The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-19
Star-SpangIed Banner Is
Placed Beside the latter
ed Ensign" AT High
School Building.
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIAL
The Honorable James Cavanagh Deli
vers Decentralization Address Mrs.
j. G.. Rhode Is Elected President
OF Association.

While lassie in khaki played '.The
Star-Spangled Banner'' and Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts stood at salute be-
meath the Stars and Stripes, the Keno
sha High School Service Flag, blazon-
ed with two hundred and ffty-nine
stars in red, blue, and gold, was lowered
and placed beside the "tattered
ensign of '61 in an impressive cere-
monial staged in the Assembly Room of
the High School Building shortly after
eight clock on Tuesday evening.
The Honorable James Cavanagh pre-
sided at the rehabilitation exercises
and delivered the main address on a
brilliant program of oratory.
ftThis is a unique ceremonial" he
said, the rehabilitation Of a service
flag. When we use the word demobili-
cation we think Of flesh and blood and
this trophy Of cloth made beautiful
with stars is hardly that. None the
less it stands for those attributes of
manhood because every star in its field
represents young American, who Of
fered his life, not for lucre or glory,
but for the freedom of his country,
and his fellowmen.
We must not forget, he continued,
F'that service-fags and empty sleeves
are symbols Of Liberty, a Liberty
bought for us by the men of '61 and
the men of IL. 1t is their gift to
as, ia gift to be protected because it
is our most precious most priceless
possession.
t'By way Of showing our gratitude
to them," Mr.. Cavanagh concluded,
cit is for US to carry on the gospel Of
unselfshness and brotherly love exem-
plifed by these saviors Of Liberty. =
Just preceding the rehabilitation
address Professor G. N. Tremper read
the names of the men and women repre-
scented by stars on the High School
Service Flag. They included soldiers,
sailors, marines, and army nurses, all
of whom had once studied Latin, Alge-
bra, or history under the tutelage of
Kenosha teachers and had borrowed
patriotic inspiration from the. torn but
glorious Stars and Stripes that hangs
On the west wall Of the High School
assembly room.
A most solemn moment in the cere-
monial was reached when Professor
Temper read the names Of the alumni
service-men who came not back and
who were represented by gold stars in
the service-fiag. The list included LIT.
Herbert Curtis, Ut. George Sutherland,
Corporal John L. Haag, Corporal Geo.
Hartman, Julius Nicholson, and Harold
Rehm.
Following the reading of the names
the audience rose and stood silently
with heads bowed in tribute to the
men who gave the last full measure
of devotion. AT chord from the
piano the "perfect tribute was con-
sidered finished and the program for
the evening was resumed.
Incidentally the latter contained
much of interest besides the demobili-
cation ceremonial which featured it.
The Kenosha Kommunity Korus, di-
rected by W. Wesley Laviolette, gave
unbelievable volume and verve to the
community singing and gave choral
rendition of .CarmenaN that carried
all of the wild Tilt and fantasy Of
gypsy life in the haunted forests Of
Bohemia. Also Mrs. Edna Starr, ac-
eompanied at the piano by Mr.. LaYio-
lette, sang "Tho Americans Come =
with dramatic coloring that suggest
cd all the tragedy of blindness re
licved III the promise of victory
brought to France with the arrival of
the Yanks beneath "a wondrous ban
ner of red and white with white stars
in field of blpe''.
Admirably supplementing the address
of Mr.. Cayanagh, W. ]. Kershaw of
Milwaukee, delivered brief but in
spring speech on "The Educational
Value Of the War;. He emphasized
the fact that the great adventure had
! given soldiers broader and more hui
manitarian outlook on life and civilians
higher, more enduring knowledge of
Americas national character.
In the business session which opened
the meeting the following officers Of the
High School Parent-Teaeher Association
were elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Joseph G.. Rhode; first
vice president, Miss Isabel Low; second
vice-president, Mrs. Adolph Epstein;
recording and corresponding secretary,
Miss Dorothy Slater; treasurer, Mrs.
James Myers; chairman of the program
committee, Mrs. Bert Shaw; chairman
Of the social committee, Mrs. William