Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1916 — CENTENNIAL NEWS LETTER [ARTICLE]

CENTENNIAL NEWS LETTER

Issued for the Week Beginning May 29 by the Indiana Historical Commission. Indiana centennial observance is now in full swing all over the state. Schools and township celebrations have been held throughout winter and spring and now the county centennial celebration- are well under Way. Huntin-rton, Vanderburgh. Monroe, Knox and Madison counties have headed the procession in t hese and have set a good centennial pace. Below are listed those celebrations which take place within the first half of June. At Brookville, .June 1-4, J. C. Shirk, County chairman.—Thursday will be home coming day, with reinions add speeches by former residents. An impres-ive eageant in twelve episodes will on Friday depict the county’s interesting history. On Saturday, an historical and industrial parade will be made and in the afternoon Governor Samuel M. Ralston •'ill deliver an address. Dr. J. P. D. John will address a union centennial service on Sunday. Music will be furnished by the Franklin county i boras and by Weber's band of Cincinnati;

At Spencer lark, Logansport. .Tune A. H. Douglass, County chairman. —ln the forenoon an impressive and dramatic representation of the development of Indiana from the time of wilderness solitude to the {•resent, will be given in pageant form. In he afternoon a big field day meet will be participated in by the schools.

At Corydon. .lune 2-3, Thomas .1. Wilson, County chairman:— A pageant under the direction of State Pageant Master. W. C. Langdon, to be given on both days will effectively protray the beginnings of Indiana statehood. Addresses will be delivered by Governor Ralston. Father • avanaugh, Ex-Vice-President Fairbanks. Congressman Moores. Russell B. Harrison and Frank C. Daily. The 1 F. orchestra and Purdue band will furnish music, w hile folk dances and drills will be given by Evansville, New Albany, Jeffersonville school children. It is expected that "Indiana," the new moving picture presentation of the state, will be publicly presented for the first time. At Ft. Wayne, June 6-9, Edward Miller. County chairman.—The dominant feature will be the pageant to be given in Reservoir park for which the most elaborate preparations are being made. Forty thousand people are expected to see "The Great Gateway, of the West.” During the week an industrial fair will be held.

At Muncie, June 6, Fred F McLellan, County chairman.—A processional pageant is being arranged which will be given in connection with the Muncie industrial exposition, June 5-10. The history of the state and county will be represented by periods and careful and thorough preparations are being made to make the representations accurate and realistic.

John H. Forkner, County chairman.—The regular county observance in which the various towns participated was held at Pendleton and Anderson last week. On June 9, the silver anniversary of its found-

ing as a municipality, Elwood will hold a centennial celebration of its own. At Crawfordsville,June 11-15, L. N. Hines, County chairman.—On Sunday a union centennial service will be held, addressed by Rev. M. C. Pearson, secretary of the Indianapolis Federation of churches. A great historical and industrial parade comes Monday, together with a Band concert tournament in which old melodies will be played by the bands of Montgomery county; On Tuesday and Wednesday, the county pageant will be presented under the leadership of Professor D. I). Haines. Montgomery is one of the banner centennial counties in the state and its celebration will be in keeping with the excellent w-ork that it has already accomplished. Earlham College.—On June 13 of its commencement week, the college community, under the leadership of the seniors, presents a pageant, “In Quest of Freedom", which will portray Quaker settlement and activities in Indiana, along with the founding arid history of Earlham. At Liberty, June 15, S. W. Creed, County, chairman,—Appropriate centennial exercises will be held in which the home coming idea will be prominent. An heirloom and relic exhibit will be held in the coliseum. Though a small county Union has a steady arid consistent interest in a proper observance of. the centennial. Owensville is the centennial standard bearer of Gibson county and is energetically; and patriotically preparing for a celebration to be held June 7 and 8. A pageant is being written , by home talent covering state and local history and will be produced by home people. A museum of pioneer relics will be an interesting feature. Much will be made of a reunion of former citizens, especially of those who at one time attended school in the community.