The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Dedication to BE Ceremony
of Liberty Day, Next
Saturday.
PARSONS IS SPEAKER
Cadets and Band to Assist
in Great Demonstration
Of Patriotism.

Missoula eounty's service flag has
been finished. The immense banner.
bearing "a star for each Of the Gs4 Mis-
sCuia county men who have gone to
hight for their country, will be formally
dedicated on the evening of Saturday.
the first anniversary of the American
declaration of war. The Missoula
"omen's Council of Defense, which has
managed the making Of the service
flag. VIII turn the finished banner
over to the board OF county commits
sioners during a ceremony which will
include music by the Community
Chorus. military drill by the university
cadet corps and the First MssouIa gar
rison, under Captain Moore. and an
address by Harry II. Parsons.
Observance OF Liberty Day.
The ceremony will be Missoula's OBJ
servance of Liberty Day. At the great
public meeting the county will again
pledge, under the folds of the service
flag. devotion of the cause for which
nearly 700 of her sons have gone to
fight
The flag will hang during Liberty
Day over Higgins avenue between the
First National bank building and the
Hammond block. A steel cable will be
strung between the buildings. specially
reinforced to hold the flag, which is
Is by 30 feet and of heavy canvas
Frank Thomas and +. S. Lusk, owners
of the buildings. have permitted the
flag to be SO hung and supplied the
cable.
After the ceremony of dedication the
flag is to be hung in the county
of Missoula of the sacrifice which their
young men have made Space has
been left on it for additional stars.
Captain w. J. Mccormick of the
state University has offered his cadet
corps to Captain Moore. who is in
charge of the military ceremonial in
connection with the dedication, and the
boys will march with the soldiers from
Fort Missoula. The Missoula band is
to give its services, and will accom-
pany the Community Chorus, which
Will be led for the occasion by l.. Orlo
Bangs of the State University, in the
absence of Director DcI.OsS Smith
After the band has played salute tc
Washington" by keifter, the Commu-
nifty Chorus will sing "Amcrica," Bat
tie Hymn of the Republic" and sta,
Spangled Banner"
Mrs. John Reach, head of the de-
| Tense council. will preside. John J
Flynn, as chairman of the board OF
| icS eli will h
| service flag.
800 Persons Work on Flag.
About 500 PERSONS. including PSI
| school children, have worked on tn,
| flag. They had to sew on 1853 stars
| two for each man. and each star re-
CURED almost an hours work Rcla
tiVcs of the soldiers did much of the
| sewing, but assistance was given by
the Mothers Home Guard tn,
Emmanuel and Electa lodges of the
Order of Eastern Star, the As You Like
Ii club, the Bridge club, the Orchard
Homes Country Life club, the Associ,
| ated Collegiate Mumnae, members OF
| the Kappa Kappa Gamma. Kappa Al
pha Theta and Delta Gamma sororities
1
| class and others. The children of tn,
Roosevelt, Central, Lowell and Whit.
tier public schools assisted in an or
| ganized way, as did the high schoo
pupils.
The big flag was made by Miss Prcl
OF the Mtssoula Mercantile company
| and was financed by the county com.
miSSionerS to whom the Women.
Council of Defense suggested the idea
Most of the work on the flag was done
in the county high school building
which was loaned for the purpose by
Principal G.. \. Ketcham.
Gus Dahl and Philip s, Brown SUI
perintended the extension and rein.
torccment of the cable.