Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-08-12
THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED.
Old Home Week viii Be Started in Will
mIngton August IA for a Record Break

Old Home Week viii Be Started in VIII.
mlngton August IA for a Record Break
err.
The red letter day of 1910 in Wilmington
will fan on Sunday, Aug IL, when Old
Home week will open. While attempts
have been made to observe reunions in
the past, this time is expected to eclipse
all Two months ago every room in the
hotels had been reserved and within the
last week newspaper writer's who wished
to report the weeks proceedings were
told that it would be impossible to Sc
cure a place to sleep.
Thousands of invitations have been
sent over the country and the claim is
made that no former son or daughter
of wilmington has been overlooked
Probably one of the most interesting
features will be the reading Of hundreds
of letters from old residents who are
unable to return to participate in the
festivities. There will be plenty of mu-
sic. The Shelburne Falls, Mass, military
band has been secured for Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug Is, II
and IS. Wednesday will be farmers
day and with the weather permitting
mammoth mass meeting of the sons of
the soil will be held in Railroad grove
Probably the largest attendance at any
of the events of the week will come on
Thursday which will be soldiers day.
1t is expected that several of the 1875
soldiers who enlisted from this town dur
ing the Civil war will be present. The
Windham County Veterans association
will hold its annual reunion then.
The program as completed to date Is
as follows: Sunday, Aug IA, services at
Memorial hall; Monday Aug 10, visiting
day; Monday evening at Memorial hail
the drama, THE Time of His Life;
Tuesday Aug. 16, reunion exercises in
Memorial hall in charge of literary
committee: Wednesday. Aug. Il, farm
ers' day, picnic at Railroad grove and
THE Man on the Box" at Memorial
hall in the evening; Thursday, Aug. Is,
reunion of Windham County Veterans
association, outdoor sports, q. y. r.
parade, campfire in the evening, bail at
Memorial hall; Friday, Aug 10, forenoon,
professional mems committee at Memo
rial hail; afternoon, w. c. T. L. at
Memorial hall memorial exercises in
hall in the evening" Saturday, Aug. 90
social day; Sunday, Aug. 2l regular SER
vices at all of the churches.
A score of years ago Wilmington be-
came the pioneer in and exercised the
Old Home week idea which was later
brought into prominence by eX-Gov
Rollins of New Hampshire. While to
Wilmington belongs the honor Of inaug-
urating the idea of an annual home-com-
ing. the idea was conceived in BrattlebOrO
by several former Wimingtonians VIII
mington $ cItIzens nave uteiIieu II h''lns
10 commemorate comm. nora tne lHsIltut.o"' anu &c
cordlngly nave maze elaooraIe plans LOT
observing the thlru ueeehuIdl reunion on
me Ola cl'iZens oil mat town. 10 De he'o
The officers and committees in charge
OF me celehrallon are; Pres, .. r. But-
terneIu' sec = NJ russell treas ARK
ChanuIer marsha" T"I. >. II. HouIqlns
Ausuh II. watson, Jonh H. ,'Eg, Den
ter h. stone H. w. Ste2TnS. l., H. Gil
Ielte, w. VI. I,cFlhSon r.. a. flt,n' y.
NJ. iiaSktH' George H. baroeI. r. VI.
crosby +. A. Haynes Hosea Mann jr"
Itugn X. RlddeI, j.. hubbard Henry
D. MhitneY' FRANK Crosier James
NJ IyIer, klttredge HasklnS +"