Proceedings Of Dedication Ceremonies Placing Names Of Wayne Township Soldiers Of World War 1917 1918 On Monument At Mcelhattan Clinton County Pa

Author : Henry W. Shoemaker
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ISBN 13 : 9781331366072
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of Dedication Ceremonies written by Henry W. Shoemaker and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of Dedication Ceremonies: Placing Names of Wayne Township Soldiers of World War, 1917-1918, on Monument at McElhattan, Clinton County, Pa;, July 5, 1920 After considerable delay, owing to scarcity of labor, Contractor H. P. Kissinger was secured through H. W. Smith, of Lock Haven, to undertake the carving of the names of the Wayne Township Boys who served in the World War on the Soldiers' Monument, in Linnwood Cemetery, McElhattan. Last year no one having been found to do this work, the names were painted in black letters on a piece of white oilcloth by W. J. Emert, of Youngdale, and fastened on the monument, where they remained until the appearance of. Mr. Kissinger. The work embraced not only the names of the World War Veterans, but those of such Veterans of the Spanish-American, Civil and Revolutionary Wars, which were not already on the monument and a mention of the name of Mrs. Anna S. Stablev, through whose tireless energy and perseverence, the handsome monument (a column from the old Capitol at Harrisburg), was erected in 1900. At length, the work was done very satisfactorily and the great day dawned. Wayne Township was signally honored by the presence of Sidney D. Furst, Esq., of Lock Haven, an orator of unusual gifts, who pronounced a masterly eulogy on the heroes, as well as a keen analysis of post-war conditions. A large delegation of representative members of William Marshall Crawford, Post American Legion, of Lock Haven, were in attendance, and the address of their Commander, Major Edward T. Miller, an overseas veteran, was greatly admired. Rev. LeRoy Cohick, Pastor of M. K. Church at McElhattan, delivered a very touching tribute to the Veterans of the Civil war, a handful of these grizzled and bearded old soldiers being present. S. A. Thomas, one of the leaders of Civic affairs in Wayne Township, thanked the Speakers, American Legion and Musicians for the successful rendering of the program. A gemal spirit of cooperation on the part of die active members of the Union Church, which adjoins the Linnwood Cemetery, had much to do with the efficient manner in which the exercises were carried off. The weather was fine, and the attendance unusually large and all deeply interested. Mr. Chatham's graceful poetical tribute to William Rall, the Wayne Township lad, who fell in battle, brought tears to many an eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.