Evening star., 1936-07-04
.TAKOMA SECTION
|NDAWN-T0-DUSK
FOURTH FESTIVAL
Big Parade and Athletics
in Morning and Fire.
works at Night.
CITIZENS AWAKENED
BY BOOMING CANNON
Modified Marathon for Evening
Star Trophy Features After.
Moons Program.
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

TAKOMA PARK, Md, July "A
dawn to dusk independence day COM
munity celebration began here today
with the booming of cannon at sun
rise, followed by gala parade, pa
triotic exercises and athletic events,
with a pyrotechnical display sched-
uIed at nightfall The outstanding
event on the athletic program was
the 10-mile modified marathon this
afternoon for The Evening Star
trophy.
At $50 O'clock this morning the
division parade got under way,
the route being from Piney Branch
road underpass at Chestnut, Eastern
and Takoma avenues, to Cedar street,
to Carroll street, to Carroll avenue,
turning at the firehouSe into Den
wood avenue and disbanding after
passing the reviewing stand at Phila-
delphia, Park and Maple avenues.
Leading the procession were Mary
land and District of Columbia police,
followed by A. E. Greeley, 7 feet 4
inches tall, and said to be the tallest
man in Washington, attired as Uncle
Sam, in red, white and blue uniform.
Genral Chairman Walter Trey
came next with membrs of his COM
mite, Mayor John r. Adams, Capt.
Noel S. Bacon, jr:: assistant engineer
commissioner of the District; officials
from Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties; local officials and judges of
the parade units. E. Brook Fetty was
grand marshal of the parade.
Army Band Leads.
The United States Army Band led
the first division, in charge Of Assist
ant Marshal George B. Kissinger. In
this division were soldiers from Wal
ter Reed General Hospital, Veterans
of the Civil War. United Spanish War
Veterans, Takoma Park Post v. F. w.
and auxiliary, Takoma Park Post and
Official Flag Post American Legion,
and American Legion posts from Sill
yer Spring, Bethesda, Kensington,
Gaithersburg, Hyattsville, Mou IN
Rainier and Cheverly, Md.
The second division was in charge
of Mrs. Alice M. Lyddane and con-
sisted of the following units: Takoma
Park Squadron, Sons and Daughters
of the American Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps, with Miss Betty Cava-
naugh as drum major; Sons of Ia
koma Park Post v. F. W.; Boy Scout
Troops 80, SO, and 3S; Girl Scout
Troop 120, SO. 81, so, and 81; pupils
from the J. Enos Ray School; pupils
from Philadelphia Avenue Elementary
School; Takoma Silver Spring Junior
High School Band; schoolboy patrol;
children from Trinity Episcopal
Church; boys carrying the large Amer
lean flag which was raised at IL am.
at the patriotic meeting; Hyattsville
Squadron No. %. Sons of American
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps: toy
fire wagon with Robert Bradley Peter
son and Elton Miller Peterson as fire
men,; Bethel Unit No. 2, Jobs
Daughters.
Maj. C. Leonard Boyer commanded
the third division, which consisted of
several parts of pageant.
Citizens Units Parade.
The fourth division was captained
by Ralph E. Gould and included the
following civic units: Montgomery
County Band of Sandy Spring; men,
bers of Bible classes; members Of the
various citizens associations: Young
Mems Democratic Club of Takoma
Park; Takoma Park Volunteer Fire
Department, and Robert G. Johnston
as Farmer Jones of Hicksville, Va
Miss A. Alberta Heale commanded
the fifth division, composed Of floats,
the Independence Day Athletic Com
mittee, and pupils of j. Enos Ray
School.
The sixth division was under the
direction of J. Milton Derrick, and in
cluded Laurel Squadron, Sons of
American Legion Drum and Bugle
Corps and floats.
At 10:45 o'clock a folk dance was
given by a costumed group from the
j. Enos Ray School at the intersection
Of Philadelphia, Denwood and Maple
avenues.
At IL o'clock patriotic exercises
were held from a stand erected at
Maple, Philadelphia and Denwood
avenues, with Leo A. Rover as princi-
pal speaker. Capt. Harold w. Orcutt
presided. Medals to outstanding
parading units were presented by
Caesar L. Aiello. A patriotic sketch
with Betsy Ross, Francis Scott Key
and George Washington as the princi-
pal characters was then portrayed
The flag was raised as the band played
the "Star Spangled Banner" The
salute to the flag was led by Boy
and Girl Scouts.
Big Sports Parade.
A sports parade took place at 1890
o'clock, led by the Takoma Park
Squadron, Sons of American Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps to the Whittier
street Fairgrounds and the Van Buren
street swimming pool at Takoma
Recreation Center, where swimming
meet was scheduled for pm.
At 1:50 pm. spectators lined the
sidewalk to witness the finish of the
10-mile modified marathon for The
Evening Star Trophy, at Fourth and
Van Buren streets. The D. C. A. A.
q. Trophy and the Takoma Park
Citizens Trophy 60 to the winning
team. Individual gold medals will
be awarded to the first three to fin
ish in this event; silver to the next
nine and bronze medals to all others
completing the course. The first three
District Of Columbia contestants to
finish will receive A. A. U. medals.
At the close of the marathon, trophies
and prizes were presented by Frank
s. Harris, vice chairman Of the Mara
thon Committee, from stand in the
Whittier street playground.
An open-air patriotic musical pro-
gram will take place at 1880 pm. on
the Fairgrounds at Philadelphia and
Holly avenues. The fireworks dis
play will follow at 8 o'clock on the
farm of j. Roger Hodges, on the
ridge north of the Philadelphia avenue