The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-11
HISTORICAL
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Probably the most elaborate and
costly float in the parade was the one
entered by the Richmond lodge of
Elks. AS the immense structure
moved majestically down Main street
the crowds chorused it's admiration.
NO spectacle to equal it had ever be-
fore been seen in Richmond
The Elks' main float was struc-
ture seventy feet long and twenty feet
wide. was hauled by Ford chassis
on which was mounted a smaller float
beautifully decorated
The central figures on the main
float were group Of children riding
glded horses on merry-gO-round
The float was dedicated to the child
rem of America, and the title sign the
float bore read:
Those for Whom We Fought"
On the rear deck of the main float
was a girl dressed as Red Cross
nurse, seated in an immense gilded
seashell. On one side of her stood
soldier, At her other side stood a
sailor.
Mounted on the foredeck of the
float was a facsimile of an Elk, his
head held proudly-the emblem of
the order. AS the float moved along
VIC hiddlSS lliouIlISd Oll tllcl1 SIueu
chargers revolved about the large tur-
ret OF their merry gO-rOund
The deck of the float was strewn
with artificial grass, except where the
elk stood. About the elk artificial
pine cones had been placed. On each
corner of the balustrade surrounding
the float was large vase containing
quantities of American Beauty roses.
The top of the merry go-round turret
was covered with velvet hung to small
gilded elk heads. The sides of the
float We're painted red. white and
blue in a cloud effect At the center of
each side was large American shield
supported by gilded angel figures.
A profusion of artificial flowers,
originally costing over 800, were
strewn about the float.
, The float was obtained by the Rich
mond Elks from the Lima lodge of
Elks, which had won second prize
with it in the pageant held at Chicago
| last summer during the national con-
vention of the Grand Lodge of Elks.
Boston Township
Peace" was the title of beautiful
| float entered by Boston township. A
| large dove, emblematic of peace two
| feet in diameter. was in the center of
|
| stretched to the four corners where
sat little children, representing, a
soldier, a sailor. the Red Cross, and
the Salvation Army. The national
colors were profusely used in en-
bellishing the float.
I Knights of Columbus.
The knights of Columbus section of
| the big pageant was a beautiful and
impressive spectacle.
Leading the X. Of C. delegation was
the grand knight of the Richmond
council R. L. Adams, on horseback.
He was followed by the priests of
the Richmond Catholic churches,
Fathers Cronin, Roell, Zepf, and Ro-
dutskey, and by Father Hylan of Ea-
ton and Father German OF Cambridge
| City.
| Next in line were one hundred
marching girls. all dressed in white,
wearing chapeaus of white and vel
low, the X. of c. colors and each car
! ryng a long-stemmed yellow chrysan-
themum. They represented the splen-
did womanhood of America in whose
defense the American forces fought
in the World War. These young
women were led by a girl on horse
back
! Following the young women came a
victoria carriage of former years
drawn by two horses. in which sat a
wounded soldier and wounded sailor,
| both veterans of the late war, the Rev.
Wicke, of Newcastle, Ind, who saw
hard service throughout the war with
one of the fighting divisions, and Miss
| Mcnamara, of New York, who was
one of the first American women to
go to France with the American
troops, and who served during the
war as a X. OF c. secretary.
The victoria was beautifully decor
ated in the colors of the order, pro-
fusion of yellow chrysanthemums