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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 4 Jul 1957, p. 5

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The Canadian Champion, Thursday, July 4th, 1957 The Port Credit Legion Bugle Band was one of 10 bands in the parade held Saturday night that was rained out Friday evening. Here the group is shown on the march shortly after leaving the Bruce Street school. Milton and Halton County firemen followed. An early fanning mill manned by "Lazy Bill" Bail- ey of Hornby was one of Hornby Garage's ent- ries in Monday's 75-unit mammoth parade, part of centennial festivities seen by 15,000 people. This picture shows hundreds of bandsmen and worshippers around the platform in Victoria Park Sunday during the short church service which fol- lowed the local Branch 136, Canadian Legion decoration service at the monument. Rev. E. H. Jones of Acton spoke. A wide variety of old costumes was modelled at the arena Friday night in the centennial committee's old fashioned dress contests-one for dresses made for the contest, another for hand-me-downs. Lefr to right are Mrs. S. Childs, Mrs. J. Owen, Marjorie McIntosh, Mrs. A. Tufford, Mrs. M. Walton, Mrs. Florence McCann, Mrs. Price, A. Joukema. An impressive ceremony was witnessed by several hundred people at the cenotaph at Victoria Park Sunday afternoon, as several local organizations an d service groups presented wreaths in memory of war dead and pioneers responsible for the inauguration of Milton. A short church service followed. Members of Milton council marched with hundreds of Canadian Legion. aires in the large parade Sunday afternoon, organized by the local Legion Branch. Several hundred people crow/ded around the monument to watch the decoration service, and the short open-air church service of worship. Don Fairbairn, left, of CBC's Neighborly News program, interviewed Dr. Carl Martin, right, and several others on his Sunday morning program at the fair grounds. 1w ?z 4 The Black Knights precision bugle band of Thorold, Ontario, is shown as they presented a beautiful marching display in front of the fair grounds grandstand Monday afternoon. The 50-piece band also played several selections to the delight of the audience. The children of the Bruce Street school in Milton are pictured here in Thursday morning's Salute to Youth day parade as it passed the town hall. The school won first prize for the banner bearing the name of the school. About 1500 school children from Milton's public and district schools partici- pated in the parade, which was described by Byng Whittaker over CBC's audio broadcast as it passed. Don Fairbairn's Neighborly News broadcast at the agricultural hall Sunday morning included inter- views of several local people. The broadcast, sponsored by the Canadian Champion, included inter- views by Don, front left, with Pat Nicholson, and centennial manager E. Ross Pearen, Mayor Charles S. Barker of Milton, Delaware, Dr. C. A. Martin, Milton Mayor J. M. Ledwith and Warden T. Millward. p a jý

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