The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-04-17

not give their names to the chief. con
cluded this division.
In the fourth division the high schoo
drum and bugle corps led the student
body of the high school and all of the
grade school children of the public
schools over the fifth grade. The Luth-
eran schools and church bodies were
next. Other churches were in this sec
ton but unlisted and having no ban
ners were not known.
Employees of the Z. c. Minas company
and the Lion Store. numbering totally
nearly FIVE hundred. were olowe by
bank employees, merchants. clerks and
the South Sid Improvement Assoeia-
ton, completing the fourth division.
Mayor Kamradt of West Hammond
and other officials had the place Of
honor in the NTH division. St An
drew's congregation and Polish society
and West Hammond parochial schools
were second. All Saints st. Cashiers.
St. Mary's congregations and schools
marched together with the parochia1
schooI band of ST. Mary's school. st.
Cashiers athletic society, the Sobieski
school. the Beth Al school and White
Eagle Pleasure Club. made the division
one of the largest. if not the largest. in
the parade. Two hundre members of
the Greek-American society were in
this section. The St. Joseph's congre-
CATION and school were in the line of
march.
IT, - - -
49, 81, ~
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a"' 80 ~ i"l
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the De'~ p'an'' ~ ~ CnainploH WORKERS.
hleri8'ioIa / i@ead Ireiln'"s co'nPahS
a4U U"e 80 ~ az '@9 y H'70
'ric COMPANY
This was another very large and fine
appearing division.
The STANDARD steel car counar nttn
more than q Thousand emnloyos ~
band headed the seventh dtyistor rbo
Standard won arst nfaca IN nrr,hars
marchers. The MaTeabIa Iron uorks
AMI tho 8martcan c+ool rorn1
The enlaodfd dalora+tor $50
60 tas5 ~ H-'Sl
80 ""S "'1' ~ '"7 "roteo
SET d pFeeeoehO by voluntarily stop
ping an street car tratIlc during the
hours and permitting al employees TO
march There were nearly forty OF the
car men In uniform
1t was a day of new records. The
railroads dld their Dit 10y holding
1Felght trains IN tHe yatds uhtl AFTER
the parade ana one passenger tram on
the Michigan Central railroad was held
up for several minutes before the en-
sineer demanded right OF way Ihere
were no crossing blockades or delays
Of any nature whatsoever only oc-
casslonaliy did the parade nave 70
pause and mark time for "a Few mo-
ments-
1t was at the turn from Holman onto
Sibley street that the most dense
crowds congregated, whlIe state anu
Holman streets offered a great mop
of spectators MALT ming the street ana
jammed back against the pullo'nSs-
After competing the SWING up 9l"-
Hey TO oakley thence to state and west
to Holman. the parade moved 10 Zen
trail park. The park was qulcA'S "i-
ed with fIag-bearlng men, "Vi"e" @"N
children facing the popHc A"rary s.gp9
where the speakers were 20 stand i"e
patrlotlC PtosA@"
O'Clock htteeh "4Hu1e9
of the parade had left Harrison park.
There were between 1000 and o'VVV
people in the park and the aoutunS
streets only. 5000 OF these were WIN
in sound of the voices OF ~ oU'
all joined in singing 'CoIumola' star
spangled Banner ana
which We're inteFspeFseu y
sueh a chorus o' 80 - h1oots
before hearo IN h4"iino"O, -