The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-04-24
MEMORIAL TO FALLEN HEROES
OF CANON CITY HIGH SCHOOL
fine TRIBUTE TO NOBLE BOYS
Honorable Clyde C. Dawson, of Denver,
Delivers Stirring Address; Classes of
10 and '13 Dedicate Pine Trees.

ihc utuiOIldi SeTtlCe at tne nigh
school building Monday afternoon in
memory of Lieut.. John McKinstry
and Lieut.. Harry Wray attracted a
great throng of people who believe in
paying honor to whom honor is due.
These two young men gave the last
full measure of devotion to the flag
of their country by making the su-
preme sacrifice that government of
the people, by the people and for the
people should not perish from the
earth" Both died heroically on the
battlefelds of France to help make
the world free from despotism and to
perpetuate that freedom and liberty
which Americans regard as their most
cherished possession.
The program appealed to the pa
triotism of the community as few
events in connection with the war
have done. and people came from
every direction to have part in it. Its
inspiration and happy elimination
was a fitting tribute to the sturdy
worth and consecration to duty of two
young men who were willing. il neces-
sary. to give their lives that the ma
tion might live. Lieut. McKinstry.
and Lieut.. Wray were both graduates
of the Canon City high school, and
were representatives of the best young
manhood of the community.
The memorial exercises were under
the direction of the high school classes
of 1910 and 1913, and were at once
beautiful and impressive. A feature
of the program was the dedication of
two spruce trees, one on either side of
the walk leading from the street to the
front of the school building, the one
on the right in memory of Lieut.. Wray
and the one on the left in memory of
Lieut.. McKinstry. These trees were
donated by Dali DeWeese and are
seedlings from a famous spruce tree
growing on the flat-topped mountains
of Western Colorado.
The members of the classes of 1910
and 1913 were assisted in the exer-
cises by the Liberty Girls chorus un-
der the direction of Miss Millicent
Stacey. by the members of the Board
of Education. the High School Cadet
Corps, soldier boys who had returned
from overseas and the cantonments.
the members of Greenwood Post No.
10, G. A. r., and Mrs. Morey. pi-
anits. Mayor D. N. Cooper presided
and announced the program. Rev.
c. ]. Armentrout. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. delivered the in
vocation and Rev. Don Frank Fem.
rector of Christ Episcopal church. the
fbenediction The High School Cadet
Corps and the boys in khaki" lately
returned from France and the military
camps stood at attention Immediately
back of the seats provided for the vet
.erans of the Civil War during the ser
vice and, at its conclusion, the bug'er
sounded TAPS Cards bearing the
names of Lieut. McKinstry and Lieut..
Wray. decorated with ribbons showing
the colors of the high school classes
TO which they belonged, were placed
upon the memorial trees dedicated in
their honor, Mrs. Charles Roberts
placing the card upon one tree and
Miss Bessie McQuown the card upon
ine other.
The speakers of the afternoon were
Hon. Clyde c. Dawson Of Denver and
Capt. Clyde Biggs of this city, the
latter having only recently returned
home from army duty abroad. Mr..
Dawson is a member of the first high
school class ever graduated in Canon
City, in 1884, and it was eminently
hitting and appropriate that he should
have been chosen to deliver the me-
mortal grafton. Capt. Biggs spoke at
the close of Mr.. Dawson's address,
and paid a soldiers tribute to the
character and military qualities of
Lieuts. McKinstry and Wray. both of
whom he knew intimately In the army
training camp at Fort Riley. and with
whom he was associated to some ex-
tent after going to France. He said
that both were brave, consecrated SOL
djers who knew their duty and never
shrank from its faithful performance.
Capt. Biggs stated that Lieut.. Wray
was cited for bravery on the field Of
battle, and related the circumstances
that called forth this special evidence
of his heroism. Lieut.. McKins'r-
and Lieut. Wray, said Capt. Biggs.
were splendid types OF the American
soldier. 1T is not generally known
in Canon City" declared Capt. Biggs.
-'that Lieut.. Wray had been given a
citation for bravery He read a
statement from the colonel Of the
regiment praising the soldierly quail
tiles Of Lieut.. McKinstry.
Mr. Dawson at the outset OF his ad-
dress took exception to statement
made by Mayor Cooper in introducing
him as a citizen OF Denver. by saying:
-'T am home again. Life comes and
goes; childhood, middle-age and the