The Ocala evening star., 1915-05-01
SEEMS To BE
A SUCCESS
7Ocala's Mayday Celebration is Very
Pretty and Attracting Great
Attention


Attention
AS the Star goes to press, the May
day celebration is in full swing. Ev-
erything connected with it is most
prettily devised, and the people from
all over town and many out in the
country are focking to see it.
The ladies in charge and their as
sistants were busy all yesterday and
this morning, setting up the MaypoIe
and the booths on the courthouse
lawn. They worked energetically and
by noon had everything IN good shape.
The parade formed at 2:30 on Fort
King avenue, east of the Star Office.
There must have been couple of hum
dred of the young folks in line, and
their good looks and costumes showed
much good taste by their parents as
well as interest in the occasion.
The pa. ade formed in the following
order: The fairies all dressed in
white ith dainty wings, carrying bas-
kets of flowers. Next came the large
white feat drawn by four white
horses, bedecked in white harness,
with Mr.. Harry Peter, In white out
fit driving. On this float were the
king and queen, Master James Chace
and Miss Loureer Spencer, mounted
high on the royal carriage, with their
pages and lady attendants. The pages
were William Richie, Charles Duval,
Norman Horne, Jack Camp, Donald
Garrett and Robert Cullen, all wear
ing the royal purple robes and white
mustaches. The queens attendants
were dressed in beautifully colored
f1lmy dresses, wearing flowers in their
hair, and presenting a most beautiful
picture. They. were Misses Virginia
Beckham, Callie Gissendaner, Isabel
Davis and Marguerite Edwards.
Following the royal carriage were
the Wildcats, Ocala's famous basket
ball players, in their black and orange
costumes. In cage in front of their
float they had the emblem of their
club, two coal black cats. Next in
line were the Ocala Campfire Girls
in their khaki uniforms singing the
Indian songs of camp life, then came
squad of Boy scouts in uniform.
Next in line were a number of gaily
decorated bicycles ridden by boys in
gay May attire; then came the smaller
flower girls who were to take part in
the Maypole dances on the courthouse
square. Little girls pushing their
doll carriages came next. To attempt
to describe these little tots and their
attractive costumes is not within the
scope of the Star reporters vocabul-.
ary. They were just everything at
tractive that can be said about them.
The rear of the parade was brought
up by number of tiny kidlets on
velocipedes, all decorated in bunting,
etc.
The parade went around the court
house square, stopping at the north
west side, where the throne had been
prepared for the king and queen. Here
the royal aggregation marched across
the lawn to the throne, where the king
and queen were crowned by little Miss
Willie Mae Lang, queen of the fairies,
while the royal attendants sang a cor
onation song.
The festivities are in progress as
we go to press and we were unable to
learn who won the many handsome
prizes offered for the best costumes,
turnouts, etc.
The ladies of the Woman's Club are
to be congratulated upon selecting
such "committeemen" as Mrs. George
Bitch, Mrs. Charles Hunter and Mrs.
Edward Bennett for pulling off such
an affair as the one now in progress.
They were ably assisted by other
members of the club not only in pre-
pairing for the affair, but in making
up today's parade.
Mayday m Ocala in the year 1915
will long be remembered by hundreds
of our young people.
One of the most attractice turnouts
in the parade was miniature prairie
schooner" drawn by two goats and
occupies by a miniature settler and
his wife, dressed in the costumes of
'76, and escorted by numerous small
cowboys. It was quite unique and
created much comment.