South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-28
COMP LETE PLANS
FOR CENTENNIAL
Boosters Want Good Weather
to Assure Success of Com
ing Celebration.

The only thing yet neeEed 20 make
the great celebration with which
South Bend plans 10 celebrate its
hftieth anniversary and the states
centennial on oct 9, 4 and 8 a sue
cess-good weather-seems assured
BY the tardy arrival Of the equinox
ial storms which began Tuesday
night All parties interested in the
big celebration expressed their con-
fdence yesterday that the weather
would again clear up by the last OF
this week and that sunshine would
welcome the opening of the pageant
next Tuesday at noon.
Great Demonstration
It was announced yesterday that
the pageant will be officially opened
at 1880 O'Clock Tuesday w.th
great demonstration which viii make
every citizen Of the county aware
that the splendid celebration TO the
success OF which many months of
preparation and thousands of dollars
have been devoted, has actually he
gun. At exactly -2:30 Tuesday, the
six big cannons which are TO be
brought from Culver will boom
salvos OF shots and every whistle
and church bell in the county Will
peal forth the announcement that
the celebration has begun. At the
same moment every citizen of the
county that has a flag is expected 10
unfurl it 20 the breezes.
The demand for seats for the cell
ebration both from people within
and without the county continues
good but there are still large num-
Der of desirable seats left for each
evening and the people of the city
and county are urged to reserve
them Immediately 10 avoid the rush
which is sure TO come later and TO
insure themselves of a good seat for
the performance. The box office Is
situated in the oliver annex oppo-
site the oliver hotel and will Sc open
every day from o'clock in the
morning until s i'm the evening.
Many Visitors.
The indications are that hundreds
of people will come here from other
places for the pageant and that the
city's hotels will be totally unable 70
care for the crowds. About 30 pri-
vate parties have already responded
&c the call of the committee on ac-
commodations and will afford lodg-
ing 20 the visitors but still more lOdS-
ing room is needed and all parties
that have spare rooms are urged to
send communication TO the com
.e1stf Of ha
Chamber Of Commerce.
The work of printing THE Story
of the Pageant" the souvenir book
OF the celebration, will be done by
Saturday and the book will be on
sale Monday. IL will be a well
written and attractively bound little
volume Of fifty pages and will con-
tain an explanation and program OF
the celebration and a short historical
sketch Of St Joseph county. liz will
sell for ten cents.
Rehearsals in preparation for the
pageant were held yesterday at $50
at the Assumption parochial school.
at II o'clock at st. Hedwige's hail.
at o'clock at the grammar school.
at ( o'clock at the Mishawaka high
school and at las in the evening at
the Mishawaka high school. All
these rehearsals were we'll attended
They We're under the direction Of
Pageant Director Henry b. ROney.
Rehearsal Today.
The only rehearsal scheduled for
today is that of the South Bend
high school students az their aud
itorium at O'Clock. ON Friday there
will be a rehearsal OF the members
of the Progress club who will sing
the Original WOman's club" song
which has been written by Mrs. En-
ma b. Harris for the members of the
club, who will represent the original
woman's club Of South Bend i'm the
pageant At o'clock the students
from all the parochial schools OF
the city will gather in the auditor
ium of the high school for the last
rehearsal before the dress rehearsal
az SpringbrOok park Monday after
noon At 400 o'clock all the chill
dren of the public schools
will come 10 the high school for
their final rehearsal Director Roney
states that there are so automobile
trucks pledged by local concerns for
use in hauling the children OF the
81 hools 20 and from the park and
that none Of the children should
hold back from joining the chorus
for fear that they will be unable 20