The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-10
Largest One Day Gathering
Ever Seen in Holly.
AffENDANCE VARIoUSLY
ESTudATED At 5000 TO 1000
Airplans flights Thrill the Throng
and Were the Big Fsature-Not
an Accident Nor an Arrest
Throughout the Entire Day.

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say so! And that's what they have
all said.
A rain the night before and in
dications the following morning
not altogether reassuring, finally
turned out well. The dust was
laid; it was not too hot. and many
people were stopped from farm Ia
Dor in the country and came to the
celebration.
The attendance-weIl it was
enormous and is quite generally
conceded by old residents to be
the largest One-day assembly ever
seen in Holly. The crowd is estimat-
ed at from 5000 to 1900 people and
even the most conservative judges
place it at 5000. There were between
1900 and 1900 automobiles in town
by noon.
And it was seething mass of
good natured humanity which JOS
tied and elbowed through the
streets from noon until dark. Ev-
erybody was wreathed in a smile
and good humor reigned supreme
One of the most remarkable fea-
lures of the day was that there was
not a single accident of any sort.
The auto street parade was not
so extensive as had been anticipa-
ted. The decorative inclination did
not get under way despite the
prizes offered. However, three cars
were particularly unique in the
matter of taste and originality and
won the prizes.
Mrs. H. D. Steele, wife of Mayor
Steele, beautifully decorated car
in wild sage and took first prize
Miss Elizabeth Partridge, daugh.
ter of manager w. s. Partridge of
the Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet &
Irrigated Land Company, present
ed a decidedly unique turnout in
which she had a young Holstein
calf in a small crib on the raditor
of her car, the crib and ear hand
somely decorated in black and
white, the HOlstein colors. 1t was
hard for the Judge mot to give Miss
Partridge's first prize.
Mrs. L. M. Appel, wife of Ex-May-
or Appel, presented decidedly
unique conception in which patri-
otism was the central idea. The ma
tional color's were prefusely in evi-
dence while Claude Schlager stood
on the right hand running board
of the car as Uncle Sam and Miss
Louise Appel on the left as tho
Goddess of Liberty. A vote of the
crowd would perhaps have given
Mrs. Appel first instead of third
prize, for both the conception and
the execution were decidedly Gle
ver.
II. T. Johnson OF Denver the man
who brought The airplane to Holly
was asked to act as Judge and the
Lrizes were awarded in accordance
with his decisions.
The minor sports program in the
morning following the parade was
somewhat delayed on account of
the muddy streets but were well
pulled off by Lewis CLANCY and
'Ted" FOrtney.
Prof. Goe. Morton of the Agricul-
tural college was on hand to ad-
dress the Cow Club picnic but the
crowd seemed to be noise and JOY
bent and did not incline to hear
an address so the speech was not
delivered and the picnic dinner
was not held on the grounds. In.
stead most of the farm folks and
their friends parked their cars
about the streets and ate their din
ners in this manner
The airplane was the big draw
ing card-everybod was anxious
to see the Henry Ford of the air"
as the Canuck plane was called
and the admission tickets went
like wild fire and the supply soon
exhausted.
The ball game between the Hart
man and Towner teams right after
lunch was splendid exhibition
of seven innings and was won by
the Towner Tigers by score of 2
to l.
The horse races were somewhat
marred by the muddy track.
Though the track had been put in
first class shape few days before,
the rain Thurday night almost
spoiled it, and in spite of a great
lot of work it could not be rehabi-
litated in time for the afternoon
program. However most of the rae