Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04
TAKOMA CITIZENS
STAGE BIG FOURTH
Pageant, Parade and Other
Features Mark Annual OBJ
ServanCe in Suburb.

| Dy Dugler at the intersection OF Iullp
and Maple avenues, and the patriotic
parade, with its numerous floats, moved
along Maple avenue to Carroll street.
to Cedar street, to Piney Branch road
to Dahlia street, where 1t disbanded on
the grounds of the Takoma Park, D. c.,
School.
| The spectacle represented THE His
tory of Our Flag" written and di-
rected by Mrs. Paul v. Tuttle.
The parade was led by the United
States Army Band, Capt. Curtis D. AL
way, commanding; Capt. w. J. STAN
i ard, director, and W. S. Ross, drum
major. In the line of march also was
the newly uniformed Victory Post Drum
and Bugle Corps of the American Le-
! gion Department of the District of Co
lumbia and the Scottish Bagpipe Band.
Herbert Walton Rutledge was in charge
| of the parade arrangements.
Seven Units In Parade.
The parade was divided into seven
units. the first comprising an escort of
mounted police from the thirteenth
precinct. Maryland State police, fol-
! lowed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
| Grand Army of the Republic, United
Confederate Veterans and other Amer
lean war veterans; Richard Trey, repre-
O.,
as Miss Columbia. and THE Living
Flag" directed by Mrs. Bessie N. Wild.
The second and third divisions repre-
| sented Pre- Revolutionary Flags" the
| former division being directed by NJ C.
! Taft and the latter by Mrs r. j. Speir
The features in the second division
! were THE Vikings" leader. Mrs. M j.
r. Roller; Christopher Columbus, -"
leader, r. X. Martin; 1.-THE Cabot
Brothers" Capt John Smith," leader.
Miss Bessie Shaw: Hendrix Hudson"
| leader. Mrs. M. c. Taft: Roger Will
| liams." leader. Mrs. j. S. Burrows;
Harvard College" leader. Prof. A. w.
Werline: THE Gutenberg Press" lead
err, E. l.. Richmond; The Red Cross. p"
| by the Washington Sanitarium, leader,
! Mrs. S. A. James.
The third division was headed by the
Scottish Bagpipe Band, followed by
The Dutch In New York" leader. Mrs
| R. B. Holmes; THE Pilgrims in New
England" by the Camp Fire Girls,
leader. Miss Harriet Bugbee; William
Penn in Pennsylvania" leader. Mrs E.
E. Jester: THE French In Louisiana, :"
leader, Mrs. T. S. Troy: THE Boston
Tea Party" leader, Mrs. L. S. Sasser;
Benjamin Franklin" leader, Mrs r.
C. Hardin; 1.-THE Thirteen Colonies"
kedQpE, MISS margaret oDeH.
The fourth division represented THE
Cambridge Flag" and was under the
direction of Mrs, Leon C.. Hills This
division comprised Paul Revere" lead
er, Miss Mary Louise Blake; The Cam
bridge Flag" leader. Frederick Roberts;
THE Spirit of l776," by Frederick
Johnston. John Matson and David Nell
lis: Colonial Danes" Molly Pitcher. by
Ruth Ellis; Lydia Darrah, by Doris
Johnston: Elizabeth Zane. by Irene
Gould: Mrs. Mary Lee. by Norma Hill,
| and Hannah Dustin. by Dorothy Evans:
Bunker HILL" leader, Joseph Wilson:
John Paul jones'" leader, Mrs. Mar
garet Dodge: Signing the Declaration
Ellis; "The Thirteen States" leader,
| BY Miss Marjorie Lee Adams. leader.
| James M r. Adam, and Maryland, My
Maryland" leader, Mrs. Ellsworth
/ Quinter.
Betsy Ross Flag"
| The fifth division. THE Betsy Ross
Flag" was directed by Horace W. Whit
taken with Betsy Ross represented by
Miss Betsy Ross of Takoma Park. lead
er. Mrs Ross: 1.-The Early Swedish I'M
migrants" leader. J. C. Sherbahn; The
First Presidents Oath" leader. Mrs.
Roy G. Yates, and Western Expan-
sion," leader, Mrs. Joseph F. Smith.
| The sixth division was The Fifteen
Schnabel: the representations covering
THE First Railway in America" The
Iron Horse Goes West" by Herbert WAL
ton Rutledge. jr.: leader, Mrs. H. w.
Rutledge: 1.-THE Pony Express" leader.
Miss Mildred K. Smith: Barbara
Fritchie' and Discovery of Gold in
California"
The seventh division represented
'The Flag Of Today" and was directed
by Mrs. A. Owen Penney. The fea-
lures included THE Alaska Purchase.
leader. Mrs; w. H. Leavitt; The
Statue of Liberty" leader. Mrs r. A.
Turner; THE First Bicycle" by Edwin
Dietz, leader, Mrs. o. E. Dietz: ''Theo-
dore Roosevelt" leader. Mrs. w. E.
Neff; Young America" led by Uncle
Sam. William Giltin. years old:
Admiral Dewey at Manila" leaders,
| Mr.. Alexander and Mrs Moore; "Peary
at the North Pole" leaders. Mrs Russell
Krout and Mrs. Roy q. Pierce; I'm
Flanders Field" leaders. Misses Miller
and Manning. Victory Post Drum and
Bugle Corps, of the American Legion:
We" by Robert Smith, High School
|
manding, and the Takoma Park Volun-
teer Fire Department.
| The parade committee arranged a
grand revue which took place at 1915
with the human flag on the grounds
of the Takuma Park D. G. Public School,
| At 10 80 o'clock the assemhlage gathered
on Piney Branch road at Dahlia street,
where patriotic exercises were held
with Dr. C. c. Galloway presiding.
Selections we're rendered by the U. S.
Army Band, followed by the invocation
by Rev. Christian M. Young. rector OF
the Takoma Park Protestant Episcopal
Church, and a vocal solo by William e,
Braithwaite.
Former Representative Speaks.
Arthur Bradley White recited 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" after which
william E. Andrews. former Represen-
| tative In Congress from Nebraska, de-
| livered the principal address of the
day. The program concluded with the
singing of America" accompanied by
the Army Band. At noon daylight
fireworks were set of ard then the
District Municipal Fairgrounds at
| Fourth and Whittier streets.
| At o'clock this afternoon O street
| flag was to be presented by the Takoma
Park District of Columbia Citizens As
ISOLATION to the playground. AT these
exercises E. ]. Hibbs was presiding offi-
Ger, with Martin r. Iyerson as marshal
The program called for Assembly" to
be sounded by q bugler from Troop 33,
Boy Scouts OF America, after which Rev.
william r. La Rue. pastor OF the Ia
koma Park Baptist Church. was to pro-
nounce the Invocation, followed by the
raising Of the flag. while the Army Band
| played STARS and Stripes Forever"
DR.. .. NJ Shoemaker, past president
| OF the association. was to present the
| flag with brief address. to be followed
| by reciting the pledge to the flag and
acceptance Of the flag by Miss Olyve