Evening star., 1924-07-04
ALL-DAY PROGRAM
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Takoma Park Celebrating on
Elaborate ScaIe-Fire-
works Display Tonight.

vicinity are To-Day participating IN the
annual celebration of Independence
day with varied program which
started at s O'Clock this morning with
the sounding of reveille, and will
conclude late tonight with fire.
works display. Promptly at o'clock
Boy Scouts stationed throughout the
park at various points sounded re
veille," which was the notice to the
citizens of the suburb to unfurl "Old
Glory to the breeze. Morning guns
were also fired at the same time.
At 3 o'clock the young America
parade started, headed by the Boy
Scout band, from Tulip to Willow
avenue. thence to Carroll ave nue. TO
Cedar street, to 9Th street, to Butter-
nut street, to Piney Branch road, to
Dahlia street, disbanding in front OF
the Takoma Public School AT II
o'clock there was a daylight fireworks
display on the school grounds, with
music by the Boy Scout Band. This
event was followed at II O'Clock by
water battle and hose race on VIII
low avenue.
Ball Game at I O'CLOCK.
At o'clock this afternoon the citi-
zens were treated to a base ball game
the Takoma Tigers and the Woodslde
team crossing bats at Georgia and
Alaska avenues. At O'Clock the
athletic program of the day occupied
the attention of the spectators on
Shoemaker's field, Blair road north OF
Geranium street. The program IN,
cluded a fortyyard dash for boys ana
girls under eight years, hlts-saiu
dash for boys and girls un9er
twelve wears sixty-yard dash Tor
boys and girls under sixteen years,
sack race, three-iegged race, faui
Revere race for a distance OF loo
yards, with four horses IN the reids
broad jump, hoop race, Shoe race. Ihs
prizes are ribbons tor nrSt' SeSTnT ~
of Takoma Park presented the prizes.
demonstration by Boy scouts
and Camp Fire Girls is scheduled TO
take place at o'clock, a pehEaht nv, ~
usual picnic supper is scheduled lol
the hour between and ocloCh.
MANY of the organizations IN tne M
Park have prepared lunch stanos ior
the occasion.
Evening Patriotic Program
At o'clock patriotic exercises WIN VII,
be held on Shoemaker's Fried, WIN
~ w lanes. chairman, and II. ID:
Lawson. vice chairman, in charse oi
the nroeram, which will be as lol-
lows: Singing. America by those
present; invocation by Rev. Wlilialtt III
r. La Rue; reading -;,I;arn q Beck:
singing, MY Own United States. Dy
Takoma Quartet; solo, The trump
eter," by c. w. Smith: ADDRESS oS
William Tyler Page; slnsihgT; sins gTakoma @
Suartet: solo, Washington, by }.
" Kearns. concluding with the sing !,
ing of The Star Spangied bannIIh ami hs
by the audience. The singing VIZ Miee ee
directed by w. o. Little Win ~
NJ
At 7 o'clock, community SlnsIns
will be indulged in, led by the Ia
koma Male Quartet, compGsheu and nd
Messrs. keTns, SIX skinner;w hW w o., Little.
Retreat will be sounded at a.3V
n;ciock. with the firing of a sunset
gun and lowering of the 1o co1ors' ui,,
The night fireworks dlsp,ag W." of
start at s o'clock, conslstlns "a
Character. The program will be in
terspersed with tableaux, 70 repte
sent the most adaptable 1tpIn ION erae Ine
morning parade. Following the nre
xorks ,uor the entire field will be i1lum,-
mated for twenty minutes to enapie
ali nersons to make a safe exit
from the grounds.
Committees in Charge.
The committees in charge or me me
celebration, which is held u., uluea ~.
auspices of the Takoma Iarh Oi''~eA'
4 II.
General mmittee-Honorary chair-
man Jesse c. Suter; ex-ofhclo cnalr
man, Walter Trey; Charles v; JUL
son. general chairman; 3; n W.
Crory, vice chairman; Jonn n. A~uas' ~
Secretary: Robert C. Lyddane, treas
,,rsr. +, w. James, historian; l.. NJ
Simnson. auditor; Z. H. Pullman ana
the chairmen of the seVerai 'oiA-
mittees. ,,,r+;n z Jyer-
RarT0WS.
Chairman; Henry Iverson' w;
Fischer, clark "oous'
burne. c StSrk ir,
chairman: c. l.. Redman, wee .. chani
man, H. W. Andrews; X; ~ w F.
Fischer. X. A. Harries, F. J. HoPkinsl
=. a Jones, H. H. Millard, z: S; QUINN
Mrs c. j. Spencer, George +. w ii"ee'
Milton whitney, jr.; L. A; AlPn; Pida,e
Concessions-Mrs; L, ,nstin w: niu vice
chairman; Mrs. F. u: .; ausI,n' 1ohn
InAI1 q nnnker. Mrs. A F. Gordon. Mrs
" Hooker, Mrs. Ethel Lamonu'
Mrs F. L. Lewton, Mrs. =.
schmidt. Mrs G. v. Thompson.
Decorations-F. l.. Con, cnaii Thnnnas rT,
T. Dantzic. vice chairman; IhoniaS
Brock, j. Walker.
.ruortionmant by Districts.
r,n.nce-c c. Waters. chairman;
GUY Clinton, H. X. HOBART anu -
Macallister, vice chalrmen.
Districts-Eastern Takoma, u: y.
Shoemaker, chairman; r. }. DeMoii'
]. B. Derrick, S. d. Grove,
Hooker. r. J. Maddox, Thomas MAIL
ley, r. NJ. Shenk. waldo schm,at' q D.
q Yerkes. Central Takoma, w. 1.
Simmons. chairman: John R Adams,
Charles Eastwood, Frank Hayes, Mrs.
Clarence Kiefer, Mrs. William kroll,
Robert Lyon, James Macalllster, MTs.
w. r. Mattoon, Charles Royle, Mrs. II.
w Rutledge. Mrs, william stuart I'M mrs:
Royles. North Central Takoma, l.. V.
Lampson, chairman; ]. S. Barrows. Q.
x. Courtney, Ralph E. Gould, Mrs. II. l..
Houston, Mrs. w. r. Metz, q. Albert
Scott, j. C. Taylor, l.. M. Simpson, 1r.
e. v. Crittenden, H. B. Hendrick, Mrs.
]. ]. Greenbaum, Joy Hopkins, J: c; Tay-
lor. w. A. B. Vivian. Northwest Iakoma,
T.. w. Bond, chairman; G. ID. Barker,
NJ C. Belts, H. G. Heiges, L. w. Jones,
Preston King, w. G. King. q. LaPelIe'
Thomas. Southwest Takoma, F. +.
Reppert, chairman; w. c. Beck. T. X.
burrows, S. ]. Dennis, w. Preston
Gibson, w. NJ. Leavitt. II. c. Metcalf,
S. H. McCrory, H. c. Robb Samuel
Kronigmacher, chairman; Mrs. Bertha
p Foulke, P. G. Mygatt. Business dis
trict. H. X Hobart, chairman; Thomas
Bright, Christian HUFF, Clarence
Kiefer.
In Charge of Fireworks.
Ftreworks-R Wilson, chairman;
Barry Black, vice chairman; Lloyd
Boose. r. B. Deemer, F. l.. Harris. c.
r. Normandy. O. w. Youngblood.
First aid-Dr. H. w. Miller, chair
man; DR.. L. E. Elliott, vice chairman
J. Walter Dudley, d. j. Mattingly,
DR.. A. B. Little, DR.. A. V. Parsons,
DR. C. Williams