| Show RICHFIELD JOINS STATE AND nation IN battery E and high school furnish largest part of program richfield joined state and nation in a dignified and fitting observance of Anni armistice stice day monday the anniversary of the memorable emo rable lay day was sunday but on account of the sabbath e excluding cu ding public festivities the event was commemorated only in the several churches by appropriate remarks during the services the main celebration took place monday and battery E cooperated with the richfield high school in the days program r main street was gay with oad old glory business houses were closed at eleven minutes after eleven the time when the last gun was fired in the world war the fire siren shrieked to indicate the time when people were requested to pay a minutes silent tribute to the fallen heroes cannons boomed to mark the end of the tribute in the afternoon an assembly was held in ill the high school directed by captain C henry E beal assisted by lieutenants ferdinand erickson J R barker and ben C luth the commissioned officers and men taking their places on the side rostrum of the auditorium terrys band furnished martial music dom community singing under direction of J L terry opened the program and the invocation was offered by rev dr S W maxwell musical numbers were a solo by mrs otto L anderson accompanied by mrs anna callaway and a song by ohp the girls glee club of the high school miss nial nelson gave two readings alluding to the significance of the day and an eloquent oration was delivered by first lieutenant ferdinand erickson the assembly was followed with a firing drill by the battery batten and immediately thereafter a football game between the richfield wildcats and the eleven of the hinckley high school the champions of the division on the other side of the mountain was played on the campus this game was vas to a certain extent a surprise bringing ng ag to the richfield players the first vic victory of the season the score was 19 7 in favor of richfield A military ball at the anona in the evening concluded the festivities |
