| Show parents attend last rites for arthur rogers mr and mrs john D rogers and mr and mrs thomas jones attended the graveside services for arthur rogers and his two buddies who were killed in an airplane accident at the close of the war in the mountains of india the burial took place at a aeme bort iby axy built in the place where ort mcpherson used to be it still is surrounded b by y the large brick walls made in the early days it is located a short distance from north platte neb most of the early graves in the were for people vho aho were killed by the indians in the early days it also contains a great many graves of unknown soldiers who were burled buried during the first world war A great many of the burials that are being made there are for groups such as the one arthur belonged to where it is impossible to know for rc ertain if they are taking the right boy bay home to his parents however they are buried in separate caskets and given every honor that I 1 it is possible for the army to give the service tor for arthur and his friends was held at 1000 am on the of august services for six boys were held at 10 0 o clock and for a group of seven at 11 it is a very busy busy the religions of the three boys were catholic and presbyterian presby by terian and the services were conducted by a priest and a protestant minister they were short and were concluded by the firing squad and the play ing of taps one of the boys whose name was freeda lived I 1 near chicago and the other one named finley came from missouri I 1 the relatives of all three of the boys were there and became acquainted quain ted with one another |
