The Holt County sentinel., 1914-06-26
PARK IS DEDICATED.


fury Forest City has been acc ording
to him the tribute due all men who
give their best thought and their best
effort 10 the advancement OF the In.
terests Of the community In which
they live.
He spoke eloluently Of the advance.
ment made along the lines Of the ma.
terial. moral, educational, economic.
social, during the 10 years tat Mr.
Weber had lived.
In his own city, where lie has lived
half century, the children went 10
and fro 10 school without being com.
PEELED 10 pass the open saloon; human
slavery had been abolished and 5000.
900 women had been given the right
OF franchise.
lie was living 10 see our country
pass from the grasp Of the few, back
to the people. He was living to see
the coming OF the Rural High school.
greater charity shown by the church.
rs toward each other; and greater
charity for man TO man, and the per.
meating Of the thought among men
IL am my brothers keeper"
George Weber i ole who has
lived realizing that lie has brought
nothing into the world when lie came.
and could take nothing away when
lie departs-hence he believed earnest.
y that lie owed something to the
community In which he has lived so
long and 30 we'll. and % much he.
lived. George Weber has lived TO do
something for that community.
lie might have been Weather, had
ne pursued the life Of many, by hoard.
my and grasping for more. and max.
ing gold his God-but he preferred TO
accumulate modestly, and give freely
that he might help his community.
lie ever kept the welfare Of his town
uppermost In his mind, and told the
apple.tree story: The old man lad
planted a young orchard, and when
upbraided by his wife for doing so,
reminding him that he would not live
10 enjoy the fruit, he replied that
those who came after would enjoy the
apples-he wanted 10 leave the apples
for others"
So with Uncle" George weber's
life; he wanted the present genera.
ton, and the generations 10 follow
10 enjoy the benefits OF the Park
this breathing spot: this beauty spot:
this health spot; the benefits Of .
public hall; the school, he loved so
well.
Uncle" George weber's life may
well be taken ~ model for any
young man who has an ambition 10
become successful In honorable bust.
ness and successful In that s,ill more
honorable pursuit-good citizenship;
civic pride, local patriotism: loyalty
10 every object and purpose, that will
tend TO build up his local community,
In the material, moral, educational,
religious, social.
This closed the exercises at the
Park, and Chairman fawks reminded
the large audience that Forest City's
annual Chautauqua would be held
July IL ~. That ball game was on
the program at $3.50, between Forest
City and Mound City, II proved a
lively game, the score being TO In
favor OF Mound City.
There was an extra number added
10 the program by Messrs, Speer Il
Thornhill, In the form Of binder pa.
rade. This firm had sold some TWEEN
~ odd binders, and the parade In.
clided some II, the others having
been previously delivered. The II
driven by the owners paraded through
the streets and then went out TO the
great fields Of wheat that were await.
Ing their sickles. These self.binders
had been purchased by the following;
Jack Gotten, Sid Eads,
Riley Erickson, Dwight Meyer,
Andy Payne, Lin Derr,
NJ ~ IL II