Official Program of the 175th Anniversary of the Founding of Reading

Official Program of Events

For Tuesday, October 2nd, 1923

Morning--Reception to Distinguised Visitors at Court House at 12 o'clock

Afternoon--Military, Fraternal and Civic Parade at 2 o'Clock

Grand Marshall: George J. Meitzler
Chief of Staff: Hayden McQuaite
Aids: B. Franklin Albright, William Musket, J.E. Loos, Charles Seifert

Division Marshals

1st Division: Capt. Fred. A. Muhlenberg
2nd Division: Elmer Wray
3rd Division: William Williams
4th Division: Charles T. Davis
5th Division: Charles Vogel
6th Division: Howard Strunk
7th Division: Charles E. Bird
8th Division: Harry R. Jacobs
9th Division: G.A. Schlechter
10th Division: D.J. Miller
11th Division: Edw. E. Hinnershitz
12th Division: Edw. E. Machamer
13th Division: George A. Price
14th Division: Edgar Still
15th Division: John B. Kubacki
16th Division: Anthony Zaffiro
17th Division: James Long

Route of the Parade

Start at Second and Penn Streets, east on Penn to Fifth Street, to Pine, to Fourth, to Bingaman, to Fifth, to Penn, to Perkiomen Avenue, to Twelfth and Franklin, countermarch on Perkiomen Avenue to Eleventh Street, to Greenwich, to Ninth, to Washington, to Fifth, to Buttonwood and dismiss.

Evening--Historical Pageant at Fair Grounds Repeated at 8 o'Clock

(see Page 67 for outline)

Source: Official Program of the 175th Anniversary of the Founding of Reading, PA, and the 150th Anniversary of the Reading Volunteer Fire Department Sept. 30th to Oct. 6th 1923, ed. by the Chairman of the Publicity Committee, Reading, PA, 1923, p. 69.

Submitted by: Nancy.