Evening star., 1928-05-27
PLANS FOR CANAL
FETE TAKE SHAPE
Procession on River Win Pre-
cede Ceremonies at Chain
Bridge Saturday.

the National Historical Pageant, cele-
brating the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
centenary. to be held next Saturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock along the banks
OF the Potomac River and the canal
The paceant will be held under the
auspices of the Progressive Citizens AS
sociation Of GEORGETOWN. with the CO.
operation Of the community center de-
partnlent Of the public schools. below
Chain Bridge Mrs Fred T. Dubois
prssident O: the association and chair
man Of the general committee for tne
nscesat. announced yesterday tnat
civic. patriotic and educational groups
and organizations throughout the DIS
Jrjct of Columbia are rapidly o2uls
registered as participants III the
pageant" ,- ...,, i,
toljnwe6 hv gayly decorated river craft
anS fsn pictuYesQuely clad perSonases
v-,,l ,e9rtrsv the figures that TOOK part
IN rhs opening Of the canal on July =
1903 President John Quincy ACahlS,
.uSho t,Irncd I'D the first spadeiul OF
psrth "a begin the canal and has leIs
y1osfer;tv a graphic picture OF the eVotiI
y his diary. will be impersonateo .!
Rev Or. Earle Wiley. PASTOR o. 'hs
Vermont Avenue Christian Church'
Marine Band 10 Play.
Disen,hsrking from the launches. the
-,'>s-v of distinguished Americans
s,,6 representatives OF foreleh soS, -,
.s,,tso will nrcceed up the canal 10
t,s CsaiY1 Bridge. where the ceremony,
u.tll take rlace. The Marine baHu "1at
fnrnish music and the Meet.l1s "a
<he Waters" will be sung oy = meNiS 49,
organized group known as ttle tStsn,1eSS n,,~SeS
chorus. both features having o00"i ''N
an Inc same SDOl.
y,,o1, males from Fort Myer are De
a. r~ooY,,ed To draw the canal oodS
nm the canal the general coillnl.eee 20
-. 80 .caYat announces. ana CornmullIt!
.-ca,3iSatioT1s ...r of all kinds. representa-
t:,sss If citizens associations, paFent-
teacher associations, DaugnpeIe ot .ne
American Revolution. CnioIeL "a ~e
American Revolution anu o'AlonS ..s.,,ocN
now rehearsing for events III 00'A''N
tion with the program ..o~.araav
The committee announced yeSteIGaS
.net i anticipates that each clIi1ellS
association Will have al least one IiLei.i.
D. IN the paeeant. those VINO nave
.,,,,s far been assigned being: PARK
v'sw Tohn W. Lambert: Dalgren Ter
race I q. KinSsbury; Northwest, Je-
rny1e Iiehtfoot and Mrs. LlghuoGl;
Conduit Road Robert Z. ADAMS any
MIS-. Adams. and Burleith. MrS- IsaoeI
T Price. Other associations. liic eo.i-
,ritfee said. have accepted the INVITA-
tso,, n foir, the pageant organization
s.,t have rot vet designated their rep
Tesentalyes.
win Wear 1928 Costumes
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president OF
the District Of Columbia Congress o.
Parent Teacher Associations, tne coIh-
ynit.ee pointed out. will announce the
rvrresentatives from the parent-teaeher
rru,ns within the next few days as
ri, Mrs. Charles J. Neuhard, chair
mar of the Daughters OF the American
Ravolutson group. for her organization.
Boeh groups viii be in 1928 costumes.
ore of the features Of the pageant
rres.ntation will be the picnic suppers
10 be eaten on the grass near CHAIN
Bridge following the ceremonies. wnich
will Include dances OF nygone DAY.
Members Of the Wakefield Society OF
the Children Of the American ReVolu-
ton will take an active part IN the
pageant. including Misses Dorothy Me-
Crorv. Mary FITZGERALD. Ruth Roberta
McCrory Mary Livingston. Helen Bun
son. Eiizabeth Bunton. Georgia2na
rightfoot and Julia Bell. Dances OF
the period viii be given following the
actual ceremony at Chain Bridge by
members Of loca! societies Of the c. A. r.
Community groups will participate in
the dancing also. including girls from
Thomson and Curtis-Hyde and from
East wzshinston. the former TO be di-
rected bY Miss Marjorie Schuster and
the latter by Miss judy Lyeth.
VIII Play Grandfather's Part.
DR.. Andrew Stewart Of the Bureau
Of Mines viii take part III the pageant,
appearing Is his distinguished grand
father. Andrew Stewart. member OF
Congress from Pennsylvania, who. after
wards went u London and raised a
roallton and q half dollars for the canal,
and was the financial head Of the under
taking. Another interesting figure in
t1e scene next Saturday viii be William
z Cr.mEhaw. a resident OF this city,
sho vas q tow-boy on the canal years
ago. and Rilo viii appear n MS
"original role" and costume
The Palisades Chorus will be di-
Yecsed hy Mrs. Ruth Fuller McClosky.
Among those wflo will sing are Miss
Afildreo Sherier. Miss Constance Lane.
hiss Margaret Batemiar' Miss agnes .s
Hcngeii Miss Marguerite DUNBAR, MrS.
4. Z, Norman. Mrs. II. Sorenson, MISS
sadie Torn. Miss Helen Gate, MFR. and
Efys Jofy Bjaikl0ck, MT. and Mrs AZSel
r5iSers. " Il Guest, Grady p. Oakley,
NJ 81 Hess. Richard Lane. A. w. Kid
vell. Erik Reed. r Rutherford. Jesse
Crsyke. Richard Driftmeyer, s. a. Steo-
bins. Richard Stokes and Ronald
Tnring.
Y1ranlstlc Cub of Washington viii ap-
rear in Leading roles. including Mar
ruer4fe Pran2ieY. Jean McCann'
AMANDA Csagett. Eva Henderson, Curtis
Tsrsrglev. John Prangiey, Wilson Da~-
eon, Harry English and DICK Mccann.
ouincy's Diary Tells Story.
Asrs Marie Moore Forrest, chairman
~ tie executive committee. u taEliig
beading part IL arranging iof me pss-
cant -. has
srtFen ar intimate glimpse oi me ~ ~eVItl~
4 ss.sscn vii be c0narnenorateo f,st1i-
i raw afternoon IN lis language III h'S
a.J,,iy g Mr. Ru5h called for q Jew rev
yasrwfes bat 8ss going 70 atSno AI1F
adjourned meeting 81 the bvocEho'o az.
~ me Cnees peake IL ONO CansI w;
TIE arrangements Tor the ceremony "
bgesking ground tomorrow are pdDiisiie,s
s. sn tne newspapers tnAs MOI bIhs' a.
81 also q notice that. n consequence u
Yay attendance a. that ceremony, tneFe
ss,slg - no reception o. visitors a. the
Presidents house
Tne entry for July & 1923 SAID
"gnoenenoence day Chesapeake ~
OHIO Canal commenced Between
ed 8 ocl0fk THIS mofnlng ] vent WIN
Tny son John " the Union Hotel ~
T,eorgetoVn where gefa assembling me
pfeeleent snc directors of the Cnesa-
peske Il Ol5c Canal CO. the mayors
ard comn1itteee of the corporations oi
Washineton. Geofgetowp and hleHan- =
ora ne heads % Departments. foreign
minister. and lev other invited per
gx.9S About o'ClOck procession WAS
formed. pTecedeo by Dand u music
~ fne shaff where We embarked III