The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-31

Fair Sized Audience in Auditorium, but
Few People on Streets-Rev. d. e.
Trout Orator of the Day-Proceed-
ings in Detail.
Persons attending the Memorial day
exercises in the Auditorium in Brattle-
boro at o'clock yesterday afternoon
heard an exceptionally strong message,
delivered with patriotic fervor and elo-
quence. by Rev. d. L. Trout, pastor of
the Universalist church, on the theme.
The New World Wherein Dwelleth
Righteousness. lit was a linking up of
the results of the Civil war With those
of the great world war, out of which
must emerge a world built on the solid
foundation of righteousness, as no other
foundation win suffice. An inspiring
feature of the day was the presence in
the Memorial day parade of IS men in
khaki, veterans of the European war.
An appreciative audience of fair size
was present in the Auditorium, although
generally speaking it may be said that
because of the holiday, the bright skies
and other conditions favorable to auto-
| mobiling hundreds of Brattleboro people
were out of town yesterday, and there
was a noticeable absence of persons from
the streets all day long The number
who saw the Memorial day procession
was much smaller than usual.
| In the morning the service of deeora-
tion was performed in the West Brattle-
boro cemetery, and shortly before .
o'clock the Brattleboro- Military band
and boys in khaki proceeded from the
town hall building to in front of G. A.
r. hall, where the Grand Army veterans
had formed in the street waiting for
them.
The band, w. T. Haigh drum major,
led the way to the Auditorium, the world
war veterans acting as escort to the vet
Grams of Sedgwick post, who were fol-
lowed by the Sons of Veterans and a
delegation from Quonektacat tribe of
Red Men,
In the Auditorium seats were reserved
for the G. A. r. veterans, Spanish war
veterans, European war veterans, Sons
of Veterans. Red Men and members of
Sedgwick Woman's Relief corps, while
the band took seats on the platform.
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some Flags of the allies were suspend
ed over the platform, while across the
stage was row of L. S. flags on stand
ards, and in place of the usual bank of
, flowers in front of the footlights was a
r row of small flags extending entirely
across the platform.
At the request -ef Chairman T. w
Eason of the committee of arrangements
q Principal Julius L. Warren presided
The first number was Star Spangled
Banner, played by the Band. Rev. L. Q. S
E Osgood offered the invocation, after
which male quartet, consisting of Wal
! ter A. Gilbert and Walter, S. Stearns
: tenors, and Edwin II. Miller and Arthur
L. Clapp, basses, rendered We Deck Theil
Graves Alike Today Principal Warner
+ read Gen. Logans Memorial day ordel
and Roy Switzer of the high school re
: peated President Lincoln's Gettysbur.
! address. The male quartet sang Sover
, eign and Transforming Grace, and Sol
! dier's Farewell, and then the speake
was introduced.
: Rev. Mr.. Trout declared in opening hi
= address that Memorial day was uniqu
- this year, more significant than ever be
:. fore, because there would be decorate
; the graves of the soldiers of 81 and 0
the world war He quoted Nicholas Mur
a ray Buffers prophecy concerning tn
= world conflict, to the effect that the su
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