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Show SACRIFICES OF DEAD ARE COMMEMORATED MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD AT MILFORD AND MINERSVILLE Memorial Day was fittingly observed observ-ed Wednesday when graves were decorated and services held at both the Milford and Minersville cemeteries. cemeter-ies. Following a short program of band music by the U. P. band under the direction of C. A. Bailey, the march to the Milford cemetery was made. The national emblem was carried by Ted Kronholm, flanked by a color-guard color-guard of two sailors. A firing squad under the command of J. M. Hughes followed, with ex-service men of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars next in line. The flag of Milford Post, American Legion was carried at the rear of the march, and the procession of automobiles completed the parade. The ladies of the Service Star Legion had previously previ-ously made the trip by auto to the cemetery, where the locations of the graves to be decorated were ascertained. ascer-tained. The program at the Milford cemetery ceme-tery was as follows: . 'America' The Band. Invocation Patriarch Edwards. Star And Stripes Forever The Band. The Star Spangled Banner The Band. Address Leonard Bowen. Memorial services at graves by members of the Service Star Legion, conducted by Mi's. A. J. Atkin. Decoration of graves of ex-soldiers by American Legion. Rifle salute by firing squad. Taps. The members of the band and of the American Legion and the ladies then drove to Minersville, where Memorial Mem-orial Day services were conducted. A -short program' was given at the cemetery, which consisted of the invocation, in-vocation, pronounced by J. L. Dotson; vocal solo with piano accompaniment, 'Face to Face,' by Alvin Baker; address ad-dress by L. R. Bowen; music by band; honors by firing squad, and taps. The decorating of the graves was then carried out and the day's program pro-gram completed at about noon. Milford business houses were closed all (fay in observance of the events. |