Following is the official program for the 23rd
Annual Reunion of Nimrod Triplett Camp No. 1273 U.C.V., of Watauga county, to
be held in Boone on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 17th and 18th,
1916:
Meet Thursday at 11 a.m. Called to order by Capt. E.J.
Norris. Music. Devotional exercises by chaplain. Roll call. Address of Welcome
by Rev. Monroe Gragg. Appoint committee on obituaries. Adjourn for dinner.
Meet 2 p.m. Receive report of Committee on Obituaries.
Memorial exercises conducted by Rev. M.L. Carpenter at 2:30 p.m. Adjournment.
Meet Friday at 9 a.m. Call to order. Devotional exercises.
Address by Rev. J.H. Farthing at 11 a.m. Election of Company officers for the
ensuing year. Adjourn for dinner.
Meet at 2 p.m. Call to order. There will be a march, if any
of the old soldiers so desires, and the weather will permit.
The Committee earnestly requests that each old soldier of
the Camp will attend the Reunion for in a short time, there will be none of them
left to attend these annual meets. There have been six members of the Camp
passed over the river since our last meeting, and it will seem as if seven were
gone, as our deceased brother, Rev. J.M. Payne, has been a regular attendant
for 15 or 16 years, and always had a kind word for each old soldier.
The people in and around the town have expressed a
willingness and desire to care for the old soldier, but the committee has
decided that if Friday, the 18th, is a favorable day the veterans
will take dinner with the out-of-town citizens, and they are requested to bring
lunch baskets, well filled, for their repast on that day.
Come, everybody, to the Reunion, as this is election year,
and there will be an abundance of speakers chock full of talk on hand.
It is requested that each member of the fife and drum corps
be on hand to furnish music for the occasion.
--E.J. Norris, W.W. Presnell, D.C. Dugger,
Reunion Committee
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