Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-07-09
MEMORIAL TO S.
WHO WERE In WAR
Unwilling of Marker and Tablet
in Westminster
Crowd of 1000 at Celebration-Big
Parade, Program of Speaking and
Sports Among Attractions.


A crowd of unexpectedly large proper
tons gathered in Westminster Mon
day to participate in the Joint Old Home
day and Fourth of July celebration and
memorial dedication, the program for
the occasion including sporting events,
speaking, the unwilling of a granite
marker with bronze tablet bearing the
names of the 80 young men and women
who went from that town into the ser
vice of the government in the World
war, and a dance in the town hall in the
evening.
Automobile parties began arriving be-
fore S o'clock, although the first event
called for was the parade which was
not scheduled to start until 1870 o'clock
and by the time the first of the parade
came in sight from the direction of
Westminster Station, whence it started,
automobiles, with now and then car
riage between the cars, were parked on
either side of the long street as far as
could be seen in both directions, while
Others were parked in private yards and
on side streets 1t was estimated that
more than 500 vehicles were within
range of the eye. Several estimates of
the number of persons in the gathering
placed the total more than 5000, while
the number of visitors who were there
for some parts of the day were esti-
mated at more than 1000.
The parade was the first event of the
celebration and was reviewed from a
stand in front of the town hall building
the stand being occupied by George A.
Dascomb, who was president of the day,
and some members of the various com
mittees The line passed down the street,
out School street as far as the Dascomb
home, then south again on the main
street for some distance and returned to
| the reviewing stand where three rousing
cheers were given for Mr.. Dascomb.
| Sporting events followed the parade
and occupied the time until dinner, and
other events were run off at intervals
during the afternoon.
Some time before the time for the
afternoon program the long settees
which were placed in front Of the former
S. NJ. Nutting property, were filled by
those wishing to be near the speakers
who included Lieut.. Gov. Mason S. Stone
lof Montpelier, John Barrett, directo
general of the Pan American Union thu
past ID years with headquarters il
Washington, ID. c., and Frederick FL
Babbitt of Bellows Falls.
While it is mpracticable to give de
tailed account of each vehicle in the pa
rade few of the features were the
mounted police, Grafton band, Boy
Scouts, a patriotic float with Liberty in
the center, the government cannon
which was placed beside the marker
later, a carriage of Ethan Allen date, a
handsome float appropriately decorated
with corn and other farm products by
Boyden Grange, attractive floats
| trimmed and occupied by boys of Kurn
Hattin Homes, school children, Uncle
Sam, spraying machine and tractor
which were the property of the Con-
necticut Valley Orchard Co.. an old-fash
toned high wheel bicycle, handsome
float on the rear of which was arranged
a beautiful reproduction of the Vermont
seal, which is made up of more than 500
different pieces of metal and which was
won by +. S. Fuller & Co. of SaXtons
River, hardware dealer, in contest
float from the Maple Grove Grange, an
attractive market garden display and
two auto trucks in one of which were
several calves, sheep and children, and
in the other three cows. There also were
several automobiles with handsome dec
orations of green and yellow, and pa
trotic colors. The usual quota of clowns
and horribles added the fun making quail
tiles to the event.
Much of the credit for the success of
the parade is due to the untrng efforts
of A. II. Ward, farmer at Kurn Hattin,
and several of the features of the event
were furnished by the Homes and the
boys, who entered enthusiastically into
the preparations.
! Thirteen events made up the program
of sports and much enthusiasm was man
ifest, especially in the CREASED pig race,
when the crowd gathered so close to the
crate in which the porker was confined
that when he was first set at liberty he
knew not which way to turn in order to
get through the line until some small
girls found that the larded pig was
headed straight for their white dresses.
Then the crowd began to break away
and after a short chase the animal, which
weighed l35 pounds, was brought back
by Lynn Fullam and John Parker, both
of whom resembled creased pigs them
selves. The pig later was sold for $24.
Dinner was served from ll.3O to 2
O'Clock in Grange hall and in the town
hall dining room, under the auspices of
Boyden Grange, about 500 people being
served. The Grange also had charge of
the sale of ice cream lemonade and soft
drinks, about 90 gallons of ice cream
being sold through the day and evening,
The speaking program began about
2.30 o'clock and was carried out in the
main from the veranda of the so-callcd
). Nj. Nutting house, which was bought
recently by George A. Dascomb and upon
the site of which will be placed commo-
dious community building as soon as
building conditions warrant. The We.
randa was draped in American flags and
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