Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10
Women's Organizations and
Congressional Club Plan
Ceremony.
SERVICE TO BE AT TOMB
OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Carnations Sold to Aid Disabled
Veterans as D. G. Awaits
Mothers Day Tomorrow.

Mothers day will be observed in the
District tomorrow with ceremonies, at
2 o'clock, at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, under auspices of the American
War Mothers and the Congressional
Club.
Throughout the city, carnations were
being sold today for the benefit of dis
abled veterans.
The ceremonies at the Unknown Sol
dier's Tomb will be participated in by
high Government officials and ranking
officers of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard.
Greetings for the Gold, Silver and
Blue Star Mothers will be delivered by
Mrs. Virgil Mcclure of Lexington, KY,
national president of the American
War Mothers Mrs. Porter II. Dale of
Vermont, president of the Congressional
Club, will deliver greetings from the
Congressional Club.
Acting Secretary of War F. Trubee
Dawson will make the address, and
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries U. S. A., will
pay a tribute to motherhood. The
music will be furnished by the United
States Army Band. Secretary of War
Hurley has been prevented by illness
from speaking.
VIII Sing Mrs. CooIidge's Song.
Representative Woodrum of Virginia
will sing 1.-THE Unknown Soldier"
by O'Hara and Johnston. Mrs. Cert
rude Lyons, a member of the District
Chapter of the American War Mothers,
will sing 1.-The Open Door," written
by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge after the death
of her son, Calvin, jr.
The Capital City Choristers will give
selections from pilgrims of Destiny"
There will also be a cornet solo by
Thomas F. Darcy, second leader of the
Army Band. The invocation will be
given by Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of
chaplains, U. S. A., and the benediction
will be pronounced by Capt. Sidney Key
Evans, u. S. N.
An aisle of honor will be formed by
Gold Star American War Mothers, car
rying garlands of laurel and white car
nations, through which will pass the
representatives of patriotic and frater-
nal organizations as they march from
the Amphitheater to place flowers on
the tomb. Mrs. N. N. Mock, national
Gold Star chairman, and Mrs. Luch
Cash of the District Chapter OF the
War Mothers, will lead.
TAPS" to Be Sounded.
"Taps" will be sounded by Staff Sergt.
Frank Witchey, who sounded TAPS" at
the burial of the Unknown Soldier No
venber IL, 1921.
The committee on arrangements in
cludes Mrs. Mcclure. Mrs. Martha G.
O'Neill, American War Mothers; Mrs.
Mock, Mrs. w. w. Morrison, president
of the District Chapter, American War
Mothers: Mrs. Dale, Representative
Katherine Langley, Mrs. Daniel Reed,
Mrs. John G. Schafer, Mrs. Lucia r.
Maxwell, Gen. Charles P. Summerall,
Admiral Charles F. Hughes, Maj. Gen.
Wendell G. Neville, Rear Admiral F. G.
Billiard, Rear Admiral r. E. CoontZ,
Mai. Gen. Fries, Mai. Gen. John L. De
Witt, Col. w. r. Gibson, Lieut. Col.
Charles G. Mortimer, Mai. John t.
Harris, Col. Yates, Capt. Evans, Capt.
Morris S. Daniel, jr.. and George M.
Ross.
Among the representatives of the
organizations who will pass through the
aisle of honor are Mrs. Dale, Mrs. Nc
Clure and Mrs. F. M Merritt, the East
ern Star; Mrs. w. T. LaVarre, Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Pedro
Cato Rodriguez, Daughters of Colonists;
Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, United Daugh-
tiers of Confederacy; Mrs. Media A.
Bergren, Ladies of the G.. A. r.; Mrs.
Charles B. Donch, District Chapter,
American War Mothers Comdr. B. M.
Rossel, American Legion, and H. Bach
enheimer, the National Eagles.
The exercises begin promptly at 2
o'clock.
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