Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1909 — Memorial Day, 1999. [ARTICLE]

Memorial Day, 1999.

Owing to the fact that the regular Memorial Day, May 30th, falls on Sunday this year, it has bfeen thought advisable to dispense with she customary parade to, and exercises at, the cemetery this year and, instead; proceed as per the following itinerary: Saturday, May 29th, the M. E. church will be suitably decorated for Sunday union services. Flowers and evergreens will be gathered, taken to and prepared at Mesdameg. 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 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 Elder H. L. Hindis, pastor of the church, and Memorial music rendered by a choir conducted by Prof. C. E. Pryor. The citizens of Rensselaer and the Sunday school children are respectfully requested to kindly lend their aid—the former by contributing spch flowers as they may be able tq 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 N _ JOHN M. WASSON, Post Commander. Attest:— JAMES A. BURNHAM, Post Adjutant.