The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-30
FIREMEN'S DAY
Big Time in PennS Grove To-
morrow Saturday.. Great
Crowd of Visitors Expected

All roads will lead to Penns
Grove to morrow Saturday and with
good weather and other conditions be-
ing favorable the town will be filled
chock-a-block with fremen and others
from every part of Salem, Gloucester
and Cumberland Counties.
The occasion for all the fuss will be
the housing of the fire departments
handsome new La France motor fire
apparatus. For weeks the members
of Liberty Fire Company, No. l, nave
been making preparations for this
big event and today they rested long
enough to say they believe they have
all arrangements perfected for giving
to the people the largest and most
elaborate demonstration of its KIND
ever witnessed in Penns Grove-a
fremen's parade.
Firemen in uniform with their APP
p~aratus and bands from several towns
in Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester
Counties have accepted invitations to
take part and no doubt the parade VIII
be strictly up-to-date IN every partlc-
ular.
In addition to the parade there will
be interesting ceremonies ~lncldental
to housing the new pumper. These
will take place in and about the Bor-
ough hall, Main and State Streets.
The parade will start at 2 Z. NJ,
the line forming on Delaware Avenue
and Penn Street and marching east on
Main Street to Broad, South on Broad
to Maple Avenue, East on Maple Ave
nue. to Railroad, countermarch to
Broad Street, North on Broad Street
TO Railroad, ~countermarch to Main
Street. West on Main Street to Rail
road and dismiss, Judges stand will
be at tie Borough hall.
There is a large list of prizes to be
given out and the competition Will be
lively.
MANY residences and business places
have been prettlly decorated, the Bor-
ough hall among them. At this point
a reviewing stand has been erected
where the Judges will decide upon who
are the winners of the prizes.
The Penns Grove band will march
with Liberty Fire Company and the
Mayor and Council, who will be hon
ored by a prominent place In the hhe;
Union Company, of Salem, Will
bring a big delegation in uniform ac-
companied by the Twelfth Regiment
Band. 1t is their hope to take home
some of the, prizes.
The companies from other towns
who have accepted invitations Will al
so have bands and there will be plenty
of music to enliven the occasion.
A luncheon will be served to the
fremen at Liberty Company's head
quarters in tie Borough hall after the
ceremonies.
There will also be a vaudeville per-
Torrance at the Globe theatre and
another at the DUPONT Club, so the
time of the visitors will be pretty well
taken up.
Penns Grove. of course, will not
compete for any of the prizes, but they
will make a handsome showing in the
parade with a fine band, their new APP
paratus, a delegation in fire-fighting
outfits and still another in handsome
new parade uniorms
The committee which has worked so
hard and faithfully in making ar
rangements for the big event feel that
they have left nothing undone towards
making the occasion a great success.
lllGN dIG ~. y. AhOClONhCN, CliolLllIHI'
David Johnson, Chief; F. Harry Eli
oft, Fred A. Gentieu, George NJ.
Pyne, Dennis C. Fahy, Frank Rose,
Walter Mckinley, William Adams,
Nelson Munyon, Adelbert Simkins,
Walter Edgar.
Contributions of money and other
needful things have been generous
and the committee feels grateful to all
contributors. The lumber for the
judges stand was furnished by Man
ager Rindell of the House Wrecking
Company and the necessary hardware
by R. F Willis & Bro. The work was
done by the firemen.
All set! Let's go!
The prizes to be won at the fire
mems parade Saturday afternoon are
now on exhibition in the show win
dows Of F. H. Elliott, % West Main
Street.