Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27
FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION TO
LAST ALL DAY
Military Park Ceremonies to Be
Principal Event of Mu-
nicipaI Program.

The program of the safe and sane
celebration scheduled for July Fourth
was given out last night. The final
meeting of the Fourth of July COM
mittee of the Common Council was
held last night at which it was de-
/ clared that all was ready. The pro-
gram this year provides for entertain
ment from early in the morning until
/ late in the night.
The principal event of the holiday
/ celebration will be the morning pro-
gram, which will be carried out in
Military Park, starting at o clock
with a concert by L. K. Anderson S
/ Band. The selections will include a
| patriotic march. a selection from
/ Balfe's Bohemian Girl, and fantasy,
American by Tobani
The ceremonies proper will open
half an hour later with an introduce
| tory address by Alderman Anthony
Sohuck chairman of the celebration
committee body of school children
will then sing The Stars pangled
Banner" under the direction of Miss
Louise Westwood, supervisor of
music in the public schools. Invo-
cation will be offered by Rev. James
H. Macdonald, pastor of St. Luke's
Methodist Episcopal Church.
DECLARATION" to Be Read.
Mayor Jacob Haussling will make
an appropriate address, which will be
/ followed by band selection. Songs
of Our Land" The Declaration OF
independence will be read by Assem-
olyman Francis A. Foley. The United
Singers will contribute TWO vocal
selections as follows: The Shep-
herds Sunday Song" Kreutzer. and
The Hermit's Night Song" Kern.
The orator of the day will be Rev.
Henry G.. Coyne, rector of the Church
of the Sacred Heart. Vailsburg sec
ton The school children will follow
his address with the rendition of
America" and the mornings pro-
gram will be brought to a close with
a band selection, Columbia"
The scene of the afternoon eXer-
cises will be Weequahic Park. Dur
ing the afternoon, in conjunction with
the exercises. the New Jersey Road
Horse Association will conduct one
of the biggest matinees in its his
tory. There will be trotting races all
day. and many famous horses will
compete. There will be a special pro-
gram for these events. Valuable
prizes have been donated for the win
ming horses by the association.
Under the direction of Edward EY-
erett, scout executive, and his staff,
the local Boy Scouts of America will
go through a series of drills and for
nations as follows: Parade formation
and march past the reviewing stand;
building of 1agpole; raising of flag
| and flag salute: antelope race; first
aid race; signaling contest; wall
scaling contest; race of nile at
scouts pace. and novelty contest and
troop demonstration.
The girls of the public schools will
have their innings during the after
noon, when they will be seen in folk
dances under the direction of Randall
/ D. Warden and his assistants. Girls
from the Bergen Street School, under
the instruction of Miss Helen Lantz;
Belmont Avenue School, Miss Helen
A. Underwood; Hawthorne Avenue
School, Miss Helen Faber du Faur;
Madison School, Miss Gertrude Rey-
nolds; Miller Street School, Miss Ger
trude Garland, and girls from the
Morton Street School, under the
leadership of Miss Molly kaufman,
will participate.
The first folk dance will be styled
/ How lJD / Ou DdUCt ali Tire SbIlOOiS
participating. The next win be Hun
garian Rhapsody" to be followed by
RED, White and Blue Maypole
Dance
! An exhibition on the flying rings
and other apparatus will be given late
in the afternoon by members of the
/ National Turn Verein. John Metzger,
physical instructor, will direct the
National Turner's exercises.
Drill by Children.
/ The concluding number in the after
! noon will be a program by the chill
dren of the local Fairgrounds, under
/ the direction of j. Leonard Mason,
! secretary of the Playground Commits
! sion. Their first number will be a
| flag drill in which 200 children, rep
resenting all the Fairgrounds, will
/ drill with a flag in each hand. Chill
/ dren from the Summer Avenue Play
! ground will appear in a clown dance.
Following will be three athletic
events for the boys and girls of all
/ the Fairgrounds, as follows:
/ Obstacle Race, 220 Yards-For boys
in which the contestants will skip
rope, dive through barrels, run on all
/ tours run in sacks, finishing with a
/ short dash.
/ Mixed Relay Race, 375 Yards-Three
girls and three boys to team. The
girls will run fifty yards to the boys
seventy-five yeards.
Flag Relay Race-For junior girls
There will be eight girls to a team
In the evening band concerts are
planned to be given in East Side
| Park. West Side Park and the Prince
Street Playground.
On the evening before the Fourth
a concert will be given at the City
| Almshouse for the benefit of the in
| mates.
The committee in charge of this
! celebration consists of Alderman A
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