The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-11-13
SOmers and Paris Celebrate
Armistice Day With Wei
come Home Fetes For
Service Men.
FLOWERS FOR The DEAD
Hundreds Pay Tribute To Those Who
"Came Not Back From the Camps
welcome Home Dinners and Dane
as Given For the Soldiers.

Armistice Day was fttingly ceie-
brated in the towns of Paris and SOM
ers on Tuesday when "Welcome-
Home" celebrations were staged by
the people of these communities IN
honor of their soldiers and sailors who
answered the call to the codors IN the
last war and in former wars of this
nation, From early in the afternoon
until late at night, the service men were
the guests of honor at two Of the most
interesting and enjoyable postwar eel
ebrations that have been staged in this
county. At both celebrations members
of the Fred S. Lowell post of the Grand
ARMY of the Republic came to be guests
with their comrades in khaki Of the
more recent war, as the celebrations
did honor to all men of the community
who had served under the "Stars and
Stripes"
Hall Brilliant with Flags.
The Somers Town Hall where the
celebration was staged in that town
was brilliant with flags for the occa-
sion. The celebration started early il
the afternoon with an address by At
torney G. A. Mittelstead of Kenosha,
formerly an army officer, who urged
soldiers and civilians alike to shoulder
the responsibilities of peace with the
same spirit and courage that had been
manifested during wartimes. Ameri-
ca learned new ideals during the war, :
he declared. "These soldiers, whom
we honor today, served with distinction
in whatever line Of duty they were
called. In the future we must main
tain the same ideals and we will =
Capt. G.. F. Haight of Racine, who
served for several months at the Ar
come front, told in a very interesting
way of his experiences over there"
He described the hazardous work Of the
soldier under fire and praised the boys
Of Kenosha county who had done their
part to win the victory. The Rev. j. j.
Conway of Kenosha made a short talk
in which he told of the work of the
people back home. He was followed by
the Rev. HI. J. Collins Of Somers, who
voiced the official welcome to the serv-
ice men Of the community.
Flowers for the Dead.
Those ''who came not back were
not forgotten in the celebration. One
of the features Of the program was the
"calling of the roll" and as the name
of one of the "honored dead" was
called out, wreath of flowers was
hung over his gold star on the large
service flag, which was suspended in
the center Of the stage. = The five Som
ers soldiers, thus honored were Sgt.
Max Gould, Private Aloysius Gross,
Private John Stenberg, Private Ray
mond Bush and Private August Darres.
Following the program banquet
was spread for the soldiers and their
friends in the dining room Of the hall.
After it Judge Belden made short
talk, commenting the people of the
community for their splendid war rec
ord. Commander Theodore Boyington
of the G.. A. R. also made short adj
dress for that organization. After the
dinner, the SINCE Band furnished the
music for the welcome-home dance
which kept the dancers until a late hour
when midnight luncheon was served
as the last feature of the occasion.
Paris Fetes the Soldiers.
In the town Of Paris, the festivities
started at noon with banquet for the
soldiers of all the wars at the Paris M.
e. Church. The church was beautifully
decorated for the occasion and follow
ing the dinner a patriotic program told
of the exploits of the men of that COM
munity in the war. Short addresses
were made by Capt. Edward Dayton
and Attorney A. L. Drury of Kenosha,
both of whom praised the soldiers and
civilians Of the town of Paris for their
war record. The Paris celebration was
also marked with tributes paid to the
honored dead of the war.