The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
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was elgnt tiny misses dressed as but
ter1iles with crowns of daisies. in the
midst of them being their queen. Miss
! Eleanor Richardson; the L. B. C. club
with their leader, Rev. A. V. Wood
worth. marched carrying small Ameri
can flags and wearing the club cap:
| willard Richardson s automobile was
trimmed with red, white and blue, the
occupants wearing white with fancy
caps and carried white sun parasols
Ireen Mountain camp girls, 10 in num-
Der with SIX councillors, marched in
their camp suits and carried a large
banner inscribed .".Green Mountain
Girls. An especially noticeable float
was designated, The Prohibitionists
The float, which was trimmed with pur-
pie and white bunting, carried several
empty casks, bottles and beer bar
rels. Seated on small cask drinking
from bottle of three per cent pure
milk, was Hervey D. Harris as a re-
formed bum. Frank Martin took the
part of reformed colored dissipator
and Miss Marion Knight represented
the W. c. T. T., and Miss Charlotte
Knight the Anti-Saloon league. E. A.
Knight, dressed in costume. drove the
car. A large banner was fittinglv in
scrlbed. Follow Us, the Prohibitionists.
The Slab Hollow Distress drum corps,
dressed in the most horrible costumes
possible, was led by Richard Rogers.
who acted the part to perfection; DR..
q. b. Hunter, BACKED up and dressed in
laughable costume, rode his fiery
steed,' the donkey The Melrose hos
pital ambulance, carrying a patient,
was followed by a large float which rep
resented an operating room, with pa
tent on the table undergoing an opera
tlon, two doctors being in attendance,
besides several nurses The colors were
red, white and blue with a band of red
crosses at the end
Leon Mixer s automobile was literal
~ covered with various advertisements.
which included a small bag of flour and
attracted attention for its unusual de-
sign. Trimmed with many American
flags and with the national colors, Har-
old Chase s automobile was decidedly
pretty. Across the front was banner
reading, The Flag | Love. The ear was
driven by Mr.. Chase in uniform. Mr.
and Mrs. HOyt II. Barber represented
an oldtime couple and had several chill
dren riding in their ear, which was dee
GRATED with hemlock boughs and flags;
Albert Wrisley unprecedented the kaiser;
Miss Grace Burt and Miss Lottie Plant
drove IN carriage trimmed with col
ors of yellow, blue and white and hem
lock. Warren Walker s team was con
splcuOus in the parade, representing the
famous ''Walk R Ride Circus y Mr.
Walker was dressed as a clown in the
circus and Mrs. Fred Wilder as a bare
back rider. The horse wore a banner
inscribed ''Bill GAYS trained calf =
The oldfashioned chaise, which at one
time was the property of President
Pierce and is now owned by c. R. Prem
tiss, was occupied by Mrs H. c. Squires
and Mrs. c. s Higley, dressed in APP
propriate costume.
The Sport Program.
The track events. which took place
directly after the parade. were run off
IN the street in front of Stockwell $
store. The first event was the 50-yd
BOYS race with Kenneth Longueil, LIST,
Raymond Wells, I'd. Victor Manlev, Sd;
lO0-yd. DASH open to all, Howard A.
Thayer. LIST, Edward Bolliger, 2d, Ray
mond Convey. Sd; 50-yd dash for girls.
Ruth Gay, lst Marjorie Brown. 2d.
Mildred Miller and Louise Wright, Sd;
married men s race, Clarence Bruce, LIST,
{. w. Metcalf, ID, Harold p. White. 3D.;
5O-yd. dash for girls under -, Thelma
Convey. LIST, Katherine Hatch, ID, Gladys
Bruce, 3D.; bicycle race, Charles Comp
ton, LIST, Frederick Richardson. ID. Law
renee Brooks. 3D.; 220-yd. dash. Fred
Robbins, LIST, Raymond Convey. I'd, Rob
ert Winchester, 3D.; challenge race be-
tween Nitawa camp girls at Spofford
lake and the Green Mountain camp girls
at West Dummerston, Sarah Bradley.
LIST, and Elizabeth Goodhue, ID, from
the Green Mountain camp. Elizabeth
Fish, Sd, from Camp Nitawa; potato
race, Donald Wood, LIST, Robert Billings,
I'd, Foster Roberts, 3D..
The field events. which came next,
were held on the green in front of the
school with the following results:
Locked arm race for girls, Ruth Clancy
and Katherine Hatch, LIST. Marjorie
Brown and elizabeth Bostock. I'd, Mil
dred Wulll and Charlotte Coughlan. Sd;
peanut scramble for children. Stewart
Thurber. II peanuts, Harold Allen, 81,
Charles Hastings, p; three-legged race
for girls, Ruth Clancy and Katherine
Hatch. LIST, Sarah Bradley and Eliza
beth Goodhue, ID, Eleanor Thaver and
Mary Bradley, 3D.; small boys three
legged race, Raymond Wells and Linn
Hoadley, LIST, Clifford Briggs and Har
ry Brayman, I'd, Hermon Shippee and
Arthur Doyle, Sd; three legged race for
larger boys, Raymond Convey and Walter
Cutler, LIST, Jerry Convey and Percy
Leahy, 2d, Edward Bolliger and d.
Sweeny, 3D.; track race for boys, Ed
ward Mckay, 1st, Raymond Wells, I'd,
Hermon Shippee, 3D.; track race open
for all, Lee Corbett, LIST, Raymond Gov
ey, I'd, Walter Cutler, Sd: running broad
jump for boys, Raymond Wells. IL fl.
II inches, Victor Marley, lis, Kenneth
Longueil. los; running broad Jump Tor
all, Justin Moran, us, Fred Robbins.
1868, ). Babb. l5.7; running high jump
for boys, Lee Corbett, LIST, TT. 4 in,
William Ludzus, Victor Manley; pole
vault for boys. Victor Manley, LIST. Lee
Corbett, I'd, William Ludzus, 3D.; pole
vault open to all, William Haywood,
LIST, Fred Robbins, I'd, Robert Win
chester, 3D.; high jump open to all. Fred
Robbins, LIST, Robert Winchester, I'd,
Raymond Covev, Sd.