Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
UNvEIL FLAG IN
MARTYRS'HONOR
aryices in Memory of Men Who
Gave Their Lives for COun-
try Tomorrow.
FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT
Presentation by Z. C. Fisher and
Acceptance By Mayor and
Chairman County Board


Chairman County Board.
Honoring the men Of Rock Is
land and the lower end of the
county. who have given their lives
in the service of their country. a
memorial service will be held to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock al
the First Methodist church under
the direction of a committee COM
posed of representatives from the
various organizations of the city
At this time a flag known as the
Golden Glory" will be unveiled
and presented to the city. 1t is to
later hang in the courthouse. On
the flag, which is of blue silk of
by feet dimensions, will be
placed gold leaf stars, one for each
man who has made the supreme
sacrifice and beneath which will
he placed on a ribbon the name of
each. E. c. Fisher. city superin-
tendent of schools, is to make the
presentation and it will be &C
Cepted by Mayor William McCon-
Ochie and the custodian CT the flag,
H. o. Griswold.
Colonel Jordan Speaker.
Colonel II. B. Jordan. command
ant at Rock Island arsenal, will
make the principal address of the
afternoon. remarks also to be made
bv D. Connolly as head of the
Rock Island exemption board. A
community sing is to be a feature,
the program in detail being at
tached.
America"
Ten minute sing.
(a) Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing"
Oh Smiles"
fcl Dixie"
I'D Long Long Trail"
Address by citizen B. d. Connolly
, Response by service man -..-..
...... Colonel Harry b. Jordan
americans Come" ...-..
...- Wennerberg Chorus
Ten minute sing.
(a) Onward Christian Soldiers"
(bi Aud Lang Syne."
tcD Holy, Holy. Holy
SoIol, Battle Hymn of Republic
............ Mrs. Fred Mann
Silent honor for the dead.
Prayer ...-....
President G. A Andreen of
Augustana-
Presentation of golden glory
by z. c. Fisher.
Acceptance for the city by Mayor
william McConochie.
Remarks by custodian of the
flag, NJ o. Griswold.
Sing.
(a) Home Sweet Home"
OBJ Star SpangIed Banner"
Mr.. Phi1brook will direct the
community singing and Rev. W. G.
Oglevee will act as accOmpanist.
Personal invitations have been
sent to relatives OF the men who
have given their lives in the
cause of democracy and if there
are any who have not received
such it has been through inability
of the committee to procure their
names and addresses. Those who
have not received invitations are
therefore asked to take This as a
personal invitation to attend the
. services.
Patriotic orders have been asked
to attend the services i'll a body
and reservation has been made for
them
List of Names.
The following names will be
placed on the Golden Glory flag
and if it is found later that there
are errors in the names, they will
be corrected. although the commit
tee has made every effort to pro-
cure a correct list of the dead:
]. F. McGinniS- John Nc
Ginnis. 2542 Eighth avenue, Rock
Island. Ill.
W. J. Brown-Mother, Mrs Sa-
rah Brown, 2704 Eighth avenue.
A H. Ohms-Mother, Mrs. Emma
Ohms, r. r. No. 3, Milan, Ill.
S. E. Nelson-Mother Mrs. Sa-
street. Rock Island
W. d. Hamilton-Mother, Mrs.
Hester Hamilton, 1884 Twenty
sixth street, Rock Island, III.
W. c. Hofer-Father, John Hofer,
r. r. No. l. Taylor Ridge, Ill.
E. NJ Anderson = Sister. Grace
Anderson, 987 Twenty-ninth ave
nue., Rock Island. Ill
a. Agnew-Father, Charles Fl.
Agnew. $50 Seventeenth street,
ROCK ISlalu, III.
s. Amato-Father, Tony Amato,
1907 Fifth and-a-haIf avenue, Rock
Island, Ill
W. r. AIdrich- Father. W. A.
Aldrich. 1890 Twenty-third street,
Rock Island. Ill.
E c. Carlson-Father, c. J. Carl
son, 1428 Forty-third street, Rock
Island, Ill.
R W. Chansky- Mother. Mrs An
ma Chansky, sol Twelfth street,
Rock Island, III.
H Copperstein Mother, Mrs.
Edith Copperstein, 727 Ninth
street, Rock Island, III.
M W. Crocker-FIather, Walter
Croker, 1926 Thirty-seventh street,
Rock Island, III.
c. Carpenter-4524 Sixth avenue,
Rock Island, III.
A. DeCleene-Brother Emil De-
Cleene, Eighth street and Eleventh
avenue, Rock Island. Ill.
G. d. arothers-Father, William
Carothers, Milan, Ill.
sR. DeDobbeIaerre-B DC
tave De Dobbelaerre, Rock Island,
Ill.
H. E. Brehmer-Mrs. Catherine
Hutchinson, 1905 Thirty-ninth
street. Rock Island, Ill
r o. d. Gottsch - Father, Fritz
Gottsch. Twenty-fifth avenue and
Seventeenth street, Rock Island,