Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-06
Governor Ehringhaus, Jeff
ress and Other Notables
To Be Invited To
Participate
PARADE, MUSIC AND
DANCING PLANNED
Free Refreshments To Be
Provided; Garnett Street
To Be Roped Off and Gayly
Decorated; Program Is
Planned for Evening lof
Big Celebration

Thursday evening, September s..
was agreed upon as the date for the
communitywide celebration here, mark
ing the completion of the street inn
provement and white way undertaking
for Garnett street by the central COM
mittee having the matter in charge,
and which held it's first meeting today
and organized.
Plans call for extending an invita-
tion to attend and speak to Governor
J. c. B. Ehringhaus and Chairman E.
3 Jeffress, of the State Highway Com
mission. and probably to United States
Senator J. w. Bailey and r. f. Rey-
nolds and Congressman Harold D.
Cooley of this district.
1t is proposed to have the entire
stretch of the white way district,
from Spring to Church streets roped
off for the evenings ceremonies, with
a big parade, street dances, plenty of
music and free refreshments.
A committee was named to handle
the participation of the colOred people
and they will be asked to attend. The
street will be gayly decorated, and
there will be general merry-making
for the evening. g.,
M. c. Miles, who was named by the
Kiwanis club as chairman of the move
ment, which that organization set go
ing some weeks ago, was named gen.
eral chairman of the central commit
tee at tnday's meeting, Henry A. Den
N;e,
chairman of publicity and advertising.
Other members of the committee are
S. S. Stevenson, at whose office today's
meeting was held D. c. Loughlni, j.
Harry Bryan, r. G. s. Davis, Mayor
Irvine Il. Watkins and D. L. Cannon.
The mayor was out of the city and Mr..
Cannon was added to the committee at
only members of the group not pres
ent
It was the sense of the meeting that
the celebration be put on in big way,
so as to attract attention and to make
this entire section of the State Hen
derson-conscious."
Tentative plans, which may. of
course, be modified, call for the parade
to start somewhere on South Garnett
street and move northward to a
speakers stand in the Seaboard park
area, At Spring street ribbon would
bel stretched across the thoroughfare,
and the governor would cut this ribbon
flashing on the lights in the white way
Refreshments of a nature not yet
definitely and finally determined will
be provided free for every one attend
ing the festivities. The merchants
will make no effort to sell goods
since their stores will be closed. The
event is to be staged at night by rea-
son of the fact that that will be ne
cessary for the Inauguration of the
white way lighting system.
All committee chairmen named at t.
days meeting are requested to attend
further meeting to be held tomor.
row evening at o'clock in Mr.. Stew.
enson's office for the further project.
ing of the plans. The committee in.
tends TO push its program with all pos
sible speed and to do it in as big way
as possible. From now on events arc
intended to move fast, so that there
may be no hitch in the plans.
Committee chairmen are asked to
complete the appointment of the per-
eonnel of their groups by tomorrow
night, if possible and to include women
where possible.
Chairmen of various committees
were named as follows:
Parade and floats-W S. Corbitt
Representing tobacco industry-W
M. Young and G.. w. Knott.
Finance-J. Harry Bryan.
Amplifying services. S. Stevenson
Speakers-Mayor l. B. Watkins
Decorating@S. S. Stevenson.
Dance-C. B. Sturges
Refreshments-"Red" Taylor.
Music-Ben Urquhart.
Negro participation-C. C Poole, DR.
j. A. Cotton, Professor r. H. Adams.