The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-02-23
DICTIONARIES Of
GRADY DO HONOR
TO FALLEN MEN
Memorial Services to Soldiers of
County Who Died In Service
Held; French Memorials
to Relatives.
HOFFMAN LAUDS FRENCH
BRAVERY AND FORTITUDE
Explains Purpose of American Le-
eon and Principles for Which It
Stands; Program Given by
Local People.


1t was an impressive and very ap.
propriate occasion yesterday after
noon when Post "a of the American
Legion celebrated Washington birth.
day by conducting special memo
rial service in memory and honor
of Grady county's forty-six heroes
who made the supreme sacrifice in
tie world war.
On a stage over which was drap-
ed the stars and stripes and before
an audience composed of ex-serv.ce
men, their friends and relatives of
those who died in war and which
filled the Sugg theater to overflow
ing, no less than fifty of Chickasha's S
talented young people, officers of the
Legion, and General Roy Hoffman
Of Oklahoma City, paid fitting trlb
ute to the county's dead in a pro
gram that lasted nearly three hours
After two numbers by the junior
senior high school orchestra, an in
vocation by Rev. J. d. Salter, pastor
of the Epworth Methodist church,
and two numbers by the Chickasha
male chorus, DR.. L. e. Emanuel, COM
mander of the local American Le-
glon post, representing the legion,
spoke as follows:
ut Is an exceptional honor to be
privileged to address you upon this
occasion. which calls to the minds
of every living man, woman and
child, the valiant deeds that were
performed by America's illustrious
sons in the cause of liberty and JUS.
tict. This day it is fitting that
while commemoratlng the birth of
our first president, we also review
afresh those heroes who, in the line
of duty, gave to the world at large
their own lives in order that others
might live
while expressing their apprecia.
tion of the living, the French high
commission, at the direction of the
French government, desires our gov
ernment to extend to the nearest
relative, through the American Le
gion, in cooperation with the war
and navy departments, assurance of
their unfailing memory of the fallen,
in token of which, the French gov
ernment present ito you the certifi-
Gates of honor.
This day the peoples of two re-
publics mourn with you and turning
to you in reverence and admiration,
offer to you what measure of con-
dolation is theirs to give.
81 am reminded of that day in
June, 1917, when the first contingent
of the American expeditionary forces
arrived in France, and Of the first
cheers that arose like cry of re-
lief from the men, women and chill
dren of that great republic-of how,
en- his arrival In Paris, our esteem
ed commander in chief, General
Pershing, visited the grave of the
French general of 1916, and echoing
the lasting gratitude of the Ameri-
can people as pledge for the fu-
ture, said, Lafayette, we are here
SO today, in voicing to you the sym
pathy and coincidence of every mem
ber of the American Legion, an or
ganization whose greatness of pur-
pose is truly as great as its mem
bership, | would say to you, Faith
ers and mothers, we are here We
are here united in purpose, not only
to preserve for all time the memo
ries and incidents of our association
in the great war, but to commemo-
rate forever the deeds of the dead
as we'll as the living, and most of
all to see to it that what your dear
ones fought for and died for shall
be preserved, protected and cherish
ed forever
The post commanders talk was
followed by a reading, Flanders
Field" by Mrs. Zella Stoddard Baird,
and another selection by the orches-
ira, after which, General Roy Hoff-
man of Oklahoma City, who spent
over a year near the firing lines in
France, delivered the principal ad-
dress of the afternoon. Hoffman