Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-08
PIentywood Entertained Large
Number Of People The Fourth

tanned the largest crowd ever known
TO be present at this day. People
from every part of the county
gathered to be present at the spIen-
didlv arranged days program which
was so c0DscientiOusly staged and
financed by the business people OF
the city. Much credit is given to
j P. Palubicki and N. D. johnson
for managing the days program
The parade given at 1890 in the
morning was success in every
sense of the word The prizes
awarded were: for the best deco.
rated float the American Legion
was given first prize of $40 while
the Plentywood Drug Store took
second prize of SIS. The Degree ol
Honor had the best organization
float and was presented
with q $40 prize. For the industrial
float the DIETRICH Brothers won $40
The most comical character in the
parade was Harold DeSilva who was
given 81 while Billy Paske took
second prize of 81. Stanley Rue
had the best decorated bicycle and
wss rewarded with So. Various
other prizes we're given to the par
ticipants of the parade.
After the parade. the band led
the procession back to the Orpheum
Theatre, the use of which, for the
purposes of the indoor program, was
donated by r. j. Fishbeck, The
building was crowded. and the pref
ty high school girls who acted as
ushers, found difficulty at the last
in locating seats, as all the place
was crowded. A large number even
had 10 remain standing.
As an introduction. the band rem
dered its first number, consisting of
thrilling. patriotic airs. Ii has dis
PLAYED very great improvement re-
Gently; and the numbers it rendered
during this program were all partic-
ularly good.
Led by Mr.. H. D. Moore, the aud
ience then rose and sang the patri-
0tic hymn America the Beautiful,
accompanied by the Plentywo0d
band, the latter following special
ARRANGEMENT and oand score of this
hymn. composed by MIR. E. R. White.
After the invocation by Rev. Cal
vert. the Orders of the Day were de-
Iivered by MIR. AL Peterson, COM
mander OF Plentywood Post No. So
of the American Legion. In few
weii-chosen words, he reminded his
hearers that eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty, and that if we are
10 retain 0nr ancient ideals, they
must be strictly guarded by every
patriotic person.
Two very excellent selections were
then sung by the American Legion
0ctette; and Carl Bull then sang two
solos. His rendition of Dixie" was
particularly pleasing.
America for Me" was the reading
by Mrs. Opgrande, and this was de-
ivered impressively and with feel
ing.
The Oration of the day, up From
Darkness" was then given by How
ard M. Lewis, who, with certain
terrible examples of tyranny and o.
preston. emphasized the darkness
out of which grew the American ma
ton. MIR. Lewis emphasized two
methods by which our liberties are
to be protected, the first being by
means of the ballot. and the second
being by means of jury duty. He
commented upon the close attention
which the people Of Sheridan coun-
ty give to their civic affairs, and be
declared that those citizens at the
first jury term at ScObey who held
the first rows of the court room, and
whispered "glorv TO Cod" under
their breaths. while the jury wss be-
ing impaneled. we're worshipine
Almighty God in about the best aud
most particular method which has
ever been discovered
Laxity of the interests OF our citi-