Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-13
MOTHERS DAY
C0MMEMORATED
AT MASS MEET
Inspiring Program Given at
Church Under Auspices
of y, M. c. A.

The one recipient of all the love
and affection in the world, Mother.
had her day yesterday-her very own
and special day set aside in her honor
-all over the United States and in
far off camps and trenches mothers
boys were writing letters to her
while Mothers day programs were
being arranged in thousands of COM
munities north and south, east and
vest.
The Mothers day meeting, held I'M
der the auspices of the Y. M. c. A,
at the. Presbyterian church last night
vas a particularly inspiring and In
teresting and nearly all of the
or less direct to that central figure
in the life of the world, Mother.
The church auditorium was filled
to capacity when the program opened
with an organ prelude by Paolo
Gonte, followed by the audiences
Singing of Onward. Christian Sol
dicrs." Mothers day prayer was
offered. Rev. Thomas H. Gallagher,
pastor of the First NJ. F.. church,
speaking the invocation. Led by the
large. male chorus. under the direc-
W. >oANV Tx aANt-
nee then sang a number Of Mothers
hymns. n Richard Baughman read
James Whitcomb Riley's Tribute to
Mother" Clearance Larson sang
Mother o. Mine with much feeling
and good effect.
MacKendrick Speaks.
"A scripture lesson was read by
Rev. w. f. Stephenson of the Ply
mouth Congregational church. Sew
eral selections by the male chorus
followed.
Rev. w. T.. Stephenson. who pre-
sided at the meeting, introduced the
MacKendrick of Winnipeg. Taking
rs the subject of his address. Mother
ITO the Boys Over There" Captain
Mackendrick told, in the course OF
personal "reminiscences. how much
h boys at the front thought of and
longed for Mother.
In beginning his speech, the cap
tain told of how he found conditions
in Canada and England. He said
States were inclined to feel pessi-
mistic. h British were very optimis-
tic. The captain quoted Napoleon as
once saying Ia if he had a British
army. generated by French officers,
he could conquer any nation. THAT
Is just h we now have" said the
captain, "for the British. Canadian
and Americans are really brothers,
and under the leadership of General
Foch they will fight their way to an
ultimate victorious peace"
Captain MacKendrick was loud in
his praise of the allied armies. He
gave some very interesting instances,
showing that the boys keep their
spirits up always. He spoke of a
regiment. which. when the water of
the trenches was oye their waists.
sang "A Long. Long Trail" and went
over the top into no mans land.
Y. NJ. c. A. in the Field.
One of the most interesting parts
OF the address was Captain Mac
Hendricks story of the first Y. M.
G. A. hut. He said that the men
had been stationed at the outskirts
OF a French village, where there was
at that particular time no action.
However, the men were obliged to
stand In the trenches. as an offensive
was expected, and the trenches were
filled with water. 1t was then that
the idea of a hut, near the front
lines, was formed.
With some OF my men. / went int
the village. and stole enough lumber
to erect a rather small but comfort
able hut" the speaker said, land
I'm not ashamed to stand on the
platform Of a church and say thai I
stole it, and il you could have seen
the condition of the boys. you could
not blame me. As quickly as posi-