Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-28
PARADE OPENS
LIBERTY LOAN
CAMPMCN.HERE
Battleship Grand Forks
Sails on Pavement as
Pageant Feature.
ACTUAL DRIVE.To
START MONDAY AT 9
5000, 900 is Quota Of City,
Officials Announce
Will be Subscribed.

The fourth Liberty Loan campaign
in Grand Forks city was inaugurated
this afternoon by a monster street
parade, in which soldiers training at
men in the service participated. The
parade was unquestionably the great
est pageant of its kind seen in the
city. Many people from various COM
muntties in the county came here to
march in the section devoted to blood
relatives of soldiers, sailors and men
in other branches of the service. A
seen. H t
The AID club Of Grand Forks had
prepared a most interesting spectacle
for the parade, in the nature Of a
battleship. "Grand Forks" has been
chosen as the name Of the ship which
Is a monster affair, thirty feet long
and eight feet wide.
The ~battleship Grand Forks was
built by the Turner Sash and Door
factory. This plant donated all the
work and was assisted by the Ad club
in its construction. Peterson and
johnson painted the ship a battleship
gray and Chief Quartermaster F. c.
Oliver. U. s. NJ, assisted with the de-
signing.
The material for the ship was sup
piled by the St. Hilaire, Ireland and
Robertson Lumber companies. 1t is
mounted upon a Ford truck which
was donated by the Moore Auto Co..
and Tom Moore drove the ship" in
the parade.
On the deck Of the battleship
Grand Forks were four MILDLY girls
representing the yeomanettes. They
were: Margaret Dow. Mary Parsons.
Ruth McNicol and Mary Moore. The
young ladies sang "Your Boy and
NR}N~J -A ChS@R II ~
Oliver and Ernie Montgomery repre-
sented the navy on board the ship.
Campaign Opens Monday.
Another event preliminary to the
campaign will occur at the auditorium
Sunday night, when a number Of the
pastors of the city will hold citizens
services to further the bond sale.
The campaign proper will begin at
8 o'clock Monday morning, when a
large staff Of statesmen and saleswom-
en- will go on duty at Liberty Loan
First National bank building. The
sales force will be announced tonight
by the executive committee. Mrs. F.
F. Stokes again will direct the work
of the women.
Grand Forks city must subscribe
100000 to h Fourth Loan. The al
lotment was announced last night aft
CT a sSOlACIClSC OCIWSeA L1lc SASCuLlV0
c2-nmittee, D. V. Moore, city director.
and E. j. Lander, county director. The
allotment is considerably larger than
for the third loan. but the committee
is confident hat the amount will be
attained. Already, it is reported that
a number of the business men of the
city have voluntarily increased their
subscriptions, and this, with larger
allotments that must be made, will
materially aid in reaching the desired
amount.
1t mean much hard work, though,
the committee points out, in the fol-
lowing statement:
"Grand Forks in on the threshold
Of another Liberty Loan campaign
a campaign that will tax our energies
and u resources. but a campaign
which must succeed. We are asked to
raise 100000. The amount is large,
but it can be raised. 1t will take much
hard work on the part Of all those con
nected with the campaign, and it will
require the loyal support of every
man, woman and child in the city. We
have not failed before; we cannot fail
now. The need is urgent, far more
urgent than most Of US realize. Our