The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-28
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR OBSERVANCE
Of GLORIOUS 4TH
Committee Chosen to Prepare
For Events
MILLS TO HAVE FLOATS
Every Local Organization viii Aid
In Making Friday the Best 4th
in Bennington
MILLS TO HAVE FLOATS

Bennington is going to have a
parade on July 4th that will be
some parade. Never have any more
elaborate preparations been made for
the success of an event than for the
procession that will march down Main
street next Friday morning. There
will be soldiers, sailors, floats, bands
and representations Of every local or
ganization. All OF the manufacture
ing plants have been most enthusias-
tic in their cooperation with those in
charge and have promised to have a
float i'll the parade.
In the afternoon Of the holiday,
there will be a picnic which will sur
pass anything that has ever been put
across at Hunts Grove. The Fourth
OF July this year is going to be one
OF the old pre1war variety, but with
about twice as much pep and origi-
nality.
The committees which have been
chosen for the work of preparing the
many events are as follows:
Executive Committee Geo NJ.
Hawks, chairman; oJhn P. Hayes, j.
p. Mulligan, Fred C. Martin, Luther
r. Graves, End, Jos. Bellemarre, Lee
C. C. Warner, Miss Agnes Whipple,
Miss Delnia jacobson, Vincent Nc
Govern, Lieut.. +, c. Cushman, Dr. J.
L. Lane.
Parade Committee for Beninng-
ton-William- p. Hogan. chairman;
L. H. Nelson, Willard H. Lighthall,
VIM. H. Wills, Edw. Blake, John j.
Hayes. John p. Mulligan.
Parade Committee for North Ben.
nington--A. S. Payne. chairman;
Warren Marshall, G. w. White, Mrs.
IT, F. Turner, Lieut.. F. C. Cushman,
Jas. McGoyern, John Morris, Elmer
II. Johnson.
Soliciting Army e. Navy--Dr ]. ID.
Lane, chairman; George w. Williams,
John Leonard, Lieut. F, C. Cushman,
Capt. ]. H. Cole.
Organizations and Mills. P. Mul.
ligan, chairman; Willard Lighthall
Daniel Keeler, Norman Greenslet, F.
c. Martin, Walling Dewey, Percy
Simmons, ]. W. Hurlbert, +. S. Pratt
Ernest Roe H. r. Coffin, r. A. Lock
er, Clyde Spencer, Elmer Greene, Lee
C. Warner, Jesse Carpenter, John j
Hayes, Mr.. Hanson, Fred Sickle
Dancing and Music-J. p. Mulligan
chairman; w. J. Randles, c. NJ
Graves.
Publicity Distribution of Cards
p. T. II. Pierson, chairman; Luther
II. Graves, 2nd Hiram L. Hall, F, S
Pratt, Miss Barbara Hunt, Miss
Martha Pratt
Newspaper Pubtcity- Edmund
Howe, chairman; Miss jeanette Per
kins. Miss Edna Waldron, Miss Agnes
Whipple
Soliciting Merchants Floats ant
Decorations-Harry T. Southall
chairman; C. L. Gardner, Maurice +
Rudd, Joseph Evans, Isaac p. Walker
w. e. Bissell, Dr. r. d. Jenney, Jul
ius Weichman, Philip Endress, How
ard Estes, George A. Parker. Lee {
Warner Haviland Sibley, Edmun
Howe, Newton Cottrell, Arthur Sta
buck. W. H. Nichols. H. p. Woodmar
Soliciting Auto Floats-Earle "
Williams, chairman; Ralph Nile
Miss Minnie Levin.
Soliciting Autos for Veterans
Ralph Niles, chairman; Miss Lillia
Levin,
Soliciting Farmers for Fari
Teams-John Flynn, chairman. Gil
ford Shaw, c. T. Bretell, Daniel Ba
be-;
Committee for Suggestions Il
Floats-Mrs Luther r. Graves, chat
man: Arthur Elliott, Mrs. Arthur +
liot, Miss Amy Cutler, Miss Carr
Wood. Miss Mary Hyde, Mrs. II.
Southall, Miss Anna Rogers. Rev. I
s. Mills, DR.. l.. Fl. Ross, Miss MAJ
Hutton, William Armstrong.
Soliciting Mounts, Horseback A
gregation--Luther X. Graves, cha
man; Mr.. Cameron, Miss Ha
Shields, Miss Mary Wellington, Mi
Elizabeth Huling.
Athletic Committee at Picnic-Jol
]. Hayes, chairman; Miss Deln
Jacobson, d. C. Holloway.
Grounds and Admission Commit
John p. Morrissey, chairman: |
+. S, Braley, Webster Temple. w.
Boynton, William Shea, Ishma
Waite.
Pageant Committee-Miss Deln
jacobson, Miss Elizabeth Welch. Mi
DR.. Wilson, Miss Velma Elwell. Mi
Bertha Lambert, Miss Carney, Mi
Mabel Mohoney, Harry Murray, Nj
Arthur Elliott, Mrs. II. H. Southa
Miss Eunice Lyons.
INSTRUMENTATION p. Morriss,
chairman; Edward Ransom, VILLA
Sumner.