Evening journal., 1922-07-12
.BOYNEBATTLE
ISCELEBRATED
1900 Visiting Orangemen
Welcomed by Mayor After
Parade
SPORTS, SPEECHES
AT SHELLPOT PARK

or Orangemen, louseS, ana the WO-
mems auxiliaries Of the order in
Philadelphia. journeyed TO. this city
.sss afternoon on the Wilson Line 10
join with the Star of Bethlehem
Lodge of this city in the 232d ami
versary of the Battle of the Boyne.
The celebration is being held at
Shellpot Park this afternoon and
tonight. The Orangemen of the two
cities. together with those from
neighboring points marched from
Fourth street wharf of the Wilson
10 Line to the Public Buildings, where
they were welcomed by Mayor
Leroy Harvey. who was introduced
by Alexander r. Abrahams, mem
ber of City Council. The responses
were made by William A. Dunlap
,,rpast supreme grand master OF the
order. and Hugh Creelman, both OF
the Philadelphia lodge.
The lodgemen were due to arrive
here AT IL O'Clock but owing TO the
large number who made the trip to
: this city the boat was delayed for an
hour. II was announced on arrival
here that the Government inspectors
in Philadelphia had refused TO al
low any more passengers abroad the
boat and several hundred had TO wait
for the one o'clock boat this after
noon. The visitors we're met at
Fourth street wharf by members Of
= Star of Bethlehem lodge and Pride
of Delaware Lodge. No. 202, the wo-
d. mems auxiliary.
The men wore straw hats with an
orange colored band and the women
. were dressed in white dresses and
wore hats made OF orange colored 1
crepe paper. The local lodgemen
b were headed by Robinson's band. A ]
platoon Of police headed by Sergeant |
Hahn led the line OF march.
- The visiting lodgmen were accom- |
panied by the p. r. T. Kiltie Band /
and they made a hit with their /
, kiltie costumes. They were accom-
panied by George Coote. NJ. p. Of /
England Grandmaster of England.
+, II. II. Lyans. grandmaster of Ire
land is expected to be one Of the
sspeakers at the celebration at She'll
pot Park during the afternoon.
other speakers will be Supreme
Grand Master George W. Stewart,
s.of Clinton; the Rev. George Lem
mon, of Chester, Past Supreme
Grand Master r. F. Brown. of Chi
/. ,cago. and the Rev John Steinmetz.
of this city.
The Philadelphia members in the
tparade was led by William A. Dun
nap. Past Supreme Grand Master,
with William Elliott and William
swright as grand marshals. assisted
Iby Thomas T. Carlisle, william Kill
dare and Hugh Creelman.
One OF the feature lodges in line
was the Marine Lodge. organized
SINCE the World War and composed
OF former service men.
In introducing Mayor Harvey at
the Public Buildings Councilman
,Abrahams said:
you are here for a day Of re-
creation and pleasure and hence you
do not desire TO spend too much
time at this spot. even though 1t Is !
one Of our show places.
I'VE are proud Of this public
suuare-we are proud OF our city
and its people and we are always
pleased to have visitors. We claim
Wilmington is a regular city and
that It ranks with any city its size
IN the world. We wish you had time
20 go around our city and see why
we boost.
I'VE also have real people here
They are always alert and full lof
pep. We have a mayor that sets I
the pace. He is a regular fellow. !
He takes care of present require 6
meDts, has a splendid knowledge Of Y
the past and always keeps an eye s
on the future. He is at the beck a
and call OF his constituents at all r
times and can talk on almost any,l
subject, or any place. He can tell v
you the history of Wilmington from Il
the very start and II you go up in Il
his Office he can illustrate his talk
with numerous historical maps and T
pictures.
The man 1 refer to Is here to
welcome you and I'll let him con-
sumo the remainder OF the time set
aside for speeches. I take great
pleasure in introducing the Hon Z,
Leroy Harvey. Mayor of Will o
mlngton." .,
Mayor Harvey. in his address. re- ~
ferred TO the, visit of the Orange N
men to this city a year ago. when he a,
welcomed them. That, he SAID. was =,
his first official act and he said il o,
WIS a pleasure to again extend the
freedom OF the city to the lodgemen
and their families. The fact that the
iodgemen had again visited this city. G
be said was a compliment and he W
4 ished the visitors a good time. W
Z The response was made by Mr.. W
Ereeland who said that the Loyal p,
order Of Orangemen stood for free di
dom Of thought, speech and liberty al
end its members stood ready to die so
for their cause. The Phlladelphlans. 70
he said, believed in a real mayor
such as Wilmington had.
Among those in the Philadelphia
division who marched over the p,
route was Thomas Redman aged o.
s. years. who Joined the order in II
1852. Mr.. Redman was with the Al
lodgemen year ago, when they Wis er
tied this city. be
Following the welcome extended =
them by Mayor Harvey, the lodge Or
men proceeded to Thirteenth and wi
Market streets where they boarded Pa
cars for Shellpot Park.
At the park, speechmaking, sports tic
and games are being enjoyed. Mrs. liq
Ethel Wilson will entertain the chill Ce
dren with games. The local speak wi
ers will be the Rev. Edgar Jones, of tn
Newark, and the Rev. n. y. Cal ba
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