Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-23
How sesth Paris Wet Over the Top.
DEMONSTRATIONS on pArRrors' DAY
BEING LARGE RESULTS.

South Paris on Friday obssrve
ratrtots' Day In the spirit OF 1918-not
dinsrent spirit perhaps from that of th
men OF Lexington and Concord 14S year
ago, but certainly In the spirit who
means that We are going to win thi
war, and make tho world q safe an
decent place 10 1.-Two In.
IN the forenoon there was the Thir
Liberty Loan parade, which wss N
nounced In last weeks Democrat, an,
arrangements for which were perfecte,
In . period Of preparation which va
very short. The results we're decidedl,
pleasing and almost surprising.
A large share Of the credit for the suc
cess OF the parade should be given +
Harold 7. Briggs, who threw himsel
into the work OF preparation with gres
zeal, was full OF ideas, and devoted him
self to carrying them ont during most O
bis waking time for severa! days.
A meeting ct the FIRE station Tuesda,
evening to choose committees for tn,
parade was presided over By Alton G
Wheeler, In the absence of l. o. Barrows
chairman Of the Liberty Loan Com
mittee, who Was unable to be present
Chairmen Of committees were chosen n
follows, each chairman to name his Owl
assistants:
Parade-Chas. W. Bowker.
AutomobileeP. r. Ripley.
Speakers-HArold T. Briggs.
Decentralization G. Elder
Banners-Donald 8. Briggs.
Music-Howard W. Shaw,
Publcity-Alton c. Wheeler.
To confer with factory management-Wslte,
L. Gray.
Fridays air was cool and breezy, bul
conditions were not bad after all. The
parade started practically on time from
the high school grounds at 10 O'Clock
Limitations of time and space will moi
permit OF giving details az fully a. could
be desired, and only q brief description
OF 1t is practicable.
1t was headed by drum corps. Next
came the members of Joshua L. Cham.
berlain Camp, s. Of ", on foot, acting
az escort to the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Ladies of
the g. A. R., who rode in automobiles.
About score Of the veterans OF the
civil war were out. Following these
automobiles came number of others
carrying citizens, and following them
the women Of the Service League on
foot, fifty or more in number.
The next section was made up of the
schools. 1t was headed by an auto
mobile carrying the Girls Patriotic
League, with Uncle Sam and the God
dess Of Liberty in costume. Next,
headed by drum corps, came the high
school, marching 10 perfect order, carry
ing the school banner, the school service
flag with its nearly forty stars, the ban
ner Of the Boy Scouts, and the banner of
the Minnie Wawa Camp Fire Girls. The
grade schools followed, scholars and
teachers, each carrying q flag. 1t was
almost q revelation to some Of the peo-
pie to see these children and realize that
there are so many Of them in the schools.
The school section OF the parade mum.
bered somewhere In the vicinity of $50
Behind the schools came the girls of
the Mason Manufacturing Co., carrying
a flag, and attired In striking costumes of
red, white and blue.
Two or three decorated trucks and
floats followed, then q line Of citizens on
foot, and the rear Was brought up by the
town tractor, drawing . float, on which
was represented the Beast of Berlin in q
cage and under guard. Fred LeBaron,.
bore his imprisonment stoi-
cally, and made the great hit of the day.
Flags waved everywhere, and banners
all along the line of the procession bore
slogans In behalf of the Liberty Loan.
Decorations of the houses and business
places were almost entirely Of flags. One
Of the most striking things seen was In
the window OF Mrs. Smiley's store,
where Miss Nora Durham ss the God
dsss Of Liberty stood like q statue, and
much attention.
Service flags along the route were
cheered to the echo, and the high school
students left no opportunity for cheers
The line of march was from Pine
Street up high Street to Western Avenue,
and back by Pleasant Street to Main
Street as far as the bridge, where the
procession doubled back and was massed
in Market Square.
Miss Iva Nutter, the supervisor of
music, led the schools In q number of
patriotic songs. Rev. C. G. Miller from
an automobile addressed the people
briefly but earnestly In behalf of the
Liberty Loan. He was followed by
Harold T. Briggs, who after q few very
earnest words announced that the Paris
Trust Co. was open to receive subscrip-
tons to the loan, and he had In his
hands q bundle of application blanks.
This completed the forenoon program,
except for the bond subscriptions. Such
an impetus was given to the subscrip-
tons that before three O'Clock 1t was
announced in the window of the Trust
Co. that South Paris had "gone over the
top" and more than subscribed it's
allotment of $28,750. That the goal
would be reached on that day was more
than any one had dared to hope.
For South Paris the allotment was
$27, $50; subscriptions up to the time the
Democrat goes to press, 800. Allot-
ment for the town of Paris, "a, $50;
30 far reported at Paris
Trust Co., 81, 900, but 1t is known that
there have been some other subscriptions
which are not yet reported.
Friday evening New Hall was filed to