Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-03
CELEBRATIONS TO
Be SAFE AND SANE
AlI-Day Fetes to BE Held in
Most of the Suburban Towns
Tomorrow.
ATHLETIC GAMES, PARADES
AND FIREWORKS FEATURES
Elaborate Program Arranged in
Oranges, Bloomfield and
MontcIair.

The one hundred and thirty eighth
anniversary of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence will be
fittingly observed in all of Newark 5
suburbs tomorrow. safe and sane
programs have been arranged in
most of the neighboring towns. Fea-
turing these will be paradesi band
concerts, athletic carnivals. baseball
games and fireworks displays
A baseball game in which the Of
flcials of Orange and West Orange
will oppose each other will feature
the all-day celebration in Orange.
Commissioner Frank J. Murray, head
Of the city playground at Lincoln
and Central avenues. is in charge OF
the all-day program arranged.
The program as arranged follows:
Morning-9.30. start of tennis tour
nament; 1890, baseball game between
The city officials of Orange and the
town officials of West Orange. At
ternoon--1:30, exhibition drill by our
Lady of the Valley Cadet Corps; l:5O'
athletic meet; A. baseball game, Or
ange A. C. VS.. Orange Valley A. g
Evenings, patriotic moving PIC
lures and band concert.
There are forty-four entries for the
athletic inset.
Clute's band will render the follow
ing program in the evening; star
spangled Banner" march, Free
dom, H. Appel; patriotic selection,
Songs of the Nation" Lampe waltz
Knights of Gladness," Ancline; over
ture, Light Cavalry" Suppe; novel;
cite, Dance of the Nile Maidens
Losey; plantation medley, THE sun
nv south" Lampe; Valse Mauve
from peg o. My Heart, Benedict;
one-step and trot. "All Around for
Dixie Land" Cobb; finale. "Centen-
NAL March" Bolen; Columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean.
All Day Celebration.
East Orange, South Orange and
West Orange will have all-day eele-
hrations. Final reports will be re-
ceived tonight by the committee on
Independence Day celebration of the
FIRST Ward Local Interest Club, OF
East Orange, at the Office of treder-
ick Keyler. Dodd, near Prospect
streets. 1t will be the sixth eonsecu-
tive year that the club has observed
the day and fair weather has marked
every celebration.
Al lao n m. tomorrow the Enter
prise band, of Kearny. will open the
exercises with a concert. AT o'clock
the athletic program viii begin and
will be under the A.. A. Y. rules
Prizes win be awarded at 4:SO o'clock.
John w Noble, president OF the
club, will officiate.
The evening program will open at
o'clock. with a parade of the chill
dred under the direction of the ladies'
committee. 1t will form south of the
field house on the green" near the
Dodd street entrance of the park, and
with the band leading the line VIII
nroceed past the field house around
The park. thence circling back. arriv-
ing at the flag pole at 1880 in time for
the children to take part In the eNer,
cises of lowering the flag, which VIII
be conducted by David l.. Person,
historian general of the sons OF tne
American Revolution, and president
Of Orange Chapter At the time men
toned a bomb will be exploded re-
leasing an American flag 1,500 feet in
the air suspended by a miniature
parachute. The bomb will represent
the sunset gun, and Immediately the
large flag of the club will be lowered
from the top of the staff by Mr..
Pierson, and it will fall into the arms
of three groups of campfire girls.
At 7:d5 patriotic exercises, in charge
of William B. Daley, chairman of
the committee. will be held. Rev.
Frank w. johnson. assistant pastor
of Bethel PRESBYTERIAN Church. will
offer the invocation. An address of
welcome will be given by John w.
Noble. president of the club, followed
bv the reading of the Declaration of
Independence bv David L. Pierson,
and the benediction bv Rev. William
NJ. Nesbitt, pastor Of Ferry Nj. p.
Church.
Display of Fireworks.
At S:15 a fine display of fireworks
will be furnished by the International
Fireworks Company of Jersey Citv,
and besides several hundred large
bombs and shells twenty five or more
set pieces ,rill be included in the dis
play. The &c tai cost of the cel1bra-
tion is $500, and is borne entirely ~
the residents Of The ward and inme-
date vicinity.
The COMMITTEE arranging for the
eelebrat', n are: William B. Daley,
chairman: Edward II. Koniger, treas
,lrer: Hamilton, ~ Gordon, secretary;
Frederick Keyler assistant tr 'asurer;
reception committee, John w. Noble,
chairman; Dayi+ L. Pierson, Rev.
David q. irving. kew WlinAm L.
TAYLOR. Rev. Edward ]. Holder Rev.
NJ J. Farley. Rev William y. Mes
bitt. Henry T. Cadmus, Daniel Hoyt,
bloomfield Litttll. Arthur G. Luders,
Wayne NJ French, Charles I. Web
ster. John w Coulson, Councilman
Warren j. Stod0ard and School Com
missioner Hamilton ). Corwin.
Ladies' committee-Mrs. NJ DeFor-
rest Soverel chairman; Mrs Frank
Fl. Taylor. Mrs. S. H. Quaekenbush,
Mrs. John w. Coulston, Mrs. David
w Ball, Mrs. John w. Noble, Mrs.
WAYNE NJ. French. Mrs. Augustus A.
Frank. Mrs. Theodore A. Swift, Mrs.
Frank H. Clapp, Mrs. Edward W.
Knninger, Mrs. Howard Marshall,
Mrs. Louis A Toml1ins, Miss Jennie
D. Littell, Miss Bera A. Hance and
Miss Clara L. Berg.
Finance committee-John W. Noble
chairman: Louis MacDavitt, Louis n.
Brant, William D. Black. r. c. Con-
dit. G. E. Clark, A. B. Kendrick, F,
P. Miller. F. w. McCollum, Thomas
g. Schriver, William B. Brown, NJ
w. Sargent, Frank H. Taylor, Charles
i. NoH, James A. Skinner, A. S. Kim
bali. William B. Daley, Joseph w
Herdman, T. A. Clohosey, w. z.
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