Show Northampton Welcomes As They Return to Private Life Waving Crowds Line Streets as President Ex-President I and Wife Drive to Old me I NORTHAMPTON Mass March 5 Northampton AP-Northampton gave a wholehearted welcome to Calvin C and to Mrs Coolidge on their return to private life today The celebration of theIr homecoming home home- coming was a quiet one in keeping with the that has char char- the life of the former president and In with his expressed desire to avoid a noIsy greeting because ot the SS of Goodhue mother of Mrs Coolidge The city'S officIal welcome was was' extended to tr and Irs Coolidge at 8 35 a. a m. m a. a reception headed b Jesse A. A C J p ed the Cool Cool- ti prIvate on which they had made the trip home from I Each of the committee shook hands with the former president and hIs wife GREET MAYOR JIow do rou do Mayor Glad to see ou said ns he shook hands with Andre Ve are happy to have you here behalf o Andre aid In people of 1 wel- wel come ou That is very nice of ou or Ma-or said Coolidge After receiving the greetings or orthe the committee Mr and j Coolidge stepped to the ear J-ear Continued on page 4 WeI o es As They Re rn to Private Life Continued page 1 platform 01 their car and the of more than 00 citizens who had been standIng stand stand- Ing In the raIn tor almost an hour awaiting lr appearance I Ir Coolidge was wN a silk hat and a black overcoat wIth a tur collar wite was becomingly I In tan WIth was her dog one the White Hous pet brOught Ir and Coolidge a. a they stood on the plat plat- torm to rt the Of the crowd and to permit cameramen to tomako mako s. s A. A they stepped to the the legion po t I band played Home Sweet Home 11 and Coolidge walked to closed automobile to bo driven to tot t Jr home In street I rank Stearns Intimate lot former and Jam P. P Coupal vho served as o during their lila in the White House follo In another car CROWDS LINE STREETS During he journey to their home both II and andr r Coolidge acknowledgment ot Ute of crowds that lined the streets thello aut Smith college the entire i was lined up to wave wavea a greeting and the strains of AmerIca Amer Ica on the college chImes At the Clark School for the Deat where Coolidge was once a r their automobIle paused tor a moment she wavEd to tot t e w o were g tass Reaching their homp ir and Coolidge found many neighbors neigh neigh- bors and a troop ot Boy Scouts assembled as- as to greet them They sed sedon on the steps of tho house while photographers mado mor pictures before going Indoors Both came out again a short time later at the ther r quest ot the photographers tor additional shots Mr ge appeared to be In high spUrts as he joked with the newspaper newspapermen men they had satisfied the demands de- de mands or the photographers they went Into the house IntendIng Intend Intend- Ing t there tor a short time before going to the Dickinson hospital to Isit 1 Goodhue I |