The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-05-25
DECORATION
DAY PLANS
The Soldiers Of Three Wars Take
Steps to Remember Their Com.
rades.in.Arms on May 30th.

A meeting of the soldiers OF
three wars was held Wednesday
evening at the Office of G. R. Reeves
TO do the preliminary work priced
i1s Decoration Day ceremonies.
The old boys were enthusiastic as
were the younger members of Uncle
Sans army in the Spanish Ameri-
CAT, war. &c. Moon acted as chair
man of the meeting and Allen c.
Bragg as secretary. A partial pro-
9ramme was made up by the Sc
lection of Hon. H. A. Comins to
act as President Of the day, and
Mr.. Houlder Hudgins as the Orator
for the occasion. c. R. Reeves was
selected to act as Marshall and A.
A. Marshall as his assistant.
Mr.. D. S. Dickerson was APP
pointcd a committee to select some
one to read Lincoln's Gettysburg
address and some one to read
poem.
Mr., Frank Root was appointed
committee on music and it was sug-
sested that if male quartette could
ic made up it would add largely to
the occasion.
I. c. Moon, George +. Rowan
and George Jackson were appointed
committee to arrange everything
not already provided for.
CR. Reeves and George W.
Jackson were appointed as COM
mittee on finance.
J:B. Simpson and Frank McNul-
" were chosen for the committee
Oh carriages.
ID. S. Dickerson was selected as
committee on hall -
At Mrs. D: s.. Dickerson, Mrs. G.
W. Jackson, Mrs. F. NJ. Root,
Mrs. John Weber, Mrs. W. N.
McGill, and Mrs. Berthe Fox were
appointed as a committee on floral
decoration aud are to meet at the
home Of Mrs. Dickerson Saturday
evening at 8 o clock.
Jack Cheney was appointed bu-
gler and George T. Rowan to get
firing squad.
Mrs. w. d. Buntin was selected
to take charge of the school children
and get them III line to march to
the cemetery. -.
D. S. Dickerson, l.. c. Moon and
Allen G. Bragg were appointed
committee to invite every business
man and woman in Ely to be pres
ent at the exercises and request
that they close their places of busi-
ness OIL Decoration Day between
the hours of 10 O'Clock a. nj. and
2o'clock p. IN.
Miss Flora Lindley and Allen c,
Bragg were selected committee on
notification.
A resolution was adopted invit-
ing all secret societies to join in the
exercises. An invitation was ex-
tended to all soldiers to report for
escort duty at the hall promptly at
10 O'Clock on the morning OF Decor
alton Day.
All male committees are re-
quested to report progress at {. K.
Reeves Office at $3.50 O'Clock Sat
urday evening and the lady com,
rnittees are requested to report pro
gress at the home of Mrs. ID. >
Dickerson on Saturday evening a
O'Clock.
Everyone should be patriotic
enough to do all in their power t.
make May goth. a day long to b.
remembered in Ely, for the occasio,
isa sacred one.
All who intend to participate /
Decoration Day exercises are re
quested to report to c. R. Reeves
either by letter or in person prior t
the day. This applies particularly
every American soldier in Whit
Pine county.
The committee appointed to r.
quest the business men to close b
tween the hours of IL and 2 pc
formed that duty on Thursday at
without single exception the
agreed to close and attend the C
ercises.
A committee consisting Of !.
Moon, George T. Rowan and G.N
Jackson, was appointed to couple
the arrangements and do all thin
necessary to make Decoration d