Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-29
MANY FEATURES
FOR BIG PARADE
University to. Take Part in
Patriotic Day Pro
cession.
Program in Central Park to
Follow-Line of March
Decided On.

The University Of North Dakota will
furnish several Of h most interest
ing features Of the Patriotic Day pa
rade. which will be held Tuesday af-
ternoon. June S.
President F. L. McVey today an
nounced that he will appoint a COM
mittee to attend the university prep
arations. Facility members and stu
dents will be invited to participate.
and, II possible, the University band
and Glee club will march.
Attorney John Alphson. chairman
of the general committee Of the local
Norwegian organizations which had
program. today announced that an
effort will be made to have every
Norwegian club in the city represent
ed by marchers. Bjarne chorus, the
oldest musical organization in the
city, also will be invited to participate.
Music Will be Featured.
Music will form a big feature Of the
procession. Aside from the bands and
the drum corps, there will be several
singing societies, each n Of which
occasionally will break forth in song.
An unusually large number Of local
business houses and societies have
the parade. The list at noon was:
Company M, N. D.. N. G., Machine Gun
company. N. D. N. G., A. P. Clifford
& Co, The Herald. the Ontario store,
KEN Temple patrol. the Grand Forks
Medical society. Benner and Begg,
Odell's, ]. H. Ruettell. s. Panovitz,
M. G. Olson, Red River Power COM
pany, NJ. S~tanchfield, Frank Water
bury, Dacotah Drug company, The
! Hotel Frederick, Hotel Northern, the
Avery company, Grand Forks Fruit
company. Stone-Ordean-Wells Co..
Grand Forks Mercantile, Nash Broth
ers, Park. Grant e. Corrigan, and the
Grand Forks Overland company.
The East Grand Forks committee.
headed by D.. ]. Mcdonald, has ar
ranged a number of very interesting
features. including several floats
There also will be several floats in
the Grand Forks section.
Parade Starts at $3.50.
The plan is to have the parade
Forks contingent will begin to form
on DeMers avenue, at the corner OF
Third street, back to the East side,
The Grand Forks divisions will form
on leading off of Fourth
street. The East Grand Forks division
will lead the parade and will move
south On Third. street to Belmont OF
Bruce avenue, ana LNen go 10 FOurtN
street, and thence north to University
avenue. AS they pass the interesting
avenues, the various Grand Forks di.
visions will fall in until the parade
is all formed. The parade will go east
on University avenue to Third street
and then move south to DeMers ave
nue., thence over to East Grand Forks
On the return, the procession will
move from DeMers avenue south t.
Central park, where the program will
be held.
To Put Lid on Business.
Practically every business man il
town has signified his intention o
closing up on the afternoon of June S
The committee is seeking to make /
an absolutely mo business" afternoon
and. with this in view, every bushes
house and office in the city will b,
visited. Cigar stores. peanut stands
drug stores. banks. general stores an
all offices will be asked to close ii
accordance with Mayor Dinnie'
proclamation. Governor Frazier ha
refused to issue a proclamation max
ing 1t a legal holiday, and consequent
~ the banks will have to keep q
least one window open to attend t
protest paper.