Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-16
6. 4. R. and v. R. c.
Installation of Officers Of G. A. R. and
Associated Organizations-A Com
rsde Honored-Fine Supper and a
Good Time.

Last Saturday was red letter day
on the calendar of Losure Post, the
occasion was the joint installation Of
the officers of the Post and Relief
Corps. The exercises began at 2
o'clock and it was not until well along
toward 10 p. m. that Comrade Boyer
decreed lights out and the post room
was deserted. The "Boys in Blue
were out in good force and the "Dear
Old Girls" including sThe Girl / Left
Behind Me" of many of the aforesaid
boys We're also present. It was
congenial assemblage but they went
on the plan of .swork before play" and
the serious business of installation
was first disposed of. Comrade Geo.
Newcomer was the installing officer
for the Post and Mrs. Hannah Stevens
for the Relief Corps. With due form
ality and military precision the var
ious officers of the Post were first to
be installed as follows: /. e. Bayes,
Commander; Levi Hoy, S. "; A. S..
Van Nortwick, J. "; S. M. Spring,
@. NJ; H. A. Haughton, Chaplain;
II. Hunter, surgeon; A. Hogeboom, o.
D.; S. j. Boyer, o G.; P. H. Bayes,
Adjutant: ]. Hoffman, S. M; Festus
Funk, @. M. S. Installing officer G.
D. Newcomer did himself credit in the
manner in which he conducted the in
staliation.
The commander, I. E. Bayes (being
elected to succeed himself) made q
few brief remarks that were. very inn
pressive, thanking the Post members
for the confidence placed in him by
his reelection as commander for an
other year. The past year he did not
miss a meeting during his term of Of
fice; this bespeaks well for the inter-
est he has in the welfare Of his COM
rades and in the upbuilding of the or
der. This concluded the Post INSTALL
alton.
The audience was then entertained
BY q solo rendered by Mrs. Hoffman
with her highly cultured voice and
personality, which brought great ap-
plause from the audience and it con-
tinued until her return to the piano,
when she rendered that lovely song
and beautiful words, "Just Before the
Battle, Mother, that all the old vets
love 50 well. This song was sung by
Mrs. Hoffman in such a beautiful
strain and impressive manner that it
brought moisture to the cheeks of our
comrades in arms, bringing back to
bunkmates. Their true friends and
companions that they once loved so
well that have now passed over to the
great beyond, there awaiting their
comrades in arms to follow. Next on
the program was the installing of the
officers of the Ladies Relief Corps.
The names of officers elected to be in
stalled are the following: frankie
Funk, president; Katie Wright, 8. ";
Rebecca Croninger, q. W.; Mrs. Sher-
wood, treasurer; Rilla Borton, Chap
lain; Emma Spring, conductor: Mrs.
Eugenia Palmer, assistant; Mrs. Metz
Ter, guard, and Mrs. Hoffman, assist
ant. patriotic instructor and press re-
porter, Mrs. Marks, with chosen as
sistants, were duly installed into their
respective stations by Mrs. Stevens,
installing officer. They accomplished
their work in a masterful way, believ-
ing in the old maxim, That which is
worth doing is worth doing well. The
installing of these officers was grace
fully executed by the team using the
flag drill in their work. 1t was very
entertaining to all the audience. There
is so much would like to write up
pertaining to the grand work done in
the Post by the Ladies Relief Corps,
No. 20, Wauseon, Ohio, that if should
undertake it I would fail on account
of not being qualified to do them JUS
tice and praise they deserve in the
grand and good work they are doing
as an organization. Success GO with
you is the sincere wish of the Grand
Army of Losure Post, No. 35, Wau-
seon, o. Last but not least Of our
fellowship orders the associate men,
bers of the G. A. r. were installed
into office; officers elected for 1914:
J.AC. Rorick, Commander, and as the
names of the officers of this order
elected for the year were given to the
public in the Tribune Of the End /
viii omit them in this article. The
officers were duly installed by G. D.
Newcomer and / think that they made
a little better showing in their work
on account of the previous practice.
Abe Hogeboom did splendidly in his
part of the work in presenting Ger
tain group Of the associate members
to the installing officer; he hesitated
a moment, then proclaimed to the Of
fcer, "here they are, the whole Ca
boodle' of them" and then van1oosed.
don't just know the meaning of the
term used but Abe said that was
what he done and for further informa-
tion you must call on Abe. After the
installation of associate officers was
concluded, the commander-elect, ]. C.
Rorick, made few remarks that we're
entertaining and appropriate. The