The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-01
UNIQUE FEATURES
NJ AOE PARADE
BIG SUCCESS
Annual HalIOWe en- Event a Credit
to All Who Participated
OVER 600 IN LONG LINE
Pretty Floats, Novel Costumes, Artis-
tic illuminations Made Night One
Long To Be Remembered.

The Halloween parade last evening
was a complete success. With thirty.
five floats in line and over 600 people
participating in the parade, it is safe
to say that it was probably one of the
biggest events of the sort ever wit
messed in Bennington. From the. be-
ginning to the end, everything was
excellent, the floats were clever, the
costumes funny, the ideas embodied
were splendid.
1t is impossible to give mention to
all who were in line, as even the COM
mittee in charge could not penetrate
the DISCUSSES worn, so a cursory
glance at the most noticeable and de-
serving of remark is all that can be
bestowed. 1t would be very difficult
to award a prize for first place, as
there would be so many claimants.
"Old King Kole," from Chas. g. Coles,
with the King seated on a throne and
smoking his pipe and surrounded by
his fiddlers, was worthy of note, as
was Winslow and Crayen's realistic
shower bath named "Ruba-Dub Dub,
Three Men in a Tub and the little
tableau OF Jack Spratt and his wife"
f. b. Patterson held forth at length in
his prettily decorated float, the River
side district had over thirty children
as representatives, the Fillmore Farms
showed an exhibit OF sheep. and Faith
er Goose" in Mulligan & Roche's float
(everyone knew him, who doesn't?)
tried to hide his identity on behind
flock OF John Scully's geese.
Nursery ryhmes had their full share
MARY Had Little Lamb" with Mar
kee McAdoo in charge, Little Boy
Blue" and the aforementioned Faith
er Goose" on wheels, and other char
acters on foot too numerous and too
we'll hidden to enumerate. The Ex-
press Office had wagon full of autumn
crops and the Camp Fire Girls follow
ed their example and covered their
car with corn and pumkins. Among
details were the Hook and Ladder
truck cleverly trimmed with spruce
boughs with two small children on top
facing q large black bear, representing
Babes in the Woods" On one side
was a cub and on the other side was
a deer the work of Chelsea Harrington,
taXidermist, the Roman chariot with
its spare tube from the Tuttle COM
pany. the Uncle Sam motorcycle Of
naNkTfff ] nd q nd
her attendant on the Camp Fire girls
float, one of the five that the Camp
Fire Girls entered
These on foot enjoyed themselves
immensely, disporting among the on
lockers and having general good
time Geisha girls, witches, ghosts,
"pumkin heads" scare-crows, inside
outs" devils in their own home
town an unusually intelligent look
ing baby, and the Oscar II were among
them.
After marching down and up Main
street and down Pleasant, the boys,
under the direction of Physical Direct
or Mnnn, gave a snake dance in front
OF the court house The great crowds
pressing forward to obtain a view pre-
vented q perfect exhibition but the
boys managed to eXtricate themselves
from the mazes of the dance with
great agility Afterwards the band
furnished music and a large number
enjoyed themselves terpsichorcally
for almost an hour
There were over 600 in line, 25 be-
ing on horseback, about 225 children
and adults on foot over 800 on floats
and more than 100 firemen and the
band Cars or trucks were furnished
by the Bennington Garage, w. b. Tay-
lor, c. H. Plumb, II. B. Woodman, My
ers & Son, John Ryan, Tuttle K Com
pany, j. p. Hogan and George Hawk.
ms George VI. Hawks furnished horns
and confetti which were distributed
to the children, Il. T. Criswold threw
vari-colored balloons among the
crowd. and A. S. Drysdale {; Son. be
ing unable to enter a float, made q
considerable money contribution.
The Electric company furnished the
light and Nichols and Warren supplied
the wiring and lights.
Too much praise cannot be given to
the committees in charge. especially
the general chairman, George NJ
Hawks The committees We're as fol
lows: General committee. George W..
Hawks. chairman, floats, J. l.. Girls
void, Fred c. Martin, j. p. Mulligan,
Mrs. George Hawks, Miss Susan Col
gate, Mrs. G.. II. Bicklord, John
Hayes, mounted section, w. E..
Hawks. f. E. Vail. children's floats,
Miss Susan Rogers. Miss Jennie Al
den, Miss Florence Walbridge, Miss
Maude Carpenter, automobiles, II. j.
Cole, VIM NJ. Wills, W. p Hogan Z.