Arizona republican., 1922-05-31
MESA PAUSES To
MIX SENTIMENT
WITH BASEb BALL

Appropriate services commemorate
ing the lives of those who have made
the supreme sacrifice for liberty and
their country were conducted in Mesa
Tuesday forenoon. The Mesa post of
the American Legion was in charge
of the ceremony at the cemetery at s
o'clock and later at the union service
held in the l.. d. S. auditorium.
The occasion marked the first Of
ficial ceremony of the American
Legion ever carried out at the Mesa
cemetery by veterans of the World
war, and while short and brief. the
ceremony was most impressive. As
sembling at the cemetery, the vet
erans fell in with the firing squad
and decorating detail as unit. Other
veterans of both the World war and
Civil war were in attendance and
placed a wreath at the headstone of
each grave. Twelve deceased SOL
diers of the Civil war. Spanish
American war and the World war
were remembered The firing of the
regulation salute to the dead and the
sounding of taps completed the cere-
mony
A large number of citizens were in
attendance at the union memorial
service held in the L. d. S. auditorium
at 10 O'Clock. Special music was
provided by the joint choirs of the
Mesa churches under the direction
of Prof. Sidney w. Dury of the high
school. DR.. j. NJ. Greer chaplain of
the Mesa post. presided. The ad-
dress of the day was given by Eu-
gene Cunningham. attorney of Phoe-
nix, and a 'buddie' of the Legion
naires. He paid high tribute to all
to the disabled men, pleading sin
cerely and impressively that they be
remembered. Lincoln's Gettysburg
address. read by Mrs. Alton Peter
son and other appropriate express
sions. were given.
Uniforms Fail Rotarians
The Mesa Welfare league and the
district chamber of commerce were
winners in the annual benefit game
played Memorial Day afternoon in
Mesa. The Welfare league profited
to the extent of $179.50 paid admis-
sions at the gate and the chamber of
commerce warriors made away with
the big end of an IL to score over
the Mesa Rotary team. A large crowd
of fans were on hand
The Rotarians bloomed out in all
their glory with regulation uniforms,
but the uniforms failed to win the
game Lefty" Schupp, on the mound
for the commercial men, held the
hits scattered and the runs few. Van
Spanckeren, pitching for the Rotari-
ans, was more generous and in the
second inning alone, with the aid of
his teammates donated the opponents
six runs.
The line-ups
Rotarians-Stapley 1; Van Spanck-
eren, p; Vault. 3b: George Johnson,
2b-c: Hendrix, 1b; Asher, cf; Cur
ley, If; Cummard. If; Silverthorn. rf:
Drew. cf; c. Johnson. rf: Menhen-
nett. cf.
Chamber of Commerce-West G:
Schupp, p: Pickens, lib; Pew. Schor-
nick. Isley, 2b; Van Spanckeren. Ra-
cine, 9b; Mcqueen. Earl Delaney, SIS;
North, Hawes, If; Hilbert. Riggs, CT;
Brown, Cohen, rf
Score by innings r.
Rotaflans ...............1 100 III D
c. Of c. ...............2 .26O 012-11
Moser Will Speak Here
c. O. Moser, well-known marketing
expert who is now IN the valley, will
speak in Mesa Wednesday evening
at s o'clock. under the auspices of
the Mesa Farm bureau. The First
WaTQ Cldpel mas 4Deen selected as the
place for his appearance, and farm
ers and citizens generally are invited
and urged to attend the session.
Those who have heard Mr. Moser
earlier this week commend him
highly as speaker and as an expert
in his line and urge every farmer
who can possibly be out. to attend
and hear him. He will discuss
Marketing ORGANIZATIONS of Farm
ers"
Franklin Commencement Thursday
Commencement exercises for the
eighth grade of the Franklin school
will be held Thursday night in the
high school auditorium. An attrac-
tive program is being prepared for
the occasion to which the friends and