The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-04
HOLIDAY HERE
TO CELEBRATE
FOURTH OF JULY
PRACTICAL sUHPENsIoN OF BUS
INESS IN PENSACOLA AND PEO-
PIE WILL REPAIR TO BAYvIEW
TO awiTNEss SPORTS.

Pensacola win celebrate the National
Independence Day with a general
cessation from business, and durfns
the afternoon it 10 expected that the
entire population will find it's way TO
the city's own playground, Bayview
Park, and that the program OF sports
to be staged there, under the auspices
Of War Camp Community Service, will
be interesting to all. A general holi-
day has been proclaimed in all lines
of business and employer and employee
alike will be free to enjoy the day
as best suits their respective fancies.
The following was issued yesterday
from the offioe of the War Camp Com
munity service:
10 a. m.-Baseball game is sched-
uled to take place at Maxent Park
between the fast Naval Air Station
team and team from U. S. 8. Alabama
p. m.-Big Aquatic meet at Bay
view Park between contestants from
Naval Air Station, Fort Barrancas
and the fleet. Some very fine SWIM
mers will compete i'm this meet Events
include hundred yard swim. medley
race. fancy diving, relay race. etc.
Prices are silver and bronze medals
given by city commissioners and War
Camp Community Service to winners.
$50 p. m.-Box lunch picnic at Bay
view Park. All people of Pensacola
are asked to bring box lunches to the
park sufficient for themselves and at
least two service men. Bayview Park
has been placed in excellent condition
for the Fourth of July by the city
aatA
seats have been Installed and the pa
viiion itself greatly added to. The
street car company will have all it's
available cars in service TO meet the
demand.
$50 D. m.-Fourth OF July patriotic
address at Bayview Park by John s.
Beard. under the auspices of the for
eiGn-born citizens OF Pensacola.
This speaker has been secured by
the foreign-born citizens to address
all of the people of Pensacola who
are at Bayview during the evening
The special committee of foreign
born citizens in charge of this ad-
dress are NJ. Gonzalez, Dave Harrison,
Chris Thiesen. Frank Beovich. From
5:30 p. m. on the Jewish Welfare Board
will have open house for all service
men, at it's quarters, "a West Chase
street. All service men cordially in
vited.
Whereas. Independence Day OF this
year has baen designated by the pres
ident as fitting day for our citizens
OF foreign extraction, their sons and
to manifest by special cell
ebrations their loyalty to this country
and the cause for which we fight, and
of such foreign-born
<itfzens, their sons and daughters, have
1aet together at the request of the
mayor of our city for the purpose of
promoting Such celebrations. but IL Is
deemed inexpedient and Practicable.
on account of the small number of
snch citizens In this locality. to hold
any Independent celebration.
Now therefore all such foreign
born citizens, their sons and daurh-
tess, are requested and urged to totn
and cooperate with their fellow citi-
zsns IN such celebrations and exer-
else as they may have already plan |
ned ITO celebrate the birth of a new
and greater spirit of democracy" on |
of this year, thus
nanifesting their loyalty to the coun- 1
Ivy of their adoption and the cause /
or which She Is now at war
w NJ HOWE
J. GEO. WHITE.
NICK VAN ROSsUM,
Committee.
Entries Aquatic Meet.
Individual entries from the forts !
md fleet are not yet available but
Fort Barrancas will have entries for
ach event and IT is expected that
he heet will also be represented. The
n inc al +hn 4
he Naval Air Station:
10oyard dash-H c. Jamer. T r
)Conner, G. Glover Kuber. H.R.
doore, j. K Armocos c. H. Broome
. Buttkiss, E. II. Tucker, A. w. Mess
her, t. p. Readon, c. c. Watts. r
1napp. w. CIarker. F. NJ. Wilson. w.
!. West, H. J. Brown. T A. Gaty-
r, P. Pryibil, A. Y. Haggarty, A. c.
ohnson, J. c. Ciary, D. L. Lounsberrv.
}. H Skinner, @. Anderson, D. r.
Watson, d. A. Yorke. p. c. Duncan.
[. L. Stelzig. Harry c. Kaiser. F. q !
Ialone, Q. VI. Malone, Q. NJ Pearson.
|. p. Rudy, F. E. Ormsbee E F. Bow
n, III. r. FrayweH. Chas Ruearber. n. I
Gerlach. C. G. Starnes, r. B. Flick
ger 9
50-yard swim-Same entrants as in c
ice No. l. r
Obstacle race-Same entrants as in | @
o. 1 and No. races with the addf- 7
On of 2. NJ. Kineer. T. E Gaty, Jr.. I