Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-18
NEWS OF STEELTONI
STEELTON TO UNITE
In FOLDS OF FLAG
Continued From First Pagel

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steel Company police, borough pa
troimen and n squad of detectives
and civilian clothed men from larger
| cities, under the directin of Captain
Joseph p. Thompson. of the Harris
burg police department, will protect
the borough during the parade. The
men will be assigned to all sections
of town.
Thirty-five Bands
The parade in which thirty-five
bands and about 10000 people will
take part. will move promptly at
o'clock. About 5000 steel workers
employed in the Steelton plant of the
Bethlehem Steel Company. will take
part in the procession. Nearly fifty
aids who have been appointed will
lay aside customary methods of rid
ing on horses and will walk at the
head of the procession.
The demonstration was made pos
sible only through the strenuous eff
forts of Quincy Bent, general man
aser of the steel plant and other
[ residents of the borough. Mr.. Bent
was elected chairman of the general
committee and is being commended
on his splendid work in conducting
arrangements for the parade.
The signal for traffic to stop in
Front street will be the steel COM
pany whistle. This whistle will be
blown at $50 o'clock and will blow
ten minutes later to announce the
start of the parade.
Parade Route
The route of the parade is as. fol-
lows: Down Front street from Glib
son to Chambers. up Chambers to
! Second, up Second to Franklin, over
! Franklin to Main, down Main to
Trewick, out Trewick to Front, down
Eront street and disband
Secretary Hoddinott, of the COM
mittee, has issued the following in
structions:
'Al of the organizations participat-
ing in the parade are requested to
! take their place in accordance with
| formation diagram; each organiza-
! ton being responsible for the recep-
! ton and location of its band and the
/ proper lining up in its division.
The committee requests that all
business houses remain closed from
IL o'clock to $50 o'clock.
That United States flags be dis
played from all buildings along the
route of march.
That no automobiles be parked on
Front or Second streets. or on the
cross streets between Franklin and
Swatara, inclusive.
The committee ask that spectators
please not gather about the points
OF the parade formation - in Front
from Gibson to Trewick."
The parade will be headed by
large squad of Bethlehem Steel Com
pany police. Chief Marshal Quincy
Bent: Chief of staff j. II. Gerdes, and
the aids will make up the first di-
vision. The aids are:
w. f. Abercrombie. II. W. Stubbs
J. Z. Shupp, DIR. +. r. Whipple, ].
NJ. Heagy, d. J. Bechtold, j. Harry
Bond, &. +. Brinser, Charles H.
Beidel, Charles w. Beckwith, c. c.
Cumbler, Postmaster NJ. NJ. Cusack
J. l.. Dickinson, W. +. Darby, 4. W.
Dunkle, Lawrence Eckels, Ralph c.
Eckels, Max B. Frumin. r. H. Fair
lamb, r. NJ. Frey, Ross NJ. Frey, HIS
Gross, Prof. w. NJ. Harclerode, W. II.
Hartman, John Hess, Walter Keister,
Henry a. kelker, Jr., Edward Lewis,
G. NJ. Long, DIR. John A. McCurdy.
W. F. Maginnis, Mark MummA,
George F. Madden, Charles w. Nc
Coy, j. c. Orth, NJ A. Obercash,
Jonas X. Reist, Charles Reehling,
Kirk Shelley, Frank A Stees, T. E.
Smith. Burgess Wigheld, w. Russell
Wilt, Lee c. Wilt.
Military Division
DR.. ]. NJ. Peters and Captain
George W. II. Roberts will have
charge of the military division. This
section, headed by Tyrrelrs Lebanon
band will include. Companies D and
l, of thePennsylvania infantry; Troop
c, twenty G.. A. r. Veterans in auto
mobiles and the Spanish American
War Veterans.
The Red Cross division headed by
the Steelton band, will be in charge
of Henry S. Gross. About 500 women
attired in Red Cross costumes will
parade. Postal clerks and Boy Scouts
will also appear in this section.
The Hershey band will head the
borough section which will include
members of council, board of health.
water board and all employees of the
borough. numbering about 125. T. ].
Nelly, president of council will have
charge.
All companies in the borough fire
department and visiting firemen will
parade in the next division in charge
of Fire Chief o. L. Malehorn. The
companies and bands as they will
appear are: Sunbury band, Citizens
Fire Company, No. l; York City
band, Paxtang Hook and Ladder
Company, No. 2; Highspire drum
corps, Citizens Fire Company,
Highspire; Palmyra band. West Side
Hose Company, No. 3; New Cumber-
land band, Baldwin Hose Company,
1880 School Children
About 1850 school children are
expected to parade in this division,
headed by Prof. l.. f. McGinnes, su-
perintendent of the schools. The
bands and buildings as they will ap-
pear are: BerIysburg band, school
board, High school, grammar school:
cambridge band, FELTON, school,
Fothergill school; East End school;
Raysor drum corps, West Side school.
Major l.. S. Bent school and Hy-
gienic school.
Towns Organizations
Nearly all of the borough's So
cieties and organizations will pa
Iade in the next division in charge
of w. II. Nell, president of the Peo-
pies band. They will appear as fol-
lows: Municipal band, Holy Name
Society. Bulgarian band, Hungarian
Niohvai Society, Deutscher Quarter
Club. German Heptasophs, Eliza
bethville band, Business Mems As
sociation, Municipal League, Minis
terial Association, Red Men. Drum
corps, p. o. S. of A. Eighth Regi-
ment band, Carlisle; st. Alojzija
Slavonian Society, st. Georges Sla-
vonian Society, St. Nicholas Sla-
vonian Society, Marietta band, St.
Lawrence Croatian Society. st.
Johns Croatian Society, st. Josephs
Croatian Society, Imperial band,
Harrisburg: St. Nicholas Servian
Society, Sveti Stevan Decanski So
ciety, SerVian Society Brace JugoVic