The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-05
800 FROM THIS
COUNTY TO SEE
15OTH WELCOME
Pennsylvania Will Run Spe-
cial Train of Sixteen
Coaches to Capital.

Provision for the transportation Of
800 visitors from Wayne county to
indianapolis on Wednesday. morning
has been arranged by the PennsyE
vania railroad. A sixteen-coach pass
enger train will leave Richmond at
7:30 o'clock Wednesday morning and
will make stops at Centerville, Cam
bridge City. Knightstown and Green
field. Soldiers, sailors, marines, faith
ers, mothers, and other relatives and
friends will be admitted to the cars
assigned to the Wayne county delega-
tion. Service men will receive trans
their tickets at the ticket office. This
receipts will be refunded by the
Wayne county commissioners.
Special arrangements are to be made
in indianapolis for wounded service
men. Automobiles ready for participa-
tion in the parade will be at the Indi-
annapolis station and all service men
who are wounded or otherwise unable
to walk will be driven about the city
and in the parade.
Wayne Wounded to Parade.
Paul Turner, a Richmond boy who
was wounded while serving on the
front lines in France, is one of Wayne
county's wounded heroes who will
drive in the Welcome Homo parade.
No downtown meeting place has
been arranged for the service men
here. All men taking the 7:30 Penn
sylvania special or any later trains or
interurbans will meet at the Rich.
mond station. They will leave the In,
dianapolis station in a body. The
Pennsylvania special leaves Indianapo
lis at 7:30 Wednesday evening.
Among the Richmond men who have
signed up since the list was published
Saturday are:
John Livingston, William Porter
Raymond Williams, Martin Wickemey
er, Robert Schuerman, Willard Dun
ming. Everett Miller, Harry Bowsman
Frank Benn, James Turner, W. H
Urban, Everett Carpenter, Fred B
Pickett, Willard Nearon, Hooper La
Won, R. H. Rogers, Howard Elliott
Ralph Sleek, Earl Bunker, Howard T
Snyder, R. E. Caskey, George E
Hicks and Daniel VanEtten.
All mothers, sisters, wives, daugh
ters or sweethearts of service mer
who want to obtain grandstand seats
to view the parade should call Mrs
A. w. Roach, phone 2084, before to
morrow night Mrs. Roach wants tt
wire for reservations as soon as
possible.
Committee is Named.
All war workers who stood back o
the boys, as well as near relative.
are urged to view the parade, ans
greet the 150th Artillery. Special in
yitation is given all relief organiza
ton workers and county council o
defense members.
The Wayne County Fathers recep
ton committee announced through
the state reception committee, In
cludes DR.. s. e. Smith, chairman
| Oliver N. Long, John H. johnson. JET
Ferguson, Henry Kluter, Georg
Seidel, DR.. J. E. King, John F. Nc
| Carthy, R. p Whistler and e. w. Rust
These men, all fathers of Wayne coun
ty boys. will be furnished free grand
stand seats, through their chairman
DR.. Smith, who will call at the offic
of the adjutant general, room 9, Stat
House building, Indianapolis, after
o'clock Wednesday morning. AL
| members should communicate wit
DR.. Smith and arrange to receive thei
grandstand seats from him in Indiar
apolis Wednesday morning.
| The reception committee is ais
asked to extend hearty handshak
to the returning fighters, and welcom
them back to the Hoosier state