Evening star., 1934-10-02
C0L0RF I'll PARADE
OPENS NEW PAVING
Thousands Attend Fourth
Street Dedication Party
in Southwest.

Fourth street southwest had It's
first birthday party last night.
To the accompaniment of blaring
bands and tramping feet, the first
parade the Southwest area has had
since Lafayette's triumphal march
over a century ago moved down
brightly lighted and banner-bedecked
streets in celebration Of the opening
of a new Fourth street-newly re-
named from Four-and-a-Half street
by Congress and newly paved by the
District government.
The parade of floats, marching
units and bands required an hour
and half to pass the reviewing
stand on Fourth street between F
and G. which was occupied by Dis
trict officials and civic leaders.
The line, led by Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent of the Police
Department, honorary grand mar
shall: Capt. jeremiah A. Sullivan of
No. 4 precinct, grand marshal, and
Maj. William F. Freehoff. COM
mander of the line of march. began
to move promptly at 7:30, the first
units passing the reviewing stand
before o'clock.
Bands Compete.
As a climax to the gala parade
four of the participating bands and
three American Legion drum corps
masSed before the reviewing stand
to play America" in unison.
Commissioners Melvin c. Hazen, in
a brief address, congratulated the
Southwest citizens for their success
full celebration. The repaving of
Fourth street, however, he told them,
is not all the civic improvement due
the Southwest area. The District
government, he said, is considering
the improvement of Water street,
Eleventh street from Water street
to Virginia avenue and the widening
and improvement of independence
avenue to make it a boulevard COM
parable to its twin thoroughfare on
the opposite side of the Mall, Con-
Stitution avenue.
Engineer Commissioner Dan !. Sui
tan also told the citizens that street
Improvements in the Southwest are
on next years program.
The celebration, arranged with the
cooperation of white and colored
residents of the area, was a demon
stration in neighborliness, said Charles
H. Houston, vice dean of the Howard
University Law School.
Municipal Court Judge Robert E.
Mattingly and Harry S. Wender,
general chairman of the committee
in charge of the parade, also spoke
briefly.
Prizes Awarded.
The Washington Gas Light Co.
Band was awarded first prize for mu-
sical units in the parade, the Elks'
Boys Band taking second and the
Community Center Band receiving
honorable mention. Other prize
awards were as follows: Best drum
corpS-James Reese Europe Post,
first; Costello Post, second; Veterans
of Foreign Wars group, third. Ladies'
marching units-Washington Daugh-
ters of Job, first; Columbia Temple
Marching Club, honorable mention.
Marching unitS-Hoover Playground,
first; Morning Star Lodge of Elks,
second; Ladies Auxiliary, Jewish War
Veterans, honorable mention. Most
beautiful f1oat-Hoover Playground,
first; CORDOBA Playground, second.
Most beautiful commercial display
Washington Tobacco Co., first; Amer
ican Security g. Trust Co., second.
Best-decorated omobile-Charles
Chisley Florest, first; John T. Rhines
Co., second. Most comical entry in
the parade-Marshall Printing Co.
Prize awards were made by George
w. Ofutt, who presided over the
committee of three judges. E. Barrett
Prettyman, D. c. Wilkinson and Will
liam A. Roberts served on the COM
mittee.