The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED
Pedricktown Dined the Veterans and
Visitors.

Memorial Day passed with appropriate
ceremonies. Sunday evening Rev. H.
r. .Blackwood preached to the Post ano
accessory organizationso on Remembrance
Of War Times.
On Tuesday the Vets gave the boys and
girls a strenuous day by starting to Ped.
ricktown OH the 705 a. m. train. Alter
decorating the graves in the Pedricktown
and Baptist cemeteries they went to the
bridge over Oldmans creek and cast How
ers on the water in memory of the sailor
dead.
After the ceremony the members OF the
patriotic societies and a large number oil
citizens gathered at the school house to
listen to patriotic addresses. Liberty
Band furnished music. Prayer was offer
ed by Rev. j. Warren Davis, who was
chairman. The school children sang
"America."
Rev. George E. Archer, pastor OF the
M. E. Church gave the leading address.
He said we commemorate the heroism
more than the victories of the war. The
victories made the United States an in
dissoluble union. The great question is,
are we doing our part to-day. More OF
the spirit Of the Cos is need to-day.
More Of the spirit of self-sacrifice is need
ed. Men then did not ask, "What am |
going to get?' They did not know how
the wife and children would get along.
The sacrifices the wives made at. home
were heroic and their graves should also
be decorated.
Rev. G. d. Parker, OF the Baptist
church, said that the great battles OF the
world were butcheries of humanity, a sad
contrast to the battles for righteousness
in the Church. Soldiers were sheltered
lin some of the churches and because OF
that consideration for humanity shown
by the members of the churches many
soldiers had more yeneration for the
Church and the Bible. The soldiers
fought, not to kill, but to have a united
country.
Rev. H. Kidd, Of Camden, made a
pathetic address by reciting the scenes in
a soldiers home in Pedricktown and the
sad news that the father would never
return. Because of the price that the
ONE paid their graves should be deco
rated.
Veteran I. P. Simkins next read the
soldiers prayer from the letter he wrote
in 1868.
Mr.. Davis said that in all probability
some of the old soldiers here would not
be present next year and it would not be
long befcre they would be all gone. The
veterans stood in line and all were invited
to shake hands with them. 1t was a
thrilling occasion, a tribute to the thir-
teen veterans in line.
After the ceremony the Veterans, Sons
of Veterans and Ladies Relief Corps and
Auxiliary also visitors were treated to a
luscious lunch by the citizens of the town.
The delegations left Pedricktown OH
the 12.5 o train, and got off at Friendship
The graves in Riverview and
Emmanuel Cemeteries were decorated.
Rev. E. A. Miller, being unwell, Rev, d.
E. Claire spoke briefly in Emmanuel
Cemetery.
He said we should teach the reasons and
and significance OF Memorial Day. Deeds
are written in the hearts and lives OF
men. What are we going to do with the
liberty our forefathers hand down to MS. |
We need not take up arms, but we need
principles in the ballots. Be true to the
men died for, to our country and
to our God.
Rev. J. L. Watson closed the cere-
OF the day with a brief prayer.
The citizens both at Pedricktown and
Penn's Grove, turned out and observed
the day by decorating the graves OF de-
parted ones with flowers and their homes
with national colors as never before. The
weather was delightful for the occasion.