The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-27

Red. Mayme Ritenour will give a
patriotic reading. She Ii the daugh-
Ter OF the veteran OF Sterling camp.
M. 3. The Washington school chill
dren and the audience will sing
THE Star Spangled Gamer"
whom the Flowers Love" Is the
title OF a recitation by Grace T.
Armstrong. connected with Gen. A.
=. Williams. fortress No. I. Daugh-
tiers Of the G.. A. Il. Prof. James NJ.
Vaudeville will read the Gettysburg
address OF Lincoln. The school chill
bred will give Heroes OF the Sea-
and Columbia the Gem of the
Ocean" Shipmate A. 8. McWil-
liams. chaplain OF the National AS
soc'ation of Naval Veterans, will
give the benediction. after which the
children will strew flowers on the
wa5cr in honor OF the naval dead
buried at sea or elsewhere In us-
known graves. During this cere-
mony. the band will play Nearer.
My God, to Thee"
AT O'Clock the Memorial day
parade, which will form about Grand
Circus park, will move south on
Woodward-ave. 10 Jefferson-ave.
then east 10 Hastings-st. and coun-
tcrmarch 70 Brush-st. and thence 10
the armory-a short route, but plen-
~ long enough for the veterans who
will walk Those who cannot march
will be carried in automobiles.
In the armory, at 1880. the pro-
grain will be as follows:
Bugle call. Lawrence NJ Edwards:
Battle Hymn OF the Republic"
q lief marshal, John T. Spillane: In.
vocation. the Rev Frank ). Row.
land, pastor of Cass-ave. NJ. r.
church; address. Mayor Marx:
America :" "A Tribute to he BOYS
in Blue" Clara Emery, daughter OF
the late Comrade Minckler. Twenty.
'ourth Michigan infantry: r. e.
Noyes. patriotic instructor, depart
nert OF Michigan. Sons OF veter-
ans; solo, Star Spangied Banner"
Esther White; Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, Marion c. Widrig. daughter
OF a veteran; orator Of the day; the
Rev. w. II. Wray Boyle. pastor OF
the North Woodward Presbyterian
church. who will speak on After so
ears" recitation. For Freedoms
Sake" Clara p. Sturgis, of Sarah w.
H. Sterling tent, No. 10: music by
the school children. led by Prof.
Clnlvers; Song Of the G. A. r." by
q chorus OF daughters of zen A. s.
fortress, No. 1, Daughters
cf the G.. A. r., as follows: Ethel
Conn, Martha Leibenguth, Bonnie
Park. Grace Dennis. Mabel Mellon.
May Robinson. Clara Emery, Amber
1tit kler. Jessie Welch, Grace Huber
Gladys Osborne, Carmen Spencer
and Florence Hedges. granddaugh-
ter of the c. A. r.. whose mother,
Mrs. Gertrude Hedges, viii be ac-
companist
Then will come what is looked on
10y everyone as the feature OF the
armory meeting-the Veterans
| asst Call" by the Fairbanks quartet
Comrades c. A. Bartlett, I. F.
PAYNE, Mallory Emmons and A. 8.
These veterans always
STR the audience TO high pitch of
feeling; without them, Memorial day
would not be Memorial day.
The Rev Wills A. Moore. pastor
of the Universalist church. son OF a
veteran and grandson of a veteran,
VII pronounce the benediction.
Thomas o. Ronark will sound taps,
while the band plays Home. Sweet
Home"
The officers of the joint memorial
day committee are: President, AL
VAN l.. Sawyer; yice-president. A. T.
Strong, secretary, Mrs. Carrie
Parke- Doggs; treasurer. F. j. Melt
ner; chief marshal, J. T. Spillane;
chief of stan V. NJ. Dumas.
The leaders of the seven divisions
Of the parade will be: /. Capt. Helm
rich A. Pickert: 2, Carl Trebein: 3,
Eonald Monroe; 4, w. J. Rowe; s.
Col Casper Schultz; s, e. F. Lamb;
{. Capt Robert J. Baskerville.
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