THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 19, Number 20 Thursday, May 22, 2003 Memorial Day THE Page 2 May 22, 2003 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] http://www.bbpnet.com/ PRINTED WITH Published and Printed by TM Trademark of American Soybean Association THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden 911 Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is also Subscription Rates delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. 1 year $28 6 months $16 3 months $10 1 month $5 A Salute to Veterans of the Good War by Charles McKelvy Although Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, briated Red Army soldiers. I thought they were still at war with us in September It took a lot to get one of my best friend’s father to 1954 when I was all of 4 years old and living on the talk about his harrowing experiences during the south side of Chicago. Battle of the Bulge, and the family friends and rela- My peculiar belief arose from the fact that my tives who had charged ashore in the South Pacific were parents and their friends had taken me to the Museum still reluctant to speak of the carnage they had wit- of Science and Industry where they were rolling a cap- nessed. tured German submarine, U-505, across Lake Shore It was all so real and so immediate, along with such Drive to its final resting place outside the museum. film classics as “The Longest Day”, that I just never I remember hearing my parents and their friends expected it to end. joke about the “Submarine Crossing” signs posted along But then my father’s friends started dying, and he the drive, and I distinctly recall one of the men himself succumbed to cancer in 1985, and soon every solemnly telling me that “the Germans are invading other obituary seemed to be that of a World War II Chicago, and there are veteran. German sailors hiding We are losing our liv- aboard that U-boat.” ing link to a war that put Alarmed, I told my us right where we are parents we had better now, which is living in an high-tail it out of there open and free society as fast as possible. They with English as its prin- laughed and reassured cipal language. me that their friend had I have been to some been joking with me, funerals of late for those but I was not so sure. noble souls who In fact, when my wife answered the call to duty and I paid a recent visit during the 1940s, and I to U-505, I looked am always saddened to behind every bulkhead see another hero depart just to be sure the boat this life. It is equally was truly free of poignant to watch their Marinesoldaten. surviving comrades rally It was, but I am not free of my childhood memories around in their American Legion uniforms to give them of the “Good War.” a proper send-off, despite failing knees, hips and Nor do I want to be free of them, because I recall other ailments. thinking my father and his fellow veterans of the sec- What’s to be done? ond world war in one century would just go on forever Simple: let the Beacher know of any World War II holding me spellbound with their tales of derring-do veterans in your neighborhood who would be willing in the North Atlantic, the hedgerows of France, the to share their stories, and possibly even some pho- deserts of North Africa, and the island chains of the tographs of the Good War. In so doing, you will South Pacific. enable us to carry on the tradition started by the late My father, for example, was part of the U.S. Navy’s Bob Fitzgerald who graced our pages with his profiles effort to clear the shipping lanes across the Atlantic of his fellow World War II veterans. of boats just like U-505, and a very close friend of his We’ll do our best to give them the recognition they once captivated us over dinner with his account of being so richly deserve while they’re still with us. And, of shot down over Germany, held in a POW camp right course, we’ll pray that they will all be with us for a out of “Stalag 17” and liberated by some highly ine- long time still. May 22, 2003 Page 3 Memorial Day Open ‘til 6 p.m. by Maggie Beyer Evenings A day is marked across the land- In small town squares, The Veterans stand. www.littlehousefashions.comElegant Apparel for the From Flanders Field where poppies grow; [email protected] Conscious Woman Women’s Apparel To Arlington’s white row on row; At Punch Bowl’s etched and arbored walls, Life should be comfortable… The drums roll out....the bugle calls; Each stone engraved or nameless cross, Becomes memorial to a loss; A flowered wreath, eternal flame, With honor says, This life is named. And we have promises to keep, To those who lie in hard won sleep. Soundless voices not so still, May hope to teach; They can....and will. The American Creed I believe in the United States of America as a gov- ernment of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its constitution; to obey its laws; to Karen Neuberger’s robes, respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. pajamas and nightgowns (Written by William Tyler Page for a nationwide con- help make it that way! test and adopted by an Act of Congress, April 6, 1918) MIX & MATCH SALE! Our Cover Photo Buy 1st piece at regular price, The photo on the cover of this week’s issue, by get the 2nd at 1/2 price! Tom Montgomery, is the World War I monument that stands at the entrance to Washington Park in Michigan Meet Us For Lunch And A Style Show City. The inscription reads: WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 - HANNAH’S, NEW BUFFALO “Lest we forget ‘Our Boys’ who answered their country’s call THURSDAY, MAY 29 - ROSKOE’S, LA PORTE in the world war 1917-1918. 409409 AlexanderAlexander StreetStreet LaPorte,LaPorte, IN IN 326-8602 Sponsored by the Service Star Legion OnOn Hwy Hwy 35 35 - - 55 BlocksBlocks South ofof Lincolnway Lincolnway War Mother’s of Michigan City, IN TTurnurn RightRight on Alexander Monday - Friday 9:30 to 7 Saturday 9:30 to 5 AD 1926” Monday-Friday 10 to 6 Saturday 9:30 to 5 Page 4 May 22, 2003 Toy Collection for the Middle East a Big Success Cub Scout Pack 878 collect- ed stuffed ani- mals donated by students at Joy Element-ary School to help do their part in the Middle East. The stuffed ani- mals will be sent to Kuwait to benefit the hos- pitalized children. 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