Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-08-02
A LARGE CROWD
Sees PARADE
Red Cross Benefit Is Pretty
Spectacle
But Shades Of Night Spoil Some OF the
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Choked to overlooking with two or
three hundred automobiles, teams and
also a large crowd afoot, Main street.
Middlebury, had the liveliest spectacle
OF the season last Tuesday evening
when the big parade arranged by the
! Red Cross passed The wide stretch Of
thoroughlare in front Of The Register
and still wider spread at the junction Of
Main and College streets. might easily
have passed for Times Square, New
York, so dense was the throng, aioot
and AGAR
Heavy showers Of the night before.
and a drying up by cooling brcczcs and
afternoon sunshine had made conditions
under foot and over head ideal for the
occasion The 3lOth Cavalry Band from
Fort Ethan Allen, the Signal Corps Co.,
| from Burlington, and the Ladic, Mill.
tary Company from Charlotte had ar
rived in the late afternoon and found
awaiting them at Grange Hall q supper
so inviting that they were a little late
! getting at their parade business The
soldiers, particularly so relishcd the
home cooking that nobody had the
heart to call them of, and it was after
I;3O before the parade was under way
Forming finally AT the grammar
school grounds opposite President
4 Thomas residence, the line moved up
Main street with Mrs. Basil Kodjbau-
of as the mounted marshal The daugh-
ter Of Col ThTd NJ Chapman who Ia,
been the mounted leader of so many
Middlebury paradcs, Mrs Kodjbanon
was a graceful figure upon her horse as
She pilotcd the pataders up around the
village park and thence back 10 Porter
/ Field. In line were the Cavalry Band,
led by Band Master Edwin Brinton,
the Signal Corps men under command
OF Lieut.. Alfred l. CaSs, the Ladies Mil
itary Company OF Charlotte under com
mand OF Major William Melrosc the
ladies OF the Middlcbury Red Cross led
by Mrs A l.. James and then
came English, French and Spanish de.
partment heads at the Summer School
OF the College followed by a large mum
Der of students bearing the various ma.
tional flags Included in the line, also,
was the official guest car, driven by Al.
Ian I. Calhoun in which Gov II. f.
Graham, President Thomas of the Col
lege and John +. Weeks rode. Winding
up the procession were a number of
gaily decorated automobiles
Every section Of the parade received
its ovation, The Ladies from Charlotte
appeared in a trim white duck uniform,
with red buttons and red belts, and the
ladies carried themselves and their arms
which were red and gold lances, with a
military precision which evoked the
greatest applause, The boys in khaki
were cheered, and the large group of
local Red Cross ladies in regulation
aprons and headgear made fine i'm
preston.
Station Agent Parker in khaki
and Miss Mary Fletcher in Red Cross
uniform were mounted in the parade,
and to give the Red Cross section a
touch of realism an ambulance driven
by Edward G.. Hunt followed in the
trail of the nurses
1t is estimated that over 1000 per
sons witnessed the parade and most of
them moved on with it to Porter Field
for the exhibition and drill that was
held there, The grand stand was packed
The oval track about the field was lined
with cars. The bleachers were partly
filled and the crowd also was scattered
about the field. The night was a per
feet one, and by reason of the sunset
picture that was presented over College
Hill, if for no other, the scene will long
be remembered by those who witnessed
it,
The lateness of the hour, and delay
in getting the events under way, some
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