South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-24
STORES To CLOSE
DURING PARADE
Employees Arrange to Allow
All Veterans to Join
Welcome Affair.

Merchants OF the city have de-
cided 90 make il possible for all Of
their employees. who were veterans
OK the great war, 10 DE absent from
their places OF business for a cOu-
pie OF hours on saturday afternoon
10 take part in the big Welcome
Home parade Of soldiers sailors and
marines. 4 number Of the dealers
have offered TO close their stores
during the hours Of the parade sat
urday afternoon from 3 10 4 o'clock.
and others are arranging TO virtual
~ suspend business while the pa
rade IS IN progress.
Committees in charge Of the big
event Saturday have decided to put
up 20 the individual merchants what
attitude they wish 20 take In this
matter Of closing. suspending bust
ness for an hour. or seeing that all
Of their service men are in line.
To Start at 2:3O O'Clock.
Cob George w. F~reyermuth, in
charge Of all the military features
Of the parade viii be prepared TO
give out the line OF march o. the
parade Thursday. The men viii be
modified at Leeper park at 1880
O'Clock and the parade is scheduled
TO move promptly at $3.50 O'clock,
giving all the veterans from the sur
rounding towns and county a chance
to get in lire. All soldiers and ma
rines are instructed to wear their
regulation uniforms. while sailors
viii wear their regulation uniforms
minus the leggings.
In Reviewing stand.
Chairman Dennis reception COM
mittee Will Occupy the reviewing
stand az the court house. along with
Mayor Frank r. Carson. County
Chairman w. l. Chandler and City
Chairman Fred Woodward of the
loan organization. Mayor Ralph w.
GayIor. Loan Chairman w. F. Mil
Ter and other prominent officials.
The reception committee compOses
"A. r. Erskine of the Studebaker
corporation. ]. j.. oliver. Miles w.
OrBrien. president Of the Chamber
OF Commerce. and Col. George w.
~Studebaker. Mai. Charles b. Calvert
IS chief assistant 10 Chairman Den
mis- in handling the civilian
ments for the parade.
The decorations committee reports
progress in the plans to put the city
in gala attire for Saturday after
noon. This work is being assisted
greatly by the window display con-
test. which is being put on by the
county loan organization a great
many merchants are having elabOr-
ate window displays prepared in the
contest for the $50 Victory bond
prize offered by the loan committee
for the best window display in the
county advertising the loan. "A. +.
Herr of Herr and Herr. is chairman
OF the loan window contest. and R.
e.. Sackett OF the S-tudebaker cor
poration. will be the Judge Of the
windows.
Decorations Committee.
rs parade decorations commit
tee. is composed OF the following
well known business men: Joseph +.
Neff, chairman; George A. Robert
son. George II. WheelOck. l.. G..
LandOn. A. VI. Russell. Charles r.
Speth and Robert b. Beitner.
Col. George W. Freyermuth Is
in charge Of all the military fea-
lures of the parade. Col. Freyer-
muth placed capt. Clinton Rogers
in charge today Of all the surplus
officers who will march in Satur-
days parade.
Lieut.. George a Cooper will di-
rect the aviation and signal corps
division. Capt. Clark Carson is in
charge OF artillery; Lieut.. Leroy
Nfauar of infantry Ensign lang and
chief Petty Officer J. Lawson Midg-
ley of the naval force; First Lieut..
Jesse Pa<ey of quartermasters
corps. Capt Will Temple Of the en-
gineers and Capt. W. l.. owen OF the
medical section.