The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-07-18
IDA GROVE TO
ENTERTAIN BOYS
Great. Patriotic Celebration is Plan
ned by Business Men Of Ida Grove
In Honor Of Co. 8. July ~
BIG FREE STREET CARNIVAL
Four Bands of Music-Oenison invit-
ed and EveSy Business House in
City May Close for Day

extended to the people of Denison and
Crawford county an invitation to at
tend patriotic celebration to be held
in honor of the men of Co. b. at Ida
Grove on Friday, July 81. No expense
is to be spared in making tNis celebra-
tion success and we believe 1t will
we'll be worth anyones time to make
the trip to Ida Grove on the 9th. The
expenses of the celebration will be
paid by the business men of Ida Grove
and farmers of Ida county.
While the date is officially ahnOunc-
ed it may be possible that the cele-
bration will be held sooner than the
9th, that is, If Co. B. receives orders
to cntrain for Demming, New Mexico,
before that date. In such event, how
ever, the people of this community
will be notified.
Fine Program Arranged
One of the features Of the program
will be the band concerts and for
fear the Ida Grove band will not be
enough to satisfy the guests on Pa
triotic day four other bands have been
secured. DenisOn's Commercial band
vi SOHlc Utility plStCo Will bS VII 'A"""
as we'll as the bands from Schleswig,
Lake View and Odebolt.
A street carnival has been arranged
for which will be absolutely free to
everyone and will include side shows,
acrobatic stunts and in fact, all the
attractions commonly found at street
fairs.
Two ball teams have been made up
among the men of Co. B and in the az
ternoon they will cross bats at the
Ida Grove ball park. This promises to
be fast and exciting game for word
has reached Denison that both teams
are evenly matched.
An exhibition drill by Co. B. will
be put on sometime during the day.
which will be a feature alone well
worth the trip to Ida Grove. This will
= probably be the last opportunity for
the people of this community to see
the company drill before their depart
ure for the southern mobilization
camp. After four weeks of intensive
training, the boys will be in fine con-
dition and no one should miss the op-
pOrtunity of seeing them drill.
A home talent show will be put on
in the Ida Grove opera house in the
evening in which only members OF tn"
company will take part. This is the
only feature of the program to which
an admission fee will be charged and
the proceeds will 90 into the company
fund for purchasing extra eats and
comforts when the men reach France.
The program will commence in the
forenoon and continue throughout the
lo, MI of ,puCifs md
various entertainments for everyone.
Denison Plans Tour 10 Ida Grove
r. E. Mote, secretary of the Com
mercial club, is arranging for a tour
to Ida Grove on the 9th and hopes to
have two hundred or more automo-
hles in the procession. An effort Will
he made to have every business house
in Denison close on that day in order
to permit business men aud clerks to
attend the celebration. The people OF
DenisOn and community can we'll al
ford to make some sacrifices to give
the, men of Crawford county, who
have enlisted in Co. B. real send off
and one which. they will long remem-
Der. No better opportunity will pre-.
sent itself than the celebration plan
ned by the Ida Grove business men.
~,. Guard Well Entertained
Members of Co. B. certainly cannot
complain that they are not being well
entertained while at Ida Grove. The
people of that community are doing
everything possible to make their
stay there most pleasant.
Last Sunday every member of the
company was invited out to dinner at
some private home and in some in
stances as many as seven were enter ,
tanned by one family. Each family
was allowed to select their own guest
or guests and so popular were some of
the Denison men that they received
three and four Invitations.
The ladies' of Ida Grove have Kept
the men supplied with pies, cake and
cookies during the past two weeks
and the young ladies of the commum-
ty last week presented the soldiers
with pound boxes Of home made can
dies.
Dances are being given from time
TO time in honor of the men. Today !
we understand tie company is at