The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-03
LABOR DAY IS
CELEBRATED HERE
RIGHT ROYALTY
Large Crowd Of People Come to Mays
Vile to Spend Labor Day-PrO-
gram Mt BeechwOOd Carried
Out and Everyone Well
Pleased With the Day.

cess in every way. Everyone says it
was.
Never before in recent years has
so much importance been attached to
the working mans one National holi-
day in thi city and never before
have the people really felt the spirit
of the day. The laboring man was the
whole show yesterday. 1t was his day
helping him celebrate it properly.
The Chamber of Commerce commit
tee in charge of the program for the
day left nothing undone to make the
day a full one for all ages and all
classes. Beechwood Park has seldom
had larger or better humored crowd
in it than it held yesterday The Au-
gusta Band, which cannot be surpass-
ed for small town band, furnished
patriotic music all day while the pro-
gram carried out was complete and
very enjoyable.
In the afternoon County Judge II. p.
Purnell was chairman. There was
music by girls chorus, reading by
Mrs. w. B. Campbell, a solo by Mrs.
Carl Dodds but the main feature of
the afternoon program was the ad
dress by Hon. ]. w. Newman, of Yer
sailles. Mr.. Newman gave really
patriotic address that stirred his
large audience Many in the audience
were farmers and he made special
appeal to them to back their govern
ment by raising record breaking
crops this season AS he always does,
Mr.. Newman greatly pleased his au-
dience.
At this afternoon meeting in the pa
villion at the park Prof c. S. Dale,
county chairman of the Boys Work
ing Reserve, made short address In
which he presented to the boys COM
pleting the amount of work laid down
by the government as necessary for
the test, their medals of honor.
The young men who were members
of this working reserve this season
and who are entitled to special men
ton for the splendid work they did on
the farm during the summer follow:
Thomas Jackson Asbury, Edward
Barbour, Eliza Lee Boyd, Nelson Bru
baker, Clarence Breeze, Lee Berry.
Hilbert Brooking, Samuel Butcher,
Charles Bramble, Chris Brown, Lei
man Colliver, Elbert Kirby Collins,
William Clark, William Cartmell,
Ellsworth Cablish, Forest Cobb, Reed
Crawford, Glen Collins, Carey Cox
Gilbert Chard, Dimmitt Coryell, Les
lie Cliff Donovan, Theodore Dryden,
Esley Ennis, Richard Gather, Russell
Grover Galbraith, Charles Galbraith
Raymond Hirschfeld, Allen Huber,
Garrett White Worthington, Edward
Walton, John Walker, Elmer Huber,
Bert Howe, Eugene Hendrix, Stanley
Jacobs, Thomas Everett Lalley, Rich
ard Lindsay, Lee Mitchell, Freeman
Moran, Marvin Clifford Muse, Edward
Nesbitt, Charles O'Neil, Hugh Watson
Pyles, Holton Claud Phillips, John
William Pogue, Robert Power, Newell
Robertson. Thomas Taulbee Rees, Her
bert Rees, James Edward Slattery,
Sherley Lee Sparks, Andrew Stiles,
Joseph Stevens, Louis Bell Threlkeld,
Werner Taylor, Earl Alexander
Thompson, Clifford Thomas, Frank
Turner, Harold Williams, Joseph
Byar Worthington, Jeptha Wood,
Leonard Wells, Emmett Wilson.
Six Boy Scouts who has sold more
than ten Liberty Bonds in the last
drive we're awarded bronze medals by
Scout Executive Chambers. The boys
so honored were John Walker,
Frank Barkley, Gordon Childs, Brent
Wood, Raymond Wallingford and Will
liam Tully
The big trap shoot held on the
Maysville Gun Club grounds during
;, the afternoon was also great sue
cess. 1t was managed by w. II. Hall,
state champion and DR.. Simpson, an
expert with the gun. Those who en-
tered the gun shoot were as follows:
Glass A: Maurice Kirk, Thomas
Keith, J. O. Early and Huss Watson.
Glass b: W. T. Berry, Judge Purnell,
Laban T. Griffin, Grover Hull, Bruce
Crawford. William Toncray, C. S.
Dale. Pickett Bouldin, Fred Brodt,
and Mr.. Henderson.
The prizes for the gun shoot were
awarded as follows:
Glass "a"
First. Q. Early ..,......,,....4S
seoond-Maurice Kirk .........,.4i
Third-ThoInas A. Keith. ..,,,....3 "a
Class "BT
Flrst--C. 3. Dale
sooond--urover Hull,
Third--Iaban Grimm.
Long Run Prlse--I. J, Early,
Miss and Out Hyent--Laban 0rIlln.
Low Score PrIEe--Judge II. p, Pur-
nell,
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