The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-07-07
4TH JULY CELEBRATION
WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL
Beginning With the Parade in the Morning and Continuing
Until Late IN the Evening Large Attendance Cele-
brated Independence Day in This City.

Our celebration of July Fourth,
while rather curtailed, was neverthe-
less Joyous event and participated in
by tmongs Of people that filed the
downtown streets from early morning
until late at night. The crowds were
well behaved and not an accident
happened to mar the joyousness of the
occasion.
The parade at $50 opened the
festivities. Headed by the colors and
color guard Of American Legion and
G. G. G. men and followed by the
Community Band in natty white duck
uniforms the parade formed at the
Community Center and after travers-
ing the principal streets of the city
wound up at the starting place where
the prizes were awarded.
Following the colors and the band
were contingent of American Legion
men; city officials with twenty or more
uniformed police officers: a company of
Conservation Corps from Camp TOT
with Sergeant Paulson in command;
the Girl Scouts under the direction
Of Misses Lucille Smith and Winfred
Lomasney Boy Scouts under the sew
eral troop leaders and scoutmasters:
calithumpians; decorated doll buggies:
some 1900 school children carrying
flags the Ely Fire Department; citi-
zens in decorated cars; advertising
business floats and several other fea-
lures.
It was a gala parade with a mass
of color and covered six city blocks
in length The calithumpians were
many and well gotten up. The little
girls with their decorated doll buggies
were a feature of the parade most
pleasing. AL children in the parade
were given a small prize and the
features, such as outstanding get-ups,
doll busgies, organizations, ETC.. re-
ceived prizes, not very much but a
prize nevertheless.
A series of races and events took
place on the street near the Com
munity Center where the band PLAYED
marches and selections during the
events. We failed to secure a list of
the prize winners and therefore are
unable to give them. Much enthusiasm
however was manifest.
At ZOO o'clock the ball field was
crowded with interested spectators To
witness the game with the Mountain
Iron team The results of the game
are given in another place in this
paper. After the hard ball game. a
diamond bali team representing the
C. c. c. of Camp 701 and the Mantel
Hardware team entertained the crowd
with session of seven innings
The evening was enhanced with a
band concert on First Avenue between
Chapman and Sheridan Streets and an
enormous crowd again assembled. The
police had things well in hand and
cars and noisemakers were taboo during
the concert although helping out in
the applause after each selection.
Some three hundred people were at
the Memorial Gym where a vaudeville
entertainment had been billed. While
the vaudeville was to have filled out
gaps between boxing exhibitions during
the evening, the boxing show was called
on by the state boxing commissioner
with the statement that such ex-
hibitions were not allowed until a
franchise for Ely had been secured and
the license fee paid
The vaudeville show was given with
out the boxing but the attendance
clearly demonstrated that such forms
Of entertainment would be popular and
in all probability q franchise for EIy
viii be secured by the Frank Lozar
Post of the American Legion for future
use.
A dance at the Washington Audi
torium in the evening rounded out q
most pleasant day and large number
of couples participated. Music was
furnished by the Jewellers orchestra.
Booths were maintained on the
streets all day where blankets hams
and bacon, balloons, ice cream and hot
dogs were dispensed Several private
dances at the cabarets and soft drink
parlors also helped in furnishing gayety
for the day and night.