Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-11
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES BEING
PLANNED FOR JULY FOURTH

The committee on athletics has
arranged a very interesting track
and field meet for the F'iremen S
Day Old Homecoming to be held on
the morning of July 4th, starting at
10 O'Clock sharp. The following is
a list of the events which will take
place:
100 yard dash.
220 yard dash.
440 yard dash.
One mile run.
One mile relay.
Baseball throw.
Creased pole climb.
Shot put.
Broad jump.
High jump.
Tug of war-McConnelsyille VS.
Malta.
Boxing contest
Grand finale of athletic meet.
A Battle ROyal-Last Man Up
Takes The Prize
The Firemen want the young peo-
letic events and fight for the honor
of their respective towns. Show the
people of Morgan county who has
the best athletes, and what town
can carry off the most honors.
Don't be ashamed of your town,
come out and work for your home
town and for her honor. Bring the
whole town in to McConnelsville
the Fourth of July, and tell them to
cheer for you. Come on Chester
hill, Pennsville, Stockport. Malta,
Ringgold, Reinersville, and all 9th
er towns in Old Morgan County,
send in your athletes and make
this the greatest event ever held in
the county. Fight for your town
put its name on the map Make
this a real old Homecoming. There
are hundreds of sons and daughters
Of Old Morgan County who will he
back home over the Fourth for this
celebration. Come in and meet
your old friends, renew again the
friendships of boyhood days and
those happy days of yester-year
We want every town in the county
to enter their athletes for this MAN.
moth event. This will be an all day
affair Bring your dinners. There
is plenty of room, shady trees at the
Chautauqua grounds. All athletes
entering sport events send in their
names to Louis b. Preston. chair
man, the Athletic Committee, Fire
mems Day Old Homecoming, Nc
Connelsville, Ohio.
The superintendent or principals
of all high schools are requested to
get the boys of their respective
schools together and arrange their
entries. Head your boys and get
them out to fight for your home
town. Each town will be permitted
to enter two men in each event.
Principals will please send in the
names of their entries and the
events in which they will take part.
The parade will be held in the
of all the towns in the county are
cordially invited to enter float or
some decorated machine designat-
ing their respective business. See
if you can carry off the honors for
the best float or best decorated ma
chine. The first division of the pa
rade will consist of Malconta Post
Band heading our fine fire depart
ment, then visiting firemen delega- |
tions from our neighboring towns: |!
second division. American Legion |
Posts, Boy Scouts. fraternal organ |
cations. women's organizations: the !
.hird division, decorated floats and /
machines, headed by Ohio's finest |
clown band. all Morgan County |
Boys, who took the prize for playing |
he most harmonious discords" at
he Clowns Band state convention.
All merchants, fraternal oreaniZa-
ions, women's organizations should
rave a part in this mammoth pa
'ade. Others are going to take
)art, why not you and your fra
ernal organization? Come out and
how the people of the county what
'ou can do, and what your organiza-
ion looks like in the line Of march
send in your names, and names of
sending delegations
or the parade to Dallas Scott, chair
nan, Firemen's Parade Committee.
'iremen's Old Homecoming, McCon-
lelsvi1le, Ohio.
Don't be the only merchant or
raternal organization. or women S
not taking part. This
5 not local affair. but a county
flair. and everybody do their bit.
'ollow the crowd to McConnelsville
or the all day celebration Of the
'iremens Day Old Homecoming of
Iorgan County sons and daughters.
No fireman, or member Of his
amily, will be eligible for any of
he prizes offered.
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