The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-06
Community Programs
Feature Fourth
Parades Athletic Events and Fireworks, Aid in Safe and
Sane Observance

clowns in the line. Capt William
Keaveney was grand marshal, as
sisted by Frank o. German and Will
liam J. Dillon.
A police detail and National
Guardsmen led the parade in which
some of the units included: Pequot
club, st Francis Xavier Drum corps
color guards of the Boy and Girl
Scouts. st Mary's Fife and Drum
corps, Putsic Friars, the children's
/ division, the float division, and many
| more. The prizes were given as fol-
lows:
Best mems group-Order of Red
Men, first; Putsic Friars, second.
Best boys group-Boy Scouts.
Best girls group-Girl Scouts.
Best mems costume-John Mac
Lean.
Best ladies' costume-Mrs Shelda
Steere.
Best mems comic costume-Austin
Weaver, first; Clifford Rowland, Sec
ond.
Comic ladies' costume-Mrs Ger
trude X. Lincoln, first; Barbara
Bradley, second.
Best boys comic costume-Everett
Overton, first; Billy Givar, second,
norman farnlOH, LnlrO.
Best girls comic costume-Bertha
Plaisted, first; Miss D. Gordon, Sec
ond, Marion Jines, third.
Best decorated float Parent
Teachers association, first; Bunker
Hill Literary society, second.
Best child's costume-John Ran
dolph, first; John Brophy. second.
Most comical fioat-Model Hus-
bands, first; Nifty Wits, second.
Best comic group-Bathing Beau
! eies, Horribles, second.
Special prizes for excellence of
makeup, ETC., Virginia Girtz, Rus
sell Farnoff Marshall Burns, Ruth
Stroberg, Oscar Stroberg, Kings
Daughters, r. J. Lattimer, William
Steinmetz, Mrs Little, Kings Daugh-
ters 2, Bunker Hill Future Citizens.
Mr. and Mrs Runk, Phillips Dairy
entry, Frank Pechaski, Charles Dun
can and unemployed pair Of boys.
The donors Of the various prizes
were A. r. Nastri, Co., Waterbury
Candy Co., McKesson Whittlesey Co.,
Woods Bunker Hill pharmacy, Ed
ward Real, William Wookey, d. A.
Rosow, Merkle's pharmacy, ]. c.
Sherwood, Bunker Hill Filling sta
ton, Fulton market, w. J.. Hall Co.,
Frank Pope, Proctor & Gamble, AL
len-Samsan Co., Brophy Bros, Gulf
Refining Co., Pickett Drug Co., Il. F.
Worden Co., New Haven Dairy Co.,
Darling Products Co., Paur & Hume,
ms, Economy Grocery Co., Sills's
Gas station, d. +. Beach, Gudf Re-
filming Co., Diamond Bottling Co.,
American laundry, B. M. Freeman,
White Rose market, Frank Creuss
& Sons, Standard Paper Co., Frank
Pope, Arnold & Aborn. Cities Ser
vice Refining Co, Colonial Beacon
Oil Co., Gabriel CONSTANT, Mis- Julia
Smith.
Patriotic exercises were held at
Macauley's field at the corner of
Bunker Hill avenue and Newton ter
race. Congressman Edward w. Goss,
| Controller Daniel j. Leary, Commits
sioner Charles A. Babin, Rev w.
Moreton owen and Rev James T.
Butler. During the invocation, the
crowd stood for one minute in ST.
lent tribute to former resident of
Bunker Hill, the late Supt Of Streets
Edward f. Bradley.
Edward ]. Real was chairman of
the celebration committee, c. w.
Shader president of the Bunker Hill
Improvement association and Lieut.
William J. Dillon, chairman of the
parade committee, all of whom also
spoke.
| Miss Alice Bradley took the
womens singles title defeating all
opposition with ease despite the tor
rid rays of old man Sol who blazed
down necessarily all afternoon. Clay.
ton Reichenbach COPIED the singles
title in the mems group
In the quot tournament which
was closely contested Tom Paris and
Tom Mitchell were the winners
Clarence Wells and Fred Pierpont
took second honors.
| Raymond Duncan won the fifty
yard dash for boys under IL years
of age while Mary Gunterman wor
the same in the girls division. Jack
Aubrey won the so yard dash fol
boys from II to 1G years of age
while Ruth Webb finished first ir
the girls division. The mixed shoe
race for boys was won by George
Socuy while Frances Gunterman up
held her sport reputation by win
ming it in the girls group.
Robert Coss won the novelty shoe
race while the dart throw saw Len
Wiley and George Soucy tied fol
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Matt Holloway's Warren Park team
defeated Warren Robbins Morning
side nine o to G..
Members of the Overlook Cottage
Park Community club started theil
Fourth of July observance at II
o'clock in the morning with a base
ball game at Fulton park between
the married and single men. Thu
latter were defeated II to 10. A
quoits tournament followed in which
William Mclean and Edward Ma
loney defeated John Smith ant
Merwin Whitley.
At 1890 o'clock a picnic luncl
was enjoyed in the grove back o
J the tennis courts. In the Afternoon
J more than 800 children participated
In a program of field events. Win
ners We're: Sack race for eenio