Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-07
WATER CARNIVAL
A PRETTY PICTURE.
Crowds Lined River Bank to Watch 1t
Prizes Won by Amos Wheeler,
Floyd Morgan and Charles Foster.

The celebration festivities closed with
the water carnival Tuesday evening on
the harbor, conducted under the super
vision of Commodore Herbert B. Cary
of the Chelsea Boatfclub, with Henry
G. Peck. Arthur L. Peale, w. Tyler Oh
icett. Walter NJ Buckingham and other
assistants. After a shower about the
time for the boat parade to start the
night turned out a fine one for the
fevent starless and dark, making the
brightly decorated boats in the harbor
parade an extremely pretty sight.
: On shore at the Block Islands dock,
at Dawley's yard and along the new
dock. on the slopes OF the West Side
and Laurel Hill, big crowds were gath
erred to witness. the pretty sight when
the harber was filed with the twinkling
lights of the canoes pleasure boats
and power boats passing in review
around the steamer Sight Seer. This
was anchored in the harbor some dis
tance out and had the judges on board,
Miss Louise Howe, Miss Mabel Webb 4
and Miss Gertrude Hough, attended by
Daniel F. Haviland of the Chelsea Boat
club Tubbs band was also on board
giving a concert and a good number
availed themselves of the ateamer to
view the parade close at hand.
The canoes and pleasure boats, which
were all manned by club members,
boats formed at the Uncas Paper COM
pany dock and proceeded upstream to
pass around the Sight Seer. while the
canoes and pleasure boats wound their
way down the east branch of the YAM
tic to encircle the judges boat. Be
cause of the shower the start of the
two divisions from the. clubhouse was
considerably delayed and all three
classes arrived at the judges boat al
most together. All the participants had
expended much thought and labor in
getting up their beats in attractive
fofs7 using lighted Japanese lanterns
in gre&., profusion and strung over
all availeble points on their craft and
.on frameworks erected in various
either singly or whensall were grouped
around the committee boat. between 35
and 40 boats in all participating.
Thomas w. Story,s speedy : power
boat was the committee boat, from
which Chairman Cary gave the word
to set the parade in motion, and led
each division around before the Judges.
The following were the entries:
Canees-John p. Huntington, Allyn
L. Brown. Trayer Briscoe. G. Floyd |
Morgan, Clarence Maynard and ]. Ran |
dali Powelson.
Pleasure boats-Quinebaug. Major |
Fred A. Fox; Puritan, DR. F. N. Bid |
we'll Luna, Thomas III. Crawford; |
Thames, Charles ID. Foster: Yantic.
Harold Carpenter; Shantok, Daniel
Brown.
Power boats-Division A. William A.
Wells, Amos Wheeler, John A. Hag-
berg, Lincoln Rogers and John Lewis
Russian. Division B, N. A. Gibbs. H.
A. Wulf, Herbert Wightman, William
Green, E. Lewis Young. Division C,
Scott Conklin. William Hopkins. Ches- |
M RpTnaS n A I.in1harcr
mer Tubbs Division D. Charles H.
. Haskell and George A. Richmond. d.
svision E. John Sheridan, C. l.. Bald.
win; Joseph Zubrowsky and d. ].
Brown.
Cemmandant Duffy of the navy yard
furnished his steam launch for the DO
lice boat, carrying Harbor Master Will
liam A. Norton on board, with special
authority from the treasury depart
ment to clear the waterways for this
occasion.
Prizes were given for the best dec
GRATED. boats in all classes and were
awarded as follows blythe judges,
For power boats-first three prizes
handsome bronze cups, fourth prize a
UNITED States flag: First, Amos
kvyheeler; second. C.. W. Barnes; third,
c. L. Baldwin; fourth John A. Hag-
berg.
Canees-F'irst, G. Floyd Morgan;
Esecond, Clarence Maynard.
Pleasure boats-First, Charles d.
Foster; second, Major Fox.
In these two classes the prizes for
first were club pennants and for second
flags.
Amos Wheeler's winning power boat
had a paddlewheel effect arranged with
Japanese lanterns. Mr.. Barnes in sec
ond place had lanterns disposed in
gracefulscurves, Mr.. Baldwin had pret-
ty arches and. star effect, -and Mr.
Hagberg had an arrangement that was
pretty
In the winning canoe Mr.. Morgan
and Miss Helen R3Mabrey. welded the
paddles, haEing for%passengers Earl
HerEick and$ Miss D5isy Whitaker of
New Bedford, who wefeFshe eltered under
pretty effecf%in Japanese parasols.
Mr. Maynard, winner of tfso secendt
prize, had elaborate { decorations Of