The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-06-24
BIG FIREWORKS
 AGAIN PROMISED
 FOR JULY FOURTH

nounces five fireworks displays over the 4th of July weekend. some DOT tionS of which have been in the making since early last fall.
 The l6 man committee under the able direction of Cleo Commers will present all of the displays from the support dock and yards. Brief dis plays of daylight fireworks and bombs will be fired at 2 pm, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, July 2, 3. and 4.
 The super colossal, extra spec tacular, pyro-dynamic, biggest and best show we ever had" display will be fired on Monday evening at II o'clock, and it will last nearly an hour. To finish off the 4th holi- day with a bang, there will be a sizeable display on the 4th of July at II pm, featuring the queens name in 5-color glittering pyrotech- nics, over 100 feet in length, to- gether with the queens crown, which is over 30 feet high.
 Among the numerous items of materials in the fireworks to be used on the various shows are over 300 large aerial shells, AT of which were made to order for the Juneau display at the fireworks plant dur ing the slack season last fall, and arrived here in Juneau during De- cember. There will also be over 300 sky-rockets most of which are of the 8 pound granddaddy size. Among the new set-pieces this year are a picture of Uncle Sam in fireworks 30 feet high, huge flower on a stem which changed color as it burns, a 400 foot row of 4-foot wheels in changing colors, a BOG foot row of 4-foot revolving globes (the big 10-foot globe had babiesn Among the old standards retained from previous years, many of which have been improved upon, are a 200 foot moonlight waterfalls, pigeon races. 300 foot candle bat tery, the Juneau sign, the Ameri- can and Alaskan flags and red and green illumination lights.
 The fireworks committee, which was started four years ago just be- fore the 4th of July still has five of the six original members of the committee. Several more of the members have served three year and only three new members have been admitted to the committed this year, with an ample waiting list of volunteers.
 The group of displays to be fireo this year would cost from S8,0O0 tt $10,000 If fired by display con- tractor as such diplays are handled in the states. but Juneau, by fortunate combination of circum stances is able to obtain theirs fo 25 percent of this figure. In tn first place, the more than 2000 maj hours of labor which go into assem bling and firing of such a group o displays is donated 100 percent in cluding the use of all the trucks cranes, lift trucks, and other geal necessary for such job. In the sec ond place, all the local material used, such as lumber, wire. rope glue, scotch tape. string and myriad of other small items hay been donated by local Juneau mer chants, who have always given tn fireworks committee 100 percen cooperation. And in the third place Juneau is able to obtain their fire works at wholesale cost whicl stretches the fireworks dollar con siderably, which like all other dol lars doesn't go as far at is used to.
 The fireworks display, as well a the many other features Of the 4tl of July celebration are all made pos sible by the purchase of tickets 10 the candidate for queen and D which someone is going to be oWne of a new auto.