The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-11-05
TUESDAY
A DAY Of
REJOICING
HammOnd'S Lid Will Be Thrown
Into the Lake for a
Few Hours.

Carnival with Comus and Terpsichor-
to say nothing Of Mrs. con,us and au
The little Terpsichores. will reign n
Hammond next Tuesday evening ana
the streets ana public places OF ths
city VIII be turned owed to the sol
diers and sailors of Hammond am
West Hammond and their legion or
friends Confetti and stroamers vil
iiy and the raucous noise OF the earn
vel horns mingled with the shouts ans
laughter Of the merrymakers VIII Dc
note in q measure the happiness Of tae
public over the return OF tnei. heroes
open house where there vii be ru
SC dancing and refreshments viii Re
conducted in half a dozen public hats
wnere all are welcome and through tEs
crowds VIII come troupes OF vaude
vile artists furnishing entertainment
At the various halls The lid WI
be thrown into the lake and there Wi,
be no restraint placed upon anyone
10 wishes to enjoy an evening o.
harmless fun
Two large Victory arches stre.chirs
across the streets and under the big
parade viii march on Armistice Da,.
wtn form the central figures Tor tha
scheme Of decoration for the WELDON
home celebration One Will spar
Holman street IN front Of the super,o-
1ourt building while the other will n4
iocated on State street I'm front of tus
tederal building
These arches which viii be 81 ,.--
posing and artistic design have been
planned by Architect Mac Turner ara
the work Of erecting them viii be Dc
rated by the union carpenters OF Ham
inond as their tribute to the veterans
saturday afternoon Is been selected o.
the time when these viii he built srr
4aother record similar to the buil6tne
~ l'oerty Han Is predicted Josep'
SCOTT VIII be in charge OF the WORK
oa me Holman street arch while Geo
Pearson viii handle the state strre.
Job
Lettering and decorating of the aroh
es Will be done gratis b. Biederstad,
BROS who are also contributing -
Banner TO be hung across Holman -
az the Majestic hotel The rnarot4
COX kite owned bv the Hammond sis,,
Co.. is being placed IN condition r
an all-afternoon fight. Hirb in ~
clouds 1t VIII bear a large America
Tag which VIII he visible for miles
J 3 0rtt. chairman Of the deco,
alton committee has practcallv ali -
his arrangements made for the h.z
DAY The committee decided tha, n
the short time provided il vould -
better 70 contract with some estsblisr
Cd firm making a speciality Of such
work 70 put on the trimmings" on the
city rather than 10 try to pick up tne
material in the market The ioh ~
decorating the streets has been let
the Unian Decorating and Flax O.
Of Chicago
The Union Company has worked oui
a uniform scheme OF decorating All
of the store fronts of The city and VIII
decorate in front of any store at What
IS considered a reasonable rate Th4
VIII Of course. be separate from the
street work which they have alreaav
contracted for Chairman Ortt has
asked THE TIMES 20 express his request
that the merchants cooperate in maxi
ng the store fronts as beautiful anf
harmonious as possible in keping with
the occasion.
Capt f r. MURRAY now has all the
music he wants for the parade Two
Hammond bands have been arranged
for and yesterday ne closed a contract
with the managers Of the Chicago
Daily News band This is an orEani-
cation Of fifty pieces. ali the musicians
being bows These three bands with
the Shrine and Bov Scouts drum corps.
should provide plenty Of music for the
parade and the exercises at Harrison
Park