The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-08-31
BIG CELEBRATION
FOR LABOR DAY
City Service Flag to be Unfuried in
Front of Trust Company Building,
and Splendid Patriotic Program to
Be Rendered.
ADDRESSES BY NOTED ORATORS.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of
all the committees in charge of the
Patriotic Demonstration to be held in
~Pleasantville next Monday evening,
beginning promptly at 8 o'clock, was
held last Tuesday evening in Council
Chambers, President James presiding.
Encouraging reports all along the line
were received.
George Zippler, Jr., was added to
the Traffic committee and C. C. Shinn
to the committee on Decorations.
The speeches will be made by Con-
gresham Bacharach, Assemblyman
Cochran and Mayor Schimpf of Vent
nor, while A. G.. Ridgeway, a noted
elocutionist, will give several patriotic
selections.
The expenses of the affair are to be
met by public subscriptions, each cit
izen being urged to make a donation
of One Dollar, or if ability will not
permit of that amount less will be &C.
cepted, and the money can be paid to
the chairman of the committee, Ray
mond P. Thompson, or any other men,
Der of the committee, viz: Rev. w. 1.
Shoemaker, Louis d. Champion,
Charles Frambes, Charles T. Collins
and John R. Price, or to the treasur-
er, D. S. LeCompte.
Seats will be provided for all men,
bers of families of boys who are now
in the service of the country and for
Civil War veterans, and any unable to
walk will be provided conveyance
upon notification to the chairman of
this committee, James L. Risley.
Frank A. Souder, Jr., has beer chos-
en- director of the community singing,
and both he and DR.. w. ]. Hudson,
chairman of the committee on music,
request the members of all church
choirs and all other singers in the city
to gather as close as possible to the
piano which will be located at the en-
trance to the Trust Co. building, and
to be there not later than 7.45, as it is
proposed to have a sing between 7.45
and s o'clock. The singing will form
an attractive part of the program.
Main street will be closed to public
travel between Washington ven
and the West Jersey Railroad while
the exercises are being held, and ev-
erything will occur directly in front
of the Pleasantville Trust Co. build
ing, the directors of which institution
are presenting the Community Service
Flag to the city.
Another general meeting will be
held in City Hall this Friday evening,
Aug. 80. promptly at s o'clock, to
make the final arrangements.
Printed copies of the program will
be provided for distribution to every
one, and the entire citizenship of the
city is expected to be present and
participates The program as arrang-
ed follows
Patriotic Selection-Community
Orchestra.
2-Prayer-Rev. S. R. Stratton.
3-"America"- Community Choir
and audience.
patriotic Address-Hon. Under
wood Cochran.
5-Patriotic Selection-Community
Orchestra.
GA. G. R%idgeway, e~locutionist.
1.-THE Marseillaise"-Community
Choir and audience.
S-Patriotic Address-Hon. Theo.
w. Schimpf.
9-"Keep the Home Fires Burning
Community Choir and audience.
REPRESENTATION of Community Ser
vice Flag on behalf of ~Pleasantville
Trust Colon. Isaac Bacharach.
1.-THE Star S~pangled Banner
Community Choir and audience.
12-Patriotic Seleetion-Community
Orchestra