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SOUVENIR PROGRAM OF THE F

WELCOME HOME DAY

TO THE

WORLD WAR VETERANS

OF THE

TOWN OF §OMERSET, MASS.

ON

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

1919

COMMITTEES

Owen J. Eagan Alfred W. Tallman

Chairman Secretary

Committee on Location Thomas :F. Eagan, A.dam W. Gifford Alfred W. Tallman Frederick S. Clarner

Owen J. Eagan

Committee on Names for Honor Roll Frederick S. Clarnrr Lewis E. Moulton

Committee on Program, Invitation and Printing Franklin S. Simmons Fernald L. Hanson Adam W. Gifford Daniel P. Shove

Owen .T. Eagan

Committee on Sports Thomas F. Eagan Daniel B. Cronan, Jr. Preston H. Hood Edward J. Morrissey

Committee on Music Alfred "\Y. Tallman Thomas F. Eagan

George E. Marble

Committee on Clambake Daniel P. Shove Frank C. Chace

Charles Riley

Transportation Committee Frederick G. Bogle Frederick S. Clarner

Edward ,J. Morrissey

Committee on Decoration!-Franklin S. Simmons Fernald L. Hanson

Adam Vil. Gifford

Publicity Committee Lewis E. Moulton Frederick G. Bog-le Cornelius A. Davis Edward J. Guiney William Synan G. Walter Simmons Daniel Wilbur Melvin G. Conary Thomas A. Francis Frederick R. H. Linley

,James A. Blakeney

PROGRAMME

Marshal of Day---Owen J. Eagan Aides---Charles Riley, Frank C. Chace

9.00 A. M. 9.30 A. M.

I0.30 A. M.

11.00 A. M. ll.15A.M.

11.30 A. M.

11.45 A. M.

12.00 M.

Assembly at Creek Bridge Auto P:Jrade Route---South, County, Buffinton, Prospect and Read sts., Lee's River, Wilbur and Riven3ide aves. Egypt Corner ,. Formation of Line of March to

Centre st. Auto Parade to Creek Bridge Formation of Line of March to

Public Library Unveiling of Honor Roll

Florence Riley Louise Hanson

Address of Welcome bv Fernald L. Hans~n, Selectman

Presentation of Medals, Franklin S. Simmons,

Chairman of Selectmen, Ailled by Mrs. Ernest L. Peirce

12.30 P. :M.

1.00 P. M.

Mrs. Adam W. Gifford, Mrs. Sumner E. Simmons, Miss Delia M. Smith Mrs. Frank C. Chace Mrs. William H. Seaver

Formation of Line of March to Avon st. to Autos. Auto parade through Avon, Main, South, High, Pleasant sts.

to Dighton Rock Park Clambake Address by

Col. W. J. Keville of Belmont, 101st Amunition Train,

26th Division Address by

Charles L. Burrill of Boston, Treasurer aad Receiver­General State of Massa­chusetts

~rt cfrll{£morimn

Leonard A. Miller, Private Co. B. 3rd Reg. F. A. R. D. He was the s0n of the late \Y illiam and Lonisa II. :Miller of Oak Bluffs, l\Iass., and was born in Somerset Sept. 18, 1896. He entered the service and was sent to Camp ,fack­son, S. C., where he died of lobar pneumonia Sept. 27,

l\llK. Ile was buried at Somerset.

\\' arren S. Hathaway, Second Lieutenant Co. K, 23rd

Infantry, gavenp his lifo for his country on Nov. 3, 1918, from wound" received in a<'tion on Oct. 4, 1~118, during the fighting in the Champagne srctor p1ount Blanc). He was the son of .i\Ir. and Mn,. Si<lney L. Hathaway of Somerset. Lieutenant Hathaway µ;radnated from the Fall River Tech­nical High School in June, rnl5, being Major of the Hiµ;h School Cadet Batallion. vVhile a student rit Amherst Agri­cultural College he was Heleeted to enter the Third Officers training camp at Camp Upton, L. I. In re;;ponse to an urgent call for volunteers, he left for o,·crseas in Co. I, 308th Regiment, being commissioned Second Lieutenant on ,Tune 1, 1918. Took part in St. '.\Jihiel driYc an~l was fatally wounded 8t Mount Blanc, after showing great bravery and ability under heavy fire. Buried with full military honors on Nov. 5, in American military cemetery in Nieves, [i'rance,

,;ix days before signing of the armistice.

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:r oseph Ogden, the first 'of S.9merset's sons to make the su­preme sacrifice, was born in England July 30, 1896. He was the son of Edward and M:uy A. Ogden, County street. He enlisted at Providence, R. I., March 25, 1918, was transferred to Fort Slocum, N. Y., and from there tu Camp Meigs, Washiugton, D. C., in the Quartermaster Corps, 17th Company. He was prominent in the Boy Scouts, being the firE>t boy in this 8ection to become an Eagle scout, and held twenty-two meda1s for Scout work and a medal for Liberty Loan 'vYork. He died June 3, 1918, at vVashing­ton, D. C., of lobar pneumonia and was buried at Somerset.

John Damas, Private 1st Class Co. F. 5th Infantry. He was the son of ,Joseph and :\Iary Damas of ·whetstone Hill Road, was born at St. Michaels, Azores Islands, May 7, 1895. He enlisted at Fall River, July 11, 1917, and was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y. After a few months training he was sent to France, where he was killed in action June fi, Hl18.

Dt>sire Clantier, Private Co. G. 306th Infantry. He was a brotlier of Mrs. Odele C. Fournier of Alberta ave., was born in Canada ,June 5, 1892. He entered the service Nov. 26, 1 D 17, shortly after was sent to France and was in the trenches July 4th, 1918. He was killed in action August

27, Hl18.

SOMERSET HONOR ROLL

Albert B. Almy r~rael T. Almy Amos J. Auclair Thomas Adamson Leon P. Babbitt E<lme F. Banville Reginald J. Beaulieu Stuart S. Belcher Ernest T. Bradshaw Clayton R. Brown Leroy E. Brown Olin F. Brown Frank Biladcau Henry Biladeau Charles H. Bridge ,Joseph Burgess .Archibald ,J. Burnside Charles F. Butterworth Michael J. Carbrey ,Jerry Caron Thomas Cartman Walter L. Calder Manuel S. Carveiro John L. Clemmy * Desire Cloutier Joseph Cohen Robert Cohen ,John W. Cook Cornelius V. Coleman George W. Coleman James H. Coleman Charles C. Cronan Ed ward Cronan ,John B. Costa *John Damas Sinas DaCambra Norman H. Deane Russell M. Deane ,Joseph De Mello

Arthur R. Derbyshire Renold H. Demarais Ellen C. Donahue James L. Donahue P. Joseph Donahue John Donais Joseph Dousette Hector Duhamel ,John F. Dyson David S. Eccles Percy L. Elsbree William J. Emsley Victor T. E~trella G. Luther Fassett ,J. Bradford Fleck Frank A. Fitzgerald Helen Fitzgerald George J. B. Forest Napoleou J. Fournier Joseph E. Gallagher Clifton D. Gibbs Samuel W. Gibbs H. Elton Goff John T. Griffin Michael J. Griffin George P. Griffiths Arthur Grime Clifford B. Grime Frederick Grime Herbert Grime John F. Haggerty Charles E. Hathaway, ,Jr. *Warren S. Hathaway William .:3. Hathaway Patrick F. Hayes Frank Hill Walter Hill .James Holt

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SOMERSET HONOR ROLL

Harold G. Hood Irving William H. I. Charles Laforce Joseph LaYoie Paul A. Lavoilette vVilliam ,T. Lee ,Tohn F: Leonard Joseph E. Leonard \lichael H. Leonard Norman D. Linley Mildred A. Lufkin Frank C. Lynch Harold Y. Lynch James II. Lynch J. Joseph Lynch William F. Lynch John Mayall Jos<·ph \laddock, Jr. Michael J. )fahon Samuel M. Mann Antonio C. Mantles G. Arthur Marble Ernilo Mcdosa Manuel F. Mello Ilarol<l R. l\Iesbenger *Leonard A. Miller ,T. Hiram Miller Frederick T. Morel Arthur J. :Morrau *Joseph Ogden Henry Oldham Carl V. Parrott John F. Parsons Roht)rt Parsons Ernest L. Peirce David ~'. Pierce Ed ward F. Pierce John H. Pierce Thom ail F. Pierce

*Died

George L. Picard Charles L. Raymond Harold J. Regan Hrlen Regan Anthony Rezendes Rosimond J. Richard Harry F. Rose Mauuel J. Ruby Lawrence Ryan August Rivard Edward R. Simmons George F. Simmons, Jr. Herbert vV. Simmons Howard W. Simmons Joseph G. Simmons Ralph B. Simmons Leon T. Simms Manuel Silvia Ernest A. Simcock Ralph E. Slade Annie Smith Arthur A. Smith Thomas L. Smith Francis vV. Sullivan Paul 0. Tatem Alexander Thibeault Jr. Edmond Thibeault H. Joseph Thibeault Michael M. Thibeault Eugene Traynor Leon Thurber ,James Walker "Willard A. Wambouldt Arthur R. vVhittakcr George E. Whittaker Anna Wilbur Charles E. Williamson James A. vVilliamson

3.00 P. M.

3.45 P. M.

SPORT PROGRAMME

Band Concert

Dancing

Field Sports

50 Yards Dash, Soldiers.

50 Yards Dash, Sailors.

50 Yards Dash Between the first Two of Soldiers, Between the first Two of Sailors

Tug of War, Picked from Service Men

Ball Game, Soldiers and Sailors

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