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i2i WASHINGTON StEEET, BOSTON 8, MASS. 



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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1924 



TO CELEBRATE 

 CENTENARY OF 

 RANDOLPH, N. H. 



Pageant to Be a Feature of the 

 Exercises — Memorial 

 Service 



REGATTA AT LAKE SUNAPEE 



Marks Pinnacle of August Gayety 

 — Details of 

 Plans 



Special to the Transcript: 



Randolph, N. H., Aug. 21— Members of 

 the Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston 

 buslne!?s and professional men, as well 

 as many isummer guests are joining wltli 

 the citizens ot Randolph, In celebrating the 

 centennial ot Its Incorporation as a town. 



Saturday's programme provides for an 

 exhibition ot articles of historical interest 

 at the town hall during the forenoon. T>i<» 

 Randolph mountain club has taken charge 

 of affairs for the afternoon and has in- 

 vited everybody to a general picnic at the 

 farm ot Laban M. "Watson on Coldbrooli. 

 The club has also ■ arranged to hold the 

 dedication e.xcercises ot the memorial 

 bridge on Coldbrook as a part ot the picnic 

 festivities. 



In the evening, beginning at eight o'clcolc 

 a "Pageant of Randolph" will he staged 

 in the grove at The Spruces. The pageant 

 programme is as follows : 



Prologue — "The Indian's Vial^ 

 Written by Mrs. B. T. Hincks 



Kolsode I. — The First Town 

 B. Y. Hincks, director. Time, 

 Log; Cabin. . „ 



Episode II. — Lyceum at the Old School House. 

 Richard Wood, director. Time, 1876, Autumn. 

 Place. Old Rod Schoolhouae. 



Interlude— The Call of Nature to the Summei 

 realdcnts. Miss Hazel Peck, director. 



Episode III. — An Evening at the Ravine 

 House. Miss Edith Buckingham, Mrs. Addlsor 

 (Sullck. Directors. Time, about twenty-five years 

 ago. Place. Th3 Old Ravine House Parlor. 



Episode IV. — The Evolution ot ttie Tramping 

 Costume. Mrs. Harry T. Burbank, dire 



Episode V. — The Romance of Randolpli. 

 Arthur StaHley Pease, Director. 



Epilogue. 



DP of Randolph," 



Meeting. Mrs. 

 1824; place. A 



The Sunday morning services will also 

 be held in the grove and beeides the re- 

 ligious exercises there will be an historical 

 address by Rev. George F. Moore, D. D. 

 In the afternoon a memorial service will 

 take place in the Randolph church. 



The general committee in charge of the 

 anniversary observances is composed of 

 Mr. Francis M. Wood, Mr. John H. Booth- 

 man, Mr. Eldredge H. Blood, Dr. B. S. 

 Cross, Mrs. E. Y. Hincks and Mr. Vyron 

 D. Lowe. 



In conhectlon with the celebration of 

 the centennial the Town of Randolph has 

 iEisued a very attractive cloth-bound vol- 

 ume entitled "Randolph, Old and New." 

 The author of the book, George N. Cross, 

 has written an interesting, history of 

 the town from its inception ; besides which 

 the book contains a study of wild animals 

 of Randolph, by Vyron D. Lowe ; notes on 

 the Randolph flora, by Professor Arthur 

 Stanley Pease ; birds of Randolph, by Gor- 

 don Boit Wellman, and many attractive 

 full-page illustrations. j 



THE SUNDAY HERALD 



SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1924: 



N.H. TOWN, 100 YRS. 

 OLD, CELEBRATING 



Pageant Is Feature of Observ^ 

 ance at Randolph 



tSpeeial DlBpatch to The Herajd] 



EANDOLPH, N. H., Aug. 23— 

 Townspeople and summer residents 

 of this little village under the 

 northern peaks of the White moun- 

 tains joined tonight in reproducing 

 in pageant form the principal events 

 in the history of the community as 

 the climax of the first of a two days' 

 cetehration of the lOOth anniversary 

 of the incorporation of the to\TO. 



The pageant, prepared by Mrs. E. T. 

 Hincks end staged in a natural amplil- 

 theatre on the slopes of Randolph hill, 

 ; told tlie story of the conquest ot the 

 TPjlderness by the first .settlers here in 

 the latter part of the ISth century, ,the 

 establishment of- the - township-and- its 

 subsequent development into a pros- 

 perous farming section and a. popular 

 vacation resort. 



Several hundred summer residents 

 and -,guests at the hotels united with 

 the Randolph citizens in the celebra- 

 tion, which began with an automobile 

 parade this noon. More than 50 gallV 

 decorated cars were in the proeessio*. 

 which traveled along the main road from 

 the postoffice to the L. M. Watson farm, 

 where the narty had a picnic on the 

 banks of Cold brook and listened to an 

 address of welcome by Francis C. Wood, 

 chairman of the Randolph selectmen. 



The gathering then followed the trail 

 up the brook to a spot just below pic- 

 turesque Cold brook falls, where 'a new 

 bridge across the stream was dedicated 

 to the memories of the pioneer path- 

 .makers of the White mountains. The 

 dedicatory esei-cises were under the 

 dfrection of the Randolph Mountain 

 CHub, which raised funds for the erec- 

 tion of the structure, and included an 

 address by Arthur Stanley Pease, the 

 president, and invocation bv Dr. B. Y. 

 Hincks, the first president. The bridge 

 was designed by Louis F. Cutler of 

 Boston and built under the supervision 

 of E. H. Blood of Lynn, for many years 

 a summer resident here. 



During the day an exhibition of his- 

 torical relics, including clothing, house- 

 iiold furnishings and utensils used by 

 the early settlers was shown in the 

 town hall. In connection with the cen- 

 tennial the town has published a his- 

 torical volume, •'Randolph Old and 

 New," by George N. Cross. 



The observance will close tomorrow 

 with memorial services in the Randolph 

 church and outdoor vesper services. 



