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Decorate (i ravesOf Canadian Sold tenSchool Children's Tribute to Cana* j das Soot it Sherochfej For the ircoM ;af in nccMfo^ there n«l enacted Uttt krutifltlf U»* prftiin gad kfAfi tootlnif ifff* nony -lb# laying of Sowers lt;*• the graves of Canadian soldiers to Shorn* jcbfic ^Military Cemetery by . .Xtt I school children from the li.itfid M# inbutt that RngUsf lt;*lt;a j ay to the ‘ralUrary of Canada*! fallen too# »ho lie in by the s urnmermgoaten ot the haaoti coaid be moreeloquently ton'Haag, and we woeMthat we had the space more tally to describe the simple grandeur of lt;Lie:ceremonial of homage, and the scene, jae on** ked down upon this God's Acre carffttf wcth the living i» ^meof loye and remembrance. VI The natural *jnph»ihf?tre was ft hi* hly thronged nub spectators ■ whose eyee were dimmed with tnr%' i while below were gathered the AU*| rem of Folk* it one. Ufthe. hhrriioa. [Sandufe, Salt w ood and S*abflt;»ok Ificl VsHag a bunch of Aon ere.1 There were ilw here the cirk rfp* reseotatSees of the district, together | wtih tuff officer* and the trboMk £\ 1 The lt;ttt omy waa opened with1 itfce Sir g ag of the hymn Abide With | lie by tha children, led by the band 1 of the 1st t iniav lt;\L. under Band ' matter Chisholm, then the children 1 sang **T he Maple I^af. * and foilow-jicg the essayne of FoUttume in the f I coarse of a b-ief address. said he re*1 raided it at a very great pttrtlege to ’ {be there foe the second tone to show ’ homage and rraped to the prnory[ I of those brave men who leit home I and country to battle for Justice nod 1 KigUtro isaesa Alas, they rtnoiasl 5 here, but it would be some utiilic-I. lion to their relative* and friends in C«nada to think thnt. although their 1 U»ved ones were silent, they were not forgot ten, and that the people in ’England were doing their best to ■ 'show the respect and honor they felt |for the bravery of the (alien Cana-r.diann. His worship then laid the ’ beautiful wreath from the F'dkrstog* r CojporaUoa upon the nearest grave.Ifce National Anthem «ia then i t sung, after which the children bled * . by the trim kept graver surmounted ' by the simple wooden croeana of f* honor snd of hope, and ’hereon la!4I A guard of honor romposed of e,about MJi lt;intdssf soldiers finf rounded the cemetery. ’’’'
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Lashburn Comet
Lashburn, Saskatchewan, CA
Thu, Oct 10, 1918
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