West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-07-01
WEST VIRGINIA DAY At THE
PANAMA,PACIFIC EXPOSITION
Great Celebration Planned for the
Little Mountain State-Elaboratc
Program is Being Prepared for
the Occasion-Many Prominent
West Virginians Will be Present
(By G.. A. Bolden)

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. June 2S
me coming of June has brought in
creased attendance at the exposition
over the preceding month. but up TO
the middle of the present month tho
attendance is not yet what the Off
cials of the exposition so sanguinclv
expected IL To be. This liz occasioncd
largely by weather conditions here I'm
san Francisco and by the hard times
reported from this section of the coun-
try and from different sections OF the
East and South, white the war am,np
the foreign nations is, of course. cut
Ting down the attendance many. many
thousands. when this exposition was
hrSt planned. and until the war was
usher"d in, the foreign attendance wns
expected TO total several millions of
people. This idea was fully supported
| oy the presence of so many foreign
| nations at the exposition the foreign
| buildings numbering almost equally
| with the representation az made bv
the states of the union. The oxposi-
n.
| P'eteu ana 1t is pronounced by many
people ms the greatest exposition of its
KIND ever attempted In the history or
'he world Notwithstanding that the
exposition company and nearly. ~ not
All the concossionaries on the zone
ana throughout the grounds have been
doing losing business. MANY moro
attractive features are being added IN
the exposition as time passes. The
exposition officials, however. are very
hrm I'm the belief that the remaining
S'N months OF the exposition period
VIII bring thousands of visitors and
that the exposition itself i'm the end
VIII be money maker rather than
a money loser Those who have visit-
eel the exposition 20 away with bigb
pra'SeS Tor the magnihcence of the
palaces the interesting displays there
III contained. the matchless beautv NJ
'he entire designing. and the unpre-
cedehted achievement I'm the night H.
Here at the West Virginia building
preliminary arrangements are being
made for the celebration of West Vir-
ginia day, July 2lst. BY the way. your
correspondent notices that some of
the West Virginia papers are publish
ing the date for the West Virginia dav
as of July 23rd. This is i'm error. the
date Is July 2lst. The date was set
by the exposition officials after cor
respondence with the West Virginia
commission. The exercises OF the day
Will begin at o'clock I'm the afternoon
at the West Virginia building Col.
John 7. McGraw of Grafton, vice pres
ident OF the commission, will be the
chairman OF the day and will deliver
the chief address. Hon Vernon ID.
johnson, speaker OF the House of
Delegates. has been delegated by Gov
ernor Hatfield AS his personal repre-
sentative on that day and will read the
governors address to the assemblage.
Other features Of the day will be the
singing of West Virginia songs by
former West Virginians. the reading
OF a poem on West Virginia by the
Hon. Clyde Johnson OF Charleston. the
poem being especially written for the
occasion by Mr.. Johnson himself An
address will be delivered by Judge VIII
liam Bailey Lamar. representing the
United States government, and Gov
ernor Hiram Johnson of California.
has also been asked TO deliver an
address. Following the exercises n
| reception will be held iu tho Uyogt
Virginia building. and at night there
| viii be grand ball I'm honor OF the
| West Virginia Shriners. who will be
| present in large numbers. coming
from their annual convention at Seat
| tie. The Shriners will be here from
| July 18th TO 23rd, and their visitation
is being eagerly looked forward to bv
residents OF the West Virginia build
ing and by former West Virginians
now residents OF California. Every
effort Will be made TO create the pro-
gram for West Virginia day one Of the
| most interesting yet rendered on the
grounds The West Virginia building
will be deliberately decorated for the
occasion and when West Virginia
decorates IL means that other states
and foreign nations represented must
sit up and take notice The big ball
at night will i'm all probability be held
~ one OF the larger hotels Of the CITY.
as our building is far too small 10 ac-
commodato all who will be invited
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