Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-07-07

1000 persons visited the grounds, filling
the grandsand and overlooking on to the
field. All of the events were of pleas
ing character, and while they were IN
progress there was dancing i'll the pavil-
ION to music by Shows orchestra, and
the tea room and palm garden recently
opened in charge of Mrs. Ralph j. FL
bridge, which is one of the beauty spots
If the Connecticut valley, had good pat
ronage.
Two bands, the I,rattlcboro Military
band and Buzzells Boys band of Spring
field (Vt), alternated with selections
throughout the afternoon, each doing cX-
cclent work and receiving hearty APP
plause.
The vaudeville and circus acts, which
introduced some stunts never seen here
before, were particularly good. They in
uded Kennedy and Nelson, comedy aero
bats, in Il clever performance the Mar
ions, novelty entertainers, whose numbers
embraced Il rifle shooting exhibition of a
high order; Chief Strongarm, a Sioux
Indian trick bicycle rider; Chinese
laundry act the Weber trio of singers
and ukelele players and the De RonOs
aerialsts who did some marvellous work
on a spring canvas. Children found much
amusement riding ponies brought here
from Wilmington.
A program of athletic events under
the direction of Coach Diedrich Stote of
the high school gave many their first
opportunity to see events of that kind,
and the interest of the audience was
dividuals, who included some of the past
and present high school athletic stars.
Following is n summary of the events.
100-yard dash-Won by Eugene Moran /;
second, Henry Lawton; third, Jack Van
derveer Time, 10 % seconds.
High jnmp-Won by Lawtoon; second,
Moran. Height. ) feet, 3 inches.
Broad jump-Won by Lawton second,
Moran; third, Harold Delo. Distance,
| 10 feet, 6 inches.
Pole vault-Won by Moran; second,
Lawton; third, Clarence Stacy of West
Halifax. Height, 10 feet, 3 inches.
440-yard run-Won by Lawton sec
ond, Vanderveer; third, Deyo. Time l
minute, 1 second.
Although rain threatened in the eve
| ming, and in fact enough raindrops fell
| to work handicap to Il certain extent,
| the fireworks exhibition given on the
little island beyond Island Park by Brat
| tleboro Community Service furnished
| pleasing entertainment for many hun
dreds of persons. About 900 went to
more looked on from the railroad bank
and from points of vantage in the rear
of the buildings on the east side of Main
| street. The automobiles which lined up
on the east side of the big island inter
fered somewhat with the view of the set
pieces from Island Park, but the view of
the rockets, which constituted the bulk
of the display, was magnificent. y
! The display opened shortly before $50
/ o'clock with balloons in the form of pigs,
elephants and fish, and then followed
| the rockets and other pieces. Each
rocket had a distinguishing name, and
some of them were of a type new this
year, never having been shown before
There were two of the type known as the
| star shell, used by the government, which
leave a large glObular white light in the
air for some time and which were espe-
cially serviceable in time of war. The
cutie fish bomb, Princess Mary, Wash
| lngton conference, and whistling coon
were other distinctive types which were
very beautiful. A few water fireworks
| while throughout the evening some illu
minated boats piled up and down the
| river.
pleasing feature of the program
was an esthetic. dance Illuminated, b,
four young women in white rhythmic
gowns This took place on the mair
island and the young women were Mis-,
| Evelyn Fisher, Miss Meverette Hamilton
Miss Katherine Denning and Miss Maudc
Hammarlund. The closing firework,
piece was an American Legion set piece
showing the Legion pin and the words
American Legion.
| While the fireworks were in progress
and for some time afterwards the pavilion
was crowded at q dance, there being s,
many couples that they could not al
occupy the dance floor at one time.