St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-25
nEMORIAL DAY.
Omciai Program Of the Day.

OMC10A Program OK tm0 nay
Chamberlin Post have their arrange
ments nearly completed for more than
usually successful Memorial week. All
comrades who have not been already
invited to be present in public schools on
Friday next stand in line to accept such
call. Pre-memorial Sunday services in
Music Hall on the evening of the Goth
at O'Clock will be under the direction of
Rev. ]. M. Frost. All comrades, whether
members of Posts or not, are invited to
be at 6. A. R. Hall at o'clock, sharp, to
march in body to Music Hall. The w.
r. Corps will also then assemble to par
ticipate in these exercises.
Commander Harris has made the fol-
lowing detail for decoration of graves of
fallen comrades in the several cemeteries,
viz:
Mount Pleasant cemetery, Comrades
William II. Ward, Carleton Felch and F.
F. Carrick.
St. t.Johnsbury Center, L. c. Farnham,
c. FL. West and E. E. Simpson.
Grove cemetery, St. Johnsbury East,
6: r. Crosby, ]. A. Paddock and L. w.
Fisher.
Catholic cemetery. John Mcdonald,
Jovite Pinard and D. Frechette.
Goss Hollow. Matthew Robinson and
D. o. Burbank.
Passumpsic. II. A. Moore and A. P.
Hawley.
Waterford, Emery E. Hovey and George
Morrison.
Flags and markers can be obtained on
application to Quartermaster G. III.
Woodbury.. It is hoped that all school
children, as in the years past, will
gather and put into the hands of the
above detail wild flowers, at as early a
moment Monday morning, May 80, as
possible. The detail starts from G. A. r.
Hall in season to complete their work
before noon of same day.
The w. r. G. will furnish free dinner
to invited guests, and all comrades and
their wives as well as Corps ladies and
their husbands, at 12 O'Clock in dining
old soldier and his wife.
The parade will form at 1.30 p. m.
sharp, under Col. c. M. Bonett, mar
shall, right resting on Monument
square, in the order of the folio wing pro-
gram. Rev. E. j. Ranslow from Swan
ton has already signifed his intention of
beng present and will deliver the address
in Music hail. Comrade Charles P.
Carpenter will preside.
THE PARADE.
In honoring the Grand Army of the
Republic, and especially Chamberlin>
Post, No. 1, the organizations and indi-
viduals taking part in the Memorial Day
Parade will toIm in the folio wing order.
1st Division,
1t. Col. c. M. Bonett Commanding.
Police.
st. Johnsbury Military Band,
George c. Fe1ch, leader.
Co. D, verm mont National Guard,
Capt John w. Tinker.
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William Wetherbee, e. c.
2nd Division,
Capt. H. w. Ellis, Commanding.
Canton Crescent, No. 2, I. o. o. F.,
Henry Beck, Lieut.. Commanding.
Red Men, Algonquin Tribe, No. 9,
H. A. Wilcox, Captain.
VT. Division, No. 1. U. R. K. p,
H. M. Nelson, Captain.
Modern woodmen, team,
F. M. Bonett, Captain.
3rd Division,
p. D. Dupont, Comm anding.
It. Johnsbury Court. No. 3OO 1. o. F.,
A. P. Grenier, Chief Ranger.
4th Division,
George Stearns. Commanding.
Spanish War Veterans,
"A. d. Ripley, Captain.
Chamberlin Post, No. 1. G. A. R.,
Albert Harris, Commander.
President of the Day and Orator.
Disabled Veterans.
Chamberlin Relief Corps, No. 4.
ITINERARY OF PARADE
FoIm on South Main Street at 1.30
sharp, right resting on Court Square,
proceed up Main to Mt. Pleasant to
Summer, to Union Schools. where exer-
cises will be held by school children. Re-
form column, move to Central Street, to
Main, thence to Court Square. Mem
orial Service by Chamberlin Post. Re-
form, up Main Street to Music Hall,
where parade will be dismissed.
THE CAMP FIRE AND CONCERT.
The program for the camp fire in the
evening speaks for itself. There will be
the usual home talent concert at 8
O'Clock. The school children under the
direction Of Miss Nichols, our efficient
supervisor of music in the public schools,
will have a prominent part in it, and
their work will add to the excellerce of
a carefully prepared program.
Prof. May and Anna Mae Somer-
vile will be the so1oists and will appear
together in duet. The Marcians. first
by Chamberlin Post for
Memorial concert work, some fifteen
years ago, and who have sang in every
annual concert since will be in excellent
trim next Monday night. Frank O.
French, singing comedian, will appear
in double number. He never fails to
please. Miss Helen Hall, who has many
times favored the post with her most
excellent readings. is coming over from
Hyde Park to take part in the program.
One number will be entirely new. but
made out of old material. The survlv-
ing members of the famous Sd Regiment
living in this vicinity will have seats on
the platform and be addressed by one of
our youngest professional men.
b. Frank Harris will be accompanist,.
4 combination of violin, flute, clarinet
AMI piano will give the opening number.
and altogether the concert will be more
han up to the average
At Paddock Village.
Mr. and Mrs. ). D. Graves of Winches-
Ter, Mass, have returned from Barton
where they have been spending a few