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• * *(Continued From Page 1)pocJuly 4. Mrs. George Moser, president of the Victory Mothers club, announced today.The monument, secured with funds raised by the Victory Mothers club, was made in Vermont.Due to an error in shipment, it was sent from New York to Toledo instead of Cleveland. The monument was discovered in Toledo Friday when a check disclosed the error in. shipment. It was then too late to have it sent to this city;acl' for erection and dedication Mon- sc^hisbonwetoth-Poldday.Mrs. Moser said today that the program printed in Memorial Day programs will be carded out the afternoon of July 4.JurlatfJdutbu-pertioithetheW,SQCLo:He“mstocatmesotpr;SiMEMORIAL DAY observance here will be ushered in. with a parade Monday morning to the Massillon cemetery where the annual program will he held. School children, massed colors,' musical f,l*{ units and firing squads of local’'' veterans and patriotic - organizations, will assemble at 1st st south of Charles ave SE at 8:30 a. m. to march to the Oberlin rd SW viaduct in Erie st S for a waterservice.AU school children, participating in the parade have been asked to report to William Henderson or Godfrey Mater south of Charles ave on 1st st where the parade will form.Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and members of the NavyMothers club will toss flowers and wreaths on the waters of the Tuscarawas river in honor of all men who served their country at sea.At 9:45 a. m. members of all organizations will form in Erie st S at the vladuet and march to the Massillon cemetery in the following order: massed colors, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans firing squads, American Legion Drum corps, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Ladies of the G. A. R., Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War auxiliary. Spanish-Ameriean War Veterans, World War I and II Veterans, Washington high school band, Service Star Legion, American Legion auxiliary. Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, Junior Girls unit of the Veterans of For- \ eign Wars, Victory Mothers club, Navy Mothers club, Marine Corps . league auxiliary and other organizations.noCOJcalekprocpusptiimtiwS: *THE PROGRAM at the cemetery before the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument will open with a selection by the high school band and prayer by the Rev. Otto Gerber, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church.Kenneth Campbell, Washington _ high school, senior, will deliver3| Lincoln s Gettysburg address. J.jj Fred Mayers will repeat “In Mem-1 oriam during the dedication of a wreath to the dead of the Civil 1 Mar. The high school hand will play another selection and an ad-e
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Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Sat, May 29, 1948
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