Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY IS
COMMEMORATEDBY
FITTING PROGRAM
COLONEL MAY, SPANISH AMER
ICAN WAR VETERAN WHO LED
ASHLAND BOYS, DELIVERS AN
ADDRESS AT ARMORY.
HISTORY OF EARLY PIONEER
DAYS RECALLED BY DECORA-
TION OF INDIAN FIGHTERS
GRAVES IN HILL CEMETERY.

Yesterday, Memorial Day, Ash
land paid tribute to Its own and the
nations dead with all that is fine
and noble In the city's civic spirit
With an ideal day for the commem
Grafton exercises the program for the
day was carried out without a hitch
Of any kind Credit is due to the
American Legion fOr their part OF
leadership in planning the days pro
gram Shortly after 3 O'Clock IL
the morning Memorial Rock in Lithia
Park was decorated by the American
Legion. The parade then formed al
the Plaza marched toward the park
and stopping a point above the bridge
threw flowers on the water in honor
OF the nations sailor dead.
Parade to Cemetery
At $3.50 o'clock the parade started
for the Ashland cemetery. In order
of procession after the Ashland band
came the First Company Coast Artil-
lery corps of the Oregon National
Guard, sthe American Legion, Spanish
American War Veterans, the G. A. r.
members, patrols one and two of the
local Boy Scout troop, the Women's
Relief Corps, Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, and the children OF
Ashland. The two women's organi-
cations and the parading children
were laden with flowers with which
to decorate the graves With colors
flying, the parade, two blocks in
length made its way directly to the
cemetery where the feature of the
exercises was the dedication OF =,
monument to the soldiers of all past
wars.
Dedicate Monument
The Memorial Tablet, made Of Ore.
gon granite from Blair's query eight
miieH east of Ashland. was erected
by means of popular subscription
from the citizens of Ashland at cost
of approximately $500. G. "A. Bris-
coe, superintendent of city schools,
unveiled the monument and made
the acceptance speech. He expressed
the wish of the citizens of Ashland
that the tablet might be "a perman-
ent memorial, reminding those that
come after us of the glory of the re-
public, the bravery of its defenders
and the holiness OF its ideals" Mr..
Brisc0e was followed by Capt A. w.
Thomas, who made dedication
speech for the G. A. X. and decorated
the monument. Glenn Simpson, COM
mander of the Ashland Post of the
American Legion, followed Capt.
Thomas as speaker II. c. Emery,
assistant cashier of the First Nation
al Bank. spoke for the Spanish Amer
lean War Veterans. Rev. Charles F.
Koehler led the assemblage in pray
er. The Wamens Relief Corps were
next in the dedication ceremonies
with a pleasing program delivered
by officers OF the organization. The
officers were Mrs. Howard, presi-
dent; Mrs. Coder, yice-president;
Mrs. Lowe. junior vice-president;
Mrs. s. A. Peters, Sr., secretary and
Mrs. Bush, chaplain. At the conclu-
sion of the program by the Women's
Relief Corps the Daughters of the
American Revolution decorated the
monument.
Mrs. Gordons MacCracken, regent
OF the d. A. R., made the dedication
speech for the Daughters of the
American Revolution. The memoir
ial tablet was then decorated by the
children of Ashland. A squad of
the First Company Coast Artillery
of the Oregon Nation Guard fired a.
three volley salute. and the dedica-
tion exercises closed with a benedic-
tion by Rev. Charles A. Edwards.
Decorate Graves.
All graves in the cemetery that had
not been decorated by private in
dividuals were strewn with flowers
by the Women's Relief Corps. The
natural cerdancy of the place sup
plemented by the color of flowers
on decorated graves lent an air of
sublime beauty to the cemetery, nes-
tied in the scenic grandeur that is
natures gift to Ashland.
Exercises at Armory.
After the exercises at the ceme-
terry the parade broke up and with
out formation proceeded to the
Armory where Memorial exercises
were held with Col. John L. May as
the principal speaker. Captain
Thomas of the G. A. r. presided at
the exercises at the Armory. Rev
Oldsfield led the audience in the
opening prayer Col. May was ln-I
troduced by Mayor Lamkin who
made a short address commemorating
the nations dead. Mayor Lamkin