The Friends of Oakland Cemetery and Chapter D, P.E.O., continue their quest for donations, this time in the form of cemetery sitting. If you visit the cemetery this week, you will be greeted by live, smiling faces. Located between the Veterans’ Memorial and the Chapel, the greeters will be hoping that you will choose to save the arch and repair cemetery damage. The greeter-gatherers will be available Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. All contributions will be sincerely appreciated. Checks should be made out to Save the Arch, Appanoose County Foundation. In addition to looking for donations, Chapter D, P.E.O. is looking for descendants of the Appanoose County Boys, particularly those in Company D. Last week an Iowegian article told the story of the 20 men who presented a letter to Major Haynes asking that the P.E.O. gift of $600 be returned and used as a nucleus for a memorial for their comrades who died in World War I. An earlier Iowegian article listed the 55 men who died and whose names appear on the bronze plaques on the Arch of Remembrance, but no list has appeared of the 20 men who planted the idea for the Arch. One 1923 Iowegian article stated that 20 men signed the Jan. 9, 1919, letter, returning the money and requesting the memorial, but in an article dated May 11, 1923, only 19 were listed by name. The 19 signers are as follows: 1st Lieutenant James S. Day (Cincinnati), Corporal Guy Knight (Moravia), Mechanic Lawrence I. McCannon (Plano), Sergeant Y. F. Hanrahan (Centerville), Mechanic Francis E. Day (Moravia), Albert H. Parcell (Centerville), Corporal Lawrence M. Breese (Centerville), Private James F. Phillips (Centerville), Corporal Eddie Thompson (Centerville), Corporal Arthur A. Nelson (Centerville), Corporal John H Hoskins (Mystic), Sergeant John W. White (Centerville), Private Carl L Nelson (Centerville), Private Elmer Cox (Unionville), Private Noah Davis (Unionville), Sergeant Charles McDonald (Udell), Corporal David R. Pence (Moravia), Sergeant Paul Davis, Captain G. C. Haynes. If you are a descendant of one of these signers or one of the 55 listed on the bronze plaques, please get in touch with Dana Moritz, 511 W. Grand St., Centerville, Iowa 52544 or Debbie Robinson, 19999 215th St. Centerville, Iowa 52544. Veterans’ stories will be featured on the Saturday, May 30 Radiothon, airing on KMGO 98.7 and KCOG 99.7 from 9 a.m. to noon. Until then Chapter D and the Friends are searching for donations and descendants.
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Accepting contributions for the Arch of Remembrance and cemetery repair are Lucy Reznicek, Paulette Sells, CHS Student Council President Tricia Schwering and Sandy Griffing.
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