Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-05
GRAND PRIZE OF
PARADE TO LUNDT
Department Store for the Third Time
Carries OF Highest HOnOrs In
Big Celebration Feature.
CONTEST is UNUSUALLY KEEN
Red Men Capture the Fraternal Cup,
While EIks Are Judged the Best
Appearing Organization.
PARADE PRIZE WINNERS.

Grand prize-Lundt Il Co.
Civic float-Camp Fire Girls.
Fraternal-King Philip tribe, Red
Men.
Commercial Dispatch.
Largest sentatton-Belgian So
cieties.
Best appearing organization Elks-
Sunday school Hoat-Sacred heart
paroChial school.
For the third time in three years
Lundt & Co yesterday won the grand
prize for the Fourth Of July parade,
being awarded the large cup offered.
There were seven cups competed
for, and these were awarded as listed
in the foregoing synopsis. COMPETE
ton was close, however, and order in
which the various entries were placed
follows:
In the civic floats the Camp Fire
Girls won the cup, but the Rotary
club was a close second, with the
Daughters of Veterans third, the Y.
NJ c A. fourth, the Moline Woman's
club fifth, with honorable mention to
the Helping Hand and Fairgrounds.
In the fraternal section the Red
Men were awarded the cup. Elks were
close second, while Leo council,
knights of Columbus, was third,
Moose fourth, and PIOw City encamp-
ment, l. O. O. F., was fifth.
In the commercial section the Mo
line Dispatch was awarded the cup
after long consideration among the
judges, the JOsephSOn float being such
a beauty that there was a great deal
of doubt as to which should be given
the cup The New York store was
third, Wahlstrand, the grocer, who had
three floats entered, fourth, and $l5
Smith fifth.
Belgian societies were awarded the
cup for having the largest represen-
tation, with the Elks a close second.
Elks won the cup for the best appear
ing organization by d wide margin,
and the Sacred Heart parOchial school
easily won the Sunday school cup.
In connection with the great cele-
bration of yesterday, c. V. Johnson,
treasurer of the Fourth Of July asso-
citation. requested today that all peO-
pie having claims against the aSsOcia-
ton present them Immediately.
Boys and girls who carried off hon
ors in the athletic and novelty con-
tests in the afternoon and the prizes
awarded to themfollOw:
Winners in Sport Events.
Results in the race and swimming
events:
Swim to platform, boys less than
16-DOnaId Stuart, first; Harold Bo-
gez. second. Time, ia seconds.
Swim to platform, boys more than
16-Roy Neuhaus, first; Howard Coop
er second.
Boys potato race - Floyd Shelter,
first; Harvey Wright, second. Time,
q seconds.
Girls potato race Charlotte Nor
ris, first; Agnes EkdahI, second. Time,
27 seconds.
Three-legged race, boys less than
Rehnberg and Palmer, first; Bah
cock and Anderson, second Time,
Sd second.
Three-legged race, boys more than
16-Seaberg and Thompson.
50-yard race, boys S to Fray
mond Larson, first; Carl Anderson,
second. Time, 60.
100yard race, boys more than 16-
Lance Barton, first; Fred Vermuellen,
second. Time 8 seconds.
50-yard dash, girls to - Beatrice
Morris, first; Ethel Samuelson, sec
Ond. Time, 7 seconds.
50-yard race, girls less than S
Dorothy Boutwell,, first; Dorothy Bell,
second. Time, s seconds.
5O-yard race. girls II to 16-Char-
lotte Morris, first; Mildred Peterson,
/ second. Time, Z seconds.
Fancy diving Roy Neuhaus, first:
Howard Cooper, second. Height, SO y
and 2412 feet
Swim under water-C L. Noreen,
/ first; Fred Brown, second.