Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-05
MEMORIAL DAY
FOR THE HEROES
Parades Stir Patriotism, With Mar
fial Music and Flags Flying
Graves Decorated

] Summer weather, with scarcely a
bcloud in the sky, characterized Menl-
Iorial Day. According to the Madison
weather office it was the Warmest DAY
fifty years.
At $3.50 in the morning AUTOMOBILES
) carried the members of the G. A. t.,
1.-The allied organizations, soldiers OF the
World War and Boy Scouts to the
Icemetery where the usual exercises
were held on the Grand Army OF the
IRepublic lot. The exercises were car
Tried out according to program. sal
Int and taps closing the event. Inc
Igraves in the cemetery were decorated
land the return made to the Il. "A. II.
hall.
Strew Flowers on River
AS usual flowers were placed at the
lsoldiers monument in the park ana
strewn on the Baraboo river at the
high bridge. Mrs. W. D. Blackly, Mrs.
Philip Cheek and others performed
this service.
Decorate Five Graves
For the first time the returned SOLD
iers of the last great war were pres
emf to decorate the graves OF tnelr
comrades in the BarabOO cemetery.
ICaptain H. H. Prange, accompanied ny
DIR. l.. w. Sayles, Rev. y. Z. Hehhe
and others who were in the war VISIT
ed the five graves, dipped the colors'
nlaced flowers and bowed their heads
in silent prayer. Captain Prange SAID
as part of the service, we salute
tvou." The five buried in the cemetery
are Carl Sherman, Paul Shew, Herbert
Federman, Henry Warne and FREQ
Reardon. !
There were about twenty, all In uni
form. They took no part in the rlt-
ualistic service in the G. A. Il. lou pul
no doubt this will be arranged Ior III
the future.
Dinner at Noon
At noon the members u th0
Woman's Relief corps served dinner
! to the veterans.
Afternoon Services
Tn the afternoon the line OF marcn
was formed on Third street and the
march was to the M. E. church IN the
following order: Drum corps, 6. A. t.,
Veterans of the World War, 5. y. ",
w r. c.. Aux. to the S. 0. ", and
daughters of the G.. A. r. The ser
vices on the church consisted Oh lne
following program:
presiding officer Mayor G. T. Ihuerer
Reading of governors proclamation
- Edwin Groskopf
PRAYER - Rev. G. E. MaVes
Song. "Star Spangled Banner -
Male quartet and audience
Reading, General Orders NO, IL,
issued by Commander John A.
Logan, May 5, Robert Gollmar
Solo. "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
] e. A. Melzl, ass sted by male quarter
Reading. Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
drass Harlan Kelley
Address of the Day ----H. II. Thomas
Song. "My Country Ills of Thee
Male quartet and audience
The audience was dismissed by Rev
E. C. Henke.
Officers and Committees
i President of the Day-Mayor G. t.
Thuerer.
Chaplain-James Dibble.
Orator of the Day-H. II. Thomas.
Executive committee-G. A. H.,
Samuel Welch, Boyd Blachly; Sons OF
Veterans, t. B. Towle, Oscar Doppler;
W.R C., Laura A. WEIGH, Alice Curry;
Auxiliary to Sons of Veterans, Flor
ence Doppler, Mable butcher.
Music committee-Vocal, c. A.
Melzl; marshal, Ben Schubring.
Committee on decorating church
Esther Tramblie, Celia Lenz, Ellen
Short and Eva Farnsworth.
Committee on marking graves-E
L. Palmer and Dode Quiggle, assisted
by Daughters of the G. A, r. and
ladies of tie Sons of Veterans auxil
larry.
Decorating Walter Hill
VIM. Ode, Dan Worth Jr., Albert Ro
ser. Alice Curry, Gertrude Briggs
Bernice Johnson, Lulu Johnson, Meta
Swartz; Catholic, w. ]. Power, j. +
McGinnis; Rock Hill, Dwight Welch;
Fairfield, Archie Cafiisch Sumpter
Roy Hoover; Merrimack, d. R. Stoner
;. Frank Short.
Transportation committee. M
| Dubois, Clarence Farnsworth and j
4 Judevine.
D Ushers at church--G. L. Bohn, Chas
: Rote. Dale Palmer, George Hammer
D meister r. P. Plummer.
t Raising fiag-E. L. Palmer. comman
! der.
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