School Holds Memorial Rites
14 Former East Junior Pupils Dead in Present War
Students and parents bowed their heads Friday afternoon at East Junior School in respect to former boys of that institution who have given their lives that free education might continue.
It was the Schools Memorial Day observance. In song and story, tribute was paid to the 14 former students who have lost their lives in the present conflict.
An imitation monument—one that had been used at like services at the school in other years—was centered on the stage of the auditorium.
Parents and friends of those who have been killed or died in service, sat in a group on one side of the hall.
Rev. Frank G. Bean, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, delivered the address. He declared that those students had died so that this country might continue with its system of free education whereby all may learn the truth in history.
At the conclusion of the service, students placed a wreath at the names on the gold star list. They later will be added to a roll that will be placed in the front hall.
Former student’s names on Friday’s list were Harry E. Nichols, Luverne Trimborn, LeLand Christensen, Robert Sogge, Frank Voloshan, Clelland Kammon, Casmer Lukowicz, Alder L. Nystrom, Harry Ellsworth, Bruce Brink, Raymond Lynch and Melvin McKnight.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, May 28, 1943
Harry E. Ellsworth was born Dec. 30, 1919 to Alva G. and Freda Josephine Cassens Ellsworth. He died Feb. 20, 1943 and is buried in North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia.
Sgt. Ellsworth served in World War II with the U.S. Army 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com abmc.gov
