El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-05
ALANOGORDO To
HAVE FESTIVAL
Parade, With Many Floats,
To Be Feature of Big
Celebration May IL.

AIamogordo. n. NJ. May 5.-A big
festival has been arranged to take
] place in Alamogordo on May 10. under
the direction OF the women who are in
charge Of the seating fund for the
! amusement pavilion. A parade will be
, held at 10 o'clock in the morning. and
! it is anticipated that nearly every BUSH
/ ness house in town will have q float
| or an entry of some kind in the parade.
Loving cups will be given for the most
unique exhibitions in the parade.
Afr the parade the GROWING of the
| Nav queen, Miss Ellen Hunter, will take
place in Alameda park. Vance Thomas
has been selected TO crown the queen.
who will have a retinue Of royal at
tendants.
Immediately after the coronation ex-
e~rcises a children's parade viii be held
in the park. Prizes will be given for
the most ta%stefully decorated doll bug
pies. wagons. bicycles or ponies. Nearly
every child in town Will be entered in
the children's parade. Dinner will be
served in the park, after which there
will be May pole dances, folk dances
and music by the band and orchestra.
There will be skating throughout the
dav at the pavilion and a big dance
will be held at night. Horse racing will
be one Of the features Of the days
sport.
An old fiddlers' contest has been ar
ranged for with a prize OF IS for the
best fiddler. 0ld-tlme tunes VIII be re-
quired to be played by the contestants.
No modern music viii be allowed in
the contest.
The seats for the hail have arrived
and will be installed within a few days.
Fifty in Local Theatrical.
Over so people viii take part in a To-
cal theatrical entertainment, to be
given in Alamogordo on or about the
18th Of this month. This will be the
largest theatrical production ever put
on by local people, and the cast in
cludes a number of prominent citizens
who have never before appeared on
the stage. The name Of the play will be
A Strenuous Daisy" George Best, Of
Los Angeles, is directing the play. Spe-
cial scenery and costumes will be used
by the actors. Besides the play, a one
act minstrel will be given. The stage
is now being built in the assembly hall
and it will be 2Sx5O feet when finished.
To Organize Military Company.
Under the supervision of Werner
Clayton, a military company will be
organized in AlamogOrdo on next Tues
day night About so persons have sig
nified their willingness to join the
company, and it is expected that at
least u more sufficient to form a full
company, Will be ready by Tuesday.
Adjt. Gen. Harry T. Herring, of Santa
Fe, has notified Mr.. Clayton that just
as soon as the company is organized,
equipment will be forwarded.
Mcfarland May BE Employed.
The trustees of the A~lamOgOrdO
schools are negotiating with Prof. Nc
Farland, Of Silver City. to take the su-
perintendency of the Otero county high
school and the Alamogordo public
schools. Prof. Mcfarland has been in
charge of the Silver City schools for
the ppast ten years. He is expected to
a visit to AlamOgOrdO within a
few days to look over the field.
State superintendent Of public in
struction Alvan n. White. accompanied
by superintendent Of industrial educa-
ton l. C.. Mersfelder. were here and
delivered addresses TO the pupils and
eacherE of the public schools. They left
for Tularosa to address the schools at
place, and from there they will so ]
to Santa Fe.