The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-28
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Arrangement for Appropriate Exer-
cises Tomorrow and Monday.

The final arrangements for the OBJ
servation of Memorial day have been
made, including the line of march and
the programme for the meetings.
The following official announcement
of the exercises has been made by the
committee in charge:
The G. A. r. memorial exercises will
De held at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday at o'clock in the after
noon the Rev. Countermine will preach
the sermon. The quartet choir of that
church will have charge of the music
All ex-soldiers and sailors are cordially
invited TO meet at Lincoln Post hall on
East Sixth street at 2 %. NJ. and march
to the church. The ladies of the CORPS
and circle will meet in the lecture room
OF the church at 2:45 p. m. and will en-
ter the church in a body. The public
are invited.
PROGRAMME
Organ voluntary.
lie Deun. Dudley
Church Choir.
Mrs. Geo. ParkhurSt, Mrs. Frank Wear,
Mr.. Edward Strong and Mr.. H. V.
Hinckley.
Miss Gertrude Tracy, Organist.
Responsive reading, psalm S9:1-37.)
Conducted by Chaplain G. w. Burge,
Lincoln Post.
Hymn-"Onward Christian Soldiers
Prayer. Rev. NJ. F. McKirahan
Anthem-"The Vacant Chair.
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Church Choir.
Memorial sermon-Subject, "Our Helper
He. Rev. ]. D. Countermine, D. D.
Anthem-"Cover Them Over" ........
Church Choir.
Prayer. Rev. A. NJ. Reynolds
Hymn 665-"America.
Benediction. ...Rev- H. D. Fisher
On Decoration day, May 80, the school
children and others are requested to
take flowers to be used for decorating
the soldiers graves to the school house
in their vicinity at $50 a. m, whence
they will be taken to Lincoln Post hall
where the ladies of the circle and corps
will meet and take charge of the flow
ers. All committees and details will
report at the hall at $50, except the
girls who will assist in decorating the
graves; they will report at $3.50 a. m.
The exercises a the cemetery will COM
mence about 10 o'clock a. m. and will
be in charge of Post Commander Bru-
baker, assisted by Chaplain G. w.
Burge and the ModocS.
In the afternoon grand parade or
the G. A. r., led by Marshall's band,
will take place at 2 o'clock p. m. under
charge of Captain F. NJ. Kimball, chief
marshal, in which every post of this
city and all old soldiers and sailors are
cordially invited and expected to take
part MarShalls band and the several
G. A r. posts will report promptly at
2 p. m. as follows:
The band at the corner of Quincy and
Sixth street.
Blue post on Quincy and Fifth street.
Fort Pillow post on Quincy, immed-
lately north of Fifth street.
Topeka post on Quincy street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth streets.
Lincoln post on Sixth in front of their
hall.
When the lines are formed the right
will rest on Quincy street, corner Of
Seventh street; the procession Will
march south on Quincy to Ninth, west
to Kansas avenue, north to Fifth street,
east to Quincy, south to Hamilton hall.
Aids to Captain Kimball, Captain A. NJ.
Fuller, Col. Geo. w. Veale, Col. w. ID.
Alexander Captain o. H. Coulter, Cap
tain J. w. Sidwell, Captain ]. M. Mil
Ter, DR.. S. G. Stewart and Major E. Y.
Niles.
The exercises at Hamilton hall will
commence at 8 p. m. Ex-senator and
Comrade John Martin will act as mas
ter of ceremony. Program is as fol-
lows:
Song, America, by the audience, led
by the Modocs.
Prayer by chaplain, George w. Burge-
Song by the ModOcS.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress, by Mrs. N. Milliken.
Song by the Modocs.
Grafton by Comrade J. G. Wood.
Song, Star Spangled Banner, by Mrs.
G. P. Ashton.
Flag girls, Theresa Barabine, Helen
whiting Grace Koontz, Margaret
Koontz, Florence Foster, Irene Frank,
Lucille Frank, and Dorothy Parkhurst'