Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-05

| pdny IL.
Next in line were mounted officers of
! the Syrian United association of Viii.
hmantic, 40 men marching III COM
mand of President Joseph Haddad and
Honorary President Pedro Cafam of
| New York color bearers bore a sign
announcing Organized February 2,
1909; two decorated bicycles, John
Collins riding in wagon, advertising
! che of the laundries, dressed uniquely:
| some horrihies; floats of Hillhouse &
| IayloT, two decorated in red Wnite
| and blue: float of the Lincoln q Boss
| Lumber & Coal Co.: decorated wagon
of Shaheen Haddad: decorated wag-
| on of 3. Bycel, carrying poultry prod
| uets. ETC.; float of Willimantic Lum-
| Der & Coal Co.: hay wagon in which
William Matthew of Columbia rode;
| carriages with distinguished guests,
etc.
The Route Followed.
The parade followed this route:
| Down Main street to Ash, where the
| countermarch was made with various
divisions spreading out on streets in
| terseeting with Asa. The members of
the Franco-American brigade left the
| line here ard went to the parade
grounds within Horseshoe park-the
| remainder zOf the procession marched
| back up Main tie Jackson, to Valley,
| to Broad, to Union, to Main, where
the parade was reviewed at the head
of Railroad street by Marshal Fenton
and his staff and was then disbanded
| by Adjt. Capt. James Cochrane.
Afternoon Activities.
| The Franeo-Amefican briga@e of New
| Engtand held their annual field day
and competitive drill on thu Fair
| Grounds before several hundred peo
pie. The first thing on the programme
| was the brigade review and inspection
by General Anne G.. J. Martineau of
this city. Brigadier General A. J.
a 7da csfa Of
| Mass The review and inspection We're
| well executed. Following these events
| the members of the brigade and
friends ate dinner. Owing to the heat
| Occur of Fall River and Garde From
| tenac of Lowell. The former under
| command of Captain Joseph Rioux,
| was awarded first prize, second prize
going to the Lowell Garde under
Captain Albert Bergeron. The percent
| age winning garde. 95.5; second $50
| The next exhibition was open to in
| dependent gardes but only one, Garde
| National of Webster. Captain Gouiet.
! entered and was awarded the prize.
Judges of the drills were Captain F.
p. Fenton Captain James CochPane
| and William r. Harrington.
| The athletic events comprised a 100
yard dash and a 220 yard dash. The
| winners of the former were: Higgins,
first: oliver, second. and Linderbeck
=
Higgins frst,Oliver second, Undertook
| third, time "a seconds. William R.
Harrington was starter and Merrill
and Snow We're judges. Announcer
Fenton stated that owing to the ex-
cessiye beat the horse race had been
declared off. Wheeler's American
| hand played during the bfigede review
inspection and various contests.
Weman's Club Gets First Award.
| The Willimantic board of trade
| awards for the best appearing floats
in the parade are announced as fol-
lows: First, Willimantic Woman's
| club, SIS: second Garde Ste Cecile. ST
third. Knights of King Arthur, SO. The
judges We're e. E. Bass. William A
Dawson and III. ]. Boyer. Honorable
mention was accorded the decorated
open hack of the Woman's Relief
corps.
South Manchester Outelassed
Willimantic sent South Manchester
home with a bad defeat, u to /, Tues
! day. DriscoII of the local team feat
ured the game with four hits, q. per-
| feet average. Batteries, for Manches-
ter, Howard and Bolen; for Whitman
tic. Lazinsk and Chapedelaine.
Aquatic Sports Were interesting.
One of the most interesting parts OF
the days programme was the carniva
of aquatic sports, under the auspices
of the Nipnet Canoe club. In tbs
motor boat race the seven competi
tors went away in this order: Hughes
Seigrist, Lockwood, Marriott, Royce
Harper and LaPlxin. The race was fin.
ished as follows: Marriott. Hughes
Lockwood. Seigrist, Royce, Larkin anC
; Harper. Prizes of speed indicator ane
whistle were awarded to Marriott anC
Hughes, respectively. In the single
canoe race James P. Mustard. G. o
Strong, y. A. Daniels, Raymon:
Broadhurst and Samuel Lyman com,
peted. Mustard winning with Strons
second, Daniels third. In a prelimin-
} airy tryout Strong's canoe capsized ana
| he received a good ducking.
, The fitting contest had two teams
competing, Broadhurst and Lyman
) Daniels and Mustard. The first wa.
a draw. The second trial went to tht
latter team, Daniels succeeding in tilt
ing Broadhurst. The third trial was
draw, both canoes capsizing. A double
canoe race, with Strong and Broad
hurst competing against Daniels an(
Lyman, proved exciting. Toward
the finish the canoes brushed sides ant
Strong and Broadhurst were thrown
into the river. the race going to Dan
iels and Lyman
Tipping contests, an obstacle rae,
and an exhibition of high diving con
clude1 the aquatic sports. The off
Gals were: Announcer, Frank P. Fen
! | ton; starter, DR.. II. E. f. Tiesing Wh1
also acted as judges at the finish. Thu
) committee of arrangements compriS Il
: George NJ. Graves (chairman), Cora
: modore Nelson A. Daniels, George o
! Strong, James P. Mustard and Harold
Mott.
Concert and Fireworks.
In the evening at Windham fieIt
| Wheeler's American band rendered Z
fine concert from until O'Clock.
At O'Clock on the hill back of tn,
| field an exceptionally fine display 0
| fireworks was set off that lasted ap.
proXimately an hour and a half Anon:
the most conspicuous set pieces were
) | scenes of Niagara Falls, the seal O
the city of Willimantic, and Good
night.
One of the most humanitarian act.
commented upon was the placing: O.
w. C. T. L. water barrels at all of the
principal street corners.
The 6.3G train from Boston ives
| Tuesday evening was run in two sec.
tons, on account of heavy traffic
: The Central Vermont run two train.
in quick succession northward abou
4 o'clock for she same reason.
Trolley service, both on the Norwich
and Willimantic and WilIimantic.
South Coventry lines was good, ant
cars were run at frequent intervals A
number of triple headers were run
during the afternoon on the Norwich
Willimantic line.
Police Handle Crowds Well.
, Very little trouble was experienced