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vanced years. Thisneither will be able to perform the flag-distributiontask.What about others in theionce-proud United Spanish War Veterans organization, jWhy can’t someone else dothis?By John ReynoldLest we forget:Some 100 gravesthe final resting places of SpanishTo soldiers of any war, age unfortunately comes at about the same time.American warveteransThere are no youngsters in the smallmay go undecorated and unhonored in 5ICedar Rapidscemeteries onthis upcoming Memorialday.Here antiremaining group around here to step in for Mr. Sorensen and Mrs. Bowman.* *♦-Just in case a Spanish American war veteran of11lt;lt;tyour acquaintance lies in one! of the local cemeteries andthere♦o fREYNOLDScourse, families and friendsof these deceased veterans will bring their own floralofferingsBut for some of thegraves there are no surviving families and perhaps noyou’d like personally to see to it that a flag is placed on his grave bn Memorialday, contact Mr. Sorensen at his home.He hasa supply of the flags and will be only too happy to see them placed in the hands of those who willbe able to get them to thecemeteries.Lest we forget.*Lest we forget:For something like a halfcentury, Julius F. Sorensen,1727 Sixth ave. SE, has beenin charge of seeing that eachone of those graves had a bright new Americanflagon Memorial day.In recent years. Mr. Sor-has Dersonallv at-ensentended to putting the flags out on graves in Linwood, Czech National and Oak Hill cemeteries. At thesame time. Mrs. M. W. Bowman, 117 Thirtv-fourth st. NE,a Spanish war widow, hasseen to the distribution of thelittle flags for the graves inCatholic cemetery and Zedar Memorial.But Mr. Sorensen is in his early 80s and Mrs. Bowman, too, is in ad-
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Wed, May 27, 1959
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