The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-18
General Committee in Charge OF
Lincoln Monument Dedication
Names Committees To Aid
MANY FEATURES AREPLANNED
Judge Quarles Has Accepted Invitation
to Make the Address of the Day
and Miss Irene White Will
Unveil the Monument

The general committee composed of
members Of the Grand Army Of the Re
public, which will have charge of the
great celebration which will attend the
unwilling of the Lincoln monument
presented to the city by O. M. Calkins,
met on Saturday evening and complet-
ed the preliminary arrangements for
the day and it is certain that Memorial
Day in Kenosha this year will be one
Of the historic days in the history of
the city. The celebration is planned to
be second only to the celebration held
at the time of the dedication Of the
soldiers monument and it is expected
that there will be a great crowd Of
visitors in the city to take part in the
ceremonies Of the day. Distinguished
men of the state and nation will be
invited to come to the city and while
the ceremonies will be wholly in the
hands of people distinctly connected
with Kenosha it is expected that
number of distinguished men will be.
among the list of speakers for the oc
casion. United States Judge Joseph v
Quarles of Milwaukee has notified the
committee in charge of the unwilling
of the monument that he will deliver
the address Of the day and Miss Irene
Medora White Of Pittsburg, Pa, a
grand-niece of the doner Of the monu-
ment and herself granddaughter of
two veterans of the Civil War, has &C
cepted the unanimous invitation Of the
of the post to unveil the monument.
The work on the statue of Lincoln is
now we'll under way in the studio Of
the sculptor in New York and the great
piece of granite that is to be used as
the base of the monument has been
taken from the quarries at Barre, Vt,
and it is expected that it will reach
Kenosha within the next ten days.
Every possible precaution is being
taken to prevent any delay in the cree
tion Of the monument and the contrac-
tors feel assured that it will be ready
for dedication On Memorial Day. The
exercises attending the unwilling of
the monument will not in any way in
terfere with the regular celebration Of
Memorial Day as the old soldiers will
march to the cemetery and decorate the
graves before the ceremonies of the
unwilling are held.
At the meeting on Saturday evening
the following list of standing commit
tees was appointed:
Program-Geo Hale, Peter Fisher,
Geo. G. Limpert, +. H. Lyman.
Speaker-E. G.. Timme, Geo. Hale,
Chas Frantz.
T Reception and entertainment of
speaker-E L. Grant
General reception-E. G. Timme, W.
P Moore, A. Ell. Kruckman.
Instrumental music-C. F. Stemm, G.
E. Likes.
Yelling and unveiling FL. Morse,
F. Ell. Lyman.
Construction Of platform and seats
IC. I'll. Blood, G. A. Leonard, Oscar
Rector.
Finance. G. Brown, Geo. A. Yule,
W. w. Strong, E. G.. Theirs, G. T. JEFF
ferry.
Tnvitations-z. G. Simmons, G. E.
Likes, f. Fl. Lyman.
Audit-Geo. Hale, P. Hartman, L. G.
Graves.
Decoration-W. A. senne, L. M.
Theirs.
Platform-F Fl. Lyman, R. E. Mail
er, @. Fl. Pfennig.
Accommodations E. Likes, F. H.
Lyman.
Privileges Mayor scholey, G. F.
Stemm, W. T. Marlatt
Transportation-Geo. Hale, A. J.
Burg, F. H. Truax.