Evening star., 1938-05-29
CITIES NEARD.C c.
ANMEM0R|ALS
Rites Tomorrow Include
dwelling of Statue in
Mount Rainier.

UnVelllny OF Stdtue III
Mount Rainier.
Maryland and Virginia residents
will pause tomorrow to pay tribute
to their dead at Memorial Day serv-
ices to be held in virtually every sec
ton Of both States.
Only the weather man looms as an
obstacle for rain may hamper parades
and poppy sales, which occupy promi-
nent places on the programs.
In Prince Georges County veterans
will parade from Mount Rainier to
Bladensburg, where services are to be
held at the Peace Cross. while me-
mortal to deceased citizens who dis
tinguished themselves in community
service will be dedicated at Mount
Rainier
Rites in Montgomery County in
clude a field mass in honor OF all
the dead in the historic cemetery of
st. Johns Parish. at Forest Glen,
and the decoration of war veterans
graves by Montgomery County vet
erans' posts.
Flanagan to Speak.
Arlington Post, American Legion,
and its auxiliary will hold exercises
at the American Legion Monument
in Clarendon at II am, with Repre-
sentative John w. Flanagan of Vir-
ginia as the principal speaker.
Services in the National Cemetery
on Antietam Battlefield, at Sharps-
burg, Md, will feature addresses by
United States Senators George L..
Radcliffe of Maryland and Rush Holt
of West Virginia. Senator Millard E.
Tydings of Maryland has been in
vited to speak at Taneytown.
Mayor Howard w. Jackson Of Bal
timore. candidate for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination, will speak
at services at Edgewood, Md An
nual services also are planned at
Annapolis, Cumberland and other
cities throughout the State.
The parade in Prince Georges
County will begin at 10 am. at Rhode
Island and Eastern avenues and
proceed through Mount Rainier by
way Of Rhode Island avenue, then
over Barney street to the Washington
Baltimore boulevard and on to the
Peace Cross for the services.
Many Units in Parade.
In the march will be seven Ameri-
can Legion and three Veterans of
Foreign Wars posts, four bands, OFF,
cials. police. volunteer firemen, Ma
tional Guardsmen and other units.
James B. Fitzgerald of Chevy Chase.
vice commander for the Southern
Maryland district of the Legion, will
be the principal speaker
The Rev. Jerome D. Sebastian,
pastor of ST Elizabeth's Church.
Baltimore, will preach at the fell
mass at Forest Glen, which is sched-
uled for II o'clock. The celebrant is
to be Father Urban. The Rev. Joseph
Kennedy, pastor of st. Johns Church,
and the Rev. Charles o. Rosensteel,
pastor emeritus, will assist.
The unveiling Of the memorial at
Mount Rainier will be at 9:l5
Charles H. Haskins, a member of
the committee which supervised the
erection of the memorial. is to deliver
the presentation address. An &C.
ceptance speech will be made by
Mayor Norman A. Pruitt.
The memorial. 6-foot granite shaft
bearing a bronze plaque. is located in
the park at the intersection Of Rhode
Island avenue. Perry and Thirty
fourth streets. Its erection was pro-
posed by Councilman John T. Duever
a year ago.
For the ceremonies tomorrow only
the names of the towns three deceased
former mayors, William H. Vanneman,
Fred E. Weber and William E. Rider,
will appear on the bronze plaque.
Other names will be added later.
During the ceremonies the Charles
F. Huntemann Post, American Legion
of Mount Rainier. will form an honor
guard around the monument, giving
way during the latter portion of the
program to the local fire department.,
which will place a wreath at the base
of the stone in honor of Mr.. Vanne-
mann.
The memorial will be unveiled by
the widows of the three deceased for
mer Mayors, Mrs. Mary S. vanne-
mann, Mrs. Dora M. Weber and Mrs.
Olive s. Rider.
Clarendon Program.
The program at Clarendon will in
clude the reading Of In Flanders
Fields" by Mrs. Anne Knight; invoca-
ton by the Rev. Perry M Mitchell Of
the Clarendon Baptist Church and
benediction by Father K. M. Rizer
of St. Charles Church.
A small Navy boat will put out into
the Chesapeake Bay tomorrow to toss
into the water poppy anchor made
by Miss Moina Michael, Atlanta, Ca,
in memory Of men lost at sea. Miss
Michael began the practice shortly
after the World War.
A memorial shaft at Oakland will be
dedicated by the Knights Of Pythiss
with Legion service also planned.
Legion posts from Westminster,
Frederick, Gaithersburg. Taneytown,
Emmitsburg and Union Bridge will
join in a parade at Thurmont, Md.
Thousands of persons are expected
to view parade at Richmond tomor-
row afternoon, where most business
houses and factories will be closed.
Gov. Price and his official staff, Ma
tional Guard units, John Marshall
and Benedictine Cadet Corps, Legion
posts and auxiliaries, Boy Scouts,
Confederate veterans and numerous
other organizations will be in the
line of march.
Judge Philip Williams will deliver
the principal address in the National
Cemetery at Winchester with Comdr.
Harry +. Cook Of sh-American
War Veterans serving - master Of
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