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TANEYTOWN TO HOLD VICTORY PARADE SEPT. 1‘ A ‘ Victory Parade.” celebrating the end of the war. and sponsored by the Taneytown Chamber of Commerce and otlter Taneytown ‘ organizations, will be held Saturday. September 1. at 2 o'clock i» Taneytown. concluding with a pro- ( gram on the high school grounds.Brig. Gen. Malcolnj P. Lindsey. ]commanding general of the Indian- ( • town Gap Military Reservation, who recently returned after three years of duty m the China-Burma-India |Vtdl tilCdUt., ubf-c* . IMerwyn C. Puss, chairman of the program committee, has invited any organization wishing to participate in the parade to communicate with him.Musical organizations which will participate include the U. S. Army band from the Carlisle Barracks; Maryland State Guard band of ( Baltimore; Knights of Pythias band, i Hanover; Westminster band; Wil- , liam F. Myers band. Westminster; Taneytown IOOF Jr., band; Hanover American Legion drum corps and the Veterans of Foreign Wars drum corps of Hanover.Others In ParadeAlso included in the line of 1 march will be American Legion Posts from Littlestown, Westminster. Emmitsburg and Taneytown; a contingent of soldiers from a nearby c Company C. Mary- 1 | land State Guard, Westminster; fire 'companies and their auxiliaries of Carroll county and Littlestown; uniformed. unit of the Knights of 1 Pythias of Westminster and Hanover ; Women of the Moose, Westminster; representatives of the Blue Ridge Rubber company and Taneytown manufacturing company;' Taneytown Minutemen; Taneytown :Boy Scouts and school children.The parade will form at Sauble’s inn and will pass the Soldiers’ monument before tufciing left on ’ Antrim street to the school grounds.1 The army band at Carlisle will fur-jnisli music during the program. Mr. fuss will preside as master of ceremonies.Committees for the celebration follow: Program, Mr. Fuss, David Smith, James C. Myers, the Rev. j Charles J. Walker and the Rev. j Charles S. Owen; advertising, the Rev. A. W. Garvin, the Rev. L. B. Hafer and Doty Robb; soliciting, Charles F. Cashman, Charles R. i Arnold, William B. Hopkins, Rich-| ard Rohrbaugh and Bernard J. i Arnold.j To Decorate TownAdditional members of the general committee include the Rev. Guy R Bready, Frank Harman and J. O. Craps ter. Officers of the general committee are: Mr. Fuss, chairman; Doty Robb, secretary, and Charles F. Cashman, treasuer.Residents of Taneytown have ; been requested to decorate their I properties with flags and other appropriate material.(
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Gettysburg Star and Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Sep 01, 1945
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