The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-15
SEMI-CENTENNIAL
COMMITTEES MEET
PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE BIG EVENT
OUTLINED.
Six Committee Met During the Day
and Outlined Their
Work.

Members OF the various committees
that were appointed by the Board OF
Trade TO make arrangements for the
Semi-Centennial celebration TO be held
IN this city during the week OF June
Ii TO p, inclusive are getting down
TO hard work. Yesterday was the be-
ginning n during the day six OF the
COMMITTEES held meetings in the Board
o. Trade rooms and made preliminary
arrangements for the duties that will
fall upon them during the interval.
The following committees met: 10
o'clock a. m, Bureau OF Information;
e W. Greig. w. b. Elliott. Z. B. Car
rey, II. G. Bills and Frank r. Scrog-
gins. This committee decided to ad-
vertise In the daily papers asking for
information concerning boarding and
rooming houses and accommodations
in general and will later advertise in
State papers telling OF what accommo-
dations can be afforded.
10 o'clock a. m. Street and House
Decoration Committee: John Coleman.
II. {. Kalbitzer. ID. c. Kurner. J. q.
Baum. T.. F. Bayha. +. F. Faris and
John b. Garden. II was decided at
the meeting to write decoration COM
panies throughout the country asking
Tor lids or estimates, these to be sub
mitted for consideration at a meeting
TO be held soon.
l:So O'Clock D. m. TRANSFORMATION
committee; u. b. Williams. ]. r. Nav.
Tor. II. r. Warfield. r. Z. Metcalf and
|. w. Henry. This committee decided
10 get in communication with the
central and Trunk association and ask
ior special rates. and a meeting will
DC arranged at which It is intended TO
rave some OF the business men OF this
city to attend with the railroad men.
Publicity COMMITTEES.
Two o'clock. y. m Publicity and
Irlhtns committee: G. W. Creamer.
I.E- blackboard. William Schwertfeger
1Uhh wallace. and William Terry
VINO was appointed to I'LL the vacancy
ocVasloned by the withdraw OF John
n hehnaro- This committee Is
planning 10 celebrate State Day. and
Ir@ss Day at the same time. Friday.
June 20. They will ask for the CO.
operation or the press or the state and
VIII make things lively with a banquet
curing the evening.
rms committee has sold 10000 en-
"NpStlhS the celebration. to
merchants In the city and figures are
being secured from big envelope man
uiacturers In the Tho on
Nelopes will have both the CITY and
state colors on In addition to the nanc
OF the business house or firm. Ono
hundred thousand suffers" are also
oelng secured as "A result OF the work
o. his committee. which will he
printed IN two colors with the follow
ing inscription IN the center. Roll
around n week I'm a square town" n
boys are working
Home Coming.
30 o'clock y. N. the committee on
Home Coming reception leId n met
ing. and Will later issue circular. and
advertise IN the newspapers inviting
all former residents Of the civ apJ
s;at- &" return home" once moro .nd
Sec the old place ~ 1T formerlv was
not This committee - composed
OF b. W. Peterson. HG. StIfel. IL. +
behrens. q. A. IAushlin and II. &.
ogden.
4 o'clock y. M. The uisfo-cat
committee. which - composed Of the
following local mon. Or. q. A. winrer-
Ter. Or J. l. Dickry. Henry NJ. Rus
cell. ". J.. Hubbard and T : RI,
heId an interesting meeting. They
c's'@Sscd matters regarding the plac-
ing oi N historical floats I'm the par-
ad"' being lessons from the state and
CITY IN we olde times" and this mat
Ter VIII come up for further di-cussio,
at the next meeting.