Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-07-06
new WHATCOM'S FOURTH
Celebration of the II6 Aniver-
sary of American Inde-
pendence
The Fine Civic Pageant--Lit-
erary Exercises at the
Park
Caledonian Sports at Silver
Beach--Editor Adams
Poem

The celebration of Independence Day
on Bellingham Bay, this year, ,devolved
upon New Whatcom, under tacit
agreement of alienation between the
Bay cities. The streets of our sister
city were well filed with celebrants
early in the forenoon. Holly street was
patriotically decorated with flags, ban
ners and streamers floating from stalls
suspended over the streets, and tri-
color draperies enlivening business
parts.
The first and principal feature of the
day was the parade, which got under
way about 10 o'clock in the following
order:
Marshal Col. G. Nj. Atkins; Aides
DIR. Biggs, Frank Cole, George Merriam,
S. NJ. Bruce, DIR. Bragg, J. w. .Romaine,
Mr.. Pancoast, A. w. Lane, J. p. Wheel
er, Jos. and Simon Kildall and Charles
Early; all were mounted.
Burgess band.
Company f, N. G. W., Capt. Weisen-
burger.
Liberty car, handsomely decorated,
drawn by four horses. The goddess OF
| liberty was impersonatod by Miss Ida
Powell, while the following Misses, all
gaily attircd, represented the different
| 81 e of the Union: LDttie Mills, Nc
vada; Jessie Mills, ,Florida Maud Mills,
South Carolina; Belle Asher, Indiana;
Nellie Latta, Pennsylvania; Lena
Everson, New York; Eva Scott, Maine;
Ethel Scott New Hampshire; Lottie
Butler, Colorado; Grace Green, Texas;
Birdie Breneman, Nebraska; Ethel Nc
Carty, Tennessee; Ray Farnham, Cali
fornia; Lulu Scott, Montana; Mabel
Hayes, Virginia; Ida Simmons, Him
ois: Ethel Austin, West Virginia. Edith
Austin, South Dakota; Minnie Pen
field, North Dakota; Emily Lobe
Georgia; Flossie Marley, Kansas; Nan
ogge Lobe, Minnesota; Pearl Diehl
Kentucky; Jessie Rogers, Maryland
Hattie, Beyer, Alabama; Hope Boyer
Louisiana; Grace Schenck, Arkansas
Mamie McAndrews, Iowa; Eros Tor
rev, Rhode Island Psyche Torrey, Dele
ware; Allie Jackson, Oregon; Evt
Smalley, Michigan; Ola Marcy, Wis
consin; Matte Rogers, New Jersey
Shirley Gardner, Connecticut; Ada
Caldwell, Vermont; Mamie Davenport
Washington; Dallie Baldwin, Nortf
Carolina; Daisy Baldwin, Missouri
Mabel Baldwin. Massachusetts,; Sidney
Donovan, Alaska; Anna Baldwin
Ohio; Nellie Garfield, Idaho; Lizzi
Donovan, Mississippi; Miss Smith, Wy
oming.
Following the liberty car came h
Junior Order of United American Nc
chanics with their red, white and blu
regalia, making pretty sight. Mr.. }
III. Schively acted as marshal for thi
division with f. p. Lloyd as assistant
Next came carriage in which wer
seated Messrs. Adams, Hill, Cole, Dor
Dimond, Blomquist, Likins, Mayo
Miller, Of New Whatcom, and Mayo
Mckenzie, of Fairhaven.
The next feature of the process iOI
conceived by Mrs. w. f. Golden an
Mrs. Woods, was a gaily decorated ca
hearing two beautiful little girls--HaZ'
Woods and Florence Golden, unde
meath transparency bearing Amer
can emblems, legends and tastily ga
: landed with flowers and Whatcom
= candidate for state floral emblem, whit
clover blossoms.
Pioneer Hook IL Ladder Co., No.
and Whatcom Hose Companies Nos.
and 2, and Cosgrove No. ! with
beautifully decorated hose cart, pr
sented fine spectacle Of stalwart maj
hood i'm ducking jackets and overall
Then came the German Verein's trad
u float followed by about eighty membe
: of the society. The Caledonian societ
was represented by sixteen membe
? headed by the pipers in Highland co
tune.
TIE procession moved in fine ord'
To the German Verein's picnic grount
which had been tastily decorated f
the occasion.
/ G.. w. Dorr acted as president Of Il
- day: Rev. j. II. Dimond, as chaplai
offered an eloquent prayer. BUrge
band rendered several appropriate s
= lections. The Glee club, composed
= the following vocalists, Misses lie
Swift. Quackenbush, Stenger, Kort
auer, Worley, Benson, Holt and MI
II Alexander, Messrs. Kapp, Lee, Dunn
Ware, Undess, Erholm, Mcleod, Hi
Ebey, Meikle and Sutherland, sal
"America" and other Inspiring son
Z. which elected applause. Judge Il.
Hill read the Declaration Of Indepen
ence and read ii well. Der Wacht
= Rhein was rendered by choir of I
German Verien. Florence Golden al
" Hazel Woods, two bright little ch
dren, reclted piece which broug
down the house, holding up a flow
representative of each country NJ
- Golden explained in rhyme the stol
then turning to little Hazel, held
up as New Whatcom flower, the clov
of At O'Clock Company + appeared.
ng the Broadway park, divided into u
81 squads, and gave a spirited sham bait
rv Captain Weisenburger commanded {
u first platoon, AMI Lieutenant Gregg
Iy. the second. The contending platoo