Nogales international., 1942-04-24
YOU CAN FLOAT A FLOAT!

and money and enduring number Of provoking Incl
dents, for the sake of having commendable celebra-
ton starting with the grand opening parade Sunday,
Mays
At the present time their efforts are not receiving
the credit and support they deserve from this side OF
the line and unless the attitudes OF organizations and
individuals here undergo marked change, La Fiesta
de las Flores will not grow into the elaborate spectacle
needed to bring throngs to the border from far and
near.
Mr. Elias and his co-workers deserve tribute
and visitors who precious rubber to get here de-
serve bang-up show Our proposal is parade float
from every Nogaes civic and fraternal organization
and from every local school means of paying off
both debts
AS long as everyone agrees to ''let George do it,
you may rest assured that Nogales Arizona will from
numerical standpoint be poorly represented in the
parade A hurried trip of inquiry through the bust
ness district brought from every person named
George met the answer that he wasn't the George
We were looking for. So we presume George is out of
town for the duration of the fiesta In La Fiesta de
las Flores we can't even blame the "manana spirit
for lack of action since all the sound and fury OF
preparation seems to be brewing on the side of the
line from which the do it tomorrow idea is supposed
to come.
Let us cite an example Of why we think this town
should have 'float float party:
This week man submitted design for float
and price for its construction to local organization
Members Of the order looked at the design and said
was pretty Then they looked at the price, Whistled
and walled that it impossible for their organiza
ton to be represented in the parade That, as far as
they were concerned was their contribution to the
success of La Fiesta de las Flores 1t must be agreed
that the donation can't be considered too generous.
Now parade entries come in all prices In an an
nual mummers' parade in Philadelphia merely the
costumes of the hundreds of narchers run generally
from S100 to $4,000 apiece On the other extreme are
those people who close the tail end of every local
parade without stitch of decoration on their
and lend nothing to the show except added length and
the raucous sound Of their horns Someplace in be-
tween is the happy medium which every local organl
Zatfon meet without even giving till it hurts.
If we can remember correctly that far back, any
who squandered more than SIS on float in high
school parade was considered wastrel But regard
less OF the slight expense, most OF the floats were
fairly presentable Every member of every class con-
tributed something in the way of pocket change,
terials labor and besides the pleasure of showing
off in the parade everyone had lot of fun and excite
ment trying to make their entry unusual in
spect so it would stand out from the Others That's
about what we think should be done here and for
La Fiesta de las Flores.
This is how we're sure it can be done
At the last meeting of every organization prior
to the fiesta take up free will offering to meet the
expense of the parade entry and follow the Vermont
motto to the extent of making it do Appoint float
committee and let everyone else forget about the
whole thing until Saturday night, May
After business hours that day. let's all get to-
gether on Grand avenue near the city hall and have
"foat float party" If every group be represented
can't locate truck for the groundwork of their
exhibit any steeltopped passenger will do. Ev-
e1yone will gather around the vehicle to be decorated
for their group, and using the materials and design
provided by their committee erect float that will add
color and distinctiveness to the fiesta parade
1t won't all be work-when fellow gets tired of
fussng with bunting crepe paper twine string rib
bon he saunter down the street and what 9TH
ers doing, stand the curb and gas with folks
he knows, or drop down on stool in some ate-hour
establishment and have something in the way of re-
f1eshment
Then early Sunday morning the children and
womenfolk can collect what cut flowers they aren't
exhibiting in the flower show and on the way to
church add them to the decorations already placed on
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