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Show "For them, dear lone ones, do not grieve! they now make heavenly heav-enly skies more bright; by day they walk in God's warm smile, their cradle is his heart,, by night. Purpose of Chapel The Meditation Chapel provides provid-es a means whereby those who make use of it have an opportunity opportu-nity for self-inventory and introspection. intro-spection. If a man be of a deeply religious relig-ious nature, the quiet chapel with its subdued lighting through stained glass windows offers a haven, where in solitude he may read the lines of "Immortality and find further confirmation of the certainty of a reunion with those he has loved and lost in this world. .... - , To those who disclaim a formal religion the chapel should serve as a sanctuary. It is devoid I of religious re-ligious symbolism, embellihea I by neither star of David nor cross of Christ, as it is intended for ' use by all who feel the need tor , self appraisal and meditation. And in this atmosphere even the godless may be brought closer to i God, and the bewildered one may find that for which TT" ed so wistfully h heh It is with no though, of religion in ts Xa donors are erectineth? but rather in the people of all rei?.?wl without a formaf Si1 represented in the ig on the American wav that all typo5 sacrifice in defense of m? It is the hope of th '1' this chapel wm bet t pie of every race and i l creed, and that its S1 some measure of dp1 ay fort and undcrBg to those who lost a Eved01 the war, but t0 an '7ed o dened or in sorrow t wildered. w 0r to Escorts To Dedication in many communitiM groups, such as Veto.'; g?n Wars, AmeriS? f DAV. etc. Pnd their Zri ilianes and patriot "J" will form escorts for Mothers and other no? from their communities V Lake City for the dedi caf ercises. u-u'cau Utah born men in the armed services ser-vices who gave their lives in World War II. In particular and especially it will be a memorial to such of ! h, se men as were born . in Utah and have no known marked gra q, in the case of sailors anu vfators lost at sea, whose bodies were not recovered. Lt. Beason was killed April 15, 1944 when his fighter plane crashed crash-ed into the sea off the coast of, Italy, and his body was not re covered. Other Utah men, likewise, like-wise, have no known graves and the memorial will provide toktn graves for such cases. On terraces set at an angle to the Meditat.on Chapel will be uniform, individual individ-ual granite markers, carrying the name, dates of birth and death and branch of service of sucn Utah men, whose survivors desire de-sire a token resting place for them as a part of the memorial. More than one hundred Utah-born Utah-born soldiers, sailors, murines and air corps men have no known graves, and provision is being made for memorial markers for all. Markers will be supplied without cost by the donors ot the memorial. Necessary Qualifications To qualify, the lost one must have been born in Utah, but need not have entered the armed services ser-vices from this state. Those born in other states, even though they entered service from Utah, are not eligible. Mrs. J. Roy Wilson, president of the Salt Lake chapter of American Am-erican Gold Star Mothers, Inc., whose address is 639 Ramona A v. Salt Lake City, is receiving applications ap-plications for markers and will furnish a questionnaire form to those who apply. Among the markers is a settee facing a bronze scroll where is inscribed: "Beneath the waves of distant seas, and on foreign soil not marked as grave or tomb, your mortal bodies lie; but your spirits are returned and enshrined enshrin-ed in your heart's home in this fair land. ' "Tranquil be your sleep and sweet and fair your dreams, our cherished sons come home . . . to rest. MEDITATION CHAPEL TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY. JULY 25 The Meditation Chapel in Memory park in Salt Lake City will be dedicated at 10 a.m. on July 25, and is a gift to the city of Salt Lake and the people of Utah as a memorial to Lt. Ross ; Reason Jr.. and to those other I |
