Stevens Point Journal from Stevens Point, Wisconsin • Page 12

Tuesday, May 29, 1956 STEVENS POINT (WISCONSIN) DAILY JOURNAL Pcae 12 ty from New York state after the Bates, a hand-picked Chandler candidate in the primary. primarily by veterans who volunteered their services. 1 vfjf hi This election marked the first The present Plover Memorial for the remaining four years of the late Sen. Alben W. Barkley's term.

Barkley died April 30. Asphalt was used by Noah to waterproof the Ark. war. Next to him is Silas Clark, for many years chairman of the village of Plover when it was an incorporated municipality. hall stands on the site.

time persons under 21 were permitted to vote and the first pri mary election under a 1956 law The man farthest left in the which moved the primary up Primary Today In Kentucky Louisville, Ky UP) Kentucky front row was named Parson or Parsons, and the fourth man from the left in the front row was named Bailey. The last man on the right was a Carey from the Plover area. How Christian Science Heals "DIVINE LOYE HEALS GRIEF" WSPT, 1019 kc. Wednesday, 9:00 A. M.

from August. Last year uie staie changed its constitution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years. The Democratic primary outcome could have a bearing on the choice of a Democratic nominee to run in the Nov. 6 election voters today chose their US sen The Portage county veterans most of them in Companies atorial and congressional nominees in primary elections that found the dominant Democratic and of the 18th Wisconsin volunteer infantry went WWV. WW WWW.

through some of the hardest party sharply divided. A quiet Republican race contrasted sharply to the bitterly fighting of the Civil war. Graduation SPECIAL The regiment's commander, 1 A rfffJ- r. 1 CoL James S. Alban after i fought Democratic struggle involving factions of incumbent whom the town of Alban is nam 1 ed was mortally wounded in US Sen.

Earle C. Clements and Gov. A. B. Chandler.

ft Mens Clements, assistant majority the battle of Shiloh. The regi ment was a part of Crook's di vision of the army of the Ten leader, was opposed by Joe B. 17 JEWEL WATCH nessee, and fought in the battles which closed the Mississippi to the Confederacy looked on with nraaxtston band I now by many historians as the s. a i decisive campaign of the war, cutting the eastern Confederacy 24 from its western supplies. II Ml The G.

A. R. hall at Plover sur Fed. Tax IncL vived until 1945. It was used al Lik f'inJ I so by various lodges and finally was rented for many years by the town of Plover as a town -Ask Her hall.

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Later that night, flames were noted spouting from the building. Plover firemen and most of the residents of the vil SHIPPY BROS. CLOTHING SS iiSyif I i 1 4 i 1 fi IWWMWWW I Will WW 1 lage fought the blaze all night SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS in a biting northwest wind, suc ceeding in keeping the flames from spreading to other build ings but unable to save the old landmark. mm us'- The building was constructed Ventilated Aluminum PORCH AWNING Talc your porch out of the weather with NAVACO Porch Awning and enjoy more comfortable outdoor living this summer. Original ventilated design permits air circulation yet protects against sun and rain.

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This valuable service costs you nothing. HAERTEL MONUMENT SERVICE Across from Hotel Whiting- area of the town of Buena Vista. Some old timers may be able to recognize some of the other Civil war vets in the picture: The man farthest to the left in the middle row was named Top-pen. Next to him is an unidentified man. then a man namrvl Boxer and Brief Types war battle while commanding Co.

18th Wisconsin volunteer infantry. Captain Bremmer was an early editor of the Wisconsin Pinery, pioneer Stevens Point newspaper. In the rear row, Just to the right of the banner, is Cpl. Walter Whittaker, father of John Whittaker. Corporal Whittaker was Second from the right in the rear row is another veteran of the 18th Wisconsin infantry, Henry Johnson.

Little is known about him except that he was a farmer in the Plover vicinity after the war. Last man on the right In the rear row is Schuyler Whittaker, Corporal Whittaker 's brother. 98c up Boys' up Easy Terms Weoster. Next is a William or wounded twice during the Civil He served in the same company as his brother and was the next Bill White, another unidentifed man, then John McGown, a farmer who lived near Plover. Third from the right in the middle row is a man named Blais-dell, who came to Portage coun- war, once through the legs at the battle of Shiloh, and later, during the march through Georgia, at the battle of Allatoomah pass.

to the last Civil war veteran in Esser Glass Paint 200 Depot Phone 4038 The picture above tells a story of Portage county history intimately connected with Memorial day. It was taken, sometime in the 1870s, in the G. A. R. hall in Plover.

It shows members of Plover post 149, Grand Army of the Republic, as they looked to a photographer then. The picture was loaned to the Daily Journal by John Whittaker, 112 North Division street, whose father served as officer of the day for the post for more than 20 years. These are some of the Civil war veterans shown in the picture: Upper left, rear row, is Capt. James (Jim) Bremmer, early day settler in Portage county, who recruited two companies of infantry in 1861 for the Union army and commanded one of them. He lost his left arm In a Civil GAUCHO KNIT SHIRTS Short Sleeve Portage county to die.

He was a iarmer tne liberty corners His left arm was crippled by the later wound. A huge selection to choose from. Cpl. Whittaker served as offi-i cer of the day for the Plover post 98 ,149 up Boys' I up for more than 20 years, leading 1 Men's Decoration day parades the old timers knew May 30 as Decoration day rather than Memorial day from the Plover hall to the village cemetery. Near the MEN'S 95 WASH 'n WEAR SLACKS No Ironlnjf up cemetery, the parade would be joined by the school children of the village, who would decorate the graves of the veterans.

Corporal Whittaker died at 92, May 14, 1934, after a fall a week earlier on a stairway at his home HEN'S DRESS STRAW HATS 1.98 up Denim PLAY SHORTS Men's 2.98 Boys' 79c up See our huge selection of JACKETS for Men Boys at 820 Normal (College) ave nue, had precipitated an attack of pneumonia. Only three Portage county vet erans of the Civil war outlived him, one a brother. fi)W BROS. WCTC 1 MlV IX 1 House STAMPS I MVlM To Eoch Customer FRANKS In IT If CLOTHING Stevens Point's Largest Men's St Boys' Wear Store fii 7 THIS PICTURE, taken in 3111 waukee in 1861, shows Cpl. al ter Whittaker.

18th Wis. volun teer infantry, In his Civil war M. UPMAN Ftirnttvro Co. SM Wftter St FhoM ins uniform. VI SUP.

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