Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
WINTHROP
Memorial Day Is Fittingly OBJ
served - Appropriate Ex-
prciSoS

Memorial Day exercises were held
Friday afternoon, the line of march
being led by Dennis Band of Au-
gusta, and including the American
Legion, Relief Corps, school children,
and Grand Army and speakers in
autos. The line passed through
Main street to Maple cemetery where
prayer was offered by the Legion
chaplain. Rev. r. j. keenan,. pastor
of st. Francis church and chaplain
of Legion. The salute to the dead
was fired over the mound of the I'm
known by the Legion firing squad.
Taps were sounded, followed by the
decoration of soldiers graves. The
line then reformed, passed up Main
street, circled the tablet to World
War veterans. and stopped at the SOL
dier's monument where the children
of the primary grades placed bou-
quets and wreaths.
The exercises in Town hall were
opened by prayer by Rev. Angus
Lyons, pastor OF the East Winthrop
Baptist church and the following
fine program was given: Solo, Near
er My God to Thee" Mrs. Lillian
Small of Dexter; Flag drill, students
of the 9th and 7th grades, Lille K.
Andrews, teacher: reading, Miss ka-
Uterine Webb: song. Scatter the
Flowers" Ida Edwards; exercise.
soldiers and Red Cross maids, pupils
of grades 4 and 5. (Miss Alice Hew-
EFT, teacher; solo, Mrs. Small; ad-
dress. Rev. II. l.. Aldrich, pastor of
the Methodist church; America, aud
fence.
The exercises were very interest
Nm nd I,4 Hill H.,
the school children were especially
enjoyed. During the exercises by
the 9TH and 9TH grade pupils, music
was furnished by a Mandolin club,
including Barbara Howard, Paul
Holmes, Harrison Woodman, Ka-
Uterine Webb, and Jean Andrews, re-
Gently organized at the school, and
the young musicians played finely.
Mrs. Small, the soloist of the day,
has a fine contralto voice, and her
numbers were a delight. Her ac-
conlpaniist was Mrs. w. A. Whiting.
The address by Rev. H. +. Aldrich
was very interesting. He outlined
the days OF Memorial which our
nation observes. paid tribute to the
soldiers, while deploring the neces-
sity of war He quoted McCrae's In
Flanders Fields" making this beau
tiful poem text for q plea for high
idealism, that America may not fail
to keep faith" with her soldier
dead.
The after the War" drama, "Out
Of the Stiffness" presented by the
American Legion in the evening
brought out a crowded house and
was fully up to the standard set by
the Legion in producing fine plays.
"Out of the Stiffness" presents in an
unusual way the period Of readjust-
ment following the war and is a
dramatic treatment of the higher
day trend toward the psyshic. Marion
Deering triumphantly confirms the
faith in a spiritual nearness, which
Sheridan Blair has awakened in her
when her much loved brother, sacri-
feed in France, overcomes the dis
solving barrier between life and
the hereafter. Just as Cecile sees
past, present and future in a dra-
matte reading from her magic crys-
tai, so the old house witnesses
strange happenings and happy ro-
nance. The mysterious influence
follows the Adventures through
their clever schemes, forms the back
ground for the traditional ghost,
smiles upon Jerry, the supposed
highwayman as he lays seige to the
hayward heart of Eileen, knows John
Carey's secret and gives him hts
hearts desire, awakens the slumber-
ing ambition in the soul of Byrne |
Seymour. and upholds Jane in her
conflict between love and ambition.
Although unusual, the play il far
uom solemn and strikes q joyful