Glenwood Opinion, The (Newspaper) - May 29, 1919, Glenwood, Iowa vvv LVX TRIBUTE FOR FALLEN HEROES MEMORIAL DAY Services to Be Conducted at Ceme tery by and and of Graves EXERCISES AT ARMORY Short Addresses by Local Men and Appropriate Selections at the Armory in the Afternoon At Three Oclock Memorial one of the greatest days in our American is again at hand and the din of the most terrible war the world has ever still ringing in our our thoughts go back to those dark days from 1861 to 1865 when this fair land of ours BACCALAUREATE SERMON SUNDAY Thompson Delivers Address in Baptist Give An Banquet to Senior Class The tradition of the past was un and it has been said by that even surpassed in the banquet of by the Juniors of at the Hall last room was tastily decorated in class The four dinner was followed a toast pro gram which ranas follows Vive la Plimpton In Wayne Gilmore Carry Clifford Gilmore Triumph of Mary Logan Over the Neer Dorothy Lyon Today and Tomorrow Record The subjects of toasts were so EVENT STAGED MONDAY IN GLENWOOD Tarns Out to Welcome Our Soldiers and Sailors k to Their Homes arranged that ter of each the let reading down the spelled musical consisting of voca solos by Miss Florence Wilcox and Margaret Jamison and a violin solo by MEMORIAL SERMON LAST SUNDAY MORNING Thompson Delivers Master ly to Members of and IVE MAMMOTH PARADE Open Air Mn Dancing and Banqueting in Combination Make a Wonderful fur Soldiers and Sailors Mills County Home Coming cel held at Glenwood in of the soldiers and sailors who have returned and in memory of those who sleep under foreign sod and the water of the was the greatest event in the history of the All was torn asunder and brother took up Mabel was given following both in fields arms against and the entire the toasts and and the day was given unites dedicate day to i The baccalaureate was deover to celebrating with members of paying tribute to the boys in blue by Thompson at Americas victorious The pa lives for the cause of gave their In the years past this day has been but now and in the to come it must be On the bat a closer unity of the United States than had ever existed before was achieved and in the future Mem must serve as a symbol of that blue and the gray of former days have been blended in the of the khaki and the sev thousand American boys who lie buried in France have sealed with their blood the pledge that North and South and East and West have given to one But it is a greater unity than that of the United which has been ac by the sacrifice of the lives of our young It is the unity union services at tlie Baptist church Sunday the having been decorated by the Junior class an appropriate The class of 19 attended the services in a dressed in their and and special muse was furnished by the High school girls glee Friday night will see the close of the graduation At this time the following young people will be presented with their High school di Lee Viva Ellen Dorothy Wauneta Carrie Charley Mabel Wall Edwin Mina Grace Leonard Fitzgibbons Neva Homer Betty Hattie Robert Edith Wayne A Marvel which from the standpoint pf beauty and the greatest exhibition ever presented in Southwestern was more two and a half miles with over fifty floats and one thousand people taking The program of the day consisted of addresses by of Council Colonel of Des Moines Cap of Council Bluffs Cap tain of Red and Captain of Glenwood Captain Hum of Glenwood of Malvern Sailor Elmer of Pacific and William of Attorney of acted as The banquet for the soldiers and was given in the evening at the armory and was followed by UJU xo of the civilized nations of the Anna and is a unity that must and will be J MRg JEEVES MESSAGE FROM RED CROSS Maggie Reeves received a let ter from the Red Cross at 1 this year assumes a new This year and in all the years to come it must be the anniver sary on which all those Americans have died in human brought to the na tions This as in former Glen j Wednesday in regard to the death of her Private Ralph from which it appears that Ralph was se verely by an accidental ex plosion at a gas demolition dump on will assemble to do all honor to 18ttt making it necessary tq fallen herpes program his left He was taken pre Emergency Hospital 18 for the but death came from a Procession form at hemorrhage which followed the am at northeast corner of led by L 1 The letter further says the War Department considers that Ralph died while in line of and that his name will be upon Americas honor roll as one ot her and M that his grave has been well marked of Women s Relief Corps with crogg inscribed with his name to the day has been pared which we give below Lieutenants and Line of inarch as follows Band to Members of the Grand iq Automobiles f in young soldiers in followed by t citizens in School pupils in charge of r Services at Cemetery conducted by members of by the Relief Corps Decoration of graves At Pm services at Armory as follows Howard Mintle Quartet v Short Addresses by General John and Captain Orchestra Evans and I and address and that later a photo graph of the grave will be Many will recall unfailing cheerful nature and good as well as the with which he left Glenwood when he was called to the and all will now sympa with mother In her Ralph was her main and real izing this fact he had his life insured Double for her will make it poi comfortable the insurance r her to live cl of her And thus the name of another Mills county boy who became a good soldier and who has supreme sacri fice for the good of mankind is added to the roll of a grand Band music and the free attractions consisting of May acrobatic trick a wrestling exhibition wrestling filled in every moment from 9 aml until the court house clock pealed forth the hour of an nouncing the arrival of another The crowd which attended cele bration was said by long time resi to be the largest ever as Glenwood in the history of estimates of present range from ten to twen ty thousand but the general concensus of opinion of those who the town and took into con the number of people who the lawns along the and who considered that were never down in the business place the attend ance at between fifteen and eighteen thousand seems to be a very conservative began to arrive in town by 8 oclock in the morning and contin ued to come throughout the day and into the It was reported cars were lined the ferry landing on the Neb side of the Missouri river all of way back to Plattsmouth a dis of two All were waiting their turn be ferried across the no as to continue their jour tp Glenwood to be in attendance the There were persons who drove over t i jv 1 We should the demoted determination of the soldier to Disunion have been a great loss to the worlds The old veterans saved the maintained the constitution and instead of a number ot small pet ty states we have today one great na Motherhood of the said Thompson in his Mem Sermon The Manly Price Freedom delivered at the union ser vices held at the Methodist church Sunday The members of the and the marched from the square tothe church and sat in a body at the The orches played as the veterans of the war of the rebellion took their ap musical selections were ren dered by the choir and Miss Florence sang a The services were in charge of the of former pastor of the Congregational church who was visiting old friends in the was asked to speak to the vet erans following the Memorial He spoke of the vacancies he noticed in the ranks of the local since the days when he addressed them be fore and called attention to the fact that though the army was fast being mustered out of earthly service yet they were summoned by the Greater Commander on Reed commented on the great progress being made along the lines of aiding the worlds advancement toward bet tering the living conditions for hu attributed much of this to tHe work of the soldiers who have taken the altruistic ideas and followed to the field of The Memorial sermon delivered by Thompson was built on the text And the Chief Captain answered With a great obtained I this and Paul I Free in part is as follows CELEBRATION YEARS AGO IS RECALLED Civil War Veterans Are Tendered Re ception Their Return three Tears Ago BARBECUE AND DANCE JUDSON IS LAID TO Host of Friends at Country in Silvet Ida Judson was the and Mandigo born OB 4th day of She reared to young womanhood Michigan and with parents came to Silver fan On the 19th day of slie was married to Albert Jud Files of the Opinion Describe Events of the Day and Tolles Has Clear Recol lection fof Celebration line WRITES F Col George and areen their Denver convention with delegates is OF planning great lie Bap COUNTY FARM BUREAU tist The Glenwood church by The monthly meeting of the Farm unanimous extended the time Wayne the day and several cars from the northern and even to the of the state were seen Fredom is an expensive It costs something to be Paul was free given ship either for money or for distin service and this costly privi lege descended as a birthright to his If we are born free is because others before receive this freedom at a great price and hand it to The other la bored and ye into their The i service done us by men who died for their be yond our power to not die fori ar beyond any gift by which we can grat itude but the great Captain of our sal by death for all to enter into the thus pay respect and honor to ail those who have labored for our Freedom is nothing unless we have power to keep it and use We must have a knowledge of and the awful condition of slavery to appre An emancipated slave may be no better off than in slavery if he know how to use his free world never realized the power of this group of federated states until they revealed the spirit of real freedom in the sacrifice of young The problem which we face today is to preserve and maintain this There is but one way in the financial and labor prob lems will ever be settled and that is thru the Christian The Chris tian religion is the only hope for the of our L Obedience was the As the remnant of the Grand of the Republic residing in Mills have been so ruth lessly thinned by the hand stood at while the boys in khaki took their places in re viewing stand Monday morning the minds many reverted either through the channel of recollection or imagin to that day in September fifty three years when this army then returning victorious from long years of battle had been tendered a similar a former man now residing in in a let ter to the editor of the Opinion sayS Your reception in honor of re turning soldier boys brings to the reception tendered to the boys ii blue upon their return from the Civi My recollection is of a large nuni ber of coaches rolling up Locust stree with available space both out side and in occupied by blue I am of the impression that they came up the river and landed at old All of the soldiers were brought to Glenwood and a grand reception and barbecue in Solomons Grove the north part of I am not certain just where that grove was but I remember up Walnut street a3 the of Judson a public spirited Believing it to be to the best interest of the she and tier husband the local nge at named by Through this organization sought to cultivate a cooperative Their success ill booing so is readily evident to all whO the With her hus in was ever ready to make work of the Grange an efficient and atf helpful also a member of the state national wasa member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Silver and with its every interest and especially active in the Ladies Aid Genuinely Christian at heart ever standing for the best things in possessed with a quick to e the she ways could be depended upon to pur sue the Blessed with a sunny cheerful and ever The beauty of her life character were ever She had learned deeper things of life the culture of her heart Things sweet and tender issued front the residence a shower came and all of the civilians rushed for The shower was a matter of no consequence to the soldiers how ever for they marched through it as though it was an occur In going back over the files we find very interesting account this celebration glyen by Editor PJ Ballard on the of The report taken from the issue of that date is as follows Never have we attended more pleasing festival than that of the wel come to the Soldiers of county on the 9 Here were gathered the brave men who have maintained the honor of the flag through four years of conflict and who the people of Mills county now desired to receive in a manner that would express some ac knowledgement for their At an early hour the throng to pour Wagons blocked the streets and women and children filled the stores and every vacant spot of watching the soldiers as they and waking the drowsy city with shouts o while smiles wreathed every face with joy at the thought that Si many of our brave t life like the sparkling raters from a continuous The last year of her life was one of All that medical loving hands could do for With patience she the summons May having reached the age of 62 11 months and 16 3 leaves her Mrs Ida Graves and to whom she gave a home and care they Besides two sisters and one brother of one of stand wuich purpose the civil war ami we built the entire soutH side o world war for same h ie us larer vls Bureau will be heldin the office at Malvern Saturday May at new Several items of interest wiU be brought up at the Beresford will be present to in completing a County Breed ers Any one interested fn the production of live stock should lor this part of the meet Other items of interest to be con the establishing of a office the Farm Bureau in appointing of a com fj investigate blue sky proposi that come into the county at dif Idea of County picnic will also he tothe meeting and you that you may would the Farm rendering bettek of the pastors absence so that the great Colorado scenery could be en The services for next Sunday Be held as usual with preaching morning and evening by CONGRESSMAN HAS MESSAGE FOR SOLDIERS Soldiers and discharged since who have not received 5c per allowance from the where were dis to where they were mustered into as provided by the new application blanks anJ instruction as to how to obtain the balance due them by writ ing at The farmer has heard the injunction to raise and that is an excel lent But unfortunately the pro has heard it estimated hold people and when filled during the of the difference in the crowd the immense and thousands of cars ware in not an accident oc their the members At the appointed tim of the returned regi Holland will give up the exKaiser and There is nothing sha would curred throughout the Great is 4ue the men who had charge qf intersections and parking areas for thQ way traffic was The square was roped off one block out each way and no traffic was allowed past ropes with the exception of the parade during the entire The weather appeared threatening in the and in the eastern part of the county showers fell which no some hesitate to come The two slight showers which fell in Glenwood the afternoon were of such duration as to hinder but little thp carrying out of the days sun which was half hidden most of the day behind a semi cloudy condition during the hour of the exercises shown seemingly as a special upon khaki clad boys look places in the re viewing more to es qf former commanders varans pf the Civil war mi has given us a larger vis are today giving millions where they gave pennies a few years ago to We way ask with the man of God makes these changesT Merely that the Christ knew when he said know and shall make you Had we la times past spent spent the half of our money to spread the truth that we for war and inventions iwe would have had a world of Chris tians instead of half There times for armies to take the field and subdue There are times for men to take action in over coming bad and sinful For passing from this life we must stand at the judgment bar ot When we bid our soldiers farewell as they go forth we maintain the faint hope that they will return to us but at the last separation we have that through the new life we may per our freedom even beyond the When nations like grow Wherein hates not the Nor birches wish the cedars But i all unlikeness blend And confederate to one golden ments formed in line in front of th court under command o Captain Then Atkins company of thirtysix dresset in and blue each having a head dress bearing the name of a state and preceded by a advanced and formed in line opposite and sang charming song of A column was then formed ot the sol diers and which preceded by the band marched with colors fly ing to the beautiful grove at the north end of town where they were received by the committee pf who appeared to have provision for a J Beneath the foliage of the trees four tables had been built form ing a hollow in the center which were other tables sustaining ithe roasted chicken and other delicacies which were to form tfi component parts of the Seats had been prepared for 20ft and these were marched seated and then eating became from School was present at the were held from the beauti itl country home east of at V m of a the Methodist church at had charge of the Which were conducted from spacious front porch as of the home had proven adequate to hold the friends gathered pay tribute to the memory of their friend and the lawn had He took f or Precious in the sight of the Lordl the death of his Psalm Her life stands as a testimony to fitness of the text taken by her former A funeral procession nearly miles in length followed the tb their last resting place in the Silver cemetery where the Grange renK dered their beautiful and impressive ritual It is with the deepest regret that passing of Judson is into the history of Mills Her useful active life has helped in the making of the history of this county r evidences work far exceed any memorial ot stone which might be erected to her FORMER GLENWOOD MAK v ET comes from of Long E the at his home in on He suffered several years wita Jividen and Warner lived for several years in Glenwood before moving to and their hosts of will be to hear of their Sam and John Johnson at a A Not being one of the heroes we stayed outside the ropes promenaded a while over the rich blue looking for some of sour CHURCH Bible at 10 commun jpa and sermon at 11 Joy Pleasure of meeting at 7 song and 8 Subject The Silvery 1 r Player meeting at 8 nu Choir practice 9 Every i member and friend present next church extends a who had promised to be here baskets bursting open with the which they how we expected would yite us to assist in tp all classes of school at Morning service at 11 Sub Paying the will be b the palor in at 8 who can welcome to ft
