The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-19
THOUSAND AUTOS
IN PARADE PLAN
FOR GRADY FAIR
Chamber Of Commerce Planning on
Mammoth Demonstration; Prizes
Offered for Organization
Of kiost Cars.

How many automobiles can be AZ
aemblcd In Chckaaha at a given
time hnd for one purposeg
That "a the question the Chamber
OF Commerce of Chlckaaha has
undertaken to answer To arrive at
the correct count. the chamber "
planning q mammoth parade OF ears
TO be held on tho first day OF tho
Grady County Fair. watch IL Tuos.
day. September 20. The chamber IL
working In connection with the auto
mobile dealers, garages, accessory
shops and gas stations and the pro
moters OF the event believe that
1000 automobiles will be seen In
the line OF march. Two prizes are OF.
fered, one for $50 and second prize
OF s95 10 the organization having the
most cars in the parade
A letter from the Chamber OF
Commerce. which Is being sent to
all schools, clubs. lodges. churches.
etc, in the county, explaining the
entire plan follows:
'In order to see how many auto
mobiles can be assembled in one
place in Grady county at one time,
the fair committee is offering first
prize Of $1,000 and a second prize
OF $500 to the organization having
the most cars In parade on the
opening day Of the fair, Tuesday,
September 20. No expense is neces-
sary; no decoratons-all that will be
necessary is for each organization to
appoint two captains who will have
direction of their particular division,
and who will each carry banner OF
some character showing the name OF
their organization, one captain in
the first car and one in tho last car
OF each division. AS the parade pass
es through the entrance to the fair |
grounds, members OF the committee |
will be stationed on each side of the |
entrance and will count the cars In |
each division. All cars in line be- |
tween the first and last captain, and |
including the captains, will be |
I counted fol the organization they |
represent. The organization having |
the most cars in line will receive |
the first prize and the organization |
having the second largest number
will receive second prize.
Any organization is eligible.
Oranges, lodges, labor organizations,
clubs, schools, churches, or any COM
pany competing in this contest. 1t is
not necessary that every driver be
a member of the same Grange, lodge,
club, represented, simply that he
Join with them in this contest.
"The parade win start at 10:30
Tuesday, Sept, 20, from the city
hall. Cars will form preparatory to
Joining in the parade by divisions, II
on the streets leading into Chickasha
avenue and Sixth street, that is,
Kansas avenue, north and south
Sixth street, West Chckasha ave-
nue. and Choctaw avenue. The line
of march will be east on Chickasha
avenue to Second street, north on
Second street to Choctaw avenue II
and east to the fair grounds.
"The parade will be led by
band, and there will be many other
features, but prizes only offered to
the greatest number of cars repre-.
sented as above outlined. Get in this
contest, oranges, clubs, lodges,
schools. There is no expense and
someone will win the prize. Call on
your friends and neighbors to Join
with you and help you win this prize
No matter in what part of the county
you live, a little effort on the part
Of few live ones will assemble
enough cars to win this prize Fifty
dollars will come in handy for your
grange or school library. Let us
make this the largest parade ever
assembled in southwest Oklahoma.
1t will be worth while to see it.
There should easily be 1000 cars in
line. The only requirements are that
each organization shall have two
captains, one at the front and one at
the rear of each division CARRYING
the name of the organization. and
that the captains be responsible for :
their division being kept compact
and in line