The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-30
JOHNNY PERSHING
COMES TO HOME TOWN
Great Welcome IL Being Planned hN
NiSsouTiRns for Their he
loved NCqunint!, Cc.
UNIQUE PRESENTS READ Y
Photograph Of Mother Mad" iifti
Years Ago and Ancient Pistol
WI Ibc Presented

LACLEpE. Linn County Mo
Aug - Home to Iaclelc. Linn
county and Missouri
a oablcEram from the general lr
Mayor Edmond Il. Allen promises Il
Wat here shortly after ms return {,
The United states In September
Here. where General rcrshlug !,
idolizcd. the whole countr,sid,
slowS and ingles w,th joy and an
tlcIpa ti0n
Pershing ls coming
Small boys whisper II In tone. ~
awe, young folks blush Ht the
lhought OF meeting him. ana the old
llmefs-his Chums and ECho0lma tos
look forward to the joy Of baskiug
In the reflection OF the general dls.
tinction
Great plans nrc In the making
Citizens Of Rome never worked hard
er 20 welcome The, return NJ yi,torl-
ons Caesar And the labor Of these
Linn countians IL "a Labor uf lONo
lie In their General pcrshing aud
they are planning To give him "a re-.
ccptiou that viii add chapter To
the history ~ Missouri ANA The
world. az Mayor Alien Expresses IT,
fomp, dignity Formally and
entertainment for { itr genera
throughout the capitals Of Eufhpo
VIII be missing when he IL received
here The welcome viii be a sim
pie old fashioned Missouri home
coming, with singing shouting
handshaklng and music, and FOR .
tItting climax. much orAtory with
fried chicken dinner "on the
ground
Rank and decorations Will be for
gotten and tho iron Jawtd Nilsson
rlan Will come back TO his humble
people as plain johnny" John.
ny he was when. as low headed
little shaver he stubbed his toca ana
Kicked up the dust Of Laclcdes
streets. Johnny" he was when he
stole apples ana watermelons. he
was Htill Johnny when he went AVA
10 Wes, Point, and Johnny he al
ways Will be TO iaclcde and Linn
county
Ever since General Pcrshlng went
overseas Laclede has been looking
forward to the homo-ComipR " A
year ago last July the firsl Speak
er was "hQoked lie IL Governor
Gardner. At that time tho governor
addressed thousands who gathered
here for "Pershing day"
When General PerahlnR comes
home 10 Lacltde | want to be hero
10 help welcome him the governor
eald. Mayor Allen promised the gov
ernor he would be one Of the speak y
crs
The coming OF this mighty man OF
arms Will witness "A reunion Of The
Pershing family Jim Perahing OF
Chicago, the generals brother. and
their two sisters, Miss May Pershing
and Mrs, Bessie Butler OF Lincoln,
Neb, are 10 come TO Laclede for the
welcome. The family will bo enter
tained In the old pershlng home,
now the raidenoe OF A. y, Byrd. This
will be the first time since the we'd
ding OF Miss Bessie Pershins. many
years ago. that the surviving mem
bers OF the Pershing family have
been together under the old home
roof
Just how long General Pershlng
clede hopes to keep him two or three
days Reunions OF sohoolmates and
chums. trips to the old swimmin
hole on Muddy creek to the old
Pershing farm and many other
points dear To the heart Of tho gen
eral are planned.
The tentative program provides |
for the presentation TO tho general
OF two unusual gifts. First OF these
IL faded, tlmeworn photograph Of |
his mother, taken more than so
years ago.
The second gift will be presented
by Jordan Parks. n negro. II In an
ld-fashloned revolver which Per |
shing gave to him for doing chores |
prior to his departure for West
Point
Just TO make General PershinR
feel a little more at home. a military
parade will he included on tho pro-
gram. Every soldler In the United
States. Mayor Allen says, In Invited !
to participate. General Pershlng IL
to review the parade.
Decorated heroes of Missouri are
10 be organized as guard OF honor
Seceetary OF war Baker. Governor
Gardner and the governors Of Kan
sAs Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois. Okla
homa and Arkansas are to be in
vited, United States Senator Spencer
and several other senator's and con.
gresham also viii be invited.