South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-27
F NAL PLANS ON
PICNIC ARE MADE
Rum Village Park Affair on
July Fourth Promises to
be Huge Affair.

That municipal spirit is waxing
warmer az the date for the big
Fourth az July picnic draws nearer
was evidenced in the largely at
tended meeting held Monday even
ing in the public speaking room at
the high school N0t only was the
executive committee. which has
planned the celebration i'm dedica-
ton OF Rum Village park. present
at the meeting. but in addition there
were delegates present from every
civic club and from a large number
OF fraternal ORGANIZATIONS. Re
ports from each Of these made pos
sible the completion Of arrange
ments for the parade and the dis
posal OF other details relative 90 the
remainder Of The celebration. not
ably the matter Of concessions and
the erection and decoration of the
booths
Mayor r. W Keller and the ma
jority OF the city councilmen at
tended the meeting and at its close
Mayor Keller gave a brief talk in
which ne urged that a. municipal
picnic be made an annual affair
inasmuch as the plans for the pres
ent event are bringing the people
of the city together in a manner
that no other event has accomplish
ed. ION city grounds he pointed
out. people from every section Of
the city are going 20 meet-rich
anG poor; English speaking peo-
pie and people OF foreign races:
Catholics and Protestants-an il
should be an occasion of great civic
spirit IL is one which should be
repeated every year"
To Erect Booths Saturday.
On Saturday all the work OF the
erection Of booths viii take place
and c. ". COpp. chairman Of the
executive committee. called for
volunteers-any man who can han
ole hammer-to assist in this work.
1t will include the building Of the
booths for the various civic clubs.
the speakers stand. the checking
booth. dancing pavilion. etc. Each
civic club will attend TO the deco
ration and equipment of it's own
booth. and this work. preferably.
will be- done bright and early on the
morning Of the Fourth. In addi-
ton TO the booths mentioned. there
viii be some 40 or 80, according TO
the announcement of Chairman
Copp. which have been let 10 con
cessionaires for a fat rate OF $40
for a booth 10 feet square Coffee.
sano Niches. lemonade. popcorn. etc.
will be sold on the grounds.
The big parade will form at the
corner OF Prairie az and Sample
ST. at $50 O'Clock. 10 proceed from
there to the entrance of Rum Vii
lage on Prairie av. Besides the
civic clubs and school children. the
following organizations last night
announced their willingness 10 par
ticipate The g. a. r.. which viii
be given the place Of honor i'm the
parade. by enthusiastic vote % hose
present at last uighCs meeting. the
Spanish War veterans. the Army
and Navy union. the Sons of Vet
Grams, the ". o. w 80. rs and No.
IS. the Maccabees. the Turnverein.
and the l.. %. O. r. and auxiliary.
The Redmen VIII take AN active part
in the afternoon program. as viii
also several Of the other organiza-
tions The Turner's Will have three
floats I'm the parade; the J. %. O. r..
will have one and the Maccabees
viii have one.
Goddess OF Liberty Float
One Of the prettiest features of
the parade viii Doe the float bearing
the Goddess of Liberty and her at
PENDANTS. flag bearers and spirits OF
the Is original colonies For the
purpose of selectiug the young girls
60 take these parts "a voting contest
has been instituted. n which the
girl receiving the highest number
OF votes IN her school. will become
The representative Of her school ON
the float as one of the characters
The girl receiving the highest num-
her or votes of AN viii DE selected
as the Goddess of Liberty The
ballots appear elsewhere i'm this
paper. They are 90 Dee cast daily
at the respective schools and re-
ENA " 900 an EiEiNAA All Nllf tiI per NNAll r
beginning tomorrow
In gathering for the parade the
civic clubs and pupils of each school
VIII assemble at their respective
schcsI houses. from which they VIII
DE conveyed 10 the point OF forma-
ton at the corner of Prairie av.
and Sample 81. The fraterual or
ganizations and am other bodies taxi
ing part. with the exception of the
civic clubs. viii meet az g o'clock
near Taylor and Wayne SITS. and
viii march from there 90 the sem
eral starting point AT the corner
81 Prairie ar. and Sample ST.. the
formation viii Dee as follows ElbeTs
band. members of the q. A r.. i'm
conveyances, fraternal organizations