The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-09
TOWNSHEND.
CROWD ENJOYS FOURTH.
Parade a Beautiful Affair-Speaking,
Sports, Play and Dance.


Independence day was ushered in with
he midnight clamor and dlsarrange-
nent of movable articles about the vii
age. Although the early hours gave
,romise of extreme heat Il crowd soon
Jegan to gather in the village and by
p o clock, the hour set for the parade,
he village park was surrounded with
automobiles and the streets lined with
Interested spectators.
The parade formed in HaTmOnyvillc
md went by way of North street dI-
ectly through the village and was led
" the keeme. City band of - pieces.
,etTning, the procession clrcled the
ark, passing the judges stand at the
own clerks office.
Much praise was given the various
loats and automobiles in the process
ion, all of which were artIsticaIly dec
rated. c. III. Willard s car was driven
Uncle Sam in costume and carried a
roup OF little folks with the placard
Voters of 1907 prominently displayed.
The decorations of national coloTs, DR..
:. l.. NOsgood's, b. B. Premises, {. IL.
,tTaitilf 5 and several other cars also
we're trimmed effectively with the red,
,.hite and blue flags, bunting, and other
,ecorations. Miss Ella Ware drove a
beautifully trimmed car the color
chemc being yellow. c. c. Robinson 5
ar carried out a japanese design In
oval purple tints. The passengers, Mrs.
@ebinson and Mrs. w. f. Blood were
.harminglv dressed as japanese ladies.
Among the floats was a representa-
ion of the odd woman who lived IN
L shoe" This float was planned by Mrs
}. G.. Smythe, who was dressed IN cos
ume and surrounded by so many chill
lren> she didn't know what to do y.
2aymoud Barry was driver with \. W.
garry 5 team of horses. Taft and lib
}ctts's lumber industry was finely rep
esented by a float drawn by two pair
handsome work horses. The float
apresented a wood scene with a huge
% being worked up by a gang of men
he Camp Fire Girls i'll costume rode in
4 float which looked like a bit of wood
cenery. Edwin Whitney drove his
orses for this. West River Grange was
represented by a float trimmed in green
nd white, drawn by Z. +. Knapp : pain
horses. The Grange patronesses. Ce
es, Pomona and Flora, in costume, were
Gated on a raised platform and on the
ides were IS of the members as haT'
esters and cleaners. The Grange goat
rad a place at the back of the float
he Community club float was trimmed
With the national colOrs and carried
members of the club engaged in socia
equations J. II. Ware and c. II
,tratton advertised their extensive cat
le business by floats carrying tine live
,oek. The Boy Scouts marched in .
'odv carrying a large American flag. 4
'onkev team driven by Edward Knapp
nd pony team by the Greenwood boys
.dded to the occasion.
The horribles followed the first sec
ion of the parade and carried mucl
lugEter They included a Just mar
ied' pair. the wife riding in a con
ayance drawn by a COW led by thu
bridegroom, both in ludicrous costumes
IN OK team conveying a couple on thei
Wedding trip: a "horrible" band; up
o-the-minute couple whose identit,
-auSed much guessing, etc.
Ribbon prizes were awarded as fol
0ws: First prize for decorated auto
mobiles. c. c. Robinson; 2d Miss Ell;
Ware. First prize, floats, West Rive
range: 2d, MAYNARD Taft. First prize
orribles. Sam Cobb (just married); ID
\ubrev Stratton wedding tripl.
Races on track laid north of TIN
,ark were begun at 1870 under tn
barge of w. NJ Sparks and were VOL
: follows, the first prize being 8 an,
he second 81:
IC0-yard dash for boys-lst, William
hunt: ID, Richard Gale.
Potato race-lst, Paul Bishop; I'd
Willard Brown.