[Newspaper] Publication: The Muncie Daily Herald Muncie, IN, United States |
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB Met this Afternoon and Attended the Funeral of John W. Little. RESOLUTIONS PASSED The special meeting held Monday night by the Commercial Club, was well attended. The meeting was not a business session, but one for the purpose of making arrangements for the funeral and drafting suitable resolutions in regard to the death of John W. Little, one of the prominent members of the club, and chairman of the Commercial Club building committee. The meeting, which was a sad gathering, was presided over by first vice president O. W. Sherritt. Messrs. Boyce, Herrmann, Mambourg, Klopfer, Silverburg, Sherritt, and Dr.Wadsworth, paid high tributes to the memory of Mr. Little during the meeting. A committee composed of Messrs. W. H. Tobin, Leopold Mambourg, and Dr. Wadsworth, was appointed to select a floral offering as a token from the club. Messrs. James Boyce, R. S. Gregory, and Dr. F. G. Jackson, were appointed as a committee on arrangements and to draft suitable resolutions, the same to be read this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the club rooms. All members will meet at that hour and attend the services in a body, which will be held from the residence at 5 o'clock. The services over the remains will be brief. A quartette composed of Mrs. Eugene Kelley, soprano; Miss Carroll Hemingray, alto; Mr. George Benham, basso; and Mr. J. L. Scott, tenor, will render several selections during the services. The Rev. Wm. H. Oxtoby of the First Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was a member, will be in charge. The remains will be borne to their last resting place in Beech Grove cemetery by life-long friends of the deceased, Messrs. J. F. Wildman, C. W. Sherritt, C. M. Kimbrough, J. C. Eiler, C. A. Budd, T. H. Kirby, Hardin Roads, and H. Scott. The following resolutions were passed at the meeting this afternoon · · [Missing text] · · |
Keywords: | Hemingray Family |
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Researcher: | Roger Lucas / Bob Stahr |
Date completed: | August 24, 2006 by: Glenn Drummond; |