Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-07
ALLEDCE MOOR SEES
"OLD GLORY" RAISED
Interesting and Patriotic Celebra-
ton in Which Community
and Railroad Share.

10 indicate them, small Edge Moor docsn /
| have n chance to slip in even edgeways, be-
| cause Of bigger Wilmington, Chester,
| Philadelphia and other things and places
| that have achieved upstart importance
because Of population, riches, politics,
press agents. etc But none the less
| Edge Moor IL existent-verY much so -
| and its Importance isn't upstart, because
for long, long time It has been doing n
lot of very useful things for the Pcnnsyi-
vania Railroad and it's the home OF Ger
| tain useful industries Ask the dwellcr
there about il and he will tell you IN n
few well-chosen words just why Edge
Moor is both cosmopolis and metropolis
10 him and after that YOU will be wise to
refrain from either doubt or argument.
And after ALL he's right, aud II s YOU
who are provincial when you refuse TO
| give little Edge Moor the credit due her
| for being an important, busy-bcc com
munity. full OF staunch community
| spirit. and going about her work with in
dustrv and engcrgy and not hanging over
the back fence To swap gossip with lay
mont or Boosting about her great achieve
ments like Chester or money-erubbing
like Wilmington
Something of this fanily-allat~work-
| and happy frame OF mind that ~ Edge
| Moor must have struck those who were
not Edge Mourcs. hut who went there on
| Saturday to attend the flag raising ar
| ranged nv railroad workers and others.
While the scene Of the event was the lawn
of the railroad station the affair was
| thoroughly one Of the whole community
and tho humhleet lahorcr Of the village,
ar the most thoughtlcss and irresponsible
! Of It's juveniles. Is rs proud 0f that flag
| (thosc flags, to be exact as the station
| agent, g. Il Wingatc. any Of the mil
road men which IS saving lot
ALL HANDS lad sHARf.
Which Is also quite proper. too. he
| cause the flag raising and its concomitanfs
were a community mat or. Some time ago
! Edge Moor not exactly III meeting assem-
| hlcd. but with that sort Of thought al any
rate, decided that there must be blg
| American flag floating 10 the breeze
| whereabouts. not rs an advertisement, IKE
some other places Edge Moor knew about,
As an evidence Of Edge Moors good bath
/ in herself and in her patriotism. Then
| somebody thought Of the village $ large
| Italian population, and generously con
ccdcd that Italy's ensign ought 70 hc seen
| too. And then somebody else thought Of
| having Edge Moor itself rcrrese cd.
where upon proper flag WINS designed for
| her-red border. white field and 't,ooti-
hvo. bows. Hurry back ~ blue letters rs
the legs nd.
Wherefore sundrv persons got busy.
| The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, through
James Buchacw superintendent OF the
| MARYLAND division, donated a tity-foot
| pole and place for Il on the station lawn
and subscriptions for the flags were sought
and found by the railrOadcrs, BY the
children, by the various workers, by the
whole Of Edge Moor almost And ten
by-Sixteen stars and Stripes was bought
and a ninc-by-twelve Italian flag and q
Six-hy ten Edge Moor banner and the
Italians saw 70 II that their flag was
properly emblazoned. They had seen lot
Of so-called red, white and green atiairs
with the white crosses OF savoy IN the
middle but without the crown surmount-
ing the shield They wanted the crown
and they got it The cement foundation
for the pole was contributed by tht
Taylor Construction Go.
Then a day was appointed fer the in
furling Of these flags and commltte,
named TO prepare a program all O
which was done And Yesterday TIN.
program was carried out. The hour SCI
vas / D. m. when everybody IN Edg'
Moor could be present Il they chose.
And that was the meaning OF the GROVE
YOU saw ON the lawn of the station as th'
train whisked YOU by. Ii YOU had gotter
| off YOU would have been In the thick O
more than SOY people, You would have
seen a pretty little stand at the foot o
the flag pole and upon II number OF ladle:
and several gentleman, whose garb be
spoke their rank rs clergymen. and som,
others who appeared just what they wer,
PLAIN citizens And YOU also woul,
have seen and heard the very efficient Z
B. and " Athletic Association Band
under J. " Wlngert and squad q
soldiers from Company Is, Twelfth Bat
Italian L. ; Guards Iundcr Sergeant
John W Mclaughlin. Il snappy-l9okIng
sodicrly, lot too
The band opened the program With
rafting march Then the assembling,
sang one stanza of America. Rev
Thomas Y. Wingate rector of Trinity
F. T.. Church. delivered the invocation
! and William ; Iiilles made a splrtet
address, speaking OF the splendid thing
our armies have done overseas. hghtlnl
under Inc flag and declaring that Amer
cans must give and work and think y
talk in support OF the President for th,
prosecution of the Val 10 4 successful con
cluslon.
Ex-Governor Miller vas 10 have beer
present to make a speech also. but wa
unable 10 leave his home owing Ia lines,
After Mr. Iiilles had finished the thre'
flags. already ii the top Of the pol,
bundled Ip IN stops, were broken out anC
officially raised The honor Of dom!
: this fell 10 Mrs Henry Il Bradford vii
of the wee prt9Ident OF the ldge Moo
Iron Co Holding handsome sheaf 0
2 chrysanthemums gwen her 10y the com
mittee. she stepped forward to the hal
lizards, gave them sharp jerk Whicl
broke the stops and far overhead the thre
big spreads of bunting broke out and Wer
caught bv the breeze-the stars an,
Stripes at the top. the Italian flag below
and underneath, the Edge Moor banne
[ and its device \ rousing and leather
hinged three-and-a-tiger went up, only L
be drowned by the sharp volleys Of tn
Guards, firing a salute the regulation
three rounds, although those who wshe,
might believe that one was for the starr
banner at the top, the second a tribute t
the flag Of Italy and the third 4 SORT o
knightly accnlade for Edge Moor. Am
All this time there was perfect shower o
miniature American flags out Of the bi
| one that had been broken out aloit
+ Rev. Father Temple, Of st. Elizabeth
made the closing address, speaking i
J Italian to the Italian workers. And Via
!; he said must have been a real base-cleaye
, because they checred him to the echC
This was followed by another band 50
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