Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-04

parade under the title Americas
Magic Furnace arranged by G. Leon
aEd Boyer.
Some of the features of the pageant
and those who participated were as fol-
lows:
"The Finding Of the Opportunity"
Mrs. w. c. McGathen; de Soto at the
Mississippi" Robert Buckner; The
Founding of the Furnace" Mrs. F. E.
Staebner, director; st. Augustine, Mrs.
H. G. Winfield; jamestown, George w.
Graves; Plymouth Rock, Mrs. w. H.
Walker; st. Mary's. j. T. Becker; New
Amsterdam, Mrs. e. j. McGeogh; New
Sweden, F. r. Leaman; La Sale on the
Mississippi" Mrs. r. e. Gould and Mrs.
Irwin Sullmer; The ArcadianS, Mrs.
Robert Buckner.
The Charging Of the Crucible," Mrs.
A. w. Miller, director; Dutch home,
Mrs. Roy c. Potts and w. L. Holt; Eng
l'lish home, F. E. Staebner; Irish group,
Mrs. Joseph Konign1acher; Swedish
home, Mrs. Hugh e. Reppert and Mrs.
Edward johnson; Italian market, H. Q.
Robinson; German home, Mrs. Roy A.
Elmer and Mrs. A. w. Miller; Polish
harvesters, Mrs. Edward p. Boylan;
French home, Mrs. Roy G. Hardin; the
patio, Mrs. Herbert Walton Rutledge.
1.-The First Smelling of the Ore" Mrs.
H. E. Dodge, director; Bunker Hill,
Mrs Dean Judd and Mrs. j. D. Wilson;
Valley Forge, Miss Margaret Barrows;
Trenton and the Defenders. Mrs. H. E.
Dodge.
"The Recarburizing," Mrs. William E.
La Rue, director; 1.-THE Immigrants"
Mrs. w. E. Neff and Mrs. Walter K.
0rf1
William E. La Rue; THE Forging" Mrs.
r. B. Holmes, director; THE Public
School,"l Mrs. Harold Davis; The
Night School," Miss Alberta Heale;
Carlisle" Mrs. Clarence M. Kiefer:
1.-THE Blasting-the Last Impurities
Burned Away" Hollis Andrews, di-
rector.
Andrews, director; The Invincibles. ;"
DAYS of 49," THE Spirit of the
Smelling" "The Boy Scouts" DR.. W..
A. Hooker: "The Girl Scouts" Mrs.
r. Dean Shure; Victory" Mrs. r. w.
Quinter; Peace" Mrs. Kathryn w.
III the parade also were the Review
and Herald Band and the Scottish Bag
pipe Band.
Patriotic exercises were held on the
grounds of the Takoma Park Trinity
Episcopal Church, beginning at 1880
o'clock. Herbert Walton Rutledge, gen.
eral chairman Of the celebration, pre-
sided. Representative Ira G. Hersey OF
Maine was chairman of the exercises,
and former Gov. Dichard Yates of ILL
nois, a resident of Takoma Park, de-
livered the principal address.
Athletic Events Feature. o.
In the afternoon athletic events were
held, featuring 7-m1le run, beginning
at Thirteenth street. The run was
sponsored by the Takoma PARK Cnam-
Der of Commerce and sanctioned by
the A. A. u. A gold medal and The
Evening Star trophy were held as prizes
for the winner. Track and field events,
exhibition tennis matches and q soccer
tournament rounded out the program:
This evening the association Will
gather at the Maple avenue play
grounds, Philadelphia and Maple ave-
nues, for musical by the Herald ana
Review Band under direction OF q. ROD
ert Edwards, and q fireworks display.
Police arrangements for the celebration
have been made by Preston G. King and
Special events were planned for the
afternoon by the Welfare and Recrea-
ton Association of Public Buildings and
Grounds, Inc, for the Francis swimming
pools for COIOfeQ at IWeuCy.uILn duu ~
streets, under r. w. Hoover, general
manager of the association.
The signal for the commencement OF
the all-day celebration by the Petworth
Citizens Association was given with the
firing of the first of the daylight nre-
works bombs from mortar In Sherman
Circle at $50 o'clock this morning.
Next came athletic events ct the JOB
Barnard School and around Sherman
Circle.
impressive ceremonies were arranged
to mark the raising of the United States
flag over Sherman Circle at noon; then
a base ball game was scheduled between
the boys and married men Of Petworth
at the Job Barnard School. A further
display of daylight fireworks Will be
given at Sherman Circle late
In the afternoon, after the com
pletion of the ball game. These
wiz be the prelude to other patriotic
exercises to be held at the Circle in
the evening, at which Maj. Gen. Amos
A. Fries viii be principal speaker. The
celebration will be concluded with dane
ing at Sherman Circle from 8 o'clock
on. Both the evening exercises and the
orchestra music viii be broadcast over
Station WJSV.