The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-10-24
Halloween Celebration Notes.


:, Mount Holly next Tuesday, and the
Il affair promises to be big success.
L There are to be two parades-tremen
il in the afternoon, and lodges, clubs,
n mummers, etc., at night. A large
number of floats of various kinds will
u be in line at night, and many organi-
II cations have agreed to turn out. 1t
!. will no doubt be the largest parade
q held in Mount Holly for many years.
Besides the four home fire compan-
les there will be about eight or ten
! visiting companies to appear in the
!. afternoon event. Some of the most
modern fire apparatus will be exhibited,
including auto pumping engines of
{ up-to date design and construction. A
a demonstration of the working of two
2 of these powerful pumps will be given
, at one o'clock in the afternoon, proba-
o bly, at the corner of Mill and Green
, streets.
The routes of the two parades follow:
II The firemen will form in line at 2.30
: o'clock and the parade will move
promptly at three O'Clock over the fol-
, lowing route: Form on Mill street east
of Pine, march out Pine to Monroe, to
White, to Washington, to Madison
! avenue, to hospital, countermarch to
! King, to Water, to Main, to Broad, to
Mount Holly avenue, to Garden, to
, Main, to Fountain and dismiss.
The various divisions will form as
follows; First, Relief, forming on east
Mill street; second, Union, forming on
Mount Holly avenue, right resting on
Mill street; third. Good Intent, form
ing on Cherry street, right resting on
Mill; fourth, America, forming on But
tonwOod, right resting on Mill. Visit
ing companies will be assigned to their
divisions as they arrive.
j The evening parade will form at 7.15
O'Clock with the right of line resting
ON upper High street, which will be
composed of secret societies; floats will
form on Ridgway street; mummers on
Broad street and automobiles on Grant
street.
Robert S. Gaskill will be chief mar
shall; Micajah E. Matlack, assistant for
mummers; Claude B. Bullock, assist
ant for secret societies; John c. Gar
rett, assistant for floats; Morris K.
Perinchief, assistant for automobiles.
A squad of cowboys will act as aids
to the marshals.
The route for the evening parade will
be as follows: Form on upper High
street, down Main to Fountain, out
1
Main, east, on Garden to Buttonwood,
to Union, to Main, to Prospect, coun-
| termarch to Broad, to Mount Holly
layenue, to Mill, to Fountain and dis
miss.
| The Brown Decorating Co. will be in
town to-day to begin the decorations,
Electrical decorations promise to be
one of the features of the evening oele-
bration.
The visiting firemen will be enter
tanned at the various fire houses at the
conclusion of the afternoon parade.
The prizes to be awarded will be on
display in the windows of Kelsey &
Killie, the headquarters of the Business
Mems Association. The cups will be
displayed in the window of William G. |
Wetherill.
A complete list of the prizes and |
special note of interest will be found in |
an official circular which is to be dis |
tributed later in the week.
The revised list of prizes follows:
FIREMEN
LIST prize-Visiting company with |
largest number of uniformed men;
silver loving cup.
2nd-Visiting company with second |
largest number of uniformed men; low
ing cup.
LIST prize-Visiting company with
best piece of apparatus; handsome low
ing cup.
2nd-Visiting company with next |
best piece of apparatus. Loving cup.
3d-Visiting company with next best
piece of apparatus. 5 gallons motor oil,
donated by Crew-Levick CO.
1st prize = Best appearing Mount |
l al mn
Special prize-Mount Holly company
with largest number of men in line. |
IL oil skin hats, donated by Abram
Gerber.
DECORATIONS
LIST prize-Handsome decora led resi-
dence, $500.
2nd-Next best decorated residence. |
Handsome rug donated by Philip Irons.
LIST prize = Handsomest decorated
business house or Office building, $500.
2nd-Next best decorated business
house or office building, $3.50.
LIST prize = HandsOmest decorated |
lodge building or club house; handsome
loving cup.
2d-Next best decorated lodge build
| ing or club house. American flag, 5xS
feet, donated by William c. Wetherill. |
LIST prize-Best illuminated building,
$500.
Best decorated fire house, rocking
chair, given by Henry Resented.
AUTOMOBILES
| 1st prize - Handsomest decorated
automobile. Auto robe.
2d-Next best decorated automobile. |
Sweater, donated by Schuyler & Rogers.
! 3d-Next best decorated automobile.
5 gallons motor oil, donated by Crew.
Levick Co.
| FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, CLUBS,
| ETC.
1st prize = Handsomest uniformed
womens organization in line, $1,000.
| 2d-Next best uniformed women's
Organization, $500.
LIST prize = Handsomest uniformed
mems organization, $1,000.
2d-Next best uniformed mems Or
| ganization, $500.
LIST prize-Organization with largest
number of man in line, $1,000.
2d-Organization with next largest
number of men, $500.
FLOATS
LIST prize-Organization having hand
soonest float in line, $1,000.
REORGANIZATION having next best
float, $500.
5d-Organization having next best
float, Special prize.
LIST prize-Best mercantile float in
line, $1,000
2d-Next best mercantile float, $500.
1st prize-Best civic float in line, $40.
2d-Next best civic float, $500.
Best agricultural float, $10gold piece,
given by w. e. Wetherill.
Best float not in any specified class,
MISCELLANEOUS
LIST prize-Best appearing team of
horses, $500.
2d-Next best team of horses, $3.50.
LIST prize-Most comic dressed man.
Box of Oxus cigars donated by South
, Jersey Tobacco Co.
2 LIST prize-Best Colonial impersona-
/ ton by man. $3.50 Sure Edge Razor,
donated by Philip S. Irons.
LIST prize-Best funny dressed lady.
basket of fruit donated by S. Lutz.
: LIST prize-Best funny dressed man.
Stetson hat donated by A. Gerber.
1st prize-Best female character i'm
personation by man. Umbrella
! donated by Schuyler & Rogers.
Z 1st prize-Woman dressed in most
antique attire. 81 box of chocolates
i donated by Alex. Dubell.
i 1st prize-Best male character inn
personated by woman. Umbrella
: donated by A. Saltzman.
n Best clown, thermos bottle, given by
j. DIR. Flynn.
e Best pair in costume, special prize.
t, Most comical character, boy under
b 15 thermos bottle given bV W. b