The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-16
CONFEDERATES
GRATEFUL TO
MANY FRIENDS
COMMITTEE EXPRESSES THANKS
OF JOHNNY RE6s FOR ATTEN-
r. TONS SHOWN THEM.
SALE At MOORES MULE BARN MADE REUNION BIG SUCCESS
Everyone Who Had Any Part In Sat
urday's Reunion Is Thanked for the
Part Taken-Every Minute Appar.
emily Enjoyed.

A committee of the local bivouac
United Confederate Veterans desires
through the public press to thank all
who took part in making the reunion
here Saturday such complete sue,
cess. The letter of appreciation fol-
lows:
We, the undersigned committee on
the reunion, beg to return thanks to
those who contributed to the reunion
whether 1t consisted of money or ed
ibies, all of which were thankfully
received and appreciated and applied
to the use of the veterans.
We return thanks to the Maury
Chapter and the Winnie Davis Chap
ter of the Daughters of the Confeder.
acy without whose aid II would shaye
been impossible for Us to have carried
through to such success tho reunion.
To the bankers and banks we owe a
debt Of gratitude for their efficient
service in getting up the proper fl
nances to finance this reunion.
We are also deeply indebted to the
board of education and the superin-
Etendent for the use of their conmo-
dious and grand building, the high
school of Columbia
And to those ladies who so profit
GENTLY served the old veterans on
this occasion, we owe the greatest
debt of gratitude.
To those WHO. furnished automo.
biles we return the thanks Of every
old veteran present and we wish their
machines may last to run them
thousands of miles.
And to the ladies who cooked the
delightful barbecued lamb and
brought in the twenty boiled hams
which furnished the foundation for
the reunion we extend the special
thanks of every Confederate soldier
and their wives and daughters, Il
And to those young men who dress;
ed the Iamll and to those cold storage
plants that preserved them we also
extend our thanks. "a M Asl0tE'5
And TO the chairman of the, various
committees. we are doubly indebted
for their efficient service.
y We are deeply indebted to r. q,
Wallis, district, passenger agent for
his efficient service and to the L. &
N. r. R. Co. for granting rates to the
old veterans to this reunion and we
promise that the same shall not be
forgotten. ae,
And to the newspapers we owe
much to their efficient publicity of
the different phases of the reunion.
And to everybody we return our
sincere thanks for anything done to.
forward the success of the reunion.
And last but not least we remem-
Der with fond recollection the use of
divers garage for the use of the
veterans for their grand old square
dance, which extended from a three
year old kid to 81 year old dame and
to rs year old veteran who gallant
ly swung their feet to the old time
tune of Cheatham.
To the brass band and the string
band we point with pride to their en-
trancing strains which made many old
Confederates forget the years he bore
and rendered him young again to cut
the pigeon wing and Kindred steps of
sixty seasstago. ~ 20 W
And again we thank exeryhQdY..who
was present for their aid and assist
ance in making THIS reunion long felt
in the hearts of every veteran. -
We are not forgetting the boy
scouts, who so courteousIy administer
ed to the every want of the old bat
tie SCARED veterans.
J. l.. JONES, Chairman,
SIMS LATTA, Is.
THOMAS H. WILLIAMS,
i, Committee.