Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle Sat May 31, 1902 AT LE ROY Memorial Day in Le Roy dawned cloudy and dark and rain threatened all day, but it did not fall and none of the arrangements of the day were interfered with. In the morning the members of Staunton Post, G. A. R., visited the different cemeteries of the town and decorated the graves. At 2 o'clock appropriate services were held in the opera house. Mayor HUYCK called the meeting to order and there was a number of musical selections. The orders were read by the post adjutant and an original poem was recited by John March entitled "Post Out Their Graves." Rev. Seth COOK made the invocation and Rev. P. L. POWELL pronounced the benediction. The address of the day was given by Rev. Ward D. PLATT of Buffalo. In the afternoon there were two ball games. The Le Roy Athletic Club crossed bats with the Avon nine and the former was defeated by a score of 16 to 4. A Churchville nine defeated the Le Roy Knox class by a score of 8 and 5. **** YATES Beautiful and Impressive Services at penn Yan and Doings Elsewhere memorial Day throughout the county was appropriately observed, Penn Yan, Rushville, Bellona, Dresden, Dundee, Branchport and Italy Hill all doing justice to the honored dead of the days of the early sixties. In Penn Yan the day was fittingly observed by the two G. A. R. posts. The stores throughout the day were closed, either wholly or for half a day. But little was done towards observing the day during the forenoon. The exercises were held in the afternoon at the Court House park. After the exercises at the park had been completed the formation of the procession commenced in front of the Court House park, and the following was the order of procession: Marshal, John F. RANDALL, of Canandaigua; assistants, Frederick GRISTOCK, Henry SHEARMAN, Charles HUNTER, J. B. KETCHUM, Remsen M. KINNEE, David MILLER, Wendell P. HARTSHORN: Penn Yan Cornet Band: officers of the Penn Yan Fire Department; Sheldon Hose Company; Hydrant Hose Company; Hunter Hook and Ladder Company; Ellsworth Hose Company; Harwick Lodge, No. 125, A. O. U. W.; National Protective Legion, No. 336; Keuka Lodge, No. 149, I. O. O. F.; Yates Tent, No. 88, K. O. T. M.; William H. Long Post, No. 486, G. A. R.; J. B. Sloan Post, No. 93, G. A. R.; president of the day, speaker and clergy in carriages; president of the village and members of the Board of Trustees; Board of Education of the Penn Yan Union School district; floral committee; Phil Sheridan Circle, No. 13, Ladies of the G. A. R.; William H. Long Post Women's Relief Corps, No. 102; disabled veterans in carriages; citizens in carriages. After the procession had been formed it moved down Main street to Elm street, through Elm street to the Lake View cemetery, where further exercises were carried out. The two G. A. R. posts decorated the graves of the dead heroes, after which the several organizations went to the soldiers' and sailors' plot that is situated on the hill in the western portion of the cemetery overlooking beautiful Lake Keuka, where the ritualistic services of the G. A. R. were gone through with. Around the plot the several organizations and G. A. R. posts gathered in the following manner: Long Post to the west, Sloan Post to the north, the Macabees and the A. O. U. W. to the east and the I. O. O. F. to the south. After the services had been gone through with the possession re-formed in the same order in which it had marched to the cemetery and marched back to the business portion of the village, where they were dismissed for the day. **** AT DUNDEE Memorial Day was appropriately observed in Dundee yesterday. Flags and bunting were displayed throughout the village. At 10 o'clock a detail from Cook Post, No. 71, G. A. R., marched to the various cemeteries and placed flags and flowers upon the graves of their deceased comrades. At 2 o'clock a parade of veterans, civic officials and martial band marched to the Baptist Church where, at the conclusion of the exercises, the congregation remained seated while the bodies forming the parade retired from the church under the direction of the marshal, when the parade returned to the G. A. R. Hall and was dismissed. ** AT RUSHVILLE In Rushville the citizens assembled in Memorial Hall at 2 o'clock. The address by Rev. E. A. HAZELTINE of Rushville was eloquent and patriotic. The choirs of both churches united in furnishing excellent music. There were two games of baseball during the day. The excellent local musical talent of Rushville with some of Canandaigua's best gave an excellent concert in the evening for the benefit of the Epworth League. ** WAYNE Fine Address in the Afternoon and Campfire in the Evening As is its custom, Newark laid aside the implements of labor yesterday to commemorate in a solemn but beautiful manner the sleeping heroes of the past. The day in Newark was appropriately celebrated. At about 9 o'clock in the forenoon the veterans assembled in the G. A. R. hall and the William B. Vosburg Post, under Commander Frank E. BROWN, visited Willow avenue cemetery and decorated the soldiers' graves with potted plants, instead of customary flowers. The E. K. Burnham Camp, S. O. V., accompanied by Comrades Nathaniel and George COOK, went to the East Newark cemetery and decorated the graves there, while Comrades S. S. RICHARDS, Victor LE REOUX and David GAMBLE, assisted by a number of East Palmyra citizens, visited the graves in that hamlet. Meanwhile Comrades A. C. WELLS, James S. HOOSE and Philip BARTHOLOMEW performed a similar honor at Fairville, a hamlet six miles north of Newark. Immediately after dinner the procession formed and paraded the principal streets of the village. Services were held at the Sherman opera house immediately after the parade. They opened with music by the choir and prayer by Rev. E. H. CONRAD, pastor of the Baptist Church. The address of the day was given by Comrade H. C. MOYER, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The evening was spent by the usual camp fire. ** AT SOUTH BUTLER Whatever the weather, memorial services worthy of the day are always held in South Butler under the auspices of Sweeting Post, No. 291. At 10 A. M. the post, accompanied by the Hibbard Factory Cornet Band, went to Butler Center, where services were held in the Methodist Episcopal Church and the address was given by Rev. I. A. BRICE, pastor of the M. P. Church at South Butler. Rev. E. B. GRANGER also assisted. Music was furnished by the band and by the male quartette of South Butler. Detachments also visited Roe and Hebbard Cemeteries on their errands of love. At 10 o'clock the post assembled at headquarters in I. O. O. F. hall, and, headed by the band and accompanied by the various lodges, I. O. O. F., No. 504, A. O. U. W., and K. O. T. M., proceeded to the Baptist Church where Rev. A. B. CHAMBERLAIN, of Auburn, who has been pastor of the Disciples Church in South Butler for several years, delivered a most interesting address in his usual forceful manner. At the conclusion of the services at the church the line of march re-formed and proceeded to the cemetery with offerings of flowers. **** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS