South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-28
SIX VICTIMS OF
LAKE WATERS TO
TODAY
Entire City to Pay Silent
Tribute TO Dead Boy Scouts
This Afternoon.
TO HOLD FIVE FUNERALS
Joint Service for 10 Taylor
and Little SOn-Kingsley
Funeral Tomorrow.

and Little SOn-Kingsley
Funeral Tomorrow.
All of South Bend will today
mourn the loss of the city's eight
Boy Scout dead victims Of the
waters of ANician Lake.
Five funerals. one OF them
double ceremony will be read this
afternoon One service, that for
Judson Taylor, was held yesterday.
The last that for William Kingsley,
viii he held tomorrow.
BY request of Mayor Eli I. Seebirt
a majority of downtown business
houses will be closed from 2 10 3
O'Clock this afternoon in tribute to
the dead. 1t is expected, also, that
city hall offices Will be closed dur
ing this one-hour period.
That this hour of tribute will be
generally observed was indicated
when members of the Chamber Of
Commerce. at luncheon yesterday
noon. unanimously passed a resolu-
ton of sympathy and agreed TO act
in harmony with the mayors re-
quest.
The resolution passed is as follows:
BE il resolved by the South
Bend Chamber of Commerce, that
while bowling 10 the will of Al
mighty God we do deTlore the
sudden death OF 10 w. Taylor
and his Boy Scout associates at
Magician lake. and desire to ex-
press our profound sympathy TO
the members of the respective
families
BE it further resolved, the
South Bend Chamber Of Com
merce does express its belief and
confidence I'm the Boy Scout move
ment and the principles and ideals
for which it stands"
Public Memorial.
Today is the day OF the last fare
well TO the men and boys who met
death by drowning, but Sunday. ac-
cording to detailed plans completed
yesterday. is to be the day of pub
| lice memorial
At 2:3O o'clock Sunday afternoon
in the High school auditorium there
will assemble a gathering at which
! homage VIII be paid publicly. Rep
resentatives of scout organizations
/ throughout the middle west will at
! tend Mayor Seebirt will head the
local delegation Of citizens Rev
John Cavanaugh, G. s. c., Of Notre
Dame, a member of the National
| Scout committee, and Rev. James
Gardiner. OF the local scout council
viii take an active Part in the serv-
/ ices.
Within the space OF two hours
this afternoon six victims OF the
! catastrophe will be laid in THEN
final resting place The first funeral
/ Of the day will be that Of Phillip
/ Neitzel at 1870 o'clock. and the last
/ those of Vern c. Murphy Clinton
/ Mathews and Kenneth Borough. al
/ $3.50 o'clock.
Organizations which will attend
! ceremonies OF the afternoon in a
! body are 10 meet at Madison and
Main SITS. at I o'clock this after
| noon. Boy Scouts will assemble OF
the east corner while members OF
/ the American Legion. Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, and other military
/ and civic organizations Will NEE
: on the west corner. There will be
/ representative from scout head
/ quarters at all funerals.
Double Funeral
Perhaps the largest group o.
mCurners to assemble viii be thos,
who attend the last rites OF Scou
Executive 10. w Taylor and his son
James. which VIII be held jointly a
the First Methodist church AT
o'clock. Bodies of the two. fathet
and son. Will lie in state at the
church from 10 o'clock this morning
until 1:45 O'Clock this afternoon.
While the bodies in state, loo!
scouts. arranged in relays. will &C
as guards Of honor The service.
will be conducted by Rev. Albert Z
I Monger who yesterday OBLIGATED a
/ the first OF the funerals. that con
Quoted for Judson Taylor. Buria
I will be in Highland cemetery.
/ Active pail bearers a. Mr.. Taylor.
/ funeral will be Floyd Bunch. Ora Z
I Neuman. a. W. Fortier, f. c. Wolfe
/ q. II. Steffe, c. :. Klnkaid. +. a
I Slower and J. r. MCClave.
/ Honorary pain bearers will be r
/ A. Bryan. l. a. Hammerschmidt A
/ r. Erskine. A. I. Hubbard. =. l.
/ Gulifoyle, ". W. Worden. Dr. H. L
/ Mitchell. VI. VI. D'Brien. ". "
Austin Fred Reimold. Rober
1 Schne1e. Ois Romine. Col. George
. FreyermUth. Lem J. Oare, DR. z
!. Lent. ". A. Weed. +. II. Greene
. Mayor Eli +. Seebirt. c A MacDon.
T aid. James a. Gardiner. Claude Jack.
I son. George ". Kalcznski JOSEPH
| Neff and Guy McMichael
Neitzcl Service First
The first service viii be for Scout
Phillip Neitzel and will be held RI
the home. 22O +. Keasey ST. az 49,
/ o'clock. From there the party vii
/ proceed 10 the Free Methods
church. where Rev A Hamilton viii
officiate ~ o'clock Burial viii be
/ in Bowman cemetery.
: Scoutmaster Nern G. Murphy vii
I be buried following services al the
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