The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-07
PRIZES GO TO
LODGE FLOATS
Royal Nelshbors Of America, B. p. o.
Elka and Ladies' Of Maccabees
Arc Winners Of the
Pageant.
COMMITTEE THANKFUL
Y. c. TIE in Charge Of This Pageant.
Express Their Appreciation Of
the Help Given
Them.

The Royal Neighbors Of America
with their automobile decorated in
purple and white chrysanthemums.
won the first prize in the industrial
and fraternal parade which was yes
terday's feature Of the fall celebra-
ton. The second prize went to Keo-
kuk lodge No. 106 B. P. o. e. This
float was also In purple and white
and carried the mystic hour" sym
Dol Of the order. The third prize
went to the Ladies OF MaccaDees
with their float of red and black and
the throne with queen and attend
ants.
The awards were all made for the
fraternal division of the parade. 1t
was decided that the industrial divis.
ion would not compete for the prize
money. There were some excellent
floats in this division and they made
fine showing.
The judges of the parade were out
of town mon and their decision was
based on the merits of the display
as they saw it. The judges were
August G. Shultz, Moulton, Iowa,
Elmer G. Sharp, Centerville, Iowa,
and A. H. Bowles, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
uC SOllAlIIce lIOlu Tie ". ". l. III
charge OF the parade is receiving
many compliments on the excellence
of the showing made 1t was one
of the best parades of it's kind ever
given in Keokuk and surpassed even
the best of the many fine flower pa
rades, which were features Of the
former fairs here
Thanks From rnnorif%ae
The committee composed Of w. A.
Balbach, chairman, J. G. Buss, Will
liam Reimbold, Jr., H. D. Paus-
tian and Fred G. Dennis wish
to thank the merchants, jobbers,
manufacturers and the citizens of
Keokuk for the interest and
cooperation shown in making the
parade a big success. The commit
tee feels that it is indebted to all OF
the people Of the city who helped with
the parade arrangements, and asked
that The Gate City express their ap-
probation of the assistance they
were given.
It will not be amiss to express to
the committee the thanks of the COM
munity and of the local people and
visitors for the splendid parade which
it worked up.
Overland Exhibit Feature.
One of the features Of the parade
yesterday was the Overland-Irwin
section which occupied about three
blocks of the procession. The Over
land-Irwin company had thirty-two
cars in line, all attractively decorat-
ed besides the miniature merrygo-
round. There were many compli-
ments on this fine display, by the
crowd.
The merry-go-round float, which at
tracted so much attention, and
elected so many favorable comments,
was designed by Miss Ethel Irwin
of Quincy, daughter of Leaton Irwin,
one of the proprietors of the Over
land-Irwin company of this city. Miss
Irwin came to Keokuk last Monday
to take charge of the decorations for
the parade She also assisted in
decorating the various cars. While
in Keokuk, she has been the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A McLoney, the
former the local manager of the Over
land garage. Leaton Irwin came to
Keokuk yesterday to see the parade.
The thirty-two Overland cars in
line yesterday have all been pur-
chased here since Mr.. McI1oney has
been manager. The Overland garage
furnished the car for the bride and
groom today.