The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-09-29
IMPRESSIVE ARE
CEREMONIES FOR
GRADY SOLDIERS
Comrades, Friends and Relatives ef
Len A. Hill and Arthur crsb,rss
Gather Al Rose nlli for
Funeral. .t-
LEGION FIRING SQUAD
IN MILITARY SALUTES
Rock Island shopmen. Masons.
LeelonalFes Form Guard of
Honor iOf Dead Heroes: Ser
vices ~ Zach Grave.

4 crowd estimated at more than
s.ooo people Witnessed the funeral
rites over the bodies ~ Lon A. nm
aud Arthur " cmhlrcc. two ot
Grady county's soldiers killed In
France. n Rose illlI cemetery yes.
ieriay afternoon.
Hundreds of automobiles throngcd
The streets, leading TO the Anderson
undertaking home wh,., tae process.
sion formed Led by the hand. fol.
loved hy the color bearers aud
guards. firing squad caissonA bearing
the bodies: the families Of the dead
soldiers the body OF Masous. Rock
Island shopmen. the body Of Legion.
aires aud the long string Of cars,
the procession marched down Se,.
euih street TO Alabama avenue ave.
nue. and on TO Rose iIill cemetery.
Because ~ the crowded condition.
many antomobIlisis made no en-.
deavor to get into the procession
but went on to the cemetery. A
! larEe congregation had assem-.
bled at the bur.,l grounds before the
bodies arrived. Il was one Of the
longest funeral professions ever seen
here. II is said.
Ceremonies impressive.
Plans to hold Joint funeral cere.
monies were abandoned and services
we're conducted at each grave. Tho
ceremonies were opened with short
patriotic talk by ]. +. Hatcher. com.
mander OF the Local American Le.
zion post. which organization had
charge of the funeral services. lilo
told of the spirit and attitude IN
which the two deceased responded
TO tho call OF their country and
urged that tho principals for which
they fought and died be forever pro.
tected and upheld. that these two
men shall not have died In vain.
Rev. Wendell Foster, post chaplin.
having been called out of the city.
Rev. John d. Salter, pastor of the
local Methodist church, delivered the
funeral orations and offered the
prayer at each grave.
a quartet composed of ]. h. Nc.
Neil, j. D. Wade. Joe c. Burney
and G. W. Norvelle sang Soldier
Rest" by Chas. Gabriel.
Shots Fired Over Graves.
Three yollies of shots were fired
over the graves. The Legion firing
squad. commanded by William Lus-
ter was composed OF Jim Bird,
Frank Thomas. Fein Reagan. Jess
Garrett. Bob Witt. George Witt, Joe
Hart. and Jimmie Wynkoop.
Pail bearers OF the Hill casket
were. Henry c. Calwell, Henry
Nichols. Perry II. Doss, Reed Hen.
drick, Tom Patman, Chas. Guynes,
E l.. Baker and John La Boon.
Pail bearers Of the Crabtree cas-
ket were: John Sebastian. Idos Kel-
ley, c. S. Auduell, Lloyd Johnston,
s. r. Sheridan, J. M. Mink, Clarence
and George Haskell.
Before entering the army, Arthur
w Crabtree was employed at the
Rock Island shops here. A large
number of shopmen were present at
the funeral yesterday afternoon.
Corpl Hill having been a member
Of the order. large number Of
Masons witnessed the utterance OF
the last sad rites over his body.
Legionaires from every section of
the county were here to attend the
funeral The Minco post had a large
representation and its standard was
carried with the two large American
flags.
Automobiles carrying relatives OF
the two men followed close behind
the caissons,