The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-21
Williamstown Honored Serv-
ice Men in Conjunction
With Old Home Week
EXCELLENT PARADE
AND PRIZES GIVEN
Names Of Service Men In
scribed on Arch on Vii
lage Street

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morning in Wiliamstf to witness the
parade that was the 4 feature of the
combined Old Hor sSSeek celebration
and welcome hom - the service men
OF Wiliamstown, ~ houses along the
main street we ~ ecorated with flags
land bunting, gi- the town a decidedly
festive air. II @ erade marched the en-
tire length of - 1illage, from the bridge
ION South Main rect to the other end of
the village, circling around through the
side streets and back on to the main
street. The service men, about 20 of
whom were present, passed by the arch
erected in their honor and received flow
ers from small girls who were stationed
there.
The parade was an exceptionally good
one, with many artistic and representa-
tive floats. 1t was marshaled by Lieut..
Henry st. Peter, who was followed by
the Williamstown band Then came IL
service men, all soldiers They were fol-
lowed by the kaiser in captivity, guarded
in his iron cage by one of Williams
towns soldiers. The kaiser float was ar
ranged by the McAllister company of
lWilliamstown. and the kaiser, wearing
real German helmet, was Carl Wiley.
They were followed by the local post of
the G. A. R. Six of the surviving men
were present. They were: d. C. Town
shend Samuel Wales, W. r. Farnham,
Jason Johnson, o. +. Seaver A. g. La
point The seventh, James Cram, is liv-
ing in Rhode Island now and was unable
TO be present.
After the g. A. RS came the Rural
Good Luck club float, decorated in green
and white, the club colors, with several
Of the members with books and cameras,
etc, riding, representing the object of
the club. The committee who arranged
the float was chairmaned by Mrs. H. G.
lTownshend.
A very good representation Of the
well known Jel-0 advertisement came
next, sponsored by F A. Downs store.
The auto bore many advertisements, and
at the back, seated at small table,
were Master Richard Downs and little
Ruth Downs, eating Jell-0.
The Bachelor Girls club followed with
six girls on horseback, representing the
army, the navy England, France, Italy
land Belgium. The girls who rode were
Rhoda Bruce, Mary Hadelbrook, Rhena
Bruce, Dorothy Call, Blanche Headlong
and Rachel Bruce. They were followed
by float bearing Uncle Sam and the
goddess of liberty
Behind them Bill and his wife rode
on horseback, Bill being Johnnie Car
minetti, and his wife, gowned in an elab-
orate flannel gown, William Dacoteau
Post Toasties as advertised by G. f.
McAllister was a large fireplace, in front
of which Evelyn Bruce and Weldon Da
coteau ate large bowlfus of the break
fast food.
The South Hill Farmers club had two
floats, one for 1919 and the other for
1919, showing the farm implements and
methods of Sboth times. The former was
AN old-fashioned two.wheeled wagon,
with old-fashioned churn, spinning wheel,
milk pans, etc, which was chairmaned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Bailey. The
Imodern methods, displayed by modern
churn and separator, in an immaculate
white room and drawn by horses with
white reins, followed the older methods.
The committee in charge of the latter
were Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Seaver.
These floats were followed by a high
school float, arranged by the principal
George Stevens, showing the carpentry,
domestic science and academic work of
the school
Carl Seaver's ice cream was well ad-
Ivertised by several small children gath
cred around table eating it. Then
came the Eastern Star float, which was
a large floral star upheld by woman in
white. From the points of the star,
white streamers ran to the corners of
the float, where several small children
were seated. The committee for this
s, float had as its able chairman Mrs. Lee
French
The grange float, well decorated with
corn stalks and white, bearing several
men and women with hoes, scythes,
lplows and other Implements followed.
/ This float was arranged by George Colby
An emblematic float, arranged by the
relief corps for the four boys, William
| INorthrop Jean Clogston Jack Geake and
Frank Wilfore, who made the supreme
sacrifice, followed. 1t was a green mound
with a wooden cross at the head, with
i"Columba" Mrs /. NJ McAllisterl and
I"Uncle Sam" III. +. Smith bending over
the mound
The Odd Fellows. led by II, NJ Griffin,
twere grouped on large aoat decorated
with red, white and blue. They were
I followed by their sister organization, the
! Rebekahs, with float decorated in pink
and white, representing Rcbellah at the
we'll
Bridal flour, as advertised by c. NJ.
Seaver & Co., came next. The bride VINO
rode seated on Il pile of -four bags was
] Esther Seaver Near by Helen Glover
and Rebecea Seaver, dressed as cooks,
kneaded bread.
] The Birthday Social club which has
been in existence in Williamstown for
q years, gathered in a social group and
enjoyed refreshments on their float.
! The horribles began with a float that
showed that everybody works but father.
Several women on the float were scrub
bing and baking and brewing, while fa-
ther leaned back in his arm chair and
smoked The float was arranged by Mrs
Carl Seaver Bills band, made up Of u
number of small boys, followed Then
came a fisherman and his wife on foot
| They were Proctor Martin as wife, and
Fired McAllister as fisherman. In imi-
tation Of the bachelor girls came Mrs.
Frank Dobbs and Mrs. i. O. Morgan in
an old fashioned buggy and old fashioned
clothes and curls. with a sign hung out,
with Man Wanted in large letters
They were followed by the Billtown