Evening journal., 1914-08-26
ABOUT READY FOR
OLD Home Jubilee
City Firemen Agree on Oc-
tOber 10 as Date OF Their
Review
RIVER CARNIVAL
AN ADDED FEATURE

hNlH''Ar "a tlt NtHtAdi committee on
OLD Home Week held another meeting
in Council chambers last night Presi.
dent of Council William p. White pre-
siding in the absence of Mayor Howell.
The committee reported much progress
This was especially true Of the commit
tee appointed several weeks ago to ar.
range Cor the hremens parade. This
committee submitted its report last
night, which stated that the fire fight
ers would parade on Friday afternoon.
October To-
The report follows:
I'VE, your committee on Firemen's
Day, peg to submit the following re-
port:
at a meeting OF representatives Of
every hre company in the city, held in
the Friendship engine house, August "a,
1914, the following parade officials were
unanimously chosen: Chief mursnai,
Chief Engineer Patrick Magill; assist
ant marsnals, Assistant Engineers An-
drew =. Lohner and Edel Maloney.
"The following route of the parade
was arranged Form at Fourth aud
Madison streets, march north on Madi-
son street to Eleventh. to Delaware
avenue, TO Market, to Front, 10 French,
to Sixteenth, to King, TO Fifteenth, to
French. and dismiss.
"lt was decided that the parade
would consist of three divisions with
the chief marshal in command of the
first aud the whole paradc. and the as
i-ta Itul. In fhsa trU
above in command of the other diyis-
ions. The parade will move at 2.3O
o'clock sharp.
"The auxiliary committee which ar
ranged the above schedule organized by
selection OF Henry NJ Lang, president
OF the Friendship Fire Company, No.
]. As president, and William j. Lutz,
president OF the Fame Fire Company,
No. g. as secretary.
Your committee requests the APP
proval of the schedule herein set forth.
Respectfully submitted
George +. Grantland.
chairman of Parade Committee.
"Albert y. Williams,
Burton :. Heal.
"losoph L. McDermott.
"Iacob Zimmerman.
COMMITTEE"
Several other representatives. present
stated the cooperation OF their respec'
tive organizations.
At the close Of the general com
5 mittee meeting, the executive commit
e tee elected Samuel II. Baynard chair
q man. The other members Will be Sc
lected later Colonel Weller =. Stov
! er informed those present that Wed
h nesday evening of the Old Home Weel
p. had been selected as the time for IN
). parade of the fraternal, labor an
n civic organizations. To prevent an
5 difficulties in granting the right o
j way to organizations i'm the parade
- preference will be given to the olde
organizations.
The only change in the program a
% already published is that the vii
y mington Turngemeinde will not civ
5 an exhibition on Tuesday at Kirkwoo
d Park. The organization will cooper
ate with the Saengerbund at Wash
! intton Heights on the same evening
. Mr.. Haley. representing the pion
g GERS of the Water Witch Fire Com
j. many. stated the Pioneers would lik
I to give an exhibition drill during tn
u week. which request was approve
. ana Will ue tdhth hp ny NiiN bA'fN
!, committee.
II At the meeting Of the eXecutiv
'' committee which followed the gen
- eral committee meeting the followin
committee was appointed On the rive
carnival, which will be held on Satur
day evening of the week Or. c. A
l. Church. chairman; EnOch Moore, Jr
is william Kirk. Edward r. Pusel
IT Frank McHugh and Burton S. Heal.
st The former act Of limiting sui
- committees to Eve members was res
s. cinded and the number is left OF
e tional to the chairman Of such com
II mittee to appoint as many member
f. as he feels disposed to do so.
y r. B. Griffenberg. chairman OF th
s automobile parade committee, sub
1t mitted a proposition hat each owne
" Of a car in the parade be asked I
d contribute 81 toward prizes for tn
best decorated cars.
Samuel II. Baynard announced ths
the school board had selected ThOms
ID. ODonnell as chief marshal of IN
= school children's parade He state
g that 5000 children would be in lin
: and requested that at least five band
!, be provided. The committee inform
II ed Mr.. O'Donnell. who made the r,
II quest that adequate bands would 1
provided for as many children as tur
: out.
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