The Lamar register., 1921-11-16
LAMAR'S BIG CELEBRATION
American Legion and Lamar Have
Biggest Day in Years on the
Anniversary of Armistice
Day.

city last Friday. 1t was so big that
the streets We're crowded all day from
early in the morning until late at
night with n good humored mob that
it was hard to force way through.
1t was so large that only guesses
could be made as to its size, and these
ran all the way from seven to ten
thousand. There was something doing
all the time day and night. and there
was no chance for anyone to get lone
some or feel dull.
Charley Owen was not going to let
anyone beat him to it this time and
just as the clock with a bank chimed
out the final stroke of the midnight
hour he fired the opening gun of the
celebration, and it was humdinger.
His squad commenced again just at
daybreak and kept it up all through
the proceedings at more or less fire.
quent intervals.
The big parade was the striking
event of the day and one of the longest
and most spectacular ever seen in this
section of the state. The newly re-
organized Lamar band led off and the
place of honor in the parade was Civ
en- to the little band of survivors of
the great civil war Their ranks,
which for at least forty years guided
the destiny of this great nation, are
becoming very thin and their hair is
white as the SHOWS of winter, but they
still march with the spirit of '61, and
furnish n great inspiration to the new
generation. At their rear marched
three veterans of the Spanish war, all
Lamar could muster. Then came the
present generators contribution to
the nations glory, the American
Legion, stalwart bunch of veterans
of the world war, and they were the
chief attraction of the day. They had
with them a beautiful float. an Flan-
ders Field" The two National Guard
companies followed and then a long
line of floats representing various
business houses and organizations.
These in turn were followed by a long
string of decorated autos, and then
hundreds of marching school children
who had enlisted in the health crusade,
carrying banners and in uniform.
The decorations of the autos and
floats were beautiful and expressive
and the job of selecting the prize win
ners was very trying one as it was
hard to choose among so many good
ones. First prize for float was award
ed to Nevius and Myers and for autos
to the Lamar Daily News.
The parade was followed by a street
show in charge of Chas. Wooden. He
had roped off two blocks of South
Main street and all kinds of races
imaginable for boys, girls and grown
ups were staged here to the amuse-
ment of the big crowd and the pleasure
of the kids who won the premiums.
Frank Maxey gave an exhibition of
trapeze work and special tricks in the
railroad park facing the Huddleston
store. He is daring and expert per-
former and his exhibition furnished
many thrills for the large crowd as
his tricks excited both curiosity and
H. Ashley, who had
promised to ride any wild broncho
brought to him, furnished the crowd
with no thrills whatever, as even one
Of the work horses brought to him
got him on the ground.
The big event Of the afternoon was
the football game between the Amer
lean Legion teams of Lamar and Fort
Lyon. The score was almost a dupli-
cate of that of the Sunday before ex-
cept that Lamar failed to kick goal
once leaving the score 13 to 0 in favor
of Lamar. The Legion team has too
much real football talent on it for
any other team in this section of the
state and some outside talent will
have to be imported to beat them. The
crowd at this game was the largest |
ever assembled at football game in |
the valley and was estimated at five
thousand.
The National Guard companies gave
a very entertaining drill on the Cen
trail school grounds after the football |