St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-04-07
A. N. BEATTIE,
WAR VETERAN,
WINS THE CAR
Record.Breaking Crowd at
American Legion
First Ball

With the same spirit that the sol
der boys showed ut Bellcau Wou;
and st. Mihicl and the sailor boy.
displayed in fighting the Huns at Sc;
tho first annual ball Of W. r. KNAPP
Post, No. SO, American Legion, hci
at the St. Johnsb,ly armory Mondu!
night was Il tremendous success. Thl
big auditorium was filed to capacity
over 1900 persons attending. The
concert--all by st. Johnsbury's tai.
cnted young pcoplc-was Of the very
highest order. The decorations were
of the national colors and made !.
very effective setting. The dancing
was enjoyed until after one thirty
Tuesday mornin & and even then the
merry crowd was reluctant to GO
homo.
/ When A. N. Beatty Of the lth di-
vision was in the All-Amcrican drive
against the Germans at St. Mihicl
when he was in the bloody fighting
in the Mouse Argonnc or when he
was aiding in checking the onlush Of
the Huns toward Paris at Chateau
! Thicrry, he would not have been SUI
priscd at all to have. been sudden
! ly hurled into eternity by an cncmy'r
shell. But when he walked quietly
into the Office of the Merchants Ma
tional bank Tuesday morning and
was told that he was the owner of a
brand new Ford touring car he was
some surprised"
1t is not recorded just what this
cXsoldicr, with one Of the finest rc-
cords Of service Of any Of the "boy5"
who went out from St. Jhnsbury-
twcnty-cight months with the famous
Fourth division that extended from
the first American drive at Mcusc Ar
gonnc right through to the American
Army Of Occupation in Germany
said when he received the announce
mcnt that he had won the car given
away at the American Legion bail.
But those who visited the tellcr's win
dow at the bank all day Tuesday saw
happy smile ovcrsprcading the fca-
lures ct the cX-so.dier.
Mr.. Beatty was not at the ball.
While nearly 1000 people jammcd in
to the St. Johnsbu1y Asmory, waited
brcathlessly while Frank Brooks read
tho lucky number, Mr. Beatty was a,
home with his wife and youngstcr on
the Waterford road about three miles
from town. During the severe wealth
CT Mr.. Beatty had been driving back
and forth daily over the road. This
summer he will commute in his sturdy
little four cylinder Ford that was his
worthy assistant in all the big army
drives in the war zones.
The drawing took place immediate
ly after the concert. The system for
selecting the lucky ono WAS Il modcl
for fairness. At first 81 number"
were taken out of the huge box con-
tanning the stubs of all the tickets
sold. Then after these numbers had
been read, fifteen were selected from
the 23. After reading the fifteen
numbers, IL final five were drawn.
Then from the final five ono number,
1872 was the one drawn. This was MI.
Bcatty's.
The drawing was a very popular
one. An expression bard throughout
the hall was "Wcll, so long as I
! could not get it, | am very glad that
it was drawn by someone who can
make use of it." And Mr.. Beatty will
r. tf y,
mcr.
The big crowd at tho ball assembled
early so as not to miss the fine
concert. The hall was a blaze of ma
tional colors. Two huge flags form
ed a canopy over the dance floor
From q central flag over the music
platform hung strcamcIS of red
white and blue to all parts of the
hall. Around the wall were hung
flags of the Allies and shields of the
different branches of the service. AT
the end of the hall was Il magnificent
shield of the American LcEion--a
work of art made by Elbcrt Lyncl,
Of the Legion POST
Itc CohNSit OpC'iCu VIII a. Soplh'tO
solo by Miss. Lillian Richards. She
sang in her usual sweet soprano voice
and for an encore gave the popular
selection Lonesome, That' All. v
Miss Madeline Randall, one of ST.
Johnsburys prctticst and most talent
I'd solo dancers, gave two numbers
both of which were very artistical|y
done. Her Russian dance was de-
cidcd novelty.
Paul Sargent, leader of the popu-
lar Sargent Orchestra, gave violin
solo which was greatly enjoyed.
Frank o. French, who is always q
star entertainer. gave several num-
hers under the title of "T6c Latest
from the Footlights." Mr.. French
can always be counted upon as an en-
tcrtaincr Of the highest order and he
was ut his best OH this occasion.
II was shortly after $50 when
- '.tOwd swa,mcd onto the floor 4
! aanting. The music had all the char
acteristic Sargent Pep" and no finer
dance music had been heard in St.