The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-05
introduced by Chairman
Mckay as Possibly Yer
mOnt's Next Governor =
Many Participants in the
Track and Field Sports -
Ball Game Won by Single
Men = Dancing in After
noon and Evening

hats off to West Brattleborol With
approximately $500 people in attend
ance, that village held its third annual
Fourth of July celebration yesterday
and everyone connected with it did him
self proud. Although it was a decidedly
hot day, this did not keep the crowd
away and shortly after 9 O'Clock an
tomoblles began to arrive, each filed
to its capacity. The electric cars hard
ly had standing room. The affair. which
was arranged entirely by the people of
the west village, afforded day of pleas
ure TO many persons. and all who at
tended realized that there was sssome-
thing doing during the entire dav
and evening.
The Parade Features.
The parade. which was the opening
feature and which was even larger and
better than last year, formed shortly
after $50 near the cement bridge at the
lower end of the town and marched
through the street to the BipeIow cor
ner and back down to the common.
where it disbanded The Brattleboro
Military band headed the parade and
played at intervals during the day. A
large number drove up from this vii
lage Just TO witness the parade and au-
tomoblles were parked in double row
from below the Congregational church
TO South street. Others came to spend
the day and at the noon hour the sur
rounding grounds by the common were
dotted with families enjoying a picnic
dinner.
As the parade marched up the street.
the marshals, c. +. Booker. Hugh Cor
bett and Carroll Harris came first, fol-
lowed by the band. The color bearer.
Hazen f. Stoekwell. in military uniform.
came next and as the Stars and Stripes
were carried past the assembled crowd
hats came off and cheers were heard.
The first float in line was repre-
sentation of Mother Goose rhymes. Mrs.
George Allen, dressed as the Old Woman
Who Lived In a Shoe, was seated in
large shoe and around her she had $50
many children she didn I know what TO
do. The float was trimmed with hem
lock boughs. Directly behind came
about DO characters of Mother Goose
rhymes including Jack Sprat and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Wilmington; Mother
Goose, Mrs. C. r. Prentiss; Nv Pretty
Maid, Mrs. Charles Pettee; Gentleman.
W. Renfrew; Simple Simon, C. R. Prem
tiss; Tom, Tom. the Piper's Son, Morris
Chamberlain; Ding dong Bell. Miss
Emma Mixer; Old Mother Hubbard.
Mrs. G. B. Hunter; The Queen and King
of Hearts, Mrs. f. A. Knight and L.
T. Clark; Little Bo Peep. Miss Ruth
/ Prentiss; Little Boy Blue, W. f. Chase:
Jack Jump Over the Candlestick, Ed
ward Allen; Rock-a Bye Baby. Harvey
Creran; Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
How Does Your Garden Grow. Mrs. w.
Renfrew; Hot Cross Buns, Carroll Fish
er; Polly Put the Kettle On. Vivian
Hunter and Blanche Barber; Hark.
Hark, the Dogs Do Bark, Henry Cham
berlain. Miss Agnes Chamberlain. De
Witt Chamberlain, Albert Cottrell. Mrs.
NJ. +. Cutler and Miss Florence War
riner.
Twelve young women from Miss Hell
en- Keyes's camp, Nitawa, at Spofford
lake, rode on large float trimmed with
hemlock boughs; Nita-Anoki Camp Fire
girls, dressed in their regulation cos
tune, rode in beautifully decorated
automobile, which was trimmed with
yellow daisies, ferns and orange crepe
paper streamers; the Twentieth Cen
turn club had an attractive float. the
decorations being of orange and black.
and all the members wore caps and
shoulder straps of the same color; three
automobiles were decorated alike in
pink and white, the occupants wearing
pink and white with caps, and carried
the members of the Home Study club;
red. white and blue, with hemlock, was
used for trimming R. G. Boyd's auto
mobile; n pretty feature of the parade