Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-30

which have graced the State House
! lawns, will be the pageant which will
! be presented on the afternoon of July
! Fourth on the lawns in the rear of the
! State House. The location is ideal.
The gray stone building forms a
natural background for the pageant.
| The tables of green velvety lawns will
! be ideal stages for the characters. 1t
is very conveniently arranged and
can be viewed from a vantage point
| from any angle in front.
If the weather man is kind and
sends a full quota Of smiling skies
and cooling breezes, nothing more can
be desired. The pageant will be
staged in four impulses. marking the
progress of the nation.
The first impulse brings to mind the
| forming of the 3 original states and
the following 80 states. They are
most gracefully presented The Sec
ond impulse recalls the Civil war, the
Spanish war and the great World
war. The third impulse brings in the
| foreign nations. And the fourth i'm
pulse is the making of the new citi-
zen both foreign born and the young
! people oL the HdllOH.
| The best of the city's resources
have been called upon to put across
! this big event. 1t will be unequaled
in like endeavors of the past in this
vicinity. Ralph Fl. Brown, II. Price
/ Weber, and others well known in
community welfare enterprise are
| taking most active parts in staging
| the pageant.
This pageant, which Is entitled:
| Makers of America" was originally
written by F. Louise Narden of Wis
consin but has been changed and
adapted by Miss Rose Adele Gilpat-
rick of Hallowell. II. Price Webber
and c. c. Clarke of Augusta.
The community chorus which will
sing throughout the pageant is per-
haps the best phase of community
| spirit. Augusta singers are giving
their services and some from Halo
well as well may be seen In the
chorus.
Cast of Characters
Cast of characters of the Pageant:
| Herald, Donald Metcalf; trumpeter,
George Morton.
| Thirteen Original States: Allen
! Morton, clyde Beaton, Philip Chand-
| Ter, Norman Hayden. Boyd Blan-
! chard Frederick Benn, Beatrice
/ Drake. Thelma Mcguire. Irene Foyt,
Bertha Ellis. Eleanor Priest, Mar
garet Brown. Helen Cassidy.
! Thirty-fve Later States: Marian
/ Sawtelle. Catherine Haskell, Mary
/ Jackson, Beverly Hewins. Marion
| Goldberg, Marion Pullen. katherine
! Bennett, sydney Savage, kathleen
| McDaVid, Hazel Page, Irene Nudge,
! Rosie Friedman, Ruth Washburn,
Rosemary Edwards, Vivian Owen.
Merrill Written, Lawrence Gaslip,
Kenneth kittredge, Herbert Bunker,
Kenneth Halves. William Black,
Allen Frohock, Howard Stiles, liar-
old Chapman, ElWood Lapham, At
wood Nelson, Fernald Bagley, John
Fox, John Connolly, George Parker,
Webster Mountfort, Alvas Rand,
Donald Clark. Dernice Eastman.
Spirit of America: Miss Irene
Goodrich: Civil War Veterans,
George r. Gay, DR.. William Nc
vid Spanish War Veterans; Ameri
can Legion members; Justice, Miss
Ruth Henderson,; Columbia, Mrs. NJ.
+, SawtelIe; Great Britain, Mr.. r.
H. Blann; France, Mrs. S. \. Bois-
vert: Greece, Mrs. Clarence A. Day;
Italy, Mrs Josephine Porrazzi; Pre-
siding officer, Norman T.. Bassett.
English dancers. Betty Clough,
Teddy Clough, Gertrude Hopkins,
Ewina Boyd, Frances Palmer Caro-
line IIerrick. Melora Robinson,
Helen Skene.
French dancers, Melissa Farnham,
Phyllis Ripley, Doris Buckley. Flea
nor Redman.
Greek dancers. Lucille Glidden,
Marion Chapman, Alice Hunnewell,
Vivian Currier.
Italian dance, Lillian Peters. Rosa
Stitham, Frances Fuller. Delphine
Andrews.
American dance. Lois Gum, Olive
Soule. Doris Smith.
NIinuet, Madeline Fox. Dorothy
Churchill, Josephine Peters, Catherine
Murphy, Gertrude Murphy, Winnitred
! Shaw. Hazel Shaw, Dorothy Nc
Farland, Lucille Hanson Priscilla
Dean, Charlotte Carleton, Edith
Stebbins, Ruth Pierpont, Queenie
Folsom. Florence Folsom, Edith
Hill, Faith Farnham. Lillian Meal
lister, Marian McAllister, Barbara
| Knox.
Yankee Doodle dance, Frances
Brown. Mary Campbell, Edith Milf
ken. Stella Sacque. Helen Frost,
Dorothy Chapman, Virginia Trihou.
| Margery Gray. Rena Damron, Grace
Shaw, Elizabeth Parker, Charlotte
Dcnsimore, Margaret Fuller, Emily
Lippincott. Estclle Dean. Elizabeth
Qumby, Eleanor Farnham, Edith
| Farnham.
Wreath Bearers; Misses Helen
Hutchinson, Harriet Eastman. Eva
| Enman. Flora Brann, Bernice Parson
and five others.
Spirit of History; Mrs. Walter
Davis; Young Citizens. Howard
| Beal. New foreign born citizens,
Charles Pelletier; Sponsor of foreign
born citizens. Robert Cony; Ameri-
cans of TODAY. Mrs. r. r. Herrick;
Americans Of Tomorrow, Warren
Fletcher
Directors
Ralph Brown, director: Miss Ad-
ella fitzpatrick. director of Impulse
III; Miss Ada Edgecomb, director
of Impulse |; Miss D. Estela Clarke,
director of folks dancing; Miss
Dorothy Gray, assistant director of
! folk 1aNrinp. IT PRICE Wehhn,.r Sra