Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-30
Day OBSERVED IN
| SUBURBAN TOWNS
Public Exercises Include Pa
rades and Visits to Gene
teries.

Public exercises were held in all
the suburban towns today in honor
of Memorial Day. There were the
8 usual parades of veterans and auxili-
airy organizations, as well as the
visits to cemeteries. where the graves
of the departed brethren were
decorated
In response to the appeal of Mayor
Frank J. Murray the business houses
and residences in Main street. Or
ange. presented a gala appearance to-
day with flags and bunting in honor
of the day. as well as the State con-.
ventions of the letter-carriers and
postal clerks The usual exercises
were held in Orange. East Orange
and West Orange by the Civil War
veterans
A pathetic spectacle of the observ-
ance in Orange was the small group
Of veterans in Uzal Dodd Post No. Il.
G. A. r.. The men assembled in
Rosedale Cemetery before the statue
of their. leader, Captain Dodd, and
after a brief program returned to the
post rooms and listened to talks. In
the morning they visited the ceme-
teries, where they placed flowers on
the graves of their honored dead.
The exercises at the Rosedale Gene
terry were simple and included talks
by several clergymen and the reading
bf President Lincoln's Gettysburg
address by DIR. William D. Robinson,
of the post.
memorial mass for departed
members of the City of Orange Coun-
ell No. 325, knights of Columbus, was
celebrated today in the Church of Our
Lady of the Valley, Orange, by the
Rev John F. Boylan. There was a
large attendance of knights and mem
bers of their families,
In South Orange the exercises We're
held at the High School building. The
police and fremen, school children,
Boy Scouts, members of lodges and
social organizations took part and
marched to the Valley Street Gene
terry. where the graves of their de-
ceased friends and relatives were
decorated. william Thomas Rundio,
president of the Veterans Associa-
ton. was in charge. The volunteer
firemen decorated the graves of their
deceased comrades in the Cemetery
Of the Holy sepulchre and Fairmount
f5emetery. this city. and st. Johns
Cemetery, Orange
The members of Captain Henry
vreeland Post, G. A. r.; General
George Meade Camp, Sons of Vet
Grams: General Sedgwick Circle, La
dies Of the G. A. r., the Boy Scouts
and town officials took part in the ex-
ercises in Belleville. There was pa
rade through the principal streets
and visits to the cemeteries. After
ward General Sedgwick Circle en-
tertained at luncheon in Belleville
Hall.
Observance of Memorial Day by
the Irvington Veterans Association,
town officials and other organizations
was, held on a much larger scale
this year than ever before Imme-
diately after the conclusion of the
parade, which passed through the
main thoroughfares of the town, the
veterans marched to the Clinton
Cemetery, where flowers were laid
on the graves of their departed COM
rades. The parade started at the
Durand playground site in West
Clinton avenue
The Memorial Day celebration in
Caldwell included a parade, followed
by exercises at the cemetery In the
line of march were Grand Army Vet
Grams. Boy Scouts, Jr. Q. U. A. NJ.
and the school children. The st.
Peters Church boys choir joined the
procession and sang at the cemetery.
There will be patriotic exercises
at Association Hall tonight. The
;. Grafton will be delivered by the Rev.
Wilson r.. Stearly. of Montclair.
John NJ. Wheeler Post. G. A. r.,
assisted by John j. H. Love Camp,
sons of Veterans, of Montclair, met at
Headquarters, on Bloomfield avenue,
at 1880 O'Clock this morning, and
thence proceeded In conveyances to
the cemeteries at Rosedale, Cedar
Grove. Fairfield, Bloomfield, Brook
dale and Mt. Hebron. At the latter
place they were met by the several
troops of Boy Scouts, of Montclair
and Upper Montclair, and a large
eoneourse of people, where appropri-
ate services were held.
!. On their return to headquarters
they sat down to a bountiful spread
prepared during their absence by the
Womans Auxiliary of the post. A
social hour followed in which the old
veterans related their experience of
battles fought over half century
ago.
A wreath composed of cuttings
from Maine was placed upon the
padastal summarizing the 10-inch shell