Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-07 | Page 1 | Mrs. Harding Arranges for Marion Services

Mrs. Harding Arranges For Marion Services ..... . Body Will Be Placed irt Re-, Re-, ceivinj Vault Until the J . Mausoleum Is Con- ; i . structed .--..- j VARION, O, Aug. 7 (By A. P Preildent Harding will not ba burled bealde hla .mother "and ala-tar ala-tar In tha afarkrn cemetery. Hla body, after the funaral aarvlcea here Krlday arternoou. will be placed In the receivln. vauit at I ina remtary and held lhaee finding find-ing the .raotloa. of a mauaoieum to receive It. This waa part of tha funeral ar-rnement. ar-rnement. agreed to by Mrs. Harding, widow of tha late preaident.' preai-dent.' aa communicated to Dr. (leorge T. Harding Jr.. tha presl-dent'a presl-dent'a brother, and Dr. Carl W. Bawyer, wh. boarded tha funeral train waat of Chicago yaeterday. which Dr. Hawyer la bringing back to the preatdent'a homa town thte morning. He left th. funeral train at Wlllard, O. Tie funeral plane approved by Mrt. Harding call for th utmost simplicity. The Rev. J. M. Landte. pastor of Trinity Baptist church, th 1st president's place of worship wor-ship when In Marlon, will conduct tha funeral eervlc. NO MILITARY DISPLAY. Among th tentative plans vetoed by Mrs. Hsrdlng waa for troop B. Ohio national guard cavalry, to act aa . an- honorary escort at the funeraL Th troop will attend the funeral, but will not act as escort. This wss said to he la compliance wlthMrs. Hard Ing' a i-equest that no military display he mad at the funeral services conducted by the late president's home In Ike. In order that Mr. Harding' hem folk and' frlenda of hfa native at at may have th privilege of a last look at their departed friend. Mr. Harding's plan call for tha i body to He tot stats at the home of his father from soon after Its a. Hval Thursday morning till or 1 o'clock that night and again for a few hours Friday forenoon. Hhe would not approve tentative plana frsee I laa twa-tar lias In mtmm mt tb. Marlon county courthouse. The funeral aervlee at tha Harding Hard-ing home will be conducted at I a. m. Friday. Complete detailed funeral plana, typewritten and approved ap-proved by Mra. Harding, will be placed In the banda of Attorney Hoke Donllhen. chairman of the general . committee en funeral ar-rangemeata. ar-rangemeata. by Iff. Carl W. Sawyer Saw-yer thla morning. . . . -SERVICES TO SB SIMPLE. Tba choir of Trinity Baptist church will . alng tha preatdent'a favorite hymn, at tha eervlce. The body will be borne In a hearaa from the funeral train to tha Harding Hard-ing home and. from the borne to the cemetery. Ho caisson will be uaed. It waa aald. Mra. Hardlng'a dealra ' being that all . military showing be held to the minimum.' The simple funaral waa aald ta have, been the law president', wtab. Mr.. Harding, too. It waa aald. feeia that after the etate funeral I eeremoalee at Waahlngton the nation na-tion baa rellnqulahed all claim to him aad that be one. again I. ber n us ban, giving asr in privilege to carry out bis and ber wishes. Mr. Harding vetoed tentative plana to have tb funeral cortege pass down Msl- street. - Kven the plans epp roved by Mrs. Harding are contingent upon th condition of the body on Its arrival from Washington. Th coffin. It wa said, hsd not bsen opened during th trip across the continent, con-tinent, and would not be until it reached Waahlngton.