Show Old Home Folk And Arni Apple Pie Greet Pershing Ho 1 John Is Word of Welcome to Hero By fly Associated Press LACLEDE Mo Dec 23 Warren Warren Pershing 10 years old will sit down downto to dinner dinner early today in the old dining room where daddy used to eat his and Thanksgiving turk turkey y way ack yonder in the days when d dad d was wasY Warrens Warren's age and ordinary folks could afford turkey Along with War War- ren ten b me a dinner win will be dad General dad daj General John g y know know- rand and Aunt Aunt May May- Pershing and the governor of Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- Missouri and Mayor Allen of Laclede on whose grocery wagon dad used to hook rides and a few more folks Most of ot them will be folks who knew the general when he was Warrens Warren's age and when full fun justice has been done to the turkey and fixin's and pie General General General Gen Gen- eral Pershing will step out on the porch of the old house where he used to live and address a few remarks to the Linn county neighbors who are to gather in the yards Everybody at the dinner except General General General Gen Gen- i eral Pershing can eat as much as h he plea pleases es but the general must save room for tor the fried tried apple pie that Aunt Susan Hewitt 78 years old has baked for him The visit to Aunt Susan who used to bake pies for John J J. J PershIng Pershing Per Per- Pershing shing long before anybody ever dreamed he would be a general is an Important part of the homecoming celebration celebration cele- cele bration of the commander command r in chief of ot the American expeditionary forces PLANS DIFFERENT Laclede has planned a different sort of day from any the general has spent for many years It will be a day of ot shaking hands with neighbors and howdy Johnson and John I had a aboy aboy aboy boy over yonder you didn't happen Lorun to Lo torun torun run across him did you Where Laclede will put the visitor nobody knows probably In Brookfield and LInneus and other nearby towns I But that Is a matter that doesn't trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble Laclede For Johnny Pershing is coming home he gets in fn on the noon train from St. St Louis and the railroad even railroads have havo hearts it seems has promised to leave ort oft the express 6 today so 50 that General Pershing sure to get home in time for dinner And for tor eight hours Black mack Jack will to the modest town gave him birth MEDAL PLANNED TOO TOO This is Laclede's historic historic day for tor years they will tell stor stories s of ot Johnny PershIng's homecoming and what he said at dinner and point out the place right theres there's where he stood when the governor pinned that gold medal on him that the state s ate gave him That I ceremony is t occur after atter dinner where the crowd owe on the lawn can see It tt At din r a n silver sliver loving cup bought b by old J fiends lends of the general will be given n Jum rm A 30 there will be a reception at atthe lh the city hall where everybody who can cant canH H t in will have a chance to shake shako the hand and then there Is that scheduled visit to Aunt Susan Hewitt Hevitt for Aunt Susan Is bedridden now and cannot come to the celebration She has announced that she wants a a. few minutes' minutes real visit with Johnny and anda a chance to watch his face when he sees that fried tried dried apple pie LOVED WAR STORIES lie He used to pester her to death for Just such pies when Aunt Susans Susan's husband husband husband hus hus- husI I band u used ed to run the tavern ta It was wasi i hard to tt tell which John Pershing liked best Aunt Susan says those dried apple apple apple ap ap- pies or Captain Jacob Hewitt's Hewitts stories of or the Civil war Laclede Is sure suro those yarns had something to do with Pershing deciding to become come a soldier While General Pershing I Is being steered by the welcoming committee a committee of Laclede women will en entertain en Miss MIlS May Pershing the generals general's generals general's gen gen- eral's sister slater and a a. crowd of ot the COmmittees COmmittee's committees committee's committees committee's com COm- eons sons will pump Warren Rr n for Cor a little Inside Information about I France rance and sad just how his father beat the Ger Ger- mans The visit ends endl at 8 42 p p. p m m. when the Pershing party takes a train t for i H lob cb to spend |