Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-18
West Fairview's Celebration
Draws Many to Borough;
Many Veterans in Parade

Many Veterans In Parade
West Fairview's program started
off with a dash at $50 o'clock this
morning. At that time pleasing
patriotic exercises were staged on
the bandstand by the public school
children in charge of Miss Sensen-
ing, principal, who has spent several
weeks in drilling the children for
their part in the program.
At 1915, the borough service flag
was demobilized with appropriate
ceremonies. Seventy-one stars were
included on the flag, representing
that number of men who went forth
in various branches of the United
States service, to defend her against
her enemies. Three of the seventy
one stars on the flag wre gold, that
number of men from the borough
having fallen in service.
Tribute Is Paid Dead
West Fairview's sacrifice in this
respect, was heavier than that of
most towns of Central Pennsylvania,
and her people to-day are paying fit
ting tribute, especially to these three
men. In this trio are two brothers,
Owen and Howard Carroll. The
third man was Albert Shaffner.
Forming at 1.30 o'clock, the big
parade moved off at 2 o'clock to
proceed over the principal thor
oughfares of town, as follows: Third
street to Market, to Main, to Bridge,
to Front. to North, to Abolition, to
Third, to State, to Enola Road, to
Fairview avenue, to State, to Pines
Corner, countermarch in State to
Main, to Bridge, countermarch in
Main through Court of Honor, to
bandstand. dismiss.
Service Men in Line
Charles Honich was chief marshal
of the procession and had for his
chief aid, A. B. Hoke.
The service men, marching four
abreast, formed the part of the pro-
cession which drew the main portion
of interest. They were in charge of
Lieutenant William Hoover, Lieuten-
ant Walter Smeltzer and Lieutenant
Vance Seidel.
The parade, which formed at the
upper end of Third street, was in two
divisions as follows:
First Division - Aids, mittee,
Borough Officials, Commonwealth
Band, Sons of Veterans, Spanish
American War Veterans, World s
War Veterans, Red Cross and Boy
Scouts.
Second Division - Marshal, aids,
Moose Band, Order of Independent
Americans, Red Men, P. o. S. of A,
Goodwill Fire Company, West Fair
view Athletic Club, Public Schools,
Floats.
Good Speeches
Following the conclusion of the
parade about 8 o'clock, exercises are
scheduled to be held on the band
stand. State Senator Scott S. Leiby,
of Marysville, will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome, and DR.. Robert
Bagnell, pastor of Harrisburg Grace
Methodist Church who spent many
months overseas, will make the prin-
cipal address of the afternoon.
A special feature of the afternoon
will be memorial services for the
."hree men who died while in the
ice. Taps will be blown by one
The returned service men in MEM
ory of them.
bands, will sing America" and the
Star Spangled Banner" The prayer
will be made by the Rev. Mr.. Lantz,
of the Lutheran Church. There will
be several band selections.
Dinner at 5
The banquet to the service men
this evening at 5 o'clock is the most
popular part of the program as far
as the warriors are concerned. No
hint has been given to them of what
they may expect on the bill-of-fare,
but they have been assured that it
will not resemble army chow, either
in makeup or preparation.
This banquet will be served in the
firehouse. Eating with the veter-
ans of the past war will also be the
borough men who served with the
several armies during the Civil War
and who took part in the war with
Spain in 1898.
The program will be concluded
this evening with community sing
Professor John w. Phillips, of the
stevens Memorial choir, of Harris
burg, has had the singers in charge
and will direct them in their eff
forts this evening. The Common
wealth Band, of Harrisburg, will
present a concert.
The seventy-one men who are be-
ing honored to-day, are:
Elmer Ammermon, Edgar Books,
John Books, William ,Bair, Herbert
Boyer, Joshua Bretz, Raymond
Bretz, Fred c. Baker, John Barry,
Owen Carroll, Howard Carroll, Sam
uel Crist, Hugh Calvert, Silas Cal
vert, William Dell, Ralph Dell, Rob-
ert Dunbar, Samuel Davis, Wilbur
Davis, Eugene DiMarcio, Dominec
DiVachio, Frank Dick, Frank Ever
hart, Clyde Everhart, Paul Ensling-
er, Charles Ensor, Melvin Erford,
Earl Espenshade, John limerick,
Earl Fox, David Leroy Fortney
Daniel Fortney, Charles Gayman,
William Gerhart, Harry Candy,
Lewis George, Ira Givler, Charles
Hall, William Hoover, Thomas Haz-
zard, Frank Haubert, John L. Hoff-
man, Penrose M. Hartzler, Robert
Hartzler, Harold Houser, Wayne
Kimmel, Ira. w. Killheffer, Richard
Kutz. Fred T. Lowe, Albert Lilley,
Wilson Lilley, J. A. Lenker, George
Marshall, Warren Martin, w. F.
Martin, Paul Miller, Guy Muckel.
Roy Myers. Howard A. Neidig. Will
liam e. Pechart, Clifford Rowland.
Wenzel Rohr, Albert Shaffner, Vance
Seidel, Walter Smeltzer, Arthur
schnepfe, George Snyder, William
Shuey. Lester Shaffner, Earl ShindIe.
Joy Smith, Daniel Turner, Charles
Turner, Frank Wagner, Howard F.
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