The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-31
BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL DAY.
Large Crowds Took Part in the Vari-
Gus Parts of the Days Exercises.


tiful Decoration Day. For weeks the
skies had been lowering, the weather
cold and damp, and everything for
bidding any thought of out Of door
exercises Of any kind. Today even
began In the same way. But yester-
day, as If mindful Of the fact that the
men in whose honor the day is observ-
Ell are growing swiftly fewer and fewer
there was a most beautiful rift in the
clouds. The sky was clear as ever an
Italian sky, while the only clouds
that appeared were as beautiful as
islands in tropical ocean. The day
could not have been more nearly
perfect.
From early morning, and even from
the afternoon before, when an hour
OF beautiful sunset had given its prom
ise for the day, Oak Hill had been the
center to which many people had
turned their thoughts, and everywhere
throughout the place were little groups
of people placing flowers over the
graves Of their loved ones All the
bright forenoon, flowers and plants
in bloom kept coming in until the
whole place was bright with them.
TIE PARADE.
In the afternoon, shortly after one
o'clock, the parade which had been
forming at and in the vicinity Of Fay.
cite square, took up the line Of march
from that point to the cemetery under
the direction Of Marshal Zenas IL.
Ross The first division was COM
manded by Sergeant Glen Angevine
and the second by Corporal NJ. j.
Phillips, the officers being mounted.
The first division was made UP in the
following order: Owosso Light In-
fantry Band. Company Fl, Patriarchs
Militant, Knights Of the Maccabees,
Modern Woo linen Of America degree
team. The D. L l. band never made
finer appearance 1t had eighteen
men in line and both the playing and
the marching were excellent. Com
pany Fl, too, presented an appearance
which was highly creditable both to
the men and to the officers. The com
panY was commanded by Captain
McCaughna, and in marching down
the pavement on Washington street
with company front, spreading as they
did ia splendid alignment from curb
TO curb, they showed that both officers
and men have been hard at work for
months. The Patrarchs made a
pretty, snowy appearance as usual
aud appeared to remarkably good ad-
vantage considering their numbers.
The knights Of the Maccabees had
both their uniform rank and subor-
dinate lodges in line, the uniformed
knights forming an escort for the
others. The Modern Woodmen degree
team, in their white suits, showed
most careful drilling. They executed
their foot movements like soldiers.
The second division was headed by
the Junior band with twelve pieces,
and was further made up Of the
Knights OF Pythias uniform rank,
the Federal Union, school children,
G.. A. r. drum corps and G. A. r the
wagons of flowers, loads OF children,
one of them representing the differ.
ent states with Miss Columbia seated
under a canopy in the center, the
speakers carriages. and carriages con-
tanning the members Of the W. Il. @.
In this division the Knights OF Pyth-
las, marching in two platoons under
the command Of Fred Edwards and
Ira u. Curry, made the most attract
i've appearance, with their fine forma.
tion and snowy plumes. The Federal
Labor union made very strong show
ing ia comparison with the number OF
men the other organizations had In
line, and in consideration Of the fact
that many Of their number were
marching with the other organiza
tions. They had about two hundred
men in line. The school children
, too, made very pretty appearance
with about two hundred children il
line. The members OF Quackenbusl
Post looked no older than year agt
. and marched with sprightly step
They had, however, smaller numbe
OF members in line than on man,
/. former occasions, there being onl.
about sixty men in the line Of march
AT THE HILL.
The end of the march found larg
audience assembled at the hill wher
year after year the people of the cit
meet, when weather will permit, t.
do honor to the soldier dead, and T.
let their thoughts turn little Will
in patriotic channels. The member
, of the Grand Army Of the Republi
took their usual places, the childreI
from the schools filed up the space
and the people who we're already ther
and whecam after viewing the pre-
procession filed the background. Th