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ARMORY DEDICATION MARKS OBSERVANCEDF ARMISTICE HEREI m p re s s i v e C e re m o n y,Parade AndFeature DayiMemories of twelve yearsapro were revived Tuesday%when Xenians joined with the nation in re-dedicating themselves to the cause of peace and also formally dedicated t’ne city’s new $50,000 National Guard armory in a community celebration which climaxed an elaborate observance of Armistice Day. Constructed by the stateon a site in the 1) dds .Addition north of Chawn e Park, which had been deeded to theof Ohio by the city, thenew structure was formallyJra (k, Mto the communityand to Company L, Man Infantry, Ohio National Guard, on behalf of the state by Adjutant General Arthur W.Reynolds.The building was acc^ptotl lorthe coimminitv bv Staw* K»i»r» lt;0111-aliv*' it. 1 . Williamson ma niuenas it was largely due to hi- * ffo11s That tlm .ySu.mm appropr'.a ion to iinaact* erection of the annurv was passed by t he stat** ilt;*g.s;at4tv. Captain t) U. Cornwall, lommann ing officer ot Company.L, mate tnelonnal acceptance talk 10: melocal guard unit. The l’ev. l.awr-euce Wessel, member 01 tht armory advisorv council, pronouncedtie invocation.The principal dedicatory address was delivered b\ Ur \\. ]{. MeChesney, president o c darvtlle CollegeAmong reginienial officers present tor the dedication ceremonies v' ('fe Col. i Ingo tin iolph. ( ommander of tlm 117th Infann .. . Major James I Murphy, Major( . A King, Major \. U. Thomas and Sergeant Preston Parsons, ot Cincinnati. Music for the occasionwas supplied by massed bands.Preceding the dedicate program, military, eiyir and maternal organizations as w. 11 as school children participated in a siivei parade tlirough the centet ot tiicbusiness district to the armor, an : me long procession was re y jewed by officials and distin-guished guests Mom a stand placed on N Ueiroit St. in Mont ot , .e west ennance to the Court Housefd-. H. K McChdlan alt;-ted as and marshal tot the parade yvithPeter Shagin, motorcycle policeman, !,. A 1 avis, conniy road patrolman. and Miss Dorothy An.dt evy s as his aides. Despite threa*ening yveather hun ireds ot spectators lined the street curbs to watchthe mammoth procession marchalong to tlm stra ns ot martialmusicThe procession included school children in the Xenia public and patochial schools led by Hm uniformed Xenia Central High School thirty-piece band, a delegation from Fairfield and Osborn led l*y the Math T w p. Consolidated School(Continued on Page Two)
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Wed, Nov 12, 1930
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