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Homestead NowOwned By Legion;Mortgage Burneddtvt7C1tsi-The Sullivan American Legion Post No, 139 burned the mortgage ( on the post home last night in a ceremony witnessed by some 350 members onrl guests of the postThe mortgage was signed just B little more than two years ago when the post bought the Fred* Rays home north of the city, and another was signed a year ago to •purchase some land north of the* post home.Norman German, post com-•majider, introduced the members of the legion who had the vision land faith to sign the document for the purchase of the home. Of the men, only four were able to be present at the meeting. They } were Joe Greenberg. Jesse Bed-well. John Harbaugh. and Charles Parks. The late Amos Faught waspoii /commander at the time, andto represent him, Mr. German Vfitfwdured Bonner Faught. son of Mr. Faught, and a member of || th* legion. \ IIt had been planned to burnth* mortgage outside, but the rain forced the' ceremony inside, where Mr Greenberg, the post finance officer touched a match to the paper. The ceremony waswitnessed by George Craig, thecommander for the southern district of Indiana: the Rev. Tom Jennings, chaplain for the De-rprtmenft of Indiana; Rvron Hoover, seventh district membership chairman, nnd Herman Bland. commander of the Bloomfield post.Fred Bays, who sold the house the legion, was present and id a few words of conmtuInns to the legion for retiring the jjpu-fgage. and said that he was*lud the house was being usedpr such a good purpose.T After the* buming-eeremonv.V the kitchen gong prepared fried llsh and potato salad for the crowd.
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Sullivan Daily Times
Sullivan, Indiana, US
Wed, May 21, 1947
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