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Show Fine Memorial To Local Soldiers Dedicated ritv With Aid of Legion and Auxilary Complete Project' w ' Which Does Honor To Dead Heros. 0ne 0f American Fork City's dis-,,ct dis-,,ct accomplishments o the past veral months was the erecting of '"' beautiful memorial stand and Lnze tablet to her living and dead ans of the Black Hawk, Spanish-jTerican, Spanish-jTerican, World War and others a jTS official dedication at the ceme- Memorial Day, Way 30, at 10:30 A large crowd was present and vere enthusiastic in their praises to the impressive monument erected an(l officially dedicated to our heroes. 3 The services were held under the direction of the American Legion Post 43 with Harold Chipman in charge. ,'r Rov Greenwood made the pre- gone to the great beyond. The Service Star mothers organization organi-zation was first to suggest this Memorial Mem-orial and with the recent re-organization of the American Legion, this matter was discussed and brought before be-fore the city council. When our request re-quest was made, it was given every consideration and the mayor and coun cil are to be complimented for the way they set about to make this Memorial possible. We are delighted with the attitude of the townspeople who have expressed express-ed themselves as being much pleased with this movement. We feel the 1 Memorial itself is a piece of art. the ' jcn'tation speech for the city and Dr. James M. Grant, accepted the tablet iB behalf of the veterans. Delbert Cbipman pronounced the dedicatory prayer. Other features of the program pro-gram ffere vocal solos by Mrs. Detta Taylor and Ray Shelley, selections from the American Fork Silver band and fifing salutes from the American 1 jjegion squad. Following are the speeches made by Mayor Roy Greenwood, who presented tbe stand, and Dr. James M. Grant, vho accepted in behalf of the veterans: veter-ans: Presentation Speech By Mayor Greenwood Fellow Citizens: This is a signi-ficiant signi-ficiant and impressive hour. We have assembled to pay our tributes of love and affection to our dead, and now let us pause here long enough to draw to your attention this Memorial, which has been presented by American Ameri-can Fork City in respect and esteem of the war veterans of this city, who have answered their country's call in times of war. This monument or memorial has been designed and completed by local workman, and stands a credit to their workmanship. The bronze tablet tab-let carries 57 names of war veterans result of skilled workmanship. The bronze tablet has upon it the names of 57 wai- veterans, who have passed on. The standard on the right is for Old Glory, the flag for which they have stood and fought. The other standard bears the flag an'd emblem , it the American Legion. Fellow Citizens, we want you to feel that we feel this is a fitting emblem and depicts the esteem in which this city holds its veterans of war. May it ever stand as steadfast as the eternal hills which surround us. May it remind you of the sacrifices as well as our triumphs in war. May it have a spiritual influence upon those who visited here that, that most terrible terri-ble of all disasters War among humanity hu-manity may never be known to future fu-ture generations. Every citizen of the community should be proud of the stand erected, and as time rolls on and other names are ad'ded to the memory list on the tablet, its sacredness will be increased. increas-ed. The sponsorers, the American Legion and Service Star Legion, and the doners, American Fork City, shall never be forgotten for this appropriate appropri-ate memorial tribute. The stand is located at the head of the cemetery, an'd is approximately 10 who have seen service in the Civil, Black Hawk, Spanish-American and World Wars, also the names of three who served in Johnson's Army, and whose remains lie buried in this cemetery. We have tried to have this, memorial lust a little different than anything that has been erected thus far in honor of War Veterans. Some cities have erected the statue of a "dough-hoy", "dough-hoy", others have planted trees and parks, but we trust our choice in this matter will meet with your approval -and prove satisfactory to all. It was the Service Star mothers and officers of the American Legion Post of this city that waited upon the city council and made a request that something of this nature be erected in honor of the war veterans. Tho city council saw fit to grant their request and a sum of $500.00 was set aside tor this purpose. Neither of the organizations mentioned desired to assume the responsibility of maintaining main-taining this Memorial, therefore, it as Heslred that this responsibility should remain with the city, and that 'W0.0O additional be appropriated for "to Planting of trees and for per- by 10 feet. Four cement balls embellish em-bellish each side of the platform. Chains are yet to be placed linking these together. The bronze tablet, is 30 by 47 inches and contains the names of the late veterans listed as follows: SPANISH-AMER ICAN James and Geo. Grantham, Charles Neuga-bauer. Neuga-bauer. JOHNSON'S ARMY Charles 'Green, John Houston, J. F. Hallsey, MORMON BATTALION Wm. Lance, ?Wm. Kelly, Joseph Shipley. G. A. R. Joseph B. Forbes, Milton H. Fitzgerald, Fitz-gerald, Frank Birk, Frank Rolfson, David Z. Wells. OTHER SERVICE Jesse Padfield, Raymond Currie. BLACK HAWK Washburn Chipman, James Spratley, Henry Miller, Niels Christensen, A. K. Thornton, George Hoggard, John Roberts, Robert E. King, Joseph' Adams, George H. Robinson, Rob-inson, Alva Green, George T. Baker, David, Wagstaff, Thomas Steele, Joseph Shelley, Joseph Ovard, W. (W. Robinson, John Peters, John Mitchell, Simpson Misener, Stephen Mott, Robert Kettle, Isaac Plumkett. WORLD WAR Clyde L. Parker, Dell Phillips, Russell Inger- f"al care of this plot. 'e felt tbat the proper time for "i presentation of this Memorial s,'oul(i be Decoration Day, when so m'ny ot our friends an'd relatives Vlsit the city of the dead, and there-e there-e in behalf of the American Fork utv- It Is my great' pleasure to preset pre-set to all War Veterans of this city 01h living and dead, this tablet con- ''"'K their names in recognition of ,."r sm'iees to our government in 'mcs of ,var. "Waneo Speech .lames tt. Grant- y"' who stiH live among vou, the ?n of the Civil, Black Hawk, ri" S,l"Amcrican aml Worl'd war, to-c! to-c! T, Wi'U Ule Sorvice star mothers "rhi'!!"1C;m ''k' arcpPt this Mem-Hon Mem-Hon a fecIiug of deen apprecia- citj fecl tllat 'u. our fellow! ff.aI'i?S' in a mossure at least, can nn's WlUU thiS acknowletJSement fide S ! "S as Wel1 as our dead com- h sleep. son,,)'!''""6 felt for some time that Wta"ns ot tWs nature was due War ercd 'u8'0t thiS ity who have ansvr" w-a 7 C0untry'3 caI in time of some " especla have we felt that those tt)arker f memorial was due Uo eave their lives, and have soli, Robert E. Durrant, William L. Martin, Henry J. Midams, Reno Wag-staff, Wag-staff, J. Wesley Chipman, Wayne C. Booth, Carl Johnson, Arthur Peterson, Thomas Crystal, Darrel A. Anderson, Joseph G. Okey, Ross ,U Webb, William Will-iam Downs, Hollis M. Bromley, Ho-bart Ho-bart J. Told, George H. Western, Raymond Ray-mond H. Foster. A feature of the tablet is that when any living veteran 'dies, his name can easily be placed in its appropriate appropri-ate rank. A flag staff is yet to be placed at the back of the stand. A cement walk and contemplated lawn will complete i the erection. The sponsorers of this project were 'the American Legion and Service ' Star Legion, who asked the I citv about two months ago to make i I this presentation. The petition was approved and Axel Bloomquist was aske'd to draw appropriate plans for the stand. At a later date these were presented to the city officers who immediately announced bids for the construction work. .Tared Kellar was granted this and he should be given special mention for the splendid result re-sult of his workmanship. S. T. Shelley, purchasing agent for the city, secured the services of the Salt Lake Stamp Co. to prepare plans j for the tablet. These were submitted on a paper drawing to a committee composed of Mayor Greenwood, Purchasing Pur-chasing Agent Shelley, Commander in Chief J. J. Mercer and Morlcy Steele, chairman of the Cemetery committee, who accepted them and placed the order. Mr. Sliellcy, who was responsible respon-sible for the wording of the tablet, j made several trips to the city to in- J sure no errors on the finished pro-j duct, and to see tbat the work was done in a thorough manner. He should be highly congratulated for the correctness and splendid construction con-struction of the tablet's wording. Another feature of the Memorinl j Day's services was under the direc- j tion of the Service Star Legion. They placed over 60 flags at the graves of war veterans and World War mothers. moth-ers. They also presented a beautiful floral wreath to the veterans Memorial Memo-rial stand, which was placed over the head of the tablet. |
