The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-14
GIGANTIC DISPLAY
OF FIREWORKS WILL
ENTERTAIN ON 4TH

Peerless purple pyrotechnics," as
well as those of every other color,
feature the 153-piece rainbow hued dis
play that will entertain citizens of
Wayne and Preble counties. guests of
Richmond, from 8 o'clock until mid
night of July 4.
Through the efforts of Elmer Egge
meyer, chairman of the fireworks COM
mittee and of the other members, who
are Karl Meyers, Ed Wilson, George
Zwissler, DR.. Herbert Thompson, Jo-
seph H. Mills, Elmer Harter, and Ray
Weisbrod, member by virtue of his Of
flee as chairman of the general COM
mittee an expensive and elaborate fire
works display has been arranged for,
sufficient to entertain the whole
countryside as well as the visitors who
gather at Roosevelt Field, the site of
the exhibition.
The company furnishing the ex-
plosives also will send a crew to man
age the display with a superintend-
ent who will remain with his men, in
case of rainy weather on the Fourth
until it is possible to give the display,
thus positively assuring the exhibit
ton
Niagara Falls.
A representation of Niagara Falls, a
solid sheet of fire, 80 by 100 feet
square, starting with silver spray
and progressing through a crimson and
green illumination effect that will give
hazy fog effect, is probably the great
est show piece of the display. How
kever, it is nearly equalled by others,
ichrysanthemum shells, an American
| Beauty Rose, with buds and green
foliage, an electrical thunder storm
with hundreds of flashes, a tree OF
Liberty occupying a space of II by "a
feet are some of the pieces.
A matchless display of color har
monies is indicated as the principal
characteristic of the fireworks, every
color alone and in all possible combi
nations, being used in the set pieces
and the rockets and Roman candles
without which no celebration would be
complete. A space of 100 by 800 feel
will be roped off for the arrangement
of the set pieces, and a crew of mer
under the direction of ]. H. Gasthoff
of Danville, H., will spend four full
days in erecting them.
Lilac and yellow, golden, emerald
crimson and green, silver, red anC
green, blue and orange, purple anC
yellow are some of the color effect!
achieved in the rockets In addition
many peculiar and beautiful form,
with some unique designs, will b.
painted in the sky. The willow, bou
quets, gold rain, an electrical serpen
are few of the rockets while Their
also is one which gives a musical con
/, cert all its own. Parachute rocket
and duration rockets are included also
: lighting up the landscape for severa
, minutes at a time as they hang in tn
| sky.
; laundering detonations in ever
section of the city will waken tn
Richmond branch of Young Amer
ca at daybreak Tuesday morning. Tn
city is divided into four sections, eac
section firing "a salutes. The frs
salutes will be fired in the outskirt
of the city, later salutes being fire
in the more central sections, an
working in until each of the four
visions has fired its "a salutes, enc
ing in the center of the city.
To Decorate Streets.
, Visitors to the city on that day wi
find the streets decorated from en-
to end, in appropriate manner for tn
celebration. Committees in charge {
decorations are planning to put thel
: up several days ahead of time, so thu
= weekend visitors may realize Ricl
mond preparations and make the
plans to attend during the day.