Enormous Crowds Expected At Zoo Greeting Today
Ruby presents a lively children's program with Viola Silverstein in A Jazzy Doll and a cast including Dorothy Smith Lil lian Duncan Pauline Higgins Elizabeth Raynes Sylvia Flynn Pillie McGrade Alice Hollins Mabel Cooney. The show features Barcarolle and Jazzettes Sailor's Hornpipe Just Pals and Broadway Stars to delight young theatergoers.
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Lillian Duncan
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Elizabeth Raynes
Sylvia Flynn
Pillie McGrade
Alice Hollins
Mabel Cooney
Anna Dalco
Mildren Mosman
Pauline Nickerson
Beulah Baker
Mildred Joy
Burnham
Big Show Opens at Hippo Hippodrome in Franklin Park
A bold carnival program unfolds at the Hippo Hippodrome and Playstead in Franklin Park. Bands, clowns, actors and actresses perform in a colorful afternoon starting at 10 oclock, with New England youngsters funding through the Boston Post.
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Boston Post
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Baby Hippo Homecoming Draws New England Crowds
Baby Hippo arrives at Franklin Park Zoo after a 400 mile ride from Philadelphia. A grand Hippo Day celebration with five cent fares, special trolley trips, and a two hour show awaits more than 100000 attendees across four stages and a parade led by Bozo Snyder.
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How to Reach Baby Hippo Frolic at Franklin Park
Transit directions detail multiple routes to Franklin Park for the event. From Forest Hills and Dedham take cars to Forest Hills Terminal andElevated trains to Egleston square then Mattapan or Franklin Park cars. From Brookline Jamaica Plain ride to Roxbury Crossing then Seaver street Egleston square line to the Park. From North End West End and Mattapan provide direct car routes via Egleston square. From Cambridge Malden Melrose tunnel trains to Andrew square then car to Franklin Park. From Milton Nepont and Fields Corner Grove Hall connections shown.
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Boston Hippo Frolic at Franklin Park Draws Thousands
A large outdoor event at Franklin Park features acts by Amelia Burnham dancers Kay Kiddies Kate Corbett company Murphy’s Clown Band Gaelic Dancers and more. Baby Hippo will be presented to Mayor Curley after a 10 am start with free admission and a sunlit day forecast by federal weather experts.
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Kate Corbett
Murphy's Clown Band
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Philadelphia
Boston
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Baby Hippo finale at Franklin Park spectacle
A grand Baby Hippo finale at Franklin Park Playstead features Governor Cox Lieutenant Governor Fuller and Mayor Curley presenting the animal to New England children. Thousands of youngsters join a gala vaudeville and musical program with bands balloons flags and a mass performance of The Star Spangled Banner led by Lillian Squires.
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Franklin Park
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New England
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Boston
Home Welcome to Baby Hippo Parade Opens in New England
Preparations for Hippo Day include tents stages and stands secured for Teel's Band of Boston to perform. Clowns Galore led by Bozo Snyder and Julius Ansel plus 60 more prepare a grand opening parade with a clown band and hundreds of performers. Dancers include Catherine Marie Olson Doris Tupper Dorothy Benson Frances Mac Donald and Dorothy Dollen. Boy and Girl Scouts assist police and staff. Robert Miller & Co decorated the playstead. Hippo Day draws a crowd of 100000 to the Baby Hippo Hippodrome. Happy the hippo awaits the spectacle local celebrations promise a lively community event.
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John
New England
Julius Ansel
Fred Bollen
Catherine Marie Olson
Doris M. Tupper
North Cambridge
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Frances MacDonald
Dorothea Dollen
Fred Hart
Louis E. Walters Amusement Agency
Robert Miller & Co
State Street
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Washington Street
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Bandmaster Teel Leads Hippo Frolic Music
Bandmaster Benjamin F. Teel designated Music Marshal for the Hippo Frolic today. He will direct all bands and has arranged a programme to inspire the gaudily-costumed dancing groups and other performers in the forenoon event.
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Baby Hippo Sparks Global Gift English Egypt Letters
Children flood the Hippo Editor with poetry praising the New England Baby Hippo bought for Franklin Park Zoo. Thelma Scott of Roxbury sends a poem and Frances Elizabeth Curtis of Alexandria, Egypt, writes of her Arabian pony Fil fil and suggests naming the hippo Filfil.
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Frances Elizabeth Curtis
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Scouts Invited to Assist Police at Open Air Show
Uniformed Boy and Girl Scouts are asked to report at the Headquarters Tent on the Playstead to assist Post staff as an auxiliary to police protection during the two hour open air show.
Child Dancers to Show Skill at Franklin Park
Upwards of two talented children under Amelia Burnham Studio of Dancing will perform at Franklin Park for thousands of children. Miss Burnham, recognized as a premier dancing teacher in New York, selected a fitting act from the repertoire for the Baby Hippo reception. Edna Stutz and Shir- are among the chosen performers in a charity tested lineup.
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New York City
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Shir
Predicts Clear Shies for Baby Hippo Day
The forecast calls for fair weather with moderate winds over Franklin Park for Baby Hippo Day. Slight disturbances may move northward, but rain could force the event to relocate to the Boston Arena on St Botolph Street and Massachusetts Avenue.
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