Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-11
Waterville Hoping
For Suitable
Carnival Weather

| The Carnival is going to be run
or according to the schedule plan
ned. whether 1t is warm or cold.
whether it SHOWS or rains, even II
' we have to go up to the park in rub
! Der boots" was the answer of Pres
ldent A. F. Cyr of the Community
! service, when he was asked yester-
day whether or not the warm wea-
! ther would affect the plans made
| for today and tomorrow.
Mr.. Cyr was very optimistic about
the weather. He was of the opinion
that the fog would lift and the air
i become colder. An inspection Of the
i ice made yesterday showed that the
| surface was in good condition and
| could be used for skating even then.
; Just little more chill in the air
! and conditions will be ideal for the
/ carnival.
, The program will begin this after
noon at. o'clock, when the young
folks will go from school to the park
-, and enjoy the program Of sports that
has been arranged for them. Chair
man George Hendricks of the gen.
: eral committee and Chairman Vale
! of the sports committee have had
many entries handed to them and it
is assured that all events will have
enough contestants to make them
4, interesting.
The races and contests Of the af-
ternoon will be trials and the finals
| in each event will be run off at 1880
Thursday afternoon.
This evening will occur the car
/ nival parade. which will be followed
b. fancy skating contest and gen.
eral skating at the rink.
The toboggan chute will be in
81, t.,
usual big crowd will climb the hill
for the slides down.
Participants for the carnival par
ade will assemble at Castonguay
Square this evening at $50. The
parade will start at o'clock. Drew's
Waterville. band will have car and
good music for the hike to the rink
will be furnished.
Chairman John r. Hill of the par
ade committee wants a large num-
Der of people, young and not so
young, to march to the rink. There
will be red fire and torches and any
novelties that will lend color to the
march are solicited.
Three snowmobiles will be on hand
and If any have skis and would like
to be hauled up the street, all they
have to do is to catch hold Of the
ropes to be provided and thus save
the effort of motion.
The march will be right up Main
street, College avenue, to Abbott
street, where the mark is located.
Marchers will be admitted to the
park free of charge.
"Join in" is the invitation Of Chief
Marshal Hill. 1.-THE more the mer-
rier."
Several couples have been practic-
ing the twists and turns incidental
to fancy skating and will compete at
the rink, after the parade. for the
gold prizes offered by the Ticonic
Notional Bank. There are many
good fancy skaters in this vicinity
and some of the best will be seen
this evening.
Then the ice and toboggan slide
will attract many and there will be
plenty of fun watching these per-
formers,
Everybody is waiting expectantly
to see the work of the professional
artists who are to appear Thursday
afternoon and evening. The fancy
skaters, Miss Frieda Peterson and
Miss Lora Jean Carlisle. are high
class performers and form the most
spectacular team of skaters in Am
erica. Their exhibition consists of
the most difficult and daring figures
possible on steel blades. Their in
dividual work Is attractive enough.
but when they pair up" they are
said to be wonderful.
Miss Peterson is considered by ex-
perts to be one of the most graceful
skaters in the world. She is
thorough artist of the most intricate
fundamentals of the blades as well
as the more dashing, more thrilling
to 90 univ ojrI in f1e
world today with the strength and
ability to spin her partner.
Miss Carlisle ranks high in the
skating world and her solo exhibts