The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-10
Brodhead Post Celebrated its
18th Anniversary Last
Saturday Evening.
COMRADE HECKERT PRESIDED
Post Mustered in 21O During Ex-
istence, 50 have Answered
the Last Roll Cali.

A quarter Of a century ago saw the
birth of Brodhead Post No. 81 Grand
Army of the Republic, named after Col.
Brodhead of Kalamazoo.
Its charter members were Comrades
X. w. Noy yes, j. F. Bullard, T.. E. Ste
vens, j. J. Sherman, A. w. Cummings, T.
j. ChafIee, S. W. Duncombe, b. f.
Heckert, O. w. Rowland, II. w. Nc
Cabe, r.. A. Crane, w. H. Hnckley and
l.. G. Woodman.
In commemoration of its silver ami
versary the post, assisted by the Wom-
ans Relief Corps, planned a camp fire,
which was held at the post armory last
Saturday evening.
At the hour Of six o'clock members of
the post and of the corps, their families
and invited guests, assembled at the
post room where tables were spread and
a bountiful supper served as a prelimi-
nary to the exercises that were to follow.
After the repast was finished and the
tables had been cleared away Post Com
mander Reed called the assembly to or
der and invited Comrade Rowland to
open the exercises, which he did by
briefly reviewing the history of the post
1 during the past 20 years of its existence.
! Comrade Heckert was made master of
ceremonies, and called to the rostrum,
/ successfully, Comrades E. III. Harvey,
! IL. w. Harvey and l. p. Bates, each of
whom gave a very interesting talk, as
any one who ever heard these comrades
speak in public would not need to be
/ told. Judge Heckert concluded the
! speaking with brief address in which,
in view of the rapidly diminishing ranks,
he urged the old soldiers to stand to-
/ gether, shoulder to shoulder, and to go
down, as go they must, with colors flying,
loyal to the last.
The entire evening was greatly enjoy
ed by all who had the privilege of being
in attendance, the unanimous opinion
being that it was one of the most pleas
ant and successful social events in the
history of the post and its sister organI-
zation, the Woman's Relief Corps
During the period of its existence the
post has mustered into its ranks 2l0
veteran soldiers. On the organization
of L. G.. Woodman Post at Lawton,
considerable number of these withdrew
and became members of that post
Time has made sad havoc in the ranks
of the 'old boys" during the past quarter
of century, 30 having answered to the
last roll call. Following is the obituary
roll Josiah Andrews, r. L. Anderson,
j. B. Bennett, r. M. Buck, r. .. Beebe,
g. A. Backman, James Burlington, j.
A. Clark, l. b. Conner, Harrison Dopp,
A. II. Drake, II. G.. Drown, George Dix
on, S. w. Duncombe, d. M. Daley, j. b.
Foote, George Eye, G. + Galhgan,
Nathan Hubert, Benjamin Holt, ii. III.
Hill, A. j. Harrison, Richard Hayes, w.
II, Hinckley, A. T. Ingraham, II. Ii.
Jennings, G. ID. Johnson, l.. G. Jacobs,
0. p. Landphere, A. G.. Lowe, Richard
Lewis, John Loveridge, G.. W. Lawton,
Alonzo Libbe, S. Il. Munger, Ii. p. Nc
Farlin, Joseph Mather, Mnard Mcneil,
Shorts Nicholson, h. G. Nash, Clinton
Owen, Henry Perkins, F.. ID. Pritchard,
G.. p. Rawson, John Robb, John Rickard,
| n. d. Richardson, NJ. U. Richardson, G.
b. RedIker, j. L. Salisbury, Artemas
Shrine, b. w. Stanton, S. A. Smith, A.
Ii. Thompson, Elisha Tyler, George
Worthey, S. ID. Webb, L. G. Woodman,
Ezra Whaley.
Before the lapse of another % years,
practically all the remaining members
will have answered to their final earthly
roll call and the great civil war will have
ceased to be memory to the people of
the country and will be matter of his
tory only.
Let them sleep, sweetly sleep, as the
days and the years 60 by,
Let them sleep, calmly sleep, till the
call of the roll on high.''