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{Memorial ServiceHeld At CemeteryBy Local VeteransApproximately 800 persons turned out for the Memorial serv-tve held here yesterday under the direction of the Raleigh County Post No. 70, American Legion, in j co-operation with GreenwoodMemorial Park.Capt. G. E Ferguson, of Charleston, guest speaker, told the audience that “it remains for the I living to complete the unfinishedtask begun by those who gave their all” in the cause of human : freedom. jReferring to the deceased war j veterans, the speaker asserted, j * The best homage we can pay them is to finish the job which they so eloquently started.“Our aim should be to make the world really safe for democracy ,’* he continued, “ by striving to bring about universal peace through recognition of the brotherhood of man.’*He added that commemorating the memories of the war dead by an annual service is a futile gesture unless “we remember and strive to attain the principle* forwhich they died.’*The speaker was introduced by J Dr. Norman L. Collins, member of the arrangements committee.The program also included two songs, “The Star Spangled Banner* and “America,” by Mrs. Bernice Henry; religious devotions conducted by the Rev. J. A Divers, pastor of the Welcome Baptist Church of East Park, and Rev. Corey O Mitchell, pastor of the Ezenezer Baptist Church.Following the formal program, the audience, led by Parade Marshal Jacob Howard, marched to the veterans plot in the cemetery, where a wreath was placed by Mrs. Lottie-Jones, president of the Auxiliary of Post 70. The roil of deceased veterans, numbering more than 80. was read by Post Adjutant A W Calloway, and the firing squad gave the salute.This was the first Memorial , service of it* kind conducted by n the Legion Post here. lt;
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Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Mon, May 29, 1950
Page 5
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Raleigh C.
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