Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-04
final REQUESTS
FOR HUGE PARADE
TO Be HELD TODAY

All organizations which will Join in
| the Fourth of July parade are request
ed to be in the places assigned at S.45
A. M, for the parade will start
promptly at A. NJ, when one blast of
the fire alarm signal will be given.
Last evening Charles l.. Jones, mar
shall Of the parade. announced that the
organizations would in in the following
order:
On Elm street with the right resting
on Park street: Platoon of police; Wa
terville Military Band; Third Battalion,
103rd Infantry, Major Irwin L. Thomas
commanding; motor train; Grand Ar
my; Sons of Veterans Auxiliary;
George n. Bourque Post. American Lee
gion; American Legion Auxiliary.
On Park street with the right rest
ing on Pleasant street: kennebec
Camp. Spanish War Veterans; Kenne-
bee Camp, Spanish War Veterans Aux
Hilary: D. A. r.: American Red Cross;
Canton Halifax, l. o. o. f.; Fortress
Halifax Auxiliary; New England Order
of Protection; L'Union st. Jean le Bap-
tiste lie FAmerique: Women's Benefit
Association of the Maccapees.
On Pleasant street with the right
resting on Center street: Waterville
business and Professional Women's
club; Rotary Club; Girls City Club;
Kiwanis Club; Emery &C Brown Co.;
Seekins' I. G. s.; Lockwood Co.; Hol-
lingsworth & Whitney Co.; Wyandotte
Worsted Co.. Keyes Fibre Co.
Beautiful cups will be presented for
the most patriotic, the most beautiful
and the most unique floats. The judges
will occupy the reviewing stand on
Monument Park and will be Mayor Leon
o. Tebbetts, Mrs. Martin +. Bartlett,
Plans Complete
All plans for Waterville's Fourth of
July celebration are now complete
and everything will go through as
announced in Tuesdays paper. &C
cording to an announcement made
last evening by Paul j. Julien, COM
mander of the George N. Bourque
Post, American Legion, which post
has arranged the Waterville program.
Mr.. Julien is chairman of the gen.
eral committee. and he declared that
all reports indicated that Waterville
would have the best celebration of
any ever held in Central Maine.
With horse racing. baseball, box
ing, dancing, athletic games, 10 mile
road race, fireworks and other at
fractions, the c entral Maine Fair
grounds is sure to remind one. OF the
fair which is only a few months dis
tant The best talent possible has
been secured for all the events and
a crack program is predicted. At
A. NJ, on the blast of the fire alarm
signal, the parade of floats will start
from Elm street and headed by Mar
shall Charles f. Jones, the Waterville
Military band and the Third Battal-
ion of the 103rd Infantry, will parade
through Pleasant, North, Main, Wa
ter, Gold, Silver and Elm streets to
College avenue where 1T will disband.
The parade will be reviewed at Mon
ument Park by the judges who will
announce the winners of the three
prizes, the most patriotic, the most
beautiful and the most unique.
The Essex coach that is to be given
away by the Legion has been at
tracing considerable attention as IT
has appeared in the streets and all
contributions must be in the hands
of the committee by s o'clock tonight.
There will be plenty of opportunity to
contribute at the fair grounds TO-
day.
Tickets for the boxing can be Sc
cured at Daviau's drug store in the
Professional building up to noon
when they will go on sale at the fair
grounds.