Memorial Service for
Soldiers
A memorial service in honor of Sgt. Coleman Almarene McCraw
and Private Benjamin Ellis will be held Friday evening at 8:15 in the Brevard
Institute Chapel. These two young men were killed in the service of their
country from among the 69 students and ex-students of Brevard Institute who
were in the service. Sketches of the lives of these two young men will be read
and some statement of their relation to the Institute will be given.
In connection with this service, addresses will be made by a
few of the citizens of Brevard and an opportunity will be given for the
soldiers to sing camp songs and to relate war incidents. Some statements may be
made about the plans now under consideration for forming a Transylvania
veterans’ league to look after the interests of the soldiers of the county. The
Brevard Institute service flag will be displayed and the roll of names
represented by the stars will be called and an opportunity will be given for
the friends of the soldiers who are not present to make a statement of the war
record of soldiers who cannot answer for themselves. If by oversight any names
have been omitted, it is hoped that the roll will be made perfect.
All the soldiers of the county are invited to be present
promptly at 8:15 in uniform whether their homes are here or in other counties.
If a sufficient number are present at that time, they can participate in a
drill on the campus if the weather is favorable. The Institute faculty hopes
that a large number of our people may turn out on this occasion to honor the
living soldiers as well as those who made the supreme sacrifice in whose honor
the meeting is specially provided.
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