Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-09
TO HONOR HEROES
Decoration Day Will be Celebrated
in Fitting Manner.
THE COMMITTEE MET LAST NIGHT
All Details Not Yet Arransed-WiIl
Hold Another Committee Meeting
Next Thursday Evening - Stores
Will Close on Decoration Day.

Ottumwa will honor the men who
have fallen in defense of their country
in a more grand and fitting manner
than ever before. This statement is
made upon absolute facts. The COM
mittee on arrangements to prepare
for the decoration day exercises have
their plans far enough perfected to be
able to state that all details will be
carried out ugi &, magnificent scale. IL
can be practically stated that all bust
ness houses in the city will be closed
from 1 until o'clock on May 80 and
the entire city will unite in doing hon
ors to the country's fallen heroes.
There will be parade participated in
by the two posts of the G. A. R., the
two Relief Corps, the local camp Sons
of Veterans, Company &c" l. N. g.,
and the two bands of the city. The ex-
ercises will be concluded with a
speech at the cemetery by Judge l.. G.
Blanchard, of Oskaloosa
Met Last Night.
The committee on arrangements
from the North and South Side G. A.
R. posts, and Sons of Veterans, met
dI luS 0lOlG VI SaPlulA y. Ia. ~ SSAi y
last evening and discussed plans for
the day and also to make final ar
rangements for the proper observance
of memorial day, on the Sunday pre-
vious to Decoration day. These exer-
cises will be held at the Grand opera
house, and Rev. A. E. Craig, pastor OF
the First Methodist church, will de-
liver the address of the day. Headed
by band, they will start at the ar
mory of Company &c" and from there
gather in the two posts of the G. A. R.,
Sons of Veterans and Relief Corps,
the parade will proceed to the Grand
opera house. Here very complete
program will be carried out. The OF
tumw male chorus under the leader
ship of L. A. Culbertson will furnish
vocal music, assisted by an orchestra.
A solo will be sung by one of the city's
leading vocalists, and after the ad-
dress by Rev. Craig, the meeting will
be concluded by the singing of pa
triotic song lead by the quartet with
the entire audience joining in. The
matter of extending invitations to the
different church choirs of the city to
occupy the different boxes in the OPP
era house was discussed last evening,
and this will probably be done. These
choirs will join in the singing of the
closing song by the Male chorus and
audience.
Arrangements Not Completed.
The arrangements for decoration
day have not been entirely completed,
but enough is known to be able to. state
that they will be very complete. The
two posts of the G. A. R., the Sons of
Veterans, the two relief corps and
Company sc" headed by two bands,
and carriages containing the speakers
of the day will march to the Ottunlwa
cemetery and the exercises of the day
will be held there. The committee on
arrangements will ask every business
man to close his place of business
from / until o'clock on that day and
give all their employees a chance to
participate in the exercises. 1t Is
thought there will be no trouble in
making this arrangement as every bus
mess man who has been approached
on the subject is heartily In favor of
such an idea.
Committee Will Meet Again.
The general committee will meet
again next Thursday evening at Cap
tain Dysart's store, at which time they
will make final arrangements for the
day, and the program will then be ar
ranged.
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