Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-29
HEROES Of 3 WARS
!! WILL Be H0N0REO
e,,rvivors Of Struggles to Pay
Tributes to Fallen Com.
t. rades Tomorrow
OBSERVED IN SCHOOL S

.,,v will be paid TO the heroes "f thre"
s ,omorrow when their graves will
:. decorated by survivors OF America y
memorable struggles
crov. haired veterans of the u. a.
/, aud members Of the American I.r-
.,.r ~ many still suffering from the Of
.,. NJ the World War. will march
ienE ir along the paths Of honor which
,ssd ss" TO the resting places OF those VINO
Iii for their country. -, .-
Many other organizations VIII JON
!, ,be tribute to valOr. As proof that
:. ruth appreciates wha has been hon.
Tho cause Of America. thousands OF
~, ,scbooi children have contributed f,ags
snI Aoral offerings for the graves OF
fhr hero dead. ,. At.
-. % stretches over three. day period.
M.;hute 70 the dead was paid yesterday
!. Churches, 4 bronze tablet was un-
n.uoJ IN Rndnor in honor Of the twen-
" mon Of RadnOr Township who made
tbe great sacrifice.
Exercises In Schools
Today there were appropriate cx:
.u,;scs in public schools. Veterans of
Il. and American Legion posts
JclirsrcI addresses and gave the boys
snI girls first hand information of some
~ tbc memorable struggles.
THE pupils Of the Sharswood Public
c,hoo second and Wolf streets, had
tbcir Memorial Day. exercises this
sf,crnoon. Singing of patriotic songs
onened thc services. and the Rev. Or.
John c. Tctric, rector OF the St: L'ikes
M +, Church. gave Il short tax: inc
exercises closed with an address by the
principal, +. J.. CARTRIDGE.
Scores Of thcs" veterans OF the u.
A. X. participated in ceremonies yes
tcrday in many OF the churchcs ana 70
morrow they VIII pnrticlpatc Ill lie
marches TO the various cemeteries.
While the ranks arc smailer inc lack
Of numbers will BE- more than made up
for by the spirit OF loFalt! whlch seems
more pronounced US the years go on.
The unVelllhg oI t"c thoiet Ut
Radnor was perhaps me most striking
Of YESTERDAY crrcmon.esi .,a; LAVA" lt was ; n.-
tended by several thousan" perspns. IN
Guiding the parents OF many of those
who fell in the word war. Sehator
Pepper. orator or tnc occhslon, call:'l
the role of the township s twenty heroic
dead.
The memorial Is crecicd OH sr0uhu
which the Chew fami'! had owned ior
more than .Oo years. oh oenhil oi MS
family. David Chew Ecsterday pre-
sented the property to Nadhor Iowh'
ship forever.
>,o,,,or;oI IN Cemete,v
49,. 49,, ,,.
At the same tlh't ,n"l 'n" n't"'.s ai..
Of Radnor 1nlieh heroes was oe'iS
hOnOred. a snort distance away u, u,
West Laurel iilli ceiiicter! iici',o. ~. !
service in honor OF o,ner youns ANTI i,
leans who tell IN tnc ihst Sr'"t ~ iusS'e
was held by the Philadelphia chapter
Of the. Natlonal American war
Mothers.
The ceremony TOOK place at the grave
4 Ensign Joseph Faussett Hellnk, l.
s, n, whose mother. Mrs. Blanche
Bellak, is president of the Philadelphia
Chapter of War Mothers.
John WananaXcr was the principal
speaker at memorial service nclti III
Bethany Presbyterian Church ut which
q bronze tablet, in memory of the Rev.
George Van Deure, former assistant
pastor. was unveiled. Following the
address by Mr.. Nanamakcr the tablet
was unveiled by the Rev. a. Gordon
MacLennan.
., George 6. Meade Post. No. !. Grand
Army OF the Republic: Post NO. :.
Sons of Veterans: General Henry W.
l@wton Post no. =. Veterans OF Foreign
attended memorial service yesterday
morning in the Arch street Presbyterian
Church. Eighteenth and Arch streets.
\ tablet In memory of Abram Street.
Tho only mpmhpr 0f tho rnngrpUlflOll