Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-30
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
HELD THURSDAY At
THE SMITH SCHOOL
For the Boys Of the
School Who Gave
Their Lives for Their
Country - Judge B.
F. Maher and Frank
HeWins Deliver In
spring Addresses
Memorial Tablet To
Be Placed in School

Very impressive memorial exercises
were held at 3 o'clock Thursday after
noon for the seven Smith grammar
school boys who lost their lives in the
Great War The pupils Of the school
assembled in the school yard at that
hour, and the two speakers. Frank
Hewins of the Board of Education and
Judge B. F. Aiaher. told them Of the
great lessons Of serv.ee and devotion
that can be drawn from the lives Of
the noble young men who had received
part of their education at that SCHOOL
and had gone forth to die for their
country and it's great principles.
The exercises were held in memory
of the following former Smith school
students:
; Stephen Tracy Webster. list lieuten-
ant, American Air Service. Killed at
| Issoudun, France, August g. 1915
! James s. Fitzgerald. first class gun
| ner's mate. L. S. Destroyer. Jacob
Jones; sunk by German submarine Dec.
g. 1918.
Fred s. Freeman. corporal Co. NJ, 10sd
Inf, July q. Chateau Thierry.
/ John A. McNally, bugler Co. H. 56th
Pioneer Inf. July %, Camp Wads-
worth. South Carolina.
| Wilfred Albert. private 18th Division,
June "a, Some where in France.
! Martin T. Nolan, Troop +. 10th Cav
airy. Jan. q, 1919. Brownsville. Texas.
Edward Carl Scanlon. first class sea-
man, supply ship Aroostook. Feb. IS,
1918. Brighton. Mass.
! The order of exercises was announced
! by PRINCIPAL Leon y. Williams of the
school and the students carried out an
, important part. The roll of honor was
read by Donald Brennan, after which
the pupils Of Grade 8. Miss Penney
teacher. recited the selection ION Flan-
ders Field" And America Answer.
was recited by the pupils Of Grade s,
Miss Edgecomb teacher.
Frank Hewins
Frank Hewins of the Board of Ed
ucation. the first speaker, stated that
! it was fitting that some special re-
| cognition be taken in commemora-
ton of the noble boys who had re-
ceived a part Of their education at
the Smith school. and that later a
tablet will be placed in the school
| house to perpetuate their memory.
He stated that it was especially fit
ting to gather beneath the folds of
Old Glory, the lag that the boys
| fought and died fer. On the play
! grounds of that school the boys had
! played and in the schoolrooms the
boys had received their first lessons
OF freedom and patriotism. He spoke
of the bravery of each of the boys
in his particular branch of the SER
vice, and stated that the students
Of the school and friends and rela-
| tives were gathered there in honor
of those splendid boys. He spoke
words tf sympathy to the parents
and to the pupils he told hoc the
lives of these noble boys should be
| a source of inspiration.
The song Memorial Day" was
rendered effectively by the pupils
! of the two eighth grades. directed
/ by Miss Gladys A. Whitmore, sup
ervisor of music in the public
| schools.
Judge q. r. Maher
Judge B. F. Maher pointed out
that the very informality and sim
puclty or the exercises typified the
spirit Of determination, free from
frtlls. that won the great war. He
stated that the time Of the comment
GRAFTON was especially inspiring,
just before Memorial Day when the
memory Of the men who had so val
iantly fought for this country in it's
former wars as well as in the world
war. will be revered. He told the
pupils that the greatest Of all stud
les is the study Of man, and that
these boys who have paid the sup
RENE .acrifice either in battle on
land on seas. or by disaster at camp,
had unwittingly caught the greatest
lesson ever taught in any school,
for in their daring, dong and dying
| they had measured up to the three
great detectives - intellectual,
Christian and American.
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