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ELLERY PEABODY, Jr.
Peabody, Ellery, Jr., Sergeant : killed in action 23 Oct., 1918 (at Death Valley, near Verdun). Enl. 28 May, 1917, Btry. A, 1 F. A., Mass. N. G. (Btry. A, 101 F. A., 26 Div.). Reported for duty 25 July, mustered 31 July, 1917. Cor- poral, 26 Nov., 1917; Sergeant, 14 Aug., 1918. Overseas, 9 Sept., 1917. Son of Ellery and Harriet (Avery) Peabody.
A memorial service was held in the West Newton Unitarian Church on December 1, 1918.
Reilly, John Lawrence, Private: mortally wounded in action and died 15 July, 1918 (near Mezy, while serving as runner). En1. 27 Nov., 1917, R. A., Co. K, 30 Inf., 3 Div. Overseas, 16 April, 1918 .- Son of John William and Anna Gertrude (Hackett) Reilly.
Reinhalter, Earl L., Private : died 22 Dec., 1918, of pneu- monia, at Base Hosp. 15, Chaumont, Haute Marne. Enl. 15 Dec., 1913, Co. C, 5 Inf., Mass. Vol. Mil .; trans. 15 Jan., 1916, to Reserve Mass. N. G. Reported for duty 18 June, 1916, and served on Mexican Border. Furloughed to N. G. Reserve 15, Dec., 1916. Reported for duty from N. G. Re- serve 25 July, mustered 7 Aug., 1917, Co. C, 5 Inf., Mass. N. G .; trans. to Co. C, 101 Inf., 26 Div. ; 6 Dec. to Band. Det. 1 Dep. Div. Overseas, 7 Sept., 1917 .- Son of Joseph E. and Margaret T. (Berry) Reinhalter.
Richardson, Walter Gates, Lieut. Comm. U. S. N .: died 29 May, 1919, by accident, at Belmont, N. H. Enl. 1875 at Annapolis, Md. Appointed Cadet, 22 Sept., 1876. Retired with rank of Ensign, 1 July, 1889. Recalled 13 March, 1917, assigned to duty 1st Naval District, Boston; 9 Sept., 1918, to duty Branch Hydrographic Office, Boston. Lieut. Comm. 1 July, 1918 .- Son of Frederick G. and Elizabeth ( McArdle) Richardson.
Ross, Frank Angus, Private: killed in action 28 Sept., 1918 (near Brieulles). Ent. 27 May, 1918, 152 D. B .; trans. 21 June, to Co. C, 301 Inf., 76 Div .; 30 July, to 1 Repl. Div.,
St. Aignan; to Co. 1), 163 Inf., 41 Div .; 9 Aug., to Co. B, 59 1nf., 4 Div. Overseas, 6 July, 1918 .- Native of Nova Scotia, son of Angus M. and Sarah (McLeod) Ross.
Ryder, Walter Irenaeus, Lieut. (j. g.) Med. Corps : died 24 Sept., 1918, of influenza and pneumonia at Newton. Ap- pointed from Massachusetts, Lieut. (j. g.) Med. Corps, 11 July, 1918. To Comdt. 1st Naval Dist., Boston, for assign- ment to duty; 10 July, assigned to duty Office of District Med. Aide .- Son of Patrick F. and Catherine E. (Maddigan) Ryder.
Sartini, Adolfo, Private: died 7 Oct., 1918, of pneumonia. Ent. 29 March, 1918, 151 D. B .; trans. 24 April to Co. E, 2 Engrs., Tng. Regt., 2d Div .; 1 Oct. to Co. E, 215 Engrs., 15 Div .- Native of Borggo, Amozgana, Italy.
Shuster, Henry S., Sup. Sergeant: died 30 Sept., 1918, of pneumonia. Ent. 6 May, 1918, Co. A, 57 Engrs .; trans. 26 June, to Co. C, 57 Engrs .; 11 July, to Co. E, 57 Engrs. Corporal, 1 June; Sergeant, 30, July ; Sup. Sergeant, 31 July, 1918. Overseas, 20 Sept., 1918.
Smith, James William, Corporal: killed in action 14 Oct., 1918 (in attack on Landres-St. Georges). Ent. 31 May, 1918, Btry. B, 18 Btn., F. A. Repl. Draft, Camp Jackson; trans. 8 July, to Btry C, 149 F. A., 42 Div. Corporal, 8 July, 1918. Overseas, 21 July, 1918 .- Native of Nova Scotia, son of Isaac and Annie Christina ( McCulloch) Smith.
Strong, Ellsworth Olmsted, 2 Lieut .: killed in action 25 Aug., 1918 (Ville Savoy, near Fismes). Called into active service as 2d Lieut. F. A., 15 Aug., 1917, from Plattsburg; assigned to 152 D. B .; trans. to Btry. A, 305 F. A., 77 Div. Overseas, 26 April, 1918 .- Son of William E. and Ellen (Olmsted) Strong.
Sullivan, Edward Michael, Private: killed in action 27 Oct., 1918 (near Belleau Bois). Enl. 19 June, 1916, Co. C, 5 Inf., Mass. N. G. Served on Mexican Border. Reported for duty 25 July, mustered 7 Aug., 1917; assigned to Co. C, 101 Inf., 26 Div. Wounded 18 July, 1918. Overseas, 7 Sept., 1917 .- Son of Patrick John and Nellie Sullivan.
Swornsbourne, Walter W., Private: died 28 Oct., 1918, of wounds received in action. En1. 3 Dec., 1915, Tr. C, 1 Sq. Cav., Mass. N. G. Served on Mexican Border. Reported for duty 25 July, mustered 1 Aug., 1917; assigned to Co. C, 102 M. G. Bn., 26 Div. Overseas, 22 Sept., 1917 .- Son of Walter W. and Violette (Lenton) Swornsbourne.
Warren, Arthur Broadfield, 2d Lieut. Inf. : died 15 April, 1918, of disease (at Baccarat). Called into active service 15 Aug., 1917, at 2d Lient., Inf., from Plattsburg; assigned to Co. H, 167 Inf., 42 Div. Overseas, 6 Nov., 1917 .- Son of Herbert Langford and Catherine Clark (Reed) Warren.
Waters, Patrick, Private: killed in action 1 Oct., 1918 (near Brieulles). Ent. 27 April, 1918, 151 D. B .; trans. 23 May to Co. K, 301 Inf., 76 Div .: 31 July to Co. D, 163 Inf., 41 Div. ; 9 Aug. to Co. A, 59 Inf., 4 Div. Overseas, 6 July, 1918 .- Native of Ireland; son of Thomas and Elizabeth Waters.
West, Ralph O'Neal, Private, U. S. M. C .: killed in action 15 Sept., 1918 (near Thiacourt). Enl. 4 Jan., 1918, in New York, assigned to Parris Id .; trans. 3 April, 1918, to 144 Co., Quantico, Va .; 19 April to Hdq. Co., 3 Repl. Bn .: 11 June to 60 Co., 6 Regt., 2 Div. Overseas, 7 May, 1918 .- Son of Robert Rout and Martha Gibson (Roberts) West. Post- humous Citation for "exceptional bravery and devotion to duty by carrying important messages in the face of the heaviest gun fire."
Wight, Edward Augustus, Private : died 24 Oct., 1918, of influenza and pneumonia. En1. 19 Dec., 1917., E. R. C. School of Mil. Aeron., Princeton, N. J. : trans. 6 Sept. to 1st Flying Cadet Co., Fort Omaha .- Son of Edward A. and Rose L. (Coombs) Wight.
A memorial service was held June 1, 1918. in Trinity Church, Newton Centre.
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OFFICIAL RECORD-Continued
DE WITT G. WILCOX
Wilcox, De Witt Gifford, Chief Quartermaster, U. S. N. R. F .: died 29 Aug., 1918; airplane accident, at Pensacola, Fla. Enr. 3 April, 1917, assigned to U. S. S. Topeka; trans. 2 July, to Naval Tng. Camp, Bumkin Island; 13 Sept., in- active duty. Recalled 4 Feb., 1918, assigned to Naval Avia. Det., MI. I. T .; 8 June to Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, L. I .; 18 July to Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads; 25 July to Rec. Ship, Pensacola .- Son of De Witt Gilbert, M. D., and Jane Irene (Green) Wilcox.
Williamson, John Arvidson, Seaman, U. S. N. R. F .: died 9 Oct., 1918, of pneumonia, on U. S. S. Bushnell, Queenstown Harbor Ireland. Enr. 9 April, 1917, assigned to Naval Tng. Station, Newport; trans. 18 June to Naval Tng. Camp, Bumkin Island; 18 Sept. to U. S. S. Shur; 31 March, 1918, to U. S. Sub-Chaser No. 271 .- Son of John Gustaf and Cecelia, (Arvidson) Williamson.
Wiswall, Charles Hardy, Private: died 17 Oct., 1918, of pneumonia, at Base Hosp. No. 9, Chateauroux. Ent. 25 June, 1918, 153 D. B .; trans. 17 July to Bty. A, 335 F. A., 87 Div. Overseas, 31 Aug., 1918 .- Son of George Boutwell and Sophronia E. (Hardy) Wiswall.
Zuma Sebastian, Private: died 3 Nov., 1918, of wounds received in action. Ent. 27 April, 1918, 151 D. B .; trans. 23 May, 1918, to Co. K, 301 Inf., 76 Div .; 31 July to Co. E. 163 Inf., 41 Div. ; 27 Aug. to Co. M, 23 Inf., 2 Div. Overseas, 6 July, 1918 .- Native of Casale de Forest, Italy.
MEN IN WORLD WAR, CLAIMED AS NEWTON MEN BUT CREDITED TO OTHER PLACES
Batchelder, Raymond H., private: died 12 Sept., 1918, of wounds received in action. Enl. 3 April, 1918, 25 Recruit Co., Gen. Service, Inf .; trans. 17 April, 1918, to Co. G, 1st Replacement Regt. : 10 June to Co. L, 116 Engrs., 41 Div .; 26 July to Co. F, 1 Engrs., 1 Div. Overseas, 14 June, 1918. Cited in G. O. No. 1, Hqts., 1 Div., date 1 Jan., 1920-"For gallantry in action and especially meritorious services." Officially credited to Springfield.
Chalmers, Thomas Lewis, Prov. 2d Lieutenant : died 12 Feb., 1918, at Camp Shelby, Miss. Called into service as 2d Lt., F. A., 15 Aug., 1917; Promoted Prov. 2d Lt., 14 Nov., 1917, at Plattsburgh and assigned to 18th Cav .; trans. to 4 F. A. Officially credited to Newbury.
Chapin, Elliot Adams, 1st Lieutenant, R. A. F .: killed in action 27 June, 1918, at Thionville. Enr. April, 1917, U. S. N. R. F .; Hon. discharged 24 Aug. to enlist in R. A. F. (6 Sept.) ; detalied to Toronto, Canada, for training ; 15 Nov. to Fort Worth, Texas; 2dLt., R. F. C., Dec., 1917; 1st Lt. R. F. C., April, 1918. Assigned to 99th Bombing Squadron. Overseas, 31 Dec., 1917. Newton Centre.
Chivers, Frank Haskell, Sergeant: died 23 July, 1918, of wounds received in action, at Chante Merle. Enl. 9 April, 1917, Btry. C, 1 F. A., Mass. N. G .; trans. 15 May, to Btry. F, 2 F. A., Mass. N. G .; reported for duty 25 July, mustered 31 July, Btry. B, 1 F. A., Mass. N. G. (Btry. B., 101 F. A., 26 Div.). Corporal 23 July, Sergeant 20 Aug., 1917. Recom- mended for D. S. C. (No. 11806)-"Mortally wounded on July 21, 1918, at Chante Merle, having left his shelter to make certain that his men were under cover." Overseas, 9 Sept., 1917. Officially credited to Boston (Allston).
Devine, Michael J., private : died 7 April, 1918, of pneu- monia, at 101 Field Hospital, near Menil-la-Tour. Enl. 15 Aug., 1916; served on Mexican Border with 5th Inf .; re- ported for duty 25 July, mustered 7 Aug., 1917, Co. F, Mass. N. G., (Co. F, 101 Inf., 26 Div). Overseas, 7 Sept., 1917. Officially credited to Boston.
Herrick, William Franklin, 1st Lieutenant, A. S .: died 16 Sept., 1918, in airplane accident [at Issoudun, near Mon- tierchaume, France]. En1. 10 July, 1917, E. R. C., M. I. T., Cambridge; trans. 6 Oct. to A. S., Sig. R. C., Fort Wood, N. Y. ; 8 Feb., 1918, to 8 Aviation Inst. Centre; dis. 20 June, to accept commission; 21 June, called to active service as 1st Lieut., A. S., from O. F. C .; to A. S. Repl. Constr. Royal Air Force School; 10 Aug. to 3 Aviation Instr. Center. Overseas, 18 June, 1917. Officially credited to Brookline.
Hooper, Edward Asa, Private: killed in action, 29 July, 1918, [near Beauvaudes]. Enl. 4 May, 1916, reported for duty 25 July, 1917, mustered 31 July, 1917, Btry. A, 1 F. A., Mass. N. G. (Btry. A, 101 F. A., 26 Div). Served on Mexi- can Border, 1916. Attended Plattsurg Camp, May, 1917. Overseas, 9 Sept. 1917. Officially credited to Boston.
Jackson, Leonard, 2nd Lieutenant, Inf .: killed in action, 25 Aug., 1918, [before Fismette]. Enl. 5 Jan., 1918, R. A., O. T. C., Camp Upton; trans. 26 March to Co. K, 305 Inf., 77 Div .; Corporal 23 April, 1918; Sergeant 25 May. Dis. to accept commission, 12 July, 1918, appointed 13 July, 2nd Lieut. and assigned to Co. M, 110 Inf., 28 Div. Member of Harvard R. O. T. C., Plattsburg, 1916. Overseas, 13 July, 1918. Officially credited to Brookline.
Justabone, Andrew, Private: killed in action, 20th July, 1918 [just north-east of Belleau]. Enl. 24 July, 1917, re- ported for duty 25 July, mustered 2 Aug., 1917, Co. C, 8 Inf., Mass. N. G .; trans. to Co. C, 2 Inf., Mass. N. G. (Co. C, 104 Inf., 26 Div.). Overseas, 5 Oct., 1917. Officially credited to Watertown.
Kimball, Richard, Private, U. S. M. C .: died 25 June, 1918, of wounds received in action [in the Bois de Belleau]. Enl. 15 Dec., 1917; Parris Island, S. C .; trans. 24 Feb., 1918 to Quantico, Va .; 20 April to 16 Co., 5 Regt. Overseas, 27 March, 1918. Officially credited to Reading.
McDougall, Alexander E., Newton Honor Roll: Killed in action, 2 Sept., 1918. Enl. 4 Dec., 1917, at Boston, Canadian Recruiting Station, in 23rd Reserve. Overseas, January, 1918. Firing line, France, 2 Sept., 1918.
MacLean, Roderick A. J., Private: died 8 April, 1918, of wounds received in action. Enl. 23 April, 1917, Co. C, 5 Inf., MIass. N. G. (Co. C, 101 Inf., 26 Div) ; reported for duty, 25 July, mustered 7 Aug., 1917. Overseas, 7 Sept. 1917. Of- ficially credited to Boston (Brighton).
O'Donoghue, Patrick V., Private : killed in action, 11 Oct., 1918 [near Cornay]. Ent. 28 March, 1918, 151 D. B .; trans. 18 April, 1918, to Co. MI, 325 Inf., 82nd Div. Overseas, 25 April, 1918. Officially credited to Wellesley.
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OFFICIAL RECORD-Continued
Putnam, David Endicott, 1st Lieutenant, A. S .: killed in action 12 Sept., 1918, at La Chaussee. Enl. 31 May, 1917, as private in French Foreign Legion; 17 Oct., brevetted and assigned 12 Dec. to Escadrille Spad 94 at front. Final rank in French service, sergeant. Called into active service 22 May, 1918, as 1st Lieut., A. S., U. S. A., assigned to 139 Aero Squadron. For citations and decorations see "New England Aviators," Vol. II, pp. 6 and 7. Officially credited to Boston.
Rich, Irving Benson, Private: died 17 Sept., 1918, of pneumonia, at Base Hospital, Camp Devens. Ent. 3 Sept .. 1918, 41 Co., 11 Tng. Bn., 151 D. B. Officially credited to Brookline.
Spinney, George Freeman, Corporal: killed in action, 27 Oct., 1918, near Belieu Bois, north of Verdun. Enl. 22 June, 1916, Co. C, 5 Inf, Mass N. G. Served on Mexican Border. Reported for duty 25 July, 1917, mustered 7 Aug., assigned to Co. C, 101 Inf., 26 Div .; Corporal, 10 July, 1918. Overseas, 7 Sept., 1917. D. S. C .- "For extraordinary heroism in action north of Verdun, France, 27 Oct., 1918. While ad- vancing with the first wave, Corp. Spinney, with another soldier, attacked a machine gun nest and killed two of the crew. While attempting to capture the remainder of the crew, this gallant soldier was himself killed." Cited in G. O. 120, Hqts. 26 Div., as one of the officers who "dis- played such bravery and distinguished themselves under fire during the very severe fighting which attended opera- tions of this division in and near Belieu Bois, north of Ver- dun, between 23 and 28 Oct., 1918." Officially credited to Boston.
Donahue, Fred J., Btry. B, 301st F. A. Overseas, 16 July, 1918-5 Jan., 1919; received honorable discharge 22 Jan., 1919 and therefore is not on Gold Star list.
Dunbar, Willis W., 5 Co., 151 D. B., served overseas from 6 July, 1918 to 25 March, 1919. He was with Co. A, 5 Am. Train from 30 Aug. 1918 to discharge. As he had received Honorable Discharge at time of death his name is not on Gold Star List.
McCann, Walter John, 101 F. A., who died at St. Eliza- beth's Hospital of disease 26 June,, 1919, had received honor- able discharge 02 Feb., 1919, and his name therefore is not on God Star List.
McMahon, Walter F., Private: killed in action, 22 Aug., 1918. Enl. April, 1918, N. Y. N. G .; assignel to Co. L, 107th Inf., 27th Div. Officially credited to New York.
Hayden, Edward Bartlett, First Lieutenant, Ordnance, died 30 Sept., 1918, at Camp Hospital 1, 1st Army Corps, France, of disease. Called into active service as 1st Lieut., Ord., 9 Sept., 1917, from O. R. C. Stations: Kenosha, Wis .; Rock Island, Ill .; Clintonville, Wis .; A. E. F. Had served in American Ambulance Corps with the French Army prior to April 6, 1917. Overseas 14 Nov., 1917. Born Dec. 26, 1890, at Plymouth, son of Horace L. and Helen (Bartlett) Hayden of Newtonville ; brother of Boyd Hayden of Brookline. Hus- band of Marie Louise Hayden of Newtonville.
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Photo by Underwood & Underwood
AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY AT ROMAGNE, FRANCE Also known as the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery
THE YANKEE DIVISION CEMETERY By TEX CAVITT, 26th Division
The peasant children pass it as they leave the village school,
The pious strangers cross themselves along the road to Toul,
The captains call attention as the dusty troops plod by. The officers salute it though receiving no reply ;
'Tis a spot all brown and barren 'mid the poppies in the grain-
The Y. D. cemetery by a roadside in Lorraine.
A row of wooden crosses and beneath the upturned sod
The hearts once wild and restless now know the peace of God.
The brave young lads who left us while life was at its flood,
While life was fresh and joyous and fire was in the blood-
Their young lives now enfranchised from mirth or joy or pain.
They sleep the sleep eternal by a roadside in Lorraine.
Of all the myriad places for the dead of man to rest, The graveyard of the warrior for a freeman is the best :
()! not for them our pity, but far across the foam For the gray-haired mother weeping in some New England home,
'Tis she who has our pity, 'tis she who feels the pain Of the Y. D. cemetery by a roadside in Lorraine.
The plodding columns pass them along the old Toul road ;
New companies come marching where yesterday they strode ;
Above, the whirr of motors-beyond, the roar of guns Where their allies and their brothers join battle with the Huns;
And the sunlight of their glory bursts through the clouds and rain
O'er the Y. D. cemetery by a roadside in Lorraine.
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MEMORIALS
Newton has been sadly lacking in the erection of memorials to testify her appreciation of the heroism and patriotism of the youth of this city in the World War.
Committees of the city government have considered the matter but the reports they have made have re- ceived no affirmative action.
The soldiers' memorial in the form of a flagstaff on the Newton Centre Green is the most striking memorial in Newton today. It was erected by the Newton Cen- tre Improvement Association on a popular subscription of $5,000. The pole bears bronze tablets with the fol- lowing names :
Gardner Cades Abbott Morris Hall Bailey
Augustus Aspinwall Harry William Bock
Thomas Bradford
Stafford Leighton Brown
Elliot Adams Chapin
Morton Eddy Cobb
Alfred Thomas Crane Dorothy Webb Crosby
John James Curley Henry W. De Rusha
Eugene Joseph Daley
Robert Louis Forbush
Vincenzo Fusco
Giovanni Gasbarri
Edward Asa Hooper Leonard Jackson
George Stewart Huggard
Malcolm Brown Marsh
George Thomas Maxwell
Thomas Joseph Mullaney
Eleanor Saltonstall
Thomas Cushman Nathan Carolyn Kennedy Spence
Edward M. Sullivan
Ralph O'Neal West
De Witt Clifford Wilcox
Edward Augustus Wight Harold John Wood
Mrs. Edward E. Blodgett has given a fountain in memory of her son, Richard Blodgett, now located on Washington Street, West Newton, near Putnam Street.
A tablet on the lawn of the Emerson School indi- cates the interest taken by the residents of Newton Upper Falls, and a wooden tablet on Nye Park, has been erected by the residents of Auburndale.
The following report of the special committee ap- pointed to consider the matter may be of interest.
"This committee was created by the order of the Board, dated February 3, 1919, and as originally con- stituted was made up of the President of the Board and Messrs. George M. Angier, Stephen H. Whidden, Matt B. Jones, and Thomas W. White. Since its creation the original committee has been enlarged and now consists of the President of the Board and George M. Angier, Stephen H. Whidden, Matt B. Jones, Thomas W. White, Joseph B. Jamieson, Henry J. Ryan. Endicott P. Saltonstall, Sinclair Weeks, and Michael Murray.
"The first report of this committee was submitted on November 17. 1919-the essence of the report being that under no circumstances should the memorial and the city hall be united. The committee felt that it was unwise at that time to construct a city hall. but did feel that a memorial of the Great War should be erected.
"The second report of the committee was presented in January, 1920. That report stated that there were two distinct lines of thought among the citizens of Newton. One group of citizens felt that the memorial should take the form of a building which should be a civic and social center for the city, and which should
contain suitable accommodations for the American Le- gion, the Grand Army, the Spanish War Veterans, and other patriotic organizations. The second group were equally convinced that the memorial should be purely an artistic memorial, without utilitarian function.
"This committee in its report of January, 1920, fully appreciated that there was much justice in the view held by each group of citizens. It felt that no memorial would be a success which did not have the hearty sympathy and co-operation of the great mass of the citizens of the city, and it felt there was no im- propriety or inconsistency in favoring a memorial which would fulfill the wishes of both groups. The committee accordingly unanimously reported, with the hearty approval of the Mayor, that it was desirable to construct both an artistic war memorial and also a building for the use of the patriotic and civic organi- zations of the city.
"The report of the committee suggested as the most desirable location for the artistic memorial the plot of land directly in front of the Technical High School. It also urged that the civic building be located on Claflin Field, directly south of the suggested site of the artistic memorial; the new building, the Technical High School, and the Classical High School, form- ing three sides of a quadrangle, facing on Walnut Street, with the artistic memorial in the center of the quadrangle.
"In the Accounting Department of the city will be found the record of appropriations and disbursements made under authority of His Honor, the Mayor, for the account of the action of this committee.
"Mr. Henry Bacon was engaged to prepare detailed plans for the artistic memorial. The first plan sub- mitted by him was more expensive than desired, its cost being estimated at from $175,000 to $200,000. The plan was accordingly modified and in its present form is estimated to cost $125,000. These plans are on file with the City Engineer and are carried out in full detail, ready for actual construction.
"Your committee felt that it was most desirable to give to all architects residing in the City of Newton an opportunity to present plans for the proposed civic building. Accordingly, they asked the Boston Society of Architects to prepare the specification for a com- petition open to all Newton architects. The Society requested Mr. J. Lovell Little, an architect of dis- tinction, to act as Adviser to the Committee in all matters pertaining to the competition.
"This competition was held in August of 1920 and twelve architects submitted plans. The committee re- quested Mr. Charles A. Coolidge, Mr. J. Harleston Parker. and Mrs. Walter H. Kilham-all of them members of the Boston Society of Architects, a Chap- ter of the American Institute-to serve as a committee to award the first, second, and third prizes in the com- petition. They unanimously awarded the first prize of $600.00 to Mr. Ernest W. Dearing of the firm of Haven and Hoyt-the second prize of $400.00 to
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Messrs. Allen and Collens -- and the third prize of $200.00 to Mr. Maurice W. Salomonson.
"After the award of the first prize the committee asked Mr. Dearing to detail his work and submit care- ful estimates of cost. These estimates of cost were submitted on December 15th and were, for first-class construction throughout. $375,000; and for second- class construction, $335,000.
"The combined estimates of cost of the artistic memorial and civic building are approximately as follows :
For the artistic memorial $125,000
For the civic building 375,000
For the improvement of land 25,000
Total $525,000
The above estimates are based upon 1920 costs. If the work is delayed, it is hoped and believed that costs will be considerably less.
"It has been suggested that the central feature of the artistic memorial, which is a bronze statue, could be united with the civic building, the statue being placed in front of the building, which, because of its classical design, forms a possible background. If this is done the total cost will be reduced by approximately $75,- OCO. This committee feels that its original recom- mendation for an entirely separate and distinct artistic memorial and civic building is the wisest course to follow.
"The Committee on War Memorial feels that it has
carried this work as far as it is desirable until the City has reached a definite conclusion as to whether a memorial should be erected or not. The specific recommendation of this committee is that a memorial be erected on the High School site and that it consist of two distinct elements, to wit: an artistic memorial and a civic building.
"This committee does not believe that the expenses of the memorial should be entirely borne by the City of Newton: and it recommends that the City appro- priate one-half of the estimated cost of the combined memorial and civic building, such appropriation to be conditioned upon the other half being raised by sub- scription of the citizens of the City.
"It is the feeling of this committee that conditions are not now opportune either for the raising of sub- scriptions or for actual construction: and it suggests that the City Government take these facts into con- sideration.
"This committee therefore recommends that the City take definite action with reference to the following questions :
(a) Shall there be a memorial ? (b) Shall it be a civic building. an artistic me- morial, or a combination of the two?
(c) The site of the memorial.
(d) The method of financing the same.
(e) When shall the work be done?
"Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) HENRY I. HARRIMAN, Chairman."
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WEINOR SAL"CHE"
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HABEN KENNEDY OPEN:
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Base of Memorial Flagstaff on Centre Green, Newton Centre
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WAR-TIME INCIDENTS
FIRST SHOT OF THE WAR
LONDON, April 25, 1917 .- An American Naval gun crew on the merchant steamer Mongolia, sank a German U-boat with one shot on April 19, when one day out from an English port.
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