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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2017
Page
1
Ottawa athletes delivered a solid state showing with multiple finalists and top 10 finishes across events. The squad earned notable points through sprint and field events, highlighting depth as the season closes.
Jim Ralston, a World War II veteran, shows pins and ribbons earned in the Pacific Theater from June 1943 to December 1945. He left behind a pregnant wife and his 2 year old daughter Kay, awaiting his return from the war. For video, visit ottawaherald.com.
Jim Ralston, now 92 and a longtime Ottawa resident, recalls his WWII service as a drafted Army private in 1943. In the Pacific Theater with an artillery troop, he faced fear and unpredictability, recalling both scary moments and occasional lighter times after victory. He cites the constant worry of what lay ahead at each stop.
Ottawa will hold a Memorial Day service at 10 a.m. Monday at the Franklin County Veterans Memorial. The event will include a wreath lay and reading of the 198 fallen soldiers’ names. Veteran Ralston recalls color blindness, draft, and two years in the Pacific, returning home in 1945 to his wife and two daughters.
The stone building at Oregon and Pawnee roads was Center Chapel Methodist Church. It began as a frame church moved there in 1899, burned in 1900, then rebuilt as a large stone church. It served by Baker University ministerial students and closed around 1916, with pews moved to New Hope Methodist Church.
Volunteers and VFW Post No. 5901 workers dressed Highland Cemetery in Ottawa with flags on graves to honor Memorial Day. Macie Gilges and Girl Scout troop 1465 joined, helping place flags at 1050 W. 15th St. across Franklin County cemeteries where more than 3,000 flags were set for about 1,000+ veterans buried.
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