American Legacies Organization, Inc.

On July 10, 1943, Chips, a soldier dog of the K-9 Corps, stood beside his handler, Private John Rowell of Arkansas, in a landing boat. They watched the shore of Sicily take shape in the dawn light, just east of Licata, on the southern coast of Sicily. Chips and Private Rowell heard the chatter of machine guns, rifles answering and the explosive bursts of hand grenades. Private Rowell saw the crimson machine gun tracer bullets and the white gold of flares blazing across the sky.

by Chester Belcher

Chapter 3: History of Mifflin School

Robert Denbo sold the first land purchased for a school in Union Township to the Township Trustee on October 22, 1853, and the school was built in Grantsburg, Indiana. Malachi Ott sold the second school site in 1854.It was located in section 29, township 3 south, range 1 west.

By: Sandy Williams Driver

One rainy afternoon, I emptied a plastic bag of old pictures onto my kitchen counter. I was searching for a specific photo of an uncle and instead found a piece of history that shaped my mother into the woman she has been her entire life.

Cemetery Listing as of 10 Aug 2001 (Any graves where there wasn’t a headstone or the print was illegible, are not included)

NAME, BIRTH DATE, DEATH DATE, SPECIAL MARKINGS ON STONE/COMMENTS

George W. Finley.

Mar 9th, 1932 - Jan 17th, 2001

APL US Army Korea

Being in Patton's Third Army was a mixed blessing. Everybody knew about the swashbuckling, profane, theatrical General. The men at the front of his attacking battle sword spoke of him as ‘Old Blood and Guts’—Our blood and his guts.

Bettina Pearson came to Cullman County from her graduation at Alabama College in 1941 to teach math at West Point. In those days, teachers taught whatever needed to be taught. She also taught typing, which she had for six weeks in college; history, which was not her favorite subject; algebra, business math and 7th, 8th and 9th grade math. She had a 9th grade homeroom and 7 periods with about 260 students a day.

by Bill Hawksford

The soldiers in Egypt were at the mercy of the British government to provide the necessary ships to return them to their homeland where they belonged. In the meantime they made the best of a bad situation and cheered up their lives as best they could.

By: Lois Monroe

Left-Hand Picture shows British Officer in Macedonia issuing permits to natives to use roads. All travel being under military restrictions. Schoolhouse has been utilized as registration office. The teachers desk having been hauled out for the Officer to use. Right-Hand Picture shows British soldier behind Somme Front in France making wooden crosses to mark graves of the dead. French Government says that graveyards will be permanently preserved.

(Excerpt From Pathfinder Magazine Dated 1916 )

by Chester Belcher, Memories Of Shirley Speedy Shields

Memories of those two and one-half years I spent as a pupil at the Mifflin, Indiana, one-room school are sketchy, yet some memories remain of both school days and the setting.