women in all walks of life. The designing of the Soldiers Memorial Parkway, of Sandusky County, is alone a stupendous task, but this is but one of the many commendable projects for which Colonel Hayes should have credit. He has been untiring and unselfish, in his undertakings to make Fremont a place of beauty and a shrine to attract people from all parts of the world.

Colonel Hayes has made it possible for the Spiegel Grove state park to be one of the national show places for all time to come. Not only has he presented the beauty spot to the state of Ohio but he has also set aside funds for the permanent upkeep of the place. It was Colonel Hayes' money that built the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum and it is his money that is paying for the addition to the library. A conservative estimate of the benefactions of Colonel Hayes and the money he has given for these permanent memorials, also the Memorial Hospital and other Fremont projects he has favored, is placed at $500,000.

There is not a city in the United States but what would be proud to point to the fact that it had been the home of a president of the Nation and there is not a city in the country but what would gladly point with pride and praise to such a place as the Spiegel Grove state park, a perpetual monument to a noted citizen and a show place of interest that each year attracts hundreds, yes thousands of visitors from all quarters of the globe.

CENTENARY NOTES

After the parade, luncheon and exercises, Troop A and the Polo team of the 11th Infantry gave a spirited exhibit of polo playing and horsemanship incident thereto. Another sporting attraction of the afternoon was the baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League and the fast-going K. of P. team of Fremont.

Motion picture cameras recorded the movements of a large part of the crowd about the Memorial Building and the speakers' platform, as well as of the morning's parade. Over 1200 feet of film were taken and the excellent pictures were shown in a local theater the following week.

A beautiful bronze bird fountain, the work of the charming young sculptress, Miss Nancy Stair of Detroit, with Fremont forebears, was presented to Colonel and Mrs. Hayes, for Spiegel Grove, by Miss Stair. It was set up in the Knoll just before the Centenary day.

The Hayes Centenary March, composed by Rutherford Hayes Merriam, who was born on the day of President Hayes's inauguration and named for him, was. played by the High School band at the unveiling of the tablet on the Croghan Gateway to the Spiegel Grove State Park. This spirited piece of music was arranged for the band by Mrs. Wainwright, wife of the leader of the High School Band.

The Hayes Centenary Stamp - an an eleven-cent postage stamp issued by the Post Office Department and offered first for sale at the Fremont Postoffice on the morning of October 4th, was the most popular picture of the day. Demands for it from all over the country are still received at the local office.

Souvenir badges put out by the American Legion Auxiliary carried a good likeness of President Hayes. The Centenary post card, arranged by Mrs. Heim, with its pretty design in color of a century plant in bloom, and showing a portrait of President Hayes, with sketches of Spiegel Grove and the White House, had a large circulation.

Conspicuous on the speakers' platform, at the south side of the Annex to be dedicated, was the tattered

old regimental flag of the 23d O. V. V. I., General Hayes's own beloved regiment in the War for the Union. It was borne by surviving members of the regiment who had also guarded it at the tomb in the Knoll during the morning parade. Among the Veterans were sixty comrades from the Soldiers' Home in Sandusky, who were given free transportation in a special car by the Lake Shore Electric Ry. Company.

The 11th Infantry, almost 800 strong, encamped in the Israel Putnam Agricultural Park, and remained a week, its dress parades, band concerts from its fortyfive pieces, bugle calls, and camp routine, attracting much attention and many visitors. Colonel Halstead, its commanding officer, is the son of Murat Halstead, one of the best known of the great editors of the middle West. This regiment, together with the Troopers and the Toledo Battery made up the largest force of visiting soldiers since Israel Putnam and his Colonial Troops from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut of Bradstreet's Expedition camped near the same spot in 1764.

Much of the success of the speaking program was due to the presiding officer, Hon. James E. Campbell, President of the Society, who introduced the speakers with a wit and readiness of repartee that found huge appreciation in the immense audience. In spite of the length of the program- a program that began at 1:30 and was still going on at five o'clock, many unable to find seats stood throughout the whole session. Comparisons are barred, but more than one declared that the Mayor's speech of literally eight words was the triumph

of the day! Throughout the elaborate preparations for the day, Mayor Schwartz was, next to Colonel Hayes himself, the main motive force. Mr. Ging's handling of the Float section was also highly efficient.

Fremont was in gala attire, its business and resident sections ablaze with color in honor of her most distinguished citizen. Factories, business houses and schools were closed for the entire day. The visiting crowd was enormous, coming from all parts of Ohio and neighboring States. Strategic points for viewing the parade, and around the reviewing stand, were taken hours before the procession started from Fort Steph

enson.

Following the dedication of the Soldier's Memorial parkway and the five memorial gateways leading into Spiegel Grove the parade was officially declared ended with the firing of 15 bombs by the battery. The bomb discharges carried parachutes which as they descended unfolded and showed small American flags suspended. This was a telling climax to the striking pageant and ceremony.

Enormous crowds passed through the Hayes Memorial building, inspecting its treasures of books, pictures, flags and trophies, manuscripts, autograph letters, souvenirs of our early Presidents, historic costumes, etc.

Not the least of the successes of the day was the gathering together for the first time in nearly thirty years of the immediate family of President and Mrs. Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Birchard A. Hayes, of

Toledo, with their two youngest sons, Walter and Scott; Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford P. Hayes of Florida, with their eldest son William; Mrs. Frances Hayes of New York; and Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Hayes of Spiegel Farms on the Hudson, all spent some days before and after the Fourth, at Spiegel Grove, with Colonel and Mrs. Hayes.

Other out-of-town relatives present were Mrs. Jean Mitchell Monserrat of Columbus, with her eldest daughter, great-niece and great-grand-niece of President Hayes; and Mr. Hayes Robbins and his son Hayes Robbins 2d, who made the long journey from Connecticut for the day's celebration.

The Press of Fremont deserves great praise for its handling of the Centenary material. The News, Messenger and the Journal contributed much to the local interest and information, got out special illustrated editions of their papers, giving enthusiastic and comprehensive reports of the proceedings. The Messenger contributed a careful outline of the Life of President Hayes.

"PARS MAGNA FUI!"