Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
BIG FALL FESTIVAL TO
HAVE MANY NEW FEATURES
Prizes to be Offered for Best Deeorat-
ed Show Window During Week
Of the Big Fail Show.
MONSTER AUTO PARADE
Unique Exhibit Of Old Relics Planned
Fashion SHOW Cancelled Be-
cause Of Lack Of Support.

A meeting Of the committees aid.
ing in the plannirg Of the big An
nual Corn Show and Fall Festivities
with some Of the business men Of the
city met in the Office Of r. +. Race
Monday evening to further plans 20
make this one of the best fall shows
ever put on here, or anywhere.
The display Of the fashions by liv-
ing models, a feature which had been
planned for the show, was Cancelled,
because the merchants did not favor
it.
Plans were discussed for a monster
auto parade, with prizes for the most
artistically decorated a Cars may
enter this parade whether decorated
or not and every car entering the pa
rade will be given one ticket emitting
the exhibitor of the car to a chance
on the merchandise prizes which are
to be given in addition to the prizes
for the best decorated car.
Plans for the contest for the best
decorated window, which will be con-
Quoted among the merchants of the
city during the week of the festival,
were completed. The stores were di-
vided into seven classes as follows:
A, Dry Goods, Clothing, Millinery,
General and Variety Stores; B, Gro.
ceries and Bakeries; C, Shoes; D, Fur
%niture; E, Jewelry; F, Restaurants
and Cafes; G, All Other Stores.
A Preparedness" Parade, in which
all the merchants of the city will be
invited to participate, was discussed
and also a doll parade for the little
folks.
Plans for one of the most unique
exhibits ever seer at a fall festival
were discussed. This was an exhibit
to be called exhibit of Ye Olde1
Times" an exhibit of relics. A safe
place will be provided for the exhibit
ton of these heirlooms and relics and
prizes will be offered for the most an
cient Of the various articles that will
be displayed. The details of this faa,
ture were left in the hands of a COM
mittee to work out.
The following are the Committees
for the Annual Corn Show and Fall
Festivities for 1915:
Executive John Abbay, Roy
Mitchell, Leo Hanley.
Entertainment and Arrangement
H. E. c. Tucker, W. E. Rose, Ralph Z.
Race.
Advertising - B. Turner Williams,
L. A. Beach, Joe C. Davis.
Publicity - ]. W. Burlington, /. M.
Richards, W. G. wilkins.
Finance - Sam Morris, Fred A.
Morris, Henry D. Llewellyn.
Location and Arrangement of Farm
Exhibits = H.. E. C. Tucker, W. Clyde
johnson, Roy Ferris, Joe Davis. VIM.
Rose.
Location of Shows = H. E. c.
Tucker, VIM. Rose, R. E. Race, Street
and Alley Committee of City Council.
Decorations = John Abbay, W.
Clyde johnson, Roy Ferris, Roy Mitch
ell.
Merchants = C. P. Malone, G. W
Nash, Maurice Phillip.
transportation - T. L. Marshall.
l.. NJ. Richards, Jno. f. Fish, Judge
W. ". Bolts.
Automobiles Mrs. Charles Car
penter, Mrs. George Lee, Mrs. B. C.
Reavis, Mrs. M. F. Horton, Mrs. s.
H. Richards, Mrs R. E. Race.
School and Academy Parade
Supt. Herbert Pryor and Col. E. Y.
Burton.
County Schools - W. C. johnson.
H. E. c. Tucker, VIM. Rose, R. E.
Race.
Doll Parade
CThe judges will, be appointed by
officers of the Commercial Club and
will include only persons from out Of
Mexico, Mo, and committeeman,
therefore, may compete for the prizes
well as other i~ndividuaIe |