The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-02


people We're about two of the incest things
In this world
As each of the speakers took his seat
Private Dunlevy led in three rousing
cheers and tigers. Then three cheers and
tigers were given for the people who
had gotten up the welcome and given the
boys SO good a reception i'll town. A
fiashlight picture was then taken of the
gathering.
The entertainment in the Auditorium
began at O'Clock, Hickss orchestra play
ing an overture Martin Austin, after
brief remarks, introduced Rev Delmar
E. Trout, who made fitting reference to
the occasion and said: 'We are glad that
you are home again. He assured the
boys that the thoughts and prayers of the
people had followed them into camp,
across the ocean, into the trenches, into
| the battles and into the hospitals, and
| that their thoughts and prayers had fol-
lowed the spirit into the great beyond
| for those who had paid the supreme sac
| rifice
/ The vaudeville attractions which fol
/ lowed included selections by the Revue
company of four girl dancers and singers,
songs by Miss L. Hazel Childs, operate
soprano, representations by Herbert A.
Clark, humorist and singer, including
many hits on the local soldier boys, and
selections by Celeste Conant of Boston,
a singer and story teller, who said she had
entertained many of the soldier boys III
| camps before they left for overseas, but
| this was the first time she had welcomed
| them home
During the Auditorium performance
/ Festival hall was cleared for dancing, for
which Hicks's orchestra furnished music.
4 One table was laden with ginger ale
4 punch, while another table contained pies
} and cakes, left from the banquet, which
j disappeared under the belts of the boys
before the dance was over
/ Much of the success of the welcoming
! reception is due to the efforts of Edward
IL Fenton, who was appointed general
!, chairman for the occasion by the board
of trade, which took the inaugural steps
toward the event, and he was assisted
materially by the various committees, Of
: which William A. Shumway was chair
man for the banquet, Horton d. Walker
for the parade, Martin Austin for the
: tickets and entertainment, and William
H. Richardson for the decorations. Eacl
of these chairmen had competent and eff
ficient assistants The Brattleboro Wa
: Chest association financed the whole at
fair. Both organizations are very CRATE
4 full to the housewives of Brattleboro wht
. contributed so generously of home mad
2 food
The Parade in Detail.
E Col j. Gray Estey, as marshal of tn
day. assisted by Prudent Rate and H. II
; Dimes, both of whom had four sons in tn
/ service, headed the procession.
: Six officials of the town and village, in
$ Guiding the selectmen, commissioners AM
|. town clerk, were next in the line
g The Brattleboro Military band of
n pieces, with Luther II. Miller as drum
& major, was in its usual position at tn
head of the military organizations, an
ii rendered excellent marching music fror
n the time the parade started until the pre-
l. cession disbanded.
J. The three squads OF st. Michael's c,
IS diets, who won silver loving cup IN
y competitive drill with the Boys Brigad
le of Mortified, Mass, last Friday evening
lie followed the band They were i'll khal
,e uniform and carried rifles and lare
h American flag.
Id Flags of the allies, including the British
id French, Italian and American flags, wei
m carried by four returned soldiers IN XII
l. li, who preceded the other soldiers.
lgl Heading the soldiers and sailors was a
IS automobile truck trimmed with viii
IN bedeeked with red rambler paper rose
= 1t bore a service flag with white cent
and border of red and blue stripes, viii
k 10 gold stars, representing the 10 Brattl
adj boro young men who had given the
nd lives in the service, shone brightly
n. their white background.
Khaki clad boys numbering lSS, Il
= lowed by l6 sailor lads, made an impr'
sive sight and attracted more attentl'
than any other section of the processio
OF the boys in khaki so had seen servi
in the Yankee division which paraded
Boston last Friday.
Immediately following the sailors "
a small automobile truck on which "
arranged a German machine gun, c
masks, and many other small pieces
4 German small equipment. Three soldie
/ rode in the car.
Thirty Red Cross workers, pr
tically all of whom also were members
the Brattleboro Woman's club, many
them in their surgical dressings costum
followed the men who had been in serv
and for whom they had worked ma
hours over surgical dressings, knitting q
other work.
Then came As Knights of Columt
wearing red, white and blue caps vi
the council insignia. and arm bands "
the insignia. The service flag of /
council, with 80 stars and one gold st
surrounded with rope of purple
white crepe paper, was carried MD"
of the council marchers, each OF VIII
held to a rope of the same colors pass
from the first to the last man on eItt
side Four streamers of the same col
attached to the flag were carried by fc
small girls. 4 large American flag a
was carried by the Knights.
Eight members of the d. +. Cur
camp, Spanish War Veterans, follow
B the Knights of Columbus. banner c
4 ried by them read: Twenty-one We
ago today we won the battle at Mar
Bay"
About dozen members of Sedgew
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