Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
CITY GIVES
BIG WELCOME HOME
Parade and Sports Mark Labor
Day Exercises to Honor
Soldiers
1873 MEN IN WORLD WAR

Proud of the record in the war Of the
men who went TO France from Spring
City and surrounding districts, residents
OF that part Of Pennsylvania are giving
the returned service men great "Wel-
com" Home" fete in connection with the
Labor Day celebration today.
The festival really began Saturday,
when the Spring City band gave con-
cert to the war veterans. Yesterday
there was a community church service.
But the parade aud other events were
set for today. The program began this
morning with a baseball game between
Spring City and Royersford, at Maple
Park. Royersford. Admission to Spring
City's service men was free.
Days Program
Other events for the day follow:
80 p. n-Soldiers and sailors as.
selnble in Cushman club rooms 10 receive
akcr.
in res2eCtive places assigned to them.
$50 p. m.-Paradc moves. beginning
at Main and Chestnut streets. ga
musicians. on Main street between New and
Hall streets.
,5.t;y to p %mRsceptiqp a2a sa1aost II
sc6mGt fTe Spmpany ns m booklets
1880 y. m.-Bsnd concert and Community
Sing; Spring City Hotel porch.
s:l5 D. m.--Address. Walter s. Talbot,
West Chester. Pa.
1913 Men in War
Spring Cts sent 19S men to the war.
These men saw real soldering and hard
fighting. Eleven men were killed and
seventeen were wounded. Four Spring
City men were cited for bravery aud
two won the Distinguished Service
Cross.
The eleven who gave their lives in the
great struggle were Walter Thomas Gaf-
fiery. Leon ,Icnnart. Eli Stanley keffer,
Charles Harold Schmoll, Grover C..
Kook, Alfred Ira Campbell, Wilmer
Fryer, Paul Fryer, Frederick l.. Moser.
Martin Luther Bauer and Howard Kulp
Upright.
Arrangements for the homecoming
celebration were in charge of committees
Of well known men. of which Russell
c. Jones was general chairman; A. +.
Trson, treasurer, ana William >. Slilcl'
secretary.
The committees arc:
Reception conmittce-Charles S. Wagon
Urucr. Linwood $. Taylor. airs Milton Lat;
shaw Mrs. w. !. Corrigan. Colonel DAVID
MacFeat Edward Keim. Or. w: r.: Cassel
Harry u. Rogers. Prof. W. E. De'rurck:
Parade committee-William c.. Kline
cha irrnan: Morgan Edwards, Loren u. Guss,
Clarence o. Grander, solomon Hottenstlne
DR.. II. F. Jones. Wilson Kulp. J. Wilson
Moore. Joseph Mowrey. II, G. Peterman'
Charles Custer.
Finance committee-A F. Tyson, chair
man: Milton Iatshaw, Frank Deisher
Banquet commlttee-William Fearheller,
cha airman; Allen f. Fry. William II. Wagon
er, II. J. Diehl, Alexander Hunter, j. Harry
Fox. Wesley Brtton. Edward Hllman. John
Williams. Joseph y. Thomas.
Publicity Committee--D. NJ Currcy. chair
man; John T, Wagner. n. v. yalenteen.
Speakers and program commttee-R. y,
Hunter, chairman; Rev. d. r. krebs. Joseph
4. Coulston. Elias Forrest. Rev. l. t.
Edwards ..'
Memorial committce--A. +. Winner, chair
man; Mrs. w. J. Corrigan. Mrs. Mary e.
Kelley, DR.. e. J. Rrower Milton Latshaw.
Mrs. l.. I. Wells. William @. Kline, Joseph
A. Coulstcn Walter NJ. Clevenstine, A. f.
Tyson. Frank Deisher Rev ID f. Erebs.
Solomon Hottehstine. Wesley Britton, Harry
U. Rogers. Rev. l, T. Edwards.