Milford chronicle., 1932-06-03


assembled on Commerce street Sun
day morning and paraded to the M
= P. Church, where they paid homo
3 and respect to the heroes of pas
: wars. The Jr. o. U. A. M. was head
ed by their uniformed degree team
in charge of Capt. Fred c. Wilson
The Dover high school boys banC
led the parade. Past Department
Commander Earl Sylvester headed
the American Legion, marching di-
rectly behind the colors with the Le-
gions Honor Guest, G. A. r. vet
eran, Mark l.. Jester, 81 years of age.
to his right. Sergeant Lewis R. ely
mer commanded the World War Vet
Grams. Over one hundred were in
line and the church was we'll filled
with friends. Rev. r. w. Sapp. pas
tor of the church, delivered the Me-
mortal Day sermon, reading the les
son from the 9th chapter of He
brews. The text was, "This Day
Shall Be Unto You as a Memorial,
taken from the 18th chapter of Ex-
odus 14th verse. The opening hymn
was America. Two beautiful Sc
lections appropriate to the occasion
was sung by the choir. The band
rendered one selection during the
service. Rev. Sapp is opening his
remarks said it was a pleasure in
deed an honor to preach this Memo
rial Day sermon, the second during
his pastorate in this town. Citing
the case of the one life taken, the
son of nationally known hero three
months ago, Rev. Sapp said that ten
million offered their services during
the past war, many of them lost their
lives in defense of the country and
yet Congress DEGREES that this
butchery must go on when they pass
a bill of several millions of dollars
for more warships by a vote of two
to one. Rev. Sapp demanded to
know what the people were going
to do about it, Quoting from a re-
port of General Summerall' he said |
that 243,000 young citizens attended |
the Citizens Military Training Camps
and only some over 1000 received |
and that 40 per cent of
these later resign their commissions.
The cost of war is astounding from |
174 millions in 1913 to S35 millions in
1880 or nearly five fold increase
in the pensions to soldiers or their
One cent out of every
five cents the Federal government
collects is diverted to this fund, said
Rev. Sapp. Nineteen states have al
ready paid bonuses to their soldiers.
Continuing Rev. Sapp said, it seems
10 me this is day of recollection, a
lay of decoration and day of reso-
ution, closing with the words of a
great captain, Let us Have Peace.
Continuing a two day observance
If Memorial Day here the conclud-
ng services in honoring the war vet
'rans of this country took place at
hollywood cemetery Monday morn
ng. The services were somewhat
lelayed awaiting the arrival of the
music but started shortly after ten
iclock and closed at noon. Fully
wo thousand people were in attend {
nee. The program was as follows: |
The parade formed at the entrance
o the cemetery headed by the Dover ,
Ugh school band, colors, G. A. R., l
american Legion and Boy Scouts. I
'rof. J. c. Messner offered the invo- |
alton. Raising of flag by G. A. R. :
7eteran Mark L. Jester and Earl {
ylvester of the American Legion,
Iational Anthem by band. Placing |
f wreath at base of flag pole, Mark r
T. Jester. Honor salue by firing I
quad, taps by Prof. McFadden, band d
election; speech, "The Dead, by
Iiss Helen Deckter, Junior class of I
high school; speech, n
The Blue and the Gray" Miss Pau '
ne Cohen, also from the Junior t
lass of Harrington high. Band Sc F
,ction, Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
ress by William Smith. The prin- C
pal address of the day was made T
Y Rev. c. Helfenstein, pastor of Peo- fl
les Church, Dover, Del. DR.. Helfen- Z
ein made a stirring address and E
ED the attention of his audience s.
lroughout the entire time He is f
rand Chaplain of the Masonic Or r
9r of Delaware. Band selection, v
America. Benediction by Rev. Roy T
overs, pastor of the Nazarene Al
lurch. Rev. Bowers is a World n
ar veteran. nj
An unusually large congregation "
as in attendance at the M. E. ri
lurch Sunday evening when the "
sermon to the grad M
es was preached by Rev. E. H. ri
)llins, pastor of the church. All So
rvices were suspended at the M. P. m
lurch and Rev. R. w. Sapp assisted W
tn the services. The combined w
oirs of both churches sang two W
ecial numbers. About 7:45 p. m. re
e procession started down the cen II
r aisle of the church led by the
nisters. The school board follow w
, the Junior class in a column of sr
os, they paused and opened ranks M
Knitting the graduates to pass,
10 took front seats on the left in mi
2 auditorium. The Junior class m,
en- took seats on the right, the en- W,
e school faculty brought up the
lr and occupied seats behind the of
class. Rev. r. w. Sapp Er
lde the opening prayer and Supt. of
G. Messner gave the closing pray MI
after which Rev. Collins pro-
unced the benediction. In the w
sing remarks to the graduates, "T
V. Collins tried to get real close tb,
them when he said he had tried ex
be a big brother to all of them els
ring his nine years as minister We
re and then urged them all as lea
y went forth to their places in the Ro
rid to look to the great comman-
., Jesus Christ, for guidance. sio
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