Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-08-07

Of them doubled and tripled thei
forces, but could have used more hell
could it have been secured.
Four Arches Admired.
! The Committee of Arrangement.
had four beautiful arches erected-twc
on either side Of the river. On the west
side one was located opposite the city
hall, "Gates Ajar," Welcome in Ou1
Midst and the other near the bridge
I'Welcome" by the three Catholic So.
ccieties of our city. On the east side
a double arch was erected at Vine and
Second streets known as the Arch of
Peace It was of pure white and where
the arches crossed each other an i'm
mense bouquet of flowers were hang
ing prettily arranged in large bas-
ket.
The double arch spanning First and
| Second streets in front Of the Frs
! National Bank was beautiful and ar
tistic, decorated with the emblems, his
torical of Elkdom. This was the Arch
Of Triumph, erected by the Elks. At the
top of the center pillar is replica of
the Goddess of Liberty, which can be
Illuminated at night. A medallion of
the Red Cross nurse is fixed at the
crest of the. Second street arch, and
B. P. o. E. on the other arch. A stand
of Allied colors is mounted on each of
the end pillars, with the insignia of the
32nd at Che base The world-known
emblem of the "Devil Dogs" is on the
base of the center column. Divisional
insignia, of the Red Arrows, Black
hawks, Sunset, Rainbow and other
outfits with which the Wood county
men served are on the arch. The
decorations are the work of O. A.
Labus and were greatly admired.
Historical Section.
This part of the parade was under
the direction of Mrs. John Parrish and
It was historical and educating intend
ing to cover American history from
1892 to the present time. Mrs. Far
rish certainly showed excellent taste
and judgment in the arrangement Of
the nine floats in her department She
was ably assisted by many of the la
dies and gentlemen. We append q
short description of them as follows:
The Columbus Ship.
A float made and decorated to repre-
sent "The Santa Maria" Columbus
Tag ship. Henry Rablin, impersonat-
ing Columbus. The six young men,
Messrs. John Mccarthy, Howard Bell,
Thomas butcher, Donald Hougen, Jim
Conway and Clarence Baldwin, repre-
sented the Spanish Sailors. This was
an excellent likeness of the original
The Womans' Club, had charge of this
float.
The Landing of Columbus.
This float represented the landing of
Columbus and the planting of the
Cross on the new continent. This
float was all in green and represented
the verdure of the Island, San Saliva
dore, where he landed. Columbus was
represented by w. H. Carey, the Priest
by Father VIM. Reding. The other
characters were Oscar Crotteau, j.
Minta, Alex Haydock.
This float was presented by the Ca
tholic Order of Lady Foresters.
The Landing of the Pilgrims
This float was presented by the la
lies of the Congregational church and
represented the snow and the pine
trees of New England and the COM
oany of pilgrims consisting of Men,
Women and Children landing at Ply
mouth Rock. The older pilgrims were
Mesdames Palmatier, Schall, Wittig,
and Messrs. F. j. Wood, Arthur Miller
E. c. Wittig and Miss Ruth Fontaine.
The children were members of the
Sabbath School.
w dSIfItS tOH dAfO ulf teen SOtUfiicS
This float represented Martha and
George Washington surrounded by the
Thirteen Colonies. The decorations
were in green and white. George and
Martha were in Colonial costumes.
George Washington was impersonated
by Mrs. M. HI. McSwain and Martha
impersonated by Mrs. C. A. Hatch and
the thirteen colonies by young ladies'.
This float was prepared by the Entire
Nous Club.
The Spirit of the Wilderness.
This float represented the Forest and
had the Tepee and real Winnebaso
Indian family with all their paint,
feathers, beads and basketry. 1t was
true to nature and won lots of admira-
tion This float was prepared by the
ladies Of the Methodist church. The
float was accompanied by Dick Nc
Carthy as Western Cowboy.
Columbia and Uncle Sam
This float represented white boat
trimmed in red and the Goddess Of
Liberty and Uncle Sam were posed in
front of high white canopy lined
with flag blue. The Goddess of Lib
erty was beautifully personated by
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