The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-06

To a beautiful whole during the eAeG-
ci'es.
Clinton o. Bum, general chairman
of the committee on arrangements
deserves great cerdit for the arrange
ment of the parade. Every unit or
each division fitted into its rightful
place, without the slightest friction
and from Sherin Buck Garrett, grand
marshal, throughout the line, to the
last automobile in the motor car di
vision, the entire parade stopped
marked time, and marched perfectly
Chief of Police Les Segler and the
entire police department are to be
congratulated on their work in clear
ing the streets of all traffic during the
progress of the parade Only about a
dozen automobiles were allowed 10
park on Main street and the side
streets were crowded with automobiles
and other vehicles. Policemen afoot
also were busy during the entire dem.
Onstration, directing traffic and AZ.
tending TO various other duties de-.
manding their attention.
Whose boy was hurt? Yours or
mine?' This is the caption which a..
rected the attention of thousands OF
persons Friday to a strikngly deco
rated window at the Bass Furniture
company. Lying on cot, with wounds
on his head and a bandaged arm, a
soldier lay occupying the center of the
graphic picture Two nurses wearing
the insignia of the Red Cross, attend.
ed him The scene was realistic to a
degree, and elected comment from ey-
eryone who saw it.
Two tiny children, dressed to repre-.
sent Uncle Sam and the Goddess Of
! Liberty, were on the streets with thei.
mother The children were about two
years Of age, hardly able to walk, and
attracted the admiring glances from
hundreds OF spectators.
Under the direction of George D.
Barnard the Ardmore Chamber Of
I Commerce Band furnished music for
the occasion Previous to the forma-
tion of the parade the musicians play.
ed a pleasing concert Of patriotic airs
at the corner of Main and Washington
streets.
Has anybody seen Royer?' Two
dogs, patriotic to an extreme took con
spiCuous parts in the celebration. One
a white bulldog, bore artistically paint.
ed stars and stripes on his head, neck
and back. The other wore a form-ht-
ting uniform of bunting carrying out
the national color scheme.
A large hand-painted eagle, clasping
in his talons of two American flags,
and resting on a large shield was the
patriotic decoration used by b. W.
Duke on his automobile.
One small boy, marching with the
Third ward school children, had his
hands full managing big flag, longer
than he was by several inches
Members of the Red Cross Society
did a rushing business In ice cream
cones at Central Park. Women wear
ing the crosses bore small trays filled
with cones about the sidewalks. TIL,
demand was greater than the supply
apparently, as result of which tidy
increase was placed to the credit o
the local chapter of the society.
| Beautiful. wonderfully sweet. ant
well worth loving! That's the only
fitting description for the girls electe,
by the children and teachers of the
four ward schools to occupy thi
thrones as May queens during thei
pageant at the park. and to march be
meath the throne canopies in the par
ade They were Miss Jean Ledbetter
Franklin school, Miss Ruth Hutchin@
Washington school; Miss lone Stone
Lincoln school, and Miss Pearl Jones
Jefferson school. Dressed in flowin
white, and crowned with gilt coronal-
they presided right royalty over thei
feasting subjects.
Six drill teams of the Woodmen O
the World keeping perfect time to In
music of the band, in the long, swim.
ing step OF the military were applau,
ed loudly all along the line OF marcl
J Headed by a color.bearer and escor
the first three companies were in del
! service uniform Of olive drab an
khaki. The last three teams were i
j. dress uniform 4 decorated autom,
I bile, pulling a wooden caisson and fel
j. gun, concluded their section Tn
teams We're from Ardmorc, Mariett
Wynuewood, Pauls Valley Tishoming
and Madill
D Following the Woodmen were men
T bers Of Manchester Grove, Woodme
Circle. marching In close order. The
g fdrill team, each member carrying
= silk flag, wearing q Yankee Dood
X hat and a broad red shoulder sas
g elected frequent applause.
% What did the decorations cost? Fl
u uring each OF the chidren's costum,
II at fifty cent seach which is rather
'' moderate estimate considering I.
g elaborate dresses and suits worn
VI some of them, more than $1,000 ",
. spent on this alone. Flags, costir
" from a penny apiece to as high as
Is hundred dollars or so, were in g,
dence on every hand, and the liber.