Carroll County Chronicles Fall 2020

decided not to have since they are seen at almost every celebration. The parade will begin with the early pioneer who first blazed the trail through the scenic archway now known as “Fancy Gap.” He will be suitably groomed to represent the age in which he struggled. His dog and axe will contrast with the other end of the parade made up as it will be of a modern high-powered automobile and an airplane.

The fifty-six piece band from Winston- Salem will feature the day’s program with a pageant by the young ladies of the State Teachers College of Radford.

The program will get under way at 10:00 AM with the motorcade leaving Hillsville to meet and greet the seven hundred cars already scheduled from Ashville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem and other points in North Carolina. Mount Airy, which lies at the foot of Fancy Gap will enter more than a thousand cars. This city will bring to the celebration and school, citizens numbering more than half its population. Galax is entering with four hundred cars. Altogether, the motorcade, which will leave Mt. Airy at 10:00 O’clock October 19 th enroute to Hillsville for the historic pageant at 11:00 AM, will be the largest to ever assemble for a similar event. The three thousand cars making up this huge mob will extend over the twenty- two miles intervening between Mt. Airy where it will start and Hillsville as its destination Owing to the fact that there will be about 50,000 people in Hillsville on October 19th, it would be a great proposition for the people of this place to even attempt to furnish food to this mass of citizens. Consequently, it has been worked out to what seems to be the best method of taking care of this part of the matter, and that method is this: let every individual, whether he be a governor, highway commissioner or what not, take care of himself. In other words, there will be no free lunch served by the authorities of the Celebration. This leads to an invitation extended to the folks attending from the county, to pack a basket dinner lunch, thereby making it an economical feast. Of course, you should pack more than you will need for your family, as there will be some friends Basket Dinner for October 19 th

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