Campbellsport News, April 11, 1918

MANY HONOR PEARSON BROWN
BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD AT OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY AFTERNOON

  The New Opera house was taxed to its utmost capacity last Saturday afternoon, by the large crowd who gathered to pay tribute to the memory of the late Pearson L. Brown, the first Campbellsport boy to give his life in France for his country.
   The relatives and friends of the dead boy gathered at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Brown at 1:30 o'clock and marched to the opera house. The procession was lead by Rev. W. J. Taylor, pastor of the Baptist church, and his wife, followed by the sorrowing relatives and near friends of the deceased. Representatives of the Kewaskum and Campbellsport High Schools, flower bearers, the Campbellsport Volunteer Fire Department, members of Camp No. 5179, M. W. A., and a large number of friends and acquaintances were next in line. Eight of his classmates of the Campbellsport High School carried a bier ladened with flowers which was placed on a large stand in front of the stage in the opera house, the other floral offerings were arranged at the foot of the stand surrounding a picture of the deceased.
   A large American flag, formed entirely of flowers, was the offering of the M. W. A. Camp No. 5179, while the local Fire Department placed a broken wheel of roses beside the picture of their departed member.
   Rev. J. W. Taylor, of the Baptist Church, had charge of the services, while Mrs. Alfred Van De Zande was organist and Miss Gretchen Paas choir director.