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Libertyville Independent, 8 Sep 1927, p. 2

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he f:}}ai\w;;__ ¥*_s s 3 €¥. &# g* ternities, industries, non--producer and producer alike were in the parade. ~! As a thing of beauty it was more than ~attractive, as a patriotic in-- spiration and an assurance that-- the witizenry was loyal its --value could eents. Those who failed to see it lost plete a triumph when they convinced their ~~>~+ audience that the United Btates was as unified as ever with its eitizens being of the same loyal brand as has been typical of past gener» & developing their community who did have a treasure worth re membering when seditious utterings shake their taith in mankind, -- C. C. Well Represented CGetting down to local patriotism, the : beliet in Waukegan and Lake county, it was interesting to note that nearly all of the Hoats .n <he parade ecarried a card showing membership in the Chamber of Commerce That most of those in the parads> had banded for the commun purpose more than they know while those -- GREATEST OF ALL _ PARADES TN CITY "potete ie tm -- Message of Patriotism had been tor a full bhour The parade was history making, mot because it brought out the great est number of people since the Armiz» tice was signed, but because it had all groups and factions from all walks of life welded for the sing'~.nurpose ef boosting the American Legion Sam mier Festival and proclaiming unde: woted Americanism with every blast trom the band, every, loot fall tfrom tThe pedestrian, and every throb from Just a few short weeks before the city had been stirred by the Sacco-- #n history Friday evening wound its z:mmmamm creating a spectacle that was witnessed by> 50,000 spectaiors, who dents were borne of ~foreign parent-- age and scores who first saw life in onme of the old countries entered the procession so that the public could see with a glance and determine with eut any prolonged thought that they woere the stuff that the country was made of and that in peace or time of emergency .their shoulders would mwummo-mfi Groups Applauded Round after round of applause was granted the sections of Vikings, Fin wish, Croations, Lithuanians and Solvanians. --The applause did not some so much because each of these For sistytwo minutes. with Vice President Charles G. Dawes to re wlow it, Waukegan's greatest parade Rpodies presented a beautitul appear-- ance but more through the fact that these people had turned out to show Uulon labor, merchant, youngsters, Come in today--and go for a ride in this u«.nw" * . 5 The Chevrolet Motor Company announces a price reduction on the beautiful Imperial uy . . . unmMiling aepencdoanility, ungerA4ip h"h" stecting and restful coméort.. . _ .2 . thandinadumanteminbin R. E. Keating, Superintendent John W. Thalman of the high school, Wil-- Ham Stensgaard and Thomas Leslie. m&w.r.m.'au- ator B. Rep. William F. Weiss garb of fringed blue aad white crepe The Auxiliary float a replica of a ship Fowler of the Chamber of Commerce, were in car sit. > The seventh machine carried Capt. Arthur Pickens, J. P. Egolf, Capt Einar Chester and> F. H. Just. In the eighth car wtre the membors missioner Wilson F. Gee, Nicholas M. Keller, Robert J. Pearsall and Albert representing & mer Dahringer post of the American Legion and the other the auxifiary to the: Legion nnhthomfldth.mndt The Legion was elaborate in its passed the Sun office; and then came the individuals of public life, the kind whose pictures are known to papars saw 3- story would be something like cires of hbis ~*4~» and slipinto the Heutenant--colonel's-- uniform that served. him on the Mexican border and in France. Following him was companyC: 14th Cavalry, Fort Sheridan, with the Sec-- ond Infantry band that blared forth with: music that brought memories of : Liberty Loans, volunteers, light-- les» Mondays, drafts and letters from Then there came the colors of all the legion posts fimmnd from then on the stream of ries who were pleased to be the grest of the city --and county. Dawes among First In the frst car was Vice Preaident ber of Commerce and Mavyor Walter L. Atkingon, of North Chicago. through --the mind> as ~ the--»parade| decorated ~cars,> while= the is of special design TR a real thrill out All Prices C o. b. Flint, Michigan The Chamber of --Commerce used :rwnntry"'!:rmlr:thm > e , } ' was a team of oxen. pulled forward in its path by .a bearded pioneer with tha wife, with long sweeping black dress, Mltm"?"t;omum wagon making miles an hour. The second pfcture. was that of W. H. Do huge 8 lon Frook, With . H. Dows ve manipulating controls. The difference in speed was about Captain Joseph 'Teese rode at the head of the Howitzer company while Captain Simmons was in command of drawn by> mules of the army type. With one excention the mules proved to be good soldiers. ~One of them oc-- casionally reser*~" the task of tug-- ging the small gun carriage, but hbhe finished the parade rather orderiy. chine gun and Howitzer companies, while the Navy. was represented by « band from Great Lakes Naval train-- of the G. A. R. were' represented by Tho Spanish American: War Vet: érans numbering ten > marched <cwith their colors, with members®© of the auxiltary »to --the Spanish--American War Veterans in Autos. e' revolution©.were ~represented ~by> a the ~fashionable > turnout of colonial days. Two colonial dames graced the front <seat of the: hors=4=awn, and elaborately decorated vehicle while & colored <footman in : fulHl --livery,> an acquisition : considered quite (the-- u'~ most in "style in--~Boston i1 the late 1700's © s¢cupled a <Failsed seat=in th* rear of the carriage, * $ . The Deerfleld Legion post No. 735 was represented by :of the: most mp!m-luuhtffunh This fHoat --elaborate as decoration in-- cluded a trio representative. of the Atmy the Navy and the Marine corps. added to the parade, by the appear-- ance of the cavailry anit from Fort Sheridan and -- Waukegan's own ma-- Four fioats carried attractions that bettered the . vari --colored fringed pa per that covered them. In one Miss Sch "";":'..mu'i'""'m ner in the Academy theater contest this year rode amid the plandits. of the throng. In the two other cars were "Miss Antioch," "Miss Deerflled" and "Miss Lake Villa" winners of --elimination boauty contests in those communities and who will force. the <~beautlies of Waukegan and North Chicaga to look to their laurels in--the contest to be held in con»~----**~n with the present turned out in representative aumbers. The : youngsters proved 'their ~ability in cadence in marching and made a foat won much applause as it moved along the line of march.,. . 4 Members of the Forty and HKight good appearance. a_clety, a, branch <of the American Legion marched--resplendent in now The guns of the ._C 0O $ T Military ~Units Impress snap of military un! A Qlimpse Backwards wA moots ooaigh d es fog ce _ ho t n e d n 4y xap *X '»,,:-\ ces it '?'~;"""'i'v. $ € t..é.*_;-'i:i}:s ..m;"f'*: C Pn ;:'\. & 'i'";? 4C ; & Mireoth. + i t on s T6 s :""'" yB «4 +t in © d d ooo _ g hundred -- men, the largest group: of m--~»borg~ in the parade. -- The turn-- out of Lithuanian--Amercians--was one ot the most impressive in the parade. More than 100 persons made up tha Finnish® diviston in the parade. The &roup was lod by the Finnish Temper ence society band. Groups from the temperence society, the Finnish Luth eran church. ,with an attractive float of 'the Knights and Ladies of Kalevo formed The Sov sations presented one of the novel floats of the parade, a _ ship-- fully manned with : helmeted ~ &nd : mail~ sheathed warriore=not unlike thoso 'who sailcd and amh,flu centuries ago. the poiar stike who the Viking band um_m One of the surprses of the parade way the !'m. of "the Racine Knights of= fife, bugle and drum corps in **~ exten='*=sa Knights was inscrbied. _ Then Uo-oflh'l!;l?"'"fi!'?;:"; a group of girls carrying the American of -- Pythias 4«««~'~~ of the <parade. This group included a large band and arout *00memh~------ ~* the order, the Silken Zo~ave uniforms. »-- hA Labor 'MQ&'I&J!'N city otf through the central body colla-- im borated on an attro«~**ve 'and inspir«] _ }~~: #sat. The ; Aoat ~mounted «on a C ITM m*-«a'bum & with Uncle San at the :wheel A| * _ The Lith _ group was led by .= "~zd, m followed by an at-- tractive fiost. ove» which the legend "Foe q Pirsor a»nd4d Better Waukegan" "everything free." f y The Macabees had a car, as did the .Pythian Sisters, the Elks olab, Catholic Daughters of America and tion and Royal Neigbhors. Societies Win Praise While a score or more organizations tnensd4 ant m'm m'_h m The Y. M. C. A. had a group of its lads in gym suits while the Y.--W. C,. A. had a prettily decorated car in which a number of young women rode 'The Lake County Leagueof Women YVat~~~ skippered the sail boat "Good ***------«Mp" <along the stroot. ; The Modern Woodmen, besides hay-- ing an attractive float, had marchinak units, one of them being the drill team that brought applause along the liue: The Business and Profesionai Women's club had an attractive car, the Vikings had an unusual float pic-- turing an old vxkh;:fl that brought approval from the erowd. ---- _ _ ... _ Wihout : a 'written> word 'of explana-- tion the Loyal Order of Moose devel oped an unusual pageant,; drawing ts picture from the cradle to "the grave £¢=~* the part that Moosedom ~plays io which four women, dressed in purs white, sat. * The W. C, T. U. had Unclée Sam on a beautiful float, with his: arms out-- spread around the shoulders of little ""What," the two floats seemed. to ask, "will: be: developed in the future It"we forget the: petty© things. of life and join in unison to fight for the better things 'ha can be daveloped In its first float.could be seen a pic-- turs 'of Mooseheart, ' IIL., the --school where it sends--the orphaned--children of deceased Moose members.. On th* great truck "was a. complete® class room, teacher, children, desks, black-- bourds «and --all. = That covered the adolescent: period of life, Next in the Moose line came pedes car with four of the members, dressed altke. riding in --it. The Kiwanilans r»~**~~--Moose Haven. Fia., where the old peoviles home is maintained. ~On this truck: was set a benautiful homs and: yard with two old m%'; ing the shade of tropical trges. _ were the men who had lived as Moose, lost in the fAinancial strain of life, and had been cared for by the stronger their best efforts. _ m + s It is interesting to know that they wou frst prige in fraternal bodies. Club, were ~all ~represented --in ~ The Lions had severai of their mem-- bers carrying the colors and in addi tion they b~@ +*~'*~ float.: This was "The four civic clube= Rotary + wanis, Lions and Am--rican Busi! 1085 vh'ta thr Americ'» Business club had mauake their own way. ""**% At the end came another float, t« "¥" Shows Its Boys were able to walk and 98 followed . by several were in a festooned was attired <in sortr»=~es and Bitlex® Products.company entered a float-- in the parade which while at-- tractive also ~displayed ~the wide range of bumpers which it manufac-- tures;> Feinstein Furniture company float also equipped with a radio .re Both the Waukegan 3&» Bun and Waukegan Daily News entered floats in the parade. & fae 8 Pevifk' brothers with their welding and --enttine' a~--~nstrated in ~the Durkin --and Durkin proved its pro-- gressiveness in a float 'made up --of &--model>of--an airplane bearing: the name :of "Spirit of.Waukegan." Roys plano and radio-- shop presented &n attractiva ~ float,. --The float --<was m radio and displayed the onic line of: receivers. fowers. ' The Franklin Prees was bedecked in balloons and a rainbow of bubbles, the Peoples Fuel and Supply and . _ Mechanical Float stepped out with a (massive me chanical float, displayed in co--opera-- tlon with the Pittsburgh water heat-- a 'bride and groom ready to occupy it. The Waukegan Electric took advan-- tage of the raw'»= fight and exhibited the Frigidaire approvedby Tunney, while the National Office Supply had a replica of 'a ship. -- Santa is Coming One car, in the com'~~* section, opened a guess~ for the spectators. On the front was a reindeer head and the side were pine trees. Young Bill B:llows was driving and ths« Ford coughed along in good shape. f Another wa=-- a dilipated lHzzie mas pany which included <the display Of the making of its products with two workmen. : Next in line was the Buckley Hill bus loaded with occtr-- pants headed for--the Buckley Hills subdivision. --The Valencia dance hall ~was represented by a pretty : An Anteresting float was . that of the -- Verona -- Metal Farniture com «184th an nary . ~ Driving was Fred Breen of tho.'l'n depart-- ment --and> heeida him was Chieft© of th ":'1;';1:" w = ~rear. was s Miss Mammie 7~*'*~~ who had won at the. No~** Chicago Festival. She was on a high pitched thrown, where Green Mill Cleanoers with an attrac-- tive foat in green with a Dutch Mill . Thomas J. Killan 'displayed a bath room with a pickinny taking a bath. This drew ~.#------! laugh. The Na-- tional Envelope had abeautiful dis-- play praiing W~~--*~~n--as a City of one: from the rebellion.> Spanish American and World War. To the rear was erected the symbol of Liberty d Piine ie ue. An of * erican **~volution won third prize. worth seeing. . There was Goldsteins ailva=*is'~g "306 Contented Workers," is is mivun Pa vie" ue atle "Olympla," --which ~served -- Admi{ral George Dewey as flagship, the Wau-- kegan Works of the American Steel #% Wire company with a full display a large bag ~~~--»wably flled with meal moved maje~' * a¥u .the _ A feature float of the parade was hi Sethtemen pemanent fam. was surmounted hy globe on which the continents were defined --with red an~~:3sced that it was the winner. It had been. bu'"t on an automobile but ho inauenrts q'gsuou.ln fioat € xr the beg! . The North Chicago float, a beautiful creation in white, was an instantan-- eous. hit with. the~crowd and no sur-- prise ~~+~ provoked--whenthe judgeos she: could lonk down on the driver. ~~The second prize--winner of the en-- esnc n opoun , . of the f y .# ¥e creations in floats were conceived and f the beginuing of the parado ;:'3: the combined float of the Wauke-- Chemical ~company Ferrz3 fpoct n o. C m in s avintt ure r*=~*~"1_w~s the Publilc Service eampany Rosat that spoke of the his tory of the nation;~ Orvit ~and-- a plouger in buckskins, a revolutionary pany, an att~~***~«-- flogat graced with =*----* Incidently this won a prize. Paualhs sn3 market, Pu Enter Nove!l Float pink. fringed paper won m@& J. A.'l'o; several h "men be on An e 2t ° llt : ' ize, !'m' Cllg--Ohr' ysler (ugmmoeoa).__ messhsh onbrable. Mention. Anburn (Serv-- iee Girage, North Chitago). > _ Honorable Mention~--Willys Knight Figats, with Best Advertising Apperi Fratetnal, Civic, and Labor Organiza-- i tiong . Floats °. * "Baby | Lincoln," while the Conzel-- man Xlotor company graced its Stu-- debaké+,. "President" type,; with the card, "A president that always choos-- tractive models. Included in the group |weére LaSalle, by McCormick Motor Bales company; Chrysler, Up-- state -- Motor company; _ Packard, Hewes: Motor company; Dodge, James Morrow and Son company; Chanrdler, Leo Lux:; Chevrolet, Rudel--Teter com-- nm-y-naph and well decorated| Lieut. R. E. Keating, U. S. Navy, & i# ~, ; I Great Lakes, II W Men**~~ --Biflex Bumper Honol ~--Mention--Burke Hard-- American Honorable Mention--Lithuanians. ist_ prize, -- Trophy. Cup--Chrysler "1"'!'0 $100--Public Service Co. Historical and Decorated Section 1st prize, Trophy Cup, Mooseheart | w LAAA ¢ 1 a uit 6 l' ' * e e a L* + * sey + a callér in this community Tuesday. A 'number of the young folks gath-- !v C _ "tut' . fell ut h. VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI The Ladies Aid of the M. E. church met at the home of Mrs. Fred Con-- verse Thursday.. A large crowd was in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Lioyd Fisher and son, Richard, spent Thursday afternoon at the E. H.--Meyers home in Fremont ~~The Lake county gravel trucks are spreading gravel on the roads in this vicinity. _ --Leslie Davis and son, Arthur were ';m-edlcu.nthenq,m home Tuesday. s -- Mr,. and Mrs. Lioyd Fisher and son :G. A. Vasey motored to Fox Lake Thursday. _ Thomas McNally was a calrel at the Willard Darrell of Slocum Lake was 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0# 0 0 0 0 0 a prize of $2%5. This Ford, bought by a group of boys cost them just $12). W. L Stensgaard, Chicago, Ill. President International Association of Displayment. _ * :. Most Comical Entry Stanta Claus Ycash prize of $15) *._. -- amind, alert for prompt and accurare performance of a vital <--~-- service. A devotion to duty inspired by a, sense of the pub= w:»mmm@% e ordination of 11'-: effort and mechanism th{r:b'.n-i- JAMES MORROW & SON bie Amecrica's far--reaching telephone service. Its cords link Tor instant speech.those who are*separaied by a continent. Its guardian operator is one of an army of telephone men and women vigilant to meet a nation's need for communications. ug:, it and personnel, the Bell System is in efect a vast chboard serving a nation that has been trznsformed into a neighborhood through telephone growth and development. The Switchboard V OL O WEB of cords that end in numbered holes. A hand, poised ~ready to answer signals which flash from tiny lamps. A by | Fisher Wednesday. ;).| Mre. and Mrs. Joe Passfield visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. () | H. Passfield Sunday evening. " Mrse. Lioyd Fisher and son Richard O spent Wednesday with Thos. Fisher. nl _Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George ea Frank Hironimus is on a Dbusiness trip to Wisconsin this week. NMr. Lovett, of Chicago, spent the week end at the Dowell Bros. home. A number of this vicinity attended the dance at Ivanhoe Saturday owe. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and fam-- ily attended the Klkhorn fair Monday. daughter, Lillian, spent Sunday at TJioyd Fisher home. IAllian, were Tuesday callers at the Tioyd Fisher home. Miss Hanson and Miss Olson of Madison, Wis., are visiting the form-- er'se sister, Mrs. Pete Stadtield for a Mrs. Wim. Frost and Camily of Round Lakec alled on the latter's mother, Mrs. Frost, Thursday. _ . is Lenze® in Volo. ered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Vasey Friday evening. All pres ent reported an excellent time. Frank Wilson is treating his rest-- dence to a new coat of paint. The Frank Hironimus sale Wednes-- day of last week ias well attended. of ILLINOIS x4 L2 e

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