Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
A GOOD CELEBRATION
American Legion Put Over a
Splendid Program on the
Fourth.


Fourth.
The members of Frederic Walsh
Post American Legion are to be
complimented upon the very cred
table celebration put on in Eagle
River the Fourth.
Putting on a Fourth of July
celebration nowadays is worse
than trying to- run circus with
out pink lemonade and an ele-
plant; it is necessary to have
some element of attraction in or
der to hold the fnicky crowd
which nowadays is fed up on
thrills and ev'rything. Taking
away the noisy frecracker and it's
companions in deviltry the storpe-
does and giant crackers, one is
sure UP against it to properly en-
terrain the kid Of 1924.
Years ago when the present old
timer was barefoot kid if he was
given a ten-cent piece, or if his
dad was we'll to do, would be slip
ped two bits for his spending for
the Fourth celebration-thi kid
was a millionaire and had it all
over the poor cuss who was even
shy on a nickle to buy a bunch
of fire crackers. Give the pres
ent-day kid two bits for a wad to
celebrate on and he would have
fit. Now if dad gets off under a
five spot for his man-child on the
Nations birthday, he is indeed
lucky. Times have changed, and
so have the kids.
They are men in mind but child
rem in physique; with a hobby
little fapper pasted on their arm
and a car to drive, whereineck
would the old man get with his
meagre donation. Wouldn't he be
laughed out of countenance and
made come across" with a wad
equal to his sons imagination.
The present American kid is fed
up with calliopes, merry go-rounds,
hurdy- gurdy's and baby fire crack
ers, half of which are "fizzers."
Member way back how you would
break "dud" cracker in half, slip
up behind another kid who was
bending over and touch off the
powder near the seat of his pants?
Oh, Boy. Them were the days
when most every kid was laid up
for weeks after the Fourth with
scorched face and burned and sore
fingers and possibly, per h a p s
most generally with a couple
black eyes and some of the epider-
mis- rubbed off his face when he
lay onto some kid bigger than he
was.
With a program of the usual
Fourth stunts the celebration here
passed very entertainingly. The
/ ball game in the afternoon be-
tween Neopit's Indians and Eagle
River was fair to middlin' and re-
suited in victory for Eagle River
by a 6-3 score. The infield of the
home team was composed OF
young timber and their work was
very creditabIe. The outfield with
the older heads braced up the
weak spots and cleaned the Indians
nicely from winning.
In the evening there was staged
a wrestling match between Gra-
ham of Crandon and Mcmillan of
Eagle River. Graham is said to be
| in the professional class and is a
mighty good mat man. Mcmillan,
Whose home is really not Eagle
River is a college athlete and is
scienced in the art of wrestling to
such an extent that he took the
first and last falls in two-out-of-
three match. Fans claim it was a
thrilling bout while it lasted and
both men were artists in their
class.
The usual fireworks and dance
closed the day. 1t is such days as
these that draw closer together
the American people who once
leach year for over hundred years
have met and celebrated the birth
of the best Nation on earth.
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