Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1937 — Page 7

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PARADES. FREE ACTS HIGHLIGHT FAIR r ii i. - - ■■■■ — - ■ — - i . — .......

jx Free Acts To Be Shown During Fair Next Week

Lsting Free Acts To 3 .Presented Each Day ■of City’s Third Annual Kiir |bkh: locations H .. .bsolute necessity ■/strett fair: BitrP'f fair without a free act Kg. imagin' 1 •' concert Kgt a ,liUld Kdful iif tin- powerful crowd-. Kjattraitioii of good free acts. ■ 7 a;r association has secured riMOinnieiided acts for the Biannual D-tatur Free Street Bind attricultural show. .August ■ imiiisiv. Bnented on a platform in front American Legion home, ; Bind Madison streets, the aniBonus is expected to draw hunBl ot spectators, particularly Biiddtss. throughout the entire Bion of the fair. Biinrd bears, trained dogs. Bed monkeys, trained ponies. Btrained birds, all these are Bided in the animal circus. for grace and skill, the DelBled as the wire artists suB«. the Del tn ores will offer |L and daring feats upon a Bid of steel, while attired in Ktif-j and dazzling costumes. Bi ar: will be presented from a Borm at Jefferson and Second B for thrills, the Lamy Broth Bcuciu-d as among America s B»*t gymnasts, the Lamy Ki--- will present a sensatiop ■ ligli aerial casting act. The

Attend the Big Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show AUG. 2 to 7

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I three brothers will present a daring demonstration of strength, i thrills and comedy. This aerial act will be located on North Second street, near JackI son. Six Acts Daily I Only one free act will be pre- | sented Monday night, with the . Bible's animal circus going through ■ its pace for the first time in Dei catur at 9 p. m. From Tuesday until Saturday, inclusive, sit. free acts will be preI sented daily, three each afternoon i and three each evening. The animal circus will show I each day at 2 p. ni. and at 7:30 p. m. Each showing will be presented at the same location in front of the American Legion home. The Deltnores will present their act each day at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon and 9 o’clock in the ev-' . enlng. at the Jefferson and Second < street platform. Lamy Brothers will stage their thriller twice daily, at 5 p. tn. and 10:30 p. tn., at the location on North Second street. o Flight Kills Carrier Pigeon Schenectady. N. Y. —(U.PJ—A carrier pigeon died in Ellis hospital after completing 350 miles, of a 600-mile race from Lansing, Mich., to Boston. W. M. Hartman, hospital pharmacist, said the bird was "too tuckered" to continue the flight. o Burial Plot in Shadows Burlington, N. C.—(U.K) —A burial plot near here has become a virtual "No Man's Land.” Condemne I by grand juries since last August without avail, the cemetery is located behind the prison camp here.

ONLY ALL-CIRL BAND IN STATE TO PLAY HERE Decatur Girls’ Band, Only In State, To Be At Fair Here The Decatur Girl.s band, reput- j ed to be the only all-girls band in the state, will be one of the main attractions of the Decatur Free Street Fair this year — especially to the parents and relatives of the 45 girls who take part in the organization. The band, organized a few years ago through the tireless efforts of Albert Sellemeyer, local music j teacher and a few music enthusiasts of the city, has rapidly grown in popularity. Today its services are in demand at many events in neighboring cities and communities, the j girls' having acquired a reputation for their playing and colofrul appearance in their red and white uniforms that lend color to the scene in which they participate. This year a boys’ band has also been organized, which at times i forms with the girls' organization to present the largest musical group the city has ever boasted. Under the auspices of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce the girls’ band has been appearing weekly in a series of band concerts in this city, all of which were received with popular acclaim. Following is the personnel of the band, as classified by the director, Mr. Sellemeyer. Coronets: Zula Porter, Annis Mae Merryman, Pauline Light. Sana Kunke’. Q.na Kraft, Phyllis Hunter. Betty Foughty, and Patsy Garard. Altos: Maxine Hilton and Margaret Howard. Baritone: Lois Sovine and Honora Schmitt. Trombones: Helen Kohls, Harriet Kunkel, Katherine Weiland and

YOST BROTHERS CAL YOST ATTOS YOST Specializing In The Construction Os Bridges & Buildings

SOME OF OUR RECENT PROJECTS ARE: • Weighing stations for the State Highway Department at Seymour, Greenfield and Laporte. • Basements in the Adrian Baker and Dr. G. J. Kohne’s new residences. • Additions to the city light and power plants at Decatur and Portland for the installation of turbines. PHONE—Gravel Pit, 248 — Machine Shop, 285

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 29, 1937

Scene At 1936 Centennial Celebration ■'■ W IBMk! Above is a scene of Decatur's midway during the Centennial celebration and Free Street Fair in August of is.>6. Tne photograph snows Second street, looking north, and" showing decorations and concessions on the main midway.

Betty Hunter. .Tubas: Berniece Beinecke and Ruth Beinecke. Drums: Mary Steele, Betty Ross, Harriet Gilson and Flora Belle Kohls. Saxaphones: Betty Fuhrman. Joan Newlin, Patsy McConnell, Alice Yost. Anna Brandyberry, Roberta Coffelt, Avanell Kraft. Betty Sautter and Marylin Bonifas. Clarinets: Monica Schmitt, Marjorie Miller. Kathleen Fryback, Ruth Hatnmond. Pauline Acker, Betty Burke, Mary Jean Wilson, Mary Jean Tricker, Rose Marie Stanley, Patricia Beaughn, Marjorie Butler and Kathryn Yager. One of the most important parts

in a well-drilled band is that of the drum in ajo r. The high-kicking heels and swinging baton of the drum major for the Decatur girls' band is ably portrayed by Patsy Moser. Vera Sauer is the standard bearer of the local girls' organization. Three Marriages Are Made In Same Family Washington, Pa.. July 29 —(U.R) —ln 1929 Joseph Jollick married Laura Gaster. In 1935, Joseph's brother, John. } married Laura's sister, Lorraine. ■ Now Anne Jollick. 25, a sister

of Joseph and John, is going to be married to Edson Gaster, 25, brother of Laura and Lorraine. They received their marriage license from Clerk Peter F. Jollick in the Register of Wills office, who is another brother. Cleveland Likes Grand Opera Cleveland —(UP) — The recent one-week appearance of the Metropolitan Opera G.mpany here set a new world attendance record for grand opera for a single week. A total of 66,604 persons saw the performances. This was 2,000 more than the previous attendance record set in Cleveland in 1928.

ORGANIZED IN 1918, WE HAVE FOR OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE BUILDING AND IMPROVING OF DECATUR AND ADAMS COUNTY. WE USE MATERIAL FROM OUR OWN GRAVEL PIT, LOCATED THREE MILES NORTH OF DECATUR ON THE RIVER ROAD. THE MATERIALS FROM THIS QUARRY ARE TESTED TWICE WEEKLY BY STATE HIGHWAY MEN AND ARE PRONOUNCED THE BEST IN THE STATE. WE CAN FILL YOUR ORDERS UPON 30 MINUTES NOTICE. DECATUR, IND.

Five Parades To March On Midway At Street Fair

Colorful Parades, Many Bands To Add Note Os Festivity To Decatur’s Annual Fair 2 STOCK PARADES Music in the air—the rhythmic tramp of marching feet —here comes the parades Parades are always colorful —• but with the line of march through a gayly decorated midway, a brilliantly lighted midway, with spectators and marchers alike seized by a holiday mood during a celebration such as Decatur's annual Free Street Fair and agricultural show have an added thrill. As is fitting, the 1937 fair, the third annual fair under the sponsorship and active management ot the Decatur Chamber of Conuner-1 ce will open officially with a par-} ade at 7 p. m. Monday, August 2. j The opening parade will be the ' shortest of fair week, in order to 1 give spectators a chance to make a thorough tour of the city's mid- 1 way on opening night. The parade will be led by city and fair officials. Boy Scouts, Girl, Scouts, members of sororities, fra-: ternal organizations and service clubs have been invited to join the line of march. The three Decatur bands will furnish music for this parade. What is expected to be the larg- , est parade of the entire week will be staged at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday has been officially designated as School Day. Hundreds upon hundreds of school children from Decatur. Adams county and adjoining counties

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in Indiana and Ohio will throng to Decatur on this day to join in the parade. Music will be plentiful. More than 10 school bands will be in the line of march to add their musical and magic touch to the success of the third annual fair. Two livestock parades have been scheduled. The best cattle and horses In Adams county, highly prized by their owners, will be on review for the first time Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock. And on Friday afternoon, at the same hour, these livestock will again be paraded through the midway, this time with their prize ribbons waving proudly in the breeze. The final parade of the week—and promising to be the most colorful —will be the official float parade at 7 p. m. Friday. While some ot the floats built by local merchants and industrialists will appear in parades earlier in the week, all floats will be in Friday night's line of march. All parades this year will be formed on North Third street. The line of march will be south on Third to Adams, west to Second, north to Jackson, where paraders will disband. o Chick Wagner, Promoter To Appear At Fair Here “Chick" Wagner, who will manage, in addition to two concessions. the athletic show ot the Decatur Free Street Fair, is well known in this community. Chick is the promoter from Fort Wayne, who stages nearly all of the boxing and wrestling shows in the metropolis. He has also promoted several of the shows here.