The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-11-12
Of
'ARMIsT|CE DAY.
IS RECORD HERE
Union Services. Parade. Sing Song
Al Complete Successes. Putting
Over Greatest Event In
chlekashs.
MANY FEATURES MAKE
PARADE BIG SPECTACLE
"Les, We Forget" Depleted by Legion
Float; Marehers. Band. Cars
Make Up Two Mile Column;
Award. Prizes.

Ch'ckasha was there staged an event
81 any nature which was such
compleic success M the Armlatlce
day celebration here yesterday. feat.
urlng the union services yesterday
morning. the parade yesterday snort.
b, afternoon. aud the slng.song Inn
mcdlalcly following the parade.
Promptly at 1880 the hour an
nounccd. the parade swung into mo.
tion from iis position at Ninth
street and chlckasha. First IN line
were the Colors. borne by Clarence
Young In a naval uniform while Win
ton Watkins and Ray corbet In
army uniforms formed the color
guard.
The Chickasha band followed next
at the head Of the section OF
American Legion and ex-service
marchers In platoon formation. The
cheering that greeted the head OF
the LegIons division was always
hushed as the end OF the section
was noted. Following his comrades
and cndeavorIng to keep time to
the rythmic steps OF the marching
column hobbled an cx.soldIer on
crutehes. adding a touch OF pathos
that brought home the real GRIM
ness Of war.
The ex-soldler was William Monk
ers, Co. c. 357th Infantry, who on
September ~. 1918 at st. Mihiel, re-
eeived five machine gun bullets in
the right hip. His leg was saved
but IL is stiff and three inches of
bone have been taken out of the
right hip.
Every Section a Feature
To pick out feature of the pa
rade would be hard task, for
every section was a feature In IT,
self. City and county officials, num-
bers of floats and decorated cars,
marching bodies representing vari-
GUS organizations and schools of the
city, combined to make up the pa
rade. which was estimated to be
about two miles in length.
One OF the floats, that of the
American Legion, drove home more
clearly than any other, the thought
Of Armistice Day. This float depicted
Flanders field where the "poppies
grow, among the crosses row on
row. On the sides of the float
We're emblazoned the words, LEST
We Forget
Many varied and beautiful were
the floats and decorated cars. The
Legion's float did not compete for
the prizes offered by local mer-
chants. The judges awarded prizes
as follows: Floats-"Madelon en-
tered by the French class at the
Q. G. w. first; Rotary, second Ki-
wants, third. The winner in this
class depicted a French scene at a
hut behind the lines Marching be-
side the float were members Of
"Cerclt Marie Durand" the Frensh
club at O. G. w. singing "Madelon,"
the French song that was so popu-
lar with the French soldiers. Judges
were: L. Hoflingsworth of Amber,
Mrs. Wylie Bryant of Verden and
H. c. Lane of Chickasha.
In the decorated car class the
winners we're: Elks, first, Eastern
Star, second; Volunteers Of America,
third. The judges were: Mrs. M. F.
lizard, Chickasha; Mrs. George Deit-
rick, verden and c. M. Roosevelt,
of Pocasset.
The marching sections proved to
be exceedingly good. The Junior
and Senior high schools had entered
marching bodied. Especially good
was the 0. C. w. section where sew
eral hundred girls, with o. C. w.
flags floating and headed by Presi-
dent G. w. Austin. trudged and re-
ceived cheers all along the line OF
march. Also, the Trades council had
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