South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-03
Centennial Celebration is Off,
CialIy Opened by Great
BIare of Factory Whistles,
Bells and Horns.
SUCCESS is ASSURED
BY PERFECT WEATHER
Many Visitors Arrive in City
to Greet Old ACquaint-
anCeS-Band Concert
Held in Afternoon.

St. Joseph county's three-day cell
ebration of Indiana's centennial was
officially born az 1925 o'clock this
afternoon and betokened 10y great
blare of factory whistles. church
bells. honking horns and other
sounds which are generally obvious
with the coming of a new year. The
sounds which marked the opening
of the series OF pageants, parades
and entertainments which viii con
tinue during the next three days.
were not confined 10 any one district
in the city or county and whistles
and horns were tied down every
where for "a period Of FIVE minutes
or more. With perfect weather
and a large crowd on streets before
noon the celebration had an auspi-
cioUs and successful start
The great civic parade which
started shortly before o'clock this
afternoon. was fitting sequence 20
the opening ceremonies az noon
when the centennial celebration was
officially declared TO be upon its way.
Practically every civic. social and
munity i'm addition 10 school chill
dren and others were represented in
the brilliant array OF highly deco
rated floats
I'm six Divisions.
The parade was divided into six
divisions Division No. J. under the
direction of Charles i. Zigler. form
ed on the west side OF Main St.
facing south. at Colfax av, and was
composed of a platoon OF police. a
band the carriage OF honor. city
and county officials fire apparatus.
the artistic O.. A x. float the vet-
Grams in carriage and the float of
Auten Relief corps The second di-
vision was in charge OF John j.
DeHayen and formed along Main ST.
II was led by the Bremen band and
was composed OF a delegation OF
Avalon Grotto. the ~. -. W. mount
ed troops a float from the same or
ganization. w o. ". marching
body. a Woodman circle float, the
Boy Scouts and the Il. Il. *. j.. light
foot company.
Ia the third division the entire
west side was represented floats
and delegations from the various
Polish societies were seen Bert
klysz had charge Of this section OF
the parade while Nelson Jones con-
Quoted the fourth section. which
consisted OF all floats which were in
dependent OF marching bodies aud
Tot a part OF any fraternal organiza-
ton. In this section there also was
the marching body and floats OF the
Ancient order of Cleaners.
Organizations in Line.
Louis Kovatch was IN charge Of
the Hungarian organizations in the
fifth section OF the parade. The va
rious west side organizations We're
represented in this section alone
with the Belgian organizations and
representatives. who were led 0y Jo-
seph Noorde. action Of Parade d.
rector Samuel Leeper's aide
Division six brought up the rear
of the parade which passed the re-
view stand on the east side of the
court house square. THIS division
was directed by J.. ~. Mccain and
included band. the Knights OF CO.
lumbus Goat and marching body. the
Catholic Knights OF America. uni
form rank. the Servian Federation
OF Salgo and ST Peter and Paul
church. the Independent order r
odd Fellows delegation. and the
marching body OF l. o. n. NJ. Mon
tauk tribe.
The parade proceeded from the
corner Of Main ST. and CoIfax al.
west on Coifax az. 70 Laporte av.
thence south o. Washington av.. east
TO lafayette blvd along Lafayette
blvd vest 10 Wayne ST.. east 20
Main ST.. thence west TO Auchigan
ST. and north % Marion So. From
Marion ST the parade line moved
over 20 Main ST. and then proceed
ed south past the review stand al
the court house
Factories Are Closed.
Many factories and stores were
closed during the afternoon in order
10 permit the employees 70 witness
the civic parade. All OF the schools
We're closed for the afternoon and
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