The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-11


the advance of the enemy.
Eagles.
1.-THE Spirit of the New Republic"
was the subject portrayed by the
Eagles float. A huge white Eagle,
perched on a chair in which woman
was seated, was the dominating figure
From the outstretched wings of the
bird, white, red and blue streamers
ran to the rear of the float where the
Eagles emblem was placed. A SOL
der and sailor stood on each side of
! the raised platform on which the
chair was placed and on the steps
leading to the top were the words,
Liberty. Truth, Justice and Equality"
Four horses drew the float
kiwaris Club
Before a natural background of trees
and shrubbery, William Penn was seen
negotiating a treaty of peace with
American Indians, in the float of the
kiwanis club. Samuel Carton took
the part of the illustrious Quaker and
Ora Stegall was the Indian chief who
received the document. Five Indians
were in the float. which attracted at
tention because of its historical asso.
citation with the pioneer Quaker found
ers of this community The Indians
, Wei Z EdIl hItllIleieI, Earl Bone, LIT
Paul Williams, Ed Cook, William Mar
shall, Miss Masters, and Fred Borton
who was dressed as a squaw.
Railway Carmen.
Time and trouble of the Brotherhood
! of Railway Carmen of America were
amply repaid in the great showing
made by this section. miniature
passenger and baggage coach with
eleven soldiers in uniform with the
number 4617 on the side designating
the month, day and year of the wars
beginning; the steel gondola was
changed from the commonplace coal
car to an attractive feature the pro-
polling of which remains d mystery,
the decorations of flags and bunting
with a huge Is m. m. gun peering over
the side gave a very effective setting.
Number HIS denoting the month,
days and year of the wars close. Be
! tween 300 and 400 men were marching
An automobile decorated for the occa.
sion led the section with Wililam
Scott, master mechanic, William ket-
tie, general foreman of car department
A. w. Kettle, foreman and Frank Peck.
! foreman therein.
Earlham College.
"tSt" al VI pltSthlCu ny
Earlham college, was representative
to the last detail of the period of the
frontier expansion. The portrayal was
educational to those who have only
seen pictures of that period, virtually
every article used was d relic gather
ed from old settlers.
| First came two scouts in buckSkins
a man on horseback. and three mer
, as aids. Then the old schooner which
many years ago came in this same
manner to the country. Old tar buck
cts, guns, powder boxes, saddles, coats
an oven, such as was used in 1919, g
spinning wheel with grandmother sit
ting beside it, rolls of bedding, anc
other old family relics were on the
outfit. Miss Katherine Haviland. o!
Anesbury, Mass, was the old grand
mother, Francis Doan Hole and Aller
Doan, Jr., were two boys; Ruth kirk
of Lyons, Ind, represented a young
matron knitting; Phoebe Mcmillan, Of
Detroit, Mich, was the young cook;
Suzanne Dickson, Of Richmond, was
the little girl.
Railway Blacksmiths
A huge anvil with all blacksmith
tools represented the village smithy's
place in industry, was entered by
the Blacksmiths' union number 563
all of whom are employed at the Penn
Sylvania yards. The truck was pat
riotically decorated.
Railway Trainmen
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men presented a float representing
one of the greatest events in the his
tory of America, the "Declaration o
Independence Five men in the uni
form of the Colonial days, two sittinS
at a table and three standing close by
designated the operation which made
America a free country. The f1oa
was decorated with bunting of the Ma
tiOnal cOlors. and at each corner o
the scene was fastened varied coloret
plumes. Four horses, one team o
blacks and one team of dark grcys
each with a plume, pulled the train
mems float in the procession. Foul
pillars on the bed of.the float support
ed a large canopy top.
Order of Moose
Two old soldiers, dressed in the
Civil war uniforms. the blue and thu
gray, stood with clasped hands ovel
a wrecked cannon on the float of tht
Loyal Order of Moose. 1t symboliZet
the union of the North and South The
cannon, despite it's old-fashioned de
sign, was a ponderous appearing at
!, fair, and served as telling reminde
: of the grim days of the struggle of I'll
Carpenters Union.
Floats showing the various stage
of construction of buildings in thi
country were the exhibits of the vari
: Gus Carpenters and Joiners' Unions il
cooperation with the Painters. The
first stage was that shown in the 10:
cabin exhibit put on by the Local No
2,027, Carpenters and Joiners' Union
! and donated by Garfield Dixon ant
J. w. Thompson. This float als'
showed an old-fashioned surface wei
with the we'll sweep just outside 1h'
bin door. Other floats showed othe
stages of the progress of building de
sign until the final one donated by thu
Miller Kemper company, which show
ed the modern house complete in ever,
detail, the highest development of thu
builders art.
S. S. |. A. Float.
"A Scene in Valley Forge" was tn
title chosen for the exhibit entered b.