The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-07
LEYDEN.
Memorial Day Exercises Attended by
Unusually Large Number of People.

Pre- Memorial exercises were held by All
the schools in the town hall Wednesday
afternoon. The hall was decorated with
flags and bunting. ready not only Tor the
exercises of Memorial day but that the
children might have the inspiration OF II
in their exercises. Quite an audience OF
the parents and friends OF the pupils
gathered to listen to the program;
Thursday morning dawned bright and
boantifni Exercises began by the as
sembling of the townspeople at the nan
in larger numbers than ever before, quite
a number coming from out OF town IL
was 1890 before they were called TO or
der and after a selection by the caoir
Rev. r. E. Birks offered prayer. AFTER
otber music by the choir, the TEACHERS
we're given charge and the school children
@aya Ave recitations selected from the pro
cram Of the day before. alternating, with
Some Of the songs which they had pre-
nared for these Memorial days. The ON
cor of the day. S. c. Severance, then IN
troduced Rev. r. E. Birks OF Deerileld,
who delivered the address Whlch was
listened to with close attention anu en
ioyei by ALL He began by saying tllaI
though he was not born IN TINS county, county,
he thought he had become tnorGusn,S
A,nericanized as he had married al,
t,,iorican Girl and his children and
r,randcbildren had been born here, the
57nnnrest prandchid having. been porn
NV / At years of age she was start
;rr ont ia ioin the procession that morn
Us Nth handful of flowers to assist III
Iasooratino graves. He emphasized the
;,,onrtance of teaching the young aDout
tbe cost of the war IN money anu
TIas and their duty in carrying on tne
rorl Of Memorial day when the veterans i.l5
IA hecome too old and feeble to attehu
40 t,a i mr. when their numbers had become
zoo small to do it. At the close OF tne
aJdress the audience joined IN sinslns
America and gathered in the dining ioon'
for dinner. l., h,on sorvad some
of the veterans with thelr VIZ W. o %la
other members Of their families o aUJ nlac-
~ +be Beaver Meadow cemetery anu pa n.
" d. and flowers on the graves OF the
t ~ i''e COMRADES who were laid at FesU
~ ~ one inst before and one Just ; aitgr
the Iast Memorial day, and after htIle
49, snant there went to the South cel lt
I'm LIN Where quite a company had gaIn,
Wy II was found to be good challse
elet t.1.a mo afternoon to visit the CENT
10 CaNe az more could go and there was
49, ~ linrer and speak Of, those WIZ
LII Lillie zone before. Another delegation w. w.
tied the West Leyd d at f fhese places and
time the others NV were school ap child Children Of East
5 d ~h S' Re 3s fo LEAD tRS En- ssR
| I'd n the cemetery there ana iaiu ~ com.
e abo NJ the the marker that told OF c ,ras
do" "ado that fell in the southland anu was
never @I brought back.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Severance OF ey op,
w, NJ \ v, visited at S. q. severance ,
o' Mr. and Mrs Arthur hine ,1in Of Nq ia.
kers n y came Rinst to 4 Friday Mlne evening
the thSrs STAYED n until M N Sunday afternoon c
''- Mrs 4, S. Gallup and Mrs. A. e. &; 1 al.
Inn Mi and children of Green River w. s av
t tappd el Memorial day exercises In n net
t Yen and spent that night and the heA'
daV at s. G. severance's, ,,, q
u' Tns w c. Smith and children o,.o OF
w g Deered at her h"t Sunday OIsF
Memorial day and od Tem' mp and u' spent the
I TdI, and took them home.