The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-01-15
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George Grassman, Kirk Grassman,
LATE Grassman, Harry Bonham, Harry
Burman, William Long and Bert Nick
erson. This made a snappy outfit and
they played well together. This start
ed to get us more members, so we
took in some learners.
1922.
Our first engagement was for Kali
mia Tribe (Red Mem of Ocean City.
They took us down to Wildwood, N. j.,
to Mummers parade. We had "a
men in line. 1t was very cold and we
had 8 drum heads to break. We got
$1,000 for going The bugles also
froze up and we had a very hard time
to play at times. This was our first
paid job and we went into the hole
heads We had a run in with the
Wildwood Band, but they did not last
long We did not have anything else
to do but practice until Decoration
Day, when we went around Cape May
County with the G. A. R. of Cape May.
The Cape May Band did not go on this
trip, as the old soldiers did not invite
them; so we went and furnished all
the music for the day. We had our
annual chicken dinner at Tuckahoe
and everything went fine all day. All
the boys that were on this trip before
were on the job again, and few more
with them, as we had "a men. The
old soldiers were pleased with the
showing and playing of the boys, and
they offered to pay us something, but
all the boys said we can give this day
to their services. They sent nice
letter of appreciation to the leader
and thanked us for the work we did
for them.
On July 4th we again paraded in
Cape May and won $500, which we
kept for ourselves, as We We're in need
of money to help pay expenses. We
had "a men. On Halloween night,
Oct 31st, we again paraded in Ocean
City. In this parade we won cups
LIST prize for greatest number in line,
LIST prize for most original dressed,
and a End prize for the best dressed
organization in line. This was a COM
bnation of the Post and Bugle and
Drum Corps We had 80 men in the
drum corps and about 25 of the post.
We made very beautiful float with
the Goddess of Liberty on it, Mrs. Ray
mond Haley being the goddess. The
judges drew straws to see if we would
get prize for this, as We had won so
many and we lost out. On the back
of this float we had sign reading,
''The Girl We Left Behind" 1t won
applause all along the line. We felt
very proud OF the nights work, as we
had worked hard to get what we had
IN line. Some of the organizations
that tried to win but failed got very
angry with lis, and have done every
thing since to knock us If they can.
At the regular meeting of the post the
matter was taken up about the CORD
work Mrs. Haley did for the post, as it
was a very tiresome job standing like
statue all the time SO the boys
got d silver tray, and presented it to
her at the meeting Soon after this
big night we got together and talked
about getting new uniforms and what
style we wanted. Leader virgins
wrote out specifications on the suit
that we now have and sent them to
different uniform houses in Philadel-
phia, and Jacob Reeds Sons were the
ioweet Sid1er3. They as.-etLe. mi
form complete, which consisted of cap,
coat pants, belt, breast cord and bugle
cord-33 uniforms for $94225 The
boys got busy and began to get dona-
tons from different organizations to
help pay for the uniforms These
came up very slim We took a note
out with the Trust Company and this
helped out a lot These uniforms We're
delivered to us December 25th, 1922
| christmas morning..
Our first parade in the new uni
forms was at Atlantic City, Jan. LIST,
1928 (Mummers parade). We entered
into this parade on our own hook, as
We did not have our name entered.
We went over ON the Shore Fast Line
and got out at the Pennsy station, and
went down Atlantic ave. and got into
a side street and formed. When the
parade came along the marshal of it
saw us and made room in the centre
of it for us. We won a Silver Loving
J Bowl and check for $500, and we
were very we'll pleased with our trip
We had 80 men in line.
1923.
The parade in Atlantic City made
quite hit for this corps, as the boys
looked fine in their uniforms of blue
On April 9th we went to Philadel
phia with the Ocean City Boosters
We formed at 9th st. and Asbury ave
and marched down to the Reading de-
pot, where we had a special train for
Camden. AS we got out at the termi
nal we lined up and played going on
1.-The ferry boat. The High Speed Read
| ing Band was there to greet us, but