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MEMORIAL HELDFORT.H. SMI)LARGE CROWD PRESENT AT WA BASH STREET CHURCH ON SUNDAY EVENINGTWO ADDRESSESWERE DELIVERED*v. Warren Landia and Judge N. lt;Hunter Spoke of Live of Fallen Soldier—Cannon for Memorial.FIViMMen, women, and children, occupy-1ing every available seat at the |mThomas H. Stineman memorial ser-1 trivice at the Wabash Street Methodist 11«3 church last evening, saw the service I °f flag with a new reverence. The flagjta hung from a central position in thejc*1 church and showed honor to the I he eighteen men missing from the con“ I ^ gregation. I ViAt 7:3G o’clock the family and rela-1 tives of Thomas H. Stineman, the I ^first Wabash boy to enlist, the fir: t j ™ in the service, the first in France, I the first to pay the supreme sacrifice d* formed a procession at the door and Gi proceeded into the church, being I seated in reserved portion in the|si] front of the building. Following therajf® came the G. A. R. and the Moose I of lodge as a trio of musicians, Miss | Margaret Bauer at the pipe organ. I th M iss Dorothy Gillard on the piano J tu and Arthur Berry on the violin, com-IT! meneed playing the Star Spangled I vlt;3 Banner. The audience following- inJo\ remained standing and singing until juj the music was brought to a close. I th Seldom are more flowers seen than f ei at the memorial service of last even- ] cling. Roses, lillies and every variety Iof garden flowers were used to lei make the church beautiful and pay I dc honor to Private Stineman. Close to I al the service flag was a group of pie- oi tures, prominent among them thatlti: of Mr. Stineman and all of them pho-1 ti tographs of soldiers Private otine-1 sj man’s picture was bordered with lil-1 lies, the loving work of his sister tc Mrs. Templeton. I tlA service of music preceded the dlt; addresses of the evening, when Missblt; Edith Arrington sang, “Ke*p the I ‘ | Home Fires Burning” and Golden and 11 Gladys Moody aang “Anywhere with I Jesus is Home Sweet Home.” In J g reading the roll of honor, Mrs. Frank Diehl had charge of a very impressive ceremony. The first name she read of the roll of Wabash Street church men, who were or are now in the service, was that of Thomas Stineman. Mrs. Templeton waiting with a gold star in her hand pinned it over the blue one of her brother on the flag. Mrs. Diehl continued reading the roll as follows: Ralph Wiml-bigler, Russel T. Watson, in France, Charles H. Forbes, Arthur McGath,11 Harold Arrington, in France, Som-3|merviJle Ward in France, Fianklin » Hilderbrand, in France, Donald Wil-\ | son in France, W. E. Dooley, HarryE. Ulsh, Howard H. Sherwm, Lorin Smith. Clarence Hoffman, Lester Ryan, Vestal Fiant, and Vergil Hart in France. During the reading of four of the names, stars were pinned on the flag by parents of the boys.During the addresses by the Rev.anaawHifdLVEftieWar**en Landis pastor of th* First United Brethren churcfe^nd byEnnttlfenv*11isJudge N. G. Hunter, was 15made of the record as a wand as a soldier Thomas Stinemanleft behind him. In the Wabash Foundry he was held in highest esteem for industrious and honorablebusiness conduct and for courteous-1°I Iness. In the memorial held for hiir at I ^ the foundry last week his life was op-1 j held not only for his genial manners, ^ which was termed a surface Christi- I ^ unity, but in the deeper Christianity, L which came from his church andIfisi-irGod. . 4Judge Hunter spoke of him in the , same way, and of the war in a thrill- lt;ing manner. He kept the attention of | lt;his audience, inspiring them with a greater sympathy for the boys in the I lt;trenches. He told finally of the great I,
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Wabash Plain Dealer
Wabash, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 17, 1918
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