The Glenwood post., 1916-06-24
Largest and Happiest Crowd Ever in
Attendance and All Were Delighted
With Days Entertainment
MERCHANTS WELL SATISFIED

Strawberry Day, 1916, will go dowl
in the annals of Glenwood as the
greatest celebration of that festive oc-
casion thus far. Every attraction
scheduled more than satisfied previous
expectations and there was but one re-
gret, His Excellency, Governor Carlson
was unable to be present owing to se-
rious illness which made it impossible
for him to travel at that time.
No expense had been spared, no
time or labor, too great, no hours SO
late but that. they could be devoted to
making the Strawberry carnival tho
greatests day in Glenwood's yearly his
tory. ;..s "'a''-' ~ s a
Much: Of the success Of the day was
due to the executive committee com
posed of Ollie Thorson, chairman; H. q.
Overlook, secretary; Katie, Holland,
assistant secretary; c.. R. Mccarthy,
treasurer; B. T. Napier, H. R. Logan,
Louis schwarz and Carleton Hubbard.
People came from the east, west,
.ssstA eaA lss ,soo
sttsas, they came BY sys5y Known con-
veyance, autos hnmbsring over s75
were counted in the city during the
day and evening and the. trains all
brought in loads Of Joyous humanity
who came for the purpose Of having a
good time and they were not disap-
pointed. Il.
The gala attire of the city first
greeted the eye Of the visitor and the
decorations, under the direction If
Messrs. Seihorst and Peisar, showed up
especially well at night with the bril-
liant lighting system which Mr.. Over
beck had installed.
OF course, as on all festal days, the
music WAS one of the great attractions
and with the Grand Junction, Hotchkiss,
Somerset and our own excellent band
there was NO lack Of melody in the air.
Harry Gardner, the famous "human
fly" made his thrilling climbs and
certainly gave sensational exhibitions.
First he climbed the Citizens National
bank and down again; next he went up
the First National bank, and at his last
exhibition he scaled the walls of the
Denver hotel and descended again. Tho
coming down building is more diff
cult feat than ascending.
The swimming pool was thrown open
from 2 to 4 p. M, free to all, and the
great body of water became verita-
BILE "sea of faces" This was one Of
the real treats of the day.
The great "Pageant of the Rockies
took place at 11:3O O'Clock and was
marshaled over the course by E. L.
Peisar. The Old Settlers float, with
Judge John L. Noonan drawing the
lines over the "firey" steeds, carried
James L. Riland, editor of the White
River Review at Meeker, R. p, Malaby,
Edgar D. Wilson, L. F. Grace, Charles
Brown; Mesdames -Hardwick, Station
and Ponder. The Strawberry float was
the product Of Mrs. Korn's directions,
4 <sssisted by Mrs. swick and Mrs.
Oberto, and was most artistic. rs
> The children's . parade was in charge
Of Nry. W. b. Peabody who; was a..
sistsa by Mrs.. simms and the Nissss
Nsnsavy, Walk and Walteras Both tho
ladies and the children are 70 be highly
eenphueated gpon this portion Of tue
parade. Many Of the old "Mothrr
Gesss" rhymes we're perfectly repre-
ssntsd, thsrs vsrs sunbonnet babies.
doll buggies, baby buggies, Boy Scouts,
Teddy wagons, poppy girls, sunflowcr
girls, rainbow girls, May baskets, stu
dents, dainty pink float drawn by
twelve little girls, donkey cart filled
with babies too small to walk, bride
and her maids, > beautiful white char
lot and . splendid float Of War and
Peace. "a sie. Iiff 4'a'
Tss parade Of the Cardiff children