The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-12-01
Gaping the
CAPITAL
With BEN HAYES

COLUMBUS The arrival of
December usually means the end
of marching-band pageantry. But
this year the bands play on!
Prominent alumni of Ohio
State University are busy rails
ing money to send the Ohio state
marching band to the Rose Bowl
game, Jan. 2.
That's going to take a lot of
money; to send 120 men and their
equipment to California. It's
long jaunt for half-hour per-
formance. But the money will be
raised easily-for Ohio State fol-
lowers will be deliriously proud
to have their football team and
band in the Rose Bowl.
The bands of central Ohio high
schools are also extending their
marching program beyond the
regular football season. Twenty
five of them will parade here on
Friday night.
This High-st spectacle will be
the annual Christmas parade
sponsored by The Columbus
Citizen. Thousands fill down
town Columbus for the child
thrilling show. The crowd always
exceeds Rose Bowl capacity.
There was a time when The
Citizen worked hard coaxing
high school bands to participate.
That day is gone forever, Now,
high schools coax to get their
bands in the parade.
The task today: To rent enough
rubber animals, balloons, floats
and assorted attractions to space
out the bands so their music will
not overlap.
Many high schools use this
trip to Columbus as an award for
faithful performance during the
season. Local merchants or par
ents' organizations usually fl
nance the trip.
The Citizen parade is being
held later than usual this year.
This has meant that band activi-
ty has continued longer than US
ual in the participating high
schools. Recognizing this extra
effort. several announcers with
public address systems along
High-st will salute each band
with laudatory descriptions.
Columbus already is in the
holiday season. 1t seems more ex-
citing than usual this year. The
Rose Bowl bid seems to be the
reason. Practically every one is
talking about Ohio States leap
into top prominence athletically.
Schnittker and Armstrong, the
tall ends, also are basketball
players. Their pro b ! e m S of
switching from one sport to an
other sport, then back to football
for the Rose Bowl, seems to be
everyone's problem
| Christmas shopping is the US
ual, I've heard few complaints
this year. There is one small
point of dissension. The mer-
: chants association voted to open
| two nights each week-Monday
and Thursday-as a special op-
portunity for Christmas shop
pers. And this is being done.
But owners of smaller stores
and specially stores have pro-
tested. They insist they will cling
to the old custom and stay open
every night during the week be-
| fore Christmas.
I'm not worried about this. |
can get my shopping done in one
afternoon. 1t usually is Dec. "a.
The holiday season is being en-
livened further by a good-na-
tured feud in Madison and Union
counties.
The prettier girls Of the Marys-
vile reformatory for women are
having two-weeks run in their
annual song-and-dance show.
The perform ances will run
through Dec. IL.
At the same time the men of
the London prison farm are see
ing what they can do in the way
of entertaining the public. The
farms 18th annual Christmas
show will compete with the
Marysville show. The perform
ances will be Dec. 6, Z, 8, and 9.