City documents Municipal register, mayor's address, annual reports, etc . cellent condition and was constantly in use. Teammatches were held during the season which added interest tothe sport. Picnics—The usual numl^er of picnics were held at tlievaiious parks and through the co-operation of the park keep-ers everything was done to make it possible for better resultsin making everything pleasant for the parties. Celebrations—The playground season ended with aField Day Celebration at Buttonwood Hundreds ofchildren gathered there from the various playgrounds to en-joy the days outing. Too
City documents Municipal register, mayor's address, annual reports, etc . cellent condition and was constantly in use. Teammatches were held during the season which added interest tothe sport. Picnics—The usual numl^er of picnics were held at tlievaiious parks and through the co-operation of the park keep-ers everything was done to make it possible for better resultsin making everything pleasant for the parties. Celebrations—The playground season ended with aField Day Celebration at Buttonwood Hundreds ofchildren gathered there from the various playgrounds to en-joy the days outing. Too much thought cannot be given to playgrounds. Wecan readily see the advisability of i)urchasing more land forplayground centers in the various congested parts of thecity. One might be located in the vicinity of Madison Streetand Acushnet Avenue, another somewhere in the neighbor-hood of Hampton Court. During the afternoon of July fourth, Battery D, 101stField Artillery, Massachusetts National Guard, gave an ex-hibition at Buttonwood Park of Roman and Cossack riding. BLACK BEAR CUB — BUTTONWOOD PARK P12 PARK DEPARTMENT mounted drill, and finished its exhibit by firing the nationalsalute of 21 rounds from its four French 75mm. guns. Theexhil)ition, wliich was mider the command of Capt. HaroldWinslow, Lieuts. Charles F. Perry, Jr., and Charles A. Stan-ley, was enjoyed by several thousands of interested spectators. The City Government provided a display of fireworksat Button wood Park during the evening of July fourth. Alany other important and necessary improvementsmight be brought to your notice, but being aware of the im-possibility of their being undertaken during the coming year,for financial reasons, only those which are the most neededhave been placed before you. Respectfully submitted, Board of Park Commissioners, William P. Covell, ChairmanWilliam F. Caswell, Secretarv
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