South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-27
Enter into Their Part of Cen.
tenniaI Celebration With
Vim-Workmen Busy
at SpringbrOOk.

While scores Of workmen are busy
putting SpringbroOk park in readi-
ness and nearly as many decorators
are engaged in dressing the city in
gala attire. and the II organizations
that are TO take part in the centen-
nal celebration are working TO make
the celebration the greatest north
ern Indiana has ever seen, the vet
Grams, the timers of the city. the
pioneers 20 whom the centennial
means most. are not failing in their
part
The meetings OF the two c. A. r.
posts at the Chamber Of Commerce
yesterday afternoon, and the meet
ing of the Spanish american War
veterans at the high school last
night were two of the best attended
and most enthusiastic meetings that
have yet been held in preparation
for the centennial. The same is true
of the meeting on Monday Of the
pioneer citizens who are 10 have the
scene which represents the gold
seekers leaving South Bend in the
days of the gold excitement in Cali
fornia.
Veterans i'm Dramatic Part.
At the meeting Of the G. A. r.
posts and the Spanish-American war
veterans yesterday they were intro
duced by Pageantmaster Barnes to
the story of the whole pageant, and
their part, which will be 10 depict
I the scene in which is illustrated the
departure Of the soldiers from South
Bend at the call TO arms in 81, was
explained in detail. The pageant di-
rectOrs will attempt to make this
scene one Of the most dramatic in
the whole celebration. Members of
the 21st Indiana battery will man
the guns again in the scene and all
the other veterans will be equipped
just as they were when the call came
in 81. Serg't Campbell OF Notre
Dame has promised to supply the
old-fashioned rifles to be used in the
scene, and the caps and uniforms
will re furnished, if necessary, by
the pageant directors. Another
meeting of the Spanish war veterans
will be held in the reading room of
the high school Friday evening. The
pageant directors are anxious to
have as many as possible of the 400
veterans living in the county in at
tendance. A new feature which has
been added TO the program for the
celebration will be the presentation
OF a Filipino dance by the veterans.
1000 Children Rehearse.
other meetings in preparation for
the pageant yesterday were those Of
the Progress club in the afternoon,
and the Red Men Of South Bend and
Mishawaka in the evening. About
1000 children were in attendance at
the rehearsal at the high school in
the afternoon.
Today Pageant Director Roney
Will rehearse the children of the As
sumption school of st. Joseph's par
ish at $3.50 O'Clock. and at II o'clock
will meet the children from all the
other parochial schools Of the city in
St. Hedwige's hall. At o'clock this
afternoon he will rehearse the stu
dents of the grammar school, and
Immediately after that will go to
Mishawaka for the final rehearsal of
the children Of that city in the high
school building at 4 o'clock. In the
evening at 7:45 o'clock he will have
the members Of the Mishawaka sec
ton of the adult chorus in the high
school
Landscape Gardener ut Work.
Bruno Nehrling. one of South
Bends best known landscape gar
deners. began yesterday the work of
arranging the trees and shrubbery
which will form the background for
the pageant scenes. Several hun
dred trees will be transplanted to
Springbrook park for this purpose
There we're about so men at work
yesterday at Springbrook. and the
number will be nearly doubled to-
day. The work of installing the
electrical apparatus is being some
what held up by the inability of the
contractors 10 secure electricians
AS soon as they can be secured 20
men will be given employment at
this work. The centrifugal pump
began pumping water into the arti-
fetal lake at the park yesterday and
the lake is already about half fun.
by To-Day OF lOmOIION oil the iuuA-
tionaP grandstand and bleacher seats
at the park will he in. When all
the additional seats are completed
the stands Will have a seating ca
pacity of about 15.0W
Add More Box Seats.
1t has been decided on account Of
the large demand for box seats TO
add 1874 additional seats to the 40
already in the grandstands, making
total Of 232 box seat. The box
seats will sell for 81 a night. w. w.
Duke. who has charge Of the re-
serve seat office in the oliver annex.
reports that the sales are proving
ax-narfaI THE