The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
|BrattlebOrO's Second Annu-
al Guest Day Marked
Success
GOVERNOR GATES
GIVES ADDRESSES

oho"h III HAetAAy ways, 6V-
cry Possible Form of Entertainment
Being Provided Without Charge to
Visitors.
Fortune smiled on Brattleboro today,
on the occasion of the town s second
annual Guest day, and furnished
weather conditions of an ideal kind
From early morning until the arrival
of the afternoon trains the visitors
came, to enjoy the hospitality of the
town, when everything it could offer in
the way of entertainment was freely
gwen, through an arrangement by the
board of trade.
The mark reached last year probably
was not duplicated today, but the mum
Der Of guests will not be known before
night. The occasion has been a great
success, however, and the people have
been honored by the presence of Gov.
Charles w. Gates.
Governor Gates Speaks.
Governor Gates gave a brief address
tins forenoon at the livestock sales pa
Vilion on Vernon street, where a large
crowd gathered, and this afternoon he
spoke on the common, being introduced
BY President Horton D. Walker of the
board of trade.
The theme of the Governor s after
noon address was Our State, its Ideals
and Its Development, which he said
was the subject nearest his heart. He
spoke Of the things which Vermont
stands for and the possibilities of the
future. IT there is any element we
need more than any other, he said. it is
a larger spirit of lteighborliness and
frlendliness. He spoke of the ideals
of our citizenship which were formed
by the church, school and town meet.
ing and called attention to the re-
sponslbilltv which is upon the citizens
OF today III developing the heritage left
US by the early settlers.
The visitors came by train, team and
automobile, largely by the last named
method, and by noon hundreds of
ears were parked in various parts of
the village. Wherever their choice of
amusement took them, they found that
their wants had been anticipated, and
courtesy and hospitality were on every
hand.
While many guests did not take ad-
vantage of the privilege of securing
checks for free admission to the various
attractions, the large majority did and
the young women in charge of the dis
trlbutlng stations at the town hall
building and on the plaza were busy
from 3 o clock giving out the blue
lcheeks which distinguished visitors from
residents and III taking the names of
applicants for checks and the number
OF persons in each party. They also
gave out tickets emitting those who
came by team to secure free feed for
their horses at the stables, because on
this day of days Brattleboro overlooked
no detail in the way of making its Wis
ltors feel that they were really well
| come.
Flags floated from the various build
ings on the principal streets and large
welcome signs were displayed conspicu-
ously. Boy scouts were on duty handing
out printed programs for the day and
giving information wherever possible,
and the vacant store in the Waite
building was converted into a free
checking room for parcels
Where the People Went.
| After securing their checks the
guests scattered to various sections of
the village. Many boarded the street
ears and were given free rides as long
as they chose to ride The Princess
theatre was crowded m which an ex-
cellent program Of moving pictures
were given free. Some visited the va
rious industrial plants, where persons
were on duty to show them about the
| xuprlyc {1roIuJo
band was playing, and big crowd
went to Island park to see the morning
baseball game between Williamsville
and Townshend and to enjoy free boat
rides on the Connecticut river and free
dancing III the pavilion. Another large
crowd is at the park this afternoon to
see the baseball game between the two
leaders in the Hinsdale league, the
Foresters, jr. and the Braves
The merchants made no special effort
to get business, as this is not planned
for business day, but in spite of that
there was good trading in the stores
The restaurants also were busy places al
moon.
Williamsville Wins.
There was much enthusiastic rootinc
at the baseball game at Island park be
tween Williamsville and TownshenC
| teams, who hold second and thirC
| places in the West River league. anC
while Williamsville won by good mar
: gin, II to 3, it was a well-plaved anC
interesting contest. Barry of Town
: shend got three hits in four times III
and there was some good hitting b1
Howe and Timson of Williamsyille. 4
difficult catch by Howe off W. Sparks 4
bat in the fifth brought him goo(