OCR Text |
Show Memorial rites held in rain at cemeteries Despite heavy rainfall Memorial Mem-orial Day forenoon, members of the Springville Post 28, American Legion and the VFW Post 5787 held joint memorial services for departed war veterans vet-erans in each of two cemeteries. cemeter-ies. American flags had been placed Monday evening on the graves of veterans at the City Cemetery by the VFW and at the Evergreen by the Legion. The firing squad included members of both organizations who performed at each burial site. Raymond Bird and Jack Rowland were buglers. Tuesday evening the f!ags were collected from the two cemeteries and the Legion has two flags that were gathered by mistake. The owners may-get may-get them by contacting A. C. Chader, Pete Johnson or Commander Com-mander Ashley Graham. |