The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY IN eureka

AS the years go by Decoration Day, May 80, is becoming more
and more a universal holiday. The beautiful custom of honoring
the dead-not the departed braves. but our loved ones who have
gone before-by identifying and placing flowers and emblems of
love over their graves, is growing in the hearts of our people. and
while a sadness steals over us, we are happy in our remembrance
and devotion to the dead.
While many Eurekans this year we're disappointed by not re-
ceiving the flowers they had ordered from California, the large
quantities of cedar, pine and other green foliage, with the Wild
flowers that had been gathered and placed on the graves, made our
cemeteries most pleasing to the eye and satisfying-in that our
dead was remembered on this beautiful National holiday.
At an early hour in the morning many Eureka people and
those from the country could be seen going to the different ceme-
teries. riding and on foot, all for the ultimate purpose of carrying
tributes of love to some one deceased who was near and dear
to them.
Eureka Lodge No. %, 1. O. Q. F, conducted the Memorial
Day services in Eureka this year, as has been its custom for many
years in the past.
Exercises In the Hall
The following programme of exercises W a held in the Ma
sonic and Odd Fellows Hall commencing at 10 o'clock a m.
The opening number was the song, "America," by the pupils
of the public school, which was followed with a prayer by Acting
Chaplain Spencer Reynolds. F. J. Brossemer, Acting Noble Grand,
then made a brief address. The roll of members deceased during
the year was called by Acting Secretary @. 81 Hiul-two having
passed beyond, J. ]. Baird at Los Angeles, California, and William
KiHo at Salt Lake City, Utah, both recently deceased. The next
number was a dirge, SIN Memoriam" by the Lobster Club Band.
A I. Taylor delivered an appropriate and impressive Memorial
Day grafton, and the exercises in the hall were brought to a close
by the Order of Rebekahs singing the hymn, at Is Not Death To
Die" and the benediction by the Chaplain.
The March To The Cemeteries
Grand Marshal of the Day, Spencer Reynolds, and his Aides
then formed the procession that marched through town to the ceme-
teries in the following order: The Lobster Club Band playing Cho-
pins Funeral March headed the procession, followed by the Pupils
of the Public Schools and their Teachers, Eureka Lodge Nc. 22, L
o O. F., Diamond Rebekah Lodge No s, L c. O. F., in carriages,
and Citizens in carriages and on foot Upon reaching the ceme-
teries the exercises were concluded with a dirge by the Band and a
prayer by the Chaplain in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The ranks
were then broken and the decoration of the graves followed. The
different cemeteries were visited and many floral tributes were
placed on the graves of the departed
Considerable planting and general improvement has been re-
Gently made in our cemeteries, and for the past few days quantities
of green's and flowers have been carried there, and with the Memoir
ial Day tributes, few graves were left without some remembrance.
The Lobster Club Band visited the graves of three of its de-
ceased members, James Williams. Richard Manuel, and Edward
Phillips, and played a selection over each in remembrance of their
past comradeship and association.
Before all of those visiting the cemeteries were able to reach
their homes there was a continuation of the haIstorm of the pre-
vious day and a steady downpour of rain followed. Seldom is this
section visited by such a soaking rain. 1t seemed almost providen-
tal that the storm that had been threatening all the morning held
off until the exercises of the day were completed.