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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018
190TH YEAR
Neighbor suggests ECHS state football champs should ‘tower’ over field
Freedom is not free
PHOTOS BY JOE AWAD/The Register
The following is the speech given by Dearborn/Ohio County Circuit Court Judge James D. Humphrey during Memorial Day services held Monday, May 28, at Greendale Cemetery.
A Time to Serve
It was a time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s third term. It was a time when radio ruled the airwaves with shows like Fibber McGee and Molly, Inner Sanctum, Walter Winchell and Jack Benny. Gasoline was nineteen (19) cents a gallon, and you could purchase a new Studebaker Champion sedan for $730.00. America was finally recovering from the Great Depression as the young people of the day were preparing to raise families and live their lives as citizens of this great free country on a continent at peace- in a world war. But all of this changed on December
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7, 1941 with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The World War II era was an extraordinary time in our nation’s history. Over sixteen (16) million Americans would serve in the armed forces. Their lives were put on hold and some were changed forever. It was a time when ordinary people living ordinary lives were called upon to do incredible things - and save the world from evil like the world had never known.
Milton ‘Skeeter’ McCool
Milton J. McCool was born on June 24, 1923. He was a graduate of Aurora High School in 1942. He
Lawrenceburg’s Memorial Day parade was short but spirited as folks from throughout the city paid homage to the men and women who paid the ultimate prices for American freedoms. somehow gained the nickname of ‘Skeeter.’ After high school he was employed as a “filler-operator” at Seagram’s Distilleries. He probably would have been satisfied to live his life in this community and work at the distillery, but then came Pearl Harbor and World War II. Milton J. McCool entered the United
States Army on January 25, 1943. He was assigned to the 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion which was formed at Camp Shelby, Missssippi. The unit engaged in extensive training which included Camp Atterbury in Indiana.
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Community picnic preview of Aurora birthday bash By Chandra L. Mattingly Staff Reporter
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The Aurora Community Picnic was a bit like a birthday party, celebrating the 20th birthday of Main Street Aurora, which sponsored the event. Also discussed was the city’s birthday next year. So Main Street Aurora provided balloons and birthday hats, and invited folks to help sponsor the city’s birthday book. The LST will be back for that event, arriving at the old ferry landing at the foot of Third Street in September 2019, Hillforest Historic Foundation will host pioneer
days in May 2019, and the Aurora Community Picnic hopefully will be on Second Street, with the by-then-renovated street closed to traffic, said MSA Director Nancy Turner. “There were over 11,000 people who toured the LST” when it came to Aurora some years back, she said. Of course, plans are to “capitalize” on other events as well: the movies shown by the Aurora Lions Club, Wine and Dine events in Aurora, Aurora Farmers Fair, and Miracle on Main Street at Christmas time, she said. So far, over 40 volunteers have CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY/The Register put in over 223 hours making A community picnic helped celebrate the 20th birthday of Main Street Aurora, but the city’s birthday means bigger See PICNIC page 7A plans for next year. Contact Register Publications (812) 537-0063 © REGISTER PUBLICATIONS,
are going to look and think, if they did it I could do it,” he said. “I think it’s all good. I memral@registerpublications.com think it is something that has State Football Champions been overlooked.” He envisions the tower 1994, 2018 to be similar to the tower That is what one man in Milan that celebrates the wants to see on the water tower near East Central High 1954 state championship School in St. Leon in recog- high school basketball team. And he doesn’t know why nition of the school’s historic it cannot be done. “I am hopchampionships. Ed Emley, who lives near ing this doesn’t have to be the school, said he is running a battle to get it done. It is not a coma “simple plete regrassroots paint of the c a m “And everyone I’ve talked tower. It’s paign” to get those to in the community just simply they put words, or something thinks it’s a wonderful this with similar, on idea and are ready to rev their logo on there. the tower. “I just it up by whatever they “ I t ’s think it is just a fun can do.” important, thing,” -Ed Emley and there s a i d Emley. St. Leon resident is plenty of space on “And evthat tower. eryone It’s not that I’ve talked it would have to be squeezed to in the community thinks it’s a wonderful idea and are in.” If approved, the next step ready to rev it up by whatever would be to fundraise for the they can do.” The North Dearborn Water money it would take to paint Tower Company controls the the tower, provided the water tower. Stuart Cline, the pres- company cannot pay for the ident of the water company paint job. “It is a simple grassroots board, did not return a call effort that I think the comabout the idea. Emley thinks the tower is munity would love and it a perfect spot since it can be would stand on that tower for years to come, and be seen seen from Interstate 74. “The people going up and by thousands daily going up down ’74 are going to see and down I-74 in recognition this, and the kids who are of little old St. Leon, Ind.,” playing on the football field he said. By Marc Emral Staff Reporter
Dearborn/Ohio County Circuit Court Judge James D. Humphrey addresses about 200 people at Greendale Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28. The eternal flame behind him was designed and dedicated in 2007 by his son Alexander as an Eagle Scout project.
I thought ... how many men like him Had fallen through the years? How many died on foreign soil? How many mothers’ tears? How many pilot’s planes shot down? How many died at sea? How many foxholes were soldiers graves? No ... Freedom is not Free.
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HUD money is vital to apartment upkeep Greendale has been awarded $68,229 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to improve Greendale Village Apartments on Ludlow Street. The money is part of $32 million cut loose for Indiana by HUD, according to Gina Rodriguez, HUD Public Affairs. Housing authorities use the funding to modernize housing for families and seniors, and to help authorities make capital improvements to HUD-supported properties. “We have been getting it every year, but it is important. It keeps us running,” said Linda Cromer, member of the Greendale Housing Authority Board, adding that with federal cutbacks ever increasing city officials fear it could be pulled in any given year. The grants, provided through HUD’s Capital Funding Program, are distributed to about 3,100 public housing programs yearly to build, repair, renovate, and modernize. Housing authorities use the funding to complete
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large-scale improvements, including replacing roofs or making energy-efficient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems. To help provide residents with decent, safe and sanitary housing and respond to the growing demand for affordable rental housing, HUD uses the Rental Assistance Demonstration, a comprehensive strategy that complements the Capital Fund Program. RAD offers a long-term solution to preserve and enhance the country’s affordable housing stock, including leveraging public and private funding to make critically needed improvements. “In Indiana, the Capital Fund Program will help ensure that families and seniors are residing in public housing that is decent, safe and in good repair to build a better life,” said Joseph P. Galvan, HUD Midwest regional administrator. “It is part of HUD’s mission to protect consumers and meet the need
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