Newspaper clipping: account of a civic gathering at the school, with veterans' association and Father's Day program
Book 1, Page 557 ·1940–1960
Transcription
The right edge of the clipping is severely trimmed; bracketed material is conjectural.
…[illegible] members[hip] said. He was glad to see [the] school [in] World War II, it has [been] of[ten] forgotten to so many of us, and [the] hope of all who have lived through these tragic days.
The living memorial to the historical events from [1914] when the [outbreak] began until the close of World War I, and [the] World War II, was [told] in a graphic manner. He told a noble story which was followed in detail by many of those present and of the rulers and obligations of the living to the dead and those who came back. America’s Legion post, the Patriotic to the [Greater?] Hendersonville Junior C[hamber] of Commerce, was repre[sented]…
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McNichols spoke, and one of the most outstanding [presentations] of the colors and the [present]ation of the flag to the school of [the] American Legion post in [memory] of those who came back, [and in] honor of those who served their country.
The pre[sentation] of the colors and the [present]ation of the flag was preceded by music, by the school [orchestra], and the colors of national [significance] were unfurled and the playing of [the] National Anthem.
[paragraph break]
[The orchestra] rendered municipal and school bands were present in the platform and played “Onward Christian Soldiers” and the audience to the sing[ing] of “Faith of Our Fathers” Living Still."
Seated on the platform [as] a background of a color guard [composed] of high school students who [represented] the entire school [of which] the colors of national [significance] were displayed.
[paragraph break]
The parade, scheduled as a prelude to the Memorial Day Service, [from] Tryon began at noon at the school grounds.
At elaborate program of band drills, played and patriotic numbers planned by the school’s musical [groups] and high school band were ren[dered] under the direction of the school [staff]…
AI Notes
A narrow column of newsprint, badly trimmed at both edges and damaged across the right side, so that roughly the right third of every line is lost. The remaining text describes a school gathering with addresses on patriotism and World War I, a veterans’ association presenting an American Legion post flag, the singing of patriotic songs, and a Father’s Day program. No date or location is preserved. Many words are conjectural.