Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-07-07
FOURTH OF JULY
ELLSWORTH ENTERTAINED BIG
CROWD ON MONDAY

CROWD ON MONDAY
Auto Parade and Sports in the Fore
noon-Great Racing at Wyman
Park in Afternoon
Ellsworth's Fourth of July cele-
bration, under the auspices of the
chamber of commerce, cooperating
with the Hancock County Fair AS
ISOLATION, was a big success. The
downtown streets were filled with
visitors and automobiles all the fore
noon, and. big crowd assembled at
Wyman Park in the afternoon, to
winess some of the best horse rae
ing seen at this track in years. City
| Marshal Stuart and his extra force
of policemen kept traffic moving
without confusion, and not even a
minor accident was recorded for the
| day.
The program opened with con-
| cert by the Machias band in post
|
waiting for the automobile parade,
| the feature of the forenoon, the
minor sports furnished fun for the
spectators and for the boys partici-
pating in the mad scramble for
prizes.
THE AUTOMOBILE PARADE.
Many prettily-decorated cars were
| entered in the automobile parade.
The Machias band, Safe police and
the Ellsworth fire truck led the line.
| The most elaborate float in the
line, and the only one entered by
fraternal organization, was that OF
the Knights of Columbus, decorated
by Albert H. Davis. 1t represented
| in tableau Columbus returning 70
the Court of Spain. The characters,
of course, were in costume. 1t was
an excellent piece of work. 1t was
awarded the first prize of $25.
For business floats Elmer r.
Rowe Chevrolet cars) received
first prize; The Ellsworth American,
| second prize, and the Milliken-
Tomlinson Co. third.
The Rowe car that was awarded
the prize, one of four Chevrolets in
and blue, with large~daisies on the
sides. Little Margaret Rowe,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Rowe,
sat on the hood of the car and threw
smiles and daisies to the crowd.
Red, white and blue were the
colors of The American float, Wn1cn
was decorated by Chandler Rich
mond of The American stan.
Duplicaes of the paper were arrang-
ed on the sides, across the front
large facsimile of the heading OF the
paper, and the dates, 1S54-l926,
showing the age of the paper
The Milliken-Tomlinson float was
attractively decorated in blue ana
white. A fine assortment OF canned
goods was displayed. TWO little
girls sitting beneath an umprella
added to the effect.
For business cars, D. e. Lime
hans Chryslers were awarded nrst
Mace. Mr.. Linnehan had six we'll
decorated cars in the line. The
Standard Oil Co. secured second
honors. No third award was given.
Mrs. Agnes Royal of Pittsfield was
awarded first prize for out-of-toWh
private cars. For in-town cars MISS
Charlotte Sawyer received hrst'
prize, Mrs. Earle Smith, second, ana
Horace Grindle third.
Others in the parade were tho
Riverside Tea Room, ELLSWORTH
Motor Co. Quick cars), Shapiro's
Sample Shop, Morang-Robinson 90.
Hincoln carr, A. N. Dority cover
land and Willys-Knight cars),
par Harbor Motor Co. (Cadil-
lac. Dodge, Nash and Ajax
cars), H. Blaine Davis (building sup
plies), C. S. Johnston, Whitcomb,
HAYNES & Whitney, l.. E. Treadwell
International Harvester co.,,
Morang-Robinson Co. (Ford car and
Fordson tractor), Eugene Higgins,
Surry Road dog kennels.
The G. A. r. men were guests or
n r Linnehan in one of his Chryl-
| Ter cars.
The judges of the parade were
Mrs. Harry Lamster, Mrs. Roswell
| Murch and Louis G. Sturtevant.
AFTERNOON AT WYMAN PARK.
The horse racing at Wyman PARK
in the afternoon furnished the best
sport of this kind seen at this track
| in a long time. There was pig
crowd in attendance, and 1t Is pleas
ing to record the fact that 1t was a
| financial success for the Hancock
County Fair Association.
There were three races on the
card, and the drivers were driving
to win. There were some exciting
finishes. The free-for-all class went
to five heats, and the 2.3O class TO
four. Following is a summary
FREElFOR-ALL.
Irish Voter, Big, by John
/ N. McKerron (Jordan) 1
Justice Belle, BIN, (Hup-
peri 50 l 2
Little Direct, Big,
fcetcbelD 2 3 70