The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-21
FIRST AUTO
PARADE HELD
ReifIer Katz "AirShip"
and DOrfIinser ''TrOlley"
Capture Prizes
NO ACCIDENTS AND AFFAIR WAS
A HUGE SUCCESS: LASTED
33 MINUTES.


The first automobile parade in the
history of Honesdale was held Tues
day evening, with fifty cars in line,
and was a pronounced success. The
affair was in charge of the enter
tainment committee of Oslek Tribe
No. 31S, l. o. R. NJ, and was car
ried out without single hitch or
jar or accident to mar the pleasure
of the event.
Promptly at $50 o'clock Chief
Marshall Charles l.. Dunning gave
the signal to start, and the imposing
procession glided down the avenues
of the Maple City from the corner
of Eighth and Main streets, travers-
ing in turn all the principal
thoroughfares of the town of Hone.
Already at o'clock the people be-
gan to gather in front of the wig
wan and by eight o'clock the pave
ments were filled with a jolly good
natured holiday crowd
The first machine to arrive on the
scene was Will Refers airship,
which was greeted with shouts of
applause, and hailed as the prize
winner which it turned out to be.
Next came John Congdon's Flower
garden" car. Marshall Dunning's
car, with two Indian maidens in the
rear seat, was the third car to arrive
at the starting point. And when
Emerson w. Gammelps car motor
ed up, the crowd went wild with de-
light over his uniquely decorated
car. Mr.. Gammell believes in COM
bining business with pleasure and
so his car was a splendid advertise
ment for the coming Wayne county
fair.
After that they came in so fast
that it was hard to keep track of
their owners.
The streets of the city from one
end of the town to the other were
lit up with red fire, heap much red
fire. Some of the patriotic inhabi-
tants even sent up fireworks in hon
or of the parade.
The Judges who were Messrs. B.
F. Haines, editor and proprietor of
the Wayne Independent, Chas. E.
Sandercock, editor and business
manager of the Wayne County Her.
aid, and F. ]. F. Warg, editor and
proprietor of the Hawley Times, oc-
cupied points of vantage on the bal
cony of the City Hall.
The cars were driven through the
streets at moderate rate of speed,
most of them running on high gear.
One or two brief halts were made to
enable some unfortunate driver to
attend to trouble" A remarkable
feature of the event was the fact
that there were no accidents al
though there were number of rigs
on the street, and many cross walks
had to be passed.
William H. Long, Great Prophet of
the State of Pennsylvania, and Mayor
John Kuhbach, were guests of honor
and occupied Hon. e. B. Harden
bergh's car which was the fourth
car in line.
The Honesdale Band discoursed
Indian and paleface music from the
heights of the Auto Transportation
Company's car, which followed Mar
shall Dunning's car.
Car Number 1 was Eugene Dor
fingers car of White Mills, and was
a thing of beauty, winning the prize
for being the most original car. AL
though fourth car in the procession,
it had the unique honor of being the
first street car to run on the famous
Honesdale and Hawley Traction
Company line. 1t was a perfect rep
resentation of trolley car. Not a
detail in the makeup of the average
Is
advertisements even being strung
along the tops of the windows on
the inside of the car. 1t was a
dandy.
The judges had no difficulty in ar
irving at a decision in the award
ing of prizes. After the parade was
over they entered one of the rooms
in the City Hall, and without dis
cussing the merits of any of the
cars, each one of the adjudicators
wrote two numbers on a slip of pa
per, and placed them in hat. When
the slips were opened it was found
that the lucky winners were Num-
bers and /, the first named being
considered the most beautifully
trimmed car, and the second the
most original one.
Red Men were of course excluded
from competing for any of the
prizes, and only twenty-five cars
were numbered and eligible for the
prizes.
1t took the parade just three and
one-half minutes to pass the judges
stand, and from start to finish the
procession lasted thirty-three min
utes. The cars paraded in the fol-
lowing order:
Charles L. Dunning (MarshalD.
Honesdale Band in Auto Trans
portation Company's Car.
Eugene Dorflinger's car, decorated
to represent street car. Won the
$40 prize for being the most origi-
nal car in the procession, Number 1
Hon. e. B. Hardenbergh's car
Jackson 40.
William Watts, Hawley, Number
23.
H. w. Kimble, Number 1S.
Chas. P. Searle, Esq.
William Hawkins, Number 8.
J.. d. Weston's Stoddard-Dayton
Number 4.
Ed Sachs HawIav Numhar IA