The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-29
.ARDMORE'S FIRST
MARTYR BROUGHT
HERE TOMORROW.
Funeral Services for George
r. Anderson Will Be Held
3 O'clock Sunday After
noon, Methodist Church
TRIBUTE TO ALL
DEPARTED HEROES
LEGIONNAIRES AND MEMBERS OF
AUXILIARY WILL TAKE PART
IN CEREMONIES; MET DEATH
AT CHATEAU THIERY

The remains Of Ardmore's first mar.
tyr to the great war, Lieut. George n.
Anderson will arrive here on the Fris-
co tomorrow morning at II o'clock.
Funeral services. which will be held
at the First Methodist church Sun
day afternoon at o'clock, will be
in the form Of memorial services for
al Of Ardmore's martyrs.
Headed by the Chamber Of Com.
merce Band the members Of which
viii be fully dressed in khaki. and with
several hundred Iegionnares, and ma
tional guardsmen also in soldiers
uniform the funeral procession wiz
loom up as one Of the most imposing
ever held here. IL will start from the
First Methodist church southwark on
street TO Main east to c street and
then south to the Rose Hill cemetery.
Triple tongue taps will be sounded
a, the grave, and approximately 30
members Of Company f., National
Guard. will make up the firing squad.
The George r. Anderson Post, which
i7 honored with the martyrs name,
Will assume charge Of the ceremonies
at the grave with Chaplain j L.
Thomson officiating.
An escort of local legionnaires will
accompany the body TO Harvey
Brothers Undertaking establishment
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held until Sunday morning. The body
will then be removed to the home OF
the martyrs mother. Mrs. j. l.. Cox,
SIG Bixby avenue,
Arrangements Completed Tomorrow
Legionnaires will meet at their reg
ular MONDAY session at the Chamber
of Commerce tomorrow to complete
final arrangements. 1t was expected
that close to 100 per cent attendance
would be at this meeting. The Wo-
mems Auxiliary OF the legion also
will arrange their plans tomorrow.
Auxiliary members sre expected to
turn out equally as strong as the le-
gionnaires.
An invitation was extended to every
ox-service man in Ardmore and Car.
ter county to attend the funeral serv-
ices
Or. Crayton Brooks will officiate at
the services, and will be- assisted by
Or. G. c. Weith and Chaplain j. L.
Thomson, DR.. Ashley Chappell, pastor
Of the First Methodist church. is at
present in Tennessee and will not be
able to return In time for the serv.
ices.
An impressive musical program is
being arranged. Mrs. N. c. Wood. as
sisted by Mrs. Adam Alexander, VIII
/ be In charge.
Indications are, according TO Ew-
ing London, in charge Of the legion
arrangements, that hundreds OF peo-
pie will have to content themselves
with standing on the outside Of the
every one to be on hand early. The
services Will start at o'clock
Lcgionnaires and guardsmen will
assemble at Central Park at 2:30
o'clock and march from there TO the
church 10 form the procession.
A Touching Feature
A touching feature Of the procession
will be black horse with empty sad
Gle. Lieutenant Andersons orderly,
Josiah c. Hull. who was with tho
martyr in France. will act as orderly
for memory OF his departed comman-
der.
Lieutenant Anderson met his death
from shell fire near Chateau Thiery
on July 22 1918, when he was 20
years old II was his second big Of
fensive after he had participated in
two prior defensive sectors. and after
he had been overseas for nine months,
He was one OF the first boys from
this section 10 enter the officers
training school at Camp Pike. Ark.
lie was commissioned a first lleu-
tenant and dispatched overseas %
september Of 1917.
j Following short period Of in
struction work. he was sent into the
fray. assigned TO Battery T.. i02nd
Field Artillery, 26th Division. Before
his death Lieutenant Anderson was
recommended for captalncy.
Notable about the dead hero was
that all his letters TO his mother while
he was overseas. dealt with his com.
mand and his friends. seldom be
even mentioned his own physical con-
dtion and never were his letters on
any OF tue dangers that had beset him
from time TO time.