The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-10
Art,1istice Day Will Be
Observed Here FRIDAY
Parade and Program in Morning
to Be Followed BY Dinner
and Dance At Night

Bismarck will observe ArmiStice
Day Friday with parade and pro-
gram at the city auditorium in the
morning, banquet In the evening
and dance at night.
The parade will be in charge of a
committee composed OF r. j. Dohn,
commander of Lloyd Spetz Post,
American Legion: Ferris Cordner,
Capt. H. A. Brocopp and Major A. G..
Young.
Because of Thursdays storm a
meeting was held to determine the
ACCESSIBILITY Of going ahead with this
feature of the observance. The We
teranS decided that every Armistice
Day deserves parade and that one
will be held. It will move at 1915
q. m.
Col. L. R. Baird will be grand mar
shall with Cordner and Young as
aides. The first section, composed of
the high school band, troops from
Fort Lincoln, the Fort Lincoln drum
and bugle corps, Company A Of the
national guard, the Officers Reserve
Corps and the Bismarck unit of So
journers will be led by Col. w. G.
Harris, Fort Lincoln commandant.
In the second section will be the
American Legion drum and bugle
corps, members of the Legion, Red
Cross nurses, American Legion auxi-
liary and the Salvation Army, with
Post Commander Dohn in charge.
In the third section will be the
drum and bugle of the quartermaster's
detachment, national guard; boy and
girl scouts, st. Mary's school, local
service clubs, any surviving members
OF the G. A. r., Women's Relief Corps,
War Mothers, Daughters of the Rev.
olution and student nurses. Captain
E. G. Wanner will be in command.
How Parade Will Form
The first section will form on Sec
ond ST., facing south with the head of
the column at Second and Broadway;
the second section will form on Sec
ond ST., facing south with the head
OF the column at Thayer Ave-; the
third section will form on Thayer
Ave-, facing west, with the head of
the column at Second St.
The line of march will be south on
Second st, to Maine Ave., east on
Main to Fourth ST., north of Fourth
to Thayer, east on Thayer to Sixth;
north on Sixth to Rosser; east on
Rosser to Ninth; south on Ninth to
Broadway and west on Broadway to
the City Auditorium.
The program at the auditorium, In
charge Of M. H. Atkinson, Alfred s.
Dale and Curtis Dirlam, will open
with the singing of America" led by
s. S. Boise, with Mrs. Clarence Gum
ness at the piano; Invocation by the
Rev. E. L. jackson, chaplain of the
Bismarck Legion post; song numbers
by the American Legion Auxiliary
chorus, consisting mostly OF war
time songs: the address by Justice A.
G. Burr of the state supreme court;
singing Of the Star Spangled Ban
ner" and benediction by Very Rev.
John A. H. Stag, rector Of st. Mary S
procathedral. Judge Burr will be in
troduced by Commander Dohn.
80 Seconds Of Silence
A significant feature Of the pro-
gram will be the observance of 80 Sec
onds Of SILENCE at IL a. m, in honor
of the war dead.
The banquet in the evening will be
sponsored by the American Legion
Auxiliary at the Terrace Gardens In
the Patterson hotel. Mrs. James Nor
ris will be POSTMASTER and Attorney
General James Morris will be the
principal speaker.
The dance In the evening will be
held at the Dome under the auspices
of the Bismarck Legion post. A COM
mittee composed Of Herman Leon
hard. Oscar Boutrous, Henry Hanson
and H: w. Rosenthal will be In charge
Music will be furnished by .Leonart
| Dahl and his Gate City orchestra.
Under an arrangement with Man
dan Legionnaires. the veterans Of tn
Twin Cities Of the Missouri alternate
in sponsoring the dance and this yea
1t Is Bismarck's turn to manage tn
celebration. A number Of Mandal
folk also are expected to attend. tn
general public is invited to attend tn
dance. The price Of admission Is s
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