Stories from Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Title 40 & 8 Nurses Training Dinner and Fundraiser Nurses Training Dinner and Fundraiser The 40 & 8 is a national veteran's honor society stemming from the American Legion. Modeled after the boxcar of the French railways, and so familiar to American ground troops of World War I, it was chosen as the symbolic heart of the new organization. The French railroad theme was applied to officer titles and organizational functions. (https://www.fortyandeight.org/history-of-the-408)...

Title Hispaniola 1830 Hispaniola 1830: The sun dipped low in the horizon, casting a warm amber glow over the vast expanse of the desert. The silhouettes of the cacti stretched tall and thin like sentinels guarding the secrets of the sands. It was a serene scene, untouched by the chaos of civilization, a stark contrast to the turbulent clouds of dust that swirled in the distance. ...

Charlet (Susie) J. Coon Taylor passed away on June 9, 2024, at the age of 83 in Nampa, Idaho. She was born on December 9, 1940, in Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Clifton and Frances Coon. Her mother died in an auto accident when Susie was 11 and so her grandmother, Ida Myrtle Martin raised her...