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Earle 5. Howard

Private Earle &. Howard, one Of
the young men OF Secretary called
u pay the supreme price IN the late
VIZ mat The World Might Be
SAFE Fer Democracy" was called to
The cotors on May %, 1918, and just
iii t0Ur months to a day, September
18th, was killed III action in the
battle OF MonfaucOn and Ar2Cnne
u GODS, France.
The body OF our dead soldier was
landed in New York, Sept. 18th, and
accompanied by Pilot John Cryau of
the l. S. Aviation Corps, brought to
Secretary the first of last week The
funeral service held here in the M.
T. Church Sunday afternoon at TWO
o'clock, was undoubtedly the most
largely attended in the history CT the
town. The church Hiled 10 its ut
most capacity could not accommodate
even third of the people present.
About fifty,siX members of Com
pany &c" of the Maryland National
Guards commanded by Capt. Breuil
were in attendance in full uniform
and executed such military tactics
as were most appropriate to the oc-
casiOn, winding up at the grave with
a triple salute and the buglar
mournfully sounding TAPS
Besides the pastor, Rev. Oren B.
Rice, two other ministers, Rev. Mr.
Garner of the Episcopal Church at
East New Market and Rev. E. J.
Motif of the Holiness Church at
Hurlock, participated in the cere-
monies But instead OF the usual
sermon funeral Grafton was deliv-
cred by Elk Governor Emerson 9.
Harrington, at the church. Mr..
Harrington after felicitating the
choir upon the appropriateness of
the selections rendered, which, in
deed seemed to be an inspiration to
the speakers, launched out into a
glowing tribute, not only to the
memory of our dead soldier boy, but
also 10 the seventeen hundred Mary
land boys most Of whom are sleep
ing in Flanders Field where the ror-
pies STOW The speaker recounted
with pardonable pride some OF the
yalorous deeds of the noble and
notable sons OF Maryland, and babe
his hearers ever to keep alive and
aloft those exalted ideals for which
Earle Howard and the other sacred
dead OF our proud old State have
given the last drop of blood in their
bodies TO establish and maintain
The pall-bearers were all oversee
boys, namely: Jacob Willoughby,
Earle Hurst, Roland Bradley, Lenas
Wright, Frank Era and John Busta.
Mr.. Howard is survived by one
sister, Miss r. Carrie Howard, a
primary teacher in our school, and
one brother Mr.. Claude Howard, of
Baltimore. Interment was in East
New Market Cemetery.
May we repeat here a few lines
which we wrote and appeared under
'Shiftings' just after the close of the
war, and which seem, to us, at least,
somewhat in keeping with the noble
sentiment evoked by the passing of
our dear, soldier boy, Private Earle
B. Howard.
Six months or so ago,
The days were passing slow,
When We hoped the boys would soon
be coming back:
But the time has come al last,
When the dreadful fight is past,
And the boys in suits of brown
are surely coming BACK.
Many that went have stayed
The price in full they paid,
And to our hearts and arms will not
be coming back;
They fell of fields abroad
Sleep under alien sod,
But, their deeds of glorious valor
are surely coming back.
They fought and bled and died,
That by our own fireside,
We might have peace and hope and
security:
Our hats are off to you,
Oh, boys, in khaki true,
That saved the day and establish !
ed liberty.
What are we going to do, |
To show we honor you
Who stood the test on that fearful !
day;
BY grit and grace divine,
In Gods own appointed time,
Fixed right upon the rock, now,
forever and aye.