Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-08

WAS A GOOD one
FOURTH OBSERVED HERE WITH
ALL-DAY PROGRAM-WEATH-
= ER WAS IDEAL -

every respect, weather being fine all
day; the people turning out in large
numbers and the program being run of
without hitch OF any kind. Although
firecrackers, torpedoes, fireworks, etc,
were available this year, no accidents
OF a serious nature were reported. ss
A parade opened the celebration.
The parade formed at the Berg garage
corner, marched west on Broadway to
Third street, thence south to Second
avenue, east to Second street, north
to Broadway and east on Broadway to
Second street east. The fire truck led
the parade, followed by automobiles
carrying the speaker and others; the
city band; ex-service men; decorated
Industrial floats and decorated automo-
biles. s.
AT the court house, square, a patrio-
tic program was held. 1t opened with
a selection by quartet composed of
Mrs. Chas. Jensen, Miss Laura Braa-
men and Messrs. E. s. Brown and Chas.
Guernon, with Mrs. R. J. Dunphy ac-
scompanist. Miss Rosebud Fortier read
the Declaration Of Independence.
Walter ,Hauser Of Minneapolis, an ex-
service man, delivered the address of
the day. The, program closed with a
selection by the quartet.
In the afternoon, beginning at 1
O'Clock, a program of aquatic sports
was pulled off at the new municipal
bathing beach. The swimming races,
especially the dashcs, were very inter
esting. Following the races, the Misses
Ruth Campbell Of Minneapolis and Ger
trude Lyon Of this city, expert swim
mers, gave an exhibition of fancy
swimming and diving and demonstra-
tion Of life-saving methods, which were
instructive and entertaining, After the
aquatic sports another program of
sports was pulled off, including races,
jumping, tug-of-war, etc. The winners
of the various events are given below.
After the sports program, the crowd
journeyed to the fair grounds, where
the Legion baseball team clashed with
the Siems-Stembel nine Of St. Paul.
The Legion team won, 13 to -. This
game is given elsewhere in this issue.
In the evening, tie city band gave a
concert at the bandstand near the post.
office, which was greatly enjoyed.
From s to 9 'clock and from 10 to l, a
pavement dance was given under the
auspices of the Legion, an orchestra
selected from the city band furnishing
the music.
! A feature Of the celebration was the
grand fireworks display in the evening,
on the circus grounds on the West side.
There was good variety of beautiful
fireworks and an abundance of them.
-; PARADE PRIZES x -:
Industrial F1oats-Hennepin Paper
Company first, $500; Ryan Hardware,
second, $1,000.
+: Decorated Automobiles-B. P. o. E.
Lodge, first, $1,000; Miss Ina Swanson,
Belle Prairie. second. $500.
SPORTS PRIZES
Boys 1G0-yard dash-first prize,
O'Connor; second prize, Delahunt. =,
Girls 100-yard dash-First prize,
Ella Waite; second prize, Helen Swan
son.
Mems leopard dash-First prize, s.
Sims; second prize, Lionel Kreps.
Men IS ,22O-yard dash-First prize,
S. Sims; second prize, Lionel Kreps.
Fat mems race men required to
weigh more than 200 pounds "a. M.
Stoll, first prize; Arthur. Smith, second
prize.
Gunnv sack race-George Fortier
first; W. Sprandel. second.
AQUATIC RACES
Boys mile-Roland Hall, first; Ken
meth sayre, second.
20yard dash-Geo. Fortier, first;
Walter sprandel, second.
50-yard dash-Walter Sprandel, first;
George Fortier, second.
20-yard back-Kenneth Sayre, first;
Roland Halseth, second.
Umbrella race-Kenneth Sayre, first;
Roland Hall, second.
Girls 20-yard dash-Lillian Tedford
first; Delphine Hall, second.
50-yard dash-Lillian Tedford, first;
Leona Tedford, second.
20-yard backbone Tedford, first;
Delphine Hall, second:
Umbrella race-Delphine Hail., first;
Leona Tedford, second.