The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-25
Completed Plans for American
Legion to Be Announced
at Meeting Tonight
MORE MONEY NEEDED
TO DECORATE GRAVES
Appropriate Exercises to Be
Held at Cemetery; Program
at Armory at 2:3O

Complete plans for the observance
OF Memorial Day in Bemidji next
Tuesday. May 80 call for a very
appropriate program, which, if given
the hearty support Of the public in
general, will be one of the most
appropriate programs ever held here
on this memorial OCCASION. OBJ
servance of the day will be started
with public parade at 10 a. H.,
the marchers to assemble at the
City building at 9:45. After leav-
ing the City building, the line of
march extends south on Minnesota
avenue to second street, east to
Beltrami avenue, thence north to
Fourteenth street. west to Minnesota
avenue, thence to Irvine avenue, and
Greenwood cemetery.
All eN-service men are expected
to take part in this program in uni
form if possible. The National
Guard and Naval Militia units are
to march in formation. The G. A.
R. and the G. A. r., Circle will be
escorted to the cemetery in auto
mobiles. School children are not
to march in the parade this year,
but are expected to take part in the
exercises at the cemetery. The Ju-
venile band will furnish the music
for the line of march as well as at
the cemetery.
Complete plans for the Legion
members will be announced to them
at the regular meeting of the post
to be held this evening at 8 o'clock
at the rooms of the Civic and Com
merce association. This meeting is
of direct Importance to every men,
Der of the post and it is desired
that there be large attendance
The services at the cemetery will
be begun with musical selection by
the band, followed by a reading by
William Schroeder, commander of
the G. A. r. post. Prayer by the
chaplain of the G. A. r. will then
be observed, followed by a roll call
by Adjutant Cheney of the R" H.
Carr post. The adjutant will then
place flowers on the G. A. r. memoir
ial monument. This will be followed
by n salute by firing squad of .ex-
service men of the World war. Taps
will then be sounded by Bugle FL
letson, followed by a salute to the
dead. Bcncdiction will be pronoun-
ccd by the chaplain Of the G., A. r.,
followed by music by the band and
the singing of America by the as
scmbly. Graves of all ex-service
men in the two local cemeteries will
then be decorated by the school chill
drcn, through a fund now being
raised by popular subscription. A
much larger sum is needed for this
purpose than has already been sub
scribcd and it is urged that the MGR
chants of Bcmidji donate at once to
insure the proper decoration of
graves.
The afternoon program will be
held at the new armory, beginning
at $3.50 with selection by the Be-
midi Abdul band. The audience
will then sing "Thc Star Spanglcd
Banner" led by Mrs. Dorothy Tor
rance Mcmillan. Rev. l.. p. War
ford will pronounce the invocation,
| followed by n solo by DR.. E. r. Two.
A selection will then be given by
a Ladies' quartet. Frank Grafton
will give vocal solo, followed by
the Gettysburg Address by Lester
Smith. A male quartet will then en-
terrain with an appropriate selection.
Rev. VIM. Elliot pastor of st. Bar
tholomew's Episcopal church Of this
city, will give the address of the
day and n very able address is as
sured. Rev. Elliot is a fcrccful
speaker and entirely capable of ad-
dressing and holding the attention
of such large audience as is ex-
pectcd on this occasion.
Then will follow the singing of
"Amcrica" by the audience. LED by
Mrs, Mcmillan. Bcncdiction will be
pronounced by Rev. Warford.