The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1922-06-03
Memorial Day
Fitting|y Observed
Grand Army, Relief Corps
And American Legion
Have Parts in Program

ed IN COlVllle, as is une cuSlOnl, WIFI
a joint program by the G. A. r.,
the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ameri-
can Legion and the Woman's Aux
iliary. The program for the day in
cluded a parade and services at the
cemeteries in the morning, dinner at
the |. o. o. F. hall at noon, and ser
vices in the theater in the afternoon.
Attys. F. Leo Grinstead and Thomas
l. Oakshott gave short addresses,
Rev. J. M. Huggins delivered the in
vocation, and Mrs. Glen Crewse sang
at both the services.
Members of the G. A. r., the
American Legion and the Woman's
Relief Corps met at the |. 0. o. f.
hall in the morning and marched to
the court house. Here a parade was
organized, headed by the Colville
band. Those in line were the men,
bers of the G. A. r., the Woman's
Relief Corps, and the American Le-
gion. The parade left the court
house at 10:40 and went south to
Beach avenue, then west to Main,
north on Main to First avenue, and
west on First avenue to the Colville
Theater. From here the partici-
pants in the parade were taken by
car to the cemetery. Eleven members
Of the G. A. R., nine of the w. Il. c.
and twenty-five of the American Le-
gion marched in the parade.
At the Evergreen cemetery those
taking part in the parade gathered
around the monument erected by the
students of the Colyillc high school in
1911 in honor of Americas soldier
dead. Here Rev. j. M. Huggins led
in prayer. Thomas |. Oakshott then
delivered a eulogy on Americas
soldier dead in which he said: "They
have made a sacrifice, a priceless
sacrifice-it is for us alone, who can
do so, to make this day of national
reconsecration. We have a flag, a
wonderful flag, made up of the colors
red, white and blue. The white
stands for the honesty and the pur-
ity of those who fought for US; the
red represents the blood which they
spilled in defending this glorious ma
tion; the serene blue field and the
48 stars stand for the states which
are inseparably bound together The
whole flag, the blue, the red, and
the white, are fitting representative
of our young Americans who shall
forever preserve the honor and in
tegrity of this nation"
The roll of the 27 members of the
G. A. r. who have passed into the
great beyond was then read as fol-
lows: Samuel Chamberlain, William
Day, John A. Camp, Austin Prouty,
Frances Reeder, f. S. McCloud,
Henry Lafferty, Selah s. Street,
Francis Cole, Enoch Reynolds, Orse-
mus Moore, George o. Platt, Charles
C. Christman, p. J. Pond, Charles H.
jefferson, John U. Hofstetter, f.
Eckley, Orin Coates, Charles Weller,
Thomas c. Donel, Albert c. Queener,
John eagle, J. A. Martin, H. b.
Allen, Ain r. Hoskins, ]. Fl. For
tune, and Solomon A. Hockett.
Harry Smith read the roll of the
dead veterans of the World War:
Frank Starr, Elmer r. Connolly,
Warren Savage, Phillip Potter, FL
mer Worden, Richard Anderson, Mer-
lin Stolts, Charles Mantz, Ernest
Davis, Edgar Theobald Joseph
Christman, William Prindle and How
ard Burnett.
The calling of the roll was follow
ed by vocal selection by Mrs.
Crewse, entitled "Somebody Knows"
A firing squad composed of Abe
Denison, Glen Crewse, Lester Cohrs,
Lester Black, Bert Mottner, Milton
Kohlstedt, Clell Zerkle and Bernard
Rhea, and commanded by Paul Pri-
day, fired the three rounds of mill
tary salute. Albert Conner as
bugler closed the ceremonies.
At 1890 o'clock about 70 of those
taking part in the services gathered
at the I. o. o. F. hall, where they
were served dinner by the Woman's
Relief Corp and the Auxiliary of the
American Legion.
At 1:45 a crowd of over 300 gath
cred at the Colville Theater where
the following program was rendered:
Invocation, Rev. j. NJ. Huggins;
America, by the audience; flag drill,
by girls of the grade school; vocal
selection, Mrs. Crewse; address, Atty.
F. Leo Grinstead; The Star Spangled
Banner, sung by the audience.
Mr. Grinstead in his address re-
viewed some Of the things in the his
tory of our country which have made
It great, and gave unstinted praise