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Keystone Gazette September 4 1903, page 1
THE EAGLES WILL FLY
An Immense Crowd of Them Expected on Monday
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE
Captain H. S. Taylor Has Been Selected as Chief Marshal with Lieut. S. D. Gettig as Chief of Staff - With the Golden Eagles Several Other Orders and F ire Departments will Be in Line - A Number of Castles Coming Here to Compete for the Handsome Prizes.
"The Susquehanna District of the Knights of the Golden Eagle will meet in Bellefonte on Labor Day, next Monday, and a number of organizations from Clinton, Potter, Lycoming, Northumberland and Union counties have notified the association here that they will be here in bodies, as well as all the Castles of Centre county. A number of them are coming to compete for prizes and the Eagles will be here and parade Bellefonte's streets on Labor Day as well as the Labor Unions of Bellefonte which will join in and form one division in the parade. Capt. Hugh S. Taylor has been elected as Chief Marshall with Lieut. S. D. Gettig as chief of staff. The parade will form at the Armory at 1:30 and will move in five divisions, the last number being the Union division and the following Sir Knights have been selected as chiefs of the first four divisions, viz: Thos. S. Hazel, M. R. Johnson and W. B. Noll, of Bellefonte Castle and John Smith, of Spring Mills Castle. The first division consisting of commanderies, Grand Castle officers and association officers will form on north Spring street, right resting on Lamb street; the second division on west Linn street west of Spring, right resting on Spring street; third division on Linn street, right resting on Spring street; fourth division on Lamb and Allegheny streets, right resting on Lamb street and the fifth division, consisting of the several unions and Fire department on Spring street, right resting on Lamb street ; the parade will move promptly at 2 o'clock down Lamb street to Thomas, Thomas to High, up High to Spring, out Spring to Bishop, Bishop to a point east of the Haag hotel, countermarch to Allegheny, Allegheny to Linn, Linn to Armor, countermarch to Allegheny, Allegheny to Diamond, where parade will be reviewed by Grand Castle officers and the Chief Marshall and disband. The commanderies competitive drills will then take place on the Diamond for prizes, which are as follows:
Best drilled commandery having twenty-two men in line $25.00.
Second best drilled Commandery having twenty-two men in line $15.00.
Castle coming the farthest distance $10.00
Castle having the largest percentage of members based on last official report in line $10.00.
Castle making best appearance in line $10.00.
All the judges have been selected outside of the order and Bellefonte Castle cannot participate.
Headquarters for the Commanderies and of the Chief Marshall and staff will be at the Armory of Company "B" and headquarters for Castle in the rooms of Bellefonte Castle No. 357.
Indications are that Bellefonte will have a big day and the Eagles will sore high.
A special train will leave Bellefonte over the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad at 9 p.m., to run through to Montandon and stop at all stations."
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