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Show page 24 THE ORDEAL OF JOHN G' L^iitl Last week we were reminded again of the far-off war. We share a common sense of g u i l t ; Mulberry Dillard saw to that. Mulberry made us aware of John Greene Chisum and made us ashamed of our unawareness. Mulberry, editor and publisher of our local paper, dug up some pertinent facts of John Greene's l i f e in our community before John Greene went into the service, and Mulberry presented these facts vividly in his story of the young s o l d i e r ' s death (the war has been s_£ t r a g i c ): We buried John Greene Chisum yesterday. John Greene was a platoon leader in the recent war. He was k i l l e d crossing a creek under enemy f i r e . He died in support of our government's policy. He died in support of the "good l i f e " here at home. We put John Greene's name on our monument of war dead. Our tox-7n council voted him free burial space in Sunnyside Cemetery (lot value $40). Some of our merchants got together and provided John Greene's mother and s i s t e r with new dresses and whatnot for the funeral. Folks of our tox-m have been heard to say, "John Greene had what i t takes a l l right; we'll sure say that for John Greene Chisum." These folks didn't r e a l l y know John Greene, in all probability. John Greene had what it takes all right. The military |