The "Miracle Mile" parade, marking the rededication of an improved and widened Tulane ave., went off as scheduled yesterday afternoon despite sporadic rianfall.
REDEDICATION OF TULANE AVE. as a "Miracle Mile" was celebrated yesterday with a parade and speech making. Among the speakers were, from left, HAROLD C. TEASDEL, vice-president of the Greater Tulane Avenue Association; MAYOR CHEP MORRISON, and WALLACE C. WALKER, association president. The parade, high lighting the avenue's industrial and commercial might, was held despite intermittent showers which soaked the participants.
The procession wound up at Tulane and Elk pl. for a short round of speech making.
Wallace C. Walker, president of the Greater Tulane Avenue Association, was master of ceremonies.
Mayor Chep Morrison was principal speaker. He pointed put that Tulane is one of the city's main points of entry and "it is our job —city and civic leaders—to get together and make Tulane our most beautiful approach." Program Speakers
Another speaker, Harold C. Teasdel, association vice-president, cited the industrial growth of the city. Other speakers included George A. Wilson, vice-president of the Tulane university board of administrators; Robert W. Elsasser, second vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce; Dr.
William Frye; dean of the Louisi-jana State university school of medicine, and E. S. Meyers, vice-president of New Orleans Public Service Inc,
The parade included representatives of almost every establishment along the "Miracle Mile," from Elk pl. to S. Carrollton. There were some 50 commercial floats, carrying just about every kind of product.
A number of bands, Tulane uni-versity ROTC units, policemen, firemen, both city and volunteer; Shriners and a sheriff's posse took part.
Types of vehicles ranged from early bicycles and autos, vintage 1900, to modern fire trucks and autos, vintage 1951.[PHOTO CAPTION READS] REDEDICATION OF TULANE AVE. as a "Miracle Mile" was celebrated yesterday with a parade and speech making. Among the speakers were, from left, HAROLD C. TEASDEL, vice-president of the Greater Tulane Avenue Association; MAYOR CHEP MORRISON, and WALLACE C. WALKER, association president. The parade, high lighting the avenue's industrial and commercial might, was held despite intermittent showers which soaked the participants.
