The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY EX-
ERCISES
THE HOsT SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION
EYE GIVEN HERE PARADE HAS
HEADED BY BOY SCOUT BAND
TlHEYTOWN nd WINFIELD
ALSO CELEBRATE THE o.
CAsIoH.

Although the weather was threaten
Ing Al day, with showers every now
and then. Memorial Day passed on
with nothing 70 mar the exercises.
and tie program p rendered vas
considered by The large crowd which
filled he Opera House as one u the
best ever given On an occasion OF
thai Ind
Al : =. M, the march TO The ceme-
tery where the memorial service OF
the {. :. r. was hela started from the
Opera House where he line ~ form
ed. FIrzt came the Boy Scout Band.
followed by a lon line OF children
led b Miss Mary !. 9heIiman. assist
ed b Misses Helen md LILLIAN Town
send md Elizabeth WGmpIeE. and
marEnzlIed by the boy Scouts. Master
Joseph Matthias dressed aa police
man. md Masters Henry KINNEY and
Sterling Evans II hunt and %. Boy
costumes. marched II the head of the
line. .HIle the ezup Fire uIrIa In
costume brought - the rear. Police
man stem rendered valuable service
In leokIng after Ine safety o the
children as they marched aloug the
SehIeI. lined street
Ths veterans. NIIn Commander naer
and FaHi Commander in Chlef John r.
Kins. - the q. 4. i. and MaIoF uutta,
OF Washington. leading. were escorted
BY The Junior Order nfe and drum
oorna. md formed : pathetic HlEat 81
the IIIIle remnant of once EuaFIahIng
Post. passed through The lonKa long
line 0f children Ezlufing VIII Iheir
flag. n pay the ii tribuls Io lhsir
departed comrades. Tha services At
the cemetery too place In front OF
the Urn IN the center Of the cemetery
which IS drapea III a large zmsfl-
can IlaE with the EIIhona Bearing the
words. lie .uniIezI= sDne Country
Ons Language. O. Flag aaH sur
rounded by 0 ina ef orange bios
EotnH md leaves THa ritual y he O.
a. I. .as read. ne hoy Seoul Hand
played Nearer - Gud 20 TnsH. and
BuKlEH Earl BroXH sounded =Taps, =
after .aieh evefy IIax married rave
was HIHHNn with lIaWHfa, Aa1 IHe line
reformed and maH.hH5 baek u the
Op.rz House whexz re following nfo-
gram - rendered
The playing q ne stirring old
AA4AZ3 y lhlAA34 #HM
Maryland" and The G.ri / - be
hind Me." BY The hand anH drum
corps alternately i oppoalte zada OF
the hi. Has enthusiastically Tazely-
ed I'D formed ~ attractive feature Of
the program The largo choir under
the Iezdsrahlp o. MHa. H. II KINNEY
wAa nne and rendered Kipllnssa Re-
oeahIonaIs and The other musical
numbers Of the program anIe1aIdly
J. Smith nilllnszIez. zoloisl. THe re.
citalH . Ny father was ! aUIdIsr. .
hy y :. Matthews. Of sellHHzxlile,
Pa N has ~ mIaged n memorial
service IN s5 yeaT#. IlncotnH EaIlya.
burr address b. Mf Guy taIzIar. Of
Western MaFgiand College, an I'm
coin aHI Y b. ~ DorotH. Elder
dice .ere sely rendered. Ths znlen-
did zI1Ha by Rs. Carlton HHInxail.
rccton II Ascenstun Episcopal church.
was master piece md waa anIeer-
sally euneeded - i ons OF u best
and moi appropriate ever delivered
IN Westminster. -. G. 4 HaTllaes
made Ine closing prayer
There were funf vacant chairs
drapeI slth blaaE and bearing the
namsH n Stannhu1f. Shiplef. Holtz
and HIlIingslea. IHs four comrades
who Haxa answered no last fUII call
since ~ 20. n. These chairs
were crowned VIII IluYcrb b scouts
TER. Crawford. Theodore DIR. a.
ROY sneak and William Townsend
during he memorial serviee HhIeh
closed 9Th Tau > Bugler Earle
Brown