Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-10
MEMORIAL DAY.
Meeting Held Saturday Evening
COMMITTEE Appointed Excellent
Program to be Arranged.

A meeting was held Saturday
evening at the M. w. A. hall by
members of the G.. A. r., the w.
R. c., and citizens to arrange for
the observance of Memorial day.
The meeting was called to order by
D. Schreiner who stated the purpose
of the meeting. After the organiza-
ton Of the meeting had been COM
pleted the work of selecting the
various committees was begun.
Following are the committees:
Finance Committee-D. Schreiner,
chairman; Thomas lockwood. This
committee was appointed to receive
the money voted by the council for
Memorial day. They are to keep a
record of all expenditures and
make report to the council.
Committee on Music-Messrs.
Ivey and Morse and Mrs. Mitchell
were appointed as this committee.
Tt was suggested that the COM
mittee see Miss McCauley and see if
she would take charge of the vocal
mnsic. Tt was decided to appropriate
money for the purchase new songs
and music appropriate for the oc-
casion.
Committee on Program-Theo.
Calvin, Col. J. G.. Clark, D.
Schreiner, Mrs. Ward and Mrs.
Abrams were named as this COM
mittee. Thep are now at work ar
ranging the program for the days
| ceremonies.
Committee on Decoration-A mo-
ton was made and carried that the
ladies Of the Relief Corps act as
decorating com nittee.
Comrade Ward was appointed to
see that the flags and markers for
decorating the graves of the de-
parted veterans were in readiness
for that day and that he attend to
the decorating of the graves in the
various cemeteries in Lancaster
and vicinity. He asked for power
to secure such help as he needed in
carrying out this work and his re-
quest was granted.
r. B. Showalter moved that the
finance committee be empowered to
see to getting suitable hall in
which to conduct the afternoon
expercises. The motion carried.
Messrs. Calvin and Ward were
named as a committee to procure
chairs and see to the seating of the
stage Of the hall procured by the
finance committee. They were
granted the power to secure such
help as they needed.
An invitation was extended to the
children and all others in Lancaster
to procure flowers for decorating
purposes. The decorating committee
will receive the flowers at the hall
at time which will be announced
later.
The program committee is to act
as the executive committee and the
other Committees appointed are to
meet at the call of the executive
committee.
The chairman stated that it had
been suggested to him that it
would be appropriate to have Miss
Pearl Mcdonald deliver her grafton
IA Lesson in Marble" which she
rendered at the Judge Mills contest
repeated at the Memorial day
exercises. He stated that he had
seen Miss Mcdonald and that she
had kindly consented to deliver the
grafton.
The schools and civic societies of
Lancaster were invited to take part
in the Memorial day exercises.
Comrade Morse suggested that
the principal OF the schools ask the
young gentlemen Of the High
School to procure evergreens for
the Relief Corps to DO used for
decorations. He was appointed a
committee of one to see the prin-
cipal.
It is to be hoped that everyone in
Lancaster and vicinity will turn out
on Memorial day to help do honor
to the memory Of the departed
veterans who braved the dangers of
battle and the hardships of the
march and camp life that their
folks at home might live in a free
and united country.