St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-05-24
INDUSTRIAL
EXPOSITION
Very Successful Presentation of St.
JOhnsbury Products And Com
munity Spirit
GOV. GATES A GUEST
Excellent Exhibition by Public Schools
and the Academy--TwO Big
Street ParadeS and Street
Carnival To Close The
Weeks Festivities.

From the delightful visit of the chief
executive of the state to the crowded !
informality of carnival night the In
dustrial Exposition was one grand sue
cess and everyone is patting the Com
merciaI club on the back and assur
ing them that the town never had any
beyond the expectations of all and
even the exhibitors admitted that they
never saw it's equal in larger towns.
Great credit is due the committee who
worked so faithfully for it's success
and to E. w. Hellie who has devoted
all his time to it lately and from the
very beginning had furnished both
labor and inspiration to further its
success. On Thursday evening nearly
| 2, 1000 people were in the building
Gov. Charles w. Gates spent
Thursday afternoon visiting his
friends and at 1880 Frank H.
Brooks brought him over to the st.
Johnsbury House in his car, where
he was met by the st. Johnsbury Con-
solidated band and a reception COM
mittee, consisting of Henry ]. Good
! n, =.
man and Arthur F. Stone. The band
and the governor and party then pro-
| ceeded to the Exposition building, fol-
lowed by a large crowd.
At the building the governor was
escorted around, taking great inter
est in the exhibits of the products
made and sold in st. Johnsbury. At
! $50 he was introduced to the crowd
and made a short and inspiring ad-
dress, standing in one of the automo-
biles on the first floor.
Governor Praises St. Johnsbury.
Gov. Gates spoke of the part st.
Johnsbury had played in the indus
trial development of Vermont, noting
especially that it was the men born
and raised in this town that had made
it's industrial growth, and that the
founders of our great industry had a
breadth of vision and philanthropic
nature so that all were now sharers
lin their success. He said he was
especially gratified to see such Won
derfuI display of the enterprise of the
town in this exposition and that st.
Johnsbury always had warm place
in his heart.
After his address he was introduced
to many Of the people present and
clyffe for the night
The great attraction of Fridays
program was the parade of the school
children at O'Clock and certainly no
such splendid sight has ever been
seen on our streets than was witnessed
Friday afternoon when over 1,4OO
school children paraded. The pri-
mary grades of both the public and
parochial schools were transported in
automobiles many of them gaily dec
GRATED with flags, while all the rest
of the scholars marched in the line
which was led by the ST. Johnsbury
band. The parochial schools also had
their band which was frequently ap-
iplauded along the line of march. St.
Johnsbury Academy led off, marching
by classes with 21S in line. The
graded schools had as their leaders a
platoon of boys dressed as carpenters
and carrying saws under their arms.
The public schools were assembled by
grades and there were nearly $40 in
the line. The parochial schools had
over 327 young folks in the line of
march and the effect of the whole
parade was inspiring. The children
were all admitted free to the Expo
sition building after the parade and
all availed themselves of the chance to
see the big show.
The attraction of the evening was
the concert by the Academy Glee
clubs and orchestra and the building
was well filed to hear them and the
applause was most gratifying. These
organizations are doing splendid work.
under trained leaders. and always
draw a crowd when they appear.
The automobile and civic parade
Saturday afternoon was a notable at
traction and the streets were thronged
with enthusiastic spectators. There
were nearly 200 automobiles in line,
mostly filed with happy school chill
dren, and the floats and other feat
ures of the parade were fine.
The St. Johnsbury Consolidated
band, its members clad in spotless
white, led the procession, followed by
some of the uniformed organizations.
The u. c. T., also clad in white, fol-
lowed the band and the other orders
represented were the Odd Fellows in
uniform, the Catholic Order of Forest
ers and the Knights of Columbus. Fol-
lowing the latter were members Of
lChamberlin Post in automobiles
Palmer Brothers followed with a
highly creditab1e display of boys on
gaily trimmed bicycles. The Fair
banks float, the Outlook club. the CO.
mus club, the Chin-Chin club and
other clubs in decorated cars followed.
; Then came a long line of automobile
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