Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-02
FRIDAY, nth,
A GALA DAY
|NLANCASTER
Fine Program Prepared
and All are Welcome.

With fair weather and road condi-
tions good, there should be 5000 peo-
pie in Lancaster Friday, it is believed
by the committee in charge of the
big Fourth of July celebration which
is to be held under the auspices of
the American Legion.
Plans for Day Complete
Plans for the day are now complete
and all is ready for one of the big
gest celebrations ever staged in this
section of the state. A program of
events which provides for something
doing nearly every minute of the day
and evening has been prepared, and
from the hour of the big industrial
parade at 10 in the forenoon, until
the drawing of the numbers for the
Oldsmobile Sedan which is to be Civ
en- away at 8 p. M, Lancaster people
and their guests will be busy.
The day will officially open with
the firing of a salute to the flag at
sunrise. This will be done by firing
squad from Richard Burns Post of
the legion. The next event is the pa
rade in which practically all business
firms and organizations in the city
will be represented by decorated cars
and floats.
The parade will form near the
Northwestern station and proceed
around the square to the fair grounds
where Rev Evan j. Evans, Episcopal
pastor at Beloit, will deliver the ad-
dress of the day at 1920.
The first event on the afternoon pro-
gram will be the baseball game be-
tween Jimmy Dodge's Madison Blues
and the speedy Rogers Park Chicago
team This is looked upon as an ideal
match as each team is the strongest
in it's respective territory.
Following the baseball. game will
come free acts, the sports program
and ragamuffin parade.
A concert by the minstrel chorus
of 16 voices will open the evening
program at 1880 p. m. At o'clock in
front of the grandstand numbers on
the Oldsmobile sedan will be drawn
from a churn and the winner Of the
beautiful car announced.
Something for Every Minute
Throughout the day the carnival
attractions at the fair grounds, ten
in number, will be in operation. Three
bands, the we'll known Cuba City
band and the two Lancaster organi-
cations will provide music all day
long. On the fair grounds will be a
host of concessions which will pro-
vide eats and soft drinks for the big
crowd. Several Lancaster church Or
CARNATIONS are preparing to serve
dinners on the grounds at noon.
The grounds will be policed by
delegation of legion men in uniform
in charge of DR.. ]. H. Fowler. These
military police will be duly sworn in
as special policemen and will see that
order is kept and the police will also
see to the parking of automobiles and
serve as traffic officers both on the
grounds and down town.
An effort is being made by the le-
gion under whose auspices the cele-
bration is being held to make the at
fractions the best for the admission
price ever held in this part of the
state. There will be only one charge
during the day. This will be the 81
gate admission at the fair grounds.
Everything else on the legion pro-
gram will be free except the bowery
dance and the carnival shows and
rides.
One Charge for Everything
The general admission ticket which
allows the purchaser a chance on the
S1,250 Old sedan also entities him to
admission of his car and free park
ing space on the grounds. 1t includes
seats in the grandstand morning, af-
ternoon and night for all the free
acts, baseball game, sports, ragamuf-
fin parade and minstrel show
Invitations have been sent by the
committee to commanders of the var
ious Grant county legion posts and
other prominent Grant county men to
attend the celebration as the guests
of the legion and the city of Lancas-
ter Walter n Damn, commander of
the Lancaster post, will be president
of the day and Mayor George e. Beck
and the guests from out of the city,
and three general chairmen of the
celebration will be vice presidents.
The men who have headed the cele-
bration committee and have pushed
the plans to a successful end are Dr.
A. B. Cook, Walter J. Brennan and E.
l.. Mccoy.