The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-01
Plans are Made to Enter
tain Twenty thousand
People on That Day.
THREE AIRPLANE FLIGHTS
Feature for Every Hour in
the Day Provided for
Entertainment.

From the time the booming of thir-
teen guns; at sunrise announce that the
day is started, until the Eyks' band
concert at eleven at night. there will
not be dull minute in the Fourth of
July welcome Home celebration at
Warrington.
From seven until nine.thirty will
take place the registration of 1.-THE sol
diers, sailors and marines who visit
the city on that day A registration
booth will be built in the entrance or
Basnett's store.
At nine-thirty Captain De Lloyd
Thompson, famous aviator, will give
his first flight. Captain Thompson Is
one OF the most accomplished trick
flyers in the United States and tail
spins, Immelman turns, loop the loops,
falling leaf stunts and others will fea-
ture every flight.
Waynesburg, Pa, and several other
cities have taken up with the manage
ment OF the celebration committee, ar
rangements whereby those cities
might have flight by De Lloyd
Thompson on the Fourth, but no such
arrangement has been entertained, and
Thompson will give three flights at
Mannington. At $3.50, 2:3o and $3.50.
One OF the features of the day will
band Of twenty Clowns who viii
meet all cars and keep the big crowds
in good humor all day.
At ten o'clock band concest will
be given by the band of the Smiths
Greater shows. which will show on the
fourth. The concert will be from q
band stand that Is being built ON Mar
ket street.
During the Smith band concert, the
Elks band will be offering a concert
at the Central high school.
AT 1880 a community chorus OF
three hundred voices will sing pa
triotic songs at the Central high
school. The singing will be under the
direction of Clyde Kinsey, famous
i singer, and accomplishments will be
ployed by the Elks band.
And then the eats
From u until 1889 every soldier,
sailor and marine of Marion county
will be fed by, the ladies of the Man
nington Red Cross, under the direc,
tion of Miss Lucy Prichard. The din
ner is chicken dinner, with every
kind of trimming that can be con.
ceived to go with that delicacy. Al.
ready the chicken market of Manning.
ton district is exhausted.
Starting at 1880 on Market street,
traces will be staged for one hour,
Anon gthe races is a hundred yard
dash for service men only, for which
the prizes are, first, ten dollars in gold
and the second, five dollars in gold. A
fat mans race will be put on with a
new hat as the prize. A pie eating
contest for boys under 15 years OF age
will be waged for a $3.50 gold piece,
A creased pig will be turned loose
and whosoever catches the pig may
have him for his trouble.
At 2:30 Captain Thompson's second
flight will be made and at three
/ o'clock Warrington meets q strong
team from Clarksburg on the baseball
diamond at Hough's park.
AT $3.50 will be another flight, and
from then on the attractions will be a
continuous band concert by the EIks
on Market street, and the offering of
tn Smiths Greater shows, combina-
ton circus carnival secured especially
for the occasion and which pulled IN
yesterday in twenty Pullman cars.
Rest rooms for women and children
have been provided at the following
places: Elks' club, Market street:
Masonic club. Clarksburg street; ODD
Fellows hall, Buffalo street, and
Eagles hall, Railroad street.
Invitations have been mailed TO l..
700 returned service men and 1t Is as.
sured that every man of them who
can. will be present From the pres
emit indications and If the weather IS
nice. Warrington is preparing to en-.
terrain between fifteen ana twenty
thousand persons on the Fourth. II Is
declared that big delegations are. com.
ing from Hundred and other points on
the B, and o. between Mannfngton and
Wheeling, In addition to practically
the entire population of Marion coun.
ty.