Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-05

muSlc, hShdSoFne DecoFa1lonS.
 The weather man smiled all day on the grand celebration of Independence day at Jewett City. The streets and Ashland park. where the games took place, were crowded all day The first thing in the morning was, the parade of antiques and horribles. Headed by the American, English and French flags, borne side by side and the 1S0 who participated in it provided an original and diyerting spectacle.
 Besides the many individuals who figured prominently there was the leading feature of the ''Kaiser's fate'' The old town hearse of a generation ago was driven by Daniel Finn, Jr. the undertaken, and Andrew MacNicol and George Loyden. as his assistants The kaiser in a striking type of eff BY was carried about and finally con- signed from the coffin to a garba ge cart in which he finished his last ride. Another feature was the Jew cit City Cornet band of twenty years ago. The members mustered sixteen pieces and seemed with the passing years to have lost. none of their old time skill. The White Eagle band furnished music in another section of the parade.
 Taken all in all it laid over any thing of the horrible parade kind ever seen here. The crowds on the streets were kept in roars of laughter, and as a fitting disbanding, the band ren- dered the Star Spangled Banner. ey- erybody uncovered and the men stood up on the kaiser's bier and waved the l American flag. The prize went to FL mer Tarbox with his antiquated carry i all, and the no less ancient passen- gers who rode within. Besides Mir Tarbox there were Leonard McBroome and Clarence Haskell.
 Carried Revolutionary Musket. i The gun carried by Fred Whalley in 1 the Horrible parade was owned by Al 1 bert Green, and was carried by his
 The Biu Parade.
 i The grand parade moved at few l minutes past 10 o'clock and a d grand parade 1t was. Marshal L. Nj. Gingras riding at the head had as his aides D. F. Finn, Jr., and Adelard Dufresne l The first band of 50 pieces was from Willimantic: following them were the flags of five nations each carried by a native of that nation-Joseph St John. American; J. Wharton. English; Philip Nedeare, France; Hector Sic beland, Belgian; Daniel Dawley, Ital- ian.. The four overseas flags were made and loaned by H. F. Paul
 Next came the Spirit of '16 repre- sented by Messrs. Sanders, Paquettt and Slim. There were then three girls carrying the mysterious T. C. N. ban ner a platoon from the K. B. club anC fine representation of women from the Red Cross chapter. All of these three organizations were dressed 1T white and made an attractive appear ance in the parade. Following these were a dozen farmerettes clad in kha- Ri, carrying hoes and rakes jauntil3 over their shoulders Then eishtS members of the St. Casimir Polish SO ciety, twenty members of the Glassc 1 fire company and the White Eagle band of thirty pieces. Then followef a parade of 42 automobiles headed bI r. c. Clarke, carrying Warden Hor' . ace Mailhotte, Burgesses !. II. Lee Jacob Wechsler and Louis Masse.
 Carried Service Flags.
 A conspicuous feature of the parade was the mothers, wives, or some othel i relative of the boys in service. Thert were sixteen automobiles which car ried these women It was led by Mrs
 Henry Menard with the Menard five star service flag, and Mrs. Victor L.
 IIeureux with a three-star flag. Thert were eight two-star flags. and witt , all the one-star flags there were fifty
 five women in this division of the pa
 rade. The automobiles which carried
 them were owned by F. II. Gilbert Alex McNicol. A. A. Young. D. F.. Finn
 F. D. Ballou. L. M. Carpenter. L. G
 Buckingham. M. W. Allins. GneSNeno Ely. F. E. Robinson. Austin Harris. Dr
 c. H. Jennings. Fred Whalley. W. Brickley, Edmond Dayon and Charle Cornell. The cars were all elaborate
 ly decorated with the Stars an
 Stripes.
 Division of Floats.
 The floats of which there were
 dozen were of the most artistic an' attractive manufacture.
 The big truck sent by the A. A Young, Jr.. Hose and Ladder Co. No.
 was guided by the driver. J. H. Shea Foreman J. H. Mccarthy riding be
 side him. Inside, dressed in white were six girls, who have brothers Ii l the service: Misses R1dth Fathhun Kathleen Mccarthy, Grace NcEligot Claire Sullivan. Edna Shar1ie am May Barrie. The truck was done il bunting and green. Plenty or applaus i was theirs all along the line.
 l The Aspinook float was a beauty ? Misses Nellie and Jennie MckenH
 and Grace Sflarkey were busily a iwerk with a wInder and paperel