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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1926
Page
6
Memorial Day program set for Sunday afternoon at City Park with bugler, veterans, and band. Bartlett Selection Tivacation. General Logan's Memorial Day Order and Salute to the Dead listed along with Star Spangled Banner and Taps performed by Band Frank H. Mott of Jamestown.
Sherman born in 1815, the Corry area resident recounts Civil War memories. He served with Union forces under Sherman, describing life in the swampy region, early town growth, and local events around Beaverdam and nearby landmarks.
Cemeteries in Corry are shown with elaborate decorations for Decoration Day. Flowers and plants adorn graves at American Hooks and other resting places, honoring soldiers and the dead. The city’s cemeteries present a solemn, memorial atmosphere.
Fifteen Civil War veterans linked to J Andrews Post in Corry and nearby areas still gather weekly or semimonthly despite skimming wartime losses. Otter Park figures list members Waldo Barter Farnam Bent ley Wight Farnham etc as the post marks long streaks of meetings and a shared vigil.
The Corry post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars places special markers on graves of war veterans. Ten markers honor World War veterans who served abroad and additional markers mark Spanish American War and Tocna post members' final resting places.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars request automobile owners to donate their cars for the parade and to transport veterans tomorrow. Women’s relief groups and city officials will organize a gathering at the State Armory at 1:30 p.m. to assemble vehicles and assist in conveying old soldiers.
Graved graves of four hundred war veterans decorated with flags during ceremonies in Corry and vicinity. A committee of Civil Spanish American and World War veterans led the decorations visiting Pine Grove, St. Pale Larheean, St. Thomas Catholic, St Ailleburh Catholic, McCray, Beaverdam, Curving, and Wheelock Creek cemeteries.
City officials announce a double holiday on Monday with bus passes and industries suspended. Most stores will close for the day and Post edition will not be published.
A 19th century account notes Mrs. John Toler organizing a memorial day in 1866 after Civil War losses. Women gathered from Tiler’s Inn to plan exercises in Paineebys, pledging to honor graves yearly. General J. A. Lincoln is credited with a later nationwide proclamation establishing a memorial day.
Reverend L S Ridgway, pastor of the Methodist church, will deliver the Memorial Day address at Petersburg's Confederate monument site. The event includes union exercises and a wreath ceremony, with Confederate flags present.
Mayor Olin W. Bracken proclaims Memorial Day to honor fallen veterans and calls all citizens to observe a moment of memory. He urges business suspension on Memorial Day Monday May to permit VFW ceremonies and services in memory of sailors and pilots who died in service.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organized a Poppy Day canvass in the city. Volunteers staffed the Star Garage area early, selling poppies manufactured by disabled veterans to raise funds for relief work.
Corry to observe Memorial Day with a city park ceremony Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock led by the Veterans Post of the American Legion. The program includes a parade, floral tributes, and remarks by Frank H. Mott, with the Jonestown Concert Band and the Union City Fife and Drum Corps. schools invited to participate.
Memorial Day services are to be held at Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday with a 11 o’clock service followed by exercises at City Park. The pastor, Rev W E Bartlett, will deliver the sermon titled The Greater Awaited and veterans groups including GAR VFW Ladies Auxiliary and American Legion are invited to participate.
Memorial Day observance calls for flags to be flown at half mast from sunrise until noon. The flag represents the living nation and should be hoisted briefly to the peak before being lowered to half mast as a sign of remembrance.
Anong town mourners attended a funeral service for a local figure referred to in fragmented notes. The gathering included neighbors and friends along with routine tributes and expressions of sympathy.
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