The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-31
Memorial Day In keokuk Was Made
q Day Of Conservation to the
Things for Which Men Died
In the Army.
EXECUTIVES DID WELL
They Created an Atmosphere Of Har.
mony with the soIemnity of the
Occasion and Kept the
Picture True.

Memorial day in Keokuk this veal
was day of serious conservation tt
the things for which the soldiers
whose graves were decorated witt
flowers and flags had died.
The men in charge of the prepare
tons kept in mind all the time, the
real significance of the occasion, anc
they worked we'll in every detail o.
the plans for Memorial day in Keokuk
The executive committee consisting
of Frank M. Jones. chairman, ]. w
Winger. c. Fl. Dickey, p. L. Williams
e. G. Harness, L. D. Sheppard and r
l.. Rohkar, showed full realization
of what the day really is, and the ex
ercises in every particular justified
their appointment to the important
duties thrust upon them for all the
people of Keokuk.
Everybody asked to help In the
varied parts of the observance Of the
Cay worked willingly and hard, each
In his or her own position as ap
pointed by the executive committee.
Women Always First Aid In War.
The service flag of forty-four GOLD
stars was made by Mrs. ]. Fl. d
Chenoweth and Mrs, Alfred f. Buck
IL was the gift of the Keokuk lied
Cross women headed by the Misses
Baldwin and Miss Dorothy Younker
The committee to decorate the
graves of the unknown dead consisted
of Mrs. Minnie Smith, Mrs. Mary
Matthews and Mrs Virginia Gibson
The chaplain there was Mrs. Mary
Bishop.
The committee in charge of the
children was composed of Mrs
B. F. Crow, Mrs. Flora Teeters, Mrs
Arthur Woolley, Mrs. Charles Fan
min, Mrs. Harry Gibson, Mrs. Flies
bach, Mrs. Berryhill.
Children Love the Flag.
The flowers were placed on thu
graves of the dead who fought for thu
stars and stripes by school children
the following being appointed for tina
purpose:
Wells Morris Dimond, Harold Fet
erson, Evelyn Bevering, Emmasue
Policy, Pearl Clark.
i|ohoSohy A<SN
Bryant, Margaret Fannin, Hilda Nor
der, Dollie Brown.
Jefferson-Thelma Tieman, Gladys
Sheppard, Wilma Mcclure, Emil Pet
erson, Ray Meredith.
Carey Charles Eingsbury, Ira Sui
Ivan, Madeline Schallenburger. Wells
Calbrath, Mildred Dawson.
Torrence-Anna Nelson, Garnet
Walden, Irene Kampe, Theodore
Ripley, Lawrence Conradt.
George Neutrality-suspicious. Shark
Clarence Mullikin. Edna Hubbard
Dorothy Devero, lola Williams.
Garfield-Deslie Lewis, Tommie
Guy, Grace Alberts, Nolia Wood
Angalia Mills.
Collecting the Flowers.
All forenoon, at each school II
keokuk, were women receiving tn
flowers brought in by townspeople t.
decorate the graves of the soldiers
These were the following women:
Garfield school Miss Emma
Daugherty, Miss Helen Sheppard
Miss Mabel Evans, Mrs. JOSEPH
Chenowith, Mrs. Joseph Foulkes.
George Washington .school-Mrs
Anna Berryhill, Mrs. Clarence Kin
naman, Mrs. Anna Balbach, Mrs
Frank Jones, Mrs. N. ]. Montague
and Mrs. Albert Maxwell.
Lincoln school-Mrs. D. w. Bishop
Mrs. Henry Meyers. Mrs. Geo. Bank
son. Mrs. Sam Ireland. Mrs. Han
cock, Mrs. Anna VanAusdall, Mrs
Harry Meyers.
Wells school--Mrs. C. W. Hartley
Mrs. John Korschgen, Mrs. Harry
Roberts, Mrs. Anna Lotion. Mrs
Nora Peterson.
Carey school--Mrs A. D. Thomas
Mrs. T. A. Wilson, Mrs. j. H. Sutlive
Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. VanDoren
Miss Ruth Thomas, Miss Marguerite
Peterson.
Terrence school-Mrs. Mary Fleis
bach. Mrs. L. A. Berryhill, Mrs
Frank Griffey, Mrs. Ruger Rollins
Mrs. James S. Burrows, Mrs. w. j
Harter, Mrs. Arthur Helwig.
Jefferson school-Mrs. Joseph Skin
ner. Mrs. Eli Kenoyer Mrs. Oscar
Swanson, Mrs. Frank Swan, Mrs
John Linquist, Mrs Frank Vollers
st. Mary's school-Mrs. Frank
Ewers, Mrs Josie O'Blenness, Mrs
w. M. Herr, Mrs. Anna Laurinson.
7 st. Peters SCHOLARS. Geo. d
Rand. Mrs. Joseph O'Brien, Mrs. P
II. Finerty. Mrs. Margaret Connolly
Miss Mary F. Mcnamara.
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