My guess is that the ball at the Community House was held on the night before the event at the park, and the parade was held on the day of the festival at the park. Then the Textileers sang from the bandstand, and at that time it was raining. Another possibility is that the ball was held on the night of the park event. My other guess is that this took place in 1953. In the second through fifth pictures, you can see the vacant lot where the gym was built a couple of years later. In those days, there wasn't a Hopedale High band, so on Memorial Day and in this parade, music was provided by the Milford High band. Kids at the Women's Club Fair HOME . |
Ben Kin(g)sley--he had a sister Joan & I think they lived in the vicinity of the bath house--later moved to Florida. Shirley (Johnson) Cahill |