Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21
Delrnar Centennial
Opens This Sunday
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in the several churches of the
town Sunday morning, COM
bined service will be held Sun
day afternoon at 5 in the park,
on State Street.
Monday has been called PA
tronize Delmar Merchants Day.
Other events of the day include
opening of the railroad display
of antiques at 10 a. m. and kid
dies costume parade at IL. In the
afternoon, Brothers of the Brush
will get boards trimmed and hold
tug-of-war. Kangaroo Court
will hold its first session at 5
p. m. in the business section. In
the evening the Queens Costume
Ball will be held in Delmar High
School at $3.50 and will feature
the crowning of the Centennial
Queen.
Tuesday has been called Home
coming Day.. The official open
ing of the Delmar Museum will
start the day off at $50 a. m.
In the afternoon picnic in the
park will honor "Oldtimers on
Homecoming Day., with inter
views by radio personalities of
returnees and oldtimers Kanga-
roo Court will be held again at
4:30. This will be the first show
ing of the Centennial pageant en-
titled "Yesteryears" featuring a
cast of nearly 200. The outdoor
show is scheduled to get started
at $3.50 p. m. at the grounds of
the Delmar Elementary School.
Wednesday has been set as Old
Family Day. All morning has been
set aside for visitors to view the
railroad display and the museum.
In the afternoon at the park
Old Family Day activities will
start at 1870 with honored fam
lilies appearing in representative
costume. At p. M the Centen-
nial Belle will be announced and
crowned. The pageant will be
shown again that evening at $3.50.
Thursday promises to be one
of the bigger days of the cele-
bration and has been designated
as Governors and Mayors Day.
The Governors of Delaware and
Maryland have been invited, as
well as all the Mayors of towns
on the Eastern Shore. Governor
Boggs of Delaware has already
said that he will be here, and
acceptance from Governor Tawes
of Maryland is expected by the
time this goes to press. Many
Mayors have said they will be
here. The visitation will be held
at the park with ceremonies get
ting underway at 1:30 p. m. The
visiting dignitaries will be enter
tanned at dinner in the firehouse
at $50 and invited to see the
third showing of the pageant at
$3.50 at the elementary school.
Friday morning will start off at
at $50 with a boys and girls
vehicle parade, followed by win
dow judging of the various dec
beard judging sessions will be
held that morning at II, with the
second session scheduled for the
afternoon at 5. This has been
separated into two parts so that
any of the more than 200 grow
ing boards who can't come in the
morning will have an equal chance
at the prizes in the afternoon
session. Kangaroo Court will be
held again that day at p. m. The
final showing of the pageant will
be held at $50 p. m. at the ele-
mentary school grounds.
Saturday will undoubtedly be
the big day for many with two
important functions scheduled.
The day is officially called Mardi
Gras Day. The morning starts
off in a restful manner with a
baseball game at Pote Memorial
Field at 10:30. In the afternoon,
starting at 1:30, the repeater often
ders will come before the Kan
garoo Court for maximum penal
ties. At 2:30 in the park a real
honest-to-goodness public wedding
will be held. At exactly 4 p. m.
the huge grand parade will shove
off. This is expected to be one of
the larger parades on the Eastern
Shore this season. Then various
organizations will serve chicken
dinners, to be followed by street
dancing and an official announce
ment of the winners in the beard