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

Official Program of Events

For Friday, October 5th, 1923

Morning--Reception to Distinguished Visitors at Court House at 12 o'Clock

Afternoon--Parade of School Children at 2 o'Clock

Senior High School Division

High School for Boys
Mr. John H. Eisenhauer in command.
In charge of Battery A, Captain Joseph E. Eisenbrown

High School for Girls
Miss Mary H. Mayer in command
In charge of Battery G, Captain William J. Smith

Supervisors and Special Departments

Grade
Music
Practical Arts
Health and Physical Education
Corrective Speech
Superintendent of Supplies
Clerks

First Division

In charge of the Rainbow Fire Company
Continuation School
Tenth and Washington
St. Paul's Parochial School
Elm and Moss
Twelfth and Buttonwood

Second Division

In charge of the Junior Fire Company
Southern Junior High School Unit (Comprising Tenth and Green and Elm and Madison Avenue
Fourth and Elm
Church and Oley

Third Division

In charge of the Reading Hose Fire Company
Sixth and Chestnut
Twelfth and Chestnut

Fourth Division

In charge of the Neversink Fire Company
Washington and Rose
Schuylkill Avenue and West Elm
Buttonwood and Pear

Fifth Division

In charge of Friendship Fire Company
Franklin and Peach
Perkiomen Avenue and Franklin
Bingaman and Orange

Sixth Division

In charge of the Liberty Fire Company
Seventh and Laurel
St. Peter's Parochial
St. Cyril Parochial

Seventh Division

In charge of the Washington Fire Company
Ninth and Spruce
Maple and Cotton
St. Mary's Parochial

Eighth Division

In charge of the Keystone Hook and Ladder Company
Chestnut and Carpenter
Fourth and Laurel
Holy Rosary Parochial

Ninth Division

In charge of Hampden Fire Company
St. Joseph's Parochial
Twelfth and Greenwich
Thirteenth and Green
Tenth and Douglass
Twelfth and Windsor

Tenth Division

In charge of the Marion Fire Company
Northeast Junior High School
Spring and Moss
Ninth and Marion
Eleventh and Pike
Tenth and Union

Eleventh Division

In charge of Riverside Fire Company
Fifth and Spring
Spring and Church
St. Margaret's Parochial
Riverside
Northmont

Twelfth Division

In charge of the Schuylkill Fire Company
Douglass and Weiser Junior High School
Schuylkill Avenue and Greenwich
Second and Oley, No. 1
Second and Oley, No. 2
Glenside

Thirteenth Division

In charge of the Union Fire Company
Thirteenth and Cotton
Fifteenth and Perkiomen Avenue
Sixteenth and Haak
Seventeenth and Cotton

Fourteenth Division

In charge of the Oakbrook Fire Company
Oakbrook

Start at Second and Penn, east on Penn Street to Perkiomen Avenue, to Twelfth, countermarch to Eleventh, north on Eleventh to Walnut, to Ninth, to Washington, to Fourth, to Penn, to Sixth and dismiss.

Evening--Nothing Scheduled

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. 75.

Submitted by: Nancy.