLNS' NATIONAL CONVENTION
Elaborate Arrangements Made
for Reunion to be Held in
Detroit in July.
$4,000 TO BIZ In BIG PARADE

The official program of the Elks'
reunion, to be held i'm Detroit next
.uIy. which has just been Issued, con-
tajns many novel features which COM
bine 10 make the coming convention
If the antlered herd the most notable
I'm The history of the order. 1t Is safe
to say that never before has there
noen as many features and lines OF
entertainment crowded into conven-
zion program of any character what
soeyer. And this Is not all. Incidental
to the fixed arrangements for the
entertainment of the thousands of
visitors who will be in Detroit in July
win De- numerous minor divertise
mcnts To which official sanction will
bc extended. but which cannot be an
pounced at this premature date.
CHIEF among these is the projected
ayiatlon experiments by the Wright
Brothers, negotiations for which are
now pending, with every promise of
arriving at an agreement.
The committee on the grand parade
Of the srks Of the United States,
will take place on Thursday
morning, July Ia, and it is expected
10000 Elks will march. or all par
AIDES Of orders ever held in this or
any othor country the monster turn
out Of Elks in Detroit next July will
surpas3 anything ever witnessed in
that line. The Detroit committee has
set apart $4,000 to be distributed in
prizes for various features in the par
G--.
The official program of Elks' week
i'm Detroit is as follows.
Friday, July 8.
Arrival of Grand lodge officers i'm
the Union station.
Met by prize drill corps Of 75 men
with full military band.
Formal escort by prize drill corps
and general reception committee to
Hotel Pontchartrain.
Ladies will be driven i'm automobiles
To- their respective hotels under escort
of ladies' committee.
Saturday, July 9.
Visitors coming by special or reg
ular trains win be met at the several
stations and escorted 10 their hotels
by attachments of Detroit lodge prize
driu corps. uI...,,,.
Ladies will be driven in automobiles
20 their hotels under escort of the
ladies' committee. av tlnr oI
Bands will be stationed at each sta
ton to remain during the day and
evening.
General reception to visiting Elks in
the Elks temple, 21-25 Monroe Avenue.
Sunday, July 10.
Visitors coming by regular or spe-
cial trains will be received as on Sat
urday by the prize drill corps, recep-
ton and ladies' committee.
pm.--All visiting ladies will be
driven In automobiles to points of in
forest i'm and about the city, including
Belle Isle, the Grand boulevard and
Crosse Pointe. the start to be made
from headquarters.
$50 p.m.-Thomas A. Edison viii
turn on the switch to illuminate the
city and it's decorations.
Monday, July II.
pm.-The grand lodge will en-
bark for a trip by water to the Ven
ice OF America, the historic flats at the
mouth Of the ST. Claire river.
Upon arriving at the old Club the
grand lodge will be entertained by
Commodore Frank w. Hecker and
Commodore G. w. Kotcher.
pm.--All boats. including the one
carrying the grand exalted ruler and
members of the grand lodge will rem
devious at the foot Of Belle Isle.
7.3O p.m.--The grand exalter rulers
boat will be made the flagship of tho
feet. which will move Co the foot o
Woodward avenue. followed by n linz
Of boats illustrating the arrival to tn
site of the present city of Counts
Pontchartrain. Cadillac and Lasalle
The boats and costumes will be faith
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