The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-11

isted men of the 372nd Battalion
cheefy farewell to the officers and en-
tile monster parade was arrayed in
gaia atlre before the Armorv as the
guest OF honor took his position in the
o1lclal car closely escorted bv his ner-
sonal bodyguard, Special Officer Har-
yey Iates the procession was
headed by silver police radio car
whose siren blasted the night for
through Iratilc next came the
glorious 3l2nd Infantry military band.
Respondent in parade dress, ledbv SGT,
nay sheldon and playing both popular
ana martial airs along the route
then came the Rochester Fan Club of
a hundred eXuberant youths bearing
placards of welcome to be followed bv
Che oiflclal car bearing the movie star
ana MS wife together with Mavor
Sparrow and Harvey Yates fanked on
each side by Police Sergeants William
Taylor and Francis Wilson in full uni
form while Committee members TUvs-
ses emerson and yours truly marched
DraVely alongside . then came ano-
ther guest car piloted by Committee
man John Mcllvaine who suuired the
queens of Beauty Leonice Terrell.
Barbara Holt and Leah Amado who
MADE a gorgeous setting of feminine
pulchritude for the occasion the
remainder of the parade was a line of
cars containing local celebrities and
well-Wlshers boys on bicycles es-
corted the procession flying torches of
red and green fire from their handle
bars while thousands of the assembled
populace lined Columbus Avenue in a
spirit OF awe -. the marchers turned
INTO our Great White Way and pande-
monium reigned all along the route.
screaming and cheering spectators.
young and old continually broke
through police lines and rushed over
TO grasp the hand of Rochester who
6eamed and waved his cowboy hat to
his public E. at the old Tuxedo June
ton, corner of Massive and Columbus
the mob went out of control and
surged around the guest car the
gendarmes waved their truncheons
and the committee members held on
to the door handles for dear life as the
band kept on marching blithely ahead
totally unaware of the confusion in
their rear e. when we finally broke
through the enthusiastic mass of
people, the musicians were two blocks
ahead and the chauffeur stepped on
the accelerator to catch up with the
vanguard =. at this point Uncle Paul
made a leap for the running board
and like the little man it lust
wasn't there at all the car was
streamlined and where the running
board should have been is precisely
where | landed and kept on going
fortunately, the operator of the auto
mobile quickly realized the danger
and stopped the car instantly it
was a breathtaking moment when
even Rochester said "My, My!" how
ever, the band wheeled smartly into
Camden Street and proceeded to
fremont Street where two or three
thousand hero worshippers were anxi-
ously awaiting a choice glimpse of
their idol Eddie Anderson =. a beefy,
; perspiring detail of Station 10 beadles
were trying their utmost to keep the
lanes open and the crowd under con-
troll as the cars crawled through the
WPA underground project and drove
as close to the side entrance of Es-
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without injury . what a memorable
sight it was . the straining throng
surging forward shouting the name of
Rochester to the housetops :. after
a great deal of difficulty, the stalwart
men in blue succeeded in clearing a
narrow passage from the automobile
to the entrance through which our
guest and his party was escorted
within the sacred portals where
several hundred invited guests and
patrons had gathered to do honor to
the funny little man with the cigar
E. candid camera bugs, grafex fends
speed-ray experts and movie maniacs
turned on the Kleig lights and had a
Hollywood holiday for themselves with
Mr.. Anderson taking it all very good
naturally until he was finally seated
at the head table in the main dining
room with the Governors representa-
tive staff-Lieutenant Cornelius Nc
: Kane, State Board of Parole member
Attorney Joseph Mitchell, Mayor Will
liam Sparrow, Alderman Clifford
Clarkson of Springfield, Special Off
Ger Harvey Yates and POSTMASTER
Herbert Jaxon the new Titus
S Sparrow public address system was
? used with tremendous success for the
I first time and Mr.. Jaxon turned the
= Master of Ceremony honors over to
= Committee representative John Nc
/ Ilvaine who introduced the notables
f in splendid style the beautiful
r ladies were gorgeously gowned and
= buckets of champagne passed from
S table to table making for true fes-
1 tive spirit in the grand manner .
f among the theatrical luminaries who
= attended were Harry Browning, Para
4 mount Theatre executive and Paul
2 Levi, assistant manager of the Metro
politan Theatre the banquet en-
S joyed the professional entertainment
e of Benny Payne, sweet voiced singer
a and pianist from Cab Galloway Orch
0 estras the Chocolateers from the
g Southland (the boys who originated
t "Peckin" the Three Brown Bomb
/ ers, dance specialists at the Silver
D Dollar &. Bob Howard, former New
r ton boy who made good with his
a bogie-woogie piano playing and came
4 up from Fay's Theatre in Providence
=, Haza1 Diaz throhhinor coy SINGER