The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
MEMORIAL DAY
WELL OBSERVED.
PEOPLE JOIN LEGION AND
AUXILIARY IN HONOR
ING DEAD.

The Memorial Day services FRI
day were the most elaborate observ-
ances ever prepared here. The pub
lie was on hand for both the ritual
ceremonies at the cemetery in the
morning and Tn ram at the
Washington auditorium in the even
ing.
At $50 the members of the two
organizations and others assembled
at the Community Center and form
ed a parade to the cemetery. Led
by the colors borne aloft by the
uniformed color bearers and the
color guards, followed by the men,
bers of Frank Lozar Post of the
American Legion and Legion Aux
Hilary also carrying the colors and
Auxiliary banner. The procession
marched up the principal streets to
the Pioneer school where cars were
at hand to convey the marchers to
the cemetery. Hundreds of people
had proceeded the procession to the
cemetery and upon arrival of the
Legion and Auxiliary all repaired
to the eminence overlooking the city
of the dead where Commander Han
son read a prayer, the firing squad
saluted the dead with the three vol
leys and the bugler blew taps.
After a thirty second silent tribute
TO the dead, the crowd dispersed
and while the larger part of the con-
course returned to the city, many
remained to decorate graves of
loved ones and pay their respects
to the departed.
In the evening at 7:30 a parade
L.
ter for a march to the Auditorium
where program was given. The
parade was the best Memorial Day
parade ever had in Ely. Following
the colors and color bearers was the
Community Band and members of
the Frank LoZar Post, many of
them in uniform, the Legion Auxil-
larry with their colors, the Girl
Scouts and Boy Scouts in uniform,
school children in charge of their
teachers, members of the Odd Fell
lows, Rebekahs, S. F. of A., Masons
and other lodges. An honored place
in the parade was given James
O'NeiIl, civil war veteran and vet
Grams of the Spanish-American war.
Mr.. O'NeiH also occupied an hon
ored position on the stage at the
Auditorium.
At the Auditorium the program
was opened with the singing of two
stanzas of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" after which Rev.H. R. Browne
invoked the blessings of the diety
on the proceedings. Mrs. M. Slant
sang There is no Death" and Hon.
o. P. B. Jacobson gave masterful
address on the significance of Mem
orial Day. While Mr.. Jacobson is
not classed as an orator of iowery
platitudes and rhetorical master
pieces, his talk was one of the best
it has ever been our pleasure to lis
ten to and was filed TO the last
word with understandable wisdom
and patriotism. Love for our coun-
try predominated his words and he
deplored the tendency of some to
make light of the boon of American
citizenship. He cited many instances
to prove his contention that citizen
ship should be a proud possession
and closed with a word picture of
motherly love and devotion to the
returned soldier boy and the forti-
tude and love of the bereaved
mother for those who failed to re-
turn.
Miss Hazel Campbell sang "The
Flag Without a Stain" and the
Viesti Choir rendered "Your Flag
and NY Flag. The audience rend-
cred silent tribute by facing the |
east for thirty seconds. Two stan
zas of America closed the evenings |
program.
The Auditorium was filed and
many were the expressions of sat
isfaction heard over the excellence
of the program. It was also the
eoncensus of opinion that all efforts