Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1911 — PARR HAS BIG CELEBRATION [ARTICLE]

PARR HAS BIG CELEBRATION

Of the Safe and Sane Variety, on the Glorious Fourth ABOUT 3,000 VISITORS THERE Both Parr Ball Teams Won—the Other Events Were Pulled Off According to Schedule.—Good Time Had by All.

Parr celebrated the Fourth in a “safe and sane” manner and had an excellent day. Probably 3,000 visitors attended the “doings,” and while the thermometer ranged around 106 all day, still the crowd had a good time and were “hot and happy.’ There were* eight or nine stands dispensing soft drinks, sandwiches, ice-cream, cigars, etc., and each one was well patronized, particularly the liquid refreshments.

Hon. E. P. Honan made an excellent address in the forenoon and John E. Alter read a well prepared paper. The reading of the Declaration of Independence was omitted-on account of the absence of George Casey. In the evening a choice display of fireworks and a bowery dance occupied thle attention of the large crowd. A partial list of prizes were awarded to the winners in the various numbers of events. We were unable to get the names of all the winners and several of the events are omitted in the following program on that account:

Base frail games: Parr vs. Newland, 18 to 6, to favor of Parr; Parr froys vs. Rensselaer froys, 12 to 6, to favor of Parr. Three-legged race, won by two hired men on the Everett Halstead farm west of Rensselaer. Hit the ham-what-am, won by Barney Jungles. Ladies’ nail driving contest won by Mrs. Otto Shelter. Hitting tail of donkey, won by Aileen Dakin. Boys’ race, won by James Babcock. 100 yard dash, won by Estle Myers. Old men’s race, won by James Wiseman. Win. H. Myers, the champion sprinter of the county, was too busy to enter this event. Greased Pole, won by Harvey Smith of Rensselaer in 30 seconds. Tug-of-war between Union tp. and Newton tp. was called off on account of not enough representatives being pTGS6IIt. Pillow fight, small boys, David Yeoman. ,