Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-04
UHnUIvrh,
JULY FOURTH,
How Gardiner Will Ce|e-
brate the Ever Glorious.
Two Big Parades and River
Sports Scheduled For Day.
Ball Game With Augusta In After.
noon and Fireworks In Evening,

The city of Gardiner is in gala at
tire for the celebration of the Fourth
ana already large number of visitors
are in town. Practically every place
Of business on Main street is decor
ated and number of private houses
also have elaborate decorations The
night before was somewhat noisy than
| usual in anticipation of the big cele-
brati"n, and a big crowd was out all
night long with crackers, pistols guns
horns, cowbells and in short anything
that would make noise.
The opening event of the celebration
today will be the parade of antiques
and horriblcs, which start on Bruns-
wick avenue from the residence of Dr.
q. u. Noycs at 40. The parade will
be on Brunswick to Central, through
Central, Water, Washington. School,
Vim" and Water .tog'Wintcr, where the
parade will be dismissed
The grand parade will occur at 10
\. NJ. There will be four divisions in
the parade. Tho first led by the Boys
Band of Lewiston will include Co. A
and the secret orders The second sec
ton will be led by the Winthrop Band
and will include the lady riders and
the cowboys In the third division will
be the fire department and apparatus
and the floats. all lcd by tn" Drum
Corps, The Gardiner Band Will lead
thc fourth section of the parade in
which will be the automobiles.
one of the most taking features of
he parade will be the u lady riders
led by Mrs. Winnifrcd I'listcr. Seven
of the riders will be gowned in white
and mounted upon whit" horses, seven
in red on bay horses and seven in blue
on black horses. The young ladies
who will take part in this feature are:
Red-Miss Florence Dick, Miss
Gladys Larrabee, Miss Alice Grover,
Miss Gathering Gibson, Miss Edna
Blair Miss Gertrude Beckwith, Mrs.
t'lossic Grecnleaf
White-Miss Tina Dorr, Miss Knox,
Miss Ethel Hinkey, Miss Alice Alger,
Miss Nellie Murray. Miss Beatrice
H nkley. Miss Alice Pottle.
Bluc-Miss Rena Shepherd, Miss
Luna Powers, Miss Marcia Esponette,
Miss Ira Black. Miss Laura Osborne,
Miss Mary Hamilton, Miss Alma Side
lingcr.
Charles NJ. Drake will marshal the
big parade and he will be assisted by
Adjutant w. y. Purncl and Sergeant
Major Roscoe Moore. Capt. j. f. Bag
Icy and Henry Wood of Togus will be
in command of the first division. Capt.
William Smith will act as special aid
to Marshal Drake and George Har-
ringtun will have charge of the auto
mobiles and floats.
The first division will form on the
corner of Brunswick avenue and Water
street. extending M Water street. The
fire department will form on Winter
street bridge and Summer street The
floats will continue the formation up
Water street and the automobiles will
form on Bridge street. The lady riders
and cowboys will form on Mechanic
street and will be led by the Winthrop
Band, which will be stationed at the
corner of Brunswick and Water streets.
Parade will start at 10 O'Clock sharp,
down Water street. trough Vine,
School Brunswick. Central and Water
streets to Brunswick, where it will be
dismissed
At Z. NJ. the Winthrop and Car
diner Bands will take their places I'M
der the Gardiner and Randolph bridge
and the Lewiston Band upon the com
mon.
The program for the river sports is
as follows:
1 o'clock. canoe race, prizes $40 and
S. Onc-fourth mile and return. Four
entries
100 first heat of free foral motor
boats for purse of $50, all to the win
ncr. Best two heats in three Course
mill
and .~''n. up river from the bridge
enc -, "nd return to bridge. Ihcrc
are tlrec entries, Harrington of Gar
diner. DIR. Hubbard of Richmond and
Rice Bros, of East Boothbay.
Immediately following the start OF
the above will come the swimming
race. prizes of SO and ST. distance 80
wards and return. There are 10 en-
tries.
The creased pole will follow the
swimming race. open to the same con-
testants with s. to the winners, A
pole will be placed horizontally over
the water. The contestant is to walk
to the end. pick up the voucher Tor
the prize and return. The money will
be divided among the winners.
At O'Clock second heat in free-for-
all: the Whitehall boats to be started
as soon as the other race is started
There are two of the Whitehall boats
in the race with Mayor Atkins and
Councilman Lawton in one and Post
master Libby and ]. w. Rafter in the
other Course to railroad wharf and
return. Prize Sc.
$50 p. M.-Log race. Prices $lo ana
e. Col1rSe across the river.
p. M-Six- horsepower motor
boats, SO and So. Course one mile |
down river and return and one mile
up river and return to the bridge. Two
entries. Fred Morgan and Leonard NC