Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-07-02
FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS
BIG DAY is PROMISED

The sports events will take place
at $3.50 o'clock at the Common, or
the morning of July 4th. The
events listed are the following:
100 yard dash.
22O yard dash.
440 yard dash.
/ mile run.
] mile relay.
Baseball throw.
Creased pole climb.
Shot put.
Broad jump.
Tug of war, McConnelsville VS..
Malta.
This concludes the sports pro-
gram for the morning.
From 1870 to one o'clock, din
ner hour and rest period.
The first event on the afternoon
program is the parade scheduled
for 1:30 o'clock. All organizations
participating in the parade will
meet in the square above the Meth
odist church. Mr.. Owen Marshall is
grand marshal of the parade, and
all organizations meeting for the
parade will report to him at the
above designated place for assign
ment in line. The parade will be
headed by the Malconta Post crack
band and color bearers, followed by
the local firemen, American Legion.
National Guard. headed by Cap
tain Lewis, Boy Scouts of the Twin
Cities, Marietta, Glouster, and other
troops from neighboring towns.
The route of the parade is as fol-
lows: Parade forms at street above
the Methodist church, moves to bus
mess section of Malta, across bridge
and up Main street to the traffic
light and dismiss
Efforts are being made to bring
the st. Johns Own Band of Bel
laire consisting of 81 pieces here for
the parade, to head the Boy Scouts
division. 1t is reported that the au-
thorities of Rocky Glen are max
ing a beautiful float to enter the
decorated floats division. The Nor
gan county clown band will head
the decorated floats. The famous
rube band will also be in the line
of march. After the parade, the
old time fiddlers contest will be
held at two o'clock on the platform
in front of the court house. After
the fiddlers' contest, the big boxing
contest will begin at three o'clock.
The following bouts are scheduled:
Lloyd Maybe, Malta, weight 160
pounds VS. Willis erosion, Chester
hill, weight 10 pounds.
Leonard Jackson, Malta, weight
$50 pounds VS.. Haley Adams, Malta,
weight 155 pounds.
Dayton Maybe, Chesterhill, weight
165 pounds VS.. We're Ransom, NAL
Ia, weight $50 pounds.
Dale Stevens, Chesterhill, weight
1875 pounds, VS.. Russell Hudson, Phi
10, weight 120 pounds.
Windup
Guy Stonaker, Malta, 125 pounds,
VS.. Sylvia Norman, Malta, 40
pounds.
The grand finale of the boxing
contest is the BATTLE ROYAL be-
tween six BIG COLORED GENTLE
MEN who can HIT. Jimmy Flan-
agan will referee all the bouts. The
bouts will go three rounds each, to
referees decision. After the
bouts there will be music by Fred
Geiger and his famous rube band,
and several acts of vaudeville. Start
ing at six o'clock there will be dane
ing and there is room enough for
all of Morgan county to dance if ev-
erybody wants to dance. The COM
mittee has endeavored to arrange
the events so that those wishing to
attend the Stockport celebration
may be able to attend the important
events on the Stockport program as
well as the local celebration. There
is ample room for picnic dinners at
the Chautauqua grounds, for the
country people to bring their din
ners and make a day of it. RE
THE BIG CELEBRA-
TION ON THE 4th of JULY IS AT
McCONNELSvILLE. FOLLOW THE
CROWD TO McCONNELSVILLE
ON THE 4th AND GO HOME HAT
Ply.