Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-30
ALL ARRANGEMENTS
MADE FOR CHERRY FAIR
Something Doing From Early
Morn Until Long After
Dewy Eve

From the rising of the sun next
Monday morning at twenty.seven min
utes after four o'clock until the last
Sains of the orchestra playing "Home
Sweet HOme' at the armory, the pa
triotic people of Salem will be cele-
brating the day that win in time make
Salem famous, that known as "Cherry
Fair Day"
Although the day according to Hos
| letter s almanac begins when the aver
age good citizen is engaged in refresh
ing slumber, the day officially from
the Cherry Fair standpoint will assume
an air of expectancy when Queen
Estella and her attendants are escort
ed at Gals a. m. from the Marion
hotel by the uniformed Cherrians to
the reviewing stand on the Court
house lawn.
At the hour of $50 when the queen,
Miss Estella Wilson and her maids,
Miss Rosalie Bach and Miss Charlotte
Lally, arrive at the reviewing stand
Governor Withycombe, with few ap-
propriate words will place the crown
on the brow of Miss Wilson, saluting
her as Queen of the 1916 Cherry Fair
Immediately following the crowning
of the queen, the Salem Boy Scouts
under the direction of Scoutmaster
Fulkerson, will give an exhibition of
the boy scout drill and evolutions.
AT 9:45 the baby parade on Wilson
avenue will begin with the head of the
procession at Court and Summer streets
This parade will be around Wilson
park. On account of the difficult posi-
tion they will occupy as judges the
names of those who will have that
doubtful honor thrust upon them, have
not been announced.
From the viewing of the babies and
others under six years of age, the cele-
orators of Cherry Fair Day will HE to
Marion Square for the Oregon Grange
picnic and the program to be offered
by its members.
The attractions of the afternoon will
begin at 2:l5 p. m. with the parade
representing all the oranges of Marion
county, led by the governor on horse
back and Chief Welch and his aides,
followed by the Cherrian band. Form
ing at Marion Square at 1870 p. m. the
line parade is south on Commercial
street to State; hence east on State to
Church; north ON Church to the review
ing stand on the north side Of the
court house; thence swinging around
the court house to State; thence west
on State to Commercial and north to
Marion Square.
Street sports will begin following
the parade and those interested in base
ball will find a good game at the
League grounds beginning at Alb.
"Hiawatha" will be produced under
the direction of the North Salem Wo-
men s club, on the lawn of Wilson
avenue, beginning at s o'clock.
Water sports are scheduled for 1880
and the band concert for $50. The
concert will continue about 30 minutes,
as the ball, to be led by Queen Estella
and King Bng Deckebach, will begin
with the grand march at 8 O'Clock.
The doors of the armOry will be
thrown open at noon of Monday for
the exhibit of cherries and flowers,
under the auspices of the Salem Floral
association. Prizes amounting to $3.50
will be awarded to those making the
best cherry displays and $97 for the
best floral exhibits. Seventy dollars
will be distributed among those who
enter decorated aunsmobiles and the
boys and young men in street sports
will receive a total of $35.
July 3 is a Salem holiday, but July
Fourth is a national affair, to be OBJ
served entirely at the state fair
grounds
The average citizen may rest on the
Fourth after the strenuous Cherry Fair
day, but the crowned heads will still
be on duty. Queen Estella and her
maids will be entertained at the Mar
ion on the Fourth by the State Fair
Board and with the Cherrians as es.
corts will be given a grand entry in
to the grounds on the morning of the
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