The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-03
PATRIOTIC
PROGRAM
PREPARED
Big DOin's Will Come Tomorrow With
School Children and Autos inParade
With National COlOrs Floating
Everywhere

Miss Chickasha this morning began
TO take on her patriotic best. A few
store fronts were decorated Saturday
in order to be in readiness for the
three days Of celebration and fun, and
many others were being prepared this
morning with the old Red. White and
Blue. Even at o'clock this morning
few "Old Glorys" were being exhibit
ed by some who were enthusiastically
patriotic
And the decorating was going on
while the merry.goround man was set
ting up his horses and pigs, there are
real pigs on this one. and the other
carnival managers were preparing to
take care Of the biggest crowd that
Chickasha has been hostess to in
many day
Festivities began in small way to.
day. There was free attraction on
Third street and Chickasha avenue
this afternoon and a baseball game out
at the park, but the town viii not
take on the real gala attic until to-
morrow. All stores viii. be closed and
proprietors ard clerks alike vii be
free Even the postoffice viii be clos
cd Just as soon as the deliverymen
can make one round on their routes.
The big event tomorrow win be the
patriotic parade Of school children
Not less than one thousand have been
prepared for They will meet at the
cornefo Of Sixth street and Kansas ave
nue PROMPTLY at O'Clock Here
they win be formed in parade and
march down Kansas avenue to Third
street, then north to Chckasha ave-
nue., and west to Tenth street, where
Rev. Lawrence T. Cohen Of this city
and Attorney E. j. Giddings of Okla
homa City will tell the boys and girls
and older folks why we celebrate the
Fourth of July and what it should
mean to us.
A thousand school children's voices
will join here in singing, America
and Columbia, the Gem Of the Ocean.
The big event of the afternoon will
be the automobile parade, in which ten
prizes for decorated cars have been |
Offered, all the decorating to be done
in Red. White and Blue. Cars Will
meet at the corner Of Sixth street and /
Kansas avenue at 1880 tomorrow af-
te4aoon, where the cars win form in
order Of the numbers they have OBJ
tained The procession will follow
Kansas avenue to Second 'reet, turn
to Chiekasha avenue, and go wesf to
Tenth street The judges stand will /
be located at the First Natior bank
corner The anne acement of prize
winning cars .Ill be made at the Neal /
grove 81 zenith and Chickasha All /
~no have not yet obtained numbers
can get them at telephone number 800. |
or at 727 tonight
I'VE already have a number of out
of-town entries. Manager Schwartz
stated this morning, "and we are ex-
pecting more this afternoon and to-
night. i believe it will be the biggest
thing Of the kind yet held in. ChiclSa-
sha."
Following the announcement of |
prizes at the Neal Grove. the fire de
partment win make run down Sixth !
street, with Chief Gattis leading in
that Buick Of his with the siren horn. |
The wagons will race south to one
OF the Sixth street plugs and give an
exhibition OF how Chickasha boys han
die the demon. Fire.
A free attraction on the corner Of
Third erI pet and Chickasha avenue
will follow the fire run. while band |
is giving one Of the four concerts
scheduled for the day
A baseball game will also be fea-
ture on Tuesday afternoon and on !
Wednesday the gates of the bali park
win be thrown open for all to see the
third game Of the series free.
While the game is in progress. an
other free feature will be put on for