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Vol. 98, No. 21
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Jim Morehead to serve as grand marshal
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Retired Navy torpedoman 1 of 2 vets to lead Memorial Day parades BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A pair of local veterans will serve as grand marshals for Memorial Day parades in the Town of North Hempstead starting on Saturday. Port Washington American Legion Post No. 509, selected World War II Marine Corps Veteran Martin (Marty) Kramer to serve as the grand marshal for the post’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29. Kramer, when informed of being selected as grand marshal, said, ”My time in the Marine Corps was quite memorable and I would certainly do it again.” Kramer and his wife of 67 years, Margot, currently live in Manhasset. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Campus Drive and will proceed down Port Washington Boulevard and Main Street to the Sousa Memorial Bandshell. A Memorial Day commemorative service will take place at the bandshell following the parade. Retired Navy Torpedoman Third Class Jim Morehead will serve as the grand marshal for Great Neck’s 97th Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 29, at 9:30 a.m. Morehead, who has served on the Great Neck Memorial Day Parade Committee for more than 25 years, first enlisted in the Navy in 1952.
After his basic training, he reported to the USS Picking ship in Newport, R.I. In April 1953, his ship was dispatched to the North Korean Coast. Great Neck will also honor former residents Lt. Col. Martha Raye and First Sergeant John H. Starkins. Raye, an honorary Special Forces member, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former President Bill Clinton in 1963. Harkins was a recipient of the Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor. The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Susquehanna Avenue and South Middle Neck Road, ending up at the Village Green. Following the parade, a Memorial Day ceremony will take place at the Village Green before the veterans and color guards from the Vigilant and Alert fire departments march to All Saints Church. Louise McCann, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant and chair of the Great Neck Memorial Day Parade Committee, stressed the importance of Great Neck holding its parade on Memorial Day. “Great Neck has always had our parade on Memorial Day because it’s not about barbeques or sales at the mall,” McCann told Blank Slate Media. “It is to thank God and honor the 1.5 million Americans who died protecting our country.” Continued on Page 42
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South High’s Students Putting an End to Cancer Club raised nearly $500 to help conquer kids’ cancer with a St., Baldrick’s event.
NFL great Jim Brown, who lived in G.N., dies BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Jim Brown, who began a career on the fields of Manhasset that would lead him to acclaim as one of the greatest football players and then go
on to become a movie actor and civil rights activist, died Thursday in his Los Angeles home. He was 87. His wife, Monique, announced Brown’s passing in an Instagram post on Friday afternoon.
“To the world, he was an activist, actor, and football star,” Monique said. “To our family, he was a loving and wonderful husband, father, and grandfather.” Continued on Page 43
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