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PLANT FIR TREE TO HONOR G. A. RCeremony in Staged UnderAuspices of Auxiliary toS.U.V. Organization- , • %. £ .. J. /. ij . — - t r- ' -V*%As « tribute to Zach Chandler post N* 35, Grand Army of theRepublic, -and nil iiilori, soldiersand marines wlu served in theif •Union forces dunng the Civil war, the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veteran* planted t* hr tree inOakland- park Saturday afternoon,'Hu planting was alao in accordance with Gov Luten Dickinson's i * lt;j[iK'.’it recently that tret-* be planter!Hie tree planting attracted a following of about 100 perton* in-cludirig the South Haven Veterans Drum and Bugle corpa, Cub Scout*, W f thhii % Hi In I ( itrpa tin for club.Sons of Union Veterans auxiliary, Woman’s Relief corps Junior club, ter* of Union Veterans who paraded from the City Hall lo Oakland Park, Uniforms of the drummers andbtiglafi, the Mouta^and the Junior club made th»* lineup attractive m they marched from .town to the _p.uk where they entered the south -w* *.t ecrner and approached a point 1 jic.t east of the flown bed near thebn dial Thlt; location WMS m IvcUh!!y Cbit'df (* 1 witched 1 for the n« w in f* P^ntrd by four young men,| per v?iw# (i by ( ar 1 A Sleph**ria8.81*#nicy JoknM/ti gave an inspiringaddress. As Mj^erintcndent of the.•ven M S C Experiment-a! station u past district governor of the Kiwaiu. and a past commander of the Aon rican Legion, ail of whom are concerned with tree prcac* va-■ tion «' -■ ,8toj k of historic tree**, mjch 41 tlnr C be*i if f (Jakt the WashingtonWm stuifj the JrickM^u Oak* added in-1 ti 1« 4 tci his bilk which concludedwith 4 tribute to the Grand Army.Mr* Alice Stanley. patriotic instructor. presented the tree to th„* Gra el Army and Mr, Stella Brad don. Grand Ai iiiy acur clary, ac-lt;s.n5.ftdr . ( h i lt;. A auxiliary( hapiaui ; i\t i/ir benede ttom “Theh!ar Spangllt;d Banner and a drumand bugle 1‘orpt nujnber ended theemoiiy and the group disbandedafter marchuig back to the businessdbl.itt.* * I
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South Haven Daily Tribune

South Haven, Michigan, US

Mon, May 01, 1939

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