The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-01
WITCHES AND COLLINS.
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ity Service Director T. K. Brown, who
was dressed like one of the old Algerian
buccaneers, the procession moved down
Main street, up Elliot to Church, then
countermarched through Elliot street TO
/ Main and then to the plaza. There
We're all sorts of make-ups in the pa
rade. There We're several sheiks from
Araby, witches of all cOlors and descrip-
tons, snowy white ghosts that sent the
chiiis down ones back and up again, If
one was inclined to be imaginative, sew
iCral plain. lazy colored kids who grim
aced right into ones face as they passed
by. and many other characters whose
| faces were hidden by unique masks of
all Kinds and shapes. The rear guard
! OF the parade attracted perhaps most OF
: the attention. As closely as one could
! make ont, this character represented 4
| feminine member of the black race in
! Abyssinia, where the dusky ladies drink
milk IN such quantities that they become
| immensely Compliant, entirely out OF
/ proportion even 10 the fat lady that
/ people are accustomed to see at the cir
l Gus.
| Following Ruceaneer Brown, the pro-
| cesSiOn was headed by three buglers who
Were Ralph Root. Kenneth Wheeler and
| Bert Wood. Charles Smith, Clayton
| Daniels and H. W. Sargent followed
/ with snare drums and Chauncey Young
/ furnished the bass with his big drum.
/ ~ the lBIOHeSSlOn tltdltu luc IistHst,
! it passed in front of the judges, who
1 found il Il difficult task 10 award the
I many prizes. on account of the number
/ in the parade and the originality of the
costumes. The judges were Mrs. Muir
! ray VI. Tucker. Mrs Walter ). Pratt,
| Mrs. William Porter and Mrs. Burton
| w Tarbox
The prizes were ribbons and were
| awarded as follows:
Unique costume-1st, Miss Cameron
F.! ID, Mrs George Nyc and Mrs. Hattie
Lord Sd, Marjorie ParkhurSt.
/ Most artistic costume-1st, children
of Mrs. Harrie 3. Chase: ID. Miriam
! Thompson, Carla HenkeI and Katherine
/ Emery.
Unique group-1st. Billy. Mary and
Jane Cox and Margaret Derby; I'd
Nluriel Upton.
Best acting group-1st, the Pirates
comprising Elizabeth Salisbury. Walter
| Manley, Robert Culver, Rush Hardy,
Robert Nicholas. George Boyden, Har-
old Bower. Irene Nutter. Evelyn Cain
Pauline Dugan, Marguerite Wellman
and Miriam Fairbanks; I'd. Mrs. Shell
don, Eloisc Shield and Lawrence Frank
lin.
Most popular individual-1st, f. X
Brown; ID Bert Wood.
/ Best boy under 1O-1st, Clarence
Morse; 2d. Clifford Agnew.
! Best girl under 1O-lst. Eveline Old
I ham ID. Phyllis Macdonald.
When the procession arrived at the
| plaza. the paraders arranged themselve,
! i'm 4 circle in the center Of which were
1 placed two large wooden boxes for the
! stage Most of the people who saw tho
] parade followed it to the plaza. and il
/ q few minutes a dense throng of people
were on hand 10 witness the stunts.
| There We're pie-eating contests, swatting
bouts. hunts for quarters buried in -four
| and other stunts equally amusing. Ii
| probably will not be surprising il some
| of the boys who took part in the pie
| eating contests are nursing sore stom
acbs today. Judging from the mixture OF
! squash and flour which several of them
/ consumed in their endeavors 10 be win
pers The stunts ended shortly after :
! o'clock.
i Much credit is due the Twin State Gas
X Electric Co for furnishing the food
lights at the plaza, also To the local po-