The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Thousands of Visitors Ex-
pected to Be I'm Brattle-
bOrO Tomorrow
RED CROSS PRIZES
AROUSE INTEREST
Officials of Chapters in Several Towns
Are Making Plans to Win Them
Official Program Shows Plenty of En-
tertainment for Entire Day.

The success of guest day now rests
with the weather folks All that the lo-
cal committee can. do in the way of pre-
hmlnary arrangements has been done, and
If tomorrow dawns fair, as now seems
probable. there is every reason for be-
lieving that the event viii Justify all the
expense and all the hard work that have
been put into it.
1t IS hoped that every person in Brat
tleboro viii consider himself a member
of the reception committee and to do what
he can to help entertain the thousands
of visitors who are expected.
Registration booths will be located in
front of the town hall and on the plaza
at the foot of Main street. Visitors are
requested to make registration their first
duty as the tags which they will receive
at the booths will serve as admission
tickets to all attractions and the figures
compiled by the registration force will
be used as a basis for awarding the prizes
to be given to the Red Cross chapters
of the towns sending the largest delega-
tons IN proportion to population
This feature of guest day is bound to
awaken keen competition among a number
OF towns Judging by the inquiries that
have been at the Office of the local
board of trade. A prize of SIS will be
awarded to the Red Cross chapter OF the
town whose delegation is the largest, pro-
Portionately, SO to the second largest,
and So to the third largest This does
not mean, however, that the delegations
| have to he made up of Red Cross mem
bers. Every individual counts, babies and
| nonogenarians included.
| Other prizes include SO for the driver
of the conveyance bringing in the largest
number of persons on one trip and s. to,
the one bringing. in the second largest
number. Commercial vehicles are barred
from this competition
| People who bring their own lunches
will find accommodations for eating them
provided on the common and at Island
Park. Aside from the meals which will
| be served at the regular eating establish
ments luncheon will be served on the
| grounds of St. Michael's Episcopal church
| by the women of that society, and on the
| Hooker lawn by members of the Patriotic
league
Arrangements for the baseball game
| which will take place at Island park at
3 O'Clock between teams representing the
| West River and Ashuelot River valleys,
are in charge of w NJ Sparks of Town
shend, and Delbert j Stone of South
Londonderry for the former aggregation,
and Clarence Howe of Hinsdale, \. H.,
for the latter. p NJ. Ferriter of Brattle-
boro will ofieiate as umpire.
The speaker of the day viii be Edward
INanZile, famous war correspondent and
writer, who is expected to give a graph
ic description of his experiences on the
French war front The address is sched-
Iuled to take place on the Hooker lawn at
II o'clock.
Information headquarters viii be estab
lished at the board of trade rooms and
from there a corps of information men
will circulate through the crowd prepared
to answer any questions and to make an
nouncements of last-minute program
changes that may be necessary. These
men viii gather at the board of trade
rooms at s o'clock tomorrow morning
for instruction as TO their duties
When Rollins, the slide-for- life artist.
arrived in Brattleboro this morning he
found that it would be necessary for
him to cut out the interstate part of his