The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
AUTO PARADE WINS PLAUDITS
Fraternal Organizations Of the City
Show Their Strength With Parade
With 1000 in Iine-Many Beautiful
Floats Feature Demonstration.

It ended in blaze of glory. Keno
sha did things every day during the
Homecoming but Friday afternoon and
evening brought the supreme effort
and Kenosha people and their guests
gave to assembled thousands as fit
ting close for the great birthday cele-
bration two parades which will be writ
ten down in the history of Kenosha and
of southern Wisconsin as 'fgreat
events" No two such parades, the
decorated auto parade Of Friday after
noon and the even greater fraternal
parade Of Friday night, were ever seen
in this section of the state. They
eclipsed everything in the nature Of
pageants known to this part Of the
country. There was a riot of color for
the two hours that the automobile par
ade traversed the streets and carnival
of wonder in the splendid showings
made by the fraternal organizations in
the two-mile long parade Of the even
ing.
The committee in charge Of the home
coming was properly placed at the
head of the final procession Of the even
ing and it was most fitting that the
members of the committee who put on
the most successful celebration in the
history Of Wisconsin should have taken
the lead in the final demonstration of
the greatness Of Kenosha.
Rivaling the hues Of the rainbow
and the wonderful spectacles pulled
off in flower laden California, the dec
grated autombile parade was one of
the most beautiful pageants ever seen
in Wisconsin. There were lot more
than hundred automobiles in line and
nearly every one of them was beauti-
fully decorated. The work that had
been put on these wonderful creations
of the beauty of decorative art was ex-
pressive of the interest of the Home
folk'' in the success of the home COM
ing celebration. Former Mayor Charles
Pfennig, chairman of the automobile
parade committee and Russell III. Jones,
secretary Of the Kenosha Automobile
club, led the parade through the long
line of march. 1t was witnessed by
cheering thousands. To describe the
parade would be like attempting to
paint the tints of the delicate roses.
1t was another one of those things
that was to be seen and remembered.
The judges, all members Of the Auto
mobile club of Racine, found it hard to
make the awards of prizes from the
list of wonderfully decorated autos.
Mayor M. j. Scholey in a wonderful
ly beautiful canopied car in white and
pink and lavendar led the long pro-
cession and coming in behind were
scores of cars on which many dollars
had been spent for decorations.
Notable among the cars in the parade
were those Of William Schmitt, P. N.
Obertin, S. Gottheb, Mrs Frank Van
Der Wee, Mrs. Horace G. Johnson, JOS
eph Pitts, E. j. Sullivan, Donley Bros,
Charles Turnock, Fred Raiman, Charles
Pfennig, A. j. Kubec, Russell Brothers,
H. G. Hansen, Frank L. Wells, D. M
Korf, and there were lots of them who
were entitled to special mention. The
prizes awarded by the judges were:
First Prize-William Schmitt.
Second Prize-Peter N. Obertin.
Third Prize-M. J.. Scholey.
Fourth Prizes. Gottlieb.
~ Fifth Prize-Mrs. Frank Van Der
IL Wee.
" Sixth Prize-Mrs. Horace G..
~ johnson.
Seventh Prize-Chas. Turnock.