The Brunswick news., 1919-08-24
Movement in Brunswick is Pro-
crossing With Prospects of
Early Accomplishment
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
AND ACTIVELY AT WORK
Propose to Erect a Fitting Mem
orial to Clynn County Boys
Who Gave Their Lives IN the
Service of Their Country on
Foreign Battlefields

The plan to erect a suitable mem =
orial to the boys from Brunswick and
Glynn county, who fought and bled
in the great war to protect all that
is deal, is well under way.
Several hundred cities in the Un-
! tied States have already decided to
erect memorials of some sort and
! without exception, these cities are
planning fer sCme form of memorial
which will be not merely ornamental
but at the same time usefui-in
short some form of memorial which
will be a living monument tJ GU
! heroic dead and which will enrich
! the lives Of those of us who re.
main.
/ Milwaukee, Wis, proposes to erect
a memorial building which will cor
tain large music hall. art inst:
tute. and museum at a cost OF So
| 00O, GOO
Spokane, WASH, is planning to builG
memorial auditorium which will
seat 1000 or 5000 and which will
| 'C Soil' ei tlDie lol SHdilel SdLHeI-
ings.
Richmond. Va, Bethlehem. Pa.
Del Rio. Texas. Austin, Texas, New
ark Ohio. and Mobile. Ala, favor
the idea of a public library as
memorial building.
Trenton, n J.. expects to have
community house and also 81 ,0Oo,-
900 memorial parkway.
Amsterdam, n, Y, and Ithaca. n,
Y propose to build. memorial city
halls.
Bayonne, N. j., will erect men,
orial hall and trade school.
Shawnee, Okla, is considering the
idea of Y. NJ. C A.; Center
Vile. Ia, and Auburn Mo-, are con-
sidering the idea Of a memcriai
building which will house Y. NJ. c. A.
Y, w. c, A, and other activities
San Luis Obispo. Calf. is ambi-
tious to erect a memorial building
which will have the largest auditori-
UNI in the country.
Chicago is planning for social
service temple, Philadelphia ~ /"
1000, 600 building. Toledo for a s.
100000 building, Providence R, T.. fo'
memorial auditorium Kansas City
for war museum. st. Paul fcr
community house or art gallery.
Bridgeport, Conn.,. for an auditorium.
and library. Bolton. Texas for col
iseum, Madison, Wis, an auditorium
and city hall.
MINER H.. with a township pop
ulation of LOO expects to erect d
meimoial building at cost of from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Some cities expect to raisa the
money by taxation but the vast ma
jorty by popular Subscription.
In Brunswick the movement was
started some time ago.
A joint committee representing the
w. C C. S. executive committee and
the Board of Trade. consisting of
J, B. Abrams, A. Robert Shelander,
J. w. Krieger, J. P. Davenport,
George Smith and T. E. Hampton,
called a meeting which was he'll last
Thursday evening attended by repre-
sentatives from practically every Or
ganization in Brunswick. The plan
of erecting memorial building of
some sort was heartily endorsed. A
temporary organization was perfect
ed with l., Haym as chairman. Rev.
o. P. Gilbert. vice chairman, and Il.
Robert Shelander. secretary.
A committee consisting of the
above named officers and Mrs. ].
S. Wright, Mrs. G. P. Smith, J. E.
Abrams, D. d. Atkinson and \. V,
Wood. This committee was directed
TO formulate plans and report to
general meeting of Brunswick citi-
yens to be held next Thursday even.
ing, August 2S. at $50 p. m ut the
Elks' club.
A suitable memorial is something
in which. no doubt everyone in
Brunswick is vitally interested. and,
everyone interested in the welfare of
Brunswick is cordially invited to Of
fer suggestions. "a. ROPST. jSHE<
LANDER. Secretary to the Commit
tee.