| Show MEMORIAL DAY IS FULL OF MEANING la bc lement clement cath r did not keep several hundred citius fron fittingly fittin gil observing memorial day hat last friday many blany managed to find a chajka be tween showers in the tle morning to clean and decorate dc orate tho the craves of or their loved loed ones the afternoon ex in charge a of mavor wootton were held in the eko theatre and were marked with solemnity and a profound degree of patriotism C R marcian delivered an address on new meaning of memorial day ie ferrini to why euch such a day had bad been observed ever since the civil war what such observance vanci had bad taught the younger gener bitic a and why the day would now have a broader mining and u be brought cloter au to thou thousands ands of american homes on account of the gallantry galhn try with which the young Ameri americans cani of the present day had conducted thim themselves and bravery with which they had faced the worlds foe the speaker was sure that price would never neglect to hold the day in reverence aud and observe it with services befitting bei tUng those in whose memory it is set aside miss inez scott eive give i patriotic reading from robert IV service the memorial address was calta by rev ralph 0 jones who eulogized the tho young men who had marched forth in a world crisis after paying high tribute to their forefathers who bad fought more than fifty years ago to preserve the union and make this a country which bad had the ability when the call came to stamp out autocracy the speaker held his most closely anti every utterance struck a responsive chord tin music for the program was in charge of prof A burgener the school band winning much praise by its renditions afore the program A double quartet rendered selections during the after noone exercises following the services ces a parade was formed to io go to va the cemetery this was headed by 40 returned soldiers sol diera in charge of A L of the local i office and tho the boy scouts in charge of 0 11 aadsen A long loot line of automobiles went w nt to pay honor to the soldiers lying iu in the lues lucal ceule tery flowers were placed oa the grave of W 11 II mccoy by the 11 camp fire girls aad nad alo also on the grave of hoiston ilo iston brown mr mccoy was a veteran of the civil war without relatives in this section and died jorj the nutter ranch in june 1916 1915 fl houston brown brow U was wa q a b brother ra aber of nr mrs S gomer peacock and died at barap kearny of pneumonia while in to the service following Fol lowine the decoration dec oraton of the graves the boy scout scouts ga ie e their salute to the flag and a bouquet of peonies was given mrs F J i thomas in memory of her son guy whose body lies beneath the poppies and the lilies in a f away land |
