The activities planned for the celebration of Dorchester’s birthday in June 1954 were reported in The Boston Globe on May 30, 1954. They included a variety show at the Riverview Ballroom with a 1954 Ford convertible as the door prize. A block dance at the Y on Washington Street; soft ball tournament; horseshoe pitching contest; boxing bouts; school essay contest; square dancing; community singing; guest speakers; dramatics; bonfire; and a doll carriage parade.
Today’s illustration is a photograph (possibly from the Boston Herald) of the winners of the doll carriage parade (left to right) Barbara MacDonald, 4, the prettiest; Linda Pucci, 3, most original; and Edith Ammidown, most patriotic.