Smyrna times., 1948-09-02
Expect 16 Bands, Al Fire
Companies, 10 AuxiIiaries
From Four States
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PRIZES ANNOUNCED

Thongs of people are expected to
line the streets of Smyrna tonight
to witness one of the largest and
finest firemen's parades ever to be
staged in this area. The parade,
highlight of the annual firemen's
carnival which has been running on
Market Street Plaza since August
26 and will continue through Labor
Day, September 6, will feature 16
bands, Al fire companies and 10
auxiliaries from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland and Delaware.
The parade will start at 500 pm.
sharp, following line of march
from Lake Como Gardens, where
the parade will form, up Delaware
street to Frazier Frazier to Union,
Union to Commerce, Commerce to
Main, (Four Corners, down Main,
past the judges stand in front of
the Post Office, to South, and from
South on up to Market Street
Plaza where it will disband.
Judges Named
4 Reynolds Bradley, parade mar
shall, has announced that due to
the large number of bands compet-
ing for prizes, bands will be classi-
fed as Fire Company bands and
School bands. There will be first
and second prizes for both classif-
cations. Mr.. Bradley also an
nounced the names of the following
judges for the parade: Best ap-
pearance division: Mayor C. j.
Prickett, Clark NJ Knotts, George
w. Wright; Band division: Ernest
4 v. Keith, Dover; Mrs. John Fearon,
John Simpson; Official counters:
Glenn S. King, Francis Gebhart;
Judge for the longest distance
travelled: Capt. James E. Turner,
Sr., of the Delaware State Police.
The judges stand will be located in
front of the Post Office on Main
street.
Prizes Announced
The following prizes viii be
awarded: Best Fire Company band,
$4,000; Second Best Fire Company
band, $500; Best High School
band, $500; Second Best High
School band $4,000; All Other
Bands, S25.00; Company making
best appearance, $25.O0; Company
making second best appearance,
$500; Company having most men
in line, $500; Company coming
the longest distance $4,000; Ladies
Auxiliary making best appearance,
$$25.O0; Ladies' Auxiliary making.
second best appearance, $500.
All units must have at least 20 per-
sons in line to be eligible for priz-
eS.
Extra Ground Prizes
One of the outstanding attrac-
tions at the Firemens carnival this
year is the valuable ground prizes
being awarded each night. These
ground prizes have been donated
by the merchants of Smyrna and
include such items as ton of coal,
portable Philco radio, two cookie
auto tires, an electric hand sander,
set of dishes, twin old fashioned
electric tablet lamps, breakfast set
of table and two benches, four full
course dinners and a bicycle. Will
lard Y. Rutter, chairman of the
carnival committee, has announced
that special ground prize will be
awarded at $3.50 p. m. tonight, par
ade night. This is being done for
the benefit of the visiting firemen
who will be here for the parade,
from distant places and cannot
stay until the regular ground prize
is given away. Again on Satur-
day night there will be two ground
prizes given away. This time the
special prize will be on tickets re-
ceived from buying chances on the
Zenith radio-phonograph combine
tion, but will not be awarded until
just before the regular ground
prize goes off. In both cases tick
cts will be good for both ground
prizes. There are many attrac-
tions and amusements at the earn
ival this year and every one is in
vited to come out and enjoy the
last four nights of this annual fire.
mems affair. Lefty and his Hill
Billy Pals are scheduled to appear
Friday, September and on closing
night the 1948 Pontiac and Zenith
radio-phonograph combination will