The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-08-26
MAHASKA COUNTY :.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
PARADE THIS MORNING ONE OF
BEST EVER GIVEN.
PICNIC DINNER AND PROGRAM
Many Interesting Features Of the Day
Will Stimulate the Good Work.
Addresses and Athletics.
This Afternoon.

Mahaska county Sunday schools as
'sembled in OskaloOsa today, Wednes
day August 25th in the Fifth Annual
County Rally and Picnic. Fair wealth,
Ter favored the big affair and the turn.
out was accordingly great Practically
Iall the larger Sunday schools of the
county were represented and Oska.
loosa Sunday school people were out
enmasse in the pageant. The elabor,
ate parade headed by the Iowa Bri.
'gade band occupied the forenoon house
in preparation and review, a basket
dinner was INDUCED at the Pen Cam
pus, at one thirty a dual program was
taken up at Penn College, the formal
and an athletic field meet in the Penn
gymnasium grounds. A Home Work
conference lead by Mrs. A. A. Rinden
closed the afternoon work.
The Grand Parade.
Since the parade of the Sunday
schools was made feature of the an
nual picnic and rally, some attractive
and really remarkable pagents have
been reviewed. While the parade this
year was not so large in points of to-
tai number in line and number of
schools represented it was distin-
guished by new features and by very
superior tone. Every where was seen
evidence of effort and organization.
Officials of the County Sunday
school organization reviewed the par
ale from a stand on the north side of
the park as the line passed along
High avenue east. A special stand
had been erected for the reviewers
and this was filled with officials and
their guests, judges, etc. Judges for
the floats reviewed the conveyances
at the North End grocery at the par
AIDE moved out to Penn College along
north street. $751;. --.
Line of march was abbreviated this
year that more children and more of
the members of advanced. classes could
march. The parade was organized on
North Market street with divisions
resting right and left along A and B
avenues. High avenue was entered
from Market street. The parade pass
ed about the four blocks of the park,
when the juniors dropped out and the
others proceeded along High avenue
west to c. street and on to Penn Col
lege.
On account of the unavoidable ex-
pense and the meagre compensation
attendant upon the making of the
more snowy floats little effort was
made to encourage this feature this
season but many of the schools had
elaborate floats in the parade.
Schools represented in the line
we're:
Episcopal. Oskaloosa
Bloomfield,
First Baptist, OskaloOsa
Emmanuel Congregation, Oskaloosa
Hawkeye, Union.
Friends, North H. Street Mission.
Beacon Methodist Episcopal
Congregational, Oskaloosa.
First Presbyterian, Boy Scouts, Os-
kaloosa.
Friends, Oskaloosa.
Christian, OskalOosa.
Elm Grove.
Leighton.
Central M. E Church, Oskaloosa.
The parade was twenty-six minutes
passing the reviewing stand.
People lined the streets along the
line of march and the features of the
several schools were frequently ap-
plauded. Those connected with par
ade department regard it as the best
in many, many ways, yet produced.
DR.. J. E. Fleener, chief marshall
of the parade had the following aides:
most of the men having served under
his orders in previous years:
J. S. Reynolds, Oscar and Ed Henry,
Andy Swanson, Guy Pomeroy, F. V.
Earheart. Carl Anderson, Lon Hell
lings and Robert H. Williams.