Phillips County herald., 1923-07-05
CELEBRITIES
!. The GREAT NATIONAL
| HOLIDAY ROYALTY
FINE DAY DRAWS LARGE CROWD
TO HoLYokE-ovER THREE
THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE
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People From Radius of Hundred
Miles Here to See Big Program
Put on = Fine Sports

The grand and glorious" Fourth
was celebrated in Holyoke last We'd
nesday, not only by Holyoke people,
but from all appearances, by three
fourths of this section of the country.
From early morning until late at night
the streets were crowded with an
ever-moving throng of people, eager to
spend the day "celebratun." Main
street was gayly decorated in bunting
and flags, which, added to the displays
in the various store windows and the
decorations put out by the business
houses. made Holyoke look at its best.
The local celebration under the aus
pices of the Holyoke Post, American
Legion, began at ten o'clock with the
parade which passed from the depot
up to the Christian church and back.
The band with Mr.. Olmstead as Uncle
Sam. for leader, lead the procession
up main street Several beautiful
floats and a number of finely decora.
ted automobiles took part in the par
ade. First prize for the floats went
to Morgan G. Castle, the float being
symbolic of peace and was very
beautiful in its white streamers and
its group OF children. The second
prize was given to Colver Bros. for
their large float with its mounted ami
mails and display Of various kinds Of
fire arms. Orin Fletcher's sedan, gay
ly decorated with red. white and blue
streamers took first prize in the auto
mobile class. while Henry Gasserts
Buick roadster. decorated very prst-
ttiy. won the second prize. Taken ~
together. the pdfade was very good
altho rather short.
Immediately following the. parades
various races and stunts were held In
the street, perhaps the funniest ono
being the capturing of the creased
pig. One block OF main street vas
roped OF for these stunts and also for
the booths and dancing pavilion, that
we're erected in the street.
Many people brought lunches and
ate their noon meal on the court house
lawn. as well as In other .snsdy 'Apots
about town. The band fufnishsd. an
enjoyable concert during ,t6b, noon
hour. go
The afternoon began with ball
games and horse races at the fair
grounds. In the double-header ball
game. Hoiyoke won from Haxtun by
a to l score. but Imperial retaliated
by shutting Holyoke out In a. 3 TO 0
game. The horses. four in number.
were mighty good and evenly matched
the majority OF the horses being local
stock. The aeroplane made flights all
during the afternoon and furnished
thrills for the crowd which packed tho
grandstand and Allied cars parked all
aroTnd the race track.
In the evening. the band concert
drew crowds OF people TO the court
house lawn. glad to enjoy the cool eve
ming after the hvat OF the day. Fol-
lowing the concert came the dancing
on the pavilion In the street where a
fine dance was held tho remainder Of
the evening. music being furnished by
the Bunch orchestra. Fireworks were
displayed at the High School and. thus
furnished the customary ending for
our great national holiday.
The weather. although the heat wss
rather oppressive. was ideal and un-
doubtediy helped make the day a suc-
cess. There were between 1900 and
400 persons who went into the Fair
Grounds besides almost half that num-
bcr who witnessed the doings from the
north aide OF the grounds on the out
side. aud yet the streets In town had
their share OF the cruSd, During the
nyrniug the number must have reach
I'd and passed the 1900 mark Taken
altogether. ths American Legion has
mads a decided success IN their effort
TO help the community celebrate the
Fourth. Almost everybody has big
praise for the program aud the way
things were carried out, and dcalre
to have Holyokr celebrate again.