Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-07-06
BIG CROWD At CELEBRATION
Glorious Fourth Fittingly Observ-
ed by an Estimated Crowd
of 25OO PeOnle

The celebration held Tuesday,
JuGw 4th, was one of the best in
local history ,ocal people have
alMtts leon considered good en-
tertaineIs and this reputation WAS
susfaine cd THAT day. Weather con-
dlitiions could not have been better
WhGle warm there was a breeze all
day that enabled everyone to fee ell
comfortable The crowd was nearly
as mrge as any that has ever at
tended h local event Conservative
estimates place the number at the
fairgrounds i'm the afternoon at
twenty-five hun dred people. Two
hundred and seventy ythree autos
brought "a large number of the
visitors to the city.
Spcn after nine o 'clock the days
program commenced with aconcer
by the band. Folio wing this the
race events of the morning were
pulled off ON Center street. There
were a large nMnnber of entries in
each event and everyone secured
oonsitd pleasure by the
races. The winners were:
Foot race, boys under II, Ro-
bert Kent LIST, James Swisher 2nd.
Foot race, girls under i2, NEIL
l. ,,f T f1af.1y<.
End.
Floct mace, boys under 16, Bur-
It's Humbert lst, Tony Triola End.
Foot race, girls under 16, Annde
Rowland 1st. HelmIa johnson End
Sack raoe, Lee Vale LIST, f. l..
Gale 2nd
Whe elbalrow race, Wfll Walpole
and f. L. Gale lst, G. J. Poss and
w. A. Hill 2nd.
THE second section of the morn
ing program took Wlace at the big
howery wihiEh ha,d BEEN erected pn
Pine street. Aftol sele, DION by
the band. Mayor r. B. Driver vel
coined the visitors to the city. Miss
Nellie Biddimger sang a solo, When
the Boys Come Home. 'Attorney o.
X. Whitney intrcduced Hon. john
G. Baltine, of Oacoma, TepnAll' an
nominee for &C ngr ess and The
speaker of the day. He talked of
the policies and JIM idents that
brought about the birth of the re-
public, and reviewed. briefly eihe
progress of the MA tion to It's pre-
sent high STANDING He closed
with a plea for social just e.
Fred l.. Fairchipd, of Wellsburg,
was CALLED upon and gave a very
talk. Bofh speak ers
were followed clesely by The a.llda-
ence, which packed the big bowery
and was massed about the big
building that they might hear
At O'Clock the auto parade,
which had been postponed to that
time so that people from the ooun-
try could find 1T easier to paT-
ticipate, was formed on east Pine
street and covered the streets of
the city. Mayor r. B, Driver and
Miss Bessie Don,o thy he'd the parade
in the formers car. Second in Line
came w. H. Kerazman s big truck
carrying the band Then came the
decorate autos and a long train
of cars which were not understood
tc be decorated, but each carried
bunting and fIags. The several de
corated autos, presenting appropni-
ate tableaux, were most attractive
and each showed considerable work
in planning and decorating. Those
especially worthy of mention aer
as follows:
No. 2, Mns ]. E. Kurha car,
'Woman's Club.'' officers OF the
club accompanying.
No. 4, 7. j. Mcguire car, "Pre-
paredness Means Peace"
No. 5, Mrs. G.. E. McLane CAR,
Red Gross Nurses. y
No. 6, H. B. Fislar car, Pass
ing of the Vest
No. 7, DR.. S. NJ. HYDE car, "Red
Cross Surge ons"
No. 9, j. c. Severdn car. LIN
colin and the Slave. ("
No. 13, Earl Dorothy car, Uncle
Sam and Liberty Arch
While few in number these cars
made a splendid showing. The
judges, 8. w. RuaeeM, J. T. Forsell
and E. o. Roush found the prob
lem of making the awards hard
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