Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-27
Roosevelt Sunday Was OBJ
served Yesterday BY Fit
ting Services to Comment
crate Life: Of Former Pres
ident in Churches Of City
and County.

and County.
Today, the sixty-f1rst anniversary
Of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt,
former president of the United States,
who died at Oyster Bay last January,
marks the opening Of the campaign
in Grand Forks county to raise the
county's share Of the fund to be sub
scribed throughout the country to
with the plans of the National Me-
mortal association.
The county campaign launched to-
day will be conducted largely by mail,
due to the short time remaining in
which the county may contribute its
share toward the permanent me-
mortal. The county committee, head
ed by F.. J.. Lander of Grand Forks,
wishes to have the subscriptions
the county and the idea of securing
a little money from a lot of people
will be followed.
Roosevelt Sunday.
Yesterday, Roosevelt Sunday, was
observed in churches of the city and
throughout the county as well as in
the entire country, with pastors of
the churches holding special services
ITO honor the memory of the great
American.
At the services in the First Presby-
terian church yesterday morning Rev:
F. Halsey Ambrose gave a Roosevelt
memorial The Plymouth
Congregational church devoted its
Young Peoples day to special Roose-
welt memorial services in the morn
ing and Rev. W. E.. Stephenson
preached on the subject, The Chal-
Ienge of a Great Life"
Roosevelt and Americanism' was
the topic Of a sermon given by Rev.
Thos. H. Gallagher at the First
Methodist church last evening and at
the First Baptist church Rev. J. G.
York delivered a fine sermon on
Roosevelt: American, Christian" at
the evening service. Several other
churches Of the city also held fitting
services. & ~ }
County Campaign.
AS the county campaign is to be
conducted largely through the mails
Forks county Roosevelt memorial
committee, some, five thousand letters
will be mailed in the county contain
ing a splendid little booklet on 1.-The
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, Its
Plan And Purpose" The letter will
also contain a communication from
the committee regarding h securing
of a permanent memorial commemor-
ating the great typical American.
Subscription blanks will be. en-
closed in the letters which may be
used by those who will contribute.
Return envelopes have been enclosed
but those who do not find these avail
able or who are not reached by the
letters are requested by the commit
tee to mail their subscription to P.
o. Thorson, treasurer, at Grand
Forks.
Following is a paragraph Of the
letter sent out:
Theodore, Roosevelt is dead. A
great man has passed O It is due
not so much to Roosevelt, but to our-
selves and to our United States, that
we shall mark his passing-that we
shall provide a permanent memorial
so that we, ourselves, will remember
not alone the man, Roosevelt, but the
great work he did, the things for
which he stood, the country for
which he fought, in which he be-
feved so thoroughly, n which is
today so muc greater, broader and
better because of him-so that our
children and our chiidren's children
make the United States the greatest
country on earth-so that American
ism shall prevail. q
Memorial Association.
Three days after the death of Col
onel Roosevelt, January 6, 1919, at
a meeting in Chicago, there was au-
thorized the appointment of a Roose-
welt memorial committee which
should take upon itself the task Of
securing a fitting national memorial
to the former president.
This committee met in New York
city March "a and resolved them
association, at the same time adding
to the number in order to have a
representative from each state. In
each state, county representatives
have been named and all subscribers
to the memorial fund will be enrolled
on the roll of honor and furnished
with a memorial certificate.
The. entire expense Of the national
association is borne by a group of
men who organized the work, there
fore no part Of the money that is
subscribed will be used in financing
the national committees work as 1t
pays its own expenses.
In asking for generous support of
the proposition the following state
ment has been issued:
America would honor Roosevelt the
man in order that his manly qualities
may be fused into the life and spirit
of American youth. Courage, energy,
~unselfish service, love of country
honor and square dealing, righteous
ness. wisdom, fearless fighting-it IL
to these qualities which one man has
been able to embody that we seek to
erect a permanent memorial. AL
citizens, regardless of party, who be.
lieve that the memory of such a mar
will inspire the future generations o.
America, are earnestly invited to as.
sist by their mercy and their gifts
It is the unanimous opinion of the
committee that the necessary funds
for providing the memorial should be
provided by "a great national free will
gift and that every man. woman and
child should be given an opportunity
to voluntarily express their gratitude
and remembrance, Of the great Ameri'
can who 80 nobly served his countr,
and his people,. 4
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