Evening star., 1921-07-04
July 4 EXERCISES !.
. ARE HELD IN GROVE
Takoma Park Celebration
Includes Street Parade
of War Veterans.

July was appropriately celebrated
today by the citizens of Takoma Park
with a street parade. with attractive
floats concluding with rally and
celebration in the grove adjoining
the T;.koma Presbyterian Church. cor
ner Maple and Tulip avenues. The
parade started promptly at 10 O'Clock
from in front of the Takoma Park
public school and. headed by Mayor
James l.. Wilmeth as garnd marshal.
marched through the princlpal streets
of the suburb to the disbanding point
Following the grand marshal and
his staff came veterans of the ctVll
war: Takoma Post. Veterans OF FOR
eign Wars. commanded by heupen
Day. post commander: unattacned
ma Park Community Band. under the
dictatorship of DR.. Earl *. Holt, ana
then the section Of floats.
other Leading Features.
The Takoma Presbyterian Church sec
ton was headed by H. S. Deck. as mar
shall. A feature of this section was the
flag tower. carried by the members OF
the junior department OF the Suhaay I.
school Following came Troop u. bos
scouts of Takoma Park, under Fred l..
Harries. scoutmaster. and Troop %,
also of Takoma Park. under Maj. FRANK
Norman, Scoutmaster, WIN noa's
h;biting bridge building and slgiial to"e
construction. The float OF Cir SOU
Troop, No. ;, under the leadership OF
Lieut. Helen Smith. was an eAh.oi. ~ -;
the instruction being given the G'r's IN
domestic sciences. The troop was ioi-
lowed by The Camp Fire Girls Circle III
charge of Mrs w. c. Johns.
The Baptist section. with harry VI.
I NO
of III. features of which was an eHhip''
nf the conservation of natoilal re-
snurces-the natural resources repre-
sente1 by girls as wild flowers and ooSS =
~. tr.es 4 float entitled Our ReilGloii
! disn;ayed a church in the WILDWOOD. "r''
a bell hung in the b"lfry' WIN ,;ds o.; ~
ella playing an organ on the lhs'ue VI
| the church ,,,,dsd nv
I.sse c Suter president OF Tue
Tnkoma Park Citizens Association' .
! marshal. The units in this sectiol'
included, in addition to the laho.a
! ,,itizrns Association. the Civic STUDY
Ciuh Homr Interest Club. Horticul.
/ tnr,i club. Takoma Park. Md. schooi
| and Takoma Park Chamber OF Coii
I m.rce This section was followed os
| the automobile division. with Couhcii.
man H. b. Hendrick as marshai. - =.
! large number of machines were IN
! Ilne. ali appTopl idlSiS
| the occasion.
! Patriotic Exercises.
At the terminus of the parade those
in line took up their places in the
! grove and participated in patrlotlc
! celebration. Representative Ira u
| Hersey of Maine. who resides III
! Takoma Park presided The program
opened with the playing OF The Star
Ix- ha
Park Community Band. followed by
the presentation of the colors by the
Takoma Park Post of the Veterans OF
| Foreign Wars: salute to the colors
led by the civil war veterans. Spanish
war veterans, world war veterans
Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts and CamI
Fire Girls.
The invocation was pronounced by
Few. T. Franklin Bryan. pastor OF
the Takoma Park Seventh Day Ad.
vrntist Church. Repre- sentative viii.
liam J. Graham of Illinois. also 8
resident of the park. then introduced
the speaker of the day. Repre- eSenta
tive Walter F. Lineberger of Ions
Beach. Calf. a veteran of the worlc
war. who was twice wounded during
his fifteen months with the A. e. F
in France. At the conclusion Of hi:
address the audience sang america,
led by Mr. Lawson and Rev. Thomas
G. Clark, pastor of the Takoma Parl
Presbyterian Church. pronounced th'
Eencdictien. The Takoma Park Com
!. munity Band rendered several selec
ti0ns, concluding the afternoons pro
!, gram.
The committee in charge was com
, posed of Harry G. Heiges. chairman
; Walter c. Trey. secretary: John r
Adams. Rev b. Franklin Bryan. Mrs
Otto l.. Veerhoff. Miss Mary S. Ran
, kin. c. E. Garnsey and c. A. ReeC
Along the line of march the citizen
paid tribute as the paraders passe
by 4 number of visitors from tn
, city took advantage Of the day an
| wi eSS..l the "a de