South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-09
IMMENSE PARADE IS
FIRST NIGHT FEATURE
Splendid CaIVacade Several
Blocks Long-HundredS in
Line-0pening Day of Fair
Great Success.

Mishawaka IS greater today than II
was two weeks ago. It has now estab-
llshed itself. firmly Il is believed. as an
agricultural center The success Of
the first day OF the fair was simply
immense; it was a triumph. The re-
naming two days of the celebration
will undoubtedly succeed in placing
the city on a substantial basis in the
farming community which surrounds
IL on all sides.
Thursday was a day OF thrills, Of
unboUnded enthusiasm; and spirit Of
CammeTaderie was engendered be
tween the city and the country which
viii be for the city's lasting good.
There was lavish entertainment for
every one The aerOplane flights. al
though a little late In starting. were
well worth waiting for. The nrst one
attracted immense crowds; but when
the two aviators went into the air
together the enthusiasm knew no
bounds. To those who had seen many
flights by bird mec. Thursdays exhi-
bition was said to be the finest In
every respect they had ever witnessed
The machines flew over the entire
city. and one of them tried to race a
Lake Shore train for several blocks
which added 20 the interest Of the fea-
ture. Today both aerOplanes Will make
a flight at exactly five minutes past Il
IN order TO give the men who work IN
Mishawaka's factories an opportunity
of seeing the aerial exhibition. One of
the planes Will again make d flight at
Ais.
Streets Crowded.
Thursday night the north side
streets were literally crammed with
spectators who had gone to the start
ing point Of the big industrial pa
rade. The streets were brilliantly
illuminated with thousands of inca
descent lights. All the stores were
gaily decked with bunting. Every
street car from South Bend and other
adjacent cities and towns was crowd
ed. and il seemed as If the entire pop
ulatiOn of the county was on hand to
see the fun. Certainly, the north side
OF the city never entertained so many
people as it did last night. And the
paradei 1t was immense; 1t was
prOdigiOus, and IL was, at that, highly
ENJOYABLE. South Bend, Elkhart,
Goshen and many other points had
representations in the cavalcade,
which was led through all the princi-
pal streets of the city by the mar
shall of the occasion, James l.. Ken
nedy. When IL IS stated that there
were almost 100 horses. all mounted,
IN the line OF march, some idea can
be formed Of the magnitude OF the
affair. The Redmen from Mishawaka,
South Bend and Elkhart, all in their
Indian costume. made splendid ana
imposing appearance, as did the IRE
department. OF the Wooden mills whose
members were in full fighting regalia
lei by ]. Alvin Scott. About 80 farm
ers. all splendidly mounted, attracted
much attention and were applauded
at many points along the line OF
march. The many decorated floats In
the parade. which extended over two
miles in length, did infinite credit to
Che owners. The PremOna foOtbali
team which Is causing rival clubs TO
"si( up and take notice, made a
splendid showing and was the subject
of much good natured banter along
the streets
While the parade took much the
form OF an industrial one, there were
many features of an amusement ma
ture in it. OF course there were
clowns. suffragets. bankers, capital
lists and others all occupying vehicles
OF various sorts and price. South
BEND was largely represented, having
sent many floats and auto trucks for
the parade. y most pleasing feature
was the presence of many Of Misha-
waka's beautiful youngsters all dress
eli in white, symbolic Of innocence.
BOys All Prominent.
Jack Wambach. Ed Went Joe
Brady and Lawrence Robbins Occu-
pied an automobile well up in front
Jack had donned q new silk hat for
the occasion as had joe Brady. They
were voted most becoming by the
crowd. Wilbur Gamble. another OF
the youug hustlers. was dressed I'm an
immaculate white suit while the 9TH
er mem bers Of the committee respon-
sible for the fair were all in distinc-
tive dress Another feature OF the
parade was the number OF automO-
biles IN line Many OF the city's mer-
chant princes with their wives and
families took part without solicitation
thus showing the interest they were
taking in the fair.
The Wooden company's splendid
hand under the leadership Of r. D.
Thayer followed Immediately after the
marshal and ". Punkert's aggrega-
ton Of musicia-. from Smiths corners