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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1927
Page
1
The committee unveils the 151st independence celebration in Bristol with July 2 band concert, July 3 U S S Osborne visitors, bonfire, and a city parade. Includes Scout troops, bands, societies, and dignitaries with parade divisions and marshal lineups.
On Monday July 4 at 6am the chimes of Trinity Church and other churches will toll. At 10am a grand military firemen and civic parade proceeds. At noon Battery H 243rd Coast Artillery fires a salute to the Union.
Headquarters release outlines parade assembly at 9 30 a m with bugle signals at 9 45 and 10 00 a m Prompt march order follows Formation includes Platoon of Police led by Captain James W Goff Lieut Bertram W Wall and Lieut Jo William Sutcliffe Mounted staff Fourth of July Committee with Frverett Lee Church as chairman Dismounted uniformed staff First Division Taent Clarence Wo Higbee Rides IS Naval Training Station Band Detachment from USS Osborne lt Com F G Remicke Coudy Detachment of 110 men from Newport Naval Training Station
The document details officers and units including Col M A Cheesman 243rd CA and Rand 43rd Signal Company RoI ON Batters Coast Artillery Hid Capt Walsh commanding. It lists Bristol Train of Artillery Col A M Merriman commanding Co B Capt Oliver Lemaire Co A Capt Charles McGinn Co C Capt Arthur W Barrett and British Guards Col AH Hall commanding. It also mentions Cavalry KK TON GC.
A fragmentary notice lists figures and units within veteran organizations. Names include George Locke Howe Drum Corps, Karum Temple of 45 Degree Staff Tarox Pint, and Kearnes Post No 6 American Legion with George Ro Fish as Commander. Auxiliary Mary Ann Atkinson and Daughters of Union Veterans are also mentioned.
A shuffled list names Dann Coggeshall as Board of Fire Provineers and James Fo Metges as Chief Hidrauton Engine and Hose Co. Foremen include Harry Gray for Defiance Hose Co and William Hughes for Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co.
Herbert Wo McKay heads De Molay Band and Patrol Troop 1 in Bristol with Scoutmaster Paul A Herzig. Troop 2 Bristol lists Frank Perry as Assistant Scoutmaster. Troop 4 Bristol and Troop 5 Bristol names Ralph Alisio and Edgar K. Davis as Assistant Scoutmasters and leader roles in Warren.
State to Hope to Church to High streets countermarch along High to Union to Hope to Franklin to High to reviewing stand on State and High. The parade will be reviewed by Governor Aram J Pothier and his staff and by the Chief Marshal and his staff on the west side of High street at the corner of State street.
At 2 p m the winners of the elimination series National India Rubber Company and Cranston Mill will meet in the final game. At 2 p m a band concert by the 243rd Coast Artillery is listed with a program of marches waltzes and selections. At 4 p m a trades procession led by the Portuguese Independent Band will march Haigh Street and beyond.
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