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e-ayheo-ptayb«RUSHVILLE HADGREAT PARADESHELBY COUNTY WOMAN WHO ATTENDED CENTENNIAL EVENT GIVES HER IMPRESSIONS.JnsAatidn-o-MANY FLOATS OF INTERESTA Sbelby county woman, who attended the Rush county centennial celebration held this week at Rush-Tille. has written an;interaatixiA ac-on count of the parade, which ahe haschentotosent to Louis Todd, chairman of the executive committee Id charge of plans for the Shelby county centennial celebration, which will be held bere on July 4th. She had but one criticism to make and that was the fact that there was not enough mualc, d- This criticism will not apply to the of j celebration to be held here, as five o- j hands have been contracted for, and ed others may yet be obtained to playellheas 1 during the day.’h. j Writing of the RuphvUle parade, at * she says:—es ! “They had the Soldiers and Sailorsn- j Orphans Home band from Knights-to town, following four men on horses.They had two log cabins on trucks, ‘St each about 12x12 feet, with chimneys e|# built of sticks. One had an old fash-00-toned well, moss covered with bucket a and pole. An old fellow with white on whiskers, and glares, was Bitting by jtke well reading a paper. The other 'in had an old couple sitting In the yard at the rftar of the cabin. The old lady ad wore a “slat sunbonnet and wa« ter smoking a pipe, while the old man9-[fanned her with a large palm leaf ne faiund | They had two prairie schooners ies. with curtains, beneath which chil-an dren were peeping out. A dog was eyjtled behind one of the wagons, and mt a dog and goat behind the other. It lat brought hack recollections that al-mt1 most escaped my mind.j They had all modes of carrying theid- | mail—horse and saddlebags, wagons, ith rural route, parcel post, and an air-to plane. There were oil kinds of bicy-ties in the parade, and all models of|automobiles from the first to those on now being manufactured.•e- j There was one truck with trees on and with girls in the garb of 1776, with spinning wheel and other early pieces of utility. On one truck was an ut old time singing school, with the ed leader. Early methods of cookingnde-I| were also shown in the parade. Thereon ( was a girl blowing one of the old. ‘I- j long dinner horns. At one end of the en ■ truck was the old fire place, and atj the other a modern range.lo ; An interesting lumber display waslate-featured in the parade. Logs were drriwn by horses, motor truck and pd j tractor. The cutting of the logs into d-; lumber, and the use of lumber in the • construction of a modern cottage in- were all displayed. Many automobiles were draped in llags, and the Modern Woodmen had two float3. one showing a family protected by insurance. and another unprotected. TheJtindio-by• Knights of Columbus and the Catho-’ht lie church also had floats, hej The store windows were tilled with he , old fashioned coverlids, quilts, old he j hooks. Bibles, trousers, pictures of edjold settlers in one large frame, cher-' ry bed frames, drop leaf tables.10-toledtospinning wheels, and old musical instruments.miiniTV mimr
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Shelbyville Shelby Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 22, 1922
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