East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-06-05

room. A duplicate is in the vault
for use in the far future. Paper
bound copies have been distributed
to schools. The dedicatory address
by DR.. Howard M. Wells high
lighted the usual Memorial Day
program at City Hall.
DR.. Wells reviewed the history
of the memorial committee which
came into being through official
action of the City Commission, and
emphasized its one goal, a perm
anent memorial of lasting service
and beauty.
After checking and re-checking,
the roll as corrected to March 18th,
1949, lists a total of $500 names,
199 of them starred in gold.
|. DIR. Wells said it is a searching
question-how to honor worthily
the, heroic living and the heroic
dead VIII faithfully. served the
eeuntry Its years 3t fiery trial.
BE eitcs the monumesats OF mar
Eles, the piles of stone, the granite
statues, and polished cenotaphs
that stand in sad and silent beauty
as emblems of heroic sacrifice. Or
the grim reminders, swords,
spears, guns, tanks, in which there
is no beauty, and which those who
know them best would put out of
sight forever, if they only could.
"In East Cleveland" said DR..
Wells, 1--WE have chosen our own
distinctive pattern. We have used
our funds to set aside a living me-
mortal to perpetuate in our midst
a beauty and good in life, the
very values for which this war was
fought and its frightful costs
bravely paid.
"To the Library we come and go,
all sorts of people, all conditions of
men, all can freely come and freely
feel at home. 1t symbolizes as none
other the very foundation upon
which America rests and by which
it will endure. Freedom to read
. E. freedom to learn freedom |
to know freedom to rise in
stature +. freedom to understand.
"In the Library we are sur
rounded with sense of history, a |
sense of the past, the present, the
future that is to be. When liter
ature and science and history speak |
with music and art, the witness to
abundant living is we'll begun, and |
if religion add a perfect word, the |
witness is complete. These things |
make for life, for liberty, for the
pursuit of happiness. These things |
are the sum and substance of the
service of library. How fitting
are its walls, it's shelves, it's refer
ences for living memorial! How
well this committee has chosen this
tribute to our men and women of |
honor.
'Tf we could call them back
those beyond our reach-or if we
should inquire of those who are
among US, l believe they would re-
ply with united voice We'll done,
we'll done
"Let us therefore as the COM
of East Cleveland, set apart |
and dedicate The Book and The
Room in the library yonder across
the street, to the lasting memory |
of those who served in World War |
II. Let it be our faith and our
prayer that these memorials will |
truly prosper the high purpose we
intend.
Shortly now, this temporary |
Honor Roll will be removed, and
the permanent Roll alone will re-
main. Ere long, we too shall pass
away, but this, our tribute, shall
building better than we
shall ever know in the generations
that shall take our place, an Amer
lea ever more worthy of the name."
Following this program, the
usual procession marched to the
old cemetery at Euclid and Nela
aves. where wreath was placed
on the grave Of an unknown soldier.
Judge Stanton Adams made the
address, salute was fired to the
dead and taps closed a long to be
Memorial Day OBJ
servance.
Col. ]. F. Watson, USA, retirn1,
was Grand Marshal for the day. |