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ELKS SET DATES
M eeting d a te for B rookings
Lodge 1934. B PO E has been set
as the first and th ird T h u rsd a y s
in each m onth, according to a r
announcem ent by S e c re ta ry W es
ley S m ith.
N ext m eetin g for th e group
will ta k e place A ugust fifth, at
th e C hetco Rod and Gun Club.
Nowhere A Finer Climate — Nowhere A Finer Community
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I’KICE ON
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N E W SST A N D S— TEN
I hursday, Inly 22, IQ54
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Lily Parade Enchants Big
Crowd With Lovely Floats
B rookings, H arb o r, an d five or
six thousand visito rs w atched
S un d ay aftern o o n as th e Lily
C apitol of th e w orld unveiled nts
eig h th an n u al Lily Blossom p a r
ade.
T hey saw 22 floats and th ree
bands p arad e for an h o u r down
C hetco avenue, betw een sto re
fro n ts covered w ith lilies and
o th e r flow ers in honor of th e oc
casion.
W e a th e r w hich had caused one
th e postjHHiement it w as a high-
o p erated grudgingly. T he skies
w ere overcast but dry for the
event .
T h e p arad e was not q u ite as
larg e as last y ear's, and th e crowd
w as also sm aller. But considering
th e postponcm em nt, it was a high
ly sa tisfa c to ry tu rn o u t lor the
Lily city 's big day.
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And th e flo ats W’ere as lovely
as ever. T h re e in p a rtic u la r
brought ap p lau se from th e crowd.
One w as th e S w eep stak es w in
ner, the e n try of the B rookings
Bible C hurch. It w as a larg e open
Bible on a field of flow ers, and
th e re w as a cross, ra d ia tin g rays
of light on th e front. It played
m usic in keeping w ith th e them e
as it trav eled down the A venue.
A close second w as th e float of
th e A zalea G arden Club, it was
th re e fairy rings, all of lilies in
which fairies gam boled, w hile a
I he p a ra d e was led by the
C hetco W ran g lers, who w’ere fol-
I lowed by th e "clean-up” squad,
compos»»»! «if Bob K err, Ed S am
uels and Bud M cCourt.
T he S cotia band, resplendent in
m aroon and brow n uniform s led
th e flo ats into C hetco Avenue.
T he band, sponsored by the P acif
ic Lum ber’ C om pany of S cotia,
is one of N o rth e rn C alifo rn ia's
o u tsta n d in g m usical organizations.
T he A m erican Legion float a t
tra c te d a tte n tio n It was an A m er
ican flag eom[M)sed of re 1 and
blue pain ted lilies in addition to
n a tu ra l ones.
W in n er in Ju v en ile o rg a n iz a t
ions w as th e W inchuck L ivestock
Four-11 club, w ith a float d e
picting th»' activ ities of its m em
bers.
Laziest o rg an izatio n th e re w as
the D rum and B icde corps of tb e
C rescent C ity S hrine. Dress»»»! in
C en tennial costum es, they did
th e ir m arch in g on top of a M itch
e l1 B io th c is tru c k
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inday s Lily Blossom parade. In the up p er left, F estiv al royalty
y ol loyal Lily G row ers. Left to right. P rin cess Reba Sm allw ood
?eut C ity ; Q ueen G w en N ew ton of P ort O rford ¡P rincess Lois Ch;
hillips, Langlois Below’ th»» court is th e e n try of th e W inchuck
>n w inner, and below th at is th e B rookings F<’»»d and Seed float
<*ct 1\ below is the sw <‘<‘p s,a k e s w inning e n try of th e Brookings
AU photos courtesy of the Del Norte T iii