Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-05
c. OF c. PICKS
CELEBRATION
committees
bennett Is Appointed
General Chair m a n
For Interna
wen on July

G. W. bennett will serve as general
chairman for Brownsville's interna-
tional celebration and formal opening
Of the international bridge July i.
Definite arrangements for the
event were concluded at a meeting OF
the chamber Of m Monday
night, with the appointment Of COM
mittee chairmen.
John Tanning will head the finance
committee, and announced that a
minimum of $4,000 would be raised
by popular subscription, Fred Latham
was appointed chairman of the pa
rade committee, and Milton West
will head the committee on invited
guests and speakers. Henry SHELTON
will be in charge Of the various
aquatic events, and the fiesta and
water pageant committee chairman
was to be appointed Tuesday. n. b.
Creager was selected chairman of the
bridge entertainment committee;
Harry Sexton, chairman of publicity,
and G.. C.. Richardson will be in
charge ofthe fireworks display. All
chairmen we're instructed TO name
their own committees and report to
the chamber Of m
approximately $4,000 will be re-
CURED to finance the celebration,
81 900 to be expended on fireworks,
and the remainder on the water
fiesta, pageant and other events. An
nouncement was made that the bust
ness interests of the city will be re-
quested TO make no contracts with
decorators. such expenditures TO go
into the celebration fund.
The parade will be n Of the big
features Of the celebration, and will
comprise five divisions-military,
civic, community, commercial and
Matan oros. The chairman Of the
parade committee was instructed to
appoint chairmen for each of the di-
visions. Efforts will be made to Sc
cure the cooperation of the various
organizations, schools and women's
clubs in preparing floats. Mr..
Latham was instructed to take the
matter up with the various luncheon
clubs this week and enlist their CO.
operation.
According to present plans the pa
rade, after passing through the prin-
cipal business sections Of the city
will cross the international bridge to
Matamoros. Troops from Fort Brown
and Matamoros are expected to par
ticipate.
Work on the program, costumes
and fixtures for the water fiesta and
pageant will get underway this week,
this feature TO be held at the Fort
Brown lagoon which provides a nat
ural background. The fiesta and
pageant will be along the same gen.
eral lines as that presented during
the South Texas Chamber Of Com
merce convention in November, but
will be more extensive.
The aquatic events, which will in
clude swimming, boating and diving
contests will be held on the Rio
Grande with the international bridge
as the starting point The depth Of
water IL ample and the current not
too swift, ii was stated.
Milton West, who will leave for
Waco the first Of next week q attend
the meeting Of the state democratic
executive committee, will book"
several celebrities for the occasion,
and X. b. Creager, who is in Kansas
City for the republican national con-
vention. will invite several leaders OF
national prominence TO attend. Eff
forts will be made to induce Am
bassador Morrow TO rome by way Of
Brownsville on his return to Mexico
City and participate in the interna-
tional celebration.
Three divisions were suggested in
connection with the water fiesta and
pageant-stage setting, illumination
and acts-and a chairman will be