Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-07

will present an allegory of the seasons
marked by the following special fea-
lures: Spring, kindergarten float, Easter
lilies, st. Patrick's day, apple blossoms,
dogwood, roses, Maypole, kites, Memo
rial Day; summer, ~black-eyed susans and
butterflies. balloons, Fourth of July,
hoops, canoeing, baseball; autumn, Labor
day, chrysanthemums, autumn leaves,
Halloween, autumn flowers. football,
Thanksgiving Day; winter, hockey, win
ter flowers, Christmas float, New Years
Day, Lincoln's Birthday, st. Valentines
Day and Washington's Birthday.
Brookdale pupils will compose the sew
enth division and It's feature Will be a
float followed by a troop of boys show
ing the mode of dress of different classes
of people in Japan. Float number two
will represent a japanese tea garden
and float number three will represent a
kindergarten scene in Japan.
Silver Lake will be in the eighth diyis-
ion and its features will be two floats,
In which the central figures will be
Uncle sam and Miss Liberty. Around
them will be grouped the children of the
younger classes II the older children
will march alongside the floats and will
be costumed as cowboys and Indians
forming an escort.
, Watsessing scholars will comprise the
ninth division and there will be Reyolu-
tionary soldiers, kindergarten float, rose
shower, Maypole, sea nymphs, Robin
Hood, butterflies, daisies. forget-me.nots,
fairies, grasshoppers and bumblebees
and sailors of the War of 1872.
The tenth and final division of the pa
rade Will be that Of Fairview School aud
the subject of the display is entitled
From Dawn Till Close of Day"
Morning, noon and evening will be por-
of the parade the children are to be
massed on the common and they will
give the flag salute and sing patriotic
airs.
Monday night an historical exhi0 ition
and reception to former residents of the
town will take place in the old First
Presbyterian Church. A chorus of sixty
voices from all the Bloomfield churches
will sing under the leadership of Arthur
Ellor.
w. II. S. Demarest. president of Rut.
gers College, and the Rev. Joseph Il.
Folsom, of this city, recording secretary
of the New Jersey Historical Society.
will speak.
On Tuesday afternoon there will be a
military parade and the unwilling of the
centennial monument. In the parade will
march the First Regiment, N. G.. N. j.;
Essex Troop, Battery A, Field Artillery,
the town fire department, Boy Scouts,
William s. Pierson and ]. NJ. Wheeler
Posts, G.. A. r.; John ]. H.. Love Camp,
Sons of Veterans, of Montclair; Amcri
can Veterans of Foreign Wars and letter.
carriers.
Tuesday night the centennial banquet
will TAXI place. The addresses will be
as follows: Our Town" the Rev. DR..
George l.. Curtis, of Bloomfield; "our
State John d. Prince, president of the
Senate: "our Country former Congress
man Charles N. Fowler, of Elizabeth
Our Centennial" Judge Charles Forest
Moore, of New York.
On "Wednesday afternoon there, will be
an exhibition of folk dancing, and In the
evening the residents will make merry In
a carnival parade. Announcement has not
been made of the program for Thursday
afternoon, but In the. evening the cele.
bration will be brought to a close with
an exhibition of fireworks.