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Show LEGIONNAIRES 'ALL SET' FOR 49er CELEBRATION FRIDAY ' "GRIMSHAW EXPECTS BIGGEST CELEBRATION I IN MILFORD'S HISTORY "We're all set for the slam-bang-est celebration Milford has ever seen," was the way John L. Grimshaw, commander of Milford Legion Post No. 16, described preparations for the 23rd annual American Legion 49-er celebration, scheduled for Friday, May 26th. "We've tried to add a little more to the celebration each year," Commander Grimshaw said, "and this year we've just about hit an all-time high in sfine entertainment, with interesting inter-esting events scheduled for every minute of the day from the start of the parade at 1:30 till the last dancer heads for home in the early hours of the morning." The parade, with dozens of floats, horses, bands and marchers, march-ers, will feature the Queen of the Forty-Niners, Miss Pearl Rigby, and her attendants, Miss Afton Hollis, Miss Geniel Tanner Tan-ner and Miss Jeanette Gillins, who will ride a beautiful float entered by the Legion Auxiliary. Auxil-iary. Prizes will be awarded for outstanding floats, however, the Queen Float will not be eligible I for competition. I Immediately ( following the parade, LaMar Outzen and his committee will officiate at races I and athletic events for the children chil-dren on Library Park. Cash prizes will go to winners of the various events. At 3 p. m. the Beaver baseball team will meet the Milford team at the fairgrounds. A boxing smoker, also on the park lawn, will be staged at 7 o'clock, under direction of the Boy Scouts, with Scout Leader Bill Nichols in charge. Two dances will get under way about 9 o'clock, with modern mod-ern dances being featured in the Legion Pavilion, to the music of the Melody Makers, and old-time old-time dancing in Allen's Alley in the Schramm Auto Service storage garage. Bill Thompson and His Gang will play for the old-timers, featuring waltzes, military two-steps, reels, square dancing, etc. |