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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



SOUND BEACH HAS 



BIG CELEBRATION 



Nine Hundred Participate in a Memor- 

 ial Day Parade. 



SPEECHES AT ARCADIA 



AND FLAG-RAISING 



Great Demonstration of Loyalty to the 

 Country. 



[THE STAMFORD ADVOCATE, MAY 31, I917] 



Yesterday was a great day in Sound 

 Beach. A parade, in which 700 or over 

 participated, was the largest ever held 

 there. The number who saw it was the 

 largest ever gathered together for such 



upon the grounds of the Sound Beach 

 Golf and Country Club. Led by a pla- 

 toon of Greenwich borough police un- 

 der Sergeant Flannagan, the procession 

 marched over Potomac Avenue to 

 Shore Avenue, to Sound Beach Avenue, 

 to ArcAdiA road. At ArcAdiA, ap- 

 propriate exercises were held. There 

 were a flag-raising and an address by 

 Judge C. H. Martin of Orange, a mem- 

 ber of the State Legislature. In the 

 parade. Home Guard, Police Reserve, 

 State militia, boy scouts, ladies, first- 

 aid-corps, G. A. R. Veterans, Sons of 

 Veterans, firemen, police and musicians 

 took part. 



The platoon of Greenwich police led 

 the march up Potomac Avenue, Kear- 

 ney's band from Stamford following. 

 Next were the militia and Home Guard, 



THE STEEL FLAG POLE, ERECTED BY MR. CHARLES H. KNAPP OF SOUND BEACH, WAS 

 RAISED TO PERPENDICULAR POSITION BY A STEAM ROAD ROLLER PULLING ON 



A CABLE OVER A SERIES OF PULLEYS. 



an occasion, in Sound Beach. The 

 streets were alive with activity. Auto- 

 mobiles occupied places all along the 

 line of march People crowded along 

 Sound Beach Avenue to get a glimpse 

 at the procession. Visiting organiza- 

 tions from Stamford, Riverside, Green- 

 wich and East Port Chester joined in 

 the celebration given under the aus- 

 pices of the Sound Beach Association, 

 whose able president, Dr. A. E. Austin, 

 labored indefatigably. Fred Binney, as 

 secretary, did a large share of the work. 

 At 11 a. m. the divisions assembled 



the Seventh Company of Stamford and 

 Twelfth Company of Greenwich, C. A. 

 C, were in command of Capt. Foord 

 and Capt. Eugene Nestor. The River- 

 side Reserves, a fine-appearing body of 

 men, marched well. It was their first 

 appearance on parade. They were led 

 by Capt. Reginald Reynolds, and num- 

 bered about 70 men, among them prom- 

 inent citizens of Riverside. They were 

 armed with night sticks. The Green- 

 wich special police wore the drab uni- 

 form of the Home Defense Guard and 

 carried police sticks. They are a well- 



