The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-07-06
FOURTH PARADE IS SUCCESS AS
 JUNEAU EVENT
Annual Marchers Number Several Hundred-
 Sidewalks Crowded

Jupiter Pluvius, an unwelcome guest, marched along with the an- nual Juneau Fourth of July parade Monday forenoon, but more than 200 participants jubilantly disregarded the rain while four times that num- Der of onlookers nodded approvingly.
 With a path cleared in the streets by a pair of motorcycle officers, the paraders began the trek to the Fire mems Park from the starting place in front of the Juneau Cold Storage Company on Franklin Street The parade started promptly at 9:30 o. clock. Four motorcycle officers guarded the sides and the rear.
 Music, furnished by the City Band, composed of IS members and Art Ugger, band leader, blazed the trail for the marchers.
 Soldiers March
 They were followed by the impos- ing Chilkoot Barracks soldiers, num- bering 83 men and three officers, and the Chilkoot Barracks Bugle Corps, who assisted in furnishing lively music.
 Major Kirby Green was in com mand of the soldier-boys, assisted by Lieutenants Donald A. McPher- son and E. M. wan. Sergt. George R. Gray was flag bearer and Corp. William Morgan was guide to bearer. Both are members of Com pany E.
 Two F. D. Trucks
 The Juneau Fire Department turn ed out aboard two trucks to form unit number three in the parade. Members aboard the trucks were: Fire Chief V. w. Mulvihill, Drivers John Olson and Joe Hill, and Will liam Neiderhauser, Guy Gaudette, L. E. Tucker, o. J. Oliver, Howard Button, Holly Triplette, George Shaw, Frank Heinke, Roy Noland, Roy Carrigan and w. A. Hendrick- son.
 The Fire Boys, armed with a large box of candies, tossed them hither and yon to sidewalk spectators. They were assisted in their throwing by -year-old Lou Tonkin, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. John Tonkin, representing Percy's.
 The Girl Scouts followed the fire men, led by Scoutmistress Mary Wildes, and including almost twenty girls American flag-bearers were Mary Stewart and Barbara Her mann, while troop-flag bearers were Betty Wilms and Frances Paul.
 Two Boy Scouts
 With several Boy Scouts attend ing the Washington Jamboree and several others on weekend excur- sions, Jim Johnson and Jim Glasse followed the Girl Scouts to uphold the honor of the Boy Scouts.
 Included in the group of American Legionnaires marching in the par ade were E. M. Policy, George Gull lufsen, John Mccormick and Tex Leonard. They were surrounded by group of costumed children, DOT traying everything from Uncle Sam to a Fourth of July firecracker.
 Three floats, made by Femmer's, Bedding Transfer Company, and the Alaska Electric Light and Pow CT Company, and approximately 25 automobiles, many of them deco rated with American flags, com pleted the parade.
 The parade went up Franklin Street to the Triangle Place, where the marchers turned left down Front Street, then left down Main Street until they came to Willoughby Ave nue From there they turned right until they marched into the Fire mems Park. In all, the parade last ed an hour and provided starting impetus for an eventful day.
 Motorcycle police officers, used for the first time in Juneau to guard the annual parade, were: Bert Whitfield and Jack Lennon, in front; and Howard York, Vincent Anderson. Gunnar Blomgren and Carl Hagerup, sides and rear.
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