Memorial Day origin traced to Greeley and Southern women
Horace Greeley popularized a tribute after Southern women placed magnolia blossoms on graves in Columbus Mississippi in 1866. The gesture inspired Francis Miles Finch to write The Blue and the Gray, influencing General Logan to declare Decoration Day on May 30. Memorial Day evolved to honor dead in all wars, while some Southern groups later observe Confederate memorial days on different dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arleen Abrahams
Associated Press
Horace Greeley
Johnny Reb
Damyankee
Greeley
Ithaca, N.Y
Francis Miles Finch
John A. Logan
Atlantic Monthly
Logan
North
United States
South
Confirmation ceremony at Sacred Heart Church and list of confirmands
The Most Rev. Romeo R. Blanchette conferred the sacrament on May 14 at Sacred Heart Church. Officers included Rev. Irwin, Rev. Valente, Rev. Pietras, and others. Confirmands include James McCormick, Richard Becker, Dale Coughlin, plus a large group of student confirmands. Visiting clergy and Fourth Degree Knights participated. briefs mention multiple families hosting confirmant celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo R. Blanchette
Joliet
Sacred Heart Church
William Irwin
Michael Valente
Robert Pietras
Donald Wright
Eugene Bucciferro
Donald Benzing
Roger Hanley
Msgr. S. Pasea
Edwin Joyce
Art Maher
Victor Rudden
John Doyle
William White
Edward Paff
Ray Ridter
Donald Peck
James Kinzig
Edmond Blough
Joseph Statzer
Vytas Memenas
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Plattville Grade School Holds 14th Grade Graduation
Plattville Community Consolidated Grade School District 52 completes an eighth grade graduation with 14 graduates receiving diplomas from Leo Nauman. Ceremony in the school gym includes remarks by Edward Stumbo and a range of student performances and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattville
Plattville Community Consolidated
Rueben Reingardt
Steven Taylor
Noble Miller
Methodist Church
Edward Stumbo
Randall Avenarius
Bonnie Henne
No Man Is An Island
Joel Nauman
Leslie Maierhofer
David Brown
Janet Hester
Marlene Bleuer
Martha Hornbeck
Gregory Peterson
Ernie Stumbo
Steve Knudson
William Emmons
American Legion
William Kahle
Yorkville
Leo Nauman
Board of Education
Steven Knudson
Susan Taylor
Carlton Gabel
Loretta Michelson
James Berg
Deb
German Soldier’s Letter Sparks Grave Decoration Proclamation
A Union soldier of German origin sent a letter to Adjutant General N. C. Chapman proposing that Germany’s spring grave decoration custom be adopted in the U S. Chapman forwarded the idea to General Logan, who issued the first official proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Chapman
Germany
Chapman
Logan
Riot claims rise in New York after MLK death
New York City has 27 damage claims totaling 2,019,865 filed by Harlem and Bedford Stuyvesant store owners for alleged property damage during disorders following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination in Memphis on April 4. City Comptroller Mario Procaccino released the figure on Tuesday.
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New York
Harlem
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Mario A. Procaccino
Eighth Graders in ICS Class Honor 1980 Graduates
Eighth graders of Immaculate Conception School will be honored at a 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday June 2. A breakfast will follow in Kenrick Hall with graduates and their parents attending. The 1980 class list includes Nancy Ader Jeff Barr Bonnie Bartel Ron Beier Doug Bellm Linda Black Teresa Bolen Michael Brady Becky Carter Ron Carter Kathleen Chapple Bill Cheshareck Greg Christiansen Rich Darin Ton Driscoll Marietta Farrell Theresa Feehan Joanne Feeney Susan Gram Carlene Harseim Michael Hextell Mark Kenney Jeff Kutches Larry Lutz Timothy Malmquist Michael McGuan Susan Morral Christine Olson Kathleen O Rourke Rhonda Pellegrino Cathy Pfaff Roseann Prombo Michael Roberts Debbie Schweighart Jon Siron Wayne Snyder Tom Sokoloski Kathleen Wilkinson Sally Wooldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception School
Kenrick Hall
Nancy Ader
Jeff Barr
Bonnie Bartel
Ron Beier
Doug Bellm
Linda Black
Teresa Bolen
Michael Brady
Becky Carter
Ron Carter
Kathleen Chapple
Bill Cheshareck
Greg Christensen
Rich Darin
Ton Driscoll
Marietta Farrell
Theresa Feehan
Joanne Feeney
Susan Gram
Carlene Harseim
Michael Hextell
Mark Kenney
Jeff Kutches
Larry Lutz
Timothy Malmquist
Michael McGuan
Susan Morrall
Christine Olson
Kathleen O'Rourke
Rhonda Pellegrino
Cathy Pfaff
Roseann Prombo
Michael Roberts
Debbie Schweighart
Jon Siron
Wayne Snyder
Tom Sokolinski
Kathleen Wilkinson
Sally Wooldridge
Tearful officers move stray dogs to rescue league
Tearful Town Marshall George Deese Mayor Wally Tietboehl and Councilman Harold Johnson carried five stray dogs to the West Palm Beach dog pound in a police car. When dogs began fighting Harold Johnson used a tear gas can to break up the melee. The officers also inhaled a whiff of gas during the incident in Greenacres City.
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Greenacres City
Fla
Animal Rescue League
George Deese
West Palm Beach
Wally Tietboehl
Harold Johnson
Johnson
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Streator
Floyd Wharfalls
Joe Graves
Northfield
Chris Chacharan
Chicago
R. Browns
Floyd Whorrall
William Weir
Dick Starks
Pete Baudino
Francis Slattery
William Rodasky
Duane Baudino
Jack Baudino
Earl Kimes
Robert Whamond
Dwight
Mary Venegone
Marjorie Venegone
Francis
Kie Olson
Rodney McKanna
Stephen McCoy
London
Slimma
Merry Mates of Summer
Cora Cobbler
Health Tex
Billy the Kid
Liberty St
File Riot
Atory Ae Py
DR. Scholl
Bromo Setrz
Simoniz
J&j
Band Aid
Squibb
Wyler
al S
Hecht
Liberty
Marris
Aileen
Shorts
Slacks
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