The Ely miner., 1935-06-06
MEMORIAL
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maSSed on the grounds and adjacent
thereto. Those directing the traffic had
the situation well in hand and not an
accident was reported.
The Rev. L. S. Sloan invoked the
blessings of Diety on the multitude
assembled. The American Legion Aux
iliary Glee Club sang I'm the Time of
Roses by Reichardt, Mrs. H. N. Suth-
erland at the organ. The club was at
tired in becoming black and white capes
and presented very neat appearance
Edward Buckley acted as chairman
of the occasion and introduced those on
the program. Commander Douglas Nan-
kervis called the roll of departed com-
rades of the Civil War, the Spanish
American and the World War buried in
the cemetery and also the roll of COM
radeS buried in other cemeteries.
Only one Gold Star Mother, Mrs
Robert Suominen, was present and was
introduced, Mrs. Suominen acknowledge
ing the introduction by graciously bow
ing to those about the speakers stand
The roll call showed thirty-two Ely
men buried in the local cemetery and
ten in other cemeteries. Those in the
Ely cemetery are:
Civil War Veterans Cyril LaBelle
and James ONeil.
Spanish American Veterans-J John A,
johnson and Phillip Sheridan.
World War Veterans Caimi
Frank Erchull, Ignatius Loushin. Matt
Mattila, George E. Portflan, Joseph
Freshmen, Matthias Smrekar, Anton
Wulotz, John E. Mattson, Rudolph
Chimzar, John Kerze. Frank Lozar, M
w. Meade, Toivo Matt Porthan, Arthur
Sikala, Matt Smuk, Frank E. thinner
man, Emil A. Erickson, Roy Baxtrum
Glenn Coffey, Herbert Kurvinen, John
K. Maxi, John A. Pluth, Matt Preblich
John Skantz, Peter Stark, Howard B.
Schaefer and Charles Heino
Other Cemeteries-W willard Esterberg
White Iron; Douglas Coffey New York:
Arthur Duggan, Pennsylvania; Alfred
Johns, Calumet, Michigan; Turie Sucm-
inen, France; Philip White, Clear Lake
Minnesota; Joseph Muhvich, France;
Mark Petritz, Butte, Montana: Otto
PuSsari, France, and Robert Remes,
France.
Miss Mama Forbes read Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address in a manner of
which only Miss Forbes is capable.
Chairman Buckley introduced the
speaker of the day, Judge Edward
Freeman, district judge of the Eleventh
Judicial District. Judge Freeman opened
his remarks with the statement that
the people of Ely certainly showed the
proper spirit of reverence for their de-
parted and that the display before
him was one of the most impressive he
had ever witnessed on similar occasions
Judge Freeman then spoke as fol-
lows:
To-day is one of the days set aside
by our government as holiday. A day
when We shall turn aside from our
usual tasks and occupations and pause
in the pursuit of OUR own happiness to
lay a wreath of flowers on the graves
of our honored dead and pay our
tribute of respect to their memory.
1T is not day of rejoicing and
celebration. 1t is not day of noise,
hilarity and oratory, like the Fourth of
July, but rather it is day of thought
fulness, day of thankfulness, a day of
remembrance and day of conservation.
"On the Fourth of July we fill our
lungs and expand our muscles and tell
how strong We are, and like to brag
a little about our glorious battles and
victories. We pat ourselves on the back
and tell ourselves and the world in
general that we are the greatest nation
on earth, and that we are a little better
than anyone else. In other words. on
our birthday, July 4th, we like to cele-
brate and enjoy ourselves, and bask in
our own sunlight and STRUT our glories
and virtues before all the world. It is
a great patriotic day, and great day
for exalting our own nationalism and
lmpresSing upon everyone our greatness,
and inStilling into the minds and hearts
OF the young the spirit of patriotism.
But today I am oppressed with a
sense OF the impropriety of uttering
words on an occasion of this kind. IF
silence is ever golden, it must be beside
the graves of these men whose lives are
more significant than any words we can
utter, and whose death in defense of
their native land is an epic too rich
to be told by human tongue. For love
OF country they accepted death. They
paid the supreme penalty that this
nation might live, and that we might
enjoy the advantages of living in free
country. They died that democracy
might live. They died so that
liberty, political, religious and social
freedom should not perish and dis
appear from the earth They died 50
that the Star Spangled Banner could
continue to wave over our land. They
died that down-trodden peoples of eyery
nation might still have hope. They
died that right and justice might pre-
vail. They died to preserve the ideals
of the founders of this nation. They
died to preserve homes and hearth
stones everywhere. They died to pre-