Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
fourth PROGRAMS
| HERE ON BIG SCALE
Seventy Sections Plan Inde-
pendence Day Celebrations.
: Plenty Of oratory
EXERCISES AT STATE HOUSE


There will be in all seventy celebra-
,ons in various sections Of the city
aud suburbs.
Orators. aided and abetted by con.
cert bands, carefully trained childrcp
IN traditional tableaux, will vie with
parades. ball games, bicycle races and
other sports events for favor.
Ice cream IN abundance will be served
and lemonade will gush in the parks in
manner never aspired by the water
fountains or even McKeesport oil wells.
Edward A. Noppel. assistant director
Of public welfare. will have charge Of the
city wide celebration. for which Coun-
Gil made appropriations ranging from
s25 to S4OO and totaling $4,000.
Celebration at State House
As in 1915. the largest celebration
will center around Independence Hall,
from whose tower news Of the action of
the republics fathers rang out.
Thousands of men, women and chill
dren from all sections of the, city. to-
gcther with patriotic pilgrims from
other cities. will gather at the nations
shrine at 10 80 o'clock Monday morn
ing.
Twenty descendants Of signers of the
Declaration Of independence and mem
bers of the French colony will be ac-
corded special seats OF honor at the
exercises.
Ralph A. Krause. of 4036 North
Twelfth street, a student in the North
east High School. will read the Declara-
ton Of Independence. The Rev. II.
Cresson McHenry. rector of st. paufs
Protestant Episcopal Church, will de-
liver the invocation.
Major Angelic II. la Guardia.
president Of the Board of Aldermen of
New York. scheduled as the principle
speaker, notified Mayor Moore today
that he will not be able to attend: due
to the illness Of his wife. The Mayor
may take his place.
Mayor Moore will participate in the
celebration arranged by the Hunting
Park Safe and Sane Fourth Associa-
ton, to be held in Hunting Park, at
York road and Wingohocking street.
The Mayor will make an address at
230 O'Clock in connection with com
munity' singing and a general festival.
The Hunting Park program will begin
with street parade. forming at Erie
avenue and York road. More than
2000 school children will be in the
parade.
William T. Scargle, president Of the
celebration committee, will preside at
the opening exercises at the parks The
invocation will be by the Rev. A. ].
Kimker, pastor of the Erie Avenue
Methodist Church. Miss Martha Rampf,
of the Alexander X. Mcclure School,
will read the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence.
To Give Dance OF Nations
There will be dance of the nations.
followed by sporting events. A band
concert and fireworks display are sched-
uled for the evening.
Another main celebration will be held
at the Logan Fairgrounds. York road
aud Louden street. to be preceded by
parade in which hundreds of Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts and 1000 school
children will MARCH.
The program will open at 1915
o'clock with an invocation by the Rev.
Francis F. Stcver, of the Logan Baptist
Church and chaplain Of the Booth In
fantry, A f. F. Logan Boy Scouts
will give their salute to the flag. and
nftcr Introductory remarks by F.. ]. Laf-
fcrty. president of the Logan Improve
m"nt League Frank Kessler. school
boy, will read the Declaration of In
dependence.
In the afternoon there will be base
ball game and band concert. At night
there will be band concert and com
munty singing and a display of fire
works in Stenton Park. Sixteenth street
aud Wyoming avenue. The presiding
officer at the exercises will be William
!. Weir. Jr. George W. Freeman will
be rofNree of sports.
Holmesburg will co operate with the
CITY in staging an elaborate parade and
historic pageant.
The parade will start at Q o'clock in
The afternoon from the Thomas Holme
Library. Frankford avenue and Hartei
street. and will proceed to Pennypack
Park.
Members of the G. A. r.. American
Legion, school children In costume, fra
ttnrnal. patriotic and civic societies of
HoImesburg will be in line. M. G.
AFreS VIII be marshal of the parade.
Legion Post to Get Purse
Following a review of the parade ar
Pcunypack Park. George A. Morrison
will present to the Charles p McNlen-
amy Post, No. 17S, American Legion.
gift Of $4,000 donated by the people
ot holmcsburg toward the posts build
Ing fund.
There will be an exhibition of folk
and classical dancing. followed by re
'r"shments. In the evening 40 bows
aud girls will present a series of tab.
"a,!N depicting the growth of America.
NlnsSeSslng patriots will enjoy a his !
''rl'aI pageant, two parados. athletic
contests and orations. to be followed in
me evening by a display of fireworks.
:, ''ie6rations wi be held Monday at
me following points in the city and
suburbs: '' anu
r. hlsSey Recreation Center: Athletic
,."nter; Relfield Center: Lawndal and
to'tman streets; Sherwood Improvement
Association, Limekiln pike and Wash,
,ngton; 'livoden Park, johnson and
Mnsgrave; Disston Recreation Center
Eleventh and York streets square; Fun.
n"Id recreation Center: WingohockInp
ana Courtland Happy Hollow Center:
ppwiers, Oil Cloth Works. Hunting
LLDrk; hlngsessing; north side Wingo.
,nncklng, Front to Eighth. south side
llsherS Newmarket and Green Broa1
N"rth Sixty eighth avenue. west side
"ct ''ld York road; Fifty second west ro
ET,'Nty'i fifth, north of Lansdownd oyenuc
lIortS second ward: Pennypack Park
Gorgas Park: Sherwood Rocreat,nn
r,,"nt"r; Stenton Center: Starr Garden
nn"n'er Fernhill Park, Wissahickon ana
MM11D"rtS avenues; ,Waterview Center
nmhllehall Commons: WcstmoreIanG
recreation Center; Fifty sixth between
NMiaSS!!er ana Media; between Master and
Media; Connell Park; Seventy. seconG
street and Elmwood avenue: Seventh
ana Dickinson streets; Cohocksink Cen.
yer Eotteral Square Francisvjlle Cen
ter' henSington Center; Wayne Junc-
non, Germantown McCoach RecreatI tIon
'enter; Broad. at Plaza between Ore
f"n and johnson streets; Mascher ana