The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-05-25
Colfax Red Cross
Over the Top
With Big Rally
S,55S.SS Raised in Short Time
Thousand People Parade With
Banners to Music Of Reg
mental Band

on Wednesday,. May %, was truI,
a gala fete day in all particulars
The l53rd Infantry Band of Caml
Beauregard was here and headed
the monster parade, thousand
strong. which formed at Rec
Cross headquarters and marched
to the band stand on Railroad
Avenue.
Participating in the parade
were town and parish officials,
together with the officers and
members of the Red Cross, War
Council of Defense, Liberty Loan
Drive, Food Administration, etc.
IN the parade tbs following was the
order of marching:
! % Parish and Town officials Sher
ut L. 0. Clinton, Mayor j. @. Long.
Marshal S. W. Johnston.
| ~ Camp Beauregard Regimentai
Band, 153rd Infantry.
90 j. r. McNeeiy, chairman Colfaxs
J Red Cross Chapter; W. A.. BrownIee,
chairman Second Red Cross War Fuac.
Drive.
(4) Pastors of Churches Rev. j. o.
Bennett.
20 Officers of Rec Cross Chapter
J. b. Roberts, vice chairman; DIR. E.
B. Gray. chairman Military Relief; I.
II. McNeely. cashier Second War Fund;
j. w. Duncan, chairman Civilian Re-
lief.
go Members War Fund Committee
John Randolph, G. H. Mcknight, B. Ii.
Randolph.
t7l Male Members of Red Cross.
ts) Earl Roberts. parish chairman OF |
War Savings and ward members War
Savings.
90 Ward members Third Liberty |
Loan Campaign.
tlO) Parish chairman Woman's War
Savings Committee; Mrs. ]. C. Nc
Knight. ward chairman War Savings:
representatives Woman's Committee /
War Savings. Mrs. W. A. Brownies, +
Miss Eddie Kavanaugh, ward members
and others I
I'D Food Administration = H. G /
GOODWIN, chairman, and &. C. Puryis.
{. w. Calhoun and j. j. Dewitt, ward |
(12) Council of National Defense
X. L. Sloan and ward members.
(lS) Woman's Committee Council OF I;
National Defense. Mrs. R. s. Cameron, |
secretary, and ward members. 1;
QQ Mothers wearing service flags.
(15) Red Cross Workers in Uniform
Mrs. G. H. Mcknight, chairman Wo-
mans Work; Mrs. VIM LaCroix, In-
'tructor in Surgical Dressings; Mrs. S. Ii
.. LsCroix, Captain Of Knitting; Mrs.
J. E. Swafford. Captain of Hospital
garments; Mrs. j. A. Williams, Cap
ain of Refugee Garments. X
u6) Supt. ]. N. Warner-and Prof. j /
a. Johnson, representing School War a
savings Society. r.
IN High school graduates with FLAGS !,
t Allies and Colfax soldiers honor roll.
1s) High school teachers and pupils =
With Red Cross badges. la
Q9) Junior Red Cross. Mrs. j. M. Id
ohnson. vice president.
(20) Grammar school teachers and .
upils.
On arrival at the band stand !
he band, together with invited !,
'uests and several leaders, took is
osition on the stand. Mr.. ]. p'
}. Roberts acted as master OF $
ceremonies and introduced Rev. = =
0. Bennett, who delivered an =
IMPRESSIVE invocation. st
AT the conclusion of the prayer
lr. Roberts read the celebrated tr
peech made by President Lin N
Din at Gettysburg. which he pa
lid President Wilson recon y y
'ended as appropriate for the r
,cassion. After a few addition in
remarks Mr.. Roberts said help
as specially asked to announce tn
lat Mrs. VIM. LaCroix had car
ed off the honors by handingI
a subscription list of $3.50 to, di
lie Red Cross fund. b,
Hon. E. H. Randolph. chair til
an of the Shreveport Red Cross
lapter and the State-Red Cross
i've, was then introduced and -