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CITY'S WELCOME HOME J DAY HG SUCCESSCrowds .on Baltimore. Street- j Left'Little Room for Dane”; ing—Bounteous Supper at the: City Hall.duAt l o'clock yesterday afternoon the crowds began to gather on Baltimore street to participate in the welcome jf homo celebration in honor of “Our j Boys/* who served sin the world wnr As the hours passed the mass at people Increased until' there Avere tliou- lt;sands (thronging the strecls when the l parade dually came. As the hundreds ( of ex-service inch passed by, deafening ; f beers went forth from the bpcetators. \ The parade was led by the four Me- ^ Koiizle brothers, two of whom carried Old Glory-and the Hag of .Maryland, j Next came Major Palmer, Major Hus* ( , iort Captain Powell,,and Lieut. Selbco, j mounted, 'and Ensigji SMilson, Scr- ‘ ^ geauts Clark, Zapf and Young. Limmediately after the parade tlt;bu: ]Dcya wero ‘served Avilh all the good;*:iey wanted at the City ; .things to eat they I Jail. There was an abundance of food ; ; .for them for after each ono had been; * well fed there still remained a good J : supply. Cigars, cigarettes, candy, etc., | * ! were also served the boys at tlie City ■ : ;Hail. } m I :! In the evening the crowd seemed to become - even larger. The space on * Baltimore street roped off far duncing,was so croAvded oil evening that ll'Avas Impossible' to dance even though thera was plenty of tempting jiizz music at each block.• Orchestra On Truck, Frederick's and Croimvell's orchestra of, seven pieces with a piano ,from Frederick's was mounted on a large truck and contrib-MUed largely to the entertainment of ! the hundreds of people gathered about j by their splendid playing. “Take Mo J3ack to the Land of Jazz” was one iiumber which was especially good and merited much applause. The Cumberland Municipal Band and the South End Baud placed in the roped-off section. played inspiring music. ^ During the evening ilie piano in tlio doorway of the Shccter Music Company, 21-23 Baltimore street, was kept busy. The crowd at this paint did not break up until after’1 o'clock. * /• Walter Smith and Harry/Coufors al-j traded at lout ion in the role of female iimpersonators. The former ami’ sev-j a.ral other young men of this city Hv.on-; od things up by singing some of the latest songs in a manner that would ; have been a credit to professionals.} * Colored Boys In Line.The colored soldiers formecV the vanguard of the parade. Looking neat and trim, they^vere a credit to themselves and were given hearty applause all along the line of march- After the parade they were given a chicken din-ner iu the basement of Metropolitan A*~M. Id. Church, served by a committee beaded by Mrs. Mary E. Rhodes.At night Frederick street was raped ioff from Decatur to Linden and the soldiers and their friends danced in the music furnished .by Prof. Oom-Avcll’s and Prof. Biirnvdeu's orchestras and the South.End Band until the wee hours of (be -morning.The following soldiers were the ex-ljservice men who were honored:| Charles Preston. Nelson Denson, Wade Brewer, CliaVles Toliver;'Albert Taylor, William Smith, Walter Pope, ■Tames Coker. Carl Fisher, Carroll Davis, Aaron Howard, Charles Waters and William HoAvard.
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Cumberland Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Sep 13, 1919
Page 23
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