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RCH 18, 1921IderWAR ACTIVITIES Of THE. /EComplete Record Filed In The Public Library A ValuableOne.Z 01•r 01itiorurueIson•ij(htofday or whophedthelowdteerthathiru pun-h ni; iftor attle mer-at a a s to h a to Paul I.itrj 1lt;I tolfCf?tonedwasallv.outdwashis;n*Jywirnuthnn*tir*»d i the.’OV ftreitu-itThe members of the Boone Countv Council of Defence, who are J. A. Hoj?shire, cha:rman; Mias Maynie Sheidan, secretary; Dr. Elmer D. Johns, D. M. Clark, W. C. Jarquee, C. B. Adair and Rev. Homer Dale have placed a jrlass chse in the bublic library, containing the complete records of the war activities of the iVfferent prjcanizationa in Boone county. This case holds on the lower shelf the War service records of Boone County” comp led by the Rev. O. H. Carmichael, in type written form, and bound in black and ijold by J. W. Shumate.The second shelf holds the picture of Emmett Brown, the Lebanon soldier, who frnve h:s life to the service, with a service flajf and picture of his jjrave. Here also, is placed the memorial address, vriven bv F.lza Rogers for Mis* Grace Copeland, Boone County’s War Hero'ne, at the presentation of n portrait of Miss Copeland to the Emmett Brown Legion Post. •The third shelf holds the Gold Star Book for Boone countv, compiled by Mrs. Genree ComJev, wh:lt;*h is the most complete record of this kind in the state, as it contain-? a portrait and a very foil account of nil the soldiers from Boone county who fe their ’wee ••nd also t1 lt;pn^ra'1 and memorial tributes to Mis* Oone-lond, the nurse. There is much valu-iWe corrosbonderce and oerseual letters from the mothers that Mrs. Comlcy p'ntbercd together in the many months of tireless service in compiling this record and bvmsrin it un so perfectly in deta’I. The cever has the following in ornmpp^1 lettering. “The Gold Star List of Boon*1 County.”They have turned their nrm.j0.,lt;, flesh and Wood into Laurels for America's wearing. ”This case is keot locked as is fit-tinv for the precious records It contains, but it can be examined in the Library, on request.The Gold Star volume for the ctatonn-v in ‘bn hands of tbrt Stotlt;* orinter. bein nrenorod under the ,-nnnn-icion of J. W. O'iver, 'Urortor of the lT’Stoi-)f»r1 Oon'missiopA conv of this book w'lt be p:von to *he families of the so'-iiers c-njnrn marines and nurses Tb:lt; hook will contain the names of .1 *9A men %nd women who irave their lives. Fifteen of the names are those of nurses who died in the service.■moV* Btfwut'i Baa# To Olfu.—
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Lebanon Daily Reporter
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 18, 1921
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Lebanon P.
Indiana, USA 16 Mar 2017
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