Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-18
CAMP FIRES TO
BURN BRIGHTLY
IN c. A. R.. MEETS
Ladies Auxiliaries'' Many Me-
mortal Day Banquets Will
Be Feature.
REUNIONS TO HAVE BIG
SHARE IN SOCIAL PROGRAM
Sisters of Ward, Lincoln, Gar
field, Kearny and Sheridan
Circles to Be H0stesses.

A feature of the coming local Me-
mortal Day celebration will be the
various anniversary banquets which
will be rendered the veterans of the
nany posts by the members OF the
several ladies' auxiliaries of the G. A.
FL, which will partake of reunions and
camp-fires, and the entertaining of
prominent officials and civilian guests.
Tn Ladies' Memorial Society Of
Marcus l.. Ward Post will tender the
veterans their twenty-first annual ban
uuet al Memorial Hall, 50 BelleN1lle
avenue. The affair will be of "A most
pretentious character n the rom
i1ent Il .embers of the society who Will
assist In the arrangements will be Mrs.
Henry II. Davis. Mrs. Daniel Lowridge,
Mrs. William G. Campbell and Mrs.
James Il. Murphy.
The society also expects TO entertain
Al number of noted visitors and ENJOY
an ailspicious reunion, in which many
ne st commanders OF the post will par
t~icipate. including Colonel Edward II.
Wright. Major Peter i. Rogers, Henry
H. Davis. Henry Nichols, Henry 5.
'Tolea. Foreman J. Reynolds, James Is.
Murphy, William G.. Campbell and
charles +. Weis. The officers Of the
most, who will also assist the ladies OF
the society in assuring the success or.
the twenty-hrst annual collation. and re-
ception. will be Commander Daniel
8 J,aly, Henry II. McGinniss, George II.
yandcrhoof, Frank Briden, Gilbert
smith, robert p. Nevius, layton H.
Blackwell, Daniel Lowridge, Horatio
II. Barrows, Charles f. Weis and Edgar
A.. Taylor.
The sisters of kearny Circle. Ladies
OF the G. A. r., will entertain at din
ner ION Memorial Day the comrades OF
Phil KeaTny Post, at the hall. 30 Mar
ket street. 1t viii mark the thittietn
annual reception that the circle has
rendered the veterans Of the post Oh
Decoration Day. An entertaining pro-
grain S .being arranged by the commit
tee. The ladies of the circle having the
affair in charge consists Of President
A. MYERS, NJ. Klein. +. Knott. S. Marks,
il. Schieck, T.. Marks, T.. Born, NJ;
Brixen, r. Komst. +. Kershaw and
Anna I.iese. Several invited civilian
guests Viii also grace the banquet
board.
Phil kearny Posts Officers.
The delegation of veterans from Phil
kCTEnY fOEIa VIII ~ z III Nldl SC VI OCN'
handler Joseph iStoeckel and the asso-
ofRte officers. Arthur Hoover, Charles
III Hopper. George +. Sanford, Will
lam II. Howard. Charles II. Kindlen'
David d. Keefe, 1amss :. Mcdonald
Robert S. Reilly, Peter Smith and Will
lam H.. Bryson.
The members of Phil Sheridan Circle
will also provide a collation. and recep-
tion for the comrades of Phil Sheridan
Post, who will he the guests of the
circle. following the parade, at the post
roornr, 800 Market street. Those pre-
pairing a fitting program consist OF Lal-
lie IL. Ward. Mamie Shaffery, Gretta
Dinnis. Minnie. Johnson, Martha NJ
Curran, Martha pearsall. Maggie DIN
MS. Mary Hughes, Margaretta Ward,
Elizabeth Barton. Allnira Dougherty
and Mary Hughes. The veterans or
Phil Sheridan Post, who will be the
guests OF the circb, will be chaperoned
BY Commander Prank Brown, William
Nichols. John j.. Keller. Samuel III.
Dougherty, Peter y. Leary. Jonathan
e. Jones, Richard p. Harmon. Peter
Nolan, Henry Falk, Van Cieve Salmon,
william Pearsall, Matthias Grossner
ana Frank W. Dennis.
The Ladies Auxiliary OF Lincoln Post
has named a committee to arrange for
the eighth annual dinner TO be served
the yetsrans on Memorial Day. A re-
union ana social time win be enjoyed
at the hall, S3S Broad street. The past
commanders OF the post will be anlons
the invited guests. The officers OF the
day, who will precede the Lincoln vet
Grams to the banquet board Will com
prise Commander Edwin r. Smith. Al
bert r. Sharpe, John Van Duyne. Or.