The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-01
Big Time Here July Fourth
Welcome Home Celebration for
Service Men

Big Time Here July Fourth
Welcome Home Celebration FOL
Service Men
, Indications are that the welcom
: home celebration to be held in Noun
Holly on July 4th will be the creates
event the town has ever experienced
1t is to be given in honor of all thu
Burlington county men who entered
the army or navy during the war, al
of whom have been invited to attend
The War Camp Community Service
which is taking an active part in the
affair, has mailed invitations to $500
service men in the county, and accept
ances are coming in rapidly. There
will be more men here in uniform than
perhaps were ever seen in town before.
A meeting of all the committees in
charge of the affair was held last night,
and every one of them reported eXcell-
ent progress and that all indications
pointed to wonderful success of the
! celebration.
I The parade in the morning will be a
| fine affair. Captain j. f. r. Long sill
command the men from thes 18th
Division; Lieutenant Harold Wells,
the 18th Division veterans, and Lieu
tenant Clifford r. Powell the casuals.
An the events of the day will be free
to men in uniform, including lunch at
noon and admission to the sporting
events at the fair ground in the after
noon. Children under II years of age
also will be admitted free to the fair
ground.
The speakers at the court house will
be Colonel Thomas ID. Landon, of the
18th Division; Rev. r. A. Brotemarkles
pastor of the Presbyterian church, of
Mount Holly, who was chaplain in
the army, and Rev o. w. Henderson,
pastor of the Baptist church. Mr.. Hen
derson will tell the service men about
the memorial hospital that is to be
erected in Mount Holly in their honor.
Three bands and a fife and drum
corps will supply music for the days
events. Two bands will be used for the
dancing on Mill street in the evening,
which will make that affair a contin-
uous performance. The street will be
beautifully decorated with colored cleo
trio lights. Chairs for spectators will
be rented for the night affair, the
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ton County Hospital.
The programme for the days events
follows:
10 A. M.
Parade of war service boys, Co. B,
of the State Militia, Boy and Girl
Scouts and floats.
Members of the 10Th Division will
form on White street, 18th Division
on Church street, sailors on Washing
ton street, casuals on Budd street, Co.
B, Scouts and floats on Main street.
The line of march will be from
White to Monroe street, to Pine, to
Mill, to Mount Holly avenue, to Gar
den, to Water, to King, to Washing
ton, to Main, to Court House and dis
miss.
Music will be furnished by four
ds-Perseverance, of Philadel-
phia; R. D. Wood, of Florence; Med
ford Band and Moose Boy Fife and
Drum Corps, of Riverside.
IL A. M.
Patriotic meeting, court house yard,
to be addressed by the speakers above
mentioned; music by bands, and COM
singing.
IL nj.
War service men, members of the es-
corting company of militia, and music
ians will be served lunch under the
grand stand at the fair ground.
1.30 P. M.
Five horse races and athletic sports
at the Fair grounds. The races will
consist of: 2.30 trotting stake, IL en- |
tries; PIG pacing stake, IL entries;
2.25 pace-2.22 trot, purse $500; 2.30 |
mixed, prizes; amateur race, prizes. |
The committee on sports announces
the following track events:
100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 440- |
yard run and 880-yard run, open to |
any members of a Burlington county |
high school, including the class of |
1919.
One mile relay race, open to all
high schools in the country, each
school to have four runners, including
members of class of 1919.
Free-for-all, 10O-yard dash, 22O-
yard dash and 440-yard run, open to
anyone not running in the high school
events.
Girls free-for-all 10O-yard dash,
open to any girl in Burlington county.
Suitable prizes will be offered in
all events for first and second places,
silver and bronze medals.
The high school relay will be run for
a silver cup. All entrants are to re-
port to the committee in front of the
judges stand on the afternoon of
July A. All races will be announced
preliminary to their running.
$50 P. M.
Base ball game at the Fair grounds
the Mount Holly and Bur-
ington teams of the Community
League just organized ,.assuss..
900 P. M.
Manager Hulse will entertain chill
lren under IL years of age at free
moving picture show at the Mount
Holly theatre.
7.3O P. M.
Community sing in Fountain Square
lnder the direction of a song leader
rom Camp Dix and with the assist
ance of a band.
500 P. M.
Street dancing in Fountain Square
with band music. The street will have
special electric illumination.
There will be music everywhere
Turing the day and evening, every
body will find plenty to do and the
town will have an extra supply of
The War Camp Community Service
will maintain bureaus of information
at the Ankokas Soldiers Club and at
The Fair grounds under the super
vision of the local representative C. |