White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-22
Ely's Celebration to
Include Monster Pa
rade by the Returned
Soldiers and Sailors.
Woman's Club Arrang-
ing Big COLLATION. and
Public Exhibit of Bat
tle-Front Souvenirs.

Unusual activity on the part of
the live boosters of Ely indicated
that the celebration of the Fourth
If July BY the returned soldiers and
sailors will be the biggest affair the
rity has ever staged.
Captains Bennett, Adams and Delo
With Lieutenants Tom Smith and Jay
Brinten and Sergeants Baird. Hull.
Turner and Scott, have taken up the
work with enthusiasm and from their
report tae BOYS who wore the uniform
of Uncle Sam on land or sea will turn
out In n big parade that will give the
citizens of this district soemthing to
look at. Every effort Is being made
10 have at least two hundred or more
men IN line. This number can read
lily be assembled IL the boys can be
induced 10 once more don the uni
form fer the benefit of the people
Nhc did the best they Guild To keep
he home fires burning
Members OF the Woman's club. as
sisted by all OF the wives. mothers.
sisters and daughters of the city. are
preparing for big Chow" spread
which will be served tn the boys on
the court house lawn after the pa
rade
Veterans OF the Civil war and OF
the Spanish war will be in line. as
we'll as the veterans Of the Great war.
A reviewing stand will be built for
the use of the city and county Off
cials.
The Woman's s Club of ELY has ar
ranged to have curio exhibit of tro
phies brought back from France by
the boys and each man has been re-
quested TO lend TO the committee
some souvenir OF the war for this
exhibit. which will be located In the
Northern hotel. II is the intention
of the committee to charge the pub
lie small fee of admission, the
money thus collected to be placed In
the fuad which is now being raised
for the purpose OF erecting the COM
munity building. All borrowed ex-
bibits will be receipted for aud re-
turned To the owner Immediately af-
ter the Fourth.
At the meeting held Friday even
ing by the soldiers and sailors. 1t
was decided that the men would fall
In for parade at 10:45 a. m. In front
Of the Ely grammar school on High
street. Men will fall In just the same
as II they belonged to one company.
according to size. There will be no
distinction, In tho formation for the
parade. of A. 4. +. or men from the
training camps. The color guard and
escort has not yet been decided. II
was suggested by some that the
sailors act as color guard and by
others that the guard be formed OF
casuals, men who had been wounded
In France.
The parade will march west on
High street. to Mil. and turn into
Aultman street at the corner of the
Record office, marching in column
OF fours down Aultman with members
of the Red Cross chapter and other
organizations.
A baseball game between Ruth and
McGill teams is scheduled for some
time In the afternoon, which prom
ises To he a lively one.
After the ball game the first call
will be sounded for the veterans to
assemble In front OF the high school,
facing the courthouse. Here flag
POLE will float the colors used by
Captain Bennett on his Headquarters
in France. the hand will sound OFT,
and to the colors will be played while
the veterans go through regulation
retreat, when the flag will ho slowly
lowered and folded according to
regulations. This will demonstrate
to the old and young generations the