Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09
FIRENEN SUCCESSFULLY
CELEBRATE The FOURTH

The morning of last Monday wa.
certainly discouraging to the Milford
sramen who had arranged to cele.
brate the Fourth OF July in Milford
with a parade, two games Of base ball
ond numerous sports. At an early
bonr the rain fell heavily which
nromised TO last the entire day; but
tbe old adage, rain before seven, quit
before eleven" proved to be good
1ronhecv. and while the sun did not
shine forth in splendOr, yet the rain
ceased and the wind dried off the
earth rapidly and by spreading saw
dust around the second base space on
tbe ball grounds, and the home plate.
# was seen that the afternoon ball
game would be pulled off between the
Milford boys and team from Dover.
The parade was expected to attract
many hundreds of people from the
mral districts in the morning, and
despite of the rain hundreds came;
there would have been two thousand
people here in the morning under con-
ditions more favorable.
The Boy Scouts, headed by the Mil
ford Brass Band, led the parade,
which had Councilman VIM Roach, as
Grand Marshall. Then came the Mil |
ford Fire Department. The Light and /
Water Commission in automobiles !
followed by a troup of rough riders,
came next in line Then the automo-
biles beautifully trimmed and decor
ated with loads of happy people form
ed a procession pleasing to look up
on Several floats were in line. The
COlored C0rnet Band headed the col
Ored part Of the parade, and it also
contributed to the cheerfulness by
playing music with a tendency to set
the feet to keeping time with it's ca
dence
When the game of ball started there
were between eight and nine hundred
people in the grandstand and bleach
ers, while the fences around the park s
were black with people looking On i
from places of vantage. The firemen il
had prepared fifty gallons of ice
cream and hundreds of sandwiches,
and when the rain fell so persistently .
IN the morning, they felt blue, but the Il
'rOwd was out for a good time and
hey responded well; in fact so well "
hat the supply of cream had to be il
enewed, and the wagons were kept v
usy getting additional soft drinks
md sandwiches to supply the demand =,
The game Of ball was well contest n
d and Milford won the first game by p
score Of Z to l. The second game O'
'as OF six innings, and was won by
he Dover team by a score of 2 to 0. fo
The creased pig race brought TWEEN lie
I-hye starters, and the pig was fin w
lily caught by Hardy Warren of de
outh Milford. The creased pole
rlze was not awarded, because no
ne was able to climb to the top ee
a smooth cypress which had been III
vested OF its bark and sloughed with w w
ease III
At night everything was free, and
was estimated that fully $500 per- an
ms were in and around the ball vii
Ounds to witness the fireworks and Ma
moving pictures, which were lot
rown on a screen in front of the d.
and stand
Taken altogether it was a success :.
DAY for the Milford Firemen, but WI
course the rain in the morning irO
prNed them of source of revenue las
stopping the game of ball. They ms
i well repaid for their work, by bu
,hg given hundreds entertainment, n
incidentally adding a moderate Bla
to their equipment fund which Bro
De used to buy apparatus with tur
lch to fight fires. end
! /. 50 50 large a crowd, it is amazing rzu
there was not one arrest for :,
9raerly conduct, and only a few "
'luuais were seen to be under the Cou Ci
lence OF liquor or beer, although 5Ui ,.
y was a goodly supply of the lat i uell
in Milford. and
sist