St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-25
COMMENDATIONOF
PARADE COMMITTEE

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The following letter has been re-
celved from Mr.. Frank H. Brooks:
April "a, 1917.
st. Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN.
Gentlem an:--In connection with the
Wake Up America" parade held last
Sunday there are several items that
We're referred to in the Colonial
theater and which have not yet APP
peared in sthe papers. that it would
seem best to call your attention to.
Mention should be made of the fact
that the st. Johnsbury band and
Parochial School band a made no
charge for their services and respond
ed promptly and gladly to the call
when it was made, with no expectation
of reward. The successful part of the
parade was, in large measure. en-
HANGED by the presence of good bands
This we had and the committee duly
appreciates it and wishes to make
public acknowledgment
The Parade Committee-Thisc com
mittee consisted of. Messrs. P. F.
Hazen, James Cosgrovc and L. p
Leach. The success of the parade
was in large measure due to the quick
lions in their desire to assist in any
way. When we realize there were
something like 1850 to 5000 in line,
one must realize that it took a large
amount of planning, time and effort to
SO arrange all these different units
that the parade would pass off prompt
ly and successfully Great credit is
due this subcommittee that did such
effective work
The Marshalls-These consisted of
F. l.. Carr as chief marshall, assisted
by Messrs. Olin Adams, John F. Puff
fer, A. H. Dinsmore. Oscar E. Beck
and George Stearns, and the parade
was in perfect control all the way
through. 1t was largely due to the
successful efforts on the part of the
marshalls that this was so smoothly
accomplished without any hitch what
ever.
ent that great credit is due the Com
this great event was pulled off with
only about three days to work up the
endless amount of detail necessary for
the successful consumation of the
plan. When it is stated that the plan
the club on the Tuesday preceding
the Sunday when the parade was held.
and that the committees did not meet
and get final instructions to start work
until Wednesday evening, one must
realize how much was done in an ex-
trcmely short time Mr. Peck, presi-
dent of the club, took great interest
in this matter from the start and APP
nd faIl -
tee to have charge of the entire pro-
gram: Messrs. f. H. Brooks, chair
man, Charles F. Weeks, Supt Walter
H. Young. County Agent Wood and S.
j.. Matson.
The credit to the Commercial Club
lies in the fact that its president, Mr.
Peck, backed the efforts Of, the COM
nnittee in every way and put a large
amount Of time and effort into all
that was done. The Commercial Club
is doing a far more important work in
ST. Johnsbury than the citizens of this
town realize. Every business man
should be a member Of it. All knock
ing should be eliminated and each one
take hold enthusiastically and enable
the club to bring off more successful
events such as happened last Sunday
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| time.
The congratulations and apprecia-
| ton of the public are due the Com
mercial Club for this last great event
Lyndonville-The very generous ac-
| ton on the part of the residents of
Lyndonville, and more particularly Of
| the members Of its band. should re-
ceive very grateful acknowledgment
and public appreciation. There was
| Ia question as to who would assume
| the risk Of having a special train
ready to come down from Lyndonville
Messrs. Stuart and Wilson assumed
| the personal responsibility in the mat
| ter and it was due to their timely and
enthusiastic cooperation that not only
the band came down but. the entire
student body of the Vail Agricultural
Reserve Cadets and a train load of
| people that filled over five cars. In
addition to this large number of
persons got on at st. Johnsbury Gen.
| ter
II Lyndonville at any time is under
taking to pull off any event whereby
| ST. Johnsbury should cooperate, the
! citizens of this town should promptly
and generously respond as Lyndonville
did in connection With this, parade.
1t may be that LyndonYille will have
a parade like this If it does there
| should be very large representation
of ST, Johnsbury people at Lyndon
Vile, and we should assist in every
way possible. Such events tend to
| bring these two towns together in a
most helpful way. There is no reason
/! why this spirit Of cooperation should
not be immensely increased by rea-
son of such events as last Sunday and
an effort to take hold and push so far
as both places are concerned.
| Music-1n addition to the bands,
was the chorus of young people, made
up of the eighth grades of both Sum-
mer street and Summerville schools.
This chorus rendered valiant service
! in that they not only marched with
1 the other children but sang at the
] Armory and did double service by
singing again, at the Colonial theater.
In view of the fact that .Superintend-
ept Young had to arrange this after
Saturday noon in view of inability to
4 get others who might have been ex-
sIpected to sing in order to relieve the
children from being called upon twice,
great credit and appreciation are due
not only the children. but Mr.. Young
| and Miss RrOWnells for their co-Opera-