The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-05
THOUSANDS IN SK0WHEGAN YESTERDAY FOR THE GRAND OLD
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION
Band Concerts and Wonderful Parade During the Forenoon
Thousand at Fairvew Park for Races and Ball Game

tered fans to the on-lookers. The
Mills market float carried an enor-
nous stuffed steers head and was
we'll gotten up with numerous trap
pings suggestive of the day and oc-
casion.
One of the fine floats was the j. IL.
Grundy, brick mason, outfit. This
showed several masons and brickword
partially completed.
A real COW did her part in the par
ade by being attached to the Show
hegan Jersey Creamery float, the
animal bearing noticeable ad for
the Wentworth & Plummer Insurance
Co on her fanciful blanket. The
Holt & Hight float was one of the big
features of the day, bearing huge
elephant with attendants of circus
day time and drawn by tractor.
The float from the Ordway store
was unusually beautiful in design and
coloring. 1t represented scene in
an Oriental harem in which Miss
christine Bisson as the lady of the
harem in gorgeous srobes was being
shown different articles from the
Ordway store by her three maids.
These were the Misses Mildred Fox,
Marie Bisson and Agnes Cockburn
dressed in pink, blue and lavender.
Nubian slaves in quite as gorgeous
trappings were in attendance. George
Hawes, Edward Merrill, Stanley and
Edward Castle serving in this capa-
city. The float itself was in deep
blue elaborately trimmed with ever
green and magnificent golden poppies,
many oriental rugs being used in the
fittings. The arrangements of this
float and costumes were directed by
Miss Pauline E. Oak. 1t was drawn
by four horses wearingNthe beautiful
blankets of oriental days.
Just following the Ordway float was
Dr. l.. A.. Dascombe driving his "11th
Buick" This was a part of the Holt
& Hight exhibit and quantities OF
Bucks followed In different styles
and makes. This group included
the Murtha car from Moose River,
which was splendidly gotten up, the
Central Maine Power Co. car, and
r. T. Patterns car which supported a
Kennebec Canoe, draped in bright
bunting Smiths Music Store was
represented by decorated truck
which furnished pian0o music as ii
moved along and the Clough Motor
Co. with Packard and Oldsmobile cars,
added quantity and surely quality to
the long lines.
The Fords for which a variety of
prizes were awarded were mirth pro-
voking in the extreme. There were
all kinds, shiny bright new ones, old
ones which demonstrated the lasting
power and endurance of a popular
make, touring cars and sedans, We
hcles filled with families and some
of the first Fords ever turned out by
the great fiancier. This part of the
parade only needed the presence OF
one more feature, Henry Ford him
self to make it the most successful
Ford show in the state. The Fire
Department float, fresh in its red
paint and bright nickle with the
colors of the day much in evidence
followed by more Fords concluded
this long parade, the like of which
has seldom been seen in this county.
OF course every car or float could
not be enumerated but the Reporter
can congratulate every contributor
to this event whether described in de-
tail or not and thank Sherm Shumway
for his splendid achievement as
chairman of the parade committee
for the people of Somerset.
The following awards were made
in the forenoon sports:
100 yard dash-Emile DiOnne, list;
A. p Schoolman Camp Modin), I'd i;
Herman Tracy, Sd.
Three legged race, 100 yards
Horwitz and Hipley, 1st; Schoolman
and Israel I'd: Tracy and Dionne, Sd.
Sack race, so yards-Israel, 1st;
L. Dionne, I'd; +. Dionne, Sd.
Wheelbarrow race, 100 yards-E.
Dionne and Perkins, 1st; F. Dionne
and Taylor, I'd; Israel and Rathen-
field, Sd.
Running backward-F. Dionne, 1st;
Lipkey and Taylor, tie for I'd.
Potato race-F. & E. Dionne, tie,
1st; Taylor, I'd
Awards in the Ford carnival were
as follows:
w. c. Foster of Augusta, oldest
Ford, 1909, $40; Mrs. Naomi Groves,
oldest woman coming in Ford car,
SO years old, $1,000; for heaviest
woman, close contest between Miss
Marion Sirois of SmithfeId and Mrs.
George Hartford of Smithfield. Miss
Sirois weighed 200 and Mrs. Hartford
weighed 2S4. Miss Sirois won the
prize of $1,000. In this car there
were four generations, the daughter
winning the prize. Mrs. Groves, who
headed the four generation, group
and who received the prize for be-
ing the oldest woman came in this
party. Miss Louise Skene of East Win
throp won the prize for having the
best decorated car. Not only was
the car attractive but likewise the
driver The auto was beautifully
trimmed and surmounted with a
huge basket of roses Andrew St.
Peter of Norridgewock won a prize
of ten dollars for bringing the larg-
est family in his Ford There were
eight in this charming group. Ches-
ter Kinney of Norridgewock had the
largest number in his car, twelve in
all and won $1,000. Much credit
is due Walter II. Hight of the firm of