The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-22
GOLDFIELD WILL HONOR
NATIONS DEAD HEROES

Memorial Day-when all the nation
mourns-is to be fttingly observed il
Goldfeld, and elaborate preparation
are almost completed to commemorat
the memory Of the brave heroes WHIT
fought and died in the civil and Span
ish-American wars, and of those whit
since have been mustered into the rank.
of the army on the farther shore.
Memorial Day, or Decoration Day, in
Goldield this year will be observed In
a manner BETTING the honor due the
old soldiers of the nation, and the
graves of those who are dead will bt
heaped high with fragrant flowers, and
their living comrades will head the pro
~eession which will march through the
streets of Goldfeld May 80.
Preparations for the day have been
placed in the hands of the Grant club
and an executive committee composed
of the following: c. w. Long, chair.
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Will Hatton, J. C. Hancock, William
Hunter and f. II. Charette. Nearly all
of the officials who will officiate along
the line of the procession have been APP
pointed, and a program of patriotic
speeches has been arranged.
Beginning at IL O'Clock, the exercises
of the day will be given with a military
lunch in the Goldfeld hotel. After
wards the procession will form in Crook
avenue. between the Goldfeld hotel
and the fire station, and will start upon
it's line of march at 2 O'Clock sharp.
The parade probably will occupy about
IN hour, and upon completing its line
of march will assemble in the Hippo
drome theater with the assembled citi-
zens, where patriotic services will be
held in memory of the veterans of the
civil and Spanish-American wars. This
will include all of the services as plan
ned at the present time.
At 8 a. m. the ladies of the relief
corps will leave Goldfeld in carriages,
with the flowers which will be provid-
ed, and will decorate the graves of the
five veterans who are buried in Gold
field. At II o'clock, noon, the military
lunch will be served in the Goldield
hotel, at which all of the living veter-
ans of the wars of the United States
who now reside in Goldfeld will be
seated as the guests of honor.
At 1870 O'Clock in the afternoon, the
parade, to be composed of fraternal
lodges, labor unions and prominent cit
liens, will begin to mass in Crook ave-
nue., between the Goldfeld hotel and
the fire station. Those in charge will
attend to the proper arrangement OF
the various bodies composing the pa
rade, and it will leave the Goldield
hotel about 2 o'clock.
The line of march will be as follows:
From the Goldfeld hotel west to Sun
dog avenue; countermarching to Column
bia street, and north in Columbia
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street to Hall street; west to Main
street and north to the Grand hotel,
formerly the Casey; countermarch south
IL Main street to Myers street; east in
Myers street to Columbia street; and
thence north in Columbia street to the
Hippodrome theater, where the ranks
will move inside and services will be
held.
1t has been arranged that the school
children of the city, in charge of the
board of trustees, consisting of Messrs.
Beesley, Patrick and Codd, shall head
the procession. Immediately following
them will be the veterans of the wars,
under the escort of the Uniform Rank
of the Knights of Pythias, followed by
the assistant grand marshals of the pa
rade. One detail Of the assistant grand
marshals will head the line OF process
sion to clear the line of march, and
the Others will be in the rear of the
knights of Pythias. They will be fol
lowed by a magnificent turnout of the
Elks, the Odd Fellows and other lodges,
societies and labor unions. Following
will be the entire Goldfield fire depart
ment, under the leadership of Fire
Chief Henry Schaffnit, who will be as
sistant grand marshal with charge OF
his division of the parade. Prominent