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TWO CENTS 10,182Un-i Semi-Centennial Finds Nina for, Members Still on Rolls l|§»rer 2»ech Chandler Post; Willdrr Carry on As Long as aSingle Member RemainsJest Zach Chandler Post, No, 35, Grand Army of the Republic, celebrated emce Saturday the fiftieth anniversary of :uth *be organization of the Post, Com-ight Potion of fifty years of existence by any organization is in itself may | worthy of observance, but this fif-l^ry I ticth anniversary took on ridded 1 to ! significance from the fact that the Art ;Po«t was not organized until moretriesjyears after the clmlt;* cat- . °* ***• ^ivil War, service in which rlth ma(^ the members cligib1*' o thatub- semi-centennial observanceici- carm* two-thirds of a century af-nvt, tor the peace signed at Appomat-the tax' Ami so far a# the commit-„U tee arranging the Golden juhtWprogram could learn, no other old, Grand Army Post in Michigan has ^ Completed fifty years of eontinu-avJ ous existence.uth During all thoae fifty years, themd **ost b«® observed its birthday with icw * dinner, and this custom was mainly tained for the semi-centennial.rr- •!« m keeping with custom.lt;be Poet, while accepting the wwi.rt-ance of affiliated orders in provid-has in* fbr vianda for the dinner, took of the responsibility of providing the pans erf escalloped oysters, one the tbe menu for each of theok, ! bfty years. And there was an f abundance* of the oysters mid of the I everything site, just nn for every year preceding.Vi- Seated at the table reserved for t*d *be guest* of honor, were the four members «rf the Post able to attend, si/., .John r. Jones, Henry C, Dow,Imp N- R- WtK}*,a/i NeaiJey, Mrs. Josephine Pren-nd Wra. Ralph Cady, Mayor andypm Mis Alfred D. Dubuissori, Rev.Samuel W. Large, and Rev. Gordon «•)( C. Speer. Rev. Mr. Speer offered ,ek the invocation before the con. sp. rades and guests took their seats srs Before the attack upon the#n foodies” began, Commander ay Jones introduced Mrs. Prentice as the only survivor of the charter 1 members of Zach Chandler Corps,,Uf No. l. Woman's Relief Corps which (jg.was organized two years after the )W Post, and Mrs, Cady as the adjutant In pro tem of the Post, Before these r. three and the Mayor and wife was the birthday cake, golden in body it and frosting, and bearing fifty gold-en candles, merrily ablaze Preced-yg mg the program, the Commander i blew out the candles and cut the*d(n Commander Jones presided dur-ing the program, which began with in j the singing of “America,” with his ,j, j daughter, Mrs. Harry St. Clair atthe piano. The commander, inhis welcome and address, reviewed the launching of the Post, and some bite of its history. lie said, in part; pert:“Fifty year* ago today, fifteen Civil War veteran* banded together, obtained a charter and organized this Puet, with Herrick Hodges a* our first Commander. The names erf the other charter mem-i(No. 7 Continued on Pago 3)
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South Haven Daily Tribune
South Haven, Michigan, US
Mon, Dec 14, 1931
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