The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-05
West BrattlebOrO Furnishes
Celebration Long to
Be Remembered
STREET PARADE
NOTABLE FEATURE
Patriotic Address by United States Dis
trict Attorney Bullard of Burlington
Program of Sports Creates Album
dance of Fun


Program of Sports Creates Album
dance of Fun.
The responsibility for the celebration
of the holiday in this town yesterday
fell entirely upor the shoulders of the
residents of the mother village of West
Brattieboro, and the people there accept
ed it with characteristic energy and car
ried the celebration through with vim,
providing program for the entire day
that was thoroughly enjoyable.
After the morning parade there were
all sorts of races, games and contests in
the street and on the common and more
genuine fun and amusement was provid-
ed in some of the contests than three
ring circus can provide. The human
burden race, in which one of a team of
two men carried his partner from one
end of the course and then rode back on
the back of the other, resulted in numer
Gus cases of hysteria on the part of
spectators and some bruises on the
bodies of the contestants. That was
Fourth of July celebration.
! 1t was $50 when the parade, under
Alton Blodgett as marshal, got under
way, and all up the village street the
paraders were greeted with applause and
laughter Behind the marshal marched
Miss Mildred Copeland, garbed as Co
lumbia, and at her side strode Allen
Wilmington as Uncle Sam. Hayden
Squires in military uniform carried the
national colors, and behind marched a
drum corps that worked hard and played
good march music.
The parade included a great variety
lof interesting features The drill com
panv of Modern Woodmcn of America
under command of Capt. Herbert L. Har
ris of this village marched behind the
drum corps. Without an attempt to
take some of the features in their order.
there was a big float drawn by pair
OF oxen and driven by reins by Paul
Richardson School children occupied
this float Carl Sargent handled another
pair of oxen by the old fashioned method
and on this float rode members of the
Goth Century club.
Frederick Richardson had his dog har
; messed to a gaily decorated cart in which
nell had a goat as the motive power for
his cart
Miss Fannie Stone marched with a
banner urging Votes for Women
: Twenty women, garbed in the cos
tune of the English Red Cross with
Miss Emma Mixer at their head, formed
a very attractive feature. Not every
village of the size can boast of three
set of twins. but West Bratteboro can
and did. for they marched bearing a ban
ner informing those who read it that
they were West Brattleboro Twins"
! They were Hazen and Hazel Fox, Evelyn
and Elizabeth Nichols and Charles and
Chester Robb.
S Maxine Stellman and Ruth Gunnell
were two attractive bicycle girls on dec
GRATED wheels. Mrs. w. s.. Cove drove a
handsome horse hitchcd to flower be
decked carriage. Warren Walker, wear
: ing mask and costume, kept a whip
= cracking and his horse dancing as he
, .'stroye desperately" to control the steed
and when the parade was over he had a
beautifully staged runaway right up
: through the street.
u Lots of folks were heard to remark
= about the very sensible costumes worn
y by young women who apparently intend
y to do garden work. They were some
! what in the nature of the general build
Z of overalls. Little Robert LeRay on a
/, decorated velocipede attracted his share
, u of attention, as did Cherolyn Barber anC
Doris Copeland with their decorated dol
( carriages. The Hillside Farmers cul
+" was out in force in proper garb and i'm
plements of warfare, including beal
: trap, and there were several decorated
automobiles. The rear was brought III
by six men, garbed in uniforms of tn,
le vintage of 1890, who dragged two
wheeled cart on which were a keg and
: half barrel, above which was a placaro
>, informing the public that I'VE Got tn
= Booze" They followed Immediately afte
=, the West Brattleboro fire department
D. with a pair of horses drawing the oil,
hand engine and with every man of tn
u company in regulation red shirt
~ When the parade dismissed the han
IN engine was placed at cistern, and b.
H. pressing into service husky looking ndi
T. viduals in the crowd the brakes wer
Is manned almost to capacity, and ther
$, were three different short tests of tn
er throwing capacity of the tub Most O
10 those on the brakes appeared to be sat
or isfied that there were no more tests
With the hand tub once more relegate
rs to oblivion John Mckay, chairman q
Is. the sports committee, equipped with
u fremans silver speaking trumpet a
on first, later discarded for small mega
"a, phone, organized the various events of
he sporting nature and ran them off wit
he lcommendable promptness- Some