Evening journal., 1914-05-18
new Castle Vets
TO HONOR The DEAD
Old Soldiers Make Prepara-
tiOnS For Memorial Day
Observance
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Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, Del, May 1S-Cap-
tain Evan S. Watson. Post No 8. G..
A. r.. has appointed committees to
arrange for the observance Of Memo
rial Day. Although the members are
growing old and feeble and getting
fewer in numbers, the spirit Of pa
triotism still lives and flowers will be
strewn on the graves Of the veterans
who have answered roll call.
The citizens In general are asked
to send flowers TO the town hall on
the morning Of May 30. Efforts will
be made to have a band when the old
soldiers visit the cemeteries. On the
previous day American flags will be
placed on the mounds where the
veterans rest
The members of the G A r. will
attend services next Sunday morning
in the First Baptist Church. Invita-
tions have been sent to Company II,
Boy Scouts. and Industry Council, Jr.
o. u. A. M, to accompany the veter-
ans to church.
Only a few shad crews have been
successful this season. Long hours,
hard work and weather hardships
were endured.
In st. Peters Church next Satur-
day a Novena to the Holy Ghost will
begin The Novena will end on Whit
Sunday, May 81. The Noyena will
commemorate the day Of the descent
Of the Holy Ghost upon the Disciples,
as well as the first day of the preach
ing of the Christian religion. II is also
accepted as one of the accepted times
for the solemn administration Of bap-
tism and all persons having received
such holy rites are supposed to wear
garments of pure white, the name Of
Whit-Sunday, according to Biblical
history, being derived from the white
robes in which the newly-baptized
persons we're clad.
IL is regarded as specially sacred
to the Trinity, to whose honor the
services Of the day are directly ad-
dressed. AS a trace of its original
agricultural character, the practice
still prevails in the East as well as
the West, of decorating the churches
with evergreen and flowers, the same
as is done at the Christmas time.
Whit-Sunday, which is always seven
weeks after Easter Sunday, is cele-
brated in the Roman Catholic Church
with great solemnity. The festival
is movable just as Easter is, but the
Pentacostal feast always follows just
seven weeks after the Easter festival,
and the week which precedes Whit
Sunday is known as Rogation Week.
The feast derived its name (Pente-
cost from the fact that its celebra-
ton was determined by an interval of
seven weeks from the feast of the
Passover. It originated In the jew
ish Church and was introduced into
the Christian Church as a day Of pro-
found solemnity.
City Solicitor Francis deli. Janvier
addressed the Baraca class of the NJ.
Il. Sunday School yesterday after
noon In the evening the Methodist
church was we'll filled, when the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the Ep-
worth League was celebrated, Miss
Mabel Clewell presided and the pro-
gram was an interesting one.
Rehearsals are now being held for
the observance of Childrens Day in
the different churches
People in this section enjoyed out
ings yesterday. Automobiles, street
cars, carriages and Walkers hacks
were all in use The trolley cars were
crowded and river craft we're numer-
Gus.
st. Peters T. A. b. Society re-
ceived Holy Communion It the first
mass in St Peters Church yesterday
morning.
Baseball enthusiasm is growing on
account of the team now in the field
by the New Castle A. A., and Manager
McDevitt feels confident his team will
make good this season.