Arizona republican., 1921-12-17

 II Phone Mesa 1R2 FORD CELEBRATION
 IN MESA TODAY ID
 DRAW LARGE CROWD MESA, Dec 16.-Final plans for Mesa's big celebration of Ford day on Saturday were concluded Friday with everything pointing to dis tinct success from all standpoints. With more than hundred prizes to give away varying from Ford tour ing car down to individual prizes by the various business houses. the cele- bration committee is certain that Mesa's unprecedented offers for the
  day will attract Ford owners and other autoists from all parts of the state and arrangements have been made to entertain a big crowd.
 Following is the program for the day:
 Morning
 S:00 Registration booth opens. 10:00 Parade formation First street. 10:30 Parade
 11:30 Backward race.
 11:45 Slow race.
 Afternoon
 1:30 Novelty race.
 1:45 Ford tug g-of-war.
 200 Ford stopping in shortest dis
 tance without skidding tires. 2:30 14-mile race for Ford touring
 models.
 2:45 Woman who changes tire in
 quickest time.
 800 14-mile race. Ford roadsters
 and truck chassis.
 s:45 2o-mile race for stripped Fords.
 Evening
 7:00 Band concert, Main and Mac
 Donald streets.
 7:so Presentation of Ford from plat
 form.
 S:15 Dance.
 s:00 Awarding of capital prizes at
 L. D. $. Auditorium, during
 dance.
 All Ford cars will be expected to register as soon as they come into town at the registration booth in front of the Nets building on North form on East First street and the fire whistle, gas plant whistle and other alarms will be sounded at 10 o'clock to let the town know the parade is coming. Awarding of miscellan- eous prizes and the backward and slow races will be the attractions in the forenoon following the parade. In the afternoon the program will be carried out on schedule, with the three speed races featuring the card. Awarding of the Ford, the free dance in the auditorium and awarding of the capital prizes will constitute the evenings program.
 All events of the day will be free to everyone and a record crowd is expected.
 GO and Get It" at Majestic Marshall Neilan in his latest photo play, "Go and Get It." coming to the Majestic on Saturday, has shown what might occur if some great mon- ster with uncanny strength and a mans brain should be turned loose in some big city. In the Neilan picture some amazing and thrilling things occur before the monster is finally killed The Majestic will open on Saturday at 11:45 a. m. and run a continuous show until Il D. m.
 Legion Boxes Completed
 Fifteen gift boxes from the citi- zens of Mesa will be forwarded on Saturday to the American Legion post in Prescott, where they will be distributed on Christmas day to vet erans of the world war who are in the Whipple Barracks hospital The quota of boxes was raised by volun- teer subscriptions by the citizens or Mesa in response to the local post s appeal. Two full crates of grape fruit also were donated to the post and will be forwarded with the Christmas boxes.
 Mesa people were generous in their response to our call for re- membranes to the boys who are now in the hospitals" said the committee chairman Friday" and we want to thank one and all who contributed for their thoughtfulness in remem- bering the disabled ex-service men at Christmas time" Complete Ford Day Plans The ways and means committee of the Ford Day celeDratlon nelu US final meeting Friday noon at the Coffee Cup cafe. Definite and final plans for the Saturday celebration were laid with every effort directed towards carrying out the program on schedule and without hitch. Primary Bazaar at First Ward The primary department of the First Ward has arranged a unique entertainment for its bazaar on Sat urday afternoon and evening which promises much of interest and out of | the ordinary. The trip of the first Mormon pioneers who crossed the 1 plains from Nauvoo, Illinois. to Salt | Lake City, will be represented Tn detail by paper images made and | laid out by the children of the pri- mary department. The pioneers I themselves, the wagons and oxen they used, their camps, equipment and many other details of their trip across the plains in the early days will be vividly depicted by the model 1 Souvenirs of the trail will be pre- l sented to each pioneer who attends l the bazaar. The bazaar will open | at o'clock Saturday afternoon 1T the First Ward chapel and an en- tertaining program by the childrer l will be given at o'clock funds realized from the bazaar will be used