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SANE 4th AT MANCHESTER. 
Celebration Carried Out Very Suc- 
cessfully Along the ‘‘Safe 
and Saner’’ Lines. 
Manchester seemed to be the cen- 
ter of interest Tuesday, in the cele- 
bration of the ‘‘Great and Glorious’’ 
day, and the program as arranged 
by the committee appointed by the 
town, along the ‘‘safe and sane’’ 
lines, was a success from start to 
finish. Despite the intense heat, the 
day’s celebration went off without-a 
hitch. 
’ At the Brook street playgrounds 
in the morning, the program of 
sports was run off. The following 
summary shows the results of the 
various events: 
JUNIOR EVENTS 
100 yard dash—Won by Fred Healey, 
Raymond Purdy, second; Donald Height, 
third. 
Snake race—Won by Raymond Purdy’s 
team. <4 
Leap frog—Won by Raymond Purdy’s 
team. 
Potato race—Won by Thomas Walsh, 
John Wade, second; Orin Chadwick, third. 
Obstacle racee—Won by Raymond Purdy, 
Giles Coughlin, second. 
Sack Race—Won by Revere Brooks, 
William Singleton second; Orin Chadwick 
third. < 
SENIOR EVENTS. 
Running broad jump—Won by Willard 
Rust, distance 18 ft. 3-4 in.; George Wash- 
burn second; Walter Fleming third. 
Running high jump—Won_ by George 
Washburn, height 5 ft. 2 in.; Willard Rust 
second; Arthur Washburn third. 
Shotput—Won by John F. Ryan, dis- 
tance 37 ft. 3 in.; John Riggs second; 
George Washburn third. # 
Pole vault—Won by Gordon, height 8 
ft. 1 in.; Willard Rust second. 
Relay race—Won by George Washburn, 
Oliver Church, Arthur and Alfred Wash- 
burn. 
100-yd. dash—Won by George Wash- 
burn; Francis Andrews, second; Alfred 
Washburn third. ; 
880-yard run—Won by Cornelius Dris- 
coll; David MeNeil second; George Wash- 
burn third. 
Pitching quoits—Won 
and John Riggs, William 
Burgess second. 
The chief attraction of the after- 
noon was the parade, in four 
divisions—artistic and floral, auto- 
mobiles, trades, and antiques and 
horribles. A number of the summer 
cottagers participated in this as well 
as other features of the day’s cele- 
bration. Fred K. Swett was the 
chief marshal, and his aids were D. 
T. Beaton, A. ©. Hooper and Ber- 
nard L. Boyle. 
The judges of the parade were 
Ralph H. Barbour, Arthur M. Mer- 
riam, Winthrop Wetherbee, John C. 
Mackin and P. H. Boyle. — 
Among the more noticeable en- 
tries in the automobile parade was 
Charles W. Taintor of the Smith’s 
Point colony, who had an electric 
runabout decorated as a Japanese 
by Wm. Cook 
and Gordon 
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everybody who lives any part of the year in Manchester or vicinity. 
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done without cost. 
__ President, Oliver T. Roberts 
Vice Presidents, Roger W. Babson, Franklin K. Hooper 
Secretary and Treasurer, Ralph H. Mann. 
pergola, festooned with cherry blos- 
soms and covered with Japanese 
emblems. ‘This was awarded first 
prize. 
The second prize went to Mrs. 
Maynard Ladd, whose touring ear 
contained half a dozen young peo- 
ple dressed to represent as many na- 
tions. The various insignia of the 
nations were displayed about the car 
and little Miss Ladd dressed as 
eupid, ‘‘who rules all nations,’’ oe- 
cupied a consnicuous place in the 
group. 
The third prize in this class went 
to the Manchester Woman’s_ elub, 
which entered a rose bedecked auto 
carrying the two past presidents of 
the organization and the _ present 
president. The auto was very pret- 
tily decorated, the entry being in 
charge of Mrs. G. A. Knoerr, who 
deserves great credit for the show- 
ing made. 
Dr. G. H. Washburn’s sons en- 
tered an auto decorated in the na- 
tional colors, with Alfred costumed 
as Uncle Sam and Miss’ Loraine 
Washburn, as Miss Columbia. Mrs. 
Boylston A. Beal and T. Dennie 
Boardman also entered autos, and 
John Connors entered a four-in-hand 
eoach filled with young women. 
There were many floats in the ar- 
tistic division, first prize being 
awarded to the Dutch kitchen en- 
tered by Harmony Guild, Dora M. 
Marshall, chairman. The young 
women wore Dutch costumes and the 
kitchen was complete in every de- 
tail. 
A float representing the signing of 
There is not much public spirit 
expressed in the deadlock for an 
eight per cent West End dividend. 
All for one per cent! In loyal 
public-spirited Boston, too—and the 
pubile pays. 
the declaration or independence was 
driven by Gordon Burgess as Uncle 
Sam, with Miss Dorothy Blaisdell as 
the goddess of liberty. Seven boys 
in colonial costume were at a table 
engaged in drawing up the declara- 
tion. This feature was awarded 
second prize. 
The boys of ’61, showing a camp- 
fire scene, was entered by Post 67, 
GAR, and the WRC entered a float 
entitled ‘‘The Blue and the Gray.”’ 
The carpenters and painters had a 
float representative of the church, 
school and home, which showed 
some hard work on the part of those 
who arranged the entry. The North 
Shore horticultural society had a 
handsome floral float, and Conomo 
tribe, IORM, entered an Indian pole 
team and a float showing an Indian 
camp. This was awarded first prize. 
There were numerous entries in 
the trades’ division. A. Sjorlund 
taking first prize. A. Magnuson 
second and Peter A. Sheehan third. 
Three prizes were also awarded in 
the antique division. 
Following the parade a band con- 
cert was given at the playground and 
a baseball game was played between 
the Manchester Crickets and the Irv- 
ings of Salem, which was won by 
the latter team by a score of 10 to © 
A power boat race, in which there 
were ten contestants was won by 
L. O. Lations, with Hollis Roberts 
second and Wade Brooks third. 
A band econeert in the evening on 
the common concluded the day’s 
festivities. 
Dartmouth College issued a ‘‘spe- 
cial series’? of Academic ‘‘rights’’ 
one of which President Vail of the 
American Telephone and Telegraph 
Company received, engraved in due 
form, an L. L. D. 
