Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-09-01
GREAT PROGRAM
ON LABOR DAY
1920 Labor Day Celebration To
Be a Memorable Event In
Willmar


some style. This national holiday, de-
d1cated to the cause of labor, has never
before been observed by public exer-
cises at Willmar. Organized labor has
taken the initiative this year and are
putting on big doings for the afternoon
and evening. All the people Of the city
and country districts are invited to
participate in the celebration.
At 1:l5 o'clock p. m. the Willmar
Band will strike up stirring music at
the court house yard. At 1870 a short
speaking program will be put on. At
2:30 o'clock the parade will start 1t
will form on Fifth street, head at Beck
er Avenue and extended southwards.
Order of March:
Color Bearer and Guards.
Willmar Band.
Speakers and Escort.
Labor Organizations and Floats.
Farmers Organizations.
Baseball Teams.
Willmar Fire Department.
Veteran Organizations and Civic Bodies.
Floats of Business Houses.
All other bands or drum CORDS at
tending will be given places in the par
ade.
AS far as possible all participants in
the parade are expected to- march.
Line of March:
From Fifth Street West on Becker
to Eighth Street; North to Litchf1eld;
East on Litchfield Avenue; and across
Overhead Bridge to Homewood Park.
At Homewood Park there will be big
doings all afternoon and evening.
nd
will take place. Fifty dollars in cash
prizes will be distributed among the
youngsters.
Refreshments will be sold at Home
wood Park thruout the afternoon and
evening.
The speakers Of the day will include
Atty. Tom Sullivan of St. Paul, Rev. O.
}. kvale of Benson; Homer Cook of
Minneapolis, Gale Plagman and others.
Rev. Kvale will speak in the evening
at the park.
At $3.50 o'clock the base ball game
will be called at the new Willmar Base
ball Associations Park in the east part
of the city. The contending clubs will
be Willmar VS.. Fort Smelling, and a.
fast game Is looked for.
At eight o'clock p. m. the evening
meeting opens at Homewood Park.
Music and speaking will provide an in
teresting session. The celebration will
close with big display of Martini;
Fireworks secured for tho. occasioa
from Fort Dodge, Iowa.
No autos will be permitted to pass
down along the lake thru the park. A
committee of ten labor mon have been
detailed to see that cars are properly
parked N. P. Nelson's pasture will be
utilized for checking cars. Any auto
owner can check his car there at NOM
inal charge and be reasonably certain
of it's safety and getting it out when
he wants it. To get to the checking
ground turn west two blocks from the
bridge and then north to the foot of
Manila Avenue.
The members Of some of the larger
committees are the following:
Parade-Carl Freeberg, Paul Borgan,
VIM. Thunstedt. Gust. Newberg, Harry
Anderson, Harry Strandberg.
Stands and Refreshments-N. P. Mel
son, Ed. Anderson, VIM. Nelson, Botnen
and Monson, with authority to name as
sistants.
Amusements at HomeWood-Sam
Evans, Eben Lawson, Hans Johnson
and Hugh Campbell.
Decorations-Joe G. Larson, Sander
Broberg, Enock Rudbeck and Emil
Wahlstrand.
Parking Cars-Oscar Pearson, Torger
S1etten, Martin Peterson, Frank Holm
berg, Ed Reed John Nygaard, George
Brown, Christ Nelson, Chet. Lambert,
John Bake.