Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-07-12


our people interested in anything of a
civic nature, at one time. Major
Cadien and committee headed by
Roscoe McClave had been working
hard for month or more planning a
welcome home to the boys who had
been in the service of Uncle Sam on
land and sea and how well they sue
ceeded you can find out by asking any
of the 125 of the 252 boys who were
on hand
The celebration of their home-com-
ing began on Thursday evening when a
very substantial and delightful dinner
was served at nearby hotel in our
neighboring borough, Fairview.
The boys were received by the com
mittee, the Council Board and other
officials of the borough
The menu consisted of:
Grapefruit
Soup and relishes,
Broiled Chicken, Vegetables, Salad
Ice Cream, Coffee and Cake.
This only partly describes it, as
and no one was stinted. Between the
courses, patriotic songs and brief ad-
dresses were made, or stories told that
made the whole very enjoyable
affair -..-sssss
A most impressive demonstration, to
those six who had gone to the front,
and having made the supreme Sacri-
flee, failed to return, took place when
Immediately after assembling, all stood
in silence for brief period, in memory
of our great loss. Officer Frank Bor-
ELI was asked to call the roll and each
boy as his name was called, arose and
was cheered generously. Many of the
names called could not be responded
to as the boys were still in service and
unable to be present. Once again in
deepest silence the names of the inn
mortal six We're called, so that their
names might be enrolled in the tablet
of memory, never to be erased,
The mayor called on Commissioner
Sears to give the word of welcome, and
in part Mr.. Sears said:
Having just returned from a trip
through New England, where, within
a few days past, l stood before the
heroic statue to the Minute Men" at
Concord, and the holy ground upon
which the men under Captain Parker
stood, when Captain Parker said: IF
this means war, let it begin here and
now and experienced the thrill that
comes to every patriotic American, as
hn yinWc tbn of that leU
many years ago that made it possible
for America to assert her right to live
as a nation of free men, and, having
travelled over much of the country for
which they fought, again tonight
feel the same thrill as / look into the
faces of you men who are no less
Americans than they We're. You men
who were willing to give up your bus
mess, your home, your family and
even your native land, so that the
great principles established so long
ago for ourselves might be accorded to
the world. Some of you boys have
sailed the seas to parts of which you
have never heard, and faced the most
deadly weapons that the Hun could
world Some of you, with guns on
your shoulders trod strange lands and,
amid q people speaking a foreign
tongue, made an impression that will
never be eradicated.
"SOme were ready, but never called to
leave their native lands and these men
probably feel the worst just now be-
oo,ca Of tboir in hility tn COW that thpV
had faced the deadly fire of the foe.
"Some of you boys cannot speak our
language very well, but you are all
part of us. You have been made good
Americans by the fire of war and the
fiuX of a common cause.
''To you all, the borough of Cliffside
Park and the people who make up the
community to which your thoughts