Pocomoke City Christmas Parade Results- 2011

Pocomoke City

Christmas Parade

Winner's List 2011

CATEGORY	PRIZE	WINNER
Judges Choice #1	Plaque	Powellville VFC
Judges Choice #2	Plaque	The Island Boys
Best Equestrian Unit	Plaque	Chinco. Drill Team
1st Place Youth Float	Plaque/ $150	PES K-Kids
2nd Place Youth Float	Plaque / $125	Beaver Dam Church
1st Place Marching Unit	Plaque	Snow Hill ROTC
2nd Place Marching Unit	Plaque	SDHS ROTC
1st Place Commercial Float	Plaque	Lowes of Pocomoke
2nd Place Commercial Float	Plaque	Bay Country 97.9 fm
1st Place Adult Float	Plaque / $150	Atlantic General Hosp.
2nd Place Adult Float	Plaque / $125	Dash Rescue
1st & 2nd Dance/Cheer	Plaques	Dynamics/ Dance Loft
Best Non-Motor Antique	Trophy	Princess Anne VFC
Best Motor Antique	Trophy	Berlin VFC
Best Modern Equipment	Trophy	Salisbury St. 2
Best Marching Fire Co.	Trophy	New Church VFC
2nd Best Appearing Fire Co.	Trophy	Greenbackville VFC
Best Appearing Fire Co.	Trophy	Parksley VFC
1st Place Division III Band	$100 &Trophy	St. Francis de Sales School
2nd Place Division III Band	$75 & Trophy	Salisbury Middle School
1st Place Division II Band	$150  Trophy	Snow Hill High School
2nd Place Division II Band	$100 & Trophy	Crisfield High School
1st Place Division I Band	$150 & Trophy	Mardela HIgh School
2nd Place Division I Band	$100 & Trophy	Cambridge HS
Grand Champion Band	$100 & Trophy	Snow Hill High School

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!

http://www.pocomokechristmasparade.com/

Pocomoke City Christmas Parade

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL

POCOMOKE CITY

 CHRISTMAS PARADE !!

Pocomoke Christmas Parade Tonight!

Grab your gloves and warm coat!  The turkey is gone and it's the first Monday after Thanksgiving!

That being so, it's time for one of the largest nighttime parades!!

THE POCOMOKE CITY

CHRISTMAS PARADE

"Winter Wonderland"

Clowns, Marching units

 Fire Departments

Equestrian Units,  Floats

and of course

~SANTA CLAUS~

The parade steps off at 7 PM   SHARP


In the event of inclement weather, the parade will be postponed until Tuesday, November 29, at 7:00 p.m.

Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving.  The above drawing was done by my sweet great niece and was hanging on the doorway into the dining room on Thursday.  I think she did a very nice job.

I've been sort of missing in action the past few days but the holidays will do that sometimes.  No, not Christmas shopping - turkeying.  Dinner, as usual, was at my sisters on Thanksgiving day.  That always takes lots of hours........all of us love being together.

I had my Thanksgiving dinner today like I always do.  We like turkey sandwich's too. 

But I'm back now and hopefully within a few days I'll get back into the swing of things.

There's lots going on in Pocomoke these next few days and I just hope I can keep up  with the events.

Have a great day!

TIME MACHINE ... 1922 Pocomoke City Fire Described

April, 1922

(The Frederick News Post- Frederick, Md.)

POCOMOKE CITY HALF IN ASHES; LOSS $2,000,000

Business And Resident Section Destroyed Yesterday

SOLDIERS ON GUARD

Pocomoke City, Md., April 17- More than half of the business section, including about fifty dwellings, of this city, were destroyed by the most disastrous fire in the history of the Eastern Shore yesterday. The heart of the business section including the telephone exchange, post office, Worcester Democrat office, and two hotels were wiped out. Fire companies from a dozen towns, within a radius of fifty miles, were called on for help. The flames were gotten under control about 6 o'clock last evening, and at time the damage was estimated at between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000.

The conflagration left the town in darkness. Shortly before 6 o'clock the mayor of the town called on Governor Richie for protection. The latter sent word to Col. D. John Markey, this city, Commander of the First Regiment, Maryland National Guards, and he at once ordered Company I of Salisbury to guard the town until further orders.

The fire started in a stable early in the day and fanned by a high southerly wind spread with great rapidity. Almost from the start it was apparent the town was doomed unless assistance arrived quickly. It was then that about a dozen adjoining towns were called upon for assistance. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon 20 buildings in the heart of the business and new residence sections were in ashes. Last night the burned area was surrounded by soldiers.

Working its way with unbelievable rapidity to Market and Willow Streets, the two principal business streets of the city, the fire burned in both directions. Proprietors of scores of places and homes in the neighborhood, seeing that the fire was spreading, grabbed up books and other valuable papers and raced with them to outlying sections, where they placed them in other hands for safe keeping.

Then the proprietors hurried back and began the removal of their stocks or as much of their stocks as they could carry. It was impossible to get wagons close to their places of business because of the lines of hoses laid by the fire department and what was saved was carried away.

Most of the buildings were of frame construction and the high southerly wind, blowing toward the river and with the better part of the town before it, carried the fire from building to building. In some places it leaped great distances or was carried long distances by embers.

Guests in the Parker House and the Landing House made preparations to leave when it was seen that the fire was moving in the direction of these two hostelries. Most of the guests saved their effects before the two hotels caught fire. At 2 o'clock the Landing House was totally destroyed and the Parker House seemed doomed to a like fate.

Thousands of persons in all of the surrounding (areas) were en route to Pocomoke City by automobile to see the biggest fire which has visited the Eastern Shore in its history. Some traveled by automobile, some by horse and wagon, while others walked. Some living along the Pocomoke river came down in boats.

Despite the fact that the fire was threatening the entire city and everybody else seemed on saving their homes or their contents, the telephone girls stayed at the exchange and helped the town officials in summoning assistance from the other towns on the Shore. Most of these places have motor fire-fighting apparatus of late design and within a short time after the first call was sent out these machines started to arrive.

Good roads helped the motor apparatus to get to the scene and immediately on arrival the men jumped into the fight and threw the weight of their forces against the raging flames.

The water supply was in excellent shape, and while firemen worked diligently they were unable to stem the forward progress of the conflagration. Some of the destroyed buildings would have supplied sufficient work for three or four fire companies. The fact that 50 or more buildings were destroyed ... shows what a handicap the fire department faced.

Footnote: A New York Times report listed the loss at $600,000. In earlier years major fires occurred in Pocomoke City in 1888 and 1892.


TIME-SNIP ... January, 1927

The Eastern Shore Gas And Electric Company announced that Vienna had been selected as the site for construction of a modern steam turbine generating station. Salisbury, Cambridge, Pocomoke City, and Seaford had also been considered.


October, 1984

(The Capital- Annapolis, Md.)

Pocomoke City, Md., is one of 17 cities from coast to coast that have been named finalists in the 1984-85 "All American Cities" program, The National Municipal League's Citizen's Forum On Self-Government announced yesterday.

The 12-member jury that selects the winner next month in San Antonia, Texas, has said it looks for cities that try harder to solve local problems, rather than cities that claim to be problem free. Finalists were chosen from almost 100 formal entries.



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TIME MACHINE Preview ... 1922 Pocomoke City Fire Described

A next day account of Pocomoke City's devastating fire of 1922.

It's this Sunday on the Pocomoke Public Eye!



Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two or more if you wish. Your name won't be used unless you ask that it be. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!

~Delmarva Discovery Center~

Saturday, November 26, 2011

The regionally and nationally awarded works of brothers Wally and Paul Makuchal will be on display in the  changing exhibit room during the remainder of November and through December.

NOTE:  Stop by Delmarva Discovery Center TODAY (Saturday) and see artist Wally Makuchal, Jr. at work.   

This is the perfect opportunity to see how some of these amazing pieces were created.

Wally will be starting at 10 AM, so be sure to stop by.

Christmas In Pocomoke !

Be sure to watch WMDT- TV Channel 47 (ABC)

GREAT THINGS DELMARVA

Sunday, November 27, 2011

7:30 AM

Mayor Bruce Morrison will be talking about what many hope will become a Christmas tradition.....

CHRISTMAS IN POCOMOKE !

TIME MACHINE ... THANKSGIVING

November, 1882

(The Denton Journal)

Thanksgiving Day

The following Thanksgiving proclamation has been issued by President Arthur:

"In conformity with a custom, the annual observance of which is justly held in honor by this people, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby set apart Thursday, the 30th day of November, a national day of thanksgiving. The blessings demanding our gratitude are numerous and varied. For the peace and amity which subsist between the public and all the nations of the world; for the increasing friendship between the different sections of the land; for liberty, justice and constitutional government; for the devotion of our people to our free institutions and their cheerful obedience to mild laws; for the constantly increasing strength of the republic while extending its privileges to fellow-men who come to us; for improved means of internal communication and the increased facilities of intercourse with other nations; for the general prevailing health of the year; for the prosperity of all our industries, the liberal return for the mechanic's toil, affording a market for the abundant harvests of the husbandman, for the preservation of the national faith and credit; for wise and generous provision to effect the intellectual and moral education of our youth; for the influence for the conscience of a restraining and transforming religion, and for the joys of home; for these, and many other blessings, we should give thanks.

Wherefore, I do recommend that the day above designated be observed throughout the country as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, and that the people ceasing from their daily labors and meeting in accordance with several forms of worship, draw near to the throne of Almighty God, offering to him praise and gratitude for the manifold goodness which he has vouchsafed to us, and praying that His blessings and His mercies may continue. And I further recommend that the day thus appointed be made a special occasion for deeds of kindness and charity to the suffering and the needy, so all who dwell within the land may rejoice and be glad in this season of national thanksgiving."

Wild Turkey Bourbon Wants Obama's Pardoned Thanksgiving Bird

WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Wednesday will take part in the long-running White House tradition of sparing a turkey from the Thanksgiving plate with an official pardon. The lucky bird may even have a job lined up afterward: Wild Turkey Bourbon wants to hire it as an official "spokesbird."

What does that mean, exactly? The bird would strut its stuff as an attraction at Wild Turkey's distillery and, in return, would receive asylum from any sharp objects aimed at its neck.

Master distiller Jimmy Russell made his case bluntly, in a statement: "In a manner of direct speaking, we invite the President to give us the bird."

Russell pointed out that the Lawrenceburg, Ky., distillery's recent $50 million expansion, which enlarged the property to 134,000 square feet, would provide ample space for the bird to roam freely and live comfortably. Also, he added, there would be "no threat of future Thanksgiving-related job cuts."

For now, the bird and its alternate are supposed to head to George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens after pardoning, where they're slated to serve as a main attraction during Christmas through Jan. 6. After that, they'll live out their days in a custom-built home at the estate.

Previously, birds pardoned from 2005 on had been sent to Disneyland, where they served as honorary grand marshals in the park's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Prior to that, the turkeys were shipped off to dubiously-named Frying Pan Park in western Fairfax County, Va. The change was made after allegations arose that the birds in Frying Pan didn't live long after their arrival.

The turkey's recent job offer is just one of several perks that come with a presidential pardon. Before the official ceremony, the turkey and alternate are staying at the swanky W Washington D.C. hotel, where they'll chow down on W Munchie Boxes filled with acorns, berries and corn.

Source;  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/wild-turkey-bourbon-pardon_n_1106527.html#s490780&title=2010

My Thanksgiving Turkey

My father entered me in a turkey shoot when I was just a tyke, probably about 10-12 years old. It was held at the old V.F.W. on Dun Swamp Rd. I remember all the men that entered the competition had nice full choke Brownings and/or similar high-dollar guns.


I had an old 12ga. Topper, single shot, cylinder open-ended muzzle, that cost around $25.00 brand new at the hardware store. Yep, the Lankford And Cutler hardware store. I was just as proud of that old gun as if it were a hand crafted Belgian made Browning. (Does anyone remember the old Lankford and Cutler hardware store?)


Anyway, I probably bought the old Topper with grass cutting money that I had saved. (think a young boy can walk into a store today and walk out with a shotgun?)

My father signed me up for the shoot and if I remember correctly I had to use the shell(s) that they provided. When it was my turn to shoot I was very nervous, as a young'un I had to get down on one knee to shoot because that old Topper was so light and it kicked so hard it would knock me back a couple of steps (or down) and every-time I did shoot it, it would always leave a bruise on my shoulder.


I got down on that one knee, I was shaking from anxiety so bad that the end of that old gun must have been moving an inch in all directions. I aimed down my 'open' sights and took my best shot at that tiny card, and when I pulled the trigger you could see the trees behind the target pole rock back in what looked like a 20 foot diameter circle from that old gun with no choke.    


I watched as the competitors cards came in to the judging table, they were all peppered with shot, most dead on the money with hardly any paper left on the target card. As the judges examined the cards some were visually discarded, they were hit but the BB holes were not close enough to the tiny center dot of the target.


There was a small pile of cards that the judges saved back. The judges then took those cards and with a nautical chart divider, and a ruler, they would measure from the tiny dot in the center of the target to the closest BB hole left by the shooters shell. As I stood and waited I had still not seen my target. Did I miss completely with my old Topper because I was shaking so hard? because the old gun was not choked? Did I shoot the wrong target? All sorts of things were running through my head. I really wanted to bring that turkey home for my mother.


Now I've gone from nervous to confused and then to just sad because my target was nowhere to be seen. They must be saving me the embarrassment of missing completely.


Now after waiting patiently my father spoke up and asked where my target was. One of the old fellers started rummaging through the piles of targets and finally he found mine and held it up for my father to see and the old guy said "sorry he missed" and he tossed my target in the trash. My head just dropped in disappointment, I was a pretty good shot, I knew that I was nervous when I took the shot but I missed the whole target?

My father did his best to console me because he knew I wanted to bring that turkey home for Maw. We were about to leave and for some reason I decided that I wanted my target to take home with me. I made my way over to the trash can and asked one of the judges if it was ok if I took my target home with me. "No problem young man" said one of the judges, so I rummaged through the empty bottles, and the rest of the garbage until I found my target. I picked up the completely intact paper target and doubled checked that it was my target by reading my name on the back. When I flipped the paper target over to the back, low and behold there was one BB hole in it. "Dad, Dad, I didn't miss" I was ecstatic, I handed my Dad the target and a great big grin came on his face. He looked at me and said "good job boy" and he turned and started walking towards the judges table.


My father was standing in front of the judges with my target in hand, he reached it out to one of the judges and said "my boy didn't miss, you better take a better look". Now here we go again, I'm confused one more time. It just so happened that the judge that through my target in the trash is the judge that my father handed it too. You could see the blood fall from that judges face as he peered at my target with one tiny hole in it. The judge then handed my target to the other judge and again he just stared at it. I still had no idea what was going on. Then, the second judge took out his trusty nautical divider to measure the one single hole in my paper target and my father said "I don't think you'll need that"


After a few short minuets of my father giving the judges a quiet lecture we took my target and headed home.


When we returned home I was met by Maw and she of course asked me how I did. I handed her my target with one tiny BB hole right smack DEAD CENTER OF THAT TARGET and my father handed her my/her turkey.

sorry for the long rambling.


Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

A STORE FRONT IN BERLIN.

This is truly amazing. How far can we go with technology? 



Hat Tip: Mrs. M.

Virginia State Trooper, Two Motorists Injured In Crash



VA. State Police Photo

 By Cindy Clayton
Lauren King
The Virginian-Pilot
A Virginia State Police trooper and two other motorists were injured in a crash on U.S. 13 on Wednesday.

The crash happened shortly after 10 a.m. while Trooper L. Farlow was parked in a turn-off, north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, conducting speed enforcement, according to Sgt. Michelle Anaya, agency spokeswoman.

A 2003 Nissan Murano was headed south on U.S. 13 when it ran off the left side of the road and slammed into the trooper's vehicle. The trooper's vehicle spun out and landed in a ditch. Farlow was knocked unconscious.

A Maryland man spotted the crash scene and used the trooper's patrol car radio to call for help, state police said.

Farlow and Jose Evans, 49, of Winterville, N.C., were each flown to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Farlow's injuries were considered serious but not life-threatening.

Victoria Poynter of Winterville, N.C., was taken to an Eastern Shore hospital. Evans and Poynter each had injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

Evans was charged with reckless driving.

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/11/virginia-state-trooper-two-motorists-injured-crash

Turkey Shoot Tomorrow

ANNUAL

THANKSGIVING DAY

TURKEY SHOOT

November 24, 2011

Stockton Volunteer Fire Company

Shooting starts @ 7 AM

50/50 Raffles

Kids Rounds

Plenty of good food!

Police Plan to Patrol Virginia Roads Over Thanksgiving Holiday

It's called Operation C.A.R.E., Combined Accident Reduction Effort, but it's also because the officers do care enough to give up the holiday weekend with their families to keep you safe on the roads.

"This is strictly on a volunteer basis. The officers are not assigned to do it, but they volunteer. They step up," says Capt. Kelly Walker of the Waynesboro Police Department.

With many people traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, Wednesday will be the Commonwealth's busiest travel day of the year.

"We'll see an influx of traffic into the city. You know visitors and also people that are just getting off the interstate to get a bite to eat," says Walker.

Along with all those extra drivers, extra officers are needed, even if it's only to be seen.

"It's important to have our presence and to be visible to let the citizens know that the state police are patrolling," says Sgt. Mike Rossetti of the Virginia State Police.

It doesn't matter if you're on the interstate or county roads, you'll likely be covered. State police say 75 percent of their officers will be on the road this holiday weekend. The Augusta County Sheriff's Office is planning a DUI checkpoint, and over in Waynesboro, extra police officers will be on hand on select patrols looking for speeders reckless drivers and drunk drivers.

"We want to ensure that the motorists get where there going and avoid distractions, to drive alcohol and drug free and to wear their safety belt," says Rossetti.

Source;  http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/Police_Plan_to_Patrol_Virginia_Roads_Over_Thanksgiving_Holiday_134358933.html

TIME MACHINE Preview ... 1922 Pocomoke City Fire Described

A next day account of Pocomoke City's devastating fire of 1922.

It's this Sunday on the Pocomoke Public Eye!

And check right here tomorrow for a TIME MACHINE Thanksgiving Day item.


Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two or more if you wish. Your name won't be used unless you ask that it be. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!

POCOMOKE CITY ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE - COMING SOON!

A POCOMOKE CITY TRADITION

FOR OVER 35 YEARS

Monday night, November 28, 2011, Pocomoke City will be transformed into a “Winter Wonderland” as Pocomoke City plays host to one of Delmarva’s largest nighttime Christmas parades.

Always held on the first Monday night after Thanksgiving, the Pocomoke parade has become an Eastern Shore tradition and will attract over 100 units from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia along with thousands of spectators.

Each year the parade features marching bands representing high and middle schools from seven counties in three states.  Also featured will be beautifully decorated and lighted floats entered by schools, civic organizations, churches, and commercial enterprises.

 

Clowns, marching units, fire departments,

equestrian units,

and of course Santa Claus

will round out the two-hour event, slated to kick-off

at 7:00 p.m. sharp. 

The route will take the parade north on Market Street

beginning at  14^th Street  and ending at the Pocomoke River.

                                         

In the event of inclement weather, the parade will be postponed until Tuesday, November 29, at 7:00 p.m.

Deadline to register in November 25th

For more info: http://pocomokechristmasparade.com/Home_Page.html

~ A Special HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~

HAPPY ~20TH~ BIRTHDAY

COURTNEY BLOXOM

So many special wishes coming your way today and everyday.

You continue to be in our prayers.

Visit Courtney's facebook page: Prayers For Courtney Bloxom

Blind Man Says Paramedics Prevented Guide Dog From Traveling With Him

By Julie Scharper

The Baltimore Sun

A 62-year-old blind man has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice claiming Baltimore paramedics refused to allow his service dog to accompany him in an ambulance after he was struck by a car.

Curtis Graham Jr., a Marine who served in Vietnam, was on his way to the city's Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11 when he was hit by a car near his West Baltimore home. Paramedics would not allow Indo, his 2-year-old golden Labrador retriever, into the ambulance, Graham said.
They refused to take a service animal who I need very much," said Graham, who suffered minor injuries. "He is my eyes."

Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman Kevin Cartwright said the incident was under investigation. He confirmed that a blind man was struck by a car and taken to a hospital by ambulance, and said he believed the victim's guide dog had not been transported.

Cartwright said that to his knowledge, the department did not have a policy on service animals.

A spokesman for the National Federation for the Blind said first responders are "legally obligated to transport the service animal" under Maryland law.

"You're basically taking the blind person's way of understanding his environment away from him," said federation spokesman Chris Danielsen. "I have no idea what sort of irrational thought process was behind not letting the dog in the ambulance, but that is an act of discrimination," he said.

Graham said he had planned to take the subway to join in the city's Veterans Day parade, then head to the National Aquarium, where he volunteers at the information desk. Graham, a retired bus driver, has relied on a guide dog since 2006, when he lost his sight to glaucoma.

Graham said he and Indo were crossing Cold Spring Lane near Dolfield Avenue when a car making a left turn plowed into them.

"My dog took the blow because he was trying to protect me," he said. "By the grace of God, he wasn't hurt."

Graham said he was flung onto the hood of the car and carried about 10 feet before he rolled off. Paramedics quickly arrived and strapped Graham to a board to stabilize him, but balked when he said Indo needed to accompany him.

"They were going to leave my dog on the pavement, and I wasn't going to have it," he said. "I said, 'The hell you ain't. He's a service dog.' I said, 'If you don't take my dog, I ain't going.'"

Graham eventually called the apartment complex where he lives, and a maintenance worker came to retrieve Indo.

"He was upset and I was upset," Graham said of the dog. "He didn't want to go as they were taking me away in the ambulance."

Danielsen said guide dogs are highly trained and would not cause problems in an ambulance or a hospital. And, he said, it's a misdemeanor to separate a guide dog from a blind person.

Graham was taken to Sinai Hospital, where doctors determined he had bruises and swelling. He was treated and released. Graham said it was disorienting to be in the hospital without his guide dog.

"As far as I'm concerned, they violated my civil rights," he said. "We're partners, and it's against [the] law for them to separate the team."
Source;  http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-ambulance-service-dog-20111121,0,1205811.story

THANK YOU To Our Soldiers.....cont...

Gettysburg National Cemetary

This cemetary is  for the Union soldiers only.

The Confederate soldiers  were all left in mass graves on the frields.

They have no candles.

Photo/ Cindi Pietroski

~

NEVER STOP REMEMBERING

Thank you to each one of you.......

ACTIVE

Richard C. Brown, Jr., Air Force

Jacob Gibbons, SSgt. Air Force

Veterans

Lt.Col. Carlyle S. Harris, Air Force - Viet Nam POW

Jeremy W. Doyle, Army,  Scout Battalion 69th  Armor Regiment-
On second tour -Operation Iraqi Freedon -  KIA

David Greene, Air Force


Patrick A. Dize, Navy


Richard S.  (Steve) Lawrence, Army, VietNam


Rick Choquette, Army

Bruce Glenn Merritt, Jr.,  Navy
Here's what his mom had to say about him:
 ("MT2/E5/SS He served on the USS Kamehameha and the West Virginia from 1990-1994.

Those that might not know the navy meaning of the above they stand for missile technician, second class, E5 pay grade, sub surface qualified.

Both submarines were nuclear....the big ones. He has seen parts of the world we will never see, including Scotland! He was so young and did an amazing job! We will always be proud of him and thank him for his service to our country.")

Roy Woodrow Wilkins, Navy


James Walter  Morris, Navy


Orland E. Howard, Marines, Korean Conflict


Buddy Hughes, Army, Korea


William Byron Schoolfield, Navy, WWII Pacific Theater


Byron Dorsey Schoolfield, Army WWI

Jack Sipilia, WWII, Navy (Retired)

Billy Hall, Army, Vietnam (Deceased)

James W. Maddox, WWII, Army (Deceased)

Art Sexton, Corporal, Marines, Vietnam


John Carey, Rank E-4, Airforce

Richard  Hitchens, Army and National Guard, 1st Sergeant, Vietnam, Afganistan (40 yrs. later)

Larry Fykes, Coast Guard, Senior Chief, Desert Storm, Operation Iraq, Deep Water Horizon (Katrina)

Lawrence Tull, Airforce, Captain

Kenneth Tull, Airforce, A2c

James B. Maddox, Army National Guard, Vietnam and Desert Storm

Jason Harris, Airforce, 167 AW, Kuwait

Larry Wood, Navy

Paul Hill, Navy, Chief, WWII


Michael Hill, Navy

William Byrd, III Cpl E4, First Marine Brigade, Vietnam

Michael Coutu, Navy AZ3 (SCW)


Nicholas Jones, Marines, PFC

Cornell Ginn, Air Force, Master Sgt. E-7 Veteran of Foreign Wars

This is just a start.  There are so many more names out there.............PLEASE send them to me.  Help me keep this list of names of our brave American men and women growing  so everyone will know who they are and how proud we are. 

Please fly your flags and yellow ribbons!  Let the active military know they are in our hearts and NOT forgotten.

Space Station Trio Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

HOUSTON -- Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth on Monday, wrapping up nearly six months in space during which NASA and its international partners celebrated the 11th anniversary of continuous residence and work aboard the station.

Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency landed their Soyuz spacecraft in frigid conditions on the central steppe of Kazakhstan at 8:26 p.m. CST Nov. 21 (8:26 a.m.
Kazakhstan time, Nov. 22). The trio arrived at the station on June 9. They spent 167 days in space and 165 days on the complex. Volkov, a two-time station crew member, now has accumulated 366 days in space.

Before leaving the station, Fossum handed over command to NASA's Dan Burbank, who leads Expedition 30. Burbank and Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia will continue research and maintenance aboard the station.

The remaining Expedition 30 crew members, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, are scheduled to launch Dec. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and dock with the station on Dec. 23.
For more info:      http://www.nasa.gov/station