THIRTY YEARS AGO — A mammoth street pa rate of veterans, bands, floats and other features, speaking and military cere-monies on tne Courthouse esplanade, condud* inz v.nh a Victory bali at Gold Hall were announced for Armistice Day by Ralph Cosgrave, c h a • r m a n of the veterans commir.ee - . . . Halloween pranksters had fooled Zanes^sIIe policemen with a box of candy which turned out to be chocolate cohered .soap, the victims sheepishly admit* ted ... . Brycc Browning, former secretary of Chamber of Commerce reported he was not a candidate for the position of city manager and would not accept it if it were offered to him.