Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-24
AAD[ FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
ANNUAL OBSERVANCE At RIVER
SIDE IN MORNINGS; SOL DtERs'
HOME IN AFTERNOON.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
TAKE IMPORTANT PART
Will Scatter Flowers on Graves at
y Soldiers Home and 'Rivsrsids--To
4 Give Program In Morning Exercises
( REV. J. 8. WestfaII, Of Gilman. to
Give Grafton at Soldiers Home.

\ Plans for the annual observance OF
Memorial Day on Tuesday. May 80
have been completed AS usual the
exercises will be he'd down town In
the morning, and at the soldiers home
in the afternoon. School children OF
the city will take an Important part in
both sets OF exercises. and at River
side will furnish the program.
~ G.. III. Brook will be officer of the
day for the morning observance. AS"
sembly call will be sounded by Frank
Roth at 9:15.t and the parade will be
formed on the court house lawn. I.
will move promptly at $3.50 in the fol-
lowing scheduled order: Police depart
ment, mayor, and city officials, fire de-
pnrtment, band, school children, in
charge of superintendent Palmer: high
school drill squad, In charge of F. NJ
Wilbur, Of the school board; Phil
Sheridan post, F. M. Thomas post, sons
Of veterans, Spanish-American war
Veterans, and citizens. =
Program at Riverside.
AT Riverside the program will be in
charge of Superintendent Palmer. Rev.
r. B. Davidson will ask the invocation.
The opening song will be America,
the Beautiful" sung by nine high
school boys, Loren Dunmire, Paul
Swedberg, Scott Jones, Eugene A1cKib-
ben, Byron Gooledge Devine Glen. FL
mer Eige, Glenn Miller. and Charles
Peckham. sa ...-
Exercises for the unknown dead, in
charge Of F. M. Thomas, w. r. c., will
be followed by the Gettysburg address,
fecited by ten pupils OF the Rogers
school seventh grade-John Travis
Kenneth Rich, Karl Bierman, Chardy
Blue, Waldo Pence, Chester Clark
Paul Everist, Clissold Luthan, Harold
Mason, and John Norris.
Z This patriotic'Enunber will be fol-
lowed by flag drill by eight pupils
of the first grade Of the John Childs
school, in the persons Of Alfred Mich
Dis, Lyle Howes Lorell sShugart, Edna
hawthorn, Jean Francis Ardelle Now
~. Merle Johnson. and Murray VOL
der. "The Man With a Musket" will
be recited by Edwin Buffers, Of the
seventh grade Franklin. i
e Following this seven boys from the
fourth grade Rogers will give a rect.
tation and flag drill. The boys who
will participate in this are Garner VIII
iiams. Otis Billings, Donald Partridge
Albert Nickel Elmer Herring, zArthu,
White, and Rodney Wells. E@i
81 "A. Thousand Years, my Own Colum.
sbia.n will be sung by the high school
boys. and taps will follow the bene-
tdiction II ~ y
The school children in six divisions
each in charge of a son Of a veteran,
will decorate the graves. Those in
charge Of the different divisions are
George o. Coburn, Will Wallace, H. &c.
;Lounsberry, George B. Pepper. NJ. J.
sRodernel, and Oscar Wulff.
j n 81. At the SoIdiers' Home.
! L. M. Briggs will be officer Of the
day at the soldiers home. where the
exercises will begin at 1880. The pro-
cession will form at the south gate,
headed by the band. In line will be
the firing squad, in charge of Capt c.
w. Hicks; Phil Sheridan post, in
charge Of Commander ]. A. Bacher;
and other members Of the home All
will act as an escort to the school
children in the march to the cemetery.
Here the graves will he decorated BY
forty pupils Of the Arnold and Frank
lin schools. The work Of decorating
the graves will be In charge Of J.. q.
Benson, assisted by County Superin-
tendent C.. e. Shut, Superintendent A.
Palmer, Of the public schools, and
teachers. The band will play a dirge
while the graves are being strewn with
flowers. Sc 81. NJ. as... . s,...-
Following the work OF decorating the
soldiers home choir will sing Grown
With Flowers" and Byron Coolidge. Of
the high school, will recite >Lincoln's
Gettysburg address. The ritual Of the
w, r. c. will be given in charge Of
Mrs. w. H. Powers, president of the
home corps. and the band will play
Nearer My God to Thee" The gun
squad will fire a salute, Bugler F.. T,
Nokes will sound taps, and the echo"
will be played by A. J. Gageby. George
Beeson, and r. Mackaman. stationed
at three corners of the cemetery.
AT Cottage Grove Park. -f
Following the exercises at the ceme-
terry the assembly will move to Cottage
Grove park. Commandant b. C. White
hill will preside over the program.
which begins at 2:30. A male quartet
composed OF F. A. Smith. p. F. and W..
IT. Arney, and G. r. Rowland will sing.
and THE Village Quickstep'' will be
played BY the soldiers home drum
corps. TAKE on Your Hats. It's q
Grand Old Flag will be sung by the
choir. and the male quartet will sing
another number. The Grafton Of the
by rev. J.5s. w-stfasss, Pas5
tor OF the Methodist church Of Gilman.
will follow. The choir will sing Free
dom,s Banner" after which Rev. w. NJ
Baker will give the benediction.
From the park the exercises will be
at the river. where services
in memory Of the sailor dead will be-
by Winchester circle, Ladies
of the q. "A. r., in charge Of Mrs. J. J..
Beedy, president OF the circle. The
drum corps will play "A Life on the
Ocean Wave and will sound taps.
Z IN the evening, at the assembly hall,
the weekly motion picture entertain
ment will be given. when Mary Pick
ford will be seen In The bishops
:s,
sA The committee In charge Of the
Memorial Day exercises at the home
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