Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-07-05
CELEBRATION A
HUGE SUCCESS

DoyS 70 produce CT the fouTEh or July
one of the finest if not the finest In
dependence Day celebration ever held
IN this city. Old Sol shone with Just
the proper degree Of heat. fieecy sum-
mer clouds tloated lazily through the
deep blue sky, and people from the
surrounding country swarmed In UNI
Gil more than 10000 people thronged
the city to enjoy the classy events ar
ranged by the Legion.
F., THE PARADE
The first big event was the parade
and beauty it surely was with its
crashing bandS--five of thenf-and
the marching uniformed soldiers, ar
tistie floats, eomical features and de-
corated autos. Very fittingly, the pa
rade was led by Post Commander ID.
+. Slack, to whom credit must be Civ
en- for his consecrated efforts in PLAN
ming and working for the success of
the event. Following him were the
eolors. Then came the Tomah mill
tary band, the American Legion men
and the Niroqua National Guard COM
pany, followed by the floats of the Wo-
mems Auxiliary and the Red Cross.
! Next in line was the Richland Center
band, followed by Charlie Clark in the
original 1910 Buick car that he learn
I ed to drive and which has been driven
half million miles and is still going
strong. A nice Farmers Bank float
followed, after which came four cars
laden with real Redskins, georgously
painted and decorated Indians from
the Tomah reservation who put on
their old ancient dances in the stock
pavilion at the Fair Grounds, to the
delight of the onlookers. Nuzum
Lumber Company's mule excited much
, comment, and the house on wheels
which followed was one of the fea-
lures of the parade. The Chautauqua
folks had a miniature tent The Smith
Hardware Cos float was real beau
ty, and well merited the second prize il
received. Charlie Clark received the
first prize, Amy Gott the third. Ell
lefson & Johnson's ten uniformed boys
carrying banners advertising those
progressive elothiers were attractive.
A decorated Fordson tractor rumbled
along behind. jackson g. Son exhibit
ed mighty classy float with fancy
shooting exhibition going on all the
way out. Contractor Carl Altman
showed miniature house and lot on
wheels, with all. the rest Of the trim
mings. The tobacco pool movement
was represented with truck bearing
the slogan 800 per cent" This was
followed by blare of martial music
from the Westby band. Next came
Charlie Clark's very beautiful Buick
float. And then came one of the pay
ent's real features---Will Norris cir
Gus cage and barker. The wild an
imal enclosed I'VE don't mean Will, of
-course) wars none other than his nom
ster Big Type Poland China boar, and
more clever advertising stunt we
have not seen in a month of Sundays
The Sauer Hardware followed with a
most artistic float, and then came Ber.
nard Root in most clever creation
a complete launch. Then came floats
representing the Royal Neighbors of
America. Harnessmaker Carl Eng
gard, John Stewart Implement Co.,
The Interstate Oil Co. distributing
gaily painted feathers, the V;roqua
Tire Station, Studebaker Garage, the
Dodge Garage. The Brown Music Co.
float was most striking with the Victor
dog in front and the kids up on top.
Then came a display of the popular
Chevrolet car, followed by Bann Il
Fehlberg's highly humorous" calliope".
More music--and good music, too
our own Viroqua band being next in
line, followed by seven highly decorat-
ed autoes. When il comes to fun,
count on City Engineer Brewer and
Duke Doering for furnishing it. Their
two-bicycle power auto was mighty
good and their antics and chatter bet
ter, And Otto Browns ladies band
simply took the cake. The makeups
were rich. Neil Nelson nearly Great
ed riot and broke up several happy
homes by carressing married men
along the way. He was very ladylike.
The rear of the procession was taken
i up by our big fire truck and many de-
eorated autoes. The parade was over
/ half an hour in passing given point.
The parade wendell its way TO the
/ fair grounds, circled the race track
and then parked along midway, and
I the fun commenced. The Indians
started their pow-wow in the pavilion,
the tent show got under way, running
and harness races were pulled off, and
the crowd poured in to enjoy the
stunts.
/ To the solemn strains Of funeral
march, wedding party drew slowly
up the track, and an open air wedding
was staged in front Of the grand stand.
+ The bride was most becoming young
! lady who gave a very classy exhibit
+ ton Of dancing following the cere-
mony, and then removed her wig and
: revealed the smiling eountenance of
Ray Vergeront.