The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-14
FARMERS DAY
IN WILMINGTON
opens with Field Meeting and Tractor
demonstration Everybody JOY
full in Old Home Week
Especial to The Reformerl

WILMINGTON, Aug. IA.
Farmers day, the third day of the Old
Home week celebration here, opened to-
day with a large and interested crowd al
the field meeting and tractor demonstra-
tion on land of NJ A. Brown, east OF the
school house. under the auspices OF the
Farmers Day association. Those who
made up the crowd were not all farmers,
but included many visiting sons and
daughters who never had anything TO do
with farming and whose knowledge
about tractors was limited to magazine
pictures of this modern farm machine
However, the people are here to attend
old Home week, and everything that Is
scheduled is going to receive their undI-
vided attention.
Agricultural experts are to speak in
Memorial hall this afternoon, and to-
night there will be motion pictures in
the theater.
Every nook and corner of the town is
4 crowded with home-cOmers to the fourth
4 deeennial reunion, which bids fair to be
N one of the biggest and best celebrations
4 vet. Guests are registering from every
y state in the Union. and it is a common
y sight to see men well past middle life
hugeing each other like children and
y irving to recall whether it was 20 years
ago or 80 years ago when they last met.
Il A man from Toledo, Ohio, and former
school friend from Manchester, n. H.,
v stood embracing each other fully five
n minutes trying to recall just when they
last met.
California has several of its people
n spending the week among their former
4 haunts Nebraska, Illinois, Nevada, and
Il Tennessee all have sent residents who
once claimed Wilmington as their home,
and a true ome-coming it is.
A hospitabIe air pervades the little
hamlet and Wilmingtonians are opening
their houses and giving the guests the
best to be had during their stay. Despite
N the rain yesterday the program was ear
ried out as planned, and if enthusiasm
counts the coming week will be filled to
the brim with a program of the utmost
interest to both Wilmingtonians and
the guests of the town who do not claim
n Wilmington as their native heath.
The parade yesterday forenoon was an
inspiring one, with a large number of
veterans of the Civil war in line, fol-
lowed by the veterans of the World war
Sons of Veterans and members of the
Woman's auxiliary. A Brattleboro and
Wilmington band headed the parade, and
the marshal of the day was F. c. Al
drich. Capt. Z. w. Gibson gave a stir
ring address following the dinner served
by the Ladies' auxiliary in Lawton posts
b0il. IL was at first feared that the ball
game would be cancelled as the field was
reported to be six inches under water
but nothing dampened the enthusiasm
of the ball players and a even-inning
game was played between the Fort Dunn
mer nine of Brattleboro and the vii
mington team, with final score of tC
0. In the evening the Memorial hall was
packed to its capacity for the welcome
meeting and addresses by former resi-
dents
The program included instrumental
music by the Wilmington orchestra
chorus singing by Wilmington youn!
people of the present, chorus singing BY
young people of the first reunion, chorus
singing by Wiimington's young peopl
of tomorrow, with flag drill, solo by Nh
Bremen, group of three songs by D1
Gould, a duet by Mrs. Bremer and D1
Gould, the reading of letters. poem b,
Il. A. Fitch read by Miss Mabel Fitch
community singing and various ad
dresses
o. f. Butterfield gave the address o
welcome and F. w. Childs of Brattle
boro responded. Other addresses were b.
Linus G. Hubbard, Mrs. Joan Newto
Cuneo, Arthur w. Childs, Miss Maudi
J.. Stone, A. A. Butterfeld, O. R. Buel
r. II. Mann, c. B. Kelland, Hosea Mann
j. V. Butterfield and w. A. Davenport.