The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-05
ALL PREPARED
FOR BIC PARADE
Promptly at 10 O'Clock tho Patriotic
Procession Will Start Prom The
City Hall Front
Thousands Will March In Line and
After Addresses Celebration VIII
BE Held on Tho Island

The stage is all set for WhcclnE's
Observance Of Independence Day. tn"
celebration Will be- i~nauEuratd this
morning with tho firing OF Il salute OF
81 guns" under tho direction of former
Sergeant Terry Garrison. u veteran Of
the 3l4th Field Artillery.
Promptly at 10 o'clock. tho lndcpend-
encc Day parade. mhrshalrd by colonel
g.. II. Sands, will move from Fifteenth
and Cha pline streets. covering 4 short
route through the principal parts OF tn"
city. The parade Will conclude at the
Baltimore & ohio passenger depot.
where the patriotic services Will DC
held.
This exercise will include a patriotic
address BY Hon. John l.. Arbvnz. on
Of Whccling'S most gifted orators. and
tho presentation 81. Il banner to Wheel
ing Post No. /. American Legion, by
Mrs. Hickman. patriotic instructor Of
the Woman's Relief Corps. Attorney
l.. J. Mckinley Will make tho rcsp0ps:
accepting the banner for Wheeling Post.
For the afternoon. Wheclingitcs will
find their chief attraction on the West
Virginia State FAIR grounds. where AN
attractive boxing card has been ar
ranged.
In N" evening. a tho fair grounds.
thousands Of people Will witness the
~promcnad" concert ard a biG display Of
fireworks arranged for their entertain
ment.
! Parade Mammoth AFFAIR
Nh"ci:nE's lndr penLcuCc Day parade
this morning VIII not only We a mann
moth atiai: but Il tn;nE OF beauty as
well.
! In line there viii h" mine bands. vcter-
ans or the civil. SpHniSh.AmcricaH and
World wars. along with Il arg turnout
OF many Of the leading iratrrnal and
civic organizations and many floats and
automobiles.
One Of IN" pretty features Will 10 tn"
Goat carrying the "Go!hcas Of Liberty"
III Is,ll.-. ,.f1I 10 raNr,.,ntJ hr AFty.
GeorEiana Troll. Of the Island.
Tho Greek and Syrian ',.!Un 90 have
arranged tn have beautiful historical
floats in the parade. and they will turn
out practically solid, as tins Is being
made an ".A~mcriCaniZatl"n parade.
Wilh the exception OF the floats and
automobiles which Will carry N" aged
Wal Veterans, ;hc parad"rS MI. all b."
afoo'. except for Grand Marshal q. II.
Sands and his assistant marahais and
aides.
Chicf OF rolicc Fred Frazier has ar
ranged TO HAY" The streets Ci"ar"d for
the parade. and'wIlI not permit the use
Of fireworks during the parade. 50 aS 70
eliminate possibility OF injury 1" by
stand by exploding fireworks. or be-
cause Of The few horses that viii be IN
the parade becoming frightened.
take part viii be- J. ". Holiday Tost
No. y Grand Army OF the Republic.
Ohio Valley camp No. ! United Spanish
War Veterans. Wheeling "Nl No. Am
erlCan Legion. WomLn'S Relief 'orps
Ladies' Of n" q. A. h, tho Elks. Modern
Woodmen. knights OF Tyth:as ana other
fratcrnal organizations and large dele
cations OF Italian. Greek and Syrian
residents of Wheeling.
At one place In the rarad" there Will
he carried by ladies' of the Service star
Legion the famous "Whccling To Rcr-
lin" banncr which Was placed on the
train which carried ISL Wheeling se;cc-
tive service men To Camp Lee. Va. on
September -. 1872. and which was car
rlcd 10 France and back by tho 3lith
Field Artillery. a historic battle ban
ncr carried through the Civil war by
Captain u. a. I.intlIngcr Of Company ..
Third West Virginia, Will be carried n
tho ranks OF Wheeling Post Of the Am
cricIn Legion.