San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-08
SAN ANT0N|ANS
WILL OBSERVE
MOURNING DAY
Protestants Of City to Hold
United Services at
1880 Friday. -,
STORES PLAN TO CLOSE
Street Cars Will Stop for
Five Minutes on Day Of
Harding Funeral.

Plans for holding united memorial
service at 8 80 Friday afternoon in
the Travis Park Methodist Church in
memory of the late President Hard
ing, were formulated and adopted
"Wednesday morning at meeting of
the Pastors Alliance. held in the
Travis Park Methodist Church at IL
o'clock. DIR. Casper s. Wright and
Reverends W. w. Lee and Harry c.
Leonard were appointed rs members
of the committee 10 I"epare the ser
vice.
DIR. Wright was the first spokes-
man. paying great tribute TO the late
President. particularly emphasizing the
good work done by him as a church
man in addition TO that done as the
nations chief executive.
In view of the great work of our
beloved President and his activities rs
churchman, / think it appropriate
that the Protestant churches of San
Antonio hold a special service in adj
| dition to that to be held on the plaza
at o'clock Friday afternoon" he
said.
Endorse Mayors Proclamation.
| Following a discussion, in which
all present participated, it was decid-
/ ed that the united program be held
| at the Travis Park Methodist Church
| ut 3 80 Friday afternoon. Rev. Harry
C. Leonard and Rev. J. h. Berry made
the announcement that special memo
rial services had been held in their
church last Sunday. but that their
congregations would participate in the
united services Friday.
| A resolution heartily in sympathy
with Mayor Tobin's proclamation pro
claiming the memorial services at 8
o'clock Friday and stating that the
cooperation of the Protestant churches
! of San Antonio is assured. was drawn
up and adopted by the alliance in or
der that the city civic organizations
sponsoring the downtown services FRI
day afternoon might know that the al-
4 lance is not in any way attempting
TO overshadow the main service.
The meeting was called to order by
Rev. W. W. Lee, president of the
alliance. Rev. ". V. Lilies offered
the prayer and Rev. Mr.. Berry was
instructed to act rs secretary in the
absence of the associations secretary.
| Those present Mt the meeting were
tH9. Casper ). Wright and Reverends
&c. f. Cogswell, Y. V. Lilies. J. h.
Beery. Fl. C. Leonard. Rhody, Patrick
Henry and Chaplain j. Stuart
Pearce.
| "In memory OF the late President
the management of the St. Anthony
Hotel will close the Egyptian Roof
Garden Friday evening"" said Roland
Burge. manager of the hotel, Wednes-
| day morning. He declared that the
hotel management is heartily cooper
ating with Mayor Tobn and other
tcivic organizations in honoring the
memory of the nations dead chief
executive.
~ Stores TO Close at 5 p. m.
| Following conference of the Off
GERS of the San Antonio Retail Mer-
chants Association, held Tuesday az
ternoon, it was decided to request all
members of the association 10 close
| their business establishments at
o'clock Friday in memory of the late
President and TO enable their employees
to participate in the united memorial
services 10 be held on Alamo plaza al
5 o'clock, according TO announcement
| by Adolf Grasso. secretary OF the as
ISOLATION. Mr.. Grasso stated that he
had talked with most of the mana
gers and proprietors of stores in thu
city and that all were heartily i'll CO.
operation with the efforts of Mayor
Tobin in observing the memory of the
late President Harding.
All Lyle theaters. including the
Empire, Princess. Royal and Rivoli
will be closed until D O'Clock Friday in
memory of the late President, accord
ing TO W. j. Lytle, owner.
After o'clock Friday afternoon. no
business be transacted at the San
Antonio Public Service Company ex-
cept in cases Of'emergency. according
to, f. ii. Kifer, vice president and
general manager of the company. The
downtown office will close its doors
at l o'clock and the employees expect
TO participate in the memorial services
az J5o'clock. Street cars all over the
city will come To standstill promptly
at ) o'clock Friday afternoon and re-
main so for five minutes, after which
| they will resume their courses. Cars
on the Burnet street line and tbs
| Southern Pacific line will be re-rout-
! ed from TO 6 O'Clock so as not to
interfere with the memorial services or
| Alamo plaza.
To Hold Memorial Service.
| Special memorial services for the
late President Harding will. be held
at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the
Grace Lutheran Church. The pro-
gram follows:
| Professional NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
softly Now the Light of Day"
The Proclamation of President
Coolidge.
Song LEAD. Kindly Light
Congregation.
Scripture Lesson.
Anthem. Just as 1 Am. -. .AshforS
Mrs. Treuter. Mrs. Kruger end
Grace Choir.
Our Nation at Its Chieftain's Bier
Rev. Paul F. Helm.
! Soprano solo
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears
..s.....-....... Harker
Mrs. Treuter.
Song. d. Nearer NY God 70 Thee
Congregation.
| Benediction.
Recessional 80. abide With Me-
The Anchor Lodge No. 424, A, i.
and A. NJ, will open at 10 o'clock
Friday morning and remain open all