The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12

Westminster's great Home Coming
Week featured by the Maryland State
Firemen's Convention, was an over
whelming success from beginning to
end, and will long be remembered by
the large crowds that thronged our
streets every day. Monday was gen
eral homecoming day, and every train
that pulled into the station brought
men and women back to Carroll
county-many who had been absent
for a number of years.
The citizens spared pething to
make the event a noteworthy one.
Most of the business houses and a
number OF residences were elabor-
ately decorated, the national colors
predominating The Maryland col
ors were also much in evidence. At
number Of places arches OF electric
lights were arranged.
The first event in connection with
the homecoming celebration was the
excellent band concert given at the
railroad, corner Liberty and Main
streets at z O'Clock Monday evening
by the First Regiment Band of West
minister. Each evening during the
week at the same hour and at the
same place a concert was given, and
these we're by no means the least en-
joyable of the various events Of the
week, always drawing large crowds.
industrial Parade.
Perhaps the event mSst creditable
to the citizens of Westminster, and
viewed by them with great pride, was
the trades display parade on Tues
day afternoon, forming at Belle
Grove Square and parading all the
principal streets of the town. It was
made I'D as follows: Chief OF Police
Stem and Officer Helm, Chief Marshal
w. Frank Thomas, Marshal Jesse X.
Myers and aids, all mounted; the First
Regiment Band, the Civic League
represented by nineteen young ladies
becomingly attired, on horseback; the
boy scouts, % boys carrying pen
nants bearing on them the word
Westminster" the amusement COM
mittee, in teams; Marshall Lamotte
Smith and aids, Morgan Chapel Cor
net Band, gentlemen on horseback,
single teams, double teams, Marshall
Robert Gist and aids, the Woodbine
Sunday School Band. Handsome
floats representing the business places
of this city were presented as fol-
lows: Smith & Reifsnider. D. S. Gehr,
Nusbaum e Jordan, w. @. Devilbiss,
Joseph l. Matthias, The Mather Print
ing Company, Sharrer & Gorsuch, t.
W. Mather & Sons, Stewards Grocery,
Westminster Hotel, .Atlee w. Wamp-
ler, M E. Campbell, William N.
Keefer, c. w. King, ID. r. Geiman,
Main-Court Inn, Herr a. Babylon,
Farmers Supply Company and Joseph
IL. Baust.
Some of these business houses were
represented by several floats.
Among the floats which attracted
most attention was that of Smith Az
Reifsnider, lumber and coal dealers,
complete bungalow, large enough to
constitute a good-sized dwelling, and
with II coal wagons, representing their
business as lumber and coal dealers;
M K. Campbell, butcher, large float,
in which was an enormous bull, dec
GRATED with red; Joseph l.. Matthias,
dealer in marble and granite had a
good one; the Westminster Hotel, a
float driven by MIR. @. G. Ramer. pro
prietor, in which was dinner table
and several diners; Nusbaum & Jor-
dan, merchants, an elaborate float
containing an organ which was Deing
played; T. w. Mather & Sons, mer-
chants had good one; the Farmers
Supply COMPANY, an elaborate float
and a dozen or more agricultural i'm
plements; d. S. Gehr, hardwareman,
Va float containing large range, and
in fact, all the business men who par
ticipated in any way, deserve much
credit for making the parade sue
cess.
The judges awarded the prizes as
follows: Men for best .saddler-Mr.
Donald Myers, first, So; Mr. Horace
WiIdasin, second $3.50. Ladies for
best saddler-Miss Ruth Gist, first, So;
Miss Esther Lennon, second, $3.50;
Single teams-Mr Harry Geiman, first,
$500; Mr.. James NJ Stoner, second,
$3.50. Double teams-Wilson & Will
son.
On Tuesday evening the Morgan
Chapel Band gave a concert on the
band stand at the Railroad and the
Woodbine Sunday school band played
several selections on the porch OF the
Main Court Inn. The balance OF the
evening was spent by everybody In
having a jolly good time
College Parade
On Wednesday morning the local
fire company committees received
delegates and visiting companies OF
the Maryland State Firemen's Asso-
citation, and at $50 a parade headed
by the Pleasant Valley Band, followed
by the Westminster, Tri-Town and
Piedmont Fire Companies and the
Western Maryland College alumni and
students, marched to the College
where the commencement Of the Col
lege was held.
Automobile Parade.
At 2.30 p. m. the automobile parade
took place. with mayor and common