Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-11-14
IMPRESSIVE ARNIISTICE DAY
SERVICES WELL ATTENDED

| Never was an Armistice day ceIe-
bration here carried out more i'm
pressively, or with larger number
| in the parade than that of Monday
of this week. The fact that Com
pany M was to hold it's annual reun-
| ion brought back many who also at
! tended memorial services
The line of march was to the
Doughboy monument on the COM
mon, where the exercises wr held.
| Offord Richardson, American Legion
Adjutant, led, followed by men,
| bers of Wagon Company, Malconta
Post band, American Legion, Ladies
Auxiliary, members of Camp Nor
gan-approximately 200 of them,
and all the NJ e. NJ school pupils.
and teachers. o. A. Richardson had
charge Of the exercises which in
cluded the reading of the preamble
to the constitution of the American
Legion; silent prayer; and placing
of the wreath which contained
red poppy, in commemoration of
each World war soldier "gone
west" The roll was called by Atty
G. o. McGonagle.
AS has been the custom here ever
since Armistice day observation has
been held, Atty G.. o. McGonagle
delivered the address. Whether it
was the very large crowd assembled,
Or the general impressiveness of the
| occasion, or what, never did the
speaker do SO well, impressive as
his messages have always been on
these occasions. He spoke of the
names being added to the death
roll, and said that the wars of
America have been fought for prin-
ciples that were right, and it is up
to the present generation-and the
school pupils of today, and those to
come, to defend those principles
which the soldiers of our country
have fought and died for; and it is
the soldiers and~those who have de-
Tended the nation against war who
must strike at Is communism and
such other things as threaten our
country. Let us remember, he said.
the sacrifices of our soldiers; also
let us remember the problems of
America today, that are to be soly-
ed
The exercises which lasted but
half hour concluded with firing of
salute by Wagon Company, sound
Of the National anthem, and the
benediction by Rev. Russell Hoy.
Since last Armistice day three
have answered the last roll call.
They were Hugh Eveland, Ivan
Benjamin and DR.. C. NJ Stull.
The roll included Harold An
derson, II. o. Ball, Leonard Buchan-
an, Jesse Coler, Leonard Calendine,
Herschel Dingey, Cecil Drake, Law
renee Fox, Johnny Gheen, Vernette
Griest, Clarence r. Gardner, Homer
Grandstaff, Chas. Hale, Raymond
Hogsett, Clark HI emery, Amos
Hughes, Byron Hook, Lieut.. H. w.
Johnson, Albert Jauchius, Harvey
John, Leonard Leggett, Frank Lin
dimore, John T. Morrow, Chas. Mil
| Ter, Ora Morris, Leonard Maybe, Err
nest Maxwell, Roscoe H. Mcdonald,
John McAnulty, Dewey Patterson,
Delmar Pennell, Albert M. Parsons,
Milford Penrod, Lyle D. Ray, Ches-
ter Richardson, Lyle Rowland, Mes
tor Steffy, Russell Chadwick, Harry
Shipley, Roy Savage, Delmar Settle.
Chalmer Strahl, Albert J. Thomp-
son, Ernest Welch, Clair Welch,
Oscar E. Woodward, Josiah w. Hill.
Carlos Riley, Perley Porter, Alva
Porter, James Klinefelter, Frank
Cramblitt, Mark Martin, Kenneth
Robinson, Howard Daley, Earl Rob-
erts, Theo. Bauer, Jerrold Kennedy,
v. S. Sherlock, Homer and Bryant
Hook, W. P. eastman, Lyle Ken
nedy, Walter Sheetz, Hugh Eveland,
Ivan Benjamin and DR.. c. M Stull