Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-20
AUTO PARADE IS
FEATURE OF AID
CLUB PROGRAM
ID. Il. Parnefi, in Stevens, Wins
First Prize; H. p. Rey-
nOldS Second.

Fully 500 automobiles rolled noise
lessly along Main street last night in
the auto parade which came as the
semi-climaX to the five days of festi-
vities marking Pine Bluffs first celc-
bration of it's AZ varieties of manu-
featured products.
The climax will come tonight when
band concert by the W. o. w. band
will be given from the steps of the
court house between the hours of
7:30 and 8 o'clock This will mark the
close of highly successfully effort
on the part Of the Pine Bluff AID club
to advertise the manufactured articles
and the manufacturers of Pine Bluff.
The parade last night began at the
court house and taking a route south
on Main street, went to Seventeenth.
Sweeping back toward Main street.
it turned west upon reaching Second
avenue, and thence back to the
point of beginning.
The parade not only exhibited
some of the many automobiles owned
by Pine Bluff people but included in
the line were several cleverly design
ed floats, notably the unusually good
displays of the Dixie Battery COM
pany and the Pine Bluff Lumber
company The former float was de-
corated with white bunting, and as
the big float glided along several
employees Of the company demonstra-
ted to the throng lining the sidewalk
several stages in the manufacture of
battery.
The parade was headed by mem
bers of the AID club who acted as
marshals. Motor cars for the mar
shals were furnished thru the courtesy
of the McGehee Motor Sales COM
pany who donated five Oldsmobile
and Liberty cars.
Twelve prizes were offered. Owing
to the fact that the judges recorded
only the numbers of the cars, secur-
ing no names, and that some of these
had failed to register their cars as is
required by city regulations, all of
the names of those winning the prizes
could not be secured. A partial list
follows:
D. T. Parnell, Stevens car, first:
H. P. Reynolds. Oakland car. SECOND
prize; J. G. Wilson, Buick, thirt
prize: J. L. Stone, fourth prize; Adam
J. Robinson, Metz. fifth prize: Mum.
Der 2875, not registered; S. B. Rus.
sell, Nash, eighth prize: No. 628-
500, N. Y. ninth prize; DR.. William
Breathwit, Jordan, tenth prize; No
1885, not registered. eleventh prize;
Junius Jordan, Jr, Apperson, twelfth
prize.
The prizes and the names of their
donors were displayed yesterday II
c. Gurdin's window at 80 Main
| They are:
First prize. non-skid Firestone tire
donated by H. R. Turner, the tire
man: second prize, bumper donated
by S. R. Thomas Auto Co.; thirt
prize, spotlight, donated bv' Elkin'
Motor Car company: fourth prize
Hewitt tube. donated by Toney Gala
bretta; fifth prize. Republic tube
donated by C. C. Brewster Auto com
pany: sixth prize motor meter, do
mated by Rutherford's: seventh
prize, bumper, donated by Riley Au
to-Tire company; eighth prize, 81,
spark plugs donated by Hicks Rile'
Auto company; ninth prize. pal
conaphpre lens, donated by S. c
We'll Motor company; tenth prize
auto lock, donated by Smart Aut
company; eleventh prize, Warner
LEM donated by Auto Electric com
pany: twelfth prize. six spark plugs
donated by Pogue-Buick company.