Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1909 — MEMORIAL DAY 1909. [ARTICLE]

MEMORIAL DAY 1909.

Owing to the fact that the regular Memorial Day, May 30th, falls on Sunday this year, it has been thought advisable to dispense with the customary parade to, and exercises at the cemetery and Instead proceed as per the following itinerary:

Saturday, May 29tn, the M. E. church will be suitably decorated for Sunday Union Services. Flowers and evergreens will be gathered, taken to and prepared at Mesdames J. M. Wasson’s and J. F. Irwin’s. Sunday, May 30th, the soldiers’ graves in Weston cemetery will be decorated early in the morning. At 10:15 o’clock a. m., the G. A. R. posts and soldiers generally, the Rensselaer W. R. C., No. 39, and Milroy Circle, No. 3, Ladies of G. A. R., will meet at the court house, organize and march to the church at which union services will take place. A combined memorial sermon and Decoration Day oration will be delivered by H. L. Kindig, pastor of the church, and memorial music by a choir conducted by Prof. C. E. Pryor. » “ The citizens of Rensse’ner and the Sunday School children are respectfully requested to kindly lead their aid; the former by contributing such flowers as they may be able to and the latter by collecting the same and taking them to the places designated for their preparation. By order of Post 84, G. A. R„ JOHN M. WASSON, Post Attest: JAMES A. BURNHAM, Post Adjutant.