The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-06
PARADE ATTRACTS
LARGE CROWD IN
NO.BENN|NGTON
Pretty Floats, Decorated Car
riages and Automobiles
1RlPLETS THE STAR FEATURE
Unique Family OF Cr and Mrs. J. q.
Woodruff Attracted Much
Attention

The celebration at North Benning-
ton Saturday was by far the best
event of the kind that has been at
tempted in that village in recent
years. Every expectation was realized
and the parade was a more elaborate
affair than that given last year.
The parade was divided into six
classes including floats, automobiles,
carriages, business displays, hor-
ribles and special features. There
was long list in each of the six
classes. All OF the floats were beau
tiful while not few of them were
more than usually original. The spec
ial features, horribles, and business
displays were excellent and many Of
the carriages and automobiles were
handsomely trimmed.
In one respect the parade was
unique. One OF the automobiles car
ried the family of d.. and Mrs. J. b..
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presence of the happy healthy little
triple.s, Johanna, Josephine and
Joseph, less than year old but who
nevertheless appeared to be taking
an active interest in the doings OF
the day. The Woodruff family entry
Mas the most attractive feature of
1.-The parade, Judging from the amount
of interest manifested by the specta-
tors as the car passed over the route.
rhe floats included No. >, entered
by the Civic league, bearing the flags
of all nations and representing the
activities of the playground. The
characters were: The camp fire girl,
Hilda Farnum; boy scout, Richard
Elwell; baseball boys, John O'Ilara,
Michael FRAZIER; girls in middies,
May Robson, Mary FRAZIER; six
youngsters, Clayton Surdam, Harold
Levin, Russell O'Connell, Leona Bot
tum, Dominick and Albert Pello; folk
dance, May Hutton, Marion Beecher,
Mary and Helen La I'lamme.
ring For Liberty" float No. 6, en-
tered by the North bennington high
school, was very prettily decorated
and contained the following pupils of
the school, Leon Beagle, Doris Lewis,
Elizabeth Kenney, Marjorie White,
Marion White, Rosalind White,
Clarice White, Marjorie Lyme, Marion
Eddy. Mary Dean, Bessie Lanlie.,
Vjnora Howe and Mildred Smith.
MOLLY Pitcher at the Battle of
Monmouth. float No. ., was entered
by Miss Martha Wright. Characters
Molly, Ruth Hall; husband, Fred
erick Simonds; soldiers, Jesse
Squires and Leon Spencer.
Float No. 16, winners of the
County Prize" was entered by the
SALISBURY Depot school of which
Miss Henrietta Walbridge is teacher.
Rubie Hulett Marjorie Randall,
Mabel. Rena and Agnes Montgomery
Albert, May, Sarah and Lillian Kent
and Forrest and Horace Hulet were
those who rode in the float.
Float No. IL was entered by a par.
~ of Bennington young women in
Guiding Mrs. A. Il. HOLSTER, Mrs
Maurice Rudd, Mrs. c. S. Buchanan
and daughter, Miss Maud Galusha
Mrs. r. NJ. Paddock and Mrs. Free
mont Barnes. After the parade the
party was entertained by Mrs. Pad
dock at the home Of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Ed. Walbridge at Ben
ming Falls.
On float No 20, Columbia. were
Uncle Sam. Glenn Martin; Goddess
of Liberty" Miss P.utia Weir; Miss
Columbia Miss Amy Surdam
Army, Capt. ]. b. Harmon; Navy"
Joseph Daley.
Float No. "a represented the Gun
boat Chester in which children were
seated as sailors.
speak for yourself, John" was
float No. H. This float was entered
by Elsie Wilmington and Francis Cor
don. At the spinning wheel was
Elsie Wilmington and at the rod, Her
bert Wilmington.
Float 40. .. Red Cross Nurses
was entered by Gladys Whitman. and
included the following as nurses, Net
tie Coy. Ruth Beagle. Evelyn Payne
Gladys Whitman. Hattie Chase Leol
Spencer. Ruth Percy. Lena Smith
Florence Harrington. Marion Phil
lips. Newman Elwell took the parl
as physician.
Yankee Doodle was float No. I
None rode in this except the musician
who occupied a rear enclosed seat.
On the Epworth League float No. z