South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-12
M|SHAWAKES PART IN
PAGEANT IS EXPLAINED
F. B. Barnes of South Bend,
Outlines Plans to Few PeO-
pIe-WiII Meet Again.

Mishawaka's part IN the big CEN
| tcnniaI celebration pageant which F..
will be held at SpringbroOk park /
! oct 2. and 4. was explained 10 |
/ handful of representatives Of the /
/ Business Mems association and the !
| Woman's club, in the reception room F.
OF the public library. Tuesday even
/ ing, by r. b. Barnes, municipal rec I
reatiOn director OF South Bend and 7
\ pageant master of the big celebra- /
/ ton.
One hundred years ago Indiana !
was admitted into the Union and as /
| part OF the celebration scenes or /
| episodes of the county history of St I
| Joseph county will be presented on
! a stage 1000 feet wide and 500 /
| fcf deep, which will be located in /
| the center of the race track at
! Springbrook park. Seating arrange /
! ments for more than 10000 people |
are being made.
! Twenty-three scenes are to be !
used in depicting the history Of the
I county from the time LaSalle landed
until the present time. Five or
these episodes have been assigned 10
Mishawaka, as they deal exclusively
with Mishawaka history. Miss Jen-
ME Terry, who has been taking an
active interest in the work, read the
five parts.
The first episode opens in 1910 and
30 bricklayers are seen at work con-
structing the chimney of what is 10
be the St. Joseph Iron works. They
are singing merry songs while they
work Alonzo Mead Hurd enters and
assumes charge of the building OF
the works.
Show First School.
Miss Melvina Smith. teacher of the
first school in Mishawaka is shown
with IL pupils, who march in with
a sign saying district school No. l."
Miss Melvina Smith is the teacher.
The characters will be dressed in
costumes of the times.
In the nth episode Of the series.
the second of the Mishawaka cpl
sodes is shown, the Woman's club
of South Bend. headed by its first
president, which marches singing a
special song The Mishawaka wom-
en- join this order.
! City's First Blacksmith.
Harvey Blye, the first blacksmith
in the city. is shown in the 18th
episode. entering from the left and
| taking possession of the blacksmith
shop. A man drives up and un-
loads an anvil, a boy brings in a
horse TO be shod. and various char
acters and sketches will be intro
duced during the scene. Alonzo
! Hurd. A. b. Judson, and William
L. Earle are shown inspecting the
iron works. Grain threshers work
ing with the old fashioned fails, set
tiers arriving clad in quaint cos
TUNES. and many little incidents
will be shown.
). Have spelling Bee.
Dominic Wells features the 18th
scene. and comes riding up to the
school, where the teacher calls the
scholars out and they indulge in a
spelling bee. the prize going to a
little chap who is congratulated by
the dominic. The multiplication ia
= BILE and geography lesson is also
sung. Asa Taylor enters upon the
; scene and takes possession of the
iron mills. James Oliver. "A Scots
man. is shown making molds in
front OF the iron works.
In the 14th scene as the school
mistress leaves the building, the
country folk ask permission to use
the building for a husking bee. fol-
lowing which a good. old fashioned
husking bee is staged with no de-
tails left out
Burning of Mishawaka.
The 18th and final scene has TO
do with the burning of Mishawaka
and the efforts of the citizens TO re-
built it within one year. This scene
will be the most spectacular of any
OF Mishawakas scenes.
Owing 10 the small attendance at
the meeting, A s. Whey. president
of the Business Mems association.
told MIR. Barnes that a meeting Of
the association will be called with
in a short time and he will be asked
: TO come and talk to the association
members. Z. A. Miller. county
chairman of the celebration. and
several other boosters, including
Henry B. Roney, director of the
pageant. will be present.
= Mr.. Barnes explained many fea-
p lures OF the work, the most promi-
nent one being the $4,000 guaran-
=. tee fund which will be raised 70
cover expenses OF staging the play.
. Organizations will furnish most OF
the costumes themselves for the part
they take. but what they cannot
r secure will be arranged for by the
I finance committee.
Mayor Gaylor and former Supt
of Schools John Z. Miner. as well
a. several mem bers Of the Woman's
club. have attended committee
meetings and are familiar with ar
= rangements made.
OVERCOME BY HEAT.