The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-09
ALL READY FOR
LINCOLN DAY
EXERCISES HERE
Official Celebration Will Take
Place in First Presby-
terrain Church.
ANNOUNCE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING PROGRAMS
Banquet at Night for Joint Com
mittee, Orators of Day
and Guests.

Arrangements are completed for an
elaborate celebration on Friday of the
hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln. While special
services and fine programs will be
given by many societies, associations,
schools and other institutions. the
official celebration will be in the First
Presbyterian Church in the afternoon
and evening. when distinguished
speakers viii talk on Abraham Lin
coin.
The joint committee which has
planned the two memorial services on
Friday afternoon in the old First
Church today announced the program
and other details agreed upon last
night. The committee has arranged to
spend 81. 1894 of the $1,000 appropriated
by the city for the services.
The official afternoon program as
completed is as follows:
Overture, Light Cavalry''......F. Suppe
Orchestra.
Introductory remarks
Mayor Haussling.
The Rev. William I. Abbott.
Quartet, abraham Lincoln ............
NTS. L.. 0dTTOll Dtthelt SOpIdlOs AIIS.
NJ. +. Corcoran. contralto; Frank
B.. Sayre. teuor; George II.
Simonds. baritone.
Gettysburg Address. -. ..................
Twelve children of the parish school
of the Church OF the Sacred Heart.
John Temple Graves, Of Georgia.
L~ourenoieon
Orchestra.
AQufeSS
j.. Wilmer Kennedy.
Anerlca'
BY the audience and orchestra.
The evening program will be very
similar, though with different speakers:
theodore To6ani
Introductory remarks ..................
Alderman Jerome T. Congleton.
The Rev. DR.. d. r, Frazer, pastor Of
the church.
Gettysburg Address. .......
Repeated by the twelve children.
Frederick Lands, of Logansport, Ind.
Reveille. 'Rosemary".......L. S. Barton
Orchestra.
Auuiess .s'..''....s-.s..
Professor Thomas f. Kennedy.
Quartet. Hero Beloved .............
The Rev. r. French Hurley.
March. American Republle" IA. Thiele
Orchestra.
Following the evening service there
will be a banquet at 1920 in Achtel-
Stetter's for the members of the joint
committee, the speakers during the day
and several invited guests, Covers will
be laid for $50.
There was considerab BILE discussion as
10 whether the seven city posts should
attend the services in a body or whether
every veteran should take his chance
with the rest on getting a seat. 1t was
finally agreed and a motion was passed
giving it az the sense Of the committee
that posts should not attend the serv-
ices in a body, but their member as in
dividuals.
Comrades Seely, Reynolds and Kebe
were named a committee to meet the
department commander n guests of
the G.. A. r. at the depot. Committees
were named also to care for the after
noon n evening services and the ban
quet. 4
1t was decided to have 1000 programs
for he services distributed in the
ohurch and some 5000 distributed
among the school children. The distri-
button to schools will take place on
Monday because the printer will be
unable to have them complete before
late on Thursday.
The committee adjourned to meet
again on Thursday night, February. IS.
for h purpose of passing on bills. On
that date all bills must be submitted
in order to be passed on by Common
Council the next night.