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IOLB|FLAG SERVICEAT SILVER DALEChildren Salute ‘‘Old Glory** When Veterans of Civil War Hoist the National !Emblem fy.)THER SERVICES HELDAt the Silver Dale school last Vednesday morning two Civil Var veterans who participated in he battle of Shiloh, as comrades f Company K of the 25th Indi-tna Infantry, John Casteel of )awson Springs, Ky., and Wiliam Middleton of Hatfield, hoisted the flag over the school build-ng. The service was participat-;d in by the 108 school children vho saluted in the proper way he flag and the old comrades.The school pupils sang the ‘Star Spangled Banner,” and lharles F. Brown made a fine alk to the children extolling the splendid lives of the two com-•ades who were guests of the school. Afterward Mrs. Cor-lelia Glackman, recently elected state president of the Auxiliary )f the American Legion, addressed the pupils informally on the mbject, “The Pleasure of Service to Those Who Served.” Her iddress was excellent.| Mr. Casteel to wounded at fie battle of' “Hatchie River, renn., and saw his comrade, Potts Morgan, uncle of Mrs. C.BY Brown, fall at his side, fatally;5hot by the enemy, v ; The Silver Dale school will have an old style spelling bee,N where the best speller in “Me- .-Guffy^ will stand .to the end, oh t ;Krrday ,•The Parent-Teacher • •- club will serve refreshments..* • .4 * - t * *The teachers at Silver Dale are James N. Woodward, principal, Misses Tina Hill, LindallMiller and Mary Kirkland, assistants. The people of thatcommunity are very proud of their school.
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Rockport Democrat
Rockport, Indiana, US
Fri, Nov 16, 1923
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