The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-06
GIGANTIC PARADE OF |
SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF
COUNTY HELD HERE

Floats, automobiles and children ga
lore filled Main street from the court
house to the tabernacle in one solid
parade Saturday afternoon when the
Wayne County Sunday School asso-
citation met in Richmond for its annual
conference.
Lead by file of policemen, Rich
mond's finest, and the American Lee
s1on band, the column of floats and
cars took nearly half an hour to pass
Eighth and Main.
First in line after the cars con-
tanning the county association officials
came Abingdon township, with a truck
on which was small model of a coun-
try church, with the children in front
OF 1t, then came Boston township in
automobiles, and Clay with a float
representing the past and present, in
which two groups of students were
being taught by the old and new meth
DDS of Sunday school practice, follow
ed by IA cars.
CentervilIe's Part.
Centerville, the Whitewater churches
with bower of flowers on their
truck, filled with children, singing
Wayne and Middleboro, followed next.
with Fountain City Friends with nine
cars of children, and ending the county
section.
The first Of the city Sunday schools
was Whitewater Friends, preceded by
an American flag with color guard
of eight boys. South Eighth Street
Friends followed with float depict
ir,r IL
a Quakerbonnetted lady teaching the
class.
Buds of Promise" was the label on
the big white float of the First Meth
odist church. In the center of the
float a huge white cross stood, with
the children groups on seats at the
ends. AS they passed. the childre,
sang Brighten the Corner Where You
Are"
st. PauI's Church
st. Paul's Lutheran church had 95
scholars on foot and six cars follow
ing, while the Union Mission fur
| nished the most spectacular float in
the parade, huge white cross,
marked Rock of Ages" carried on a
trailer behind the Sunday school,
group.
East Main Street Friends were rep
resented by float carrying scholars
and followed by automobiles bearing
West Richmond Friends also had
members of the T. Y. F. class. The
truck load of school children and one
car carrying the banner of the Es-
peranza class, beside six cars of chill
dren.
Telling Feature
A soldier receiving doughnuts at
the front line, poor woman receiving
aid from a Salvation Army lassie, and
a derelict man being prayed over by
/ member of the Salvation Army did not
need any sign to designate its origin
It was followed by about 40 children
on foot, representing their Sunday
school work
A huge banner marked Richmond
for Christ preceded the five cars of
the Baptist Sunday school, while the
United Brethren occupied IL cars, pre-
coded by small truck loaded with
children.
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/ A broad float, carrying representa-
/ ton of all branches of the Sunday
/ school work, and with girls represent
ing Home and Foreign Missions perch
ed on the corners, carried the colors
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followed by IL cars labeled with the
name of the church.
/ More than a hundred cars, and al
most thousand children took part il
the parade.
The parade ended at the tabernacle,
where the program for the afternoon
was opened Immediately. Homer
Rodeheaver of the Sunday party dem
onstrated magic tricks, and c. w. Bru-
baker, of Ohio, made the principle ad-
j dress.