The Harrison times., 1911-07-08
Thousands Enjoy a Pleasant
Fourth.
Harrison Entertained Her Friends in the
Usual Satisfactory Manner.

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Usual Satisfactory Manner.
Fully 5000 people were enter
tained in Harrison on Tuesday last
at the celebration of the nations
birthday, and vet everything went
off in that orderly, good-humorcd
way peculiar to the people Of this
section. No serious accidents or
bad behavior to mar the pleasure OF
anyone, and not a single arrest.
Save for its excessive heat the day
was ideal, and before daylight
wagon loads of pleasure seekers
were arriving by every road, many
coming from a distance of fifteen
and twenty miles.
The morning hour was taken up
by friendly greetings and reunions
of relatives who III many Instances
had been separated for a year or
more.
The Harrison Military Band OF
twenty pieces was the first center OF
attraction at its beautiful stand,
which had been repainted and deco
rated for the occasion With its
stirring strains the picnic enthusi-
aSm seemed to grow upon the
crowd, and soon the cold drink
vender, the merry-go-round and
other features were booming
At the time when at most picnics
the crowd is waiting for the dinner
hour to come, the committee on
sports gave number of races, nail
driving contests, etc, for the boys
and girls which aroused interest all
along the line.
After dinner upon the ground the
crowd rcassembled at the stand and
listened to the reading of the Decla-
ration of independence and eXcep-
tionally able patriotic addresses by
Hons. Jesse B. Hawkes. and W n.
Iyie. This part Of the program was
interspcrscd with fine music by the
Ozark Quartette of Springfield Mo,
and a couple of songs by Sunshine
Choir of some fifty little folks under
the direction of Mr.. Purl Stockton
THE SINGING CONTEST
Although not so many choirs were
entered for the contest as a year
ago, the resultant concert was quite
as pleasing to the audience. 1t has
been said that these contests have
done much to encourage and en-
thuse the choirs of the county, and
they certainly have added much to
the entertainment of the people.
The singing of both choirs was
splendid, a most harmonious blend
ing of the many rich voices being
artistically accomplished. And so
nearly equal in merit were both or
CARNATIONS that the iudges-Rcvs.
Womack, Blizzard and Gill-were
only able after a most careful sys-
TEN of grading, to discover differ
ence of one.iourth of one percent in
favor OF the Cross Roads Choir
The singers participating were as
follows;
Cross ROADS CHolR-lst Prize,
Sopranos-Era and Clay Richesin,
Bca Gray, Era Gray, Elsie NillineS,
Oma Quinn, Ertic Richesin, Brice
Hudson, Hugh Potts, Town Potts,
Willie Hasting, Ruth Lytle.
Altos Maud Richesin, Iattic Dial,
Efe Hasting, Ethel Gray,
Tcnors Bras Richcsin, Richard
EIasting.
Basses-Dr. Potts, W, ] Quinn, J.,
W. Vllnes.
Dircctor-Thos. Gray Organist,
Miss Florence Jones,
RED OAK CHow-2nd Prize.
Sopranos-lcatha Stone, Nirgie
Weaver, Cassie Smith, Lon Weaver
Eta Smith, Efhe Gillum, Bertha
Holmes, Edla Hancock.
Alto-Altha Stone.
Tenors- Leonard Smith, Ebert
Stone, Walter Phifer, Arthur Phif.
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Basses-C. S. Martin, Claud Tay.
lor, Arthur Hudson, Jack Weaver,
Thos. Hancock.
Director-Troy Holmes.
One of the splendid features of the
day was the signing, intermixed
with the speaking program, of the
Ozark Quartette, ofSpring6eld, No.
which included l., E Edmunds, di.
rector; A, n, Phipps, J, II, Wallace
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