The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-03
JULY
CELEBRATION
FORTOMORROW
Biggest Celebration Attempt
ed Here in Years
FINE PARADE PLANNED
Most of the Leading Local organlza
tions Will Me Represented by
Floats or Automobiles.

The Fourth of July tomorrow will be
duly celebrated under the auspices of
the Public Welfare association. 1t will
be the most extensive celebration of
this holiday in Bennington in many
years.
For the benefit of those who are TO
| participate in the parade, general
outline of the formation OF the parade
and the line Of march is as follows:
The parade, headed by the Benning-
ton City Band, will start from the
Hook and Ladder house, corner of
Gage and Stafford streets, promptly at
10 o'clock. Immediately following the
| band will come the members of the
| Grand Army of the Republic together
with representatives from the Vermont
Soldiers home. Other social organiza-
tions who are TO march will immediate.
| ly follow.
This aggregation will compose the
first division. which will be marsh
allied by George Fl. Hawks with aids
Miss Hart Shields, Mrs. Squire, l.. R.
Graves and Miss Mary yelling.
The End division composed of auto
mobiles, will line up on Main street
above Stafford, facing down Main. This
| division will be marshalled by Luther
r. Graves assisted by Dan Barber,
Stafford Barber f. Lawrence, James
Silk and John Rooney.
The 3rd division composed OF horse
drawn vehicles, will line up on Union
| street headed toward the corner of
Union and Main, and will be mar
shalled by VIM f. Hawks with aids
George Worthington, l.. c. Holton,
Frederick Holton and the Misses Vail.
The 4th division will be composed of
the Green Mountain Guards and other
| organizations in which the younger
| folk will enter. This division will line
up on Pleasant street facing the cor
] ner of Pleasant and Main. The divis-
| ion will be marshalled by John p.
Mulligan assisted by Frank Vail. Mrs
| Harvey. Richard Burt and +. Law
renee.
To avoid any misunderstanding
| among those who will enter the
parade, an information committee will
be permanently stationed at the Wal
bridge store from until 10 on the
morning of the parade, 10 give specific
information to any who may desire it
as to their position in the parade.
The line of march will be from SAT-
ford to Main. down Main to Depot,
counter.march from Depot to Valen-
tine. over Valentine TO Union. down
Union to South. over South crossing
Main street, and disbanding.
The committee in charge of the
parade would respectfully request an
/ automobile owners to i'eserye8B Main
street exclusively for the parude on
account of the congested condition
which the countermarch will occasion
and thus help TO eliminate any possible
accident that might otherwise occure.
II is impossible at this time 10 print
an accurate list of all who will partici.
pate in the parade but 1t is thought by
the committee who has the matter in
| charge, that there will be fully 1900
to 2000 people in line, among them
may be mentioned the following
City Band
| Custer Post, Grand Army of the Re
public.
| Spirit of 81 to 65. Vermont Soldiers
Home
Landing Of Columbus, Knights OF
Columbus.
| b. p. o. Elks.
Eagles,
Foresters of America, Court Benning
ton.
Log Cabin float.
Woodmeu of America
Odd Fellows.
Grange
Bennington Forest, Fish and Game
Club
Spirit of &c
French Foresters
Daughters OF Isabella, Queen Isa
bella of Spain
J Puritans. Priscilla and John Alden
+ Markee McAdoo and Miriam Shaksho
D Der
Puritan children, from Old Benning
. ton, Mrs. A. J. Holden
Miss Harris Camp Fire, Pocohontal
, and John Smith
Mr. Buss. Chief Powatan and tribe
5 Francis Holden, Indian girl on pony
Martha Pratt's Camp Fire Girls
{ original 13 colonies
!. Martha Dewey's Camp Fire, Evolu
!. tion American Flag
I Miss Davenport's Camp Fire, Colon
ial Maids in costume
Il Mrs. Swans Camp Fire. Western
Emigrants on OK team
o Plantation Group and Uncle Ton
/. | Gruup of Young Ladies'