Arizona sun., 1948-12-31
BIGGEST PARADE
EVER; PROMISED
FOR SALAD BOWL

Il V1V OIX1A1 ALL DON IA
The greatest exhibition of Ari-
zonans in state history today await
ed only the starting gun before
swinging through downtown Phoe-
nix streets January when thous-
ands of students will tell the Ari-
zona story in spectacular process
sion appropriately labeled "Arizo-
ma on Parade"
The procession will be but one of
the many highlights of the New
Years Day program which will
have as climax the intersectional
football game between the Univer-
sity of Arizona Wildcats and the
Bulldogs from Drake University,
of Des Moines, Oowa, in Montgom-
cry Stadium.
Already decked out in her best
holiday robes to greet scores of
thousands of visitors, Phoenix fair
ly humrned with activity as the
many committees of the Kiwanis
Club-sponsored Salad Bowl Festival
worked to patch up loose ends here
and there before the program Off
cially opens.
Here is how the festival will un-
fold:
On Friday, Dec. 81, the visiting
high school students, numbering
approximately 900, will be guests
at a New Years Eve dance at
Moeur Memorial Building on the
Arizona State College campus.
Four high school bands have vol
unteered to provide the musical
background for this event;
The Salad Bowl parade starts at
10 a. M, moving from Encanto
Boulevard, assembly point, onto
Central Avenue where it will
march south to Washington Street,
east to Seventh Street and north
from there to the Staudium;
The flag ceremony, with 1000
school bandsmen participating, will
start probably at 1870 p. m, and
the kickoff for the game between
the Wildcats and Drake University
will follow;
A half-time ceremony of 20 min
utes will be presented with Howard
Pyle directing;
Following the game, all of the
students will be invited to giant
barbecue given by the Inter-City
Relations Committee of the Phoe-
nix Chamber of Commerce. The
barbecue will be held on the play
ing field.
Martin E. Wist, chairman of the
parade, said the number of entries
in the parade made it without
doubt the largest of it's kind ever
held in Arizona. The flag ceremony
may be the largest ever attempted
in the country, he said. John Bar
nett, conductor of the Phoenix
Symphony Orchestra, will direct
the young bandsmen in playing the
national anthem and other martial
airs before the game.
Paul Murphy, parade director,
said five Phoenix streets, immedi-
ately off North Central, will be
used to line up the different en-
tries. That's just how staggering
the number of entries looks, he
said. A helicopter, equipped with
two-way radio, will be used to help
keep the parade moving, he said.
The official reviewing stand
will be located in front of the Ho-
tel Westward Ho. Seating space is
available for 1000 persons, accord
ing to Nicholas Cavalier, in charge
of the stand. The parade judges and
other celebrities will occupy Sec
ton of the stand.
In keeping with the youth theme
of the activities, Kiwanis officials
obtained the services of two ma
tionally prominent figures to be
judges: Jack Dempsey, former
worlds heavyweight champion, and
Bill Boyd, the Hopalong Cassidy of
western film fame. Other judges
will be Judge Dewitt Merriam, re-
tired Detroit jurist; Manfred Bur-
leigh, president of American Bus
Lines, and Major Monty Stone,
Dempsey's business manager.
The state of Iowa will be repre-
sented in the parade, too. Iowa stu
dents attending the State College
wi II enter a float for Drake Uni
versity.