The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
ARMISTICE DAY.
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feature was a dance i'll Festival hall.
The parade formed in front of Com
pany / headquarters, opposite the fed
eral building en- Main street. and the
command to move forward was given
about 1.45 o'clock, going northward up
Linden street to the common, where the
flower girl, Miss Katherine Denning,
placed a floral wreath on the soldiers
monument in memory of those of the
army army IN the World war who gave their
lives III the service. Rev. Walter &.
Bernard of ST.. Michaels Episcopal
church offered prayer.
Then the march was continued down
Putney road to Main street, thence to
the Connecticut river bridge, where Miss
Denning, dropped a floral wreath into
the river in memory of the sailors of
the World war who gave their lives in
the service, and where Rev. Herbert Z.
Woodin of the Centre Congregational
church offered prayer Taps were sound
ed by Sewall Morse, cornetist in the
band.
Chairman E. c. Vail of the joint com
mittee of Brattleboro post of the Ameri-
can Legion and Company l, Vermont
National Guard, was marshal of the day
and rode horseback at the head of the
parade, +.
The Brattleboro Military band Fred
c. Leitsinger leader, and Capt. w. T.
about % men and came next behind the
marshal. Back of the band an automO-
bile carried the clergymen and flower
girl. .-
The post service flag, large silk flag
with 10 gilt stars, was carried by an ex-
soldier and an ex-sailor, at the head of
the column of ex-SeTvice men, of whom
there were 50 marching in a column of
tours. Nearly all were in uniforms and
represented practically all branches of
the service.
A delegation Of II Red Cross women
marched behind the ex-service men and
back of them marched Is members of
the Vermont Wheel club carrying canes
with silk bows of the club colors, purple
and white
Twenty-Five Grand Army men. princi-
pally members of Sedgwick post, wear
ing the G. A. r. uniforms and carrying
flags, rode in six automobiles and next
came 20 members of Sedgwick Woman's
Relief corps in four automobiles.
An automobile carrying six members
of Andrew Jackson chapter, United
States Daughters of 1912, a large flag
waving, completed the automobile sec
ton.
Capt Roy Il. Miner, was next in line.
There were "A men in uniform with
rifles. 4 good number of the men were
veterans of the World war.
Thirty members of Wantastiquet lodge
Of Odd Fellows marched behind Com
paAy /, and last was a troop of IS Boy
Scouts.
There was much applause as the par
ade passed down Main street. Follow
ing the service on the bridge the band
past and present military men and most
of the others in line proceeded to Island
Park for the rest of the outdoor pro-
gram, which consisted of an exhibition
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football game between the Brattleboro
high school regulars and an alumni team
captained by Joseph G. Estey, which
the former won, Is to 6. The game is
reported in detail elsewhere in this pa
per.
First Lieut.. c. A. E. Goodwin was
platoon chief of the first platoon, Edward
Ouger platoon sergeant, William Cud-
worth right guide and Sanford 4. Smith
left guide. Second Lieut. T.. c. Vail was
platoon chief of the second platoon, Fred
Ryan platoon sergeant, Richard Cham
berlain right guide and Alexander Exner
left guide. The drill took place on the
football field and was executed in a man
per that made the Brattlehoro spectators
proud of their military company.
At $50 O'Clock about 125 Legion
members and Company | men went to
the Masonic temple banquet hall, where
Bingham chapter. O. e. s.. served a de-
licious supper consisting of oyster cock
tails, chicken wiggle, mashed potato,
squash, cabbage salad cranberry Jelly,
pepper relish, old-fashioned apple sauce,
rolls, coffee. pineapple pomp, waters.
crackers and cheese. During the sup
per Hugh III. HARDWOOD sang his Ding |
Toe song, which was part of the recent
Wheel Club Follies. Following supper
Lieut.. Col. Cooley acted as POSTMASTER
and called upon Commander Pearl T.
Clapp for brief. remarks, also upon Mr..
Sibley, who spoke about 10 minutes, and
Captain K. w. Gibson, who also spoke
briefly, Davenport's 10-piece orchestra
furnished excellent music.
At 7.15 the. Legion and Company l
boys formed a parade in front of Ma
sonic temple and marched to tho plaza
and return carrying red lights and fir
ing Roman candles. They were headed
and snappy event while it lasted, and
while IL was in progress the sale of con-
fetti was begun which marked the be-
ginning of q lot of fun on the street the
rest of the evening and made the side
walks look as though there had been a
snowstorm. -. r.s#.
The next event in the celebration was
the program in the Auditorium at 100
O'Clock. Lieut.. Col. %. Cooley pre-
sided and called upon Rev. DIR. Herbert
p. Woodin, pastor Of the Centre Congre-
gational church. to offer prayer. A male
1nartet, consisting of Walter A. Gilbert,
Walter S. Stearns, Frederic c. Adams
and Arthur L. Clapp, sang two selections
and an encore.
Lieut.. Col Cooley then introduced
Mr.: Sibley, saying the audience was not
gathered to hear about the war, because
the American people look forward, not
backward and that is what has made
for the progress of this country the peo-
ole have done the job in hand and look
forward for another. His remarks car
rjed conviction and he made an excel
lent impression. s,
In opening. Mr.. Sibey referred to the
wonderful Nov. IL of 1913, saying we
could not forget that day. that it was
the only one like it and that there can