French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-06-05
SOLDIERS
RECEPTION
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lined with an appreciative crowd
whose blood coursed faster at the
| sight of the Confederate flag headline
the parade. Then came the men in
gray and following them the veteran,
of the Greatest War.
And what a fine and soldierIy an
pearance they did present, to be sure
Some of them had helped to break the
near-famous Hindenburg line, others
were ON their way to finish breakinp
it some more, and others again had
barely left the training camps wher
William called it a days work and
quit.
The parade started on time and the
line of march was a short one. The,
the crowds made for Laurel Park
transportation being furnished the
Confederate veterans and all men IN
uniform. There they found that every
thing possible had been done for their
entertainment. There was chicken
| cooked or dressed in every stv1e
known to Henderson county. house
keepers, where it is generally admit
ted that the art of cooking chicken
originated. There was chicken in
large quantities. Their e never haG
been so much chicken in Laurel Park
at one time before since there has
been a Laurel Park. When the boys
left there was less chicken in evi-
dence.
And cakes! And pies! Tie very
latest twelve-cyIinder models in cakes
were. on display for a short time only.
Then they went somewhere else. And
it was generally commented on that
the boys, both young and old, had a
kind of satisfied and care-free ex-
preston on their faces when they
came back to town after the ball game.
Of course there were cigars, and Gig
arets, and chewing gum, and lemon
ade and real coffee with real cream in
it. Raymond Edwards presided over
this division of the entertainment and
he CALAMITY met all the charges of the
| troops on his strongly entrenched po-
sition. After the shock divisions re-
tired, Mr.. Edwards still wore his
smile and had just plenty of ammuni-
ton left for the ordinary people who
didn't go to war.
Yes, there is no doubt about it at
all. That picnic was some event.
The ball game, played at the park,
was a highly creditable one and reveal
ed again the fine physical condition o.
| the men as a result of their exper-
fence. KeniIworth won by a narrow
margin of one, and Blue Ridge put up
1 a game that vas worth seeing. The
| boys surely did enjoy that game, and
] manifested their approval by loud and
sundry shouts, or cries of enjoyment.
This brought the day we'll along
towards it's close, and everybody pre-
pared to come back to town once more.
| There they found Dunn's orchestra of
AsheviTle stationed in the band stand
on Main street and for a couple of
hours they enjoyed some excellent
selections.
The dance for the soldiers and their
ladies given at the armory Thursday
night drew hundreds. The c~haperons
were Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ed
wards, Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Valley
and Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Allison.
Dunn's orchestra was again in evil
dence and contributed materially to a
pleasant evening.
1t was the official welcome home to
the boys who left homes and fresides
to make the world safe for decent
people. And so many will like to be-
lieve that at the very forefront of the
parade as it came so bravely down
Main street there must have been ar
invisible company of the comrades of
those men marching under two flags.
And If so, be sur their hearts were In
tune with the men in gray and in
khaki and with the hearts of those
cheering mes on the sidewalks whom
they died to save-sancti1ed ty cheir
sacrifice.