Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01

sS4nost attractive floats, the best appear
%,7ne company, the most comical act
land the other superlative phases.
- Interspersed 50 closely that tneiE
music clashed at times was more tnan
a score of bands, fife and drum corps
<.ar,Im and bugle corps and otner muSl-
&ai groups. Prominent among these, IN
Tradition to the Navy Band was the
Marine Band, which preceded the ap-
Enroach of Miss Mildred Bargagni, pretty
Laughter of the parade marshall VINO
WAS hostess of the occasion.
- The volunteer companies from sur
Bounding States made an impressive
E.showing and won continuous applause
from the thousands OF men, Mome ~ 1 tha
E,chiIdren who fianked both sides OF the
Route.
and added the indispensable touch OF
@sex appeal" The spectators gave the
>riris q big hand all along the line OF
march.
= Truck Causes Laughter.
widespread laughter was caused by q
.silanidafed '.limping' truck, represent
Z ing the Harrisonburg, Va, department.
a rear wheel, badly smashed, caused
Sfhe apparatus to gyrate down the ave.
niue. "Doing our part toward drougnt
relief" read o banner atop the trucn,
IL one of the most interesting rencs
IN the procession was O rescue nose
q conpany piece from QrencastIe, Pa
<T-he oueer device was manufactured IN
<174i and has seen service IN numerous
eastern cities, including Baltimore.
- The Auxiliary Of Seat Pleasant, Mo.,
some 10 or IL women strong: rooe ~
large machine decorated WIN = snVer
Horseshoe. - -
AMONG the bands was that Of the
E-Relief Fire Company OF Mount HOLY,
81 II This organization was formed IN
<77s2 and is said to have been one OF
the first fre-fghting apparatus IN TINS
Z country. .
s.eided by a delegation Of more than Q
q score OF fremen from Beverly, ~. y.
S-They played accordions, touch Of the
sSprosaic being added by several drum
W A group of beautiful girls, dressed in
= striped overalls and white nlouses,
kraced the float OF the Galtnerspurs
81 and washington Grove volunteer 0e-
Z Bartments.
& Fire Boat Represented.
~ nautical touch was injected into
= the scheme OF things by the washing
ton FIRE boat. Its float consisted OF 9
y model three-masted trawler mounted
Oh
Il boat was named Sverige" which
means Miss Sweden"
Three attractive Virginia girls, cas-!
I'm the role Of japanese maidens, seemed
n enioy themselves in their Oriental
Enarden mounted on q noat.
= Some two dozen firemen OF Harrison-
Ebure, Va, provided the horsepower
|. aor an ancient pumper originally places
IN service in 1925 and stan IN use. Lii
l~xyfN famous
FEC SgSsisV00a A0'si me = - :,
- Stealing some Of the thunder OF
Amos and Andy, group OF hremen o.
NO. 7 Engine Company, washington
Their faces BACKED In the approved
minstrel-show fashion, were percneo
E.on q float labeled tine DarKpo"I
Reskue Squad"
Hammer which flew above o truckload o
Z bows. representing the nearby MaryIans
sayiy decorated truck Of No.
Y -Conpany. washington, which won tns
|. speed contest Of 1929 by leaving Ns
= quarters In 1875 seconds, participated
! an the parade. =,
tPrussian soldiers in the World War wer'
the most prominent parts Of the uni
forms of the Chambersburg, Pa, nre
men. represented by q drill team ant
IN marching squad.
- Mascot Gets Ovation.
~ Thomas Pew, IT., a 4-year -old full
%6edred fire figlster from Salem, N. j.
Although the smallest unit Of the parade
|Esreceiyed one Of the biggest ovations
Tom was mascot Of the Salem Fir
y Company.
- The Kensington, Md, Company wa!
an attraction with its tall, bunting
sfiraped ladder and its decorated "fir'
y plug" each carried by members OF tn
/ - The Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Takom'
PARK, Md. Fire Company had al
4 attractive float.
" Sparkling in its new nickel and paint
S<sthe big portable hospital OF Fir
RESCUE Squad No. / aroused interes
4 and admiration. The equipment in
\ = Guided everything from acetylene torche
and life buoys to inhalators and iodine
II GOV. Ritchie and Gov. Pollard ar
rived at Peace Monument early an
4 3 left their machines to mingle with tn
*s-<naraders and spectators to await tn
( sS@start of the procession. AS they wan
sdered among the crowds the Governor
were proflise in greetings TO friend
they recognized and 70 the sweiterin
& Ia keep the waiting crowds back Of tn
curb lines.
AmbuIances on Scene.
s<, The waiting moments were marke
also by the arrival Of Casualty an
emergency Hospital ambulances, whic
took up sentry duty TO await cal
(which the mounting temperatur
seemed certain to warrant. Shortl
after It's arrival, Q Casualty Hospiti
attache rendered first aid TO . victir
I Il sD Wse siabOr.' day for the police i