Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-12
NEWFANE
The Fourth Of July Celebration.

The Fourth Of July Celebration.
A very successful event was the
Fourth of July celebration for the local
lodge of odd Fellows. large crowd
gathered to attend the first celebration
of this kind which has been held In
Newfane in over 30 years. The streets
were sprinliled the~night before to make
the hot day more comfortable for all
First on the program was the parade,
which was one of the best ever seen IN
a small town. 1t started from the Oud
Fellows hall at $50 A. l.. LOCKWOOD
and Albert Halliday, marshals, pre-
ceded the Leland and Gray band of
Townshend, which furnished music for
the occasion. This team was driven by
Lewis Hall and attended by the official
goat. The odd Fellows float came next
driven by Delbert Rhoades, followed by
a very pretty one by the Rebekah lodge
driven by Edgar Tuthill. All three of
these were decorated with the national
colors The Christian Endeavor float
was very artistically decorated and 1t
was driven by John Covey. That of the
Sunshine society was trimmed in yellow
and green and was driven by Arthur
Gray. The Grange float was credit to
that society. 1t was drawn by three
pairs of oxen, c. NJ. Goodenough and
Deacon Whitaker rode in a one-horse
chaise and were in colonial attire.
The plantation scene from II. II.
Howes in Brookline, drawn by a pair
of mules and a pair of horses, is wor-
they of special mention, showing that
good bit of time and labor was expend-
ed in producing the final results, and
the singing by the occupants in which
Dr. ROBBIE Joined was much enjoyed
The horribles were last in the parade
and were very amusing to the specta-
tors. The odd Fellows won first money
and the second prize was awarded to
the Christian Endeavor society.
The sports passed off smoothly and
pleasantly. The tug of war was won
by Newfane in a hotly contested strug-
gle with Wardsboro. Rev. G. X. Carter
acted as judge in the sports and as he
is absent a correct list of the prizes
cannot be given at this time.
About 800 people were served dinner
in the church vestry and under the able
management of the Rebekahs, supper
was served to a large number at the
same place.
Promptly at o'clock the crowd of
between 500 and 600 people had the
pleasure of listening to the speech by
Hon. E. w. Gibson of Brattleboro. The
frequent applause showed how well the
people enjoyed the opportunity of lis
tening to so able a speaker.
About $50 the Townshend and Will
Evansville teams crossed bats on Ed
dy's meadow The result was score
of 16 to in favor of Townshend. At
ter the band concert, which was greatly
enjoyed, the doors of Union hall were
thrown open to the crowd who came
to enjoy the presentation of the drama,
THE Rough Rider" by the following
cast: Robert Hamilton, c. f. Nichols {;
James Crawford, Harry Edwards; Ra-
mon Mariana, Arthur Howe; Louis Mar
ana. George Bush Dennis Rafferty,,
Jack Mcdonald; Sam. the negro, A. l..
Lockwood Inez, a Cuban girl Miss
Margaret Maher; Alma Crawford, Miss
Nellie Hamln; Bedro, a Cuban spy,
Karl Maher.
About $50 tickets were sold. Follow
ing this was a dance, in which about
rs couples took an active part. The
committee in charge feel that it was a
few weeks work well invested, since
everyone attending seemed to have an
enjoyable time, and the bank account
swelled by $3.50
The society appreciate and express
thanks to all who are not members of
the organization who in any way helped
in making this so successful an affair.