The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-10
Red, White and Blue.
The Patriotic Convention q
Grand Success.

On Saturday morning the town of
Middleburgh put on its holiday at
tire. Large flags were floating in
the breezes. The residences and
business places we're beautifully
decorated with flags and bunting.
Strangers began pouring into the
town and by noon the streets were
filled with visiting delegations of
OF Patriotic Sons, Knights of the
Golden Eagle aud Odd Follows. At
one o'clock the parade was formed
on Market square. The column ad-
vanced to Swineford, returning, the
procession moved to West Market
street. Returning it went back Su-
gar street and on the return march
ed into the court house. The order
of the parade was as follows:
Marshslls, w. r. Jones and Sheriff
p. s. Ritter.
Carriage driven by N. u. Steining-
or, conveying A. j. Colburn, Presi-
dent OF the State Camp j. A. Aig-
Ter. District President of Snyder
county and Kieffer Wolfe, District
President OF Union county.
Adsmsbura Band.
Aiddleburg Post, G. A. r.
Millmont Camp, p. o. S. OLA.
Adamsburg Lodge l. o. O. F..
Middleburg Band.
Adamsburg X. Golden Eagle.
Beavertown Camp p. 0. s. Of A.
Selinsgrove
Fresburg "
Middleburgh
In the Court House after the
Middleburgh band rendered selec.
tion, Supt. +. G. Bowersox intro
duced A. j. Colburn, Esq. of Serial
ton, the president of the State Camp
p. o. S. of A. who addressed Il we'll
filled house.
Mr.. Colburn by his earnestness
and his powerful command Of Ian
guage showed the necessity of Amer
leans looking more carefully to it's
OWE internal welfare than to the
danger of foreign clements. His
diction was clear, his words and
sentiments we'll chosen and formore
than an hour held the undivided at
tention of the large audience.
The Contest.
As announced in these columns
the orutorcal contest was held in
the court house in the evening. The
music in the evening was furnished
by the Glee Club composed of Prof.
III. l. Potter, +. S. Reigle. j. A. Sny-
der, Dr. G. f.. Hassinger and Miss
Lillian Stetler as organist. The pro
gram tras as follows:
Music, Tie Flag without q Stain.
Glee Club; Opening Address, Prof
f. G. Bowersox The Revolutionary
Rising. Frank Graybill Bingen on
the Rhine, Annie Gift Medley
Quartette, Glee Club; Our Own
Dear Land, John Spangler The
Sword Of Bunker Hill, Harry Hack
enberg; American Independence,
Essie Erhart; Solo, Madrienne,
Jesta Freyman; The Buff and Blue,
Verna Enterline The Two True
Banners, Lloyd Bowersox Music,
Hope Beyond, Glee Club The Lit,
tic Light. Marion Schoch; The
American Flag, Maude Stetler;
Song, Our Happy Land, Claire Bow
srsox Song Of the Vermontels in
1769, A. H. Mover; The Independ-
ence Boil, Mollie Mitchell; Music,
The Moon is Brightly Beaming, Glee
Club; Our Country. Maize Drummer
God Bless Our Stars, Bertha Err
hart; Birthday Song. Eva Steining-
er The Swords of Grant and Lee,
Amy Mitchell America First Rank
Of Nations. Eva Rothrock; Music,
Marguerite. Glee Club.
The judges were Grant Yoder of
Globe Mills, j. N. Brosius of Mt.
Pleasant Mills aud Arthur Heiser of
Shaded. They awarded first prize to
Marion Schoch Of the MiddleburRh
school dist. let, End prize to Mollie
Mitchell Of Meyers school. Frank
lin township and the 3rd to Annie
Gift OF Paxtonville.
This completed the days program
which was most successfully execut-