The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
Program viii be Given i'm the Nation
al Cemetery Natural Amphi-
theater as Usual with
Good Program.
sPRoWLs THE ORATOR
Flowers to be Assembled at All the
School Houses Where Commit
tees viii Receive Them
Friday Forenoon.

Iteen automobiles be donated on Me
mortal day to take the veterans OF
the civil war to the cemetery in the
parade Of that afternoon.
| These old soldiers are now SO old
that it is impossible for them to
walk quarter of that distance.
There are not many of them any
more.
! Wen have to leave It to the patri-
otto people Of Keokuk to provide
transportation for civil war veter-
ans" said Frank M Jones, chairman
of the committee today, "and we feel
there are enough Of that kind here
who own automobiles to volunteer
| the use of their cars. to enable the
veterans Of 1851 to attend the serv-
ices held for SO many years in their
honor, but now in honor of the heroes
i of other wars also"
Here's Your One Chance.
Anybody willing to donate the use
of an automobile for this purpose is
asked to telephone E. l.. Williams,
No. 296, and do 1t at once.
1.-THE committee is not going to
ask for any automobiles and be
turned down." it says, land 1t hopes
to have enough telephone calls by
tomorrow noon to enable 1t to make
all arrangements for the participa-
ton of the veterans Of the civil war
in Memorial day.
eff enough automobiles are offered.
we would like also to use them for
1.-The wounded men of the world war,
,of whom there are dozen in Keo-
kuk, some of them of the famous
16sth infantry"
1--WE expect to make this tire
greatest Memorial day in years, AS
we have so many more heroes to
honor" a man wearing the little
bronze button Of the G.. A. R., satd
! today.
The Program Of the Day.
The Keokuk Memorial day e1er-
cises Friday will be held in the Ma
tional cemetery, with procession
starting down town about o'clock
The Grafton will be by Lieutenant
John S. Sprowls, and the officers OF
the ceremonies are as follows:
| President of the day-Lieutenant
L. G. Mckinley.
| Vice-president-E. L. Williams.
MARSHALL. T. Miller.
|
Chaplain-Rev. M. =. Nethercut-
Musical directorP. @. Hayden
Committee to decorate graves Of
unknown deadEMrs. Mary Matthews
and Mrs. Virginia Gibson.
Chaplain pro tem-Mrs. Mary Bis
shopp.
Discharged Soldiers Invited.
The committee at the request of
| the G.. A. RS, invite all Of the re-
turned soldiers and sailors to take
part in the parade and exercises for
that day.
| They appointed Lieutenant Louis
A. Rovane to attend to these men
and Lieutenant Ralph Tebeau to
take charge of all colored soldiers.
They also invite all lodges or uni
formed bodies to take part In the
exercises and request them to notify
the chairman in advance so they can
be given a position in the column.
The executive committee arranging
the ceremonial for Keokuk this year
Is composed of Frank M. Jones,
chairman, J. w. Winger, q. L. Will
liams, c. II. Dickey, Cleve Harness,
L. D. Sheppard and r. L. Rohkar.
! Flowers at Schoolhouses.
Flowers will be assembled at the
school houses between 8 and II
o'clock Friday forenoon. Committees
will be there to receive the flowers
brought by Keokuk people as fol-
lows:
Garfield school - Miss Emma
Daugherty, Miss Helen Sheppard.
Miss Mabel Evans, Mrs. Joseph
Chenowith, Mrs. Joseph Foulkes.
| George Washington school--Mrs.
Anna Berryhill, Mrs. Clarence Kin
naman, Mrs. Anna Balbach, Mrs.
Frank Jones, Mrs. N. J. Montague
and Mrs. Albert Maxwell
! Lincoln school-Mrs. D. w. Bishop,
Mrs. Henry Meyers, Mrs. Geo. Bank
son, Mrs. Sam Ireland, Mrs. Han
cock, Mrs. Anna VanAusdall, Mrs.
Harry Meyers.
Wells school-Mrs. G. w. Hartley
Mrs. John sKorschgen, Mrs. Harry
Roberts, Mrs. Anna Lotion, Mrs
Nora Peterson.
Carey sthool-Mrs. G.. D. Thomas,
Mrs T. A. Wilson, Mrs. j. II. Sutlive
Mrs John Moore. Mrs. yanDoren,
Miss Ruth Thomas, Mrs, Marguerite
Peterson.
Terrence school-Mrs. Mary F1eis-
bach, Mrs. l.. A. Berryhill, Mrs
Frank Griffey Mrs. Ruger Rollins,
Mrs. James S. Burrows, Mrs. w. j.
Harter, Mrs. Arthur Helwig.
Jefferson school-Mrs. Joseph Skin
ner, Mrs. Eli Kenoyer, Mrs. Oscar
Swanson, Mrs. Frank Swan, Mrs.
John Linquist Mrs. Frank Vollers.
st. Mary's school-Mrs. Frank
Ewers, Mrs. Josie O'Blenness, Mrs.
w. NJ Herr, Mrs. Anna Laurinson.
st. Peters school-Mrs. Geo. d.
Rand, Mrs. Joseph OBrien, Mrs. P