Shriners Parade

Published 12:00 am Friday, April 15, 2011

Shriners invite all to Saturday parade

Everyone is invited to join in a Shriners’ Parade as participant or spectator this Saturday with line-up a 9 a.m. and start time at 9:30.

Line-up is at Watts Street at American Legion Park  with the route coming towards Batesville’s Downtown Square on Broadway straight through to the gazebo, then taking a right across the railroad track towards Stubbs and ending at Batesville Police Department on College Street.

The parade precedes initiation ceremonies the Shriners will be having in Batesville Saturday.

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The Wahabi Shriners supports 22 Shriner children hospitals. Local Shriner Ricky Swindle said two children from Panola county are currently being treated in a Shriners hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana.