Evening star., 1932-10-25
80 GROUPS JOIN
HALLOWEEN FETE
Plans Nearing Completion for
BicentenniaI Celebration
Monday Night.

With floats and marching units al
ready entered by upward OF SO civic
groups and commercial concerns, and
many more expected before the entries
close Friday at noon, plans are nearing
completion for the Washington Bicen-
tennial Halloween celebration Monday
night.
Final details were worked out last
night at a meeting OF the Halloween
Committee of the Federation OF CIT
liens Associations in the District Bl-
centennial offices. w. I. SWanton,
chairman of the Civic Committee on
the celebration, announced IL Citizens
Associations have definitely entered the
gala parade, and many others are ex-
pected to come in within the next few
days.
More Time to Be Given.
Although today was set aside as the
deadline for all entries In the paraoe,
Gen. Anton Stephan, grand marshal,
announced a time extension would be
allowed for the large number OF per-
sons requesting it. All entries should
be sent to the Greater National Capital
Committee Offices, 204 Star Building,
not later than Friday noon.
Citizens associations that Will take
part in the parade will have the fol-
lowing entries:
Conduit Road Citizens Association,
float; Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens
Association, float: Glover Park Citizens
Association, two floats, group OF march-
ers and decorated vehicle; Chlllum
Heights Citizens Association, decorated
vehicle: Randle Highlands Citizens As
sociation, float; Washington Highlands
Citizens Association, group of approx
imately 20 marchers: Northeast WASH
ington Citizens Association, float; the
West End Citizens Association, float;
Anacostia Citizens Association. float
and decorated vehicle; Forest Hills Citi-
zens' Association, large float and group
of IL marchers; Congress Heights Clti-
zens' Association, float.
Besides the citizens associations,
floats representing commercial organl-
cations and other civic groups will add
a gay bit of pageantry to the Halloween
procession as it marches down Penn
sylvania avenue. Individual marcherS,
bands and other groups will also COM
pete for the 80 or more prizes to be
awarded.
Prizes to Be Awarded.
Judges will watch the procession OF
Halloween SplIlUS lIOiIl tliC lCNACWAie
stand on Sixteenth street and Constitu-
ton avenue, awarding prizes for artistic
effect. appropriateness and cleverness Of
the float designs. First and second
prizes will be given for the following
floats which best adhere to the three
points: Local commercial float, local
civic organization float, commercial out
of-town float, non-commercial out-o1
town float. and decorated prlvate
| vehicle. Other prizes will be given 1oi
| the most attractively costumed group OF
| local marchers, out-of-toWn group
marchers. costumed individual marchel
and band.
Besides float entries received from
the Citizens Associations, other groups
ard commercial organizations entering
floats are as follows:
Palais Royal, woodward & Lothrop
Fussel- Young Ice Cream Co., Fidelity
Storage Co., Call Carl, Inc; the Ki.
wants Club, 8. Kann Sons Co, 12ls'
Engineers, National Guard; Northeas
BOYS Club, Capital Traction Co.
Southeast Community Center. Bu
chanan Branch; Southeast Community
Center, Jolly Jr. Club; Communit.
Center Department, Lansburgh 8
Bros, Christian Heurich Brewin,
lCo., Millers Cleaning & Pressing estab
lishment, Washington, Virginia Mary
land Coach. Co., and Independent o.
Co., Ffiendkh1p House. -..--,.--.-..-