Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-28
Memorial Service for the Noted
Iowan Held at Soldiers
Home Sunday
coWNIE'S
JOHN
TRIBUTE
commandant Horton, Col. j. M. Parker.
Chaplain Cole and Or. II. P. Duffield
Make Addresses Resolutions Adopt
ed by the Assembly-The Home a
Monument to Him.

a memorial service in honor of the
late Philip NJ. Grape. of Burlington, WAS
largely attended Sunday afternoon al
the Soldiers Home, which has been
termed by Hon. John Cownie. chairman
of the state board of control, as a
monument to Philip NJ. Grape that will
neve mold or decay The service was
held in the assembly hall. With Com
mandant Horton acting as chairman.
Resolutions of respect to the deceased,
and coincidence to his family were
passed by the assembly.
The afternoons program comprised a
musical unlbe by a choir composed
of Quartermaster Bennett, Miss Paul
son. superintendent of the hospital, MIR.
Francis, of the headquarters building,
and Miss Cunningham. Commandant
Horton made a brief address, being fol-
lowed by prayer by Chaplain Cole. The
resolutions We're then e by Mr.. Duf-
field, chief surgeon of the Home, and
adopted by a rising vote. After a num-
Der by the choir. Hon. John Cownie
addressed the gathering. followed by
Colonel j. Nj. Parker. Chaplain Cole
delivered a short address, ana after an
other selection by the choir Chaplain
Cole pronounced the benediction.
Mr.. Cownie, in his address. paid q
most glowing tribute TO MIR. Grape, who
is The father of Iowa's home for dis
abled volunteer soldiers and sailors. He
said in part:
I'm the death of Philip NJ. Grape,
our state has lost one of its best citi-
zens. the Soldiers Home an early friend
and a powerful champion. 1t Is for us
to heed we'll the lessons of his noble
life, TO follow In his footsteps and to
carry on the great work of which he
laid the foundation. III such manner
that this Home will always be found IN
the front rank in everything that con-
duces to the welfare of the old soldier.
And while the memory of the one we
mourn will no doubt be commemorated
with piles of marble and granite, the
Iowa Soldiers Home will be the monu-
ment to Philip NJ. Grape that will never
mold or decay, but will stand for al!
time. a lasting and enduring remem-
hrance of one who was loyal to his COM
rades. faithful to his w conscience,
and true to his country and his God"
Colonel Horton also spoke felingly of
the deceased. He said: In summing up
or placing All estimate upon the true
value of a man, at the end of his career,
we do not AJAX what he has
lated or what he is worth, but rather
what he has done for others, what has
he given out? Is the community in
which he lived happier or better for his
having lived in it? Measured by this
standard Comrade Grape reaches UP
to the full statue of manhood. A true
and loving husband, a kind and affec-
Tomato father. a brave soldier, a true
patriot, a broad-minde and true citizen,
a wide phllanthropist and a Christian
gentleman.
In the loss of Philip NJ. Grape the
Iowa Soldiers Home has lost its first
and one of it's best and most influential
friends. To him we are indebted more
than to any one person for the estab-
lishment and growth of u beautiful
Home.
In 1884 he headed a committee in
lklclk GlIoIlS ~
| Home in Iowa. Defeated in this, he.
| with others, carried the matter 10 the
general assembly, and there secured the
| passage of an act establishing a Home
in Iowa. In the strife for It's location
he worked with his Burlington friends,
but when, by reason OF the magnificent
| work of the committee from Marshall-
town, headed by r. E. Sears, the Home
was established at this place, he lost
! none of his energy n enthusiasm. lie
was the chairman Of the first commit
tee on Soldiers Home, appointed by
the Grand Army of the Republic. He
held that position from hat time until
his death.
every brick and stone in our build
ings mere will stand as a tonkueless, yet
speaking record of his work for his
comrades in Iowa, and so long as Ola
Glory floats from the flagstaff or the
Iowa Soldiers Home, so long VIII the
name of Philip NJ. Grape be held IN
kind and grateful remembrance.
Chaplain Cole said that true great
ness never comes to n n py accl-
dent. Wealth, scholarship, position, OF
OF themselves, fail to secure 1t. me
greatest men this world has ever had
were made great because they lived,
toiled and suffered and, when neces-
sary. died for others. The smaliest
man this world ever knew was the
man who lived exclusively for himself.
The man achieves distinction and I'M
fortality who transmits his time AMI
brain and opportunities into the good
Of others. The chaplain said that Phil
in M. Grape was great n lmmortai
because of his spirit of self ~negation
DR.. Duffield and Colonel Parker also
paid high tributes to the life "hich
was brought to an untimeiy END IN
! Burlington last week.
HAwkEYE BIG STORE.