BORON PARADE TO SPARKLE.Byline: Daily News BORON boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. - Boron will host its 6th annual Christmas Parade on Saturday, featuring lighted floats traveling along Twenty Mule Team
Twenty mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that ferried borax out of Death Valley from 1883 to 1889. Road. The parade will start at 6 p.m. Saturday, running from James Street
For the James Street in Hamilton, see James Street (Hamilton, Ontario). to Roberts Street. After the parade, there will be a tree-lighting ceremony and caroling at the Boron Twenty Mule Team Museum. Hot chocolate and coffee will be available along the parade route. Parade winners will be announced at the museum following the tree lighting. The winners in the Boron house lighting contest will also be announced then. The parade entry deadline is 5 p.m. Friday. The entry fee is $15. All entries in the parade are required to have lights. Cash prizes will be awarded to the entry for the best use of lights. First place is $300, second place is $200 and third place is $100. For entry forms for either contest, call Mildred Savage Mildred Spitz Savage (born June 26, 1919) is an author known for her best-selling novel, Parrish. Biography and career The second of three children, she was born in New London, Connecticut to Ezekiel and Sachia Spitz. at (760) 762-7428 or (760) 762-5620. |
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