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First Annual Festival Program, Marblehead, Mass. 1947

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Record 807/1708
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Catalog date 10/18/2005
Category 8: Communication Artifact
Classification Parades & Pageants
Historic Sites
Holidays
Marblehead Harbor
Marblehead Neck
Organizations & Clubs
Parks
Social & Personal Activity
Sports/Baseball
Collection William Hammond Collection
Abstract Inside cover "IN Memoriam" to "our departed comrades" "the brave men and women who ride ahead"
A foreword by Dennis Maguire
Several pages of Marblehead history and photos of local scenes, many are inscribed "Compliments of-" a local merchant or resident.

The events program start on August 22 at Devereux Beach and Marblehead Neck with a bicycle race then animal acts and novice boxing at the School St. Fire Station and ending with a Baseball game under the lights at Seaside park.

On Saturday August 23 there is a softball game at Memorial Park and a Baby Doll Carriage Parade. This is followed at 1:00 PM by a Parade with a flyby of planes from the Squantum Navy Base. After this there are several activities at Seaside park.
Later on Saturday evening there are Surf Boat Races,Harbor Parade, Harbor Illumination and Fireworks.

Sunday August 24 Church services are held with a one minute of silence at a memorial service at Crocker Park, followed by a Band Concert and open air Vesper services at 5:00 PM.

There is alist of the Board of Selectmen, a list of donors, a list of participating organizations, and a list of parade officials.
Home Location Z Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#4
Object ID 2005-018-00125
Object Name Booklet
People Abbot, Benjamin
Adams, C. F.
Adams, John S.
Appleton, Thomas
Baker, Charles M.
Bartlett, Howard
Bixbee, Henry
Boardman, Francis, Capt.
Boggis, Clifford
Bradish, Samuel H.
Brazell, William
Bridge, Robert C.
Bright, Edgar W.
Brown, John H.
Buswick, Charles
Canniffe, J. E.
Chadwick, B. R.
Chapman, Everett
Chapman, William T.
Colby, H. A.
Crocker, Uriel
Dale, Herbert
Deland, Frank S.
Deveraux (sic), John A.
Dixey, Archer
Dodge, Simeon
Dow, Jack
Duffy, Harry
Fitzgerald, Simon
Frost, James
Gilbert, Moses
Giles, Carl E.
Glancy, Thomas J.
Goodwin, Thomas A., Rev.
Gorman, Harold M.
Graves, Mary E.
Gray, Mrs.
Gregory, James J. H.
Grindy, Roy M., Rev.
Haley, Bob
Hamson, Eddie
Hamson, Ray
Handy, Gordon D.
Harris, Mrs. Henry
Hathaway, William Frank
Hayes, Francis
Henderson, George B.
Johnson, John O.
Jordan, Thomas
Kelley, Charles T.
Kretzmann, Norman, Rev.
Logan, Leo J., Rev.
MacDonald, Alexander
Maconi, Frank N., Dr.
Maguire, Dennis F.
Martin, Benjamin F.
Martin, Knott V., Capt.
McGrath, M. F.
McKin, Walter M.
McQuesten, George
Moore, Penfield
Morse, C. Farley
Musto, Samuel R.
Narbis, Bert
Nelson, Roy E., Rev.
Norton, David W., Jr., Rev.
Orne, Bud
Osborne, Bowden
Osborne, F. N.
Pandapas, John
Phillips, Raymond
Pitman, E. Allen, Capt.
Pitman, Henry F.
Polley, Gibson
Polley, Herbert E.
Rhoades, Tom
Riordan, Daniel W.
Robarts, Tremaine
Robinson, Charles H.
Sanborn, Vernon
Seaman, Richard
Snellens, Charles
Snook, John, Jr., Rev.
Stevens, Augustus
Symonds, Bertice
Ternes, A. M.
Theobald, R. A., RAdm.
Titus, E. C.
Tucker, Phillip B.
Union, Peter
Vannah, Paul M.
Vose, James
Welch, William
Wicks, Forrest F.
Williams, Donald
Withum, Kenneth
Wright, Edgar W.
Search Terms First Annual Festival
Sub-category Documentary Artifact
Subjects Parades & processions
Baseball
Bands
Airplanes
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Historical markers
Title First Annual Festival Program, Marblehead, Mass. 1947
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