NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
Memorial Day at Manchester 
Fair skies smiled on the veterans of 
the Grand Army of the Republic last 
Friday when the observances of Me- 
morial Day were befittingly carried out 
by the Post and the affiliated organiza- 
tions and the public in general. A brisk 
breeze added a cooling effect to the 
heat of a march through the streets 
of the town to the three cemeteries, 
and made ‘he afternoon withal one of 
the best, for Memorial Day, in years. 
At the three cemeteries the graves of 
94 veterans of the Civil War were 
decorated and at Rosedale cemetery 
exercises in honor of the unknown dead 
were held. Then, as a fitting close 
to this part of the day’s observances 
the women and school children held ex- 
ercises at the Town wharf and strew 
flowers upon the waters in honor of 
the sailor dead. 
Eighteen veterans of the fast dwind- 
ling number belonging to Post 67 as- 
sisted in the exercises of the day,— 
all of those actively associated with the 
post in town. The Sons of Veterans 
and the Women’s Relief Corps also 
turned out in large numbers. The pa- 
rade formed at 1.45, and as outlined in 
our last issue, marched to the various 
cemeteries, the Boy Scouts also acting 
as escort to the veterans. 
The Memorial Day exercises at Town 
hall in the evening were of the usual 
patriotic order and were listened to 
by a large audience, every seat being 
taken. The program as previously an- 
nounced was carried out. The Schu- 
bert Quartet was given a most compli- 
mentary reception and they rendered 
the following selections: Hark! The 
Trumpet Sounds, The Lord’s Prayer, 
Annie Laurie, Nellie Gray, Come Where 
My Love Lies Dreaming, and Good 
Night... Lincoln’s 
burg was well given by Master Earle 
Height, who earned the hearty applause 
given him. Commander Enoch Crombie 
who was in charge of the program, in- 
troduced Rev. John E, Charlton of Sa- 
lem as the orator of the evening. He 
held the wrapt attention of his hear- 
ers throughout his address which was 
largely a graphic description of the 
battle of Gettysburg, which was so 
eloquently told and with so much de- 
tail that his audience could almost, it 
seemed, hear the roar of the artillery 
and the shrieks and groans of the 
wounded and shouts of the leaders as 
they urged their troops on to victory. 
He said in part: 
*“T have a reputation to live up to 
tonight. Some time ago one of. your 
comrades was seated by my side at a. 
banquet at which I was one of the 
speakers and after I had concluded, he 
asked if I would not come to Manches- 
ter and deliver the Memorial Day ad- 
dress before Post 67, and I agreed to 
do so, so you see I must maintain the 
impression I created that evening. My 
subject this evening is ‘The Suffering 
of the Sacrifice.’ It has always seemed 
to me that the things really most worth 
while in this world are the things that 
cost the most in way of sacrifice. The 
mothers’ great love for her child is be- 
cause she has to sacrifice so much to it. 
“Tonight we are to remember the 
address , at .Gettys- . 
men who volunteered their service and 
their lives for their country that it 
might remain united and that the slaves 
might go free. The years from 1861-64 
were never equaled in the history of 
the world for the richness of sacrifice. 
Let us look at the men who were so 
ready to sacrifice home comforts and 
their lives if need be. They were not 
| men” trained. ins, war—they . were. men 
from the workshops, store keepers, car- 
penters, plumbers, tin smiths, weavers— 
men from every profession and in all 
walks of life. And when we speak of 
the ‘boys’ in blue we mean boys, for 
they were boys literally, as well nigh 
two millions of those who went to the 
front had not yet reached the age of 
22 years. 
‘“The first of the sacrifices was the 
sadness of the home parting. Can we 
realize how much of a sacrifice it was 
to the home stayers? And after their 
, dear boys had gone to the fronts how 
eagerly the newspapers were scanned 
for any intelligence from their loved 
ones. You comrades went to the front 
with the excitement of battle to buoy 
you up, but they stayed at home with 
only the quiet of their grief. Would 
that some one might rise up to write 
a history of the sufferings of the moth- 
ers and wifehood of our nation. As 
we travel up and down our land we 
may see &@ monument in nearly every 
city and village and it is well and 
never let one of them be _ removed. 
(Applause). 
‘‘Let us note again the sufferings of 
the toil of war. When these men were 
at the front marching or fighting all 
day they found no home to return to 
at night; no wife or children to greet 
them; no supper or hot drink prepared 
for them;. it was theirs to lie down 
in their blankets perhaps on the wet 
ground with no other protection from 
the storm, and then perhaps the order 
would come again before morning had 
broke, to march and they would rise 
again and stumble on through mud an- 
kle deep. Confronted with all manner 
of diseases, hardships and discourage- 
ments without number, what a sacrifice 
was theirs. 
‘“But greater still were the sacrifices 
of the horrors of war, the terrible 
slaughter and bleeding wounds, and 
perhaps gangrene. I have known of 
men who have been in a hundred bat- 
-tles and skirmishes. Take for instance 
the battle of Gettysburg; what a 
struggle that was, what deeds of hero- 
ism, what suffering, what sacrifice! In 
the second day’s fighting in five hours 
20,000 men lay dead or wounded as 
the result of that great battle. On 
the third day Picket with 5000 men 
takes back but 1200; 3000 men. are 
grievously wounded; whole regiments 
and armies are so mutilated that they 
will forever remain as ‘Unknown 
Dead.’ Who ean tell of such sacrifice? 
Those brave men were lost to your army 
but they are known in the army of 
Heaven where we shall know as they 
are known.’’ 
‘¢The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat 
The soldier’s last tattoo; 
No more on life’s parade shall meet 
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The brave and daring few. 
On fame’s eternal camping-ground 
Their silent tents are spread, 
And glory guards with solemn round 
The bivouae of the dead.’’ 
CHILDREN’S CONCERT 
At the Congregational church the 
Children’s Concert will be held at 5 
o’clock, Sunday, June 8, with the fol- 
lowing program: 
Organ Prelude 
Hymn 
Welcome Harriet Stanley 
Psalm 100 Primary School 
Prayer 
Exercise Eight Children 
Song, ‘‘There’s a Friend for Little 
Children’’ Primary School 
Ree., ‘‘A Small Boy’s Speech’? 
Sumner Peabody 
Song, ‘‘Suppose’’ Miss Lodge’s Class 
Rec., ‘‘I Wonder’’ Catherine Bullock 
Solo, ‘‘Sleep, Little Birds’’ Violet Read 
Exercise, ‘‘The Things He Made’’ 
Miss Haskell’s Class 
Song, ‘‘I’ll be a Sunbeam’’ 
Marjorie Wilcox, Eleanor Smith, 
Frieda Read, Emma Crowley, 
Florence Cruikshank. 
Ree., ‘The Little Forgetmenots’’ 
Elizabeth Sabena 
Duet, ‘‘Suffer the Children’’ 
Pauline Semons, Helen Knight 
Exercise, ‘‘A Pleasant Word’’ 
Albert Scott, William Dahl, 
Josephine Scott, Jennie McNeil 
Reading, ‘‘The Captive Maid’’ 
Annie Edgecomb 
Solo, ‘‘God is Good’? Doris Knoerr 
Exercise, ‘‘What do they say?’’ 
Esther Olsen, Ora Norie, Abbie 
Cragg, Margaret Cruikshank. 
Chorus, ‘‘The Message of Summer’’ 
Miss Edgecomb’s Class 
Rec., ‘‘A Last Word’’ Robert Foster 
Offering 
Remarks ‘ 
Closing Hymn 
Benediction 
Organ Postlude 
Program Children’s Day Concert, Bap- 
tist Church, Sunday, June 8, 5 p. m. 
Song, Golden Summer Days 
Seripture Reading 
A Little Girl’s Prayer, Janet Height 
Response, The Lord is in His Garden 
Greeting Marion Preston 
A Happy Thought 
Doris and Dorothy Smith 
Rejoice ’Tis Children’s Day 
But a Little Child Marion Morse 
Flowers for Children’s Day 
Mrs. Dunn’s Class 
The Pretty «1owers Seem to Say 
Henrietta Stanley 
Bible Forget-me-nots 
Mrs. Swett’s Class 
Primary Room 
Solo Bernice Lee 
Boys of the Bible Mr. Warner’s Class 
The Children’s King Ruth Matheson 
The Master and the Children 
Grace Salter 
Wm. Matheson 
Sunbeams 
Ring True 
Your Part Nelson Baker 
Remarks Pastor 
Exercise Sunshine Girls 
Seatter Sunshine Bible School 
Benediction 
