The border vidette., 1927-03-26
MILITARY EVENTS SCHEDULED
FOR GREENWAY FIELD DAY

pate will be one of the greatest
features of the rs or more events
scheduled for the annual Green.
way Field Day program to be
staged here on April %, accord
ing to Mrs. j. B. Grand, chair.
man of the D. A. r. executive
committee. Newspapers every.
where have declared that the
big program is undoubtedly the
greatest educational and athletic
undertaking ever attempted in
Arizona.
An interesting and varied mill.
tary program has been prepared
by Captain James M. Palmee,
u. S. A. retired, under whose
direction the events will be con.
Quoted.
The military events slated for
the April % program include
platoon drill, munual of arts con
test, ID achine gun contest, squad
drill, county fair competition
and wall scaling. Several of
the events are out of the ordin-
ary class. In this division comes
the county fair and wall scaling
events, the latter being one of
the greatest events on the pro-
gram.
Judges of the military events
will include Colonel Shaeffer,
Captain Boyer. Major Hiscox
and Lieutenant Colonel Em back,
all of Arizona National Guard.
as we'll as Captain Mcdonald of
the Reserve officers Corps.
Athletic Director Householder
has arranged a sports schedule
that will include athletes of ma
tional repute. One race will
have Charles Borah. National A.
A. U. sprint champion, compet-
ing against we'll known stars.
A 26 mile marathon, in which
the famous Zuni runners will
compete, and five mile run are
also included in the Greenway
Field Day program for April %,
Householder stated.
More than 1900 youngsters
and adults will compete in the
big meet this year, it was an.
nounced.
| U. S. Senator Henry F. Ash
urst, known throughout the
country as the silver tongued
orator of the U. S. Senate" will
deliver the address, according
to recent announcement made
by Mrs. Grand, chairman.
Senator Ashurst's speech. as
we'll as the results of the rs or
more athletic contests, will prob.
ably be heard in every section
of the southwest. Arrange
ments are now being made for a
remote control radio hook up
through the courtesy of the
Mountain States Telephone com.
pany and a Phoenix radio sta
ton.
Greenway Field Day officials
were elated over the news that
Senator Ashurst had accepted
the invitation to deliver the off
clal address of the day. This
will be one of the very few ad.
dresses, if not the only one. to
be delivered by the senator on
his western trip, it was stated
Grandstand patrons at the big
educational and sports meet will
hear every word of the gifted
orators speech as the officials
have contracted for the installa.
tion of the Public Address Sys.
ten. This device, installed by
Earl Nielsen, consists of six
huge electrically operated am.
plifiers, which will be placed in
the grandstand.
1t is also announced that at
least five bands would play dur
ing the big program which starts
at ten o'clock and winds up at
five o'clock. Bands already Sc.
cured include the 158th Infantry,
Indian School, Phoenix Union
High School and the Boy Scout
Band. Negotiations are now on
with the Mesa School Band and
the St. Johns Indian School
Band.
Fifteen hundred seats ano six.
ty boxes have already been sold
Box seats have been presented
to convalescent exservice men
in the Valley for this great
sports program, memorial to
their comrade the late General
John @. Greenway.
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