Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
LOCAL ELKS READY
FOR TRIP TO SHORE
Two Hundred, With Harlan Band
They'll Go Thursday for Big
Convention Parade.

On Thursday morning. Just about the
time you re thinking about hiking for the
office, or the store, or wherever it IL your
brow perspir,s while you ne earning your
war bread there will be burst of spine
stitfening music around Eighth and
Market streets and then 200 or more
Wilmington Eagles, arrayed in the glad
deSt of glad summer toys and bearing, oh
such ned, white and blue umbrellas will
start off down To the Pennsylvania Rail
road station.
No. they are not going off to the draft,
because none of them is within the mill
tary age of the draft ut present has any
thing 10 do with. Instead, they are going
down to Atlantic City, where the order of
which they are mighty good members is
holding its golden Jubilee convention,
and their aim rs to astonlsh the natives OF
that not easily astonished burg and TO
I take part in the great parade to be held
there as n part of the convention festlvl-
ties In other words they are due to make
hit
Preparations have been quietly going
on for some time among the members of
the local lodge, which has habit of finish
ing up thing IL starts. Last night, at it's
meeting, the finishing touches were put on
all the arrangements and when the con
tngent goes away on Thursday it viii 60
away right
BANDS AND FLAGS FLYISG.
W. Harry Blythe the Esquire Of the
lodge and therefore the man who takes
charge of the turnouts like this, will be
the field marshal of the OCCASION His sta #
vii! consist of William Mask, Jr, William
Belts and Candy c. Mammele. Between
the four Of them the gallant 200 ought to be
al, ,{aI g. ID vfa h
out the loss of single red-w hite and blue
umbrellas no matter how an sdmIring
populsce would like tn make a RAID on the
lne.
At the head Of the line viii BE- the
Harlan Band, 81 strong Then viii como
the colors, because you don't catch a
parade of Flks going anywhere for any
purpose without the flag The Bethl hem
Steel Co has lent for the occasion two
splendid ensigns, said Ia he the richest
and finest IN this section Of the country,
ami not surpassed in any other neck Of
nclc Sans woods either. for that mat
ter -Four ing, husky United States
Marines Will act as color guard. Two
others will bear the t,lks' own banner and
tee local lodges service flag. bearing IL
>tsrS One OF them Is a gold one that
meats the man tt SyniE1ilzeS has made
tine supreme sacrifice Of the patriot and
givcn his life for his country.
Behind will come the POO Sartorally
respondent III Palm Bosch suits Each
aQuillne foot will be clad IN immaculate
tan cach aquil;ne ankle peep forth in
snow white, eaCh aquIllne throat be en-
circled by purple tie and each squliine
head be surmounted by fiat-brimnei
straw hat graced with purple band. And
then above, the tri-color umbrellas. II this
oh
with the best the shore parade affords
there will be lot of surprised folks.
More than one hundred and fifty
will leave Wilmington OF Thursday morn
ing at O'Clock, via the Pennsylvania /
railroad They Will assemble st the Elks
headquarters at 6 80 O'Clock III the morn /
ing, and headed by the Harlan Band, which /
which Will accompany them 10 the shore, /
they viii march TO the station A convey |
ance will carry the baggage to the depot, |!
Members having baggage also may send |
same TO Atlantic City by automobile |
furnished by the committee, II baggage IS /
left at lodge headquarters by o clock
"Wednesday morning. Railroad tickets
Will he distributed 10 the men by LTne>t
J Otteni. secretary of the committee Of
arrangements pom reaching Broad
street station. Philadelphia, the men WI! |
proceed TO anden VIA the subway and
ferry and take electric train at 9 clock I
for Atlantic CITY They Will then proceed
o the Headquarters where they VIII secure /
heir credentials The Wilmington head /
quarters Will be at the hotel Absecon, /
opposite the Grand Lodge headquarters /
Following the securing OF credentials the /
men vii meet 81 | o clock 81 their hotel /
where the Harlan Band will give q concert. /
The grand parade viii start at : clock,
\ service flag bearing 10000 stars Will be
carried in the parade. one Of the stars
representing General Pershlng, who Is
member OF the organization
Members who wish 10 secure cards Tor
their wives are requested % get IN touch
with William L, Hamann. secretary Of
lodges Those who wish TO reserve room at
the seashorc over Thursday are urged TO
communicate with the committee The
committee in charge ot the arrangements
are T. r. Calvin. chairman j. j Ottenl,
secretary and J. J Powell treasurer. The
marshal of the parade Will b. v Harry
Blythe, lodge esquire. His assistants are
Candy c. Mammele William Mask II
William l. Belts and Egbert Nutter
Arrived at Atlantic City the boys will
be met and welcomed by 81 official party
from headquarters as well as some v II
mington Elks already on the Job The
column will march up Atlantic avenue 70
Virginia avenue and to the Hotel Absecon.
where the Wilmington lodge will hold
forth during its stay. II IS right IL the
heart of things, because on the opposite
side Of the street is the orders national
headquarters.
After the parade the majority Of the
delegation will return home at once Still
others and that Will mean just as many
as possibly can spare the time viii remain
for the windup Of the convention and tie
weekend