The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
WILL FEATURE AUTO PARADE
Prizes of s125 to be offered for Deco
rated Automobiles and it is Expected
That no Less Than 200 Automobiles
Will be in Line for Big Event.

The Kenosha Retailer Association
at q meeting Of the executive commit
tee on Saturday evening decided to get
behind the Boy Scouts in arrangements
for the celebration of the Fourth Of
July in Kenosha and the retailers will
make an effort to have the latter part
of the week week Of big doings in
Kenosha Notwithstanding the fact
that the retailers were behind the
movement for the three days of hydro
plane flights when the Boy Scouts plans
were presented to them they decided
that they were worthy Of the fullest
possible support and committee head
ed by Charles Turnock was named to
act for the association in the Fourth
of July celebration. With the assur
ance Of the cooperation of the retail
ers the Boy Scouts took new inter-
est in the plans for the observance
of independence Day. Chairman Tur
mock has been named to have charge
of the parade on Saturday morning
and he is now busy lining up the auto
mobiles and he expects to have every
automobile in town in line and is hope
full that most of them will be gayly
decorated. Many people have already
volunteered to aid the Boy Scouts in
the arrangements for the day and it is
certain that the parade will be the
biggest thing of the kind ever held in
Henosha. Added to the parade will be
the display of fireworks. Funds to pro
vide for the lake front display have
been coming in rapidly in the last few
days, but the boys still need several
hundred dollars to carry out the big
plans for the evening.
It is planned to have display of
fireworks which will be better than any
thing of the kind ever seen in Keno
lha. 1t is expected that the fireworks
display will cost in the neighborhood
Df 5000. The program for the fire
works will be made public within the
next few days All Of the fireworks
will be set off under the direction Of
IN expert and the Boy Scouts are hope
hui that there will be funds to make
possible the arrangement of baud
concert in connection with the grand
inale of the day.
The only other celebration of the
Fourth = in Kenosha county will be
Vt Paddocks Lake under the auspices
VI the Old Settlers Club and the mer-
lhants believe that the celebration in
no epo -, ~. 3ns1
able to keep the crowds in Kenoshs..
The formal program for the day will be
ssued on Wednesday or Thursday.
The special committee of the Re
ailers Association following a meet
ng this morning announced that prizes
# more than 1925 would be offered for
he parade. The capital prize for the
sest decorated automobile will be $50
Ind there will be second and third
lrizes of $25 and $40. The prizes for
decorated motorcycles will be SIS,
10 and SIS.
Nothing but automobiles and motor
ycles will be expected in the parade.
The pageant will be led by Russell
i Jones, secretary Of the Kenosha Au-
'omobile Club, and it will start
promptly at nine o'clock, thus giving
automobile drivers plenty Of time 10
AXE part in the parade before start
ne for automobile trips. Chairman
Turnock is making personal effort
o have at least two hundred Kenosha
automobiles in the parade.