The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-12
MONTPELIER PARADE
HAD OYER 80 FLOATS
American Citizens Of italian Descent
Won First Prize for Excellence
Of Their Entry.

The American citizens OF ltaliah ue-
scent took the first prize of 800 Tor the
hest float in the Armistice day parade
held under the direction Of Montpelier
post No. 8, of the American Legion.
Their float represented the world
bleeding from the wounds OF war, beng
handled over to the angel OF peace un-
Gle Sam, at the top, was the nrst 70
draw ont his sword and extend II 70
the messenger Of good will to men. Az
each corner Of the float, guarding tne
globe. was a soldier of the great az.
lies France, Great Britain, Italy ana
Japan in full uniform.
The second prize Of $50 went 70 the
Commando club for a beautiful fioat
showing the angel Of peace, represented
by Miss Mildred Howes, clinging TO q
white cross and extending her arm
over a snowy field grown with poppies.
The Knights Of Columbus took the
third prize Of s25 with float repre-
senting peace and prosperity, decorated
III purple and white and drawn by four
white horses in trappings Of the same
col.ss. A soldier, William Heaney, and
4 sailor. Frank Worthen, were IN COM
Diand OF the n0at-
The Salvation Army accomplished q
difficult task in constructing a prize
winning float between and 10 o'clock
that morning. They took the fourth
prize Of SIS with real Salvation
Army doughnut kitchen and two las
sizes tending the wounds OF an injured
doughboy who lay stretched out in the
sand
The fifth prize Of $40 went to the
Legion Auxiliary for a huge auxiliary
button in blue and white. Their float
was directed by two little girls IN
white who carried signs giving the pur-
pose Of the auxiliary. The Legion float
was complete army Pullman Of the
hommes 40 type, carrying a number OF
overseas veterans. The cup offered by
the Legion to the class in the high
school putting ON the best float was
awarded to the freshmen. Among the
commercial floats. that put on by the
Tenney company was given honorable
mention.
Over 80 floats took part in the pa
rade. The Montpelier band and bag
Pipe band furnished the marching mu-
sic. Colonel Fred b. Thomas Of the Le-
gion acted as marshal, assisted by Jo'
seph Abair and Frederick b. Shepard.
Much credit Ia due Mr.. Abair, who was
directly in charge Of the parade for
the Legion, for its size and the efficient
manner m which II wsls carried out.
At Has, after the parade, the ex-
service men. 90 strong. and every one
in uniform. or as nearly SO as possible,
formed on the sidewalk in front Of the
city hail. and large crowd formed for
the most significant part Of the observ-
anee of the day. Rev. Frank j. Knapp
Of Christ church, dressed in his service
uniform, gave short address on dis
armament and prayer From Has to
noon. the city's church bells toIled. Al
l2 sharp, the fire bell was rung once,
and the entire city became as quiet as
church for two minutes in prayer for
the unknown American soldier who
was being lowered to his grave at Ar,
iington cemetery in the national CAPT
tai. At the end OF the two minutes the
fire bell was tollcd again. A firing
squad from the service company fired
three volIeys, and the official observ-
ance Of the day was brought TO a close
with ''taps" blown by Michael J. Cohan
About 1000 people attended the con-
cert and dance given by Montpelier
post, No. 3, in the city hall last night
Expenses amounted to about 5000, il
is understood. and it is though that
about $500 was realized for the post