The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-29
GETTING LINED UP
FOR BIG PARADE
Kennewick's Committeeman are
Rapidly Working out Details
for a Fine Showing

M. w. Mattecheck, M. S. Lewis anc
Chas. H. Collins, the three men OF
Kennewick's May Fourth parade com.
mittee are rapidly whipping things
into shape for Kennewick's part ir
the big parade in Pasco. The com.
mittee hopes to have the Kennewicl
section typify the progress of civil
zation from the Indians to the present
day farmers. They are making an
effort to get Indians from Toppenish
but if this cannot be done the red
skins will be selected from local
tribesmen. The prospectors and trap
pers will be locally furnished and the
cowboys and cowgirls will be rounded
up by C. S. Gibbs, of R;chland. Geo.
E. Finley, who has recently broken a
team of oxen to the yoke will be there
with the prairie schooner. Shorty
PEBBLES and DR.. M. p. Davidson will
march side by side as a representa-
tion of Kennewick before and after
irrigation. Then will follow the Ken
newick float, "a Contented Farmer"
The Kennewick mems marching club,
of at least 100 men with canes, caps
and pennants will come next and will
be followed by a young ladies' march
ing club in charge of some of the
young ladies of the city. Then will
follow the Richland and Finley floats
and marching delegations. The COM
mittee is shy yet on cowboys and cow
girls and pack horses and saddles for
the prospectors.
The committee offers the following
suggestions:
The plans of the Pasco committee in
regard to school children in the pa
rade is for over one hundred girls
from the Pasco schools to dress in
white and act as an escort of honor
for the bridal party. These girls will
carry flowers and will strew them in
the path of the bride when the re-
viewing stand is reached. The local
schools will cooperate with the Pasco
schools in this program, and all girls
who wish to do so, from the fifth
grade to the eighth grade inclusive,
being provided free transportation and
going under the charge of teachers to
act in the capacity of flower girls.
The Pasco and Kennewick girls will
march either Immediately in front Of
the brides float or Immediately be-
hind it. All boys who can be persuaded
to do so will also occupy place in the
parade, marching with the Pasco boys
under charge of the men of Pasco
and Kennewick schools. No attempt
will be made for either the Pasco or
Kennewick schools to have banners
or to otherwise advertise their respec-
tive schools. Automobiles will be pro-
vided for the teachers who will be in
charge of getting the children safely
across the river and back again after
the parade.
The following have been named as
captains of the Kennewick marching
club. Each man is to be responsible
for the presence of himself and ten
other men in the marching club part
of the parade: F. r. Jeffrey is colonel
of the marching club. Second ward,
Mounsey, jeffrey, Clarence King, DR..
Crosby; first ward, Guy Haydon,- Mr..
Murray, Mr.. Tontz, Archie Copeland;
third ward, Mr.. Banta, Joe Martin.
The local parade committee wishes
it to be particularly impressed upon
all taking part in the Kennewick half
of the parade that the parade will
start at ten o'clock sharp from the
N. P. depot at Pasco, and that conse-
quently everyone participating in that
parade must be there promptly before
that hour. A space of several blocks
will be roped off for the assembling
of the Kennewick people and rally
ing banner will be placed there to in
dicate it. Gather there and await in
structions from the Kennewick mar
shall of the parade, c. H. Collins. The
parade committee will have no time
to run around over Pasco to gather
together the different parts of the
Kennewick parade.