The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
PLANS COMPLETE FOR
MEMORIAL DAY

The following report was adopted by
the joint committee and endorsed by
the Candy Post of the G. A. R. and the
Women's Relief Corps at their meet
ing last Saturday:
To the Chairman and Members of the
Post and Corps Memorial Committee
We, the undersigned members of the
Sub Committee hereby make the fol-
lowing report:
We have had several meetings and
conferences and take pleasure in re-
porting that the pupils of the Hood
River High School have agreed to rem
der the full program after the decora-
tion of the graves. Consisting of sing
ing, Grafton, reading of President Lin
coins Gettysburg address, recitations
and so forth, according to the program
as recommended by the Oregon State
Superintendent of Public Schools. We
feel highly elated over this arrange
ment and feel grateful to School
Superintendent Coad and Prof. Me-
Laughlin and the pupils of the school
and earnestly recommend its accept
ance by the Joint Committee as we'll
by the Post and Corps.
The last meeting of the sub-commit-
tee held was at the Christian church
where we met the members, or part of
them, of the Ministerial Association
and arranged a program for this year s
Sunday Memorial and a plan for fu-
ture years Of such service that will
avoid the friction that has sometimes
occurred in the past. We realized that
Hood River is no longer hamlet of
three or four denominations but city
of churches and church going people
and that the day of joint union service
of all these churches is past, and while
the ministers are enthusiastically
patriotic and will each preach a suit
able sermon on the Sunday preceding
the Both of May, they see the impossi-
bility of a joint union service on that
day and will gladly welcome the Post
and Corps to such service but prefer to
let the Post and Corps elect the.church
in which they will attend in body.
Your Committee therefore with the
approval and assistance of the minis
ters present recommend that the Post
and Corps attend the Baptist church
on this coming Memorial Sunday, as
they have never had the orders in their
church, and recommend that in the fu-
ture years the church selected for the
service be chosen by turn alphabet
ically. The B for the Baptist church
to be the starting point. The minis
ters present on the occasion were from
the Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal
and Unitarian churches and from what
we know of the ministers and mem
bers of the churches not represented
we feel sure they will approve the ar
rangement and we recommend the
adoption of this plan for the sake of
harmony of the present and future.
We also recommend cordial invita-
tion Ito the general public, all lodges,
schools, Spanish American War vet
Grams and sons of veterans to join in
the short march to the cemetery and
that the Marshal or Officer of the Day
see that they have a place in the line
and that the lodges, schools and other
orders bring flowers and decorate the
graves of their friends and make the
custom of decorating the graves uni
versal. Respectfully yours,
Aida Shoemaker, President,
Abbie j. Baker, Secretary,
0. H. Baker, Commander,
Mrs. Parkins, Patriotic Instructor,
Thos. j. Cunning, Secretary.