Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
Gala Halloween Fete
To Be Held Oct. 81
tcOntinusa from First Psss)

Last year many entries in thu
: mummers section came from Mary
land, and prizes in this division
were awarded all over the PENN
, sula.
Among the features will be com
mercial floats, decorated automo-
biles, fraternal organizations
banks, farmers floats, as well as
firemen's sections and defense
units.
To date fourteen bands, the best
in this section, have entered the
parade, 20 beautiful floats are be-
ing built, and lodges and fraternal
organizations are arranging to
present special attractions to the
thousands of persons expected.
The honorary guests, including
Governor Walter w. Bacon, United
States Senator James M. Tunnel,
United States Senator James H.
Hughes, Secretary of State Judge
Earle Wiley, Motor Vehicle Com
missioner George S. Williams, and
others will have positions of honor.
They will be entertained at din
ner at Poplar Grove. Chairman of
the entertainment committee for
invited guests is former Mayor
Harry ]. Pettyjohn.
Milford is being beautifully dec
GRATED for the affair. Big stream
ers of electric lights are festooned
across the streets, the shop win
dows will present special displays, !
and arrangements are completed to
handle the vast crowd.
Special policemen have been
sworn in by Captain Wilson Moore,
and these will be stationed at all
intersections to direct visitors to
parking places. Extra parking ia
cilities have been provided Be-
sides the municipal parking lot on
N. E. Front street, parking lots
have been arranged at the Milford
Ball Park, and the show lot on
North Walnut street. These spaces
will accommodate thousands of
cars, and each lot will be under po-
lice guidance and protection. There
will be plenty of parking space, and
guides to direct traffic to these
districts.
The parade will start at p. m, !
and will form on Lake View ave- I
nue. and intersecting streets. Di- 4
visions will form on intersecting 9
streets, and enter the parade on !
the avenue. G
The route of the parade is as /
follows: East on Lake avenue to 4
Walnut street; south on Walnut @
street to s. e. Second street; east s
on S. e. Second street, to Charles S
street; north on Charles street to n
S. E. Front street; west on S. E. e
Front street to Walnut street; north t
on Walnut street to N. w. Front I
west on N. w. Front street o
to city line. E
All units in the parade are re-
Iuested to form before starting
time in order not to delay the pa
rade. o
Special police protection is be- il
ing made, and besides the local o
,orce with auxiliary police, mem h
Ders of the state police will be t.
present to see that there is no f
and that everything X
moves smoothly. o
A rowing radio transmitter sys- D
em will be in operation which will Fl
transmit messages to the main sec b.
ions of Milford, and will keep the H
public informed of the progress W
hat is being made in building the et
parade.
1t will also be a feature of en-
and will broadcast in
eresting facts, addresses, music OF
md comments pertaining to the di
vent. This feature is being ar pi
anged by Frank v. o. Reedy. 81
This gala affair is a direct gift al
rom the business interests of this of
ommunity which makes the parade al
ossible, to their many patrons he
nd friends who have come to look ne
Orward to this evening in Milford at
s an annual entertainment. fr
Amusement, fun, frolic and in HI
sresting spectacles are in store for W;
II those who attend.
There are three things to re-
lember. Place, Milford; date. Fri
ay evening, October 81, and last, dll
ut not least, it's your parade and w
an
The parade will be in nine di- VII
sions, as follows: IL
Defense division. pa
Fire companies. Ch
Visiting police departments. M
Decorated automobiles. ia
Farm floats. on
Mummers and decorated bicycles. tol
Fraternal organizations. gr'
School floats.
Commercial floats. TH
Since the publishing OF the Origi- 81
Il list a division of decorated BIZ
cles has been added This is ,
en to all bicycle riders who dec
ate their wheels, or wear a COM oSi
II costume. oui oui
Captain Royal, of Fort Salisbury, mo
s consented to assist with the MIN
LIBERATION, and it is probably that sra
me of the soldiers at the fort will CO
sist the local police, in main ing
ming order and directing traffic. ire
are being arranged zee
: the safety of the crowd to pre- me-
Mt the overcrowding of dangerous mo-
DTS and places. soc
0ne thing the committee wishes Il
emphasize is that there will be, OF
charge for entry in the parade. Dol
erything is free, only it is ad- Jul
able if you intend to be in line, ed
notify Mayor Edward Evans so roa
+ Won will he ASSIGNED vour no. Poo
ons. teri
'he following are the standing IN
nmittees: General committee, ent'
yor Edward G. Evans, former In :
yor Norman L. Windsor, City erts
nager Charles E. Banning, John II
and Robert H. Yerkes. 70