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Volume 68 No. 9
KHS Homecoming King & Queen
Queen Grace Hagerman and King Zachary Longacre. military were greeted with a
MHS Homecoming King & Queen
King Anthony DiFranco and Queen Jordan Hatcher. reality, the Armistice ending the war to end all wars was signed
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AMVETS Marine Corp
Birthday Breakfast
On Thursday, November 10, AMVETS Post #32 will
hold their Marine Corps Birthday Breakfast. Doors open at • Cut County Sales Tax
7:30 a.m. at 11087 Middle Ave., in Elyria. A free breakfast • Opposes Annexation
will be served from 8-8:45 a.m. to all attending. This event
is open to the public, and all branches of military service • Endorsed by Sheriff Stammitti
will be honored. Spouses and friends are welcome, too.
There will be a guest speaker and a 50/50 raffle winner will
be drawn at the completion of the ceremony. For questions, Paid for by Families for Lundy
contact Dan at (440) 346-0596 or John at (440)864-7819.
Midview Local Schools Honors Local Veterans
As part of its Veterans Day
celebrations this year, Mid-
view Local Schools recently
honored local veterans with
an unexpected gesture of ap-
preciation. Midview High
School Key Club members
delivered custom yard signs
and handmade cards from
North Elementary students
to more than 50 veterans’
homes.
Local men and women
who served in our nation’s
simple, yet most sincere mes-
sage: “Midview thanks this
veteran for their service.”
“I believe great things can
be achieved through small
acts of kindness,” said Sarah
Williams, Midview senior
and MHS Key Club Vice
President. “Being able to hon-
or those who have sacrificed
for our country in the name of
shaping our freedoms was in- L-R: Aniya Qualls (Grade 12), Rick Logue (Retired Navy veteran & long-time Grafton Resi-
credibly rewarding. Each vet- dent) and Hunter Crum (Grade 9).
eran’s reaction, kindness and Students also visited the our community, and we’re Veterans in the community
appreciation is something I Lorain VFW to pass out signs proud to pay our local he- are invited to enjoy breakfast
will always remember.” to its visitors and those who roes this moment of respect and attend the event, which
Family, friends and neigh- may not have been comfort- for their service, bravery, and honors and remembers the
bors nominated veterans for able nominating a veteran for sacrifice.” sacrifice and service of those
home delivery through a home delivery. To date, nearly 100 signs who served.
district survey shared in ear- “Each year, we look for- and cards have been shared Furthermore, all five Mid-
ly October. Key Club mem- ward to approaching Veterans with the community. In ad- view buildings have received
bers created routes based on Day with grace and gratitude dition to this recent project, the Purple Star Award, which
similar locations and visited as a district,” said Midview Midview Local Schools hosts recognizes schools’ commit-
several veterans’ homes each Superintendent Bruce Will- an annual Veterans Day as- ment to students and families
day, delivering gifts and grat- ingham. “The military is wo- sembly. connected to our nation’s mil-
itude. ven throughout the fabric of itary.
Gunther, Havlat, Knauss
and Veterans Day
The 11th hour has become synonymous with Veterans Day,
originally called Armistice day, in recognition of the document
signed at the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month. In
around 5 a.m. on November 11. Over the course of the next 6
hours, nearly 3,000 men would lose their lives in the final hours
of a war that had already claimed the lives of 20 million mili- Page 9
tary personnel. The final death of WW1 came at 10:59 a.m. one
minute before the guns of war would fall silent.
Private Henry Gunther was a German-American drafted
in the fall of 1917; most accounts state that his final actions Community Directory
were motivated by Gunther’s need to demonstrate that he was Carlisle 8 Wellington 10
“courageous and all-American.” A chaplain from Gunther’s Columbia 2 Churches 6
unit recounted, “As 11 a.m. approached, Gunther suddenly rose
with his rifle and ran through thick fog. His men shouted for Eaton 24 Shop Local 11
him to stop. So did the Germans. But Gunther kept running and Grafton 19 Profile Page 13
firing. One machine gun blast later, he was dead. His death was Grafton Twp. 22 Classifieds 30
recorded at 10:59 a.m. LaGrange 28 SENIOR LIVING 26-27
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