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Services were
held May 30, 1913, in the old United Presbyterian
Church, where the first war meeting was held April
24th, 1861.
Following is the program of exercises for the day:
Hon. J. L. Cameron________________________President
of the Day
Song - America.
Invocation ________________________________Rev.
James Curry
Introducing President of the Day _______________
Thomas J. Dodge
Song, "The Little White Church in the Wildwood,"
__ School Children.
Address__________________________________ Hon.
Frank B. Willis
Song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"_____________
School Children
Flag Drill__________________________________ Twelve
Little Girls
Recitation, "The Loyal Legion"__________________
Miss Mary Gill
Marshal of the Day__________________________
George C. Edwards
Aid______________________________________
Prof. Homer E. Cahall
Aid______________________________________ Ney
Fleck
PARADE.
Marysville Drum Corps.
Soldiers.
School Children.
Mach to the Monument
Song, "Columbia the Gem of the
Ocean" __________ School Children
Unveiling of Monument -- By Children
Ruth Woodburn Sharer, Mabel Kahler, Will Thompson,
William Curry Jeannot.
Historical Address ___________________________
Colonel W. L. Curry
Presentation of deed to Township Trustees by
Monument Committee.
Response of behalf of Trustees and Citizens of
the Town-
ship
accepting the Monument _____________ Hon. Charles
D. Brown
Song, "Star-Spangled Banner" ___________________
School Children
Doxology
Benediction_________________________________ Rev.
John Gordon
Decorating Graves.
COMMITTEES.
General Committee.
| C. L. Curry |
David Wise |
Joseph Kahler |
| G. E. Herriott |
Arthur Collier |
Jasper Converse |
| T. J. Dodge |
J. C. Collier |
Delmore Snodgrass |
| S. H. Carson |
J. P. McDowell |
Robert McCrory |
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George C. Edwards |
Music.
| Prof. J. B. Hughes |
Mrs. Dell McCampbell |
| Mrs. W. C. Vigor |
Ruth Evans |
Jesse Mitchell |
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Mrs. William Fry |
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Decoration. |
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| Dr. W. C. Vigor |
Sanford Stewart |
Andrew Gill |
| Malcolm
McCampbell
Mrs. Ed. Hinderer |
| Harrold
Fry |
Mrs. J. M.
Curry |
Mrs. T. R. Dodge |
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Flowers. |
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| Mary Hooper |
Alice Ish |
Mrs. Walker Crson |
| Maggie Patch |
Emma Comstock |
Helen Fry |
| Bernice
McDowell
Hazel Harriott |
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Flag Drill. |
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| Leo Wise
May Williams
Cecil Dodge
Alma Hopper |
1861 OUR JEROME
TOWNSHIP HEROES 1913
In honor of
the men who served in the Army of the Union.
Those who fught and lived and those who fought and
died. May this shaft ever call to memory the
story of the glory of the men who wore the Blue.
Bright upon historic page,
Enrolled their names shall ever sine,
With peerless luster, age on age,
Through bright'ning realm of coming time.
Portrait of
Lincoln is on one of the dies, and the names
of soldiers on the remaining one.
The committee has secured from Fort Monroe, Va., a
siege gun 10 feet 5 inches long, weighing 16,000
pounds, and eighty 8-inch shells. These are to
be placed on the monument lot and around the lot
will be erected an iron fence. The lot and
Monument have been deeded to the Trustees of Jerome
Township, and will be carefully preserved as a
sacred trust for all time.
An interesting account of the services of unveiling and
the dedication of the Monument was published in the
Marysville Tribune, from which the following
extracts are taken:
"Jerome Township's enduring tribute to its soldier
dead, a monument of White Bronze, costing $1,500,
was dedicated Memorial Day, with exercises of a
particularly fitting nature.
"Practically all of the citizens of the township, and
many from the adjoining neighborhoods, were gathered
at New California to witness the unveiling of the
beautiful shaft, and participate in the program of
dedicating the memorial to future generations.
"Distinguished sons of the township who have spent
their later years in other localities were present
in large numbers to join in this memorial and loving
devotion to the comrades and comrades who lie buried
in the peaceful and quiet little cemetery -
"Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day,
and to renew on this hallowed soil
of their youth the many friendships that have been
left uncultivated, but not forgotten, through years
of separation and absence from the old-time scenes.
"The Monument at New California is a magnificent shaft
of white bronze, 21 feet 4 inches high, with an
heroic figure of an infantryman at the summit.
In addition to bearing the names of 400 Jerome
Township soldiers, cast on the monument, inside the
base of the shaft are the following historical
papers: Roster of all soldiers who enlisted
from Jerome Township; names of committee which had
charge of its erection; photographs of sixty Civil
War veterans; names of school children of the
township; names of subscribers to the Monument Fund;
copies of songs sung by the school children at the
dedication with program of the ceremonies."
Extract from a letter published in the Tribune, signed
"L. A. D." from New California, is quite interesting
and appropriate:
"The patriotic people of Jerome Township crowded the
high pressure mark on Decoration Day. The
occasion was the unveiling of a monument at New
California in memory and recognition of the
sacrifices and heroism of her brave soldier boys
from the Revolution down to and including exercises
the streets of the little village were filled with
people from all quarters, including Marysville,
Plain City, and some far-distant points.
"New California had never had so large a gathering on
its hands and was completely taken by surprise."
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