Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-31
PARADE +,
At WOODBRIDGE
Memorial Day Most Fittlngly
Observed in Township
Recorder PickerSgill is
Speaker
WOODBRIDGE, May 31-Mem

WOODBRIDGE, May 31-Memo-Y
rial Day was fittingly observed III
town yesterday. Through the efforts
of the American Legion, under the
Craftsmanship of Barron McNulty,
the plans for the day were per-
fected.
The parade in the morning as is
| customary, started from the Fire
House in School street headed by
Chief Murphy in the township po-
lice car. Twelve of the police force
in their new summer uniforms pre-
scented a most imposing appearance
as they marched at the head of thE
line which included Mrs. K. ID.
B%oynton's car, suitable decorated, in>
which Captain John Lewis rode in
state, as the only G. A. R. man living.
in town able to participate in thdG
exercises of the day, Gomrade AshS
mead being too Ill to leave his
home. Other cars followed bearing
the clergy and township officials.
The members of Fire Company No.
/, under Chief Peter a Greiner, Jr.,
the American Legion, headed by
Commander August Greiner, the
Sons of Veterans, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts of Fords in their fine new uni
forms, headed by their scout lead
err, Miss Viola E. Ernst, made a fine
appearance and the school children,
under supervising principal J.. h.
Love, accompanied by "Kilo," a real
over the seas hero" Voss' band Of
Newark furnished the music. The
grandstand was erected in the Pres
| byterian church yard and the $50
vices were held there. (
The invocation was given by Rev.
A. S. Dezendorf, pastor of the Meth
| odist church.
The male chorus then led in the
singing of THE Star Spangled Ban
ner."
Howard Greenhalgh, OF the eighth
| grade Barron Avenue school, then
gave "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
in a most commendable
Then followed a song by the male
chorus.
The grafton of the day was given
by Hon. II. e. Pickersgill Of Perth
Amboy. Mr.. Pickersgill spoke of the
origin of Memorial Day after the
close of the Civil War and paid just
tribute to the memory of the late
Mrs. John Logan with whom the
idea originated. Mr.. Pickersgill spoke
of Woodbridge as an old historic
spot and of the descendants of all oil
the of the country from the
Colonial, Revolutionary. War of
1912, the Civil War, the Spanish
American, and the World War, living
in the town and of those sons of
Woodbridge who gave their lives in
the various struggles.
Mr.. Pickersgill paid a beautiful
tribute to those particularly of the
War between the States" and of the
World War. Our duty to those who
came back being sometimes too
easily forgotten, he urged that the
quotation Lest we forget" shoulS.
not be in vain or spoken lightly. Thu
quiet peace of the churchyard i'm
pressed Mr.. Pickersgill as did the
reverent attitude of those present
and he said that he trusted 1t would
be a real day of memory. +,
The firing of the salute over the
! grave of Commander John NJ. Sutton
by the Sons Of Veterans caused many
to pause as a mark of respect to
always present at the memorial SER
vices and ever mindful of His COM
rades and of those of the more re-
| cent conflicts.
A salute was also fred over TIE
memorial tree planted by the Won.-
ans Club in the grounds OIL the Bar
ron Library for the township boys
who fell "over there The singing
of America" and the benediction
Rev. E. H. Vogt of Trinity church
completed the service.
The counter-march to the fire.
house was down Railway monument
and around the Soldiers e Sailors
monument, the little park at the
base of which has been greatly beay-
titled with ornamental plants.
Luncheon was served at the fire.
house and at 2 o'clock Voss' Band
gave a concert in front of the high
school.