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1 1[ The CommonweaI . Vol L N. 10 GREENWICH, N. Y., AUG. 6, 1909 Fove Cent. OUR GRAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION left to the dIBer,tion of the ladies In sent. Thim parade will contain at Frances Bkiff. These floati have been ' Steamer Company will al•o be pre•- charge and ju•t what they will be leut three bandi, two visiting nre i• the subject of more or Ilia curloil- ' companies, all the local organization• COMPLETE PROGRAM OF THE EXERCISES AS OUT. ty, but that they will b. featur- to and at leaot ten and pos•ibly 8fteen please 18 unquestioned. float• LINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Eddy and Prof. C. L. Morey. with The parade will form on Salem Thia parade is in charge of O. H. LIne of March. ---- --- - aides, 1.ertoy Foster. Walter Robin- street and win proceed down Church son, Herbert Thompson, William SkIN, to Main, up Cottage to Morey em:4.1 Servicep i. the r6.-*. on S.day-Family Reunions and Lawrence Reynolds, William Skinner Avenue down Elm Avenue and Main R...•-. 110.day-B-nres amd Car.ival . Monday Night and Ira Hatch. Rev T O Grieve, to Washington to Bleeker, up John to has been placed In charge of the oing- Main, down Hill and up Bleeker and -Te••day, Fraterial Day-2,500 Grangers-fee,ty Veteram Ing which win be a feature of the Academy to Mowry park where it will parade. Robert Lee will lead the horme- dl.band. -1 Flt•,My Parad--Opeming of the Home for Aged Women- I men. Governor Hughes. h.1 C.ce,ts h the Eve.ing-On Wed-day Gov. H.6. WiU The parade will be held at 10 A. M. The line of march will be from the i The committee has decided, quite I 1•ely, that It is Governor Iltighe. S.ak h Mowry Park-Grand Parade Of State Troops--The I school house down Main Btreet to tne I Jhom the people want to hear Mpeak. Greenwich house, counter-marching to Wh•le to Co•clude With . Splendid Di.lay of Fireworks-Bue Nlowry park where a short meeting Hence with the exception of an In- will be held at which Dr. Henry Gray troductory address by lion. C. C. Van Ball Tiulay ud Wd-day. , wit! preside and an address will be Kirk. no other speaker will be heard The omcial program of the Centen- and asslet Rev. J. J. Mrearthy an nial exercise• as adopted at the meet- Rev. R, A. Mahar. Ma,•Hes at 7:0 ing of the executive committee held 8:30 and 10:30. At each mans an al Wedne-lay night 1, as follows: dress appropriate to the Centennii *UNDAY. observance w!]] be made. Memorial services in the several Ij There will be brief sessions 01 th churches, addressed by former pas- Sunday Schools in each of th toro; special church and open air ser- churches. vices; union meetings in two or more MONDAY. churchee in the evening with short c This day will be devoted to tamil, addreums by visiting clergyman. Union Service•. general preparations for the festivitle reunions, open house receptiong, an, 'rhe union service to be held In the which will begin on Monday nighl •Rernoon wijl be in Mowry park, a : Immense bonfires will be lighted 01 will be addressed by Revs. C. L. Hall. i the surrounding hills and band con John R. Fisher and T. A. Fields. Spec. j certs held. tal munic will be rendered by a large i The Centennial festivities will b, chort. under direction of Rev. T. O. formally opened by President of thi Grleves and a double male quartette. Village, W. D. Christie In a shor The principal speaker in the afternoon speech at Mowry park after which th, will be Rev. C. L. Hall. In the even- Carnival parade will take place. ing a union service will be held in ] The Carnival. tne Method!.t church at which the The Carnival parade will form or. prilictpal apeaker, will be Rev. John upper Main street at 8 0'clock, th€ R. Fliher. A union service of the line of march to be determined by th€ young people will be held In the Re- I Marshal. This parade will be com· formed churck at 6.30, at which meet- posed of the following clubs: The Fel· ing Rev. L. E. Carter of Troy win lowcraft, Baraca, Ushers, High School make the principal address. Haren, G. & J., Spraguetown, Eddy The dqnominational church services Plow, A, Blandy, Ryan, Tim & Co., will be u follows: Rice's 101 Ranch, Center Falls, Bat- Methodlit. tenville, Ackerman-Maren, Common- Rev. M. H. Smith will preach the I weal, and Girls. The features of the morning mermon. Besides the pastor I parade will be a supposed review by of the church, Rev. T. O. GrieVes, the I President Taft, and Vice Preaident minmterial repre,entation will be Rev, j Sherman, a big flre sc€ID, confett! bat- L. E.: Carter, Rev. C. L .Hall, Rev. C. · ties, funny floats and -agons, decor- E. Hamilton, Rev. M. M. Curry and ated automobiles, and will conclude Rev. A. J. Day. The choir will be as- with a grand carnival bail. aisted by Miss Sceindler of Glens The nre works committee has ar- Fallan and Rev. L. E. Carter of Troy. ranged for an ample supply of Greek Baptlit. fire to Illuminate the parade. Rev. Thomas eun will preach in The carnival 18 very like a masquer the morning, and will be amsisted by ade ball on the street. The costumes Rev. L. W. Cronkhlte and Rev. W. A. will present ClownB, Harlequins Farm- Kirkwood beside the pastor, Rev. J. ers, Queen of Night and Day, Rats, B. L'Hommedieu. Special mugic win Chinese, Japanese, Monkeys, Dancing be rendered by the choir. Soloists will , girls, Colored Belles, Jester, Columbia, be announced next week., I Uncle Sam and Buch other fantasies ' as may appeal to individual taste. United Presbyterian. There is no limit, and no restriction. The morning sermon will be preach- A great deal of downright enjoy- ed by Rev. Dr. W. S. McEachron of ! ment may he had from the carnival Hebron. Of the former pastors of thit and the committee are hard at work church but one is living; Rev. S. W. I on the details. Blggar who will be unable to be pres- TUESDAY. ent. Special mumic will be rendered Tuesday will be fraternal day. The by the choir. j Oranges of Washington, Warren and Reformed. j Saratoga Counties will unite in a plc- Rev. J. G. Smart will preach the nic. morning service. The choir will ren- The Futurity. der the following •elections: \God of ;t M.t\r;;=awl# WIn:dANtly vbeeterlands ft;Tlowtde Him in Perfect Peace,\-John A. Weht, by the young men and women organ- \Abide with me,\ barritone solo by Ization of the town, boys and girls Raymond Miller. on horse back and on foot and babies in carriages. This parade will contain St. Jol/ph. at least two floats one in charge of Rey. T.· A. Field will be present Mrm. H. M. Hulit and one by Mime d 4 made by Hon. W. R. Hobble. Th£ LI children will all carry flag. and will l' execute a drill on the street and at ,1 the park, \America/' \Columbia\ and \Old I.ang Syne\ will be lung. e Opening of The Home. e At a meeting, held Saturday July 31st at Greenwich, of the Committee having in charge the formal opening y of the Aged Women's Home of Wash- i Ington County; the following reaolu- 8 tions were adopted: That the exer- clses take place at the Home, Green- 1 I wlch, on Tuesday August 17th at 2 p . 1 m.. with the following program; Music to be furnished by the I. O.0. F. band a i Greenwich. , I Hon. C. O. Pratt, President of the t Board of Directors to preside. , Opening prayer, Rev. F. C. Scoville; Opening speech, Hon. C. C. Van Kirk; Poem, \The Aged Women's Home,\ written by Dr. C. A. Ingraham, Center Cambridge; Music, Male Quartette; #CUTN:i l:LaJ':luorpgalsbe, Father I The mauagement extend a cordial I invitation to the people of Washing- ton County to be present at these ex- ercises. The Home fs now open for a limited number of inmates. All persons de- string admission should at once illl out the blanks and depoeit with the Secretary, Mrs. J. S. Potter, North Argyle, before August 10th in order that they may be approved by the , Bl:21.OLM:nagreton ht:tl:W:. 4.ked < to address the soldiers of the G. A. R. at 2.30 P. M. and at 3.30 W. M. Giles state secretary of the Grange will ad- ' aress the visiting granges. The ad- dress to tne soldiers and to the Granges will be given in Mowry park. Edward Van Alstyne of Yonkers will also address the grangers. In the evening the formal historical address will be given by Dr. Richard Holmes. Band concerts will be held In the evening at Mowry park and lower Main street. A baseball game will be played on the association grounds. Announce- i i ment of teams will be made next 1 week. 1 WEDNESDAY. c The features of thts day's exercises J € will be the big civic and military I c parade and the address by Governorll Hughes. The Companies of State Militia who have so far accepted in- vitations are: Company C of White- w hall, Company D £,f Troy Company Mft of Hoosick Falls and Company K L of Glens Falls. Two other companies I s of State Troops are expected and The Phillip Schuyler Chapter, Sons of Vet- erans and the General Schuyler on this occasion. A reception to the Governor will be held at the residence of Dr. Henry Gray from 1.00 to 2.00 P. M. An official souvenir program has Official Program. been prepared and will be on Bale Inext Thursday. This program is a •ery handsome one and contains I many halftone cuts of prominent cia- zens, public and private buildings, and considerable historical matter as well as the history ant program of the 1 Centennial. Music- The I. 0.0. F. Band has been en- gaged for the entire celebration; Dor- ing's Band of Troy, 21 pieces wil] be here Tuesday afternoon and evening I and all day Wednesday. Company M Band of Hoodck Falls will be here all day Wednesday. A large chorus 18 training for the Sunday service, and a children's chorus for the Futuri- ty parade. Decoratloni. Kelly & Mulholland will decorate the principal public buildings and many private oneg. Over thirty con- tracts on Main street have been se- cured by this company. In addition the decorating committee has pur- chased twelve hundred Japanese lanterns to be used in decorating the streets and parks. Lanterns for Sale. The committee has also provided a large number of Japanese lanterne which it will sell to those wishing to undertake private decorations at 5 cents each. Application should be made to H. C. Gray. Work on the decorations will begin next week. Mowry Park. A reviewing stand will be erected in Mowry Dark where all the open air exercises will be held. The park will be prettily decorated and illuminated The reviewing stand will be twenty feet square and upon it will be seated the especially invited guests of the village. Retreati. The churches, school house, and raternal organizations will keep their -ooms and buildings open as places of -etreat from storms and ag places of ·est ana welcome to visitors. In case if storm not permitting the open air ,xercises they will be held in the Meth- dist church, this being the largest Auditorium in the vilalge FInance*. The Finance committee requests all vho have pledged funds in support of he celebration to remit to the treas- trer, Horace Cottrell, an soon as pos ible. Bureau of Information. A bureau of information w'll be Continued on page four. 74
