The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-07-06
PARADE, SPEAKING, MU-
SIC, SPORTS, BALL GAME,
FIRE. WATER CONTEST.
FIREWORKS, DANCING, ETC.
Record Crowd Visits Julesburg On independence
Day; Julesburg Dressed in Gala Attire And
Visitors Entertained From Early Morning
Until Late at Night; No Accidents or Arrests
Were Reported.

With ideal weather and one of the
largest crowds that ever assembled ir
Julesburg on one occasion, the cele.
bration held in this city under the aus.
pices of the Julesburg Volunteer Fire
Department went over with a bowling
| success, it being generally pronounced
to have been the best event of its
kind ever held here.
It seemed that Dame Fortune was
with the Fire Boys the morning OF
the Fourth, as the day started out
clear and bright with no wind or 9TH
er weather elements to interfere. The
firemen were on the job at sun-up and
busily engaged putting on the finish
ing touches for the days festivities
and everything was in readiness when
at ten o'clock the Julesburg Concert
Band started the ball to rolling by
rendering number of selections.
Then came the big street parade at
10:30 o'clock, which started the line
Of march from the Sedgwick County
High School building and wended its
way through the residence and bust
ness sections of our city. BY the
IlihS Vic pal dOC ISdCIISu Lllt UuSlIl6SS
section it was clearly evident that a
record crowd would be in attendance
at the celebration, as by eleven o'clock
the streets were thronged with peo-
pie and the roads leading into town
were lined with autos bringing in the
visitors.
The parade was a big success in
every way, there being much favorable
comment relative to this feature Of
the program. There were numerous
floats decorated in novel and beauti-
full manner, Marshals of the Day on
horseback, the Julesburg Concert
Band, boy and girl horseback riders.
little children in small wagons, on foot
and otherwise, Julesburg Volunteer
Fire Department, City officials, and
others. The parade was over six
blocks long and presented very
pleasing and beautiful spectacle. The
band furnished music at intervals dur
ing the march.
The celebration was now on in full
swing with the crowd getting larger
all the while. Following the parade
our fellow townsman. Mr.. c. F. Par
ker, delivered the address of welcome
from the speakers platform at the in
tersection Of Second and Cedar streets,
being preceded by the invocation
pronounced by Rev. B. H. Schrader,
pastor of the Church of Christ. Mr..
Parker, in behalf of the Julesburg
Volunteer Fire Department and the
citizens of Julesburg, extended cor
dial welcome to the many visitors and
outlined the program for the day. He
then introduced Rev. E. v. Kuhns,
pastor of the Congregational church.
Rev. Kuhns delivered very impress
sive patriotic address in his usual
pleasing manner, and was greatly. ap-
preciated by his large number Of lis
teners.
At the conclusion of Rev. Kuhns'
address there was an intermission in
the program for the lunch hour, and
hundreds of people assembled on the
courthouse, railroad park and other
lawns, where they enjoyed picnic din
ners in the shade, the day being an
ideal one for this feature. 1t was a
grand sight to see the vast throng of
picnickers gathered around the fes-
tive spreads. Free ice was distribut-
ed to all.
At one o'clock the afternoon pro-
gram commenced with a number of
selections rendered by the Julesburg
Concert Band, and the Harmony Male
Quartet, which was followed by
two hours program of street sports
held on third street just south of the
courthouse. These sports provided
much amusement to the large crowd
which gathered to witness them.
At $3.50 o'clock the free drawing for
the beautiful cedar chest was an
nounced. this part of the program be-
ing held on the big platform. Ray
mond Watkins of Venango, was the
winner of the chest given with the
compliments of the Julesburg Volun-
teer Fire Department.