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May 2010 • Vol. 6, No. 11 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
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Memorial Day
By Charlie McBriarty
On Monday May 31, the nation will celebrate
Memorial Day. For me, the date is out of sync. My
mother'sbirthday was on May 30. When I was a young
boy, she impressed upon her three children that her
birthday and Decoration Day were celebrated on the
same day - May 30.1 remember this because that was
the day my dad and I would listen to the Indianapolis
500 on the radio. It was a special day for our family
to celebrate.
I confess that was a long time ago. Back then, the
engines of the Indi cars were Offy (Offenhauser)
engines and the average speed of the winning driver
was typically less than 130 miles per hour. In those
days, vmless you were at the Speedway, the only access
to the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" was the radio
broadcasting live from the "brickyard" on Memorial
Day—May 30.
But I digress.
There is some debate about the origin of the holiday
we now call Memorial Day. Actually, historians reveal
that two dozen or more cities and towns claim to be
the birthplace of this holiday, and there is evidence
that before the end of the Civil War (War Between
the States or War of Northern Aggression), organized
women's groups here in the south were decorating
graves prior to the end of that war. A Charleston,
South Carolina, newspaper reported that on May 1,
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Good Friday Heroes
By Phyllis Mak
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Memorial Day
By C. W. Johnson (1975)
We walked among the crosses
Where our fallen soldiers lay.
And listened to the bugle
As TAPS began to play.
The Chaplin led a prayer
We stood with heads bowed low.
And I thought of fallen comrades
* I had known so long ago.
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From left to right, Kate, Chris, and Jack Hofler
After a long cold winter, simny warm weather
welcomed beachgoers to the first big weekend of the
year—the Easter holiday. Good Friday afternoon,
the sky was blue, the sun hot enough to encourage
sunbathing, and the ocean deceptively calm. Enjoying
the day at Beachwalk Condominiums were three
generations of the Hofler family. Among them were
Chris Hofler, from Charlotte; his brother John (Jack)
Hofler III, from Darlington, South Carolina; and their
sister Kate, from Greenville, South Carolina. All in
their 20's, they are grandchildren of condo owners
Jack and Mary Hofler, from Raleigh.
Chris was sitting on the beach with a computer on
his lap, listening to music, when he saw a woman and
teenage boy come from the Whaler Inn next door and
go into the water—something particularly noteworthy
because the water was below 60 degrees. Chris also
noted what appeared to be two sandbars between
the Whaler Inn and Beachwalk. "The water between
the two looked different," he said. It was churning,
and he suspected
a strong current
in the depression.
His mother said: "It
lookedlikeaschoolof
fish though no birds
were feeding."
They came from every city
Across this fertile land.
That we might live in freedom.
They lie here 'neath the sand.
I felt a little guilty
My sacrifice was small.
I only lost a little time
But these men lost their all.
Now the services are over
For this Memorial Day.
To the names upon these crosses
I just want to say.
Thanks for what you've given
No one could ask for more.
May you rest with God in heaven
From now through evermore.
CON V E I £ N T . CONNECTED,
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