South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-04
Floats and Uniformed March
erS Make 1t Best Ever
Held in City.

llClu lil OikJs
Never in South Bends history has
there been produced a parade which
would equal the .ciyic professional
pageant which featured yesterday
afternoons program Of the centen-
NAL celebration. More than mile
and a half in length and with prac-
tically every civic. social, and fra
ternal organization in the county
1 represented. the parade eXcelled by
far anything of its kind ever ar
ranged in this section Of the state
and proved the big attraction to
the thousands Of home folks and
visitors who witnessed the event.
The parade started after o'clock
from the corner of Main ST. and Col
fax av.. and traversed the streets
for the greater part of an hour
and a half All along the line Of
march. the streets were literally
black with onlookers and the police
had great difficulty in keeping the
crowds back. Several bands accom-
panied the many beautiful floats and
gayly colOred delegations which
went 10 make up the parade.
Mounted Women Lead.
Three young women mounted on
riding horses along with Samuel
Leeper. parade director, led the long
line Charles l.. Zigler acted as the
directors aide in this nrst section
of the parade and keeping the var
iOus delegations in order Following
the three equestrians came EiDefs
band. which was followed by the
county and city officials. carried in
carriages and automobiles.
First Division.
one of the striking features of the
! first section was float Of the G. A.
r and the delegation of old soldiers.
The float carried a number of uni
I formed young soldiers while a vet
eran carried the post flag. Follow
| ing the float came three carry-alls
and trucks loaded with The Boys
/ of 81" Each veteran carried a
small American flag and as the pa
rade progressed the grizzled war
riors sang their battle songs. In this
1 SAME SOULFUL the w OiAidH IAGLEl
corps had entered a most attrac-
I tive and appropriate float A white
haired woman occupied each corner
! of the float while in the center Of
/ the platform, another woman with
| flowing hair and CARRIED in white sat
enthroEed and holding in her hands
/ the scales of justice. She was pro-
tected or each side by a soldier and
a sailor while at her feet sat another
woman and a child.
Oliver Firemen a Hit.
The Spanish war veterans. Harry
o. Perkins camp was represented by
a gorgeous float while the Oliver
/ Pillow works volunteer fire depart
ment made a decided impression
with their uniforms of blue and
white. The company drew applause
with its hose cart.
Another interesting feature of the
parade was some classy bicycle rid
ing by Frank Hatch and w w.
Ridenour. Hatch has the reputation
/ Of being the first bicycle rider in
South Bend while Ridenour is TO
SLOUGH on the high wheeled affair.
which was one time used as a lux
uriOus means of local transporta-
ton.
Second Division.
The second division of the parade.
I comprising as il did nearly zoo
marchers and three floats was the
! longest of the procession 1t form
ed on the west side Of ~ Main st.
and was led by John f. DeHaven.
aide.
The Bremen band. an Organiza-
! ton of about so members. marc he'd
j at the head Of the division. The
band was followed by the marching
/ body of the Avalon GrottO The so
men in this group wore the lodge
! turban Following them came the
South Bend Canton l. O. O. +. Pa
triarchs Militant in uniform. Pa
! triarchs from Elkhart. Indianapolis,
Gary and Michigan were in the line.
Following these came the Boy
I Scouts and then the Woodmen of
the World marchers and their large
I float attractively decorated and
carrying a number OF women and
girls.
Next came the Woodman circle
float. which was one OF the most
interesting of the parade. Ii was a
heavy wagon carrying a huge los
and several uniformed Woodman.
The wagon was also attractively
decorated and was accompanied by
several footmen. costumed as work
men, 10 represent the original wood
men.
The Knights OF Pythiss we're next
in order. The end OF the division
was brought up by a marching body
and a huge and attractive float ..
the Northern Star court. No. 30.
Third Division.
Polish citizens and lodges turned
out enmasse in the third division
of the parade and formed "a march
ing column several blocks long. Sew
eral OF the prominent organizations
of the west side had uniform ranks
marching. the L. b. Falcons and
the NJ. r. Falcons contributing the
larger share of club paraders. This
division was under the direction OF
Bert Klysz.
Three floats were shown in this
section. The largest OF which rep
resented the evolution OF the Polish
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