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Greatest Parade In City History Opens Events Here On SaturdayBy JOE CAMPBELLThe Wiregras* area's greatest parade of *11 time will be herald-. «d by orchestra music ay the float of the Auburn Knights moves up Poster Street Saturday.The musicians from Auburn will advance 15 minutes ahead of the National Peanut Festival parade which will swing into t h e view of thousands at 10 a.m.The mammoth one-mUe-long rc-rade composed of 6-1 'different units from the Wire grass area will include 1 bar.ds.Parade officials have announced a laat-mlnutc change in the parade route so that tourist traffic through Dothan might floiO mere easily.The parade units will assemble at Young Junior High school at 8:30 a.m. The procccston will *:art at the Poster-Crawferd Street intersection and from there will take the following route:North on Foster Street to Newton Street, then West on Newton to. Oates Street, following Oates Southward, then turning right o n V/cst Main and down West Main to the First Baptist church-Officials estimate that it will take more than a hour for the parade to pass a reviewing stand at Foster Street Methodist-church. The procession is expected to be over by noon.The judging of floats wDl lake place during tho parade. Winners will bo announced and the awards will bo made at the fooiball game Saturday. night.Following the Auburn Knights, a detachment of the Stale Highway Patrol will clear the way for the mile-long process jcn.The parade will be fed by a I United Slate* Marine Corps color I guard. Next will come the National Cuard In six vehicles led by |Lt. Col. Jesse Cheatham.• Marching behind the Guard will be the Troy High scnool hand followed by a detachment from tue Eglin Avr Force Base displaying the ‘buzz bomb.Next will coir.o ihe Organized Reserve Corps, then (he Alabama Sl«tc Forestry display followed by I the Chiplty High school band.Then some beauty quoens will I conic into view. Mina Samson will ride Ihe United Telephone and i Telegraph company float. Next i comes Miss Ozark on Ihe Ozark I City ffoai.Ozark' High school's band parades by next followed by a dcco* •raled truck of Tom's Peanuts ur.it.Tiieo comes the fertilizer companies' float, the Life Underwriters' float and the Ashford High I school band.come a display of farm equip-, City and Houston County float, incut-by the Adkins and Flowers j' Then follow a fire truck, an am-Implement ' company. - specialty shops floats, the Opp High'school banc.' the Pinckurd Veterans float and Uico Mtss Newton aboard the hardware dealers' float.TV Marianna High school band then swings Into view followed by Miss Marianna riding the Marianna-City float.Still, the parade is far front over for next come the Walker Farm Equipment company float, the Sanitary Dairy company float. Ihe Columbia High school band, and the Columbia commercial flout. .Tho Solomon Tractor companybutance. a sound truck and City patrolmen.Local Woman. Named To OES State PostMONTGOMERY (APi - Mrs.' R h o d a Rce. Russellville, and 1 George W. Moody. Alabama City,» have been elected today to the two I highest positions of the Alabama!Grand Chapter, Order of Ihe Eastern Star.display Is followed by Mis. Cowl «• S£? 2tonwood riding aboard ihe Dothan g«nd Matron, Mood, as Worthy Seed and Supply company float. 1 Grand Pa,roWhile Mrs. Roe and Moody were ■ The Cottonwood High school! elevated from the posts of assa-; band'swings into view next I o-1 Cjate Worthy Grand Matron and lowed oy the Whlddon Implement j Grand Patron, elected to fill their : company float, the Elba H i ^ n i former posts were Mr*. Lila school band, the Wilson and com- jcncs. Dolhan. and Hobart Lewis,;pany float, tho Covington Planter company Ilcat and the HeadlandHigh school baud. G(.and conductress during the . wnel T W3C (Warrior.Mrs. Jonesheld the post of•Miss Headland will rid. t h e, vea and Uwls was Grand.sdlft.i Ptlir rlnnl navi It* 111 I rHeadland City float and next *11^ Sentinel.Reelected ag Grand Secretary \va* Mrs. Florence G. N-o w s o m, Montgomery. Mrs. Lillian C. Kearicy, Montgomery, was named again as Grand Treasurer.come Ihe Auto dealers' float, the Shriners and the Dothan Shrine float.Then the Panama City Shrine unit will be followed by the Troy State Teachers college Iloa: and the Bonlfay High school band..As n the parade continue? Ihou-sandg will see next the Dothan Silk Hosiery company float, the Cub Scents float and the Malone.Flo. H:gh school band.Next will come girls aboard Ihej-Young Junior High school float. ! WASHINGTON (API — Futal the Geneva band and Mias Ge- congressional action has been putSenate Shelves Bill On Pricing System. ntva riding the Geneva City float.The Hartford High school baivd will then march into -icw followed by Miss Hartford and Miss Eufaula riding the Chapman Housing company tloal. Aboard tho Slocomb City float will be Miss Sloe smb.off until next year on a bill to legalize the so-called basing point pricing system.The Senate has decided to delay a vote on the measure — •House-apprcved ccmpromiso be* tween differing versions previously passed by each chamber — uu-Thcn follows the Eutauia High [ lii congress meets again next Jan-school band, the furniture dcal-’uary.era* float, the Banks of Dothan I The bill ran into strong opposi-float with Miss Dothan aboard, and the Dothan High school band.Toward the .nd of the parade the Peanut Queen wiU come into view ES she rides the Dothanlion in tho Stnate and the lengthy debate which resulted threatened to interfere with adjournment plans.The legislation would let In*THE BIGGEST NAME IN JEWELRYDOTHAN JEWELRY COMPANYReliable JewelersGood Will Is A Life Time Bend.40 yeors study of the Je«*cl'v business behind us■o S i P'P’ta
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Dothan Eagle
Dothan, Alabama, US
Thu, Oct 20, 1949
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