Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-06
WAS IDEAL AN DAY
THE ELEMENTS VIE WITH
PEOPLE OF WEBSTER
PERFECT MEMORIAL SERVICE
A ProfusiOu of Flags and Flow
ers-an Appropriate Program
Splendid Address-L Large
Appreciative Audience
and superb Music

The Memorial Day exercises held in
Webster last week Thursday, were a
great credit to a patriotic AMI liberty
loving people and demonstrated that
the spirit of thankfulness in the hearts
of Webster people vas increasing as
the heroes of 1851 to 1865 diminished in
numbers and that the deeds of the
nations soldiers living and dead are
highly appreciated and will always be
remembered by a greatful and loving
people.
In the morning automobiles and car
riages took the surviving members of
the Grand Army of the Republic, ladies
of the Relief Corps, their comrades
and friends to the cemeteries of the
city, where beautiful flowers and flags,
which had been gathered by the COM
mittees and purchased with the funds
raised by popular subscription, were
strewn upon the last resting place of
each departed comrade who was laid to
to rest in these beautiful South Dokota
Cities of the Dead. The graves all
decorated, the veterans, comrades,
friends and COMMITTEES returned to the
city for dinner.
In the afternoon the largest audience
that was ever gathered on a Memorial
Day, in this city, assembled in Coteau
ooz~o I1,,.n - l.atap IN tho onnrnpri-
ate program that had been arranged by
the committees chosen from the city
council and the Webster Commercial
club.
Presiden. Anderson of the CONNER
cial club, introduced those who had
numbers upon the program and the
large audience is unanimous in saying
that there never were more appropri-
ate exercises in Webster-the prayers,
singing the instrumental music and the
speaking = all say could not have been
better and everyone who took part is
highly complimented for their efficiency
and for their generosity in assisting to
make the day successful and one filled
with patriotic lessons.
President Anderson then introduced
Granville Jones, one of the leading
democratic speakers of South Dakota
a son of Confederate soldier, in a very
complimentary manner
The audience was soon convinced
that the committee had been very tor
tunate in the selection of a speaker for
the occasion. We have heard many of
the old comrades say it was the very
best memorial address they had ever
had the pleasure of listening to. He
was soon in the hearts of all his hear
ers and proved to all the war was over;
the bitterness of the conflict was for
gotten; that the southerner was now in
competition with his northern brother
do honor to those who had preserved
the Union by deeds of valor and sacri-
flee; and were vet proud to honor the
memories of the southern soldiers who
QleU luz q cause IudI tucy Hou bChSNSu
as just.
Granville Jones has always been very
very popular with Webster people
since his first speech here several years
ago and the Memorial day address
added to the already ~exaulted opinion
in which he was held here as a
public speaker.
The following is the program as rem
dered:
Call to Order. $780,. Frank Anderson
Invocation Rev. Clarence B. Riggs
Piano solo. ....... Miss Clara Flagstad
Vocal solo ........ Miss Emma Ledahl
Instrumental music. M. E. Orchestra
Vocal music ........ Norwegian Choir
Piano duet ............ Misses
Margaret Visit and Ruby Hastings
Instrumental music M. E. Orchestra
Introduction of speaker FrankAnderson
Address Jones
Piano duet. -. 1890. Misses
Margaret Visit and Ruby Hastings
Benediction Rev. Clarence B. Riggs