Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-11
To
OPEN WITH BANG,
SAYS COMMITTEE
May II Fixed for the Official
Day to Inaugurate the
Festival.
NO CHANGE IN PROGRAM
FROM PREVIOUS PLANS
Subscriptions to Fund Begin to
Come In, $34o Being Re-
cent Addition.

Celebration of the 250th anniver-
sary Of Newarks founding will begin
with bang, and May l. 1916. is the
day selected for the opening gun.
Ihat was the announcement made
at the close of the executive session
OF the executive and finance COM
mlttee of the Committee of One Hun
dred. al the headquarters this noon.
The committee adopted a tentative
program for the celebration. fixing
definitely. upon May Il as the date
of the celebrations S official beginning
and stating the seasons AT which the
various events will occur. There is
no marked departure from plans
mentioned heretofore. No features
not already discussed are mentioned
In the program, which follows In the
form in which it was prepared by the
committee:
The Announcement.
Prior to the celebration it is
planned to repeat the Music Festival
of last year on large scale. The
management desires to cooperate
with the Committee of One Hun
dred, It is thought this festival
given say May - would be an in
terestins preliminary event.
Parade by National Guard of the
State. Presence of Governor Fielder
and staff and the governor of Con-
necticut and staff. Exercises in the
Old First Church and in the princi-
pal churches and schools
The exercises of the day enlist the
activities of the committees on pa
rades and decorations. transportation,
entertainment, banquets. invitations.
and reception Tho exercises In
churches and schools 10 be held in
the afternoon. A banquet in the
early evening and torchight pa
rade in the evening.
A day of this sort will open the
celebration with what might be
called bang
Following Founders dav. and es-
pecially in that and the following
week several meetings will be held
in the Newark Theater or some other
suitable place. at which the neigh
boring towns of the county will be
invited to participate. Some of these
| meetings might properly be in
| charge of the Committee on Munich
pal Participation. and one al least
| in charge of the historical and liter
! ary committee.
| The committee on parades shoult
also arrange a this time for TWO
additional parades. One should rep
resent the Industries of the city and
one should he historical and munic-
| ipal: 2 parade of schools and perhaps
an automobile parade.
The great historical pageant,
prepare tions for which are already
under way. should open Mondav. May
30. This will last week and is in
charge OF the committee on pag-
eantry
The setting Of tablets TO mark his
toric spots under the direction Of the
committee on monuments and tab
let's. should be done. AT least i'm part,
on Memorial Day. The patriotic. So
cieties Of the State should be invited
TO participate. The Cincinnati the
Sons of the American Revolution,
Colonial Wars. Loyal Legion and
Grand Army Of the Republic would
all probably he well represented Tho
setting of the tablets should he fol-
lowed by a public meeting in the
Newark Theater
During the summer the various
track and field events under the direc-
tion of the committee on exhibitions
and athletics will occur at Weequahic
Park. These will include:
school children track and field
events, baseball. canoeing, tennis
trapshootinC, harness race meet Of
amateur drivers. State convention OF
turner's and other interesting events
The exposition of things of interest
to Newark, historical an dprofession-
al. and its manufactured products, is
now fixed for September, as the only
time when the armory can be Sc
cured This important matter is In
features and trade, who have already
given much time to its consideration.
"Other matters will doubtless be
| thought worthy of consideration. and
after the program has been com
| pleted the celebration of the anniver-
sary will be closed by a monster pop
ular meeting, to be addressed by some
of Newark's most eloquent and de-
voted citizens" is the concluding
statement Of the announcement.
James n. Nugent oflciai Counsel.
In the course OF today's meeting
former Governor Franklin Murphy
chairman OF the Committee of One
Hundred, announced the appointment
of James r. Nugent as official coun-
! sci for the body. Mr.. Nugent has
been serving in that capacity unoff1-
! cially and is chairman of the leRis.
lative committed Upon his appoint
ment today the first request made ot
Mr.. Nugent was that he take steps Il
| incorporate the Committee of One
! Hundred, in pursuance of a decision
reached sometime ago.
! Former Governor Murphy appointet
| Christian w. Feigenspan chair
man of the executive and finance
committee, in anticipation of the alb
sence of Chairman Uzel II. McCarter
who is shortly to leave on tive
| months vacation.
! A request by the exhibitions anC
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