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.
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