The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-05-31
Exercises are Held at Maple
Grove Cemetery Wednes-
day Morning
Flags are Presented to Families
of Two Men Killed in
Action

With flags, flowers and eulogies,
Bluffton honored the memory of her
soldier dead in Memorial day exer-
cises Wednesday. Observance of the
day in the fourth wartime year
brought an added significance with
the memory of those Bluffton youths
who have made the supreme sacrifice
on the farflung battlefronts of the
present conflict.
Flags flying thruout the business
and residence sections of the town
found their counterpart in various
cemeteries of the Bluffton district
where graves of veterans were decor
ated by Bluffton Legion post
Graves of veterans of the Civil
war, Spanish-American and two
World Wars each bore a designating
marker and flag and not forgotten
was the resting place of Hezakiah
Hubbell, Buttons only Revolution
airy war veteran buried in a small
plot on the Paul Andrews farm south
of Bluffton.
Business and industry were sus-
pended for the day but farmers, al
ready late with spring tillage and
corn planting took advantage of the
ideal weather to push ahead in get
ting out crops to add sinews to a
war still being waged.
MORNING PROGRAM
Formal exercises in observance of
the day were held in the morning
with ritualistic exercises in Maple
Grove cemetery followed by a pro-
gram in the high school auditorium.
Preceding services at the cemetery,
the Memorial day parade formed at
the town hall and marched to the
grave of Robert Klay, veteran of the
present war and the latest service
man to be buried here.
Leading the parade was the Bluff
ton high school band; followed color
guard, color bearers and members of
the Bluffton American Legion post,
the Legion Auxiliary and Boy Scouts
LEGION RITUAL
Ritualistic exercises at the grave
were conducted by Bluffton Legion
post in charge of Millen Geiger,
chaplain followed with three volley
salute by a rifle squad after which
taps were sounded.
The day was ideal for the occa-
sion as the bright rays of an early
summer sun filtered thru the green
foliage on the colorful assemblage of
the blue and khaki of service men
and the shimmering white uniforms
of Legion Auxiliary women.
The cemetery with its well kept
driveways and wide expanse of green
lawn dotted with fiower-decked graves
provided an admirable setting for the
occasion.
PROGRAM AT AUDITORIUM
Rev. Milton Fronsoe, pastor of the
Church of Christ was the speaker at
a program held in the high school
auditorium following exercises at the
cemetery.
In his address he made a plea for
worldwide realization of the four
reedoms-freedom of speech, free
dom from fear, freedom from want
and freedom of worship.
Following the address a flag was
presented to the high school by the
American Legion Auxiliary. Pre-
sentation was made by Mrs. Marie
Stonehill, chairman of the committee
on Americanism and Supt. Ralph S.
Lanham accepted in behalf of the
school
FLAGS TO BEREAvED FAMILIES
Memorial services were held for
1t. Gerald Triplehorn and Corp.
Wayne Daley, both killed in action
in the Pacific area. Obituary and
military record of 1t. Triplehorn was
read by Millen Geiger and that of
Corp. Daley by C. B. Fett.
In behalf of the Legion post, Ar
min Hauenstein presented flags to
the widow of 1t. Triplehorn and to
the parents of Corp. Daley.
Music was provided by the high
school band and vocal numbers by
Earl Matter and the Ebenezer Men
MONTE church quartet.