Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
CLEANERS TAKE WAUSEON
WauseOn, Cleaners Town Monday Permanent Organi-
zaton Effected Big Crowd of Happy People
Plenty of Music-Parades, Speeches
and Athletic Sports

Not for many years has Wauseon
entertained so large a crowd of peo-
pie as thronged the streets last Mon
day when the members of the Ancient
Order of Cleaners from twelve coun-
ties of North Western Ohio gathered
here for a convention and Field Day.
The Cleaners began to gather early
in the morning and by ten o'clock
the streets were we'll filled. The
ball game scheduled for 10 o'clock in
the forenoon was postponed until af-
ternoon on account of one of the con-
testing teams failure to get in on time
At the business meeting held il
the City Hall at 1920 a permanent
district organization of the Arbors
of the twelve counties represented
was effected and it was decided to
hold the next convention and Field
Day at Defiance in September 1915.
During the forenoon the bands and
uniformed drill teams began to ar
rive and the patrols of Waasaon
Boy Scouts were On duty constantly
escorting delegatiors and bands ABOUT
town. No one band attracted quite
so much attention or reca;ved quite
so much applau ;e as the Ladies'
Band of Defiance and their music
was certainly much appreciated.
The bands from Mcclure, Whitehouse
and Weston were also exceptionally
fine and the composite band under
the leadership of George Turnbull
which represented the Wauseon Boos-
ters Club, together with the Boy
Scouts band helped to keep the
streets of the town resounding with
music. until late hour at night
At noon South Park presented a
lively appearance; here the "clans'
gathered for a basket dinner The
Red Cross Ladies and street cooks
supplemented the work of hotel and
restaurants in feeding the multitude
At one o'clock the monster parade
was formed under the marshalship
lof H. H. Hough and G. C. Burr and
led by the Boy Scouts and Boosters
Club as escorts the parade moved
from South Park to Monumental Park
Seven hundred were counted in the
line of march; seventy of the busi-
ness men of Wauseon were in the
ranks. Six bands furnished the
martial music and Wauseon was
alive with the gala day spirit. The
business houses were decorated with
the red and yellow of the Cleaners
and many windows artistically anc
beautifully decorated with the Clean.
er emblems added to the splendol
with which the town was filled
. The prize offered for the mos
co1nically dressed person in the pa
Fade was awarded to H Davenport oi
Whitehouse; the Ottokee Arbor wo1
the prize for the team making bes
appearance in the parade and Libert!
Center Arbor of Henry county tht
prize for team keeping best step.
At Monumental Park where al
gathered for the afternoon program
estimates of the crowd gathered
reached the 1000 mark while mum
| ber insisted that that figure was no
large enough. The program whicl
was varied with music by the various
| bands held the close attention of tn
big crowd to the end which did no
come until close on to five O'Clock
H. H. Hough presided and proved him
self a master in the art of presiding
as a matter of fact the splendid sue
cess of this Cleaners convention i
due in a large part if not entirely t
Mr. Hough who has worked untir
ingly for weeks to make this gather
ing the success it was. Mayor Ho
in a very felicitous address of we
come told the Cleaners that the pee
pie of Wauseon wanted them to il
terpret the slogan of Wauseol
'This is Your Town" literally an
that their organization represente
''the cream of the community" M
| S. M. Stilson of st. Johns, Michigan
followed with a stirring address
which he complimented the town {
Wauseon on it's cooperative commu1
ity spirit manifest in the preser
| gathering, he also stated that tt
business men of Wauseon were gi7
ing the Cleaners organization ju:
the thing they wanted most; the
personal presence and participate
in the exercises of the day.
A fine patriotic recitation, consis
ing of toast to the Flag was give
by Susan Elliott of Maumee Arbo
| which was followed by the Cleaner
| Flag Salute R. L. Holloway A
sistant Supreme Secretary of the o
der was unable to be present;
| place was filled by Mr.. Simpson, e:
warden of the Michigan State Prise
| and now manager of the Cleaner
! clearing House in Detroit, who ga
| very practical address. Mr.. Sim
son stated that no class of indu
trial people had responded more 10
ally and largely to the President
appeal to the country than the farm
ers both in the matter of increase