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Colonel Peter Coffin, Chester P. Dodge; Daniel Witham, Roger A. Nichols; Jacob Allen, Henry T. Mason; Winthrop Sargent, Ernest W. Fellows; Barnet Harkin, Town Clerk, Charles G. Taylor; Capt. Nathaniel Warner, Willis P. Cressy; Captain Rowe, C. F. Bocken; Spirit of '76, 1. Ernest W. Havener; 2. John Macginnis; 3. Earle Havener; Citizens in attendance in room in which is a platform with tables, candlesticks, quills, sandbox, etc.
To adequately portray Gloucester's outstanding naval his- tory was the motive of the third scene of this episode. To this end the part played by Col. Glover's regiment of Gloucester and Marblehead fishermen in saving Washington's army during the retreat from Long Island and after the disastrous campaign down the Jersey's when the patriotic cause was despaired of, followed by the crossing of the icy Delaware, ferried by these same fisher- men, and the complete reversal of the situation by the victory at Trenton. It was one of the most signal victories in its result, in history, mainly because of the skill of the Essex county fisher- men-soldiers. The British colonial secretary of state wrote to King George, regarding the matter as follows: "All our hopes were blasted by that uphappy affair at Trenton."
In this scene Gen. Washington was depicted paying high tribute to the valor of these fishermen and counseling that they be always protected and fostered as a bulwark of the naval defense. The cast included :
George Washington, Captain S. L. Dunlop, U. S. A .; General Knox, Earle O. Phillips; General Greene, Bowman Steele; Colonel Glover, Commander of Essex County (Mass.) Regiment of Fishermen from Gloucester and Marblehead, John W. Day; an officer, Richard Carri- gan; an officer, Russell Alves; soldiers, orderlies, etc.
As a relief and foil to the martial achievements of the pre- ceding scenes, that of Episode VII was devoted to one of those charming romances which flowered in the early New England soil, some of which have been embodied in poetic phantasy.
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prince of the time as typical of the social life of the wealthy class. This was a colorful setting the stately minuet and dances of the time being portrayed.
The second scene depicted the portentous days preceding the rupture with the Mother Country, a meeting at the Prentice tavern in June 1775, at which the citizens discuss the situation, denounce the tyranny of the crown and pledge themselves to re- sist at all hazards tyrannical rule, followed by the departure of two companies to Bunker Hill, attesting the patriotic spirit which preceded Independence. The participants in this scene were :
Colonel Peter Coffin, Chester P. Dodge; Daniel Witham, Roger A. Nichols; Jacob Allen, Henry T. Mason; Winthrop Sargent, Ernest W. Fellows; Barnet Harkin, Town Clerk, Charles G. Taylor; Capt. Nathaniel Warner, Willis P. Cressy; Captain Rowe, C. F. Bocken; Spirit of '76, 1. Ernest W. Havener; 2. John Macginnis; 3. Earle Havener; Citizens in attendance in room in which is a platform with tables, candlesticks, quills, sandbox, etc.
To adequately portray Gloucester's outstanding naval his- tory was the motive of the third scene of this episode. To this end the part played by Col. Glover's regiment of Gloucester and Marblehead fishermen in saving Washington's army during the retreat from Long Island and after the disastrous campaign down the Jersey's when the patriotic cause was despaired of, followed by the crossing of the icy Delaware, ferried by these same fisher- men, and the complete reversal of the situation by the victory at Trenton. It was one of the most signal victories in its result, in history, mainly because of the skill of the Essex county fisher- men-soldiers. The British colonial secretary of state wrote to King George, regarding the matter as follows: "All our hopes were blasted by that uphappy affair at Trenton."
In this scene Gen. Washington was depicted paying high tribute to the valor of these fishermen and counseling that they be always protected and fostered as a bulwark of the naval defense. The cast included :
George Washington, Captain S. L. Dunlop, U. S. A .; General Knox, Earle O. Phillips; General Greene, Bowman Steele; Colonel Glover, Commander of Essex County (Mass.) Regiment of Fishermen from Gloucester and Marblehead, John W. Day; an officer, Richard Carri- gan; an officer, Russell Alves; soldiers, orderlies, etc.
As a relief and foil to the martial achievements of the pre- ceding scenes, that of Episode VII was devoted to one of those charming romances which flowered in the early New England soil, some of which have been embodied in poetic phantasy.
Rev. John White (C. B. Terry, Esq.)
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GROUPS OF PAGEANT PARTICIPANTS Including Norsemen, Turks, Cavaliers, Puritans, Indians, Costumes 1812-60, etc. Scenes taken on part of field used as stage, Tablet Ledge in background.
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The incident chosen occurred just prior to the 1812 period where- in a midshipman Knutsford, scion of an old English family, was landed from a British warship at Pigeon Cove, as punish- ment for a misdemeanor, afterwards marrying Anne Andrews the village belle, who it appears, had a dream which foretold that which came to pass, and to which she remained steadfast. The actors in this first scene of the 1812 period were :
Anne Andrews, Harriet Jordan Babson; 1st Matron, Mrs. Lewis D. Tucker; 2nd Matron, Mrs. William Ricker; Judy Rhines, a Witch, Mrs. Nathan Richardson; Fisherman, Homer Wass; British naval officer, Jack Hooper; Midshipman Knutsford, Rev. Jesse W. William- son; 1st British sailor, Elliott Mclaughlin; 2nd British sailor, Ben- jamin Hotchkiss; selectman, A. C. Tucker; fishermen, women, chil- dren. Nets and fishermen's paraphernalia spread about. A group of fishermen's wives are seen gossiping.
The second scene in the 1812 period illustrated the gallantry of the British naval officers after the capture of Annisquam. The officers dine merrily in the "old Tavern," still standing, while the young women, anxious that the vessels and other proper- ty be spared served as waitresses doing their best to placate their conquerors. They succeeded, their spokesman being Eunice Lane, whose father had just launched the schooner "Federalist" named for the party opposed to the war. The entrance and recognition of Knutsford, who figured in the first scene, was a dramatic touch. The cast :
Captain Broke of "H. M. S. Nymph," Jack Hooper; Eunice Lane, Mrs. Rayne Adams; 2nd British officer, Harry C. Wonson; 3rd British officer, R. E. Day; 4th British officer, E. R. Sweet; Fiddler, Will Bray; Amanda Norwood, Alvira Riggs, Emeline Haraden, young women of the village; a fisherman (Knutsford); matrons, etc .; officers in uniform are seated at table with viands, etc.
The design of Episode VIII which covered the period up to the Civil War was to portray Gloucester's attitude on the anti- slavery question. The Rev. Thomas Jones, pastor of the Inde- pendent Christian (Universalist) Church, at the death of Glou- cester Dalton in 1813, inscribed the following: "Died this day, Gloucester Dalton. In this country from his youth. He was a Godly man brought from Africa, afterwards attaining his free- dom. FOR THERE ARE NO SLAVES! ALL MEN ARE BORN FREE!" This bold pronouncement was followed for years by anti-slavery sermons from the pulpit and although Gloucester was a shipping port was never resented. Therefore Rev. Mr. Jones may be classed as a "John the Baptist" of the
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Abolitionists, a precursor of Garrison, Whittier and others who championed the cause later. The cast in this representation in- cluded: Rev. Thomas Jones, Rev. George H. Lewis; negro cal- ler, Walter P. Goulart.
The second scene in this period brought the action to the Front street of the town on the night of April 16, 1861, the day after Fort Sumpter was fired on. Capt. Addison Center, com- manding Co. G, 8th Mass. Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, was ' the proprietor of the store in which the telegraph machine was installed. The throng was shown around the office door eagerly awaiting news which later came over the wire, in an order from the adjutant-general of the state that the company proceed im- mediately to the front in response to Pres. Lincoln's appeal for three months troops. The next morning these troops departed for the front, among the very first in the nation to respond and became known with others, as the "Minute Men of 61." All this was stirringly depicted. In this episode, Miss Suzanne Center, assumed the part of her aunt Miss Sarah Elizabeth Center, who was the telegraph operator to receive the message. Miss Center was gowned in the dress worn by participants on this occasion. This was one of the numerous instances where lineal descendants assumed principal parts. The cast :
Capt. Addison Center, Jeremiah Foster; Sarah Elizabeth Center, Suzanne S. Center; George W. Plumer, Herman F. Lion; men and women, in costume of period, gathered around exterior of office, anxiously awaiting news of President Lincoln's action.
The Epilogue or finale, utilized the noble poem "Gloucester" written by Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward and read on the occasion of the dedication of the memorial tablet at Stage Fort park in 1907.
During the "March of the Centuries" the participants, lead by Thorwald and his band, in sequence down to the latest episode, came on the field. In the center was depicted "The Spirit of Gloucester" a fisherman clad in oil skins represented by James Newman Shea, president of the Fisherman's union, the wife by Mrs. Jennie L. Mitchell, a native of the city. Her father was drowned on a fishing vessel, her husband met a similar fate and her son, a Y. D. veteran, was severely gassed during the World War. The children were Lilian Ruth Mitchell and Richard B. Fialho, the children of fishermen. During this marching the
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Abolitionists, a precursor of Garrison, Whittier and others who championed the cause later. The cast in this representation in- cluded: Rev. Thomas Jones, Rev. George H. Lewis ; negro cal- ler, Walter P. Goulart.
The second scene in this period brought the action to the Front street of the town on the night of April 16, 1861, the day after Fort Sumpter was fired on. Capt. Addison Center, com- manding Co. G, 8th Mass. Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, was the proprietor of the store in which the telegraph machine was installed. The throng was shown around the office door eagerly awaiting news which later came over the wire, in an order from the adjutant-general of the state that the company proceed im- mediately to the front in response to Pres. Lincoln's appeal for three months troops. The next morning these troops departed for the front, among the very first in the nation to respond and became known with others, as the "Minute Men of 61." All this was stirringly depicted. In this episode, Miss Suzanne Center, assumed the part of her aunt Miss Sarah Elizabeth Center, who was the telegraph operator to receive the message. Miss Center was gowned in the dress worn by participants on this occasion. This was one of the numerous instances where lineal descendants assumed principal parts. The cast :
Capt. Addison Center, Jeremiah Foster; Sarah Elizabeth Center, Suzanne S. Center; George W. Plumer, Herman F. Lion; men and women, in costume of period, gathered around exterior of office, anxiously awaiting news of President Lincoln's action.
The Epilogue or finale, utilized the noble poem "Gloucester" written by Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward and read on the occasion of the dedication of the memorial tablet at Stage Fort park in 1907.
During the "March of the Centuries" the participants, lead by Thorwald and his band, in sequence down to the latest episode, came on the field. In the center was depicted "The Spirit of Gloucester" a fisherman clad in oil skins represented by James Newman Shea, president of the Fisherman's union, the wife by Mrs. Jennie L. Mitchell, a native of the city. Her father was drowned on a fishing vessel, her husband met a similar fate and her son, a Y. D. veteran, was severely gassed during the World War. The children were Lilian Ruth Mitchell and Richard B. Fialho, the children of fishermen. During this marching the
POFANT GLOUCESTER
SANBORN Studios
LENN, MASS.
Capt. Hewes (Gilbert H. Ryan)
Myles Standish
( Dr. P. P. Moore)
Group of Participants in Myles Standish-Capt. Hewes Episode.
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warships in the background gave a dazzling display of search- lights which, added to the battery of lights employed in the pa- geant presentation, literally ended this magnificent production in "a blaze of glory."
The pageant was presented by its author, James R. Pringle, as a part of the Tercentenary observance, independently financed.
Note-The Book of the Pageant, containing the complete dia- logue, each episode preceded by an historical argument, together with original historical matter may be seen at the Sawyer Library.
CHAPTER VI
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29-CHILDREN'S FETE-FIREMEN'S, AUTO AND TRADES PARADE-BASEBALL, GRAND FIREWORKS DISPLAY AND SEARCHLIGHT EXHIBITION
W EDNESDAY was given over to the Children's Fete, Fire- men's and auto parade, grand fireworks display and other festivities.
In planning the events none gave more pleasure, in antici- pation, to Mr. Tibbets, than that the "kiddies" should have ample recognition so that in the years to come, the Tercentenary cele- bration would be indelibly stamped among childhood's pleasantest memories. To that end the direction of these activities was placed in the hands of a competent chairman, Mrs. Guy S. Swett.
The entertainments were given in the tent at the park at 11 in the morning and at 1, 6 and 7.30 p.m., comprising exhibi- tions of the Lilian Owens' marionettes, games, distribution of bonbons, etc .; with community singing under the direction of Dr. Philip P. Moore, his daughter Miss Eleanor Moore being the accompanist. Thousands of the little ones were afforded a day of unalloyed pleasure.
THE FIREMEN'S PARADE
INCLUDING TRADES AND DECORATED AUTOMOBILE SECTIONS
As in '92, it was decided that the firemen should have a day, practically to themselves, in order to entertain and accommo- date adequately their visiting brethren.
The chief who welcomed the fraternity during the celebra- tion in 1892 was Charles S. Marchant and it was a coincidence that, in turn, his son, Homer R. Marchant, as a successor in the office, should extend the courtesies of the city on Firemen's day during the 300th anniversary.
The chief and the entire fire department had made well considered plans for this occasion, including their own financing the scheme of the parade being essentially educational, designed to show the evolution of fire fighting from its primitive begin- nings in colonial times down to the present "motorized" equip- ment.
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AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF MARCHERS IN THE TERCENTENARY PARADE
Three generations, Father, Son and Grandson. Center-William Herrick Marston, served two years in the Civil War, Quartermaster of Col. Allen Post 45, G. A. R., since 1915. Left-William Frank Marston (son of William H.), twenty-five years in the Mass. State Militia, including one year in the Spanish War; enlisted as private, discharged as Second Lieutenant; Color Sergeant 8th Mass. Inf., 17 years ; Past Com- mander and now Quartermaster of William McKinley Camp 26, United Spanish War Veterans. Right-Frederick Horton Marston (son of William F.), served with Co. G, 8th Mass. on the Mexican Border and 18 months in the Y. D., World War; enlisted as private, discharged as corporal.
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It was decided to include in this display, other divisions, with decorated automobiles, trades and floats, the whole mak- ing a procession equal in length to the parade of the day be- fore, of the greatest interest to the thousands who viewed the march past.
The parade was started at 2 in the afternoon proceeding through the principal streets to Stage Fort park where an ex- hibition of apparatus was given.
The formation was as follows :
Platoon of Police
Chief of fire department, HOMER R. MARCHANT, chief marshal.
Board of engineers, Lafayette F. Hunt, William H. Poland, Wil- liam S. Smith and Benjamin Harvey.
Members of Gloucester Fire department in uniform, 86 men, Capt. Fitz E. Oakes, marshal.
Municipal government in auto.
Bucket brigade, representing ancient method of water supply.
Hose reel-drawn by 16 boys.
Hand tub "Fisherman," showing the old style of pumping water. Old time hose reel.
Steam engine, showing the last method of pumping water before motor apparatus.
Modern fire apparatus, Gloucester fire department-17 pieces.
Chief's car-Driver John J. Hinkley with Alderman Harry G. Pew, chairman committee on fire department.
Chemical No. 1-Capt. John McAuley; Driver, John T. Parsons. Combination A-Capt. Ed. Parsons; Driver, Ray K. Corliss.
Combination B-Capt. John Fuge; Driver, Frank P. Marston.
Combination C-Capt. William Symonds; Driver, William Nichols. Combination D-Capt. G. S. Poland; Driver, Melvin Wilkins. Hose 1-Capt. Edward Hearn; Driver, Eugene Robishaw.
Hose 2-Capt. Allen Tucker; Driver, Benjamin A. Milne.
Hose 3-Capt. Wallace Hayden; Driver, Eugene Chick.
Hose 8-Capt. Fred Parsons; Driver, Edward Sargent.
Ladder 1-Capt. Augustus Hobart; Driver, George Currier; Guy Wagner, tillerman and motor supervisor.
Ladder 3-Capt. Edward Wilkinson; Driver, William Malonson.
Ladder 5-Capt. Cornelius Strong; Driver, Fitz E. R. Robinson.
Pump 3-Capt. Warren Mitchell; Driver, Herman Reed.
Pump 5-Capt. Harry Christenson; Driver, Wallace Tuck.
Tractor and steamer 3-Manuel Mattos.
Fire alarm car-Henry Burke; Driver, Moses Lufkin.
Second Division
Capt. EDWARD HEARN, Marshal. Aides-Chief Levi Thurston, Rockport; Chief Taylor, Essex;
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Chief Walton, Ipswich; Chief Grant, Beverly and Chief Graham, Wakefield.
Ispwich Mills Band, Charles A. Glover, leader.
Automobiles containing permanent pensioned men-Samuel Inger- soll, Sargent Thomas, James Corliss, Dwinal Grant, William H. Robinson, George R. Deveau and Walter Collins.
Members of Col. Allen Post 45, G. A. R., in five automobiles.
Automobiles containing Senator Stoddart, ex-mayors Asa G. Andrews and Isaac Patch.
Out of Town Firemen and Apparatus
Chemical Motor 2, Rockport, Driver Fred Moore.
Engine 2, Rockport, Driver Fred Robinson.
Ladder 1, Rockport, tractor drawn, Driver Arthur Francis.
Sixteen marching men, Rockport department.
Chief Edward E. Chase, Lynn, in car with Asst .- Chiefs H. A. Brannen and W. F. Walsh.
Engine Company, Lynn, Motor Machine.
Engine 2, Revere, Capt. Marden and 22 men.
Deputy Chief Kendrick of Swampscott in car.
Combination Hose and Chemical, Winthrop, Chief Belcher. Engine 1, Ipswich, motor, Chief A. H. Walton and men.
Chief of Melrose Fire Department in car with men.
Chief of Haverhill in car with men.
Boston Fire Department, two pieces of apparatus, 12 men, Capt. Daniel I. Baker in charge. High pressure wagon No. 1, and LaFrance Pumping Engine.
Essex Motor Pumping Engine. Chief William Taylor.
Marblehead Motor Pumping Engine, 15 men.
Fire prevention feature; Driver, Louis Francis.
Decorated Autos, Third Division
CHARLES T. HEBERLE, Chief Marshal.
Autos entered by Mrs. John T. Melanson and committee; Mr. and Mrs. C. Homer Barrett; Mrs. David May; Mrs. N. Blanche Sund- berg; Mrs. Stephen Martin; Harold H. Parsons; Official car, Muni- cipal Council; Home Club, Lady Elks; Good Will Club; Woman's Club; League of Women Voters; Daughters of the Twentieth Cen- tury; Star of Columbia Lodge; Federation of Parent-Teachers Asso- ciation; Ladies Auxiliary to American Legion; Community League; Col. Allen Post 45, G. A. R., five cars; Spanish War Veterans, two cars; West Gloucester Grange; Magnolia Lodge, Degree of Honor; District Nurse Association; George H. Powers; Charles T. Heberle; William G. Brown, Jr .; Everett A. Flye; Mrs. Harriet King; W. Nor- man Fisher; Mrs. Epes W. Merchant; John A. Johnson and Dr. John J. Egan; Annisquam Village Improvement Society, Old Stage Coach; Cunningham and Kerr and individual cars entered by Hon. Percy W. Wheeler, Mrs. Gilbert H. Ryan, Adelbert Coombs, M. P. Scullin, Thomas Connors, James Kelley, R. T. Scullin, Frank Hatch, Fred A.
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Harting, Arthur B. Sewall, C. Russell Dennen, Earle O. Phillips, Peter Bernard, Mrs. Bailey and R. F. Huntington.
Trades Division
Auto containing MICHAEL ARMSTRONG, marshal and aides, Donald Story, Walter T. Scott, Simeon T. Young and E. McLain. William G. Brown & Co., three trucks.
Swift & Co., horse and wagon.
Rockport Granite Company, granite exhibit.
J. Leonard Johnson, granite exhibit.
Frank E. Davis Fish Co., reproduction of cement office building.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, sick room scene.
Hartwell's Gift Shop, electrical apparatus.
Moxie Horsemobile and touring car.
Justus M. Johnson, decorated auto.
Ipswich Mills, old and new style of spinning.
Eldridge Baker Co., Salem, auto.
J. P. Eaton, two automobiles.
Riverdale Dairy, milk wagon.
Locust Ridge Dairy, milk wagon.
Fred S. Brown, milk wagon.
Gloucester Coal Company, ten coal trucks loaded with coal and wood.
Studebaker agency, four automobiles.
Russia Cement Co., LePage's Glue.
Merchant Box and Cooperage Company, three trucks.
Traffic Sign and Signal Company.
Rogers Glue Co., showing first method of making fish glue.
Steele & Abbott, painting materials.
L. E. Smith Co., two autos.
Cressy Contracting Co., apparatus.
General Baking Co., four trucks.
Mitchell's Coat and Towel Supply Co., decorated auto truck.
The judges' awards were :
George H. Powers, car decorated with chrysanthemums, first prize, $100; William G. Brown car, pale blue and white, second prize, $75; West Gloucester Grange, car decorated in rainbow colors, third prize, $50; Daughters of the Twentieth Century, car decorated in lavender, fourth prize, $25; Annisquam Village Improvement Asso- ciation, old stage coach, with occupants dressed in costumes of colonial and post-colonial periods, $25. Honorable mention was given the cars of Gilbert H. Ryan "Every Dog Has His Day," dogs and ladies; Home Club, car decorated with white and purple, children riding and Mrs. Harriet King, car decorated with red poppies and yellow butterflies.
The awards in the Trades' division were:
First, Rockport Granite Company; Second, Ipswich Mills; Third, Rogers Glue Company.
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AT THE PARK
Arrived at Stage Fort park an exhibition was given of the fire pumps on the lighter Philip, anchored near the sea wall.
The wet hose race was won by Hose 1, John Noble, Russell Sargent and Eugene Robishaw, time 38 seconds; Combination A, second, Joseph Moulton, Morton Nichols, Henry Hilton, time, 42 seconds; Combination C, third, Frank Lufkin, Gilbert Crispin and William Melanson, time 49 9-10 seconds. Teams from Chemical 1, Combination B and Ladder 1, also competed.
Erwin and McPartland of Stoneham won first prize in the dry hose coupling contest in 17 8-10 seconds; Barnstead and Newhall, also of Stoneham being a fraction of a second behind, second. Stan- ley and Edwards of Beverly and Hildreth and Morse of Leominister, tied for third place, the latter winning the run-off in 18 seconds.
Others running were Flower and Stone, Stoneham, 21 9-10 seconds; Kerrigan and Clark, Wenham, 22 seconds; Francis and Nichols, Gloucester, 22 seconds; Brown and Poor, Ipswich, 19 1-10 seconds; Shepherd and Shepherd, Ipswich; Kerrigan and Hammond, Woburn, disqualified.
The judges were Chiefs Taylor of Essex, Thurston of Rockport, Belcher of Winthrop, Graham of Wakefield, Qualey of Medford, and Floyd of Manchester.
Chief Marchant and his committee deserve the greatest credit for making this part of the program a success. Firemen from all parts of the state were present and enjoyed their hospi- tality. In the vacant lot adjoining the School street engine house a large tent had been erected where a buffet lunch was served the visiting firemen and others. There was an abundant and varied supply of food and several thousand were thus cared for by the firemen. In addition there was music, a vaudeville en- tertainment and everything calculated to make the visitors "feel at home."
In the decorated autos division there were many fine displays, outstanding being the car of the Gold Star mothers, covered with red poppies, in memory of the boys who sleep in Flander's fields and beneath the wave, this being the entry of the Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion.
The picturesque stage coach days were brought back by the appearance of the coach driven between Annisquam and Gloucester by the late Orrin E. Griffin. His son, J. Edward Griffin, officiated as driver and the passengers were in costumes of the Colonial period.
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OFFICIALS FIREMEN'S PARADE CHIEF HOMER R. MARCHANT Chief Marshal
FRANK H. GAFFNEY, Jr. Chairman Lighting Committee MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Chairman Seating Committee and Marshal Fourth Division
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