The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-26
PATRIOTIC
PROGRAM ARRANGED
FOR MEMORIAL DAY
Many Business Houses Viii
Close as City Pays Tribute
to War Dead

Bismarck will honor the memory Of
It's war dead next Monday with a Me.
mortal Day parade and patriotic pro-
gram in the forenoon.
Many residents will spend she after.
noon in recreation. at picnics or par
ticipating in sports. The Forty and
Eight dance at the Dome pavilion in
the evening will bring the days pro-
gram to close.
Many Bismarck business houses will
remain closed all day. according to a
poll taken by the Bismarck Mandan
Credit Bureau, which has not yet been
completed.
The parade, In which more than a
score OF organizations will participate,
will begin moving at 10 a. M, with
Colonel G. F. Mudgett as marshall
and Lieutenant G. w. Cass as his
aide.
Organizations in the line of march
will assemble at three different places,
according to p. c. Harrington, who is
in charge of both the parade and pa
triotic program as representative of
the Gilbert N. Nelson post of the We
terans Of Foreign Wars.
Band to Lead Parade
The first section, to be led by Lieut..
Col. George w. Harris and his aides,
will form on Second ST.. facing south,
with the head of the column at
Broadway avenue. In this section
will be the high school band, the third
battalion of the Fourth Infantry, and
Company A of the National Guard.
Major A. G. Young and Captain H..
A. Brocopp will head the second Sec
ton. which will form on Second ST..
facing south. with the head of the
column at Thayer avenue. In this
group will be the American Legion
drum and bugle corps, American Le-
gion, Red Cross nurses, American Le-
gion Auxiliary. War Mothers in autos
and Women's Relief Corps in autos.
In the third section will be the
Quartermasters Detachment Of the
National Guard with its drum and
bugle corps. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Salvation Army, Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts, girls from U. s. Indian school;
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton in autos. and members of lodges
and service clubs. This group, head
ed by Captain E. G. Wanner and j. l..
Kelley, will form on Thayer avenue
facing west, with the head Of the COL
umn at Second st.
Assistant Attorney General Harold
D. Shaft will give the address of the
day during the program at the city
auditorium following the parade. This
program will begin about II o'clock,
according to Harrington.
MCrcady To Preside
II. @. McCready. commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars post, will
preside at the program and Henry
Halverson will be song leader. The
program will open with the audience
singing America" Rev. Floyd E.
Logee. pastor Of the Presbyterian
will deliver the invocation.
This will be followed by 80 seconds Of
silent tribute and Shafts address.
The audience will sing "star
Spangled Banner" and Rev. Logee will
ask the benediction. Miss Madge
Runey will play the piano accompani-
ments for the songs.
The Memorial Day program will be
opened at Z a. m. when q fir
Ing squad, under command Of Cap
tain H. A. Brocopp. will visit st.
Mary's and Fairview cemeteries. The
squad also will visit the Memorial We
hicular bridge over the Missouri river. |
Proceeds from the Forty and Eight !
dance Monday evening. viii be used
TO purchase new equipment for the
Bismarck American Legion drum and
bugle corps