Download or read book The Celebration of Nevada's Semicentennial of Statehood (Classic Reprint) written by Nevada State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Celebration of Nevada's Semicentennial of Statehood Jeanne Elizabeth Wieb On the last day of the month of October, 1864, the State of Nevada was admitted to the Union. The semicentennial of that event was celebrated in Reno under the auspices of the Nevada Historical Society by appropriate exercises on October 29, 30, 31, and November 1, 1914.In preparation for the event a self-constituted committee consisting of Mayor F.J. Shair, Mr. E.F. Lunsford, Mr. F.R. Pargellis, Mr. H.F. Alciatore, Prof.S. C.Feemster, Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gottwaldt, Supt. B.D. Billinghurst, Dr. W.W. Hess, Mrs. M.L. Golden, Dr. R.Adams, Mr. R.L. Fulton, and Miss Jeanne Elizabeth Wier worked out the program and arranged for its rendition. The features selected for the celebration were a historical pageant, a pageant ball, a pioneer luncheon, public school exercises and a Sunday evening patriotic service. Later the University football game with the Barbarians, Saturday afternoon, and the Shriners entertainment at the Majestic Theater, Friday and Saturday evenings, were included in the celebration. Both of these events had been previously scheduled for those dates and hence occupied the best places on Admission Day, October 31, and Admission Day eve, October 30, to the exclusion of the truly patriotic part of the program. The historical pageant was thereby forced to take Thursday afternoon, the 29 th, for its date, Avhile the Pioneer luncheon fell on Friday. Subcommittees were appointed as follows: Mr. Pargellis Use of Mackay Field and suspension of college exercises on Pageant Day. Mr. Gottwaldt Governors proclamation of celebration; Elks and Commercial Club open house; railroad rates. Mayor Shair Securing cooperation from City Council. Supt. Billinghurst Half holiday for public schools Pageant Day and privilege of absence for necessary rehearsals. Mrs. Golden Participation of Century Club in celebration. Mr. Hess Cooperation of ministerial association. Judge Seeds, A. A. Codd, W.M. Gottwaldt, E.F. Lunsford, Homer Mooney, R.L. Fulton Committee on mailing list and publicity. Mr. Alciatore and Mr. Feemster Pioneer luncheon committee. Dr. R.Adams, Mrs. M.L. Golden, and Mr. F.M. Lee Pioneer organization. Mrs. M.L. Golden Costume ball. Pageant Committees: Seat Sale Mr. Wm. Cann, Prof. N.E. Wilson, Mr.S. W.Porteous. Soldiers Mayor F, J. Shair, Pres. A. W.Hendrick, Mr. A. W.Cahlan. Music Prof. John Ailli. Lighting Prof. J.G. Scrugham. Scenery Mr. Glenn Hurst. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.