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II vlllU IVHonoring: the largest contingent ofmen that has so far gone to Campfrom Wayne county, Orrville will holdu farewell reception with patriotic services, on Monday morning. May 27, at 8:30 o’clock, in front of the town hall.One hundred and ninety men from Wayne county will enter the service of their country next Monday, when they entrain for Camp Zachery Taylor, located at Dumesnil, Ky., IIV2 miles from Louisville. They are scheduled to leave Wooster at t:30 a. m. and arrive in Orrville at 7 o’clock where they will be met by the Orrville City Band which will act as an escort to the large body of men while marching to the town hall where they will be grouped in the center of the student bodies of the various schools and the exercises earned out.The exercises will start promptly at «S:30 so as to insure their completion for entrainment of the soldiers on the regular train on the C., A. C. railway, leaving Orrville at 9:30.Rev. R. S. Bowers, pastor of the Lutheran church of Wooster, will deliver the patriotic address. The band will play patriotic airs, school children will sing “America,” with all the audience assisting. , Miss Faith Oswalt will sing “Keep the Home Fires Burning.” Invocation by Rev. H. C. Blos-ser, pastor of the Reformed church.Mayor Willaman emphatically stated to a representative of the Courier-Crescent that as mayor of Orrville, he wanted the pleasure of seeing every citizen in the town out at this flare-well reception, and that every American flag in the town should float from business houses and dwellings giving the boys leaving to fight our battles, the greatest assurance conceivable, that we as citizens stand ready to administer to their wants and comforts while performing their and our duty to their country.Thirty-six men who leave for camp either live in Orrville or receive their mail from the local post office. Let every one of us do our part in paying the boys the honor that is due them, by a rousing large crowd Monday morning.n or ic fViA list nfYY\ An •
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Orrville Courier Crescent
Orrville, Ohio, US
Fri, May 24, 1918
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