VOL. 8 NO. 7
Nov. 6, 2013
A Special Honor
Inside This Issue ...
By Nancy Huth
Postal Customer Local / ECRWSS
By Rachel Blakely
OR CURRENT RESIDENT
Middlefield Post P.O. Box 626 Middlefield, OH 44062
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US Army First Sergeant Gregg is now possible to identify remains more Birmingham, Alabama where 15 members Daily, a 1994 graduate of Cardinal High easily than in the past. Master Sergeant of the family were permitted on the tarmac School, was chosen for a special honor Olen Berry Williams (1913-1950), a recipient to welcome the plane when it landed. this past June. He was privileged to of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, went Coincidentally, the plane arrived on June accompany the 6, D-Day, which remains of a World was the day that War II/Korean War Master Sergeant soldier, who would Williams landed in have been 100 this Normandy during year, from Hawaii World War II. He back to his home in served in the army Alabama. from 1940-1950. G r e g g i s The soldier who currently stationed accompanies the at Schofield remains must be Barracks in Hawaii of the same rank with his wife Amy, or higher than the his daughter deceased soldier. Megan, 13, and his Gregg Daily was son Brandon, 8. chosen for this He enlisted in the honor. army in 1996 and The remains has since made it of Master Sergeant his career. For the Williams, along past 17 years Gregg with a full dress has been stationed uniform and all in Georgia, his medals were Colorado, Missouri, placed in a flagWa s h i n g to n a n d draped casket. It S o u t h C a r o l i n a . US Army First Sergeant Gregg Daily (left) stood at the casket in full dress uniform at the calling was Gregg’s job Overseas he served hours of Master Sergeant Olen Berry Williams (1913-1950). Post Photo/Betty Twoey to make sure all in Korea, Germany of this was done missing in action in Korea in 1950 at the age and Iraq. Gregg is part of a Stryker correctly. No passengers were permitted of 37 and was later declared dead. He was Infantry unit. Many young people in on the plane in Hawaii until the casket unmarried and was one of 16 children. His our community know Gregg’s mother had been loaded and secured. And no remains had been buried alongside other Betty (Daily) Twoey who has taught at passengers were allowed off the plane until unidentified servicemen at the National Cardinal Schools for the past 23 years. Gregg and the casket were unloaded. Military Cemetery in Hawaii. This June his With modern DNA technology it After arriving in Birmingham, Gregg remains were transported from Hawaii to Continued on page 2
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“Out ‘N’ About” Page 15
Veteran’s Day Events Page 25
Two Life-Changing Months
A timeless city consumed by history and religion, Rome, Italy has been memorialized while perfecting its ability to modernize amidst the ruins of centuries past. My name is Rachel Blakely, and I was blessed with the opportunity to study abroad in Italy for 2 months through my school, Walsh University. I am 19 years old and am majoring in English with a double minor in French and creative writing. I live in the Village of Middlefield and attended Cardinal High School, graduating in 2012 as valedictorian. This semester I traveled to Rome, Castel Gandolfo, Assisi, Siena, Nettuno, Florence, Dublin, Sorrento, Pompeii, the Island of Capri,
Paris, Venice, Murano Island, Le Marche region, and Barcelona. Let me first impose upon you the
Island of Capri
Post Photo/Rachel Blakely
power of positive thinking and faith; before I arrived at my “Rome Home,” I spent the summer doing nothing aside from fighting off mono and recuperating from my wisdom tooth surgery/ the second surgery to rid myself of its infection. It had always seemed impossible for me to fulfill my dream of studying abroad, and these back-to-back disturbances only enhanced my fears and worries. Yet in an instant, I was standing with my ticket in hand that would lead me to overlook the arena in the Coliseum, walk amidst the ruins of the Roman Forum, Continued on page 17