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Of AllHRHW Tm 1*9* 4fmMm vW W aftte to jpr-tom A* jigdMUito*toe UThingsWhat about others to thetJeh*UnitedWar Vittrws argamzatioa.Why can't someone else do!: this? 1o soldiers of say war,}* age unfortunately comes atabout the same time.Last m target:Some IW graves — the fi-1 There ore no youngsters jlt; ml resting places of Spanish-* *** *«»all remainingAmerican warveterans — may go undec-orated and unhonored in S Cedar Rapids cemeteries on this upcoming Memorial day.Here and there, of course, families and friends of these deceased veteransaivNouagroup around here to stepin for Mr. Sorensen and Mrs. Bowman.* * *Just in case a Spanish-American war veteran of your acquaintance lies in one of the local cemeteries and you'd lik personally to see to it that a flag is placed on his grave bn Memorial day, contact Mr. Sorensen at his home.He has a supply of the4will bring their own floral “*f „“d wB be “V «“'happy to see them placed Inofferings.But for some of the groves there are no surviving families and perhaps no |r tends.* * *the hands of those who will be able to get them to thecemeteries.Lest we forget.Lest we forget:For something like a half century, Julius F. Sorensen, 1727 Sixth ave. 5E, has been in charge of seeing that each one of those graves had abright new American flag on Memorial day.In recent years. Mr. Sorensen has personally attended to putting the flags out on graves in Linwood, Czech National and Oak Hill cemeteries. At thesame time, Mrs. M. W. Bowman, 117 Thirty-fourth st. NE, a Spanish war widow, has seen to the distribution of the little flags for the graves in the Catholic cemetery and Cedar Memorial.But Mr. Sorensen is In his early 80s and Mrs. Bowman, too, 1$ in ad-
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Wed, May 27, 1959
Page 19
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