The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-07
BIG CROWD HERE
TO ENJOY GREAT
LABOR DAY TREAT
WEATHER MAN SMILED o n
COMMITTEE AND FURNISH
lid IDEAL WEATHER

While the heavy storm Of Sunday
night nearly scared everything and
everyone connected in any way with
the thought of Labor day and while
the skies of Monday morning hung
so 10 w that it looked as if they were
ready at any time to open up and
deluge the city and its people, the
weather man threw in the switch on
the little old machine at just the
right time and the clouds soon faded
away and left US with one of the
most perfect days ever sent for the
holding of any kind of a celebration.
The results were that what is
claimed by many to be the biggest
crowd ever and claimed by others to
be nearly as large as last year and
years before, gathered and took in
the doings from the start, when the
parade. marched down the street, to
the time when the last tunes of the
big dance and died away in the small
hours of the night and so far as we
have been able 20 learn. everybody,
both old and young, little and big,
had a fine time.
The parade formed near the G.. A.
r. hall grounds and marched to Main
street and then east on Main street.
1t was headed by the members of the
Labor day committee, then came the
fine uniformed lonia band. then %
members of the American Legion, %
soldiers and sailors. They were
followed by an imitation giraffe, with
Spencer Smith and Lyle Totten MAX
ing up the insides of the animal and
giving the people on the street a
mighty good exhibition of what
giraffe can do. Some fellow dressed
up as a colored person came next, but
we were unable to get his name.
The Sons of Veterans came next,
acting as an scort to the grand old
men of the G.. A. r. post. Following
them came our own Belding band and
after them came 33 members of the
local Odd Fellow lodge dressd in kha
XII overalls and shop caps. They were
all dressed alike and made very
neat appearance on the street. A
truck driven by Alfred Moore came
next, after which came the Johnson
Bros. truck, the fire department with
it's truck and ladder wagon, the Fa-
nous Jacouet flyer. Beulah Wortley
with handsomely decorated auto
mobile containing a myriad of little
fairies, a decorated automobile driv-
en- by Martin Warner, a 1911 Ford
touring car driven bv Noble Peter
sen and an automobile driven by
Poger Tower which had been in use
for the past 20 years.
Edgar Joslin came next with a dec
grated bicycle, A. NJ Simons. horse
and news wagon, buggy driven by
q lady after which came hurlesque
on the Jacouet flyer and then came
m automobile telling that it would
be disposed of by the American Le-
gion post of Lowell.
After the parade had disbanded
nd the drills by the Odd Fellow and
Rebekah teams had been gone thru
with. vaudeville and other attractions
SPORTS. etc. kept the crowd busy in
one place of another until late
hour.
The results of the prizes awarded
pro as follows.
Best Decorated Auto, 1st prize.
Peulah Wortley, End prize M. J.
Warner
Clowns. Odd Costumes. etc. lst
0rize L. NJ. Totten and Spencer
Smith. Howard Brown.
Largest Load, Johnson Bros.
Oldest Horse, Forest Johnson, 33
years old.
Oldest Auto, Roger Towers.
Best decorated bicycle, Edgar C.
Joslin.
Tug of war, 1st, farmers.
Bicvcle Race, 1st Ivan Simmons;
2nd Adolph Maxwell
Shoe Race, 1st Lawrence Currie.
2nd tie Clayton Zank, Chas. Love-
land
Potato Race. 1st Clayton Zank, 2nd
Chas. Loveland.
Sack Race 1st Orland Maxwell. 2nd
Ralph Hosford.
Girls Race, 1st Florence Whited,
End, tie, Ruth Converse, Alice Free
man.
Pie Eeating Contest, 1st Burdette
Loveland, 2nd Herbert Powell.
Peanut Race, 1st Theron Avery,
End Carlton Zank.
Free-for-all Race. 1st Ray Rooms
burg, 2nd Orley Russian.
Committee Judges-Howard r.
Moulton, o. NJ. Besmer, Karl Cowles.
There seemed to be big difference
of opinion among the people in at
tendance and among the concession
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