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WETUMKA MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METH
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Wetumka High School Graduation
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Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States armed forces.] It is observed on the last Monday of May. From 1868 to 1970, it was observed on May 30. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day to honor and mourn those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Many volunteers place American flags on the graves of military personnel in national cemeteries. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer in the United States. The first national observance of Memorial Day occurred on May 30, 1868. Then known as Decoration Day, the holiday was proclaimed by Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic to honor the Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. This national observance was preceded by many local ones between the end of the Civil War and Logan’s declaration. Many cities and people have claimed to be the first to observe it. However, in 2022, the National Cemetery Administration, a division of the Department of Veterans Affairs, credited Mary Ann Williams with originating the “idea of strewing the graves of Civil War soldiers-Union and Confederate" with flowers. Official recognition as a holiday spread among the states, beginning with New York in 1873. By 1890, every Union state had adopted it. The world wars turned it into a day of remembrance for all members of the U.S. military who fought and died in service. In 1971, Congress standardized the holiday as “Memorial Day” and changed its observance to the last Monday in May.
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Jean is one of eighteen children born to the late Lawrence and Marguerite French of Clearview. She and her husband Frank reside in Texas but visit in Clearview with her other siblings, especially on Memorial Day. Jean is sharing her Magic Lemon Meringue pie recipe found in the Clearview Cookbook for your Memorial Day weekend.
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Family and friends from several cities and states return to Clearview during the Memorial Day Weekend to place flowers on the resting places of their loved ones in the private and community cemeteries in and around Clearview. They visit the private cemeteries of the French/Davis and the Zackery/Lucas families. Also, they visit the cemeteries of Northfork, Clearview, and Fairlawn in Weleetka. Shiloh Cemetery, across the river (Canadian) to the south of Clearview is also a part of the Clearview community.
Read moreIf you have members buried at either Clearview or Northfork Cemeteries, please make your donations. Please add Donnie Nero to your prayer list. He is have some heart issues. Please continue your prayers for Tiger French, Yolanda Jackson, Becki Stripling, Christopher Stripling, L.C. and Irene Carson, Sharon Patton, Laura Beavers, Dorothy Loggins, Marjorie Plunkett, Marjorie Plunkett, Kurrilue Johnson, Earnest Hamilton, and Johnny West
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, today celebrated the governor signing into a law a bill aimed at increasing the number of students pursuing a teaching degree by adjusting scholarship eligibility requirements.
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