Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-18
Highspire in Holiday
Attire For Great Welcome
Home to Its Veterans

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Highspirc is in holiday dress.
Every house in every street is dec
GRATED with flags and bunting. Every
street is lined with decorations. In
the square are four beautiful col
umns, with a large electrically
| lighted sign reading Welcome"
Highspire is welcoming to-day and
tomorrow the ninety men who left
the borough to fight in the ranks of
Uncle Sans Army in Europe. OF
the ninety, only one was killed.
Others re-enlisted, some have not
returned from the Army, but a good
number of the ninety will be the
guests of honor at one of the largest
affairs ever staged in the borough
of Highspire.
Since this morning visitors have
been flocking into the borough. Troll
ley cars from Harrisburg are
crowded and visitors are pouring
in from all sections of the State. A
regular old home day it is, for every
one with even the slightest connec-
ton with the borough seems anxious
to participate in the great events.
The town is outdoing itself in it's
attempt to fittingly honor those of
her sons who offered themselves to
their country.
School Children Drill
The first feature of the day will be
drill by the school children of
Highspire. The kiddies will be
dressed in costumes of the national
colors. The drill will start at 1.30
on the Fairgrounds at Second and
| Grant streets, and will be given
, under the direction of Lieut.. E. l..
! Manning. The Fairgrounds are being
| purchased by the borough as a mem
/ orial to the soldiers in whose honor
the celebration is being given. The
grounds. are centrally located and
will be a splendid memorial. Suf-
| ficient money has already been sub
scribed to purchase the lot and to
equip it as a modern playground.
The football game later in the day
will be played on this ground.
The Big Parade
| The parade will be one of the
largest ever held in the borough
and will include six bands and a
drum corps. 1t will move promptly
| at o'clock, in five divisions as fol-
| lows:
First Division Squad OF police,
the parade committee, members of
the borough Council, the Steelton
Band, the ninety service men who
are the guests of honor, Steelton
and Highspire members of the G..
A. r., officers of the Steelton Chap
ter Red Cross, officers of Highspire
Auxiliary, American Red Cross,
members of, Highspire Auxiliary,
American Red Cross, the w. C. T. u.
Second Division - Liberty Band
of Middletown, school children of
all grades with younger children in
floats; Boy Scouts.
! Third Division - Highspire Band !;
secret organizations of Highspire;
East End Fire Company, of Steelton,
with the Lebanon Band; Middletown
Fire Department; Highspire Fire
| Department.
Fifth Division = Floats of Steel
ton and Harrisburg parties; c. e.
Leidig, H. R. Durborow, Samuel
| Hendricks, H. E. Wolcott.
Football Game
Immediately after the parade, a
| football game is scheduled between
st. Mary's team, of Steelton, and the
Highspire team. The game will be
played on the Memorial Fairgrounds.
| The veterans will be guests of honor
at the game. The football game is
to take the place of baseball game
originally scheduled to be played
! between Highspire and Middletown
| teams.
| At 4.30 o'clock the crowd will be
entertained by Lieutenant Colonel
Ray L. Kirkland, of the Middletown
Aviation Depot, who will fly over
the borough and will perform stunts
in the air.
| The Big Banquet
At $50 there will be a reception
to the service men in the school
building. The banquet Will be given
at o'clock, to which the guests of
honor will be conducted by men,
bers of the committee. The menu
includes celery, olives, lima beans,
corn, chicken, mashed potatoes
sweet potatoes, ice cream, cake and
coffee, and the committee in charge
has promised that there will be
plenty of it.
Community Sing
Shortly after Z o'clock there is to
be a community sing in front of St
Peters Lutheran Church. The
singing will be conducted by George
w. Cover. The program for the sing
has not been announced. but it is
understood that the committee has
some pleasant surprises in store for
I those who attend.
One might we'll think that this
would be sufficient program for
one day, but the day will not be
completed until after a reception
and entertainment to the boys in
the fire enginehouse. The commit
tee in charge of this last thing of the
day has refused to tell what is go
ing to happen in the firehouse.
Said one of the committee, 1--WE are
just going to make those boys enjoy
themselves"
Sundays Program
Special patriotic services will be
| held in all of the Highspire churches
on Sunday morning. The veterans
will be asked to attend the church
of their choice. Each one of the
| pastors has announced patriotic
sermon and patriotic music for the
| morning service.
At o'clock in the afternoon the
chief service of the day will be held
in st. Peters Lutheran Church, in
which all the ministers of town will
participate. The program follows:
Hymn How Firm Foundations"
devotions, the Rev. M. H. Vert;
Scripture reading, the Rev. p. L.
Pee; the GLORIA" from Mozart's
Twelfth Mass" by chorus under
the direction of George Cover: adj