The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY
AT BONAPARTE
Services 20 Be Held IN Pre- sbyterian
Church Sunday McrrinG and
in Riverside Park Nor
day Afternoon.


BoNaPARTE- May 2--Memoris
!. day will BE observed here ar th'
PRESBYTERIAN church next Sunds.
morning and al Riverside park Mon
day afternoon Following iE the pro
cram al the church Sunday: Services
at II q. N Sermon by the Rev. s .
McCracken- Seats VIII be reserved
for the G. A r., Spanish war Teter
ans END soldiers Of the world var
7 The following program xiii DC
given Monday. May 81. at Riverside
park al 1880 p N. If weather is IN
clement. the program Will be given
in the Presbyterian church:
Music-Eigh School GIes club
Invocation-Rey. J. s CoPpoc
Address Of wsIcome-Mayor J. o.
Morris.
Reading Of general ordes-Cecil
PsrcivsL
| song-Giri Scouts
/: Llncoln's Gettysburg address -
Le Rov Eaney.
MaEic-HiEh School Glse club
Address
Reading-Louise Stebbins-
Roll calI-W. ?. l. Muir
Song. Columbia Audience.
Bs1e6icticH-The Rev Mr.. Nc
Cracker
Taps VIII be sounded b. csIien
Lorig
Music
March TO cemetery.
Decorating graves Of Veterans, II
charge Of Bonapa-se Girl Scouts
Following Is The obituary Of for
ue- Van Buren, county resident out
who for the past several years has
resided near Szc City, Iowa: Walter
Burng -as born IL Van Buren, county.
Iowa. December :. 1850. and died al
the home OF his youngest daughter.
Mrs Charles Austin. Near Sac City
Iowa May ~. 1920. aged - years.
months and Is days M Burns
vas united IN marriage ID Mary u.
Dzvis II July. 1873 To this union
we're born twelve children. four o.
whom died IN infancy The eight
children surviving their father ars:
James A BEras, Of LakeTieE, Iowa:
ETrne d o, Stockton Calf: VII
liam, Of Nt Pleasant Iowa: Walter
]. Of Bonaps-Ie, Iowa Marsh H. Of
Sac City. Iowa; Mrs William Lozsn-
By, OF Esosauq1s. Iowa, and Mrs.
Charles Austin, Of Sac City, Iowa
Besides The children. he iE survived
by tpenry-tbree grandchildren two
Observation-Disclosures and q large rEn
Der OF other relatives and tislds Z
In 1885 M Burns moved with his
family to R5nggsId county. Iowa.
where they resided for twenty years, &
moving back 10 Van Baren comfy IN /
1853. In NsT. 1915. they moved 10
Lake View. Iowa, where Mrs Burns
died. December 1G. 1915. Er. Burns
resided near Sac City for sb-oss four
years, but 81 that short tine had
made z host o. friends. who were I
ss6dsned By hts sudden death, which
came after being g5cE but q fer
ao1rE Al the time M Burns re-
sided n RinggoId county he united
with the EVANGELICAL church Of 1
which ne vas : nsmbe- FL the tine
Of his death He vas kind and
loving farsr, and ais death Is regret (
ted here, a. hs was veil known.
highly respected and numbered his
friends By his acquazatsnces ali over
-nIE county. TUnsrsi serTicss were
held last Sunday afternoon IN the
8ooaparts BaptiE- church, the pagtor,
Rev. J. s. Coppoc, preaching the ger
moi in-e-KsnI Was IL The Center
chapel cemetery. a few niles south
west ot Bonapsrtg /
Miss Margaret H Easing, the
popular End efficient primary teacher
u the Bonspsrte schools. who Efn be
united IN marriage 70 Nj whitman,
IL Fairfield, early n Jsne. was the
yuegt Of honor at 2 O'Clock break
'asr given last Saturday morning by
Ter aunt, Mrs. J. e Whitley, az i
sisted by Mrs. Easing. The White
er home was artLsticaIIy decorated
N An elaborate breakfast was served II
% the fortunate guests.
Miss Alice johnson, who bag been
sachfng IN the Blargbug. Iowa, Z,
Schoolg during the past fan and win
er, is At her home here for the
summer.
Mrs.. Frank Teier and son. Of ,
iumeston, Iowa. came last Tuesday
evening for 2 visit with Bonsparte
,eIativss and friends.
The weather man put Z crimp tn I
he hopes Of 4 big crowd Of baseball
.nthusizEts izst Sunday. when the 3.
ain made the roads 20 muddy that ;.
ne crack KeokEk Standard Four :,
cam could not get here. They viii :.
'e dated inst az soon az the team :
lere mas an open date. they being
Latsd until after July L The Stand 4,
I'D Ponr team made great hit here =
asst year. and the folks up here were r
disappointed when they phoned last :,
;unday morning, saying that the c