Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-07-08
STREETSLINED WITH
MASSOF PEOPLEALL
THROUGH THE DAY
MANY BEAUTIFUL FLOATS
AND DECORATED CARS IN
ZIG PARADE, HEADED BY
MOUNTED POLICE AND
COMMUNITY BAND.


The independence day program
here attracted more than 10000 Wis
isors TO the city Monday. From early
morning the city began to fill with
strangers, some from distant towns
and thousands from the nearby coun-
ties, imbued with the spirit of the
day, which, despite the large crowd,
was free from accidents. Traffic Of
fcers estimate that 5000 cars were
on the streets of the city.
The celebration began with pa
rade of decorated floats and cars at
10 O'Clock, headed by platoon Of
police on horses and the sixty-five-
piece community band.
The Boy Scouts with color bear
err followed. Next in the line was
George Washington and Betsy Ross
in a pony cart, these characters being
i1npersonated by Ruby Dorminey and
Elizabeth Russell. When the little
pony became obstreperous Robt. Will
cox took the shafts and pulled the
historic personages. 49,
Uncle Sam, tall and stately, part
well taken by Adrian Newcomer, led
Young America, band of IS little
boys and Is little girls, the boys
wearing patriotic chapeaus and car
rying, flags, the girls carrying deco
rated parasols. Then came the deco
rated bicycles. This part of the pa
rade and the order Of the procession
was managed by Mrs. r. E. Lee, with
Mesdames r. 1. Maffett and C. l..
Saunders assisting.
The procession of floats then fol-
lowed. including offerings from the
Daughters of the Revolution and the
U. D. C.'s, Blue and Gray Association
and Grand Army Of the Republic, the
Odd Fellows and floats of the several
crafts Of the A., B. & A. shops, as
well as floats of several business
houses, the Carnegie Library, the
Woman's club, and scores of deco
rated cars of local Citizens, wendell
it's way through the city's streets
lined with multitude of people, es-
timated to have been fully fifteen to
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Library Float
The Library float represented the
largest amount of preparation. Nu-
merous ideas were suggested in its
design. The leading motif was the
Liberty Bell, which was swung from
centre of strong frame erected on
the broad platform that OVERLAND the
body of the truck. The frame work
and every part of the float was COW
cred with festoons and fringe in the
patriotic. colors. At the sides were
the pointed inscription, "The ringing
of this bell in 1776 gave free speech,
free printing and the open book to
America" To carry out this idea,
large books with juvenile titles held
in the opening each little child that
represented in dress different periods
of. American history.
Wright .McKay-Uncle Sam.
=. Mildred Walker-Liberty.
Colonial, .Children-Jack Register,
Evalyn Tanner
Children of the Sixties Sara Wal
ker, Morris Abrams.
Modern Children - Annie Mae
Pryor, Daniel Bavis.
Indian. GirEJune Dykes.
Driver-Eugene Dorminey.
The truck was loaned by Mr.. An
derson of the Ford Company and the
construction work was done by a
force of shopmen' through the kind
ness of Mr.. Chas Coleman. The Ii
brary trustees and large number of
young girls decorated the float in the
warehouse of Mr.. J. Kassewitz, which
also housed the Woman's club float.
Woman's Club FloAt
The Woman's Club float was much
admired. A Studebaker car loaned
by Mr.. H. C. Vinson from the Leon
ard Bros. Auto Co., was swathed in
white and adorned with Cherokee
roses in delicate pink and green, the
handwork of large committee and
work of many hours. In this car rode
the officers of the club, Mesdames S.
G. Pryor, Jr., r. II. Mckay, G. W.
Brown, E. A. Russell, A. C. Garden
and I. Gelders.
D. A. r. Float
The D. A. r. Float was especially
attractive in the two colors only of
white al blue. The standards erect
ed wereERecorated with a fluffy effect
always 50 beautiful in float. Sig
nifcant characters included the love-
ly young girl at the spinning wheel,
Miss Ethel Beall in a colonial garb Of
blue identical in tone with the blue
of the decorations; Mrs. ]. E. Turner
in soft gray as colonial matron, sat
by a carding machine and Mary Ed