The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-11-16
Hundreds Of People Join In
Celebration In Mount
Vernon
Parade Occurs On The Down
Town Streets AT I In
The Evening
Program Carried Out At M.
E. Church; Victory Medals
Presented

Hundreds Of people gathered along
the downtown streets Of Mt. Vernon
Thursday evening to witness the pa.
rade Of the second celebration of
Armistiee Day, held under the aus.
pIees Of tho Dan c, Stone Jr. post,
American Legion, assisted by the
Charles Andrews post, Of centerburg,
tn patriotic and many Of the frater.
nal orders Of the city.
The parade started just after seven
o'clock. The streets were illuminat-
ed by red fire and by candles carried
by the soldiers in the column of
march. The G. A. r. drum corps and
X. Of p. band blazed the way with
fine music, under the arches bedecked
with the flags of the allied nations,
and over the line Of march to the
M. e. church, whre the ceremonial
services were held.
At the head of the column as mar.
shal Of the parade rode Dan C. Stone,
father of Dan c. Stone Jr., for whom
the local post was named. Mr.. Stone
is member of>the G.. A. r. and was
one Of the hardest workers behind
the success of the celebration. All
along the lines the sight of Mr.. Stone
reused the people to the most hearty
applause, commemorating the great
service that Mr.. Stone and his son
have rendered to their country.
Victory Medals Awarded
The Victory Honor Medals were
presented by Rev. l.. w. Mulhane of
st. Vincent de Paul's church. Be-
fore making the presentation he
made few remarks in remembrance
of the great and splendid efforts Of
the soldiers in the great war.
He told brief story of the events
that had come and gone since he last
stood on the platform of the Method
ist church with President Mckinley,
fighting for the furtherance of the
measures of justice in those days.
He told of how, after the bloodshed of
the Spanish war, the hand of Amer
lea had advanced civilization many
fold.>
He spoke of the good that America
could do for other nations in its finest
cooperation, but he warned the ma.
tion against any entangling alliance,
any treaty or bond that would in any
way impair the sovereignty of the ma.
ton. 1--WE must remember Washing.
ton and Lincoln, and never hesitate
in following in the straight path
blazed by ,them," he declared.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. j. Stats of East
Hamtramck street received the Vic.
tory Medal issued to them in honor
of their son, Harry, who was mortally
wounded in action on Armistice Day,
1918, by the explosion of huge shell.
He was taken to one of the govern
ment hospitals, but died within five
days. :
The second and only other medal
presented Thursday evening was CIV
EN- to Post Commander Paul Smith
hisler of this city. Smithhisler is the
only one of the local men who, by
bravery in action, won the Distin-
guished Service Cross.
Address by Or. Shields
The address of the evening was de-
livered by Rev. W. Hamill Shields of
the Presbyterian church. His sub
ject was Carrying On" adapted from.
one of the expressions, made patent
by service in the field in the last war.
He said the boys have made good
in the war. "Now 1t is up to them to
make good in peace" They have the
great problems of disease and distem-
pered industry to cope with and the
world is watching what the doughboy
is going to do about it.
, rWe must support our civic insti-
tutiOns our churches and our Cham
bers of Commerce and like instihl-
tions. We must support the Red
Cross and give them larger audiences
than was given DR.. Brewster here on
Wednesday evening-an audience of
60 people" He declared Mt. Vernon
was poorer in patriotism for this kind
of support this week of Armistice Day
than she ought to have been. He
pleaded for different, far different,
sort of thing among the people. He
praised the Legion for its good work
and urged that it get into the church
es and city organizations and make
them what they ought to be.
Miss Wheeler's Address
Miss Clara Patrick Wheeler, Red
Cross nurse during three years of the
war. serving IN the U. S. naval hos