Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-27
SOLDIER DEAD
To Be HONORED
South Amboy Legion Plans
Complete for Fitting OBJ
Servation of Memorial Day

10y Evening views COtTeSponuenr.J
SOUTH AMBOY, May 27.-South
Amboy will honor her soldier dead on
Monday, Memorial Day. At 9 o'clock
the Memorial Day services will begin,
the procession forming on Broadway
at the American Legion headquar-
ters. Luke A. Lovely post, at the
request of the remaining members of
the G.. =. X has charge of the serv-
ices for the day, and it is believed
that the program will be most i'm
prcsSive.
The G. A. II. and the Spanish AM
erIcan war veterans will be escort
ed by the Legion Pest. and the pro-
cassion will be headej by the Mount
Loretta Boys Band OF Is pieces.
During the day services will be
held at the Memorial drinking foun-
tain on Broadway. where the Wom-
ans Auxiliary of the Legion will
place a wreath in memory of the
twenty South Amboy boys whose
names appear there as having made
the final sacrifice. Later services
will be held at Christ church ceme-
terry and st. Mary's cemetery, with
the big service of the day at the city
hall grounds. where the Legion will
place a wreath on one of the cannon
in memory of the unknown dead on
land and sea.
Thomas J. Meaney, of Jersey City,
and Francis =. Monaghan of this
city. will deliver the address of the
day. Mayor Thomas j. Scully was
to nave delivered an address, but he
has notified the Legion boys that he
will be unable to take ar active part
owing to the fact hat he has not en-
tirely recovered from the recent ILL
ness. 1t is expected that the mayor
will be present, however. and will
act upon the reception committee to
Mr.. Meaney and other guests of the
day.
The G. A. r. services will be read
at Christ church cemetery over the
grave of a departed veteran of the
Civil War, and in St. Mary's cemetery
the Legion Ritual will be used at the
grave of one of the boys who fought
in the World War.
On Saturday afternoon in charge
of George Gundrum, Jr.. chairman of
the Memorial Day flag and flower
committee, will visit the various GEM
e%teries, accompanied by a delegation
of Boy Scouts, and will decorate the
graves, as is the usual custom. On
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, a del
egation of. Legion boys will visit the
cemeteries at Cheesequake, and will
QecOTdte the graves OF the OepdTteu
veterans lying at rest there. There
will be a short service held in the
Cheesequake church.O n Sunday aft
ernoon the delegation will visit the
Episcopal church yard cemetery, and
will there place a wreath at the foot
of the memorial cross in memory of
Lieutenant Thomas T. Kerr and
other boys of the parish who made
the supreme sacrifice. From there
the delegation will proceed to Sacred
Heart cemetery at Ernston where the
graves of several veterans of the late
war will be decorated.
John A. Conlogue is general chair
man of the committee in charge and
Leo ]. Coakley is chairman of the
committee on speakers.
Invitations are extended to FAM
lilies of deceased ex-service men to
participate in the services. and an
endeavor> is being made by the Lei
gion to provide automobiles for the
use of these relatives. The Post
would appreciate the courtesy of any
automobile n in placing their
cars at the disposal of the Legion for
the morning.