New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

Industrial work at the high school building. To
given much time and thought So far as its edu-
Sa M effect is S nc RI t thfe be for %
is planned that the exhibits shall be left in the
building for the study oi the & Rpp6s b cosea
row. The United States ArmoCy shops will not be
a generai observation Of great holiday. -,
Mayors Of other her,, cities IN the Comm9nwea4{h 9o II MI MI
Nance Mayor of Cambridge; Charles S Baxter
Salem will be present to review the procession in
cident the celebration. All of the former Mayors
ton Of Edwin WI5o D. Metcalf Of ASburn n Y. viii
be and take Pat In @ the bad Of
work in getting the celebration festivities properly
Citizens Committee-Ellsha Morgan. chairman:
George Dwight Pratt, treasurer; E. A; Newell sec
W Ellis Emil d PAUL. 49, A. H Gqetting gst F. 4 Ne Newell e
RSTTis the fa' Rev j. and md William orr
ER fag agde parade SF5' Rhodes
young Y@i H. H. WER James h Keefe snd j. l.
Bowen; DECORATIONS, Louis G; Hyde w F. Wright,
son and j. "t' j. Sullivan iSfi isie Henry F. Trask J.
". Kirkham and w. f. Wright: press f. a.
Mayor, Ralph w, Ellis, 70 whom the success Of
the ceiebra ton is largely due was elected to the
Hadey Falls-that town where they fought Ind
ians good many years ago, and where they have
He educated in the public schools of his town.
graduated from Harvard He is director in the
Hoyoke Card and Paper Company, the Five Cents
Savings Bank Company, is auditor of the Nyasset
Club and a member of the Country Club. the sat
urday Night Club and other social organizations.
Besides being the Mayor of the city Mr. Ellis
joys the distinction of being OF the most popu-
lar men in the town. He is a lawyer and man
10 whom may go to find friend.
The first Mayor OF Springfield Caleb Rice,
who served two years The men who have filled the
Office since 1854 Phos B. Tyler, 1854; Eliphalet
Trask, 1855; Andrew Phelps. 1856 to 1858: William B.
Calhoun. 1859 Daniel B. Harris. 1850; stephen c.
Bemis. 1S61-'62: Henry Alexander jr.. iS63'64; AL
bert d. Briggs, 1S65-'67; Charles 4. Winchester
1860; William L. Smith. 1901: Samuel b.
Spooner. 1S72-'i3: John NJ. Stebbins 1874: Emerson
Wight 1S75-'7S: Lewis p Powers. 1S79-'sO: William
H. Halle, 1881: Edward W. I.add. 1852: Henry NJ
Maynard. lSS7-'SS: Edward S: Bradford, 1SS9-'9l
Lawson Sibley. 1892: Edmund P. Kendrick. 1898 '9i
Charles [. Long. 1895: Newrie n. Winter 1896
Henry S Dickinson, 1897 9S: Dwight O Gilmore
1S99 William p Hayes, 1900 -0; Ralph w Ellis 1902
The men who have devoted much time toward
the making of the success of the celebration
representative citizens Of Springfield and of the
Connecticut Valley. They represent the spirit of
-England-conservat tive. fair, optimistic, pro-
gressive Believing in the manifest destiny of their
State. they work for II. and they fight for it, as
their ancestors fought for foothold in the hills
and made blossoms to grow where only granite had
shown its face before
Springfield is the centre OF this valley. Its cele-
bration much and those who will stop for
a moment 10 think may perhaps remember that the
strength of the nation is drawn in the beginning
from the granite hills-from the broad. fertile mead
ows. from the farms and homes and fresdes Of
New-England. The essence OF the spirit of New
England is found in Springfield.