The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20
FOURTH WILL SHOW
BEST COUNTY EVENT.

The celebration committee members
met in their semi-fnal meeting at the
Town Hall in L'Anse Wednesday ev-
ening, there being delegations present
from all parts Of the county.
The meeting proved that all ar
rangements are going along accord
ing to schedule and that every one is
working heart and soul to make the
event one that will never be forgot
ten by our guests of the day-Our He
roes: The Baraga county lads who
were in the service.
1t has developed that the railroad
administration absolutely refuses to
furnish any special trains for July 4th,
so this part Of the arrangements was
dropped. Instead, however, the mat
ter will be arranged so that any sol
der who desires transportation to
L'Anse for himself and parents will
be taken care Of through funds set
aside for this purpose.
1t is planned to have the three
bands on hand early in the day to be-
gin with the music, and to start the
sports program about $3.50 o'clock,
running up to near the noon hour. At
twelve o'clock the parade will form
and traverse the principal streets.
Then from 1880 to 4:45 the sports pro-
gram will run, an Indian war dance
being one of the special features on
the bill At five o'clock the soldiers
banquet takes place. In the evening
at 1880 an auto race against time will
be pulled off, the program conclud-
ing with Roman candle parade and
the grand ball.
The banquet and canteen commit
tees reported on their excellent prog
ress Wednesday evening. The BAN
quet committee expects to serve three
hundred lads, the bill Of fare consist
ing of Lake Superior white fish, roast
turkey with dressing, mashed pota-
toes with gravy, cucumbers, ripe to-
matoes, head lettuce with French
dressing, home made rolls, bread and
butter, fresh strawberries with ice
cream, assorted cakes and coffee.
Fifty young girls will be invited to
serve the guests of honor.
The canteens will also be well pro-
vided and will serve free any soldier
and their lady at any time. The Bar
aga county folks are also backing
this end of the program and are con-
sidering it special privilege to treat
the boys in this way. All visiting
soldiers will be our guests also, and
it is planned to register every soldier
and provide for him, whether he is in
uniform or not.
The complete sports, program, with
the list of prizes, will be published
next week.
Every young man who has seen
service with Uncle Sam should make
special efforts to be here July 4th.
Our county owes the boys more than
we can ever repay, but we are going
to try to show our appreciation Of
their services to some extent by this
big welcome. This is not a L'Anse
affair, but a countrywide event in
which every citizen, from the small
est to the largest, desires to express
his appreciation to the boys. L'Anse
of course has the honor of being chos-
en- as the town in which to hold the
celebration, and our people are back
ing the thing to the limit, but the
whole county is back of US with their
money and their good viii, and the
boys will be the guests of their home
communities here on that day as well
as of DAnse. The home town folks
are putting forth their dollars for the
event, and are working hard each and
every day for the boys, also, and it is
celebration backed by everyone in
the county.