The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-06
HANDSOME PARADE
ANOTABLE FEATURE
Many Decorated Automobiles and
Floats in Line-Program of Interest
ing Sporting elimination of
Great Enthusiasm and Hard Work
Special to The Reformer. }
HINSDALE, n. H., Jul!

was one of the biggest successes of its |
nature in the history Of this town and
was due to the intense enthusiasm with
which the societies, the industrial plants,
the merchants and the townspeopIe in
general entered into the affair
When the Odd Fellows, the Foresters
and the Red Men first conceived the idea
of an 'at home celebration for the
Fourth they little dreamed that it would
reach the proportions it did or that it
would be of 50 much interest to the peo-
pie here and such an attraction to former
residents and friends from other towns.
The parade, which was composed of
beautiful fraternal and industrial floats,
decorated automobiles and comic charac-
tiers, was generally conceded to be the
finest ever seen here. The line formed at
10 a. m. in G. \. Robertson < Co.'S mill
yard with I. A. Buckley as marshal. head
ed by the selectmen, w. E. Fay, w. n
Pike and y. O. Maynard, in the latters
automobile, and paraded in the following
order down Canal street. over High,
Brattleboro, Mortified and Main streets
| F. S Lowell, automobile with japanese
decorations
Miss Ida Higgins. automobile, profusion
! OF pink roses and green.
| j. w Field, automobile, laurel decora-
| tons
| F. w. Tilden, automobile. representing
| Eastern Star, decorations of red roses, and
| green, with society emblem.
| q, {. Robertson, automobile in patriotic
eolors.
Harry c, Holland automobile pine
boughs and lunches of white daisies.
Henry Dickerman, automobile, repre-
sentng Eagle iron foundry.
A. l.. Taylor automobile, laurel decora-
tionS with arch.
Frank Pifer. automobile decorated in
red, white and blue
w. $ Howe, automobile with G. A r.
VETERANS.
Sons of Veterans, float representing
camp.
ITinsdale brass band
! |. O. Q. T., float, ferns and trees repre-
lsenting degree scene, with boy leading
goat behind, followed by a delegation of
odd Fellows.
George Estey. horseback. patriotic
| Queen Esther Bebekah lodge, float
IshoWing Rebekah at the we'll, decorations
Iof pink, green and white
Granite State Moving Machine Co,
float, representing lawn mower factory in
Operation and lawn being moved. followed
by one of the company's field mowers.
Ora Chamberlain and Charles Stanclitfe
comic characters on horseback
NJ. 5. Leach, float, revolving wagon
E wheels
; w. c. 7. L. float, decorations of white
HEALTH, junk wagon red, white and
blue decorations
W. f. Fay. float, green and orange
decorations, with two pickaninnies
Camp Fire Girls. decorations of small
trees with girls in Indian costume.
Boy Scouts. Troop /, marching.
G. s. Smith and Mrs. F. II. Jones
team, comic characters, bound for Califor
MIA.
Amidon's wooden mill. float, represent
ing cupola. green and white decorations.
j, NJ Lamb, float, red, white and blu,
decorations.
5 II. w. Taylor, float, patriotic.
White, Washburn Co, float, arches o
I tissue paper rolls
Gypsy sufragettes, float, comic charac
, tiers.
Hinsdale fire department, hand puml
decorated with red, white and blue
> Knitting club, float, with spinnini
: wheels in operation.
l Brightwood paper mill, float, finishing
: room scene
! E. j. Hart. float. printing room scene.
James O'Brien & CO., float, red, whit
and blue decorations.
SkeeterviIle, team, comic characters.
F. H. Fuller, team, the Gold Dus
Twins.
Woman's club, float, lavender and whit
decorations
: l. O. r. NJ, float, Indian scene,
The b. S. of A., troop, float, campin
scene.
4 Wantastiquet Grange, emblematic, REQ
y white and blue
NJ. S. Mann, float, trolley ear.
, The Foresters, float, representing dc
; gree scene, preceded by body guard an
representation of the Spirit of 'T6.
Then came a decorated baby carrlag
= procession.
~ Following the parade the band gave
> concert near the town hall and dinner wa
Iserved on the Baptist church lawn by tn
women Of the Methodist church.
The field sports took place at ocioc
lat Riverside park and were largely a
= tended. There were IA events which wer
won as follows:
\ 30-yard dash-Won by Thomas Mann
3 ID, G. Fl. H. Langille.
( Sack race for boys-Won by Marsha
B Blouin; ID, Walter Osteyee.
hace around DaSeS-N on by Il. w
4 Walker; I'd, Oliver Houle and Paul Can
Il lin tied.
3 Running broad iump-Won by L. "
Il Walker; I'd, Victor Walker.
q Hop, step and iump-Won by L. v
q Walker; ID Neil Latham.
y 25-yard dash for boys under 9-Won |
. Philip Langlle; I'd, Leonard Young.
81 25-yard dash for boys under 1.-Two
N by Caleb Langille; 3D. Harand Owen.
8 Potato race for girls-Won by ATildre
ii Merritt; ID, Margaret Lynch.
D Nightshirt race-Won by Frank Young