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Page Number 20 gmlftirrs’ iRmummtt an tl In the year of 1909, a beautiful soldiers’ monument was erected on the campus of the Central School, dedi¬ cated to the men of the 42nd, 76th and 113th infantry, and the 4th Illinois cavalry, as companies from these regiments were organized in Momence. A picture of the monument is given in the Year Book. The credit for this monument is largely due to the ladies of the Womans’ Relief Corps, as they did the planning and soliciting funds, as well as making the ar¬ rangements for the dedication. But the patriotic citi¬ zens who gave the money are the ones to whom much honor is due. The suggestion for a monument was made in 1906, when Mrs. Mary McKee was president. It was at a meeting in 1907 that Mrs. Orra Allen, made a motion that the $100 made at a bazaar, be appropriated for the building of a monument. The motion carried, and the money was placed at 3 per cent, interest. Mrs. Lucia Vail was president in 1907, and appointed as purchasing committee, Mrs. Flora Gray, Mrs. Angie Bellenger, and Mrs. Sadie Lilly. Mrs. Lilly resigned and Mrs. Allen was appointed. Mrs. Gray resigned and Mrs. Allen was elected as chairman by the corps. In June Mrs. Vail appointed Mrs. Alice Love, Mrs. Ida Dayton, Mrs. Mary Parks, Mrs. Sarah Hess, and Mrs. May Miner as soliciting committee. In June at a meet¬ ing held at Mrs. Allen’s, it was decided to erect a mon¬ ument to cost $1000. Mrs. McKee moved away and Mrs. Penzie Manzer was elected treasurer, and filled the position very creditably. The program committee was composed of the following members: Mrs. Sadie Lilly, Mrs. Ida Dayton and Mrs. Orra Allen. THE JUNIOR YEAR BOOK ► (Skntral i riuud (ground After giving teas, dinners, and a concert,, in January 1909, the contract for the monument was awarded to Gilbertson Strong, of Belvidere, Ill. Mrs. Vail was again president in 1909, and in Febru¬ ary the program committee, with the assistance of Mr. J. S. Garrett, of Momence, and Attorney W. R. Hunter, of Kankakee, semired the consent of Governor Deneen to make the dedicatory address, on July 5th. Great plans were made for a fourth-of-July celebration, but it rained all day. Governor Deneen came and delivered an eloquent address in the Baptist church, and the un¬ veiling of the monument was witnessed by hundreds, in¬ stead of thousands, but for the rain. The history of the regiments was read by Mrs. Flora Gray. The two little girls who pulled the ribbons unveiling the monument, were Helen Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Nichols, and Iris Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hicks. The four grandfathers of these pretty maidens served in the regiments to which the monument was dedicated. Mrs. Orra Allen and Mrs. Ida Dayton are daughters of the 113th Infantry, and the 4th Cavalry, respectively, and were very enthusiastic in the building of the mon¬ ument. Hundreds of others deserve special mention, but lack of space forbids. The monument is sixteen feet high and stands on a concrete base. It represents a volunteer soldier at a parade rest, and is a “thing of beauty” as well as dur¬ ability. It will stand for years, telling the students of our public schools, that in 1861 our citizens Avere patri¬ otic, and in 1909 the people and the W. R. C. had not forgotten the noble dead, nor the heroic deeds of the old soldiers. Wayne Allen.
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THE JUNIOR YEAR BOOK Has Good Time at Foot E THE COUNTRY BOY’S EXPERIENCE AT FOOT¬ BALL. “ Wall, I had went to se the foot-hall game. The hoys lined up like twenty head of steers and then went at each other like so many hilly goats. Wall, when they unpiled, Tom Brown was laid out, so they asked me ter play. T’d never played, hut I thought it looked orful easy. So when they piled up I just laid around the edge, and pulled har ter heat the hand, until one of them big lobsters let out one of his shanks and kicked) me nose. After that I knew that the game was ter kick each other, so I kicked ter heat the hand. All at onc’t the hall came rollin’ out, I grabbed her and run like the 1 dickens. One big white-headed Ike made a dive at my shins, so I lammed him one in ther snoot. The crowd roared, but the rest of them on my side were mad. T had done gone and run fer the wrong goal. CLIFFORD CONNOR. - 0 - COUNTRY BOY’S EXPERIENCE AT BASE-BALL. Wall, after that foot-hall game,I kinder lost all faith in meself as ter such sports. But along in ther spring some of ther fellers thot they’d get up er base-hall nine. They wanted me ter practice some with them, hut my spirits had returned, so I up and sed I knowed nough already. Wall, we wus done goin’ ter play’ gainst of Page Number 19 ail and Base Ball Games ther next town, one day. I wus ter play short-stop. Wall, we got out on ther diamond, an’ they done called the game; then I begun ter get a leetle sheered One big feller came up ter hat and swung it at me. That kinder made me a leetle suspicious, of him, so when he up an’ knocked er hot one at me, I got sore and told| him to done go and git it himself. But our first-sacker told me if I didn’t hustle and git it, and then throw it, he’d, wipe me out. So I run, got it and throwed. But gosh! Time I got it ter that first baseman, that feller wus goin’ home like greased lightnin’. Wall, after some rag-chewin we uns finely done got ter hat. When my turn came, I sauntered up and, and golly, how I lamed at that there hall. But shoot! I missed it er mile! That there pitcher laffed at me and that made me hot. So when he throwed ther next one I just stood there ter fool him. But, law! that there ball just come a rippin and hit me right on ther nose! Wall, mebe you think I wasn’t hot! Finely they told me ter go to first base. Then that feller who wus coach¬ in’ me, told me ter steal second base. So, when nobody wus a lookin’, I pulled up ther base and throwed it oven ther fence. Gee, wasn’t there a row then! One of our fellers told me that I had better go back an’ hoe ther corn, so I done quit an’ they done lost ther game. I don’t think that ther base-hall done agrees with me appetite, anyway. CLIFFORD CONNOR.
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