Milford chronicle., 1932-07-29

Miss Carolyn Crosby Waller, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Waller, has been selected as quee
of Salisbury'S bicentenniaI celebra
tiOn, August 7-13. She will be tn
official hostess mt social Functions
sponsored by the Bicentennial Com
mission. Her other duties will in
clude the role Of Miss Salisbury II
the historical pageant and, presid
ing over a float, she will head thu
four mile parade.
The nation will hear much of the
historic Eastern Shore during the
week of August Z to 13, when Sails.
bury by historical pageantry and in
divers other ways observes the two
hundredth anniversary of the citys
founding by Provincial Charter, Aug
ust 8, 1882.
The city is already being lavishly
decorated for the event which will
rival the Yorktown celebration of
several months ago. The weeks pro-
gram, upon which many committees
have labored for nearly three
months, is rapidly being rounded in
to shape.
Impressively religious services, to
which the congregation of all
churchs on the Del-Mar-Va penin-
,sula have been invited, will be held
in the natural ampitheatre of Mu-
nioipal Park on Sunday evening, Au-
gust Z, preceded by a sacret concert,
starting at p. m. The speaker will
be Rev. DR.. Lewis Seymour Nudge,
who retired as Moderator of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S A., last
May. He is now state clerk of the
General Assembly, the highest exec
utive office in the denomination. A
choir of 300 voices has been arrang-
ed. Twenty-Five hundred seats have
been provided for the audience.
Following the services the cleo
trically illuminated fountain, now
nearly completed in the park, will
be dedicated at 9 p. m. The foun-
tain is a permanent improvement to
be seen only in the largest cities.
The celebration will be officially
opened Monday afternoon by Mayor
J. Sidney Rambridge. of Salisbury,
England, who will wear the robes
and official emblems of his office.
Mayor Wade H. Insley will officially
welcome the chief executive of the
English city for which the Maryland
municipality was named. The cere-
monies will be followed by a public |
reception to Mayor Rambridge and |
other honor guests at the First Reg
iment Armory.
Monday evening, the Bicentennial |
Band, commpOsed of 80 selected mu-
sicians from the symphony and the
atrical organizations in Philadelphia,
will give a concert in the park.
Wherever outdoor ceremonies,
pageants or concerts are presented,
a complete amplifying system will
enable all spectators to hear all
parts of the program.
Tuesday afternoon the Maryland
National Guard Air Squadron will
visit Salisbury, marking the second
time the air unit has landed on the
Eastern Shore.
The historical pageant, having a
cast of $50 lineal descendants of the
earliest settlers of this region, will
be produced in the park Tuesday
evening At least $4,000 are expect
ed to witness this feature, including
Governor Ritchie, and provision has
been made for the accommodation
II several thousand additional spec
.ators. Episodes in the pageant will
lepict much of the history of the
Eastern Shore and Salisbury
Wodnocdox &c, ufrIrs 6ory | ,
IN the morning, athletic contests and
lquatic sports are on the program.
N the afternoon, the boys will have
charge of the municipal govern
nent, with Mayor Rambridge an in
crested spectator at the City Coun-
IL session. A naval air squadron
will arrive during the day.
A public banquet, at which provis-
on is to be made for 500 to 500
,uests will be held in the armory
Wednesday evening. Honor guests
will be Governor Ritchie and Mayor
cambridge.
Thursday afternoon will be fea-
ured by four-mile parade Among
he spectacular features of this event
rill be from fifteen to twenty elabo-
ately decorated floats, the United
tates Marine Band of 35 pieces from
luantico, Va. the Naval Academy
and from Annapolis and about 80
ther bands; companies from the
irst Regiment. Maryland National
uard fire departments from New
ersey to North Carolina; and many
vii organizations. The procession
ill also include division devoted
Eclusively to comical characters.
Thursday afternoon everyone is in
ted to take part in a street mardi.
or this, colonial costumes are pre-
rred, but not mandatory.
Friday is Harbor Day, devoted to
spection of a great variety of cis-
ing water craft In the afternoon,
ur classes of speed boat racing is
heduled on Johnson's Lake in the
)rthern s6ction of the city. A
md concert will be held in the eve
ng
Salisbury's water front is being
essed up for the event. Strings of
IS fiof many nations will adorn the
narfs and harbor will be exhibitors
visitors from the rays of brilliant
,od lights.