Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-06-16
LARGE CROWD
CELEBRATES
June Ia Marks Day of Biggest
Gathering of People In
Ladysmith
OFFICIAL FLAG DAY
AND GAY FORD DAY
Hazel Brakeman Winner of Car In
More Than $500 Persons Regis
tered.-Many Prizes

The weather man smiled on the Ford
day celebration and as a result around
ten thousand people were in Lady
smith to enjoy days recreation. They
came from far and near, imbued with
the holiday spirit and bent ON having
a good time and most of them hopeful
of winning a prize for large number
of prizes were offered and many OF
them were open to all who would take
the trouble to register.
The day was also official flag day
and the town was gay with flags, bunt-
ing and other decorations. A large
number of the business houses and
residences were prettily decorated with
the national cOlors. The Unique thea
ter was thrown open to the public from
10 80 until o'clock and thousands
enjoyed Uthe free movies during the
day.
Old Lady First to Register
The big prize was a Ford touring
car which was given away to the hold
er of the lucky number in a drawing
People began registering for chance
on the car at Z o'clock a. m at the
H. A. Drake company's offices and the
registration continued until p. M,
the closing hour. Mrs. Lucy Pease, sc
years of age, was the first person to
register. She was at the door at 6 30
o'clock and was first in a line which
continued all day to pass through the
Drake cOmpany's garage to register
for the capital prize. Much of the
time there was triple line of people
extending from the door nearly to the
railroad track south of the garage
building, and progress seemed slow to
those in line, but as a matter of fact
the crowd was handled rapidly by a
dozen young lady clerks who took the
names of the registrants and gave each
a number, the numbered coupons 60
ing into a big rotary churn. When
o'clock came over $500 people had
been assigned numbers.
At the r. J. Clark Buick garage an
other registration was going on until
1 o'clock for all prizes except the cap
ital prize and many people passed
through this place.
The Days Program
The LadySmith band gave concerts
during the forenoon, While the people
were gathering from all points of the
compass and put life into the days
pleasures. Soon after u o'clock a
balloon was sent up from in front of
the Helm Implement Co.'S establish
ment on Worden-av. To the balloon
was tied a "pedigreed" paper pig and
to the pigs tail was fastened paper
dollar The pig and the dollar were
offered to the person who would get
them when the frail aircraft should
,alight AS soon as the direction taken
by the balloon was seen to be in a
northeasterly direction, crowd of
boys ran in that direction to get the
dollar-they were not much interested
in the pig. Expecting the balloon to
alight in the bend of the river. they
crossed the e. Third-st bridge but
were bafiled when the prize fiOated
gaily over the river again and beyond
where their legs could carry them
The prize settled to the ground at a
point about five miles northeast of the
city and was captured by Louis
Baumel
About ? o'clock parade of auto
mobiles traversed the city's streets
and included the cars entered in com
petition for prizes. A few were pret-
tily decorated and the Ladysmith Mo
tor Company had an appropriately
decorated float in the parade. Follow
ing the parade a series of races was
the attraction, and Miner-av, between
f. Second-st and W. Second-st, was
the scene of these contests There
were several foot races and bicycle
race. and after these contests Atty. L.
e. McGilI made a speech to a great
/, crowd from a truck at the Rusk Coun.
Wv Bank corner A flag drill by Boy
Scouts followed.
Prize Winners Announced
Shortly after 5 p. m. the prize win
ners in the registration for the Cal
and in the various contests were an
nounced from the platform of q truck
at the intersection of Miner-av and
First-st. On the truck were the com
mfttee and the judges, composed o1
f. w. Kasl, III. s. McHugh. D. ]. Sum
merville and Iver Bergstrom.
When the time came for announcing
the winner of the big prize there was
suppressed excitement, probably eacl
registrant hoping to hear called his ol
=, her number. A truck had driven III
with the number coupons and the two
little girls who were to draw 13 mum
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