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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1949

Page

9

Memorial Day Activities Planned Across Canton Area

Memorial Day programs are planned across Canton area towns with veteran organizations hosting ceremonies. Massillon will dedicate a fountain memorial in City Hall Park and honor veterans with a river ceremony, a parade to Massillon City Cemetery, and graveside services for the Spanish American War and World Wars. Speakers include John McSweeney and C. A. Morgan, with services in Alliance, Green town, Minerva, Navarre, Wilmot, and Magnolia, among others.

Canton Area Massillon City Hall Park Oberliard SW Tuscarawas River Massillon City John McSweeney Wooster 16Th Congressional District Alliance City Cemetery Soldier Court Alliance John Grate Grate Ohio Grand Army of the Republic McSweeney Isaac L. Kinney American Legion East Sparta High School C. A. Morgan Canton Sandyville East Sparta Charles W. Peters Minerva High School Valley Street Cemetery East Lawn Cemetery Valley Street Samuel Krugliak Magnolia James Corbett Magnolia Band Gerald North Shirley Trussell Bernice Jeffers Harry Bigelow Central Presbyterian Church of Lynn Riddle Tunnel Hill Plum Run Bowerston Cemetery

Memorial Day observances span many towns in Holmes County

In Millersburg Oak Hill Cemetery hosts Rev. Thomas L. Cromwell with theme They Were Expendable Are You and a parade from court house square at 9 30 a m. Other observances include Carrollton Grandview Cemetery with speakers Robert H Longsworth and civic parades, Strasburg Strasburg High School band, and multiple churches planning processions, prayers, recitations, and bells across Dalton Hanoverton Berlin Kilgore and more with local clergy delivering addresses and veterans decorating graves.

Thomas L. Cromwell Millersburg Carroll County Robert H. Longsworth Grandview Cemetery Carrollton L. C. Moreland Dee Smith Janet Boggs Bradford DeLong Joanne Beamer Carrollton High School Frank W. Reigle Gerald H. Wright

Memorial Day programs span several churches and towns

Steubenville area observances feature main addresses by John J. Greisinger and other officials at Mooretown Jewett and Paris Township sites. Services include parades, flag ceremonies, grave decorations, recitations, and music from local choirs and bands.

John J. Greisinger Steubenville Mooretown United Presbyterian Church Ross Township Memorial Association Everett Little Bergholz United Presbyterian Church Springfield High School

Rev Troge Participates In D P Programs Today

Reverend Herbert E. Troge of First Lutheran Church will visit Warren and Ravenna to promote displaced persons from Europe to the United States. He is accompanied by nurse Julie Kiveaga from Estonia, who arrived from a Germany refugee camp. Events occur at Emmanuel Lutheran Church Warren this morning and Ravenna Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m.

Europe United States Herbert E. Troge First Lutheran Church Warren Ravenna Canton Julie Kiveaga Molly Stark Sanatorium Estonia Germany Emmanuel Lutheran Church Ravenna Lutheran Church

Dr Clyde Culp Dies In East Liverpool At 76

Dr Clyde Culp 76 longtime Cleveland healer and Salinesville public servant died after a long illness. He practiced medicine in Cleveland about 50 years ago and served 28 years in Salinesville government.

Clyde Culp East Liverpool Cleveland Salinesville

New Spelling Champ Kim Calvin Tours New York

America's top elementary spelling star Kim Calvin of Canton traveled to New York as guest of honor at the New Yorker Hotel after winning the national bee. He earned 500 dollars plus 75 for the trip, plans a college science major, and enjoys autograph seekers as he tours landmarks with his father and escort.

A York America Kim Calvin Canton New York New Yorker Sewery United States Metropolis Kim Washington National Cathedral Franciscan Monastery Glenn H. Calvin Dennis R. Smith Repository Champion Lehman High School

Truman Takes Yacht Holiday

President Truman sailed the yacht Williamsburg from Blakistone Island into Lower Chesapeake Bay heading toward Patuxent Maryland for a three day trip. He will anchor tonight near Patuxent and reach Annapolis for Sunday services at the Naval Academy Chapel. Truman ordered war surplus articles sent to tornado victims in Cape Girardeau Missouri and allocated 15000 dollars in emergency funds for relief via the Federal Works Agency.

Washington Truman Williamsburg Patuxent Chesapeake Bay Blakistone Island Potomac

Dixie Plea for Young G O P

Sarasota Florida May 28 Ralph E Becker national chairman of the Young Republicans called on youth to build a strong Republican party to guide the nation He argued a strong two party system gives the South a voice in government and allows protest against central planning and loss of state and individual rights He urged young people to lead the effort in the South as predecessors failed due to weariness Becker of Port Chester New York.

Sarasota Fla Ralph E. Becker Young Republicans Becker South Republican Party Port Chester N. Y

Dynamite on Shoe Explodes in Neighboring Home Incident

In LINE France on May 28 UP reports Joseph Mirland found a lump on his shoe, heated it over a stove, and caused a blast that shattered windows and injured him. The substance proved to be plastic dynamite mistaken for putty.

Line France Joseph Mirland Mirland

Siderographers Mark 50th Anniversary Convention

The International Association of Siderographers AFL held its 50th anniversary convention in Washington with 55 active members and 36 attending. Stanley Finer of New York City was elected president, replacing James C. Filgate of Washington, and the group did not settle on an official pronunciation for siderographer.

Washington America International Association of Siderographers, A.F.L Stanley Finer New York City James C. Filgate

NLRB reports April charges show shift in cases

The National Labor Relations Board reports April saw a drop in unfair labor practice charges against employers for the first time in six months while charges against unions rose. Total charges were 358 against employers and 135 against unions with breakdowns by source and type, including secondary boycott cases against AFL and CIO unions.

Washington National Labor Relations Board A.F.L C.I.O

Stettinius Recovering From Mild Heart Attack

Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. is reported recovering satisfactorily from a mild heart attack suffered weeks ago. He rests at his farm near RAPIDAN Virginia and is not yet fully recovered but far from a serious condition, says his personal secretary L. F. Wallace.

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