Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-01
BOYS WILL CELEBRATE FOURTH.
to Nlght-Mass Meeting Of Magnet Club
Tonight to Make Final Plans.

the grounds at the rear of the high school
building tonight at o'clock. A final
mass meeting Of the Magnet club will be
held and every boy who wants to go into
the parade or take part in the sports
Monday is supposed to be at the meeting
tonight Plans will be completed for the
parade and after all the groups have been
brought together any extra boys will be
formed into new groups and given lead
ers. Most Of the boys know already
what they are to do but the leaders Of
the parade have a number Of ideas left
which the boys can work out with ef-
fectiveness. The celebration of the day
which has been planned is for the boys
Of the town. II the men and women find
any enjoyment in it the management will
be well pleased but every detail has been
planned with the idea of giving the boys
what they want and to keep them happy
and busy throughout the day instead Of
roaming about the streets wondering
what they can do next. The program for
the day will be as follows:
80 a. m All boys meet at the rear Of
the school building.
500. Parade starts.
900. Sports for boys start on the VAL
ley fair grounds.
1000 Ball game between Baptist Sunday
school and picked team from Mag
net club.
1900 m. Free luncheon for every boy
who goes into the parade or takes
part in the sports.
100 More sports for boys.
800. Ball game between business and
professional men at the fair
grounds.
700. Concert by double quartet Ccol-
ored) on the common.
$50. Fireworks on the river.
The parade will start promptly at s
oclock from the rear Of the high school
building and the line of march will be
through Grove, Oak, Chase and Linden
streets to Park place, past the common,
down North Main and Main to Elliot
street, through Elliot, Church, Green,
Whipple and High streets back to Main
street and then through Main and Canal
streets to the fair grounds. The parade
will be reviewed by the judges from the
Brooks House Veranda, and they will
have another opportunity to judge the
groups and individual features during the
second passage through Main street. The
parade will be headed by the town and
village officials in automobiles, and Rev.
Roy NJ. Houghton will be chief marshal
at the head Of the boys ranks. Mayor
+. j. Waterman has resurrected portions
Of the old high school drum corps, and
they will lead the procession. The boys
/ are not telling all they know about the
| parade, but it is expected that features
4 OF the town and village life will be shown
up from a boys standpoint in a way that
will cause some merriment. The boys
| have been going on the principle that it
| is poor kind of a man who will get
| mad at a group of boys and nobody is ex-
] tod a cn1a agfrr fIafr
| characteristics are made a little more
| pointed than the reality
! The ball game between the professional
and the business men in the afternoon
. promises to be one Of the chief attractions
| of the day. Richard c. Averill as cap
tain of the business mems team picked his
| players early in the week and their
quality was such that Frank f. Barber
felt obliged to pick twice as big a team
from the professional men to make up in
quantity. Moreover, the professional
| leader has secured the services of a dark
| horse as a catcher as none of the min
listers, lawyers or doctors felt able to
stand up to the pitching of Rev. D. f.
/ Trout. The game will be called promptly
| at o'clock and its length will depend on
| the condition in which the players find
themselves after making the rounds
few times. The delegates and alternates
selected by Captain Barber are Rev. d.
f. Trout, Rev DR.. John r. Cow, Rev.
| Roy NJ Houghton, Rev. F. A. Wells, DR..
F, II. O'Connor, DR.. Harry P. Greene, DR..
W. H, Lane, Judge E. w Gibson, r. c.
! Bacon o. b. Hughes, W. r. Daley, Harrie
B. Chase, c. c. Fits, E. ]. Waterman, c.
NJ. Miller, Dan p. Thompson and the dark
horse was inspired to become a profess
sional man through his interest in the
game. Captain Averill's team is o. D.
Stowen. Alfred Jordan, Austin Miller, c.
A. McRae, W. L. Hunt. II. C. Everleth,
mt
liam Pentland jr., W. A. Shumway and
c. B. Crowel
one of the queter features of the day
which will give keen enjoyment to young
and old is the concert which will be given
on the common in the evening by the
double quartet from St. Johns church,
(colored) of Springfield Mass. These
singers will give a program of plantation
melodies and readings and anyone wishing
to contribute to the cause which they
represent, the industrial school for young
colored women in Springfield, will be
given an opportunity. Before the July 4
celebration was planned arrangements
were made to have the concert given un-
der the auspices of the Centre COngre-
gatonal church and it was made to fit in
with the general program. The concert
will close in time for all to secure places
of vantage to see the fire works on the
river.
For the first time in 10 years Brattle-
boro will have a public display of fire.
works. The Magnet club suggested to a
number of its good friends that the
proper way to round out the day would
, be to have a display Of fireworks on the
! river and the friends showed their good
will to the boys by promising their sup
port. The board of trade came forward
= with generous offer of a contribution
to equal that which was raised by private
, subscription and during the week many
: new subscriptions have come in. Few
Of the club members were born when th'
last public display was held and they
cannot have II for comparison. The!
: are satisfied we'll with the generosity o.
their friends and most OF them are look
: ing forward to the biggest display the!
ever have seen. The fireworks will no
' be set off until about $50 so that thei
effect may not be spoiled by natura
light. After a discussion OF all available
places II was decided to have the dis
play on the head of the island where I
n will be in plain view from the bank abov
y the railroad track and from all the build
o ings on the east side OF Main street. Tn
:, fireworks viii be set of by the veterans
f. C. Frost, Charles Cakes, H. F.
. Toedt and Charles H. Welcome The las
n public display of fireworks was in 1891.
DUMMERsToN HILL.