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!U:.UO.V UI.'HTH t'l.l'M WAS (*KII C'.UCi N V ON SCHOOL (UfOl'NllS MON DAY. .__• tIA sol i! mu ec mutiny 7n ark oil c lie* 1planting of a memorial elm on I In*. [cast fsiito of the Waukesha High! school groil nils Monday a Horn cm bytl\o Boa con Lights cliih in honor ofCorporal Mark Malone-, Hie one soil jof a Iloai*o 11 Lights member who loai [ his life an a result of service in thej I Sale World war. IThe tree was planted at 4:30 p. in. with the president of the- chih, Mrs. Itla Bacon, acting as mistress of ceremonies. Ah Mrs. Bacon placed the first shovel of earth 113ion the roots os' the lie u 1 si in 1 uulc a brief hut.im-j pivssive address, formally present-1 ling the I mo in the* school. Mrs. W.1 j Is. Sanuor then read a short sketch! of the soldier's life, and Mrs. Charles! Newbury, mm 11 her of the school j hoard, thanked I tie women for thei gift ami iJimniscd that it would be! cherished by the recipients, alter!j whic h “America iva.* sung in con-1 • cert. 1j Tims il was. II.at an elm tree was sef in his memory upon the grounds when.- .Mark Malone* played as a child .to show appreciation of the heroism whiMi induced him ilt; enlist in his country's service and to make the final supreme sacrifice for his country's welfare..Most nf the wairitil who took part in the ceremony of the planting remembered Murk an a merry, mischievous .laughing, carefree youngster. a kivabiu little chap. whom they had seen grow from boyhood to young manhood, and to whom they had said their farewell* and gisen their best wishes when he put Oil the uniform of his country said marched away to wage- its war. Mrs. K. \V. Malone, j Hu- dead hoy's mother, was also present, and iliuse who siluorl about her had shared her grief when the news of her grccu ios» reached Waukesha,| so it was uni sLniugn that as the group closed the exercises with th? singing of the national hymn that many a voice broke and that Ihere were tears In so jug eves.
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Waukesha Daily Freeman
Waukesha, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jun 10, 1924
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