The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04
LABOR DAY CELEB
RATION WAS A BIG
EVENT IN BELONG
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part or the days activities winch tney
had during the balance Of the day.
A number Of girls came along then
carrying q service flag of the M. K.
church which contained 81 stars, rep
resenting that many young men from
that congregation who have gone to
war. ~
Decorated autos driven by, v. r.
Brown, Patsy Costello, Wess Porter
and A. M. caves came next and were
followed by the local company of the
Boy Scouts. James johnson follow
ed them with the best decorated BIZ
cycle and George A. Hall driving the
Oldest horse in the parade By the
way, this was also the youngest, be-
ing the only horse entered and the
judges had no trouble whatever in
awarding the prize on this contest.
The rear of the parade was brought up
by Alfred Moore carrying truck so
loaded full of the city's future men
that it was almost overlooking.
Following the parade the races and
contests were held on Main street on
the pavement, in the city park and
elsewhere. the results of which to-
gether with the awards Of the prizes
mentioned for the entries and contests
which appeared in the parade are as
follows:
Best decorated automobiles 1st,
Mrs. Lee Cusser (Red Cross; End,
VIM. Coney; 3rd, Pat Costello; 4th,
M. j. Warner; 5th, Carroll Ring.
Floats: 1st, Ollie Taft; End, Jack
Sager; '3rd, Mclean
Odd costume: 1st o. E. Hammond;
End, Frank Davis; Bird, Carroll Ring.
Largest load in parade: Mrs. Lee
Cusser (Red Cross1
Oldest horse-29 years old, Geo. HI.
Hall. -F&
Bicycle race: 1st, Albert Stanton;
End, Albert Honscn 3rd, J. johnson.
Half mile race: 1st, Dan Mcmahon;
End, Gilman Moulton; 3rd, r. z. Hale.
Three-legged race: 1st, James
Brown, Bud Ranney; End, Ivan Sim
mons, Ronald Costello.
Shoe race: 1st. Bud Ranney; End,
y. Johnson; 3rd. ID. Dickens.
Canoe race, singles: 1st, Ted Waile;
End, Lee Maxwell; 3rd, Albert Hon.
son.
Canoe doubles: 1st, Joe Gaunt,
Lloyd Wilson; End; Albert Stanton,
Virgil Hicock.
: Diving for distance: 1st, Joe Gaunt;
md Ken Dr1ese.
fitting contest: LIST, Joe Gaunt,
Lloyd Wilson; End, Albert Stanton,
Virgil Hicock.
Sack race: 1st, D. Dickens; End,
Dan Mcmahon.
Potato race: LIST, Henry Johnson;
End, James Brown; 3rd, Dan McMa-
hon.
Man, monkey and frog: 1st, Bud
Ranney; End. F. Howard; 3rd, ].
Brown.
Obstacle race: LIST, Dan Mcmahon;
End, +. Howard; Bird, Bud Ranney.
Girls 5O-yard dash: LIST, Reah Ben
son; End, Alice Bunce; 3rd, Eva
zimmerman.
Pie eating contest: 1st, j.. Johnson;
End, Robt. Stein; Bird, II. Johnson.
Doughnut contest: 1st, j. Johnson;
End, H. Miller. 81
Largest percentage of employees in
parade. bort Motor Car Co.
A large number of people took
their dinners in the city park and saw
the water attractions in the river
there, while still other multitudes
went home to regular house dinners.
The speakers in the afternoon were
Postmaster w. F. Bricker, Superin-
tendent s. j. Skinner of the local
schools, who read President Wilson's
Labor day proclamation and then Ser
geant w. j. Myers of the famous Can
adian Black Watch, whose Is months
in the front line trenches during the
early days Of the war, when the Ger
man hordes were pressing onward
toward Paris, enabled him to graph
ically describe the life of the soldier
at war in France. Sergeant Myers
told of enlisting, going across, get
ting into the trenches, hand-to-hand
conflicts with the enemy and all the
horrors of war as he had seen and ex
perienced it. His talk was the plain
talk of the soldier and there were no
words in his speech which had to be
later on looked up in the dictionary,
butwas plain and forceful and our only
regret was that Myers could not have
gone on longer with his interesting
talk. After he had finished talking
many people from the crowd gathered
to shake his hand and ask him ques-
tions about things across the big pond.
Sergeant, Myers made big hit and it
is hoped that we will be able to get
him back here again in the near fu-
ture to give another talk. In addi-
ton to his work in the great war,
Sergeant Myers. together with his
cousin, Harry Underhill, who went in
to the service at the same time with
him and who was with him all during
their service, being invalided home
about the same time, has written
book, Through The Gates of He'll to
Ypres," which will shortly be placed
on the market.
Sports, games and other attractions
both on the pavement and at Leonard
park furnished clean and wholesome
amusement for the crowd and in the
evening the Mardi Gras celebration
was enjoyed by all. The capture of
the kaiser and his subsequent burning
on the vacant lot west Of the Bel
rocl<ton were witnessed by many who
waited for that something extra"
without being disappointed.
The ball game at Leonard park at
4 o'clock in the afternoon between
Moseley and Bedding was good one,
with Father Iohn A Klich nitchinQ