The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-06-03
APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND
GOOD PROGRAMS MAKE
MEMORIAL DAY BEST
IN THE HISTORY
OF SISSETON
Exercises at the School Auditorium
in Afternoon We're Exception.
ally Good and the Crowd
Could Not be Accom-.
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| Notwithstanding the threatening
nature of the weather, Sisseton had
one of the greatest Memorial Day
gatherings in the history of the city,
and program that was in every way
fitting and proper People gathered
from all surrounding country to
take part in and be part of the
ceremonies.
A procession in the forenool.,
made up of the G. A. r., w. r. c..
American Legion, Women's Auxil-
larry and many others, marched and
rode in automobiles to the city
cemetery where graves were deco
rated and appropriate and impress
sive ceremonies conducted under the
auspices of the American Legion.
Post Commander Dana Babcock de-
livered an excellent address, the Sis
seton band rendered several fitting
slections, prayer by Chaplain Harry
Drenttel, salute by the firing squad
and bugle call concluded the cerc-
monies at the cemetery.
The afternoon was given over to
the Memorial Day program in the
school auditorium, and one OF the
finest entertainments Sisseton has
ever seen-and this is saying grea.
deal. for Sisseton has produced many
excellent programmes staged UNI
der the direction of Rev. H. d.
Cough. The large auditorium
proved inadequate to accommodate
the crowd assembled, and even,
standing room was at premium,
many being turned back, not being
able to enter the building at all.
We would gladly give minute de-
scription of each number, but space
is limited and the best we can do
is to touch briefly ON the separate
sections of the program.
The program opened with selec-
ton by the band, followed by Choir
us by the Camp Fire Girls and a
Flag Drill song, America the Beau
tiful' given by ten high school girls.
John Swanberg read the mastery
tribute of Abraham Lincoln's on the
Gettysburg battlefield.
Several tableaus, each beautiful
in it's simplicity, and a real art study,
followed, representing four different
war epochs-the Revolution, the
Rebellion, the Spanish war and the
World War Mrs. Nora Wage was
an ideal columbia" and the dane
ing of the minuet was gracefully
done under direction of Mrs. Turner,
in representation of the first epoch.
81 was symbolized by Roy Tallak-
son as "Old Black Joe," and LIE Roy
Wolff as La Gree, and B. F. Garfield.
the old soldier. The Spanish war
by Mr.. Satern as Uncle Sam.
The late war tableaus were ably
presented by Miss Rademacher as
Red Cross nurse, Emil Wage as a
wounded soldier, and other parts
represented by Earl Mahoney, RUBY
Arrowsmith, Pearl Nelson and Miss
Erickson. sTaps" were sounded by
Jack Hanson and sung by Mrs. w.
Henderson. The quartet sang "Sta1'
and Stripes Forever" Buster
Robbie and Dorothy Hatch were
George and Martha Washington, and
Pearl Nelson and Ruby Arrowsmith
sang, "Give the Flowers to the Liv-
ing The address Of the day was
given by Hon. L. NJ. Fitzpatrick, ol
Aberdeen, and was full of stirring
patriotism. Mr.. Fitzpatrick is a
forceful and convincing speaker and
his address here Monday was vel
received and highly complimented
Mr.. Fitzpatrick is an an ex-marine