Newark post., 1912-10-02
Home Week
Preparation

The City Council of Wilmington
has gone to much expense and the
several members have worked with
untiring energy for more than two
months to make sure of the success
of the cold Home Week" celebra-
ton during the week of October 6,
and the plans for this demonstra-
ton indicate that it will far sur
pass anything of the kind in this
section of the country for many
years.
The idea in having this celebra-
tiOn is to arouse the people of the
city, to instill new energy into
everyone and incidentally to give
the residents, together with their
friends from other places a week
Of festivities, all at the city's ex-
pense. The merchants have not
been asked to contribute anything
toward defraying the expenses and
the only request made Of them is
that they have float or wagon
in the Industrial parade 1t prom
ises to be big week and the people
of Wilmington, as well as the thou
sands who no doubt will visit the
city, and everyone will be afforded
ample opportunity to enjoy them
selves to the limit.
Th program for the week is com-
plete The festivities will begin on
Sunday with special services in all
the churches of the city. Monday
afternoon, Mayor Harrison w.
Howell will formally open the cele-
bratiOn with exercises in front of
the City Hall. At the sounding of
the Mayor will deliver speech.
firebells band will burst forth in
to the National anthem and then
the Mayor will delivr a speech.
Monday night there will be a
free band voncert in all the city
parks, the Council supplying the
bands for these places at the ex-
pense of the city. At Kirkwood
Park in the northeastern section
of the city, the Wilmington Turn
!, gemeinde classes will give demon
!, strations in calisthenics and gym
y nastic work. That same evening
;, Mayor Howell will give reception
: in the assembly hall in the DUPONT
: Building to all the City, County
. and State officials, Governor Penne-
>. >, well and staff, officers of the Mill
- tia, presidents of all the banking
= = institutions and Fire Companies
e and men prominent in all walks of
life from very part of Delaware.
= Tuesday afternoon will be Child
Il rem s Day, with a parade and drills.
Tuesday night there will be a band
concert at Washington Heights
and the Delaware Saengerbund
g will give singing concert in con-
- - nection with other musical program
- - Wednesday afternoon the Indus
- trial Parade will be held. The en-
- - tire Delaware Militia will partici-
IL pate. They will have as their
guests two companies Of the Penn.
% sylvania Militia, which abe station.
,e ed in Chester, the mounted detach
te ment of the Pennsylvania Military
A. Academy, and the Delaware Co.
diets. These bodies Of men will act
as an escort to the long line of
floats, industrial and manufactur
ing exhibits and other displays tina
III will be in line. General r. Cole
le man DUPONT will be the marshal
e of this parade. Governor Penne
h. will and staff will reviw it.
m Wednesday night the parade o
the social, fraternal, political ant
labor organizations will be held ant
Governor Pennewill review it
There will be five divisions, a tota
of baout 10000 men participating
Ct The city will furnish numerous
r. bands for this parade. There vii
a. as be floats in line and many Of tn,
IL organizations will be in costume o.
IL uniform.
81 Thursday afternoon the fremel
will have their big parade and thi
er will be one Of the features of tn
ell week Thursday night there viii
ld be an automobile parade with sew
TO- eral hundred ears handsomely dee
Grated in line.
, Friday night there will be
,ei mask carnival when King Momu
40 will reign supreme and the tow
% will be wide open for merry-mak
" ing. Saturday afternoon there wi
be prade in honor of Columbu
Day.
av Saturday night as grand final
rv of the week $500 worth of fire
la works will be set off at Washingto
yr- Heights. This will be by far tn
most spectacular and magnificien
display of the kind ever seen in tn
lis part of the cOuntrv and will cor