Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-06-25
4TH WILL BE BIGGEST DAY
WILL BE A GREAT ENTERTAIN
MENT DAY
Parade .Speechs, Singing, Athletics,
Base Ball. Trap Shoot, Dancing.
Etc. Etc.

Vernon county'S soldiers, sailors, anC
marines on the Fourth of July at Vi
roqua. New. stunts are being added
each day in the endeavor to make this
the greatest event of its kind evel
staged in the county. 1t is hoped that
every man in the county wearing I'm,
Gle Sans uniform viii be present K
march in the monster parade and take
part in the events provided for his
enjoyment.
1t should be expressly understood
that this celebration is given in honor
|of Vernon county's men of war, re.
CARELESS of whether they are soldiers
sailors or marines. And every mar
appearing in his uniform, regardless
Icf his rank or branch of service, is
Ientitled to the courtesies and free pri-
Iviieges mentioned in this article,
The Parade
All of the soldiers are requested te
report before ten o'clock-the over.
seas meuto gather at the Opera House
the rest of the boys &c Running's hall
Committees Will take charge of them
and assign tneir positions in the pa.
.rade. The overseas men will form or
the two blocks of Decker street east
of Main, headed east with the La.
Fargo uniformed band at the head
The other soldiers will form on the
two blocks of Court street (one street
SOUTH, headed by Viroqua band Or
the next three streets south automo.
biles will form two abreast The com.
mittee desires that each automobile
which desires to enter the parade be
decorated with the national colors anc
report at the c. s. Slack residence
corner on Terhdne street where they
will be assigned their positions.
Every school child in the county be.
tween the kindergarten and the high
school is requested to come with g
bouquet of flowers and report at the
high school grounds where Flo Rogers
and her committee will take charge
of them, form them in parade and
march to Main Street, where they will
flank the street on both sides. Their
the LaFarge band will turn south or
Oak street followed by the overseas
men. As the last of this column pass.
es the block above the Viroqua band
will fall in line with the remainder OF
the soldiers following. AS the END
of this column reaches each street tc
the south the automobiles on that
street will, join. The head of the col.
umn will turn west on Hickory street
march to Main street and turn north
at the Dawson residence corner. Their
down Main street between the rank.
of the school children who will shower
the marching soldiers with flowers
As the head of the column reaches the
foot of the business blocks to turr
vest, all will halt and stand at at.
6ention with barred heads while the
whistle will give the signal the church
bells will toll and Chief Musician O
g. Brown will blow taps in memory
of our brave boys who sleep in Elan.
ders Fields. The procession will ther
march to the park where District At.
torney C. j. Smith will give briet
address of welcome, to which Cap.
tain Buffers will respond. Then vii
come the picnic dinner.
Athletic Events
The canvass for cash and merchan.
disc prizes is not completed and will
be furnished in its entirity. in our next
issue, circulated in small bills, and the
complete program. Prizes will be of.
fered to soldiers in uniform for the
following events. 100 yard race; Fat
mans race; Sack race; Three legged
race; Relay race, four men to each
team; Leap frog race, four men tC
each team; Pig back race, two mer
to each team; I'm this race one mar
carries his team mate fifty yards ant
the rider carries his partner back
to the starting place. Tug of war
10 men teams Battle royal (You don't
want to miss seeing this event.) Spe.
cial prizes for the tallest, youngest
shortest, latest soldier; The Soldier
who brings the best looking girl; sol.
der with the largest family; soldier
with the biggest feet; soldier with
the newest baby (prize doubles il
twins. If any soldier will have pub.
lie wedding, there will be a grand
purse subscribed for the ceremony
We like Hillsboro's idea of the slow
Auto race so well that we are going
to offer prizes for Soldier driven au.
tos, either owner or members of thC
family. Dealers Barred, race to be-
100 yards, fifty feet allowed to shift
from low to high, last car over the
mark wins. If you kill your engine
you are out of luck, and the race
Three prizes each for the following
events. Six cylinder cars, four cylin.
der cars, Ford FIVE passenger cars, al
so special offer for lady driver con.
tests.
Preceding the ball game, prizes will
be offered for the Longest Base Bal
throw and Fungo Hitting. The Sol
der bringing the best looking girl viii
draw an extra prize and the girl viii
be remembered handsomely.
Chairman Dyson is in Lacrosse to
day endeavoring to land an aeroplan,
flight for the day, but we have not yet
been advised whether he has been sue.
cessful.
There yet remain a few spaces foi
| c concessions, and J. A. Moen, chair
man of that committee, requests that
early application be made to him fol
privileges of that nature
All business places in the city of vi
roqua will be closed all day on tbs
Fourth.
An abundance Of ladies' rest rooms
will be placed at the service of the wo.
men and children. For this purpose
the Farmers Bank rest room, the
Office of the Ford garage, the Library
rest room, and all of the club rooms
in the city have been secured.
One of the very splendid features
of the big celebration will be the pres
.ence of the fine LaFarge band, which
will give a concert in the forenoon al
the park. Ray Calhoon Of that place
will have charge Of the county all
soldier ball team.
II is MANNED To make the baseball