The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-07-11
CELEBRATION A
SUCCESS

muniLE IHHHbL ANU TIE MuHks Al
NIGHT o. fOURTH-fAHEDOEs STUNTS
ON SHORT STREET.
The homecoming celebration and
iiremeu'H Bazar is a thing OF the
past but Ms one OF the moat elabo-
rate affairs TINT was ever held in
this city The town when the cele-
bration vas ready 10 start On Thurs
day evening vas completely logged
in dress d gaiety OF fiaEa md bnnt-
ing. Every store and many Of The
residences Here handsomely dacorat-
ed II would be unfair - single osit
any place - having the bel deeora-
tons ~ al were good. On the
streets Nare pyramids decorated and
streamers With many IlaEs we're
suspended across the streets 1t diff
ferent points throughout h town
At the firemen's building N immense
arch waa erected with II word
welcome painted on IHTEe electric
sign and suspended under Il. The
arch At II. Johns church vas the
most attractive piece Of .0Ik in the
town. t xaa erected On % pillars
with various flags an1 SnIara OF
electric lIEHIa with the words God
Bless The Boy OF Carroll N large
gilt letters running frum pillar TO
pillar In the center w. suspended
a service naE with black stars donat-
ing the number Of mn enliatsd.
among them vas gold ar. ono
hero payInE the supreme sacrifice.
Al Carroll street Grace Lutheran
church displayed large nd pretty
welcome IN in red. white md blue
with The inscription. Grace Church
Welcomes II Who Served While two
gold starr represented the who had
made The supreme aaeriIIe. md two
crosses foT the two Red nHUHa nnfara
and \ blue star and ths figures %
for those sho served rom that
church.
/ The program was opened Thursday
evening 18th = parade 81 Ire COM
paniea - follows: Westminster Fire
Engine. Do Scout Band. Westminster
Fire Company. Hampstead Band
nre truck nd Hampstead IRE Com
pany. aIYuHon F4re truck and army
trucks VII > complete machine shop
and part. Army tam. American
built, which Has IN service n France
and h : number Of hole in iia
armor rIzIs showing hi /, was
struck.
! The BIZ d.. Friday. - : Elzzler.
the Thermometer registered Iug la
the shade. Hhen our 1unnHaI 1875
Sons who served on land nd sea and
air paradsd from Bell Grove square
through he ely 10 the FaIr Ground
hill Tor h memorial exercises
There .eTe held exercises dedlca.
tory Of he mile Of lae.n0TIaI oaks
planted along the Baltimore turnpike
The record Of deceased heroes was
read. and On each tree memorial
plate. bearing soldiers name. was
placed = : pomrade STATE Senator
Wade Il. :. Nsrteld. presided. Rev.
Thomas :. Michigan. rector Of st
Johns Roman Catholic Church. made
the Introductory address,.
Cardinal Gibbons offered IN. m.
+, vocation. ion. J. o, Sanders. member
OF Congress from Louisiana md for
NOR governor Of thai zIzIH. made
the memorial address. nex. Luther
y, Hafer. pastor of Ihs Lutheran
church. d Taneytown. pronounced
the benedIeIion The singing OF
America. Soldier Houz N Mary.
land" and Tho Star-Hnanglad Ban
ner" ~ Led by Or Charles q.
WoolHeY=
Marshalz Of The parade .ere Capt.
John ). Xalsle, Capt Thomas Coo.
nan and Lieut. Eugen. Walsh
Prominent among the mounted SOL
aiera II tHa parade wa Lent Lloyd
schaeffeT. of this city. sIo son the
Crolx De anarre and many other
decorations b his brilliant achieve
ments n Ne air serxIe. n France.
His laHf battle was with eight Ger.
man planes. and IN i II brought
two of them 10 the ground before
his own machine was wrecked. lie
was seriously wounded. sustaining
six major wounds, but succeeded in
reaching he ground within the Al
lied line4 n the parade marched
about 20 uniformed soldiers. pre-
coded - he Westminster Band and
followed > Washington Camp. No.
z, Patriotic Order Sons II America.
OF TaneYI0xn. with the Tanaytown
Band. ! delegation from Myers dis-
trict, With , truck loaded With uni
formed He'd Cross NURSES u the dis
trict chapter. the Carroll County
Cornet Hand and about - decorated
automobiles.
After the memorial exercises the
parade reformed and marched. to the
Court House Plaza, where the adj
dress Of welcome was delivered by
the Rev. i. l. ElderdIee. president OF
the Westminster Theological SENT
nary Of the Methodist Protestant
church md father OF Lieut.. Il. Lati-
mer EldeTIIee. of the L. :. Artillery.
recently returned from France. where
he participated in the fieTcaaI fighting
in the AfKonne Forest
The ladies of the Westminster
Chapter o the Red Gross entertained
all men u uniform with } bonntifnl
supper At the Armory.
The thHong of people rs put al
5000 Who 1raxed the hHaI . witness
the parade. On account q he mum.
Der of automobiles traffic -. almost
congeaIed huI by the efficient DSlice
force he streets were len open.
The automobile parade formed at
p. m. N He'll Grove Squire and
lravaranl IIa nrincinai aIr.aIs Each