Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-04-28
'Bang-Up' Time Had
at Geauga F Festival

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ing the parade Sunday. The
volunteers, described by one
Chardon woman as "an eX-
tremely handsome group of
men" are members of the
national North South scrim-
mage descendants of veter-
ans of the Civil war w h 0
continue to fight the war.
Despite breaking two wind
oWS in Chardon, the 7th Ohio
Infantry declares it's on the
Yankee side = the Confeder-
acy wasn't really invading.
1t seems it was just an ac-
cident a concuSSion caused
by firing the cannon. BeSid-
eS = they were only upstairs
windows the crowd broke
the concuSSion at street lev
ell.
All sorts of precautions
were used. No one was sup
posed to stand on the sice-
walk flying glass, you
know. Besides, the infantry
only used a half a pound of
powder, and they were only
allowed to fire twice that
figures two windows, even
upstairs ones, is really en- :
ough.
About the cannon they US
ed = it seems they borrow
ed" it from the city of Cha
grin Falls with the permis-
sion of the mayor and t h
council, Of course,
That is, lets get this clear
- they borrowed the barrel
of the cannon from the Will
age of Chagrin Falls it's
very confusing. Then, the vol
unteerS spent $500 to put the
cannon in firing order, and
now claim half interest in
it.
Except some soreheadS and
cynics (notably in Chagrin
FallS) seem to wonder, did
they borrow it, or did they?
Well it's all good fun, and
in a week or so, the 7th In
fantry Volunteers and their
large cannon are going 20
Virginia, to participate in
the North South Scrimmage.
Before the parade started,
a member of the Trumbull
County posse had celebrated
the festival too much. Accor-
ding to Sheriff Louis A. Ro-
husky, the man was definite
ly intoxicated. Anyway, the
idea Of any posse member
galloping through the parade
on a large horse made the
Chandon police nervous, and
they hauled him into the IL
cal lock up. Horses get more
nervous in parades, and po-
licemen are usually eXcep :
tionally nervous people.
This festival, no one has
complained that the weather
was too cold for a Maple fes-
tival. No, this year it was too
warm.
People only bought $1,000
worth of syrup, which was
described as poor by Mrs.
Dorothy Wedge, the secre :
tary of the festival board.
In 1858, $4,000 worth of sy-
rup was sold, and in 1859 ,
$4,000 worth was sold.
However, the concessions
and rides, put back in the feS-
tival this year, were busy
Since the Festival gets a per-
centage of the income, and
other organizations get a per-
centage, this may well make
a profit for the festival.
Mrs. Wedge said that the
Festival Board wants sugges-
tionS on the festival. G o M
ments, criticism, good and
bad they would like to
know, to plan future festiv-
ais.
About $4,000 people attend
ed the festival - $4,000 on
Sunday. However traffic flo
wed smoothly with only two
minor accidents.
this to the extra trained, eX-
perienced police help, direct
ing traffic. Police from Waite
Hill, Wickliffe, Mentor, Kirt-
land Hills, and all the police
and special police in Char
don, and the Geauga County
Civil Defense helped direct
the flow of traffic.
Next weekend, Lloyd Carl,
son, chairman of the festival
board, and DR.. j. w. Meats
the mayor of Chardon, who
with the late A. B. Carlson
helped start the Maple Fes,
tival, will go to Plessisville
Quebec, to a new Maple Fes'
tival.
The Geauga County Festi
val Board has been working
with people of PlesSisville !,
helping them start their fes
| tival, offering them sugges
: tions. Since Plessisville is a
bout 60 miles south of the
city of Quebec, the people al
speak French, which h a S
: made correspondence diff