The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-28
EVERYTHING SET FOR
BIG CELEBRATION
Pennington Baseball Team will Play
Against Boston University
Summer School Nine

During the week several important
features have been added to the al
ready elaborate plans for Skowhegan's
Big Fourth of July Celebration. With
the event well advertised throughout
northern and central Maine, many
thousands are expected to be present
and enjoy the communitys hospitali-
ty on that day.
One of the latest additions to the
program Is The Bonnettes who are
well known to the advanced genera
ton. Their acts consist of a balloon
ascension and Whirling Slide for
Life. They have made over 1000
successful ascensions in the course
of their thirty years in the business
and have appeared at the Bangor Fair
for twenty-five seasons. In the slide
for life act the performer glides down
a 500 foot steel cable suspended by
teeth. While sliding up he gives a
trapeze exhibition. This act featur-
ed two seasons at Paragon Park In
Boston. A snappy baseball game is
assured for the committee have been
successful in lining up Pennington
against the Boston University Sum-
mer school nine. This will undoubt-
edly be one of the fastest games ever
seen here. These attractions added
to the big parade, street sports, horse
races, band concerts, fireworks, Ford
section and many other minor events
will make up a program replete with
everything that is necessary for a
grand old-fashioned celebration.
The American Legion will serve an
out-of-doors dinner Nothing but the
best of yituals will be used and it Is
understood they are making plans to
feed 1900. They will charge a mod
crate fee and the profits, II any, will
go into the treasury. Don't bring a
lunch. Give the boys a lift.
The following is the program. Clip
1t out and send it to friends and rela-
tives who live out of town, urging
them to be present on that day.
There will be an early morning sa-
lutte and band concerts at s a. m. in
the band stand on Russell street and
at the Municipal building. Street
sports will commence at on Water
street. The great slide for life act
Is scheduled to take place at 10.45.
Eleven O'Clock the parade will start
at the corner of Bush and Water
streets, passing up Madison, up Elm,
down Pleasant and up Madison street,
breaking ranks in the vicinity OF the
car barn. On the morning Of the
Fourth. programs will be distributed
showing formation of parade. Then
comes the big dinner served by the
Legion boys at the Park, whore, at 2
p. m, prizes for street sports will be
awarded. The principle features at
the Park consist of horse racing, base
ball and the balloon ascension. In
the evening, at the fair grounds,
there will be a grand display of fire.
works and 9 band concert. No charge
whatsoever for the evenings enter
tainment. Lakewood also has a fine
evenings program, there being a pre-
sentation of one of the seasons most
popular stage productions "The Bad
Man both afternoon and evening,
dancing all the afternoon and evening
and free display of fireworks.
There is to be no parking of auto
mobiles in Railroad Square on Water
street from the square to bridge over
North Channel and from Water to
Russell streets on Madison avenue,
until after the parade.