Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-10

which had perhaps as much OF interes,
to the people of the county as any one
feature, was the dedication of the
County Service Flag. On this flag
were placed more than five hundred
stars, representing the boys and young
men who are serving their country in
the army, navy and marines. On this
beautiful service. flag are also three
gold stars, which stand for three young
men who have made the supreme sac
rifice--the giving of their lives while
in the service of their country. These
three are: James Fickle, killed while
guarding the Northwestern railroad
bridge at Boone, Iowa; Glen Durey,
who fell victim of pneumonia, while in
training at Camp Dodge, and Frank
Foffle, who died from wounds receiv-
ed while at the front in France.
The committee which had this part
of the afternoons program in charge
had prepared list of the names of
the men from this county, who are now
in the military service of their coun-
try, and had intended to have the
names read from the platform. This
was impossible because of the high
wind of the afternoon. The committee
has given this list of names to the
for publication. If per-
chance, "a name has been omitted from
this list, it is by accident, and if any
one in Delaware county has knowledge
of any young man being N the SER
vice, no matter what branch and their
names do not appear, II such names
will be reported to the secretary OF
the Manchester Commercial club, or to
Mr.. A. E. Dunlap, secretary of the To-
cal exemption board, star will be
placed on the aag and the name en-
rolled with the long list, of names
published elsewhere in this issue Of
The Democrat.
Rain Spoils Evenings Entertainment.
The weather man was on his good
behavior until about six O'Clock, when
heavy clouds covered the heavens, and
at seven o'clock a heavy rain storm
broke This completely spoiled the
plans for the evening. The committee
had arranged for full evenings pro-
gram, consisting of talk by Sergeant
r. e. Bulger, the free acts, band mu-
sic, and winding up with grand dis
play Of fireworks. The set pieces for
the fireworks were all in position, and
had to be ruthlessly torn down and
carried under cover. This proved a
disappointment to the large crowd that
remained on the grounds for the even
ing's entertainment. Their ,disappoint-
ment, however, was no greater than
that Of the men who had worked hard
for weeks arranging the details Of the
whole affair.
Plans were made to have the fire
works and some other features of the
celebration on Saturday night, when
another rainstorm interferred. The
fireworks and high explosives are all
stored in boxes under the free act
platform in front of the grandstand,
that being about the only place where
they can be house without endanger-
ing human nves and valuable proper
ty Boys who have been in the habit
of doing debredations on the fair
in the past and playing about the free
act platform, will do we'll to keep away
from that place. Some Of the pieces
stored there are Of such a dangerous
character that only experts can or
should handle them. The officers of
the fair society give fair warning that
they will not be responsible for injur-
les inflicted on persons trespassing on
the grounds, especially in the vicinity
of the free act platform.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
were by far more automobiles and
vehicles Of every kind in Manchester
on the Fourth this year than at any
celebration held in years past, the day
passed without single accident Of
any consequence. This is very re-
markable when one takes into con-
sideration that the vast crowd left in
a hurry during the pouring rain in the
evening. Many found it extremely
difficult to get home over the slippery
roads. Early Friday morning cars
were standing on the streets of the city
loaded with tired out people, who
made no attempt to get home over the
dangerous roads until the following
day.