New Britain herald., 1929-10-21

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 There were three coaches. each painted in gay colors and decorated outside with scenes of colonial days In this country.
 The coaches were hauled by a wood burning locomotive and each car had d wood stove going at full ? blast. There were old style oil burn ing lamps to Illuminate the cars but no illumination was needed. Uphoi- sterod seats with bronze side arms proved comfortable.
 The President and Mrs. Hoover and their hosts entered the rear coach and then moved through the train to the one immediately behind the engine and its tender, which was piled high with cordwood. The tram moved along at fair pace over the tao-milc stretch of track to the en- trance of the early American village.
 Edison Sells Fruit
 During the trip on the old train MT. Edison turned time back more than half century to re-enaCt his boyhood role of news butcher. He had 6 basket of fruit which he sold for real money, insisting on collect ing from his customers.
 Upon the arrival at smiths Creek station the President and Mrs. HooV . CT inspected the old train which is 8 reproduction of the old grand trunk train from which Mr. Edison ', in 1882 was forcibly ejected because chemicals with which he eXperi- mented in the baggage car when he was not selling newspapers in the other cars. spilled on the floor of the car, set it on fire and incensed the train crew.
 The locomotive with it's bulging smoke stack and two enormous driv- CTS was called the sam Hill' and on each side Of the headlight were the word The President" The name on the tender was Atlantic and Gulf R. R."
 The president and Mrs. Hoover then posed for pictures with the en- gineer, William T. Black, whom Mir. Hoover greeted warmly.
 MT. Hoover showed interest in a ~rearby saw mill where an old time Saw was humming as it cut up the .Hordwood length for the locomotive. ~ Receive Guests
 = Turning hack to the station, MT. and Mrs. Hoover received the dis 1inguished guests who had been in Sited here by MT Ford for the gold -an jubilee celebration. They includ- ed Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of the General Electric Com -pany, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Gov -ernor Fred w. Green of Michigan, and several others,
 - Then there was an inspection of -Fed brick station. brought intact from it's original site not far from Port Huron on the Port Huron De- troit route. It was at this station that Edison was discharged as a news boy and began his career as .A telegrapher.
 The railroad station is at the end of a winding road running at right angles from the village green.
 Start for Detroit
 ' Deferring an inspection unti slater in the day. the president and Mrs. Hoover with their posts and Others of the reception committee drove to the Ford home about a mile away before starting on the drive to Detroit to be received by Gov. Green and Mayor Lodge at the city hall.
 A drizzling rain fell throughout the reception at the Smiths Creek station and the president left off his formal clothes. wearing a dark grey overcoat and a pearl gray fe- dora hat. Mir. Edison wore a black derby with black overcoat, while MT. Ford had his usual gray soft bat and light gray coat
 - As the party started for the Ford nome, the president and Mrs Hoover entered town car with Mir. and Mrs. Edison. Mrs. Hoover relinquished her place on the back .seat for the famous inventor, whc rode beside the president, with Mrs -foover and Mrs. Edison on the Folding seats in front.
 --, As an added feature of the cern. -snonies tonight, MT. Edison. after returning from the laboratory where he will re-cnact the perfection Of 1he lamp, will touch q button that 7wiil light a large beacon in East Orange, N. J. The beacon is to stand as a perpetual monument 10 himself On the original site of his laborator, where the incandesccnt lamp way born. The beacon is q tribute tc Edison by the Edison pioneers who worked with him in the early days.
 The beacon is an enormous bull IT feet high, inside Of which are 60l incandescent lamps,
 Many Noted Guests
 -- Among the noted guests who havt Accepted invitations 10 tn, ceremonies are Madame Marie Nurie. co-discOvorer Of radium -Qrylilc Wright, Owen D -&oung, who will be toast. master at the dinner; Charles G ~lawes. ambassador to Great Brit 7AA' Nharl"S M. SChWab, iron mas Yer: John D Rockefeller, Jr.: Dr William Mayo, James W. Good. sec .retary Of war, A3olph S. Ochs, pub rlishers Of he New York Times; P H. Crowley president Of the Nev .Tork Central; General W. ". At terbuy president of the Pennsyl ,Nanla railroad; L. r. Loree, presi ,dent of the Delaware and Hudson Daniel Willard, president of the Bal -timore and Ohio.
 -, After th" parade through down town Detroit, President Hoover vii return 10 the Ford home for lunch von and will he present at the r. turn this afternoon Of the airpluuc -completing the national air tou 4 inc Ford oFrrprt