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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1919)
/ — WELCOME HOME THE BOYS [ JU L Y 3, 4 AN D 5 A T S A LE M YO R K : R ED H E A D E D P EA C EM A K ER S«TjTt. Alxin C. York, I “nil Mall. Fontrvss county, Tenn., Three Hun- drcxl ntiil Tuenty-vlKhth Infantry, i^ithty-s.Hximl division (All-America), has lie n proclaimed us "the soldier who has distinguished himself uboVe all men in the war In the achievement o f the greatest indlvHlunl ileeil In his tory.” This deed Is reully a little bat tle In Itself, but told us briefly us pos sible it is this: York, then rori>oral, October 8. 1918, killed 20 Germans with his rltle uml pistol: captured 132 prisoners, in cluding a major and three lieutenants} put 33 machine guns out or busluesy and thereby broke up an entire bat talion which was about to counter-at tack against the Americans on Hill 223 In the Argonne sector, near Cliatel- Chehery. Pull Mall Is a mountain cross roads with possibly 20 houses scattered about.^York was born there December 13, 1887. one of 11 children. He is a fanner and blacksmith. He provides fo r his mother, one brother and three little sisters. He is 6 feet and weighs 205 pounds. He Is red headed. He Is sure death with both rltle and pistol. As a fighter, he Is'the rare kind that gets cooler as the danger grows. l He used to drink a little, gamble a little and swear. He quit in 1915 and Joined the Church of Christ and Christian Cnion. of which he Is second elder and singtng leader. He was a conscientious objector. His captain con vinced him In camp that it was his duty to act us the peacemaker iu Europe. His “ girl," Grace Williams, says: “ It wasn't A lvin : It was the hand of God.” The above dates are the official days on which will be held the greatest celebration in the history of Salem. The boys who wore the uniform are to be welcomed honie and everything is. being made ready to receive them and show them the best possible time. Every soldier, sailor and marine who went from Marion and Polk Counties is invited to be present. Grave of Her Convict Son at Her Rainbow’s End meals will be free and you will get AMMOND. IND.—The Salvation Army found her, on her fifty-seventh birthday, penniless and alone in the railroad station here, hoping to get to Butte. Mont., where her sister lives. Her only treasure was a email photograph of the type used in rogue's galleries. It was the picture of a young man of twenty-two, who had been convicted of burglary. For 18 years the woman had been following a rainbow of hope. She had Just come to the rainbow's end— and found ihe grave o f a convict in the cemetery of the New York reformatory at Elmira. A pretty five-year-old boy. golden haired and sturdy, was playing on the grass In front o f a little farmhouse In Athens township. New York. In a buggy, outside the fence, a woman watched him, charmed. Then she called: “Come here, sonny.” The boy trotted out to the road. The woman helped him Into the buggy and talked to him. Finally, after looking closely at the house and seeing no one, she whipped up her horse and sjied away with the child hfslde her. That was lrf 19U0. Eighteen years later the mother, grown old and gray In unceasing search throughout the country fo r her son, received a letter from Mrs. Nancy Browning of South Hills. Pa. She got it purely by chance, fo r she had married again since her boy's disappearance and now was not Mrs. John Kipp, but Mrs. Amos Shoemaker. “ I am dying,” Mrs. Browning said, “ and I cannot go in peace until I tell you that I kidnaped your boy. When the boy grew up he left me.” Sympathetic strangers took the sorrowing mother to Chicago, gave her a birthday dinner, bought her a ticket and sent her on her way. H I Dayton Bicycles Easy Riding Built for Service Best in the Long Run _________________________% 5 * | Lloyd E. Ramsden Salem, Oregon * » l War Mothers Welcome Warriors T ing great preparations to en tertain the boys who wore Y o u r room and a free pass to the movies, dances, receptions ments. and other entertain They” are doing every thing in their power to make the three days the most pleasant of . your lives. Don't fail to be here and enjoy what the W a r Mothers have prepared for the boys in the form o f a welcome. Community Service For these three days there will be many features. Here are a few : H E W a r o^VIothers are mak the uniform. War Camp N o matter where you wore a unitorm—A L L Flying Machine Community Float Parade Industrial Parade Auto Dealers Parade Private Auto Parade Street Features Dancing Human Fly Aquatic Sports Baby Parade Street Singing Band Music at Wilson Park Banquets, Receptions, Auto Rides, Moving Pictures Air Trips T Service is co-operating with the W a r ” Mothers and you will find automobiles at your com mand; young ladies for partners in the dances; receptions you will enjoy; a welcome at every turn— in fact .everything is being done that can possibly be thought of lor the welcome and entertainment of you and your friends. Come to Salem on the morning ot the 3rd of July and go immediately to the Commercial Club where you will Everything Free for Soldiers be provided with everything you For all who register be fore July 3, 1919. Register for air trip with McCnmky at ^alem Com mercial Club not free. are welcome. H E W a r Camp Community” can possibly wish for. Salem Commercial Club Program Register Here for Membership Cards and Information as to Free Entertainment _______________ _________ ____________ -FOR SALE B Y- SPECIAL FEATU R ES n The Salem Commercial Club will have charge of the features for the 4th. They are giving free membership cards to all men who wore the uniform. The members have charge of the parades, the flying machine, in fact they are pro viding most every form of entertainment you can possibly wish for. $ * 387 COURT STREET « CAMPERS We are now prepared to furnish your camp outfit complete with the most compact fold ing equipment that has ever been put on the market. You can carry a complete outfit in a very small space. Canvas Folding Chairs Canvas Folding Tables Canvas Foldihg Cots TENTS, C AM P STOVES and Everything you need in Camp furniture. Victrola There i9 nothing hing that adds more pleas ure to camp life than a We are the only dealers in Salem handling Victrolas and Victor Records exclusively. » Free Passes to Everything for Soldiers, Sailors &Mairnes FLYING t7WACHINE Every" Stunt Known to Flying ¿TVIen to be Performed Take a Ride in the Big Aeroplane. Stunts Performed daily” over” Wilson Park. This feature will surely” bring you. % SALEM, OREGON , • . . * J. F. HUTCHASON, Chairman, ^ You (Jet More for Your Money at Moore's \ / ____________________ ■ , Every Person In Marion and Polk Counties and State Cordially Invited to attend this celebration. W. W. MOORE • ____________________________________ * ___ * s Salem, Oregon. . r * * 4th o f July Advertisement Committee ■M M %