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-Unit Parade To March Through Streets SaturdayEighty units, including 20 high school bands and four drum and bugle corps, will appear In the 1960 state Lions convention parade here Saturday afternoon, it was announced today by Olav Enli, parade chairman. There will be more than 1,400 persons in the procession.The parade will start promptly at 2 p„m. from the intersection of Brown and Frederick Sts., Enli emphasized. The route will be south on Brown St, to Anderson St., east on Anderson to Pelham St. and north on Stevens St, to Phillip St,Bands will form along N. Brown St., Frederick St., Phillip St. and Alban St., while floats and other units will form along Frederick, Anderson and Thayer St., and on streets crossing those routes. The actual parade route will be less than 10 blocks and will give bands plenty of chance' to perform for spectators along the entire route.Spectators are being reminded that they must remain on the sidewalks and not get into the street because many of the bands will require the entire street width for maneuvers. Rhinelander police officers will be assisted by 30 to 40 officers from other communities in the area in maintaining order, and members of the Rhinelander and Tomahawk Lions Clubs will join in this work during the parade.No parking will be permitted along the parade route or in the assembly areas during certain hours, Rhinelander police said. There will be no parking from 9:30 a.m until after the parade on Brown St., from Harvey to Frederick Sts.; on Frederick St., from Stevens to Thayer Sts.; on Phillip St., from Stevens-to Thayer Sts,; On Edgar St.T From Stevens to Alban Sts.; on Alban St., from Thayer to Edgar Sts., and on the west side of Thayer St. north to Abner St.No parking will be allowed from 1 p.m. until after the parade on these streets; Brown St., from Frederick to Anderson Sts.; Anderson St., from Brown to Pelham - Stevens Sts., and Stevens St., from Anderson to Phillip Sts. Judges Listed.Judges for all units will be Wilbur Hansen, Pelican Lake, and Col. F. H. Himes, Crandon, who have judged many state and national parades, and two members of the Rhinelander school system's music department, Robert Stoll and Ray Patana.Rhinelander units in the parade are not eligible for prizes, so the use of Rhinelander judges will not affect the scoring for out-of-town entries.The judges will work in front of the Fenlon Hotel, while a team of statisticians will tabulate the scorc-sheets insido the hotel and haveSee Lions, Page 7,
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Rhinelander Daily News and the New North
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 19, 1960
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