Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-21
WELCOME HOME FOR
SOLDIERS ON 4TH
CELEBRATION PLANNED AT Ian.
CASTER FOR GRANT COUNTY
BOYS WITH THE COLORS.

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One feature of Grant County's r
Welcome Home" to her soldiers =
and sailors will not be in their =
honor, but in honor of those who =
have died or were killed in action 4
during service. This will be the =
Flower Pavilion. 1t is hoped and =
requested that these flowers will =
come from every school district =
in Grant county; from all church =
es, lodges, clubs, societies and in s.
dividuals who hold that tie mem =
DRY of Our boys who are gone :
should be held dear by all our :
people. This we promise: The =
ashes of every flower, bouquet, $
wreath, set piece, etc., will be =
preserved, to be placed under a =
suitable memorial that we hope :
will soon be erected to their mem !.
ory i
Your memory gift may be .
brought to the Flower Pavilion, =
. or forwarded to the Flower Pavil- =
ion Committee, Lancaster, Wis. =
Y. L. SHOWALTER, Gen. Chmn. s.
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At a meeting at the courthouse
last Thursday night vote was taken
to hold a countrywide Welcome Home
Day and 4th of July Celebration.
Virgil Showalter was elected chair
man of the celebration with power to
appoint committees. Further details
will be arranged in conference with
the committee heads and their as
sistants.
F. c. Meyer suggested that it might
be possible to obtain the 10th Field
Artillery Band. This was one of the
best bands overseas Ned Ivey of this
city was member. Mr. Meyer an
nounced that he would get in touch
with Mr. Ivey and see if the band
could be brought here.
An effort will be made to secure
complete camp equipment from the
state for the accommodation of the one
thousand or more Grant county SOL
diers to be in Lancaster on that day.
The plan is to provide the boys with
a place to sleep and all meals while
in the city. A committee goes to Mad
ison this week to arrange this if pos
sible.
A number of good ideas were Of
fered to make the day worthy and
memorable More complete details
will be published later.
A genuine Welcome Home will be
extended to Grant countys soldier
best patriotic celebration at Lancas-
ter on July 4. The surrounding
townships will join with the city in
extending a generous, big, open heart
ed welcome to the entire county. The
celebration will be one of reverence
in which loyal citizens will show
their gratitude to those who fell in
battle by honoring those who stood
ready to fill in their places.
Virgil Showalter was made chair
man of the comittee of citizens call
ed together for the consideration of
plans and was empowered to appoint
sufficient assistants and sub-commit-
tees to insure not only the success of
the celebration. but the comfort of
the guests and the thousands of Wis
itors who are expected. Many inter
esting things are being planned, and
will be announced as soon as ar
rangements are completed. Last year
when gatherings were held in Lancas-
ter to speed the contingents of SOL
diers who left at frequent intervals
for training camps, mingled with the
good byes and God speeds was the oft
repeated promise, "Just wait until
you get back and we'll give you a cell
ebration that is a celebration" Lam
caster is now preparing to redeem
that promise in fullest measure, and
is inviting the county to cooperate in
honoring those who stood ready to
sacrifice all if necessary to secure
the permanency of peace and secur-
ity of this community as we'll as the
whole nation. Large and small con-
tributions of money to cover the ex-
pense of this countrywide demonstra-
ton are invited. The response should
be liberal and immediate. Contribu-
lions may be left at any bank in the
county or handed to any member of
the finance committee
The committees so far announced
are:
V. L. howalter-General Chair
man.