Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-16
FULL HONORS PAID
TO SOLDIER WHO
LOST LIFE IN WAR
Impressive Services at Funeral
of w. L. Fox, at Dover, Yes
terday Afternoon
ALL THE TOWN TOOK PART


Special Correspondence Every Evenins
Dover, Aug 16.-povers first mill
tarv fuhcral since the Civil War tool
place. YESTERDAY afternoon, when services
for Walter l.. Fox. o soldier who servec
in the World War and died OF wounds
received in battle, were held IN Wesley
NJ. T.. Church, of which he had been an
official member. Seats were reserved fol
the family of the deceased, members OF
the American Legion, the Grand Army
Dover Council, No, %, lr. o. U. A. M
and the ofhciary of Wesley Church and
the remainder of the seating capacity
was soon filed by those anxious to at
tend. Hundreds of persons were unable
to gain admission.
Rev. J. W Colona, pastor of Wesley
Church, began the reading of the ritual
istic service of the church as soon as the
body entered the main auditorium.
male quartet composed OF Messrs-
Thornburg, Anderson, Cobb and West,
sang Remembered Yet. Prayer by Rev.
Colona, followed the quartet and another
selection was sung Good Night.
=. Rev. Mr.. Colona, delivered bret
eulogy of the deceased, emphasizing
largely the clean, noble and upright he
lived by Fox in community here as we'll
as abroad and the many expressions
heard from all classes OF society lie
also reminded the audience that the life
of nation depends upon the clean nv
mo of its citizens. urging that We might
have more men of the type of Washing
ton, Lincoln and others who have lett
behind them legacy of clean and up
right living in all respects.
n a f.sn. closed
a short praver by DIR. Colona. A band
of music played appropriate dirges and
marches both to and from the church,
The citizens of Dover generally OBJ
served the order contained in the procla-
nation Of ayorlMagee, last week, by
displaying the flag N halt mast and
closing places of business during the
hours of the funeral.
Walter l.. Fox Post, No. :, American
Legion, which had charge of the arrange
ments, met at headquarters, South State
street and Dover Green, where the
march to the Fox home, for the remains
started. Dover Band OF Il pieces, ied
the march, followed by nearly hundred
members of the Post, firing squad from
Dover's military company, members
of the G.. A. r., with delegation from
Dover Council, No. y, lr. o. U. A. NJ,
of which the deceased was member.
Wilkie Case acted as standard-bearer
for the Council, and Lynford Outten
aud f. r. Benn, marshals and Ill. Z.
Taylor, chaplain.
The march to the Fox residence was
from Dover Green down State street, UP
Ioockerman street to Governor $ ave
nue. where halt was made IN front of
the Fox home. Here the solid metallic
casket draped In q full-sized American
flag. was borne from the house to the
hearse by six ex-service men: Harry &.
McSherry, Hughett X. Mcdaniel, Geo.
w. Walls, John Argo, Frank ZIrio and
William Steinberg.
The honorary lrall-bearers repre-
senting the different walks of life IN
which Fox was we'll and favorabfy known
were George +. Dawson and Jesse 5.
Burton of the Farmers Bank, where Fox
was employed when he entered the
service; Frank Mckee and Stephen
Shockley, members of Wesley M. e.
Church and Sunday School, associates
of Fox in church work: Leo Scanloh of
the First National Bank, formerly of
the Farmers Bank during Fox's EN-
plovment there, and w Ross Jones,
member of Dover Council, No. %, Jr.
o. u. A. NJ. and personal friend.
The march to the church was out
Governors avenue to Division street,
TO State street to Wesley Church.
All along the route the streets were
lined with people with uncovered heads.
On arrivlng at the church, Lieutenant