The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-02-13
EXPERT COMING
TO DECORATE Us
PUBLICITY MAN ARRIVES To-
DAY TO TAKE CHARGE
OF WORK.
MEETING BY COMMITTEE:
PROGRAM IS DISCUSSED
Men Are Started on the Road
With Handsome Advertising
Matter and Surrounding Ter
ritory Will be Covered.

The committee which has in charge
Brunswick's Gala Week celebration
which is to be one OF the biggest
events of the kind ever pulled OFF in
this section Of the state. held a meet
ing yesterday afternoon, the full com
mittee being present, and reports ren
dered showed that great progress is
being made in every direction.
The real publicity work was started
yesterday morning, when bill posters
were sent out throughout this section
with thousands OF large posters, cir
culars, etc, advertising the big al
fair. The entire country surrounding
Brunswick will be posted. All roads
will be covered, the Coast Line from
Brunswick to Willacoochee; the A., B.
and A from Brunswick to Douglas
the Southern from Brunswick to Nc
Rae and the Georgia Coast and Pied
mont all the way from this city to
Collins Automobiles will be secured
in the work, and will thus reach all
Of the territory, that off the railroad
lines as well as that on these lines
The committee yesterday took up
the question OF arranging the program
for the week, but there are SO many
things booked, such q large number
of free attractions, parades, etc, that
the committee did not complete this
work. The tentative porgram, how
ever, for the first two days was ar
ranged. The program in full will be
announced late1
For the publicity end OF the work
and he will take charge this morning.
Mr.. Hill of the firm of Gerard and
Hill, publicity experts, Savannah, is
the man engaged for the work, and
he will spend the next three weeks
in advertising the big affair
A contract was yesterday closed
with expert decorators, who will ar
rive in time to superintend the deco
rating of the city The firm is one
of the best known in the country,
and it is safe to say that Brunswick
will be decorated for this occasion
as she has never been decorated be-
fore Every merchant, every business
house and every residence will be
urged to decorate their places of bus
mess and their homes and flags of
welcome. bunting, etc, should fly
from every window and every door
way. The decorating, however, will
not begin until the week before March
5th.
Brunswick people are now realizing
that this Gala Week celebration is go
ing to be something big; something
that Atlanta or even larger city
would make a big noise over. Hun
dreds of dollars will be spent in Sc
curing the highest class free attrac-
tions and from o'clock each morn
ing until midnight there will be some
thing doing for the amusement of the
hundreds of visitors and the people
of the city generally. The committee
has very wisely passed up all cheap
attractions, and nothing but the high
est class amusement will be offered
the people;
The VARIOUS paradcs are now being
arranged and they will be one of the
features of the week. There will be
parades of all kinds and for each a
handsome loving cup will be awarded
the Winners.
All of the various contests are now
well under way. The young ladies
who are running for queen of the af
fair are actively at work, as we'll as
their friends, and considerable inter