Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1918 — MAY HAVE AEROPLANES HERE [ARTICLE]

MAY HAVE AEROPLANES HERE

For Our Patriotic Celebration on Thursday, July 4. C. E. Duvall, chairman of the program committee for the patriotic celebration to be held in Rensselaer on Thursday, July 4, accompanied by B. F. Fendig, Harvey Davisson, J. J. Montgomery and Delos Thompson, in the latter’s automobile, drcrte to Rantoul, Illinois, yesterday to endeavor to secure a squad of aeroplanes for our celebration here, which will be a great drawing card if they are successful in securing them. In compliance with requests from the national and state councils of defense, the Jasper county council of defense at its regular meeting last Thursday took steps toward having a celebration here along the lines suggested from headquarters, which especially asks that foreignborn c'Gzens be urged to take pari celebration, which is to he IS" the nature of a patriotic celenration rather than a mere noise-mak-ing carnival, such as has distinguished many 4th of July celebrations • of late years. Chairman Welsh appointed a committee on celebration as follows: Charles G. Spitler, chairman J. M. Bauser J. Budman Fleming George M. Myers O. K. Rainier S. C. Irwin • L. H. Hamilton Mts. Ora T. Ross Mrs. M. D. Gwin Mrs. J. I. Gwin Mrs. E. M. Graham Mrs. J. D. Allman Mrs. A. P. Burton. Mr. Spitler has appointed the following sub-committees: On speaker—L. H. Hamilton. On parade—J. M. Sauser. On program—C. Earl Duvall. On finance —Mose Leopold. On Red Cross activities —Mrs. A. H. Hopkins. Rantoul is but 100 miles from •Rensselaer by road and probably not over seventy-five miles via aeroplane, and it would be but a nice little appetizer for fliers from this field to fly over to Rensselaer, and if all are not already engaged it is probable that Mr. Duvall will be able to secure a few machines for our celebration, a complete program of which will be published later.