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Friday, Nov. 6,1992 Adirondack Mountain Sun Always Faithful By Derek Davey They were once just common Americans. They came from the farms; they came from down-town. They grew up along side the rest of the kids their age; they went swimming, played hooky, fished, pushed themselves through school, got their first car and had their first crush. But something unique happened to their young minds. They answered a call to get on with their lives and head down a narrow track. They would subject their brains and bodies to a regime of self-abuse which would develop into self-righteousness. They would totally submit to a supreme authority that took all of their past away, repackage it and give it back to them in a new form. They would adapt to a new self with gratifying pride. They lived their new young lives in a special manner that they really couldn't justify. But they didn't need to. Others did it for them. They still live that uniqueness in their older years by keeping a little tight corner of their mind that can never be sold, stolen or fractured. And that proud corner controls an unconscious grin that cannot go away. Sound mysterious? No so. \They\ are Marines. They live in every corner of America. They even infest the local environs. Old Marines reside, work and 'travel through Lowville, Watson, Deer River, Carthage, Montague, Copenhagen, Greig, Boonville, #4, Osceola and every thoroughfare in between. They're usually not very noticeable, but they're there. Most Marines have blended nearly fully back into the crowd of common Americans. But if you suspect that someone is different, just ask: \Were you in the Corps?\ If you get that \feces-eating grin\ response, you know the answer. Once a Marine, always a Marine. Readers need not be enlightened to the litany, of USMC exploits. Those feats have become a distinct part of American heritage. The stories of Chapultepec, Belleau Woods, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Chosin, Khe San and Kuwait City have been repeated ad infinitum. They were rotten, deadly battles that Marines fought because they were told to do so. *••••\ '•-; -H&MH&iite Corps has a reputation that evolved from countless incidents of laurel, bravado and supreme sacrifice. Decades of tributes havebeen given to those who know that \Semper Fidelis\ isn't really Latin but the only two words that exist in the language of Marines. Always Faithful. Once a year, in November, the apex of the traditions of the Corps surfaces for all of those that earned the title \Marine.\ The birthday of the Marine Corps on November 10 always brings back that grin, that personal memory of having once \been there.\ This year, after all of America has focused on the November elections, Marines will celebrate the 217th birthday of the Corps. From the inauspicious beginning of the Marine Corps in Philadelphia in 1775 to today, the tradition of the birthday celebration continues wherever Marines are found. '\ }Q& - ££ Here in Lewis County, the Detachment of the Marine Corps League will join together at the Lowville VFW Post on Saturday night, November 14, to share the Common Experience: Eat the traditional cake, honor their dead and missing and laugh again at the ageless sea stories-the \I was there, it stunk then, but it's funner-than- hell now\ tales. Semper Fi Marines. & 1ST ^Express Specialty TrocCucts Located in the Old School House in Beaver Falls Specializing in Screen Print Products fackets, Sweats, Tees, Caps, Uniforms, Also selling - Business cards, Posters, Vinyl Products,calenders Stop in today for a FREE ESTIMATE | SHE DON'T iOOK! TOO GOOD, BtjrSHE SOUNDS GREAT photographer got a look at this beauty in the Beaver Falls Central School parking lot last weekend and couldn't pass up the opportunity to record it for posterity. As far as we can tell it's the only Buick with six speakers and half a trunk in Lewis County. Operation Lowville Mobilizes For Holiday Decoration Effort Operation Lowyille is in full swing for the upcoming Holiday season. V.1})i&yjear l <ihe.^grot^i^ajis^'^ ftinds to purchase 25 holiday banners, 25 spring: banners: and six metal-framed electrical decorations for Lowville's streets. In the past the folks at Operation Lowville have been instrumental in several beautification projects in town. In 1990 they raised the funds and organized the construction of the Lewis County Creative Playground, a $60,000 project, located at the Fairgrounds. More recently Operation Lowville worked with the Tri-County Arts Council to create the Children's Art Festival. The festival showcased children with artistic talents from throughout New York State. For the Holidays, Operation Lowville will hang 25 banners on State St. and six electrical snbwfiakes will be placed onDayan St. and Shady Ave, .'.:•••-,., ,, •. ^tomsaTioi^ ' in.place throughout the vjtiaj^h&V^ yielded^unexp^ict^d^utniuch;; •'••'! appreciated funds which will be used for the project This year's Community Christmas Concert, featuring the Community Choir and the Lowville Community Band will benefit the Holiday decoration project and will be held on Saturday, December 19 at 8 ?M The Plum Tree Gift ShopiWill also contribute, by donating 1096 of its proceeds from the Christinas Open House which will be held on Sunday, November 22 from 12 until 4 P.M. The Northern New York Foundation intends to underwrite the project as well. In BrantingJmm you can purchase the Adirondack Mountain Sun fust about anyplace. \YxV-i&'. ,!
