Volume 075-4 - October 2021 (10 pages)

by the mines, was a response to parents who said Memorial Park was too far away for their children.* The Great War & Modern Memory The Great War dwarfed soldiers and sailors by the sheer scale of its technology, establishing the patterns of modern warfare. As Lieutenant Work said at the park dedication: “The deadly machines for destruction and the horrible atrocities that we were subjected to during the war will be but a starting point for war more terrible NCHS Bulletin October 2021 and atrocious and the starting point would be exactly where the last war ended.” As the Great War established the patterns of modern warfare, it naturally followed that the city and its veterans would add the monuments of subsequent wars. Today Memorial Park includes monuments to World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf Wars and other military actions. The lists of names on monuments comingle those who shared a common same sacrifice. The park annually hosts Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies. World World War I Gold Star Men of the Grass Valley District po Anthony J. Bevilacqua 1894 1918, sawmill worker in Colfax, served in 3" Battalion, 20" Engineers, died June 4. Lawrence A. Brasher 1882 — 1919, mechanical engineer at North Star mine, served in 7" Engineers, 5" Division; died February 22 in France during the influenza pandemic Isaac L. Fleming 1896 1918, a Grass Valley farmer, served in 363" Infantry Regiment, 91* Division, died November 12 from wounds suffered at Battle of Argonne. Linville Dooley Jatunn 1887 — 1921, served in France in Company B, 604" Engineers and died March 14. World War I Monument. Courtesy Searls Historical Library. James Rogers — 1886 — 1917, born in Britain, he became a naturalized US citizen so he could enlist and serve in Company D, Fifth California Infantry, and died of a brain abscess at Camp Kearney, CA. Joseph M. Spencer c1883 — 1918, a worker at Loma Rica Ranch, and a veteran of both the Boxer Rebellion as a US soldier and the Boar War as a British soldier, he enlisted at Grass Valley and died of disease in May. Edward John White d. 1918, an Empire mine employee, was drafted, trained at Camp Kearny and was assigned to a munitions plant William H. Kneebone 1897 — 1918, Smartsville resident died while training at Camp Rosecrans, CA, November 8, during the influenza pandemic. William Hawley Moran d. 1919, enlisted in Grass Valley for the quartermaster corps and died at Madison Barracks, New York on February 24. Clarence Crase Thomas 1886 — 1917, Grass Valley native and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he died April 28 of exposure on the North Atlantic following a submarine attack. Eston Thomas Whiting 1896 — 1919, Grass Valley native who died November 3 of appendicitis complications. Robert H. Beyer 1896 — 1918, Grass Valley farmer, he died while training at Camp Lewis, WA, September 23, during the influenza pandemic. Melvyn Frandy 1897 — 1918, Grass Valley resident and engineering graduate of UC Berkeley, died October 10 at Camp Humphrey, VA in the influenza pandemic. Hedley Hill 1895 — 1918, worked at the Empire mine and served in 1 Machine Gun Battalion, 1“ Division before being killed in action in France on October 5. William Hague 1882 — 1918, a Harvard graduate and managing director of the North Star mine, served with 116" Engineer Regiment, 41 Division and died January 3 at the Red Cross Hospital Paris of pneumonia. Albert Pinkham —1890 1918, a Grass Valley native who worked at the Brunswick mine, served in the 363" Infantry Regiment, 91* Division and died in action in Argonne Wood on September 26. in Maryland. He died June 25 during the influenza pandemic. Not on the Plaque but Remembered with a Tree Eugene Carlton Weaver 1896 — 1925, stricken in training camp with an undiagnosed ailment and died in a military hospital in Palo Alto in 1925. Edward M. Litke dates unknown, apparently was drafted or enlisted in Grass Valley but left no record. Elina W. Hill 1884 — 1919, worked as a nurse in Grass Valley before enlisting in the U. S. Army nursing corps, serving in Douglas, AZ; and died January 2 following surgery at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco.

by the mines, was a response to parents who said Memorial Park was too far away for their children.* The Great War & Modern Memory The Great War dwarfed soldiers and sailors by the sheer scale of its technology, establishing the patterns of modern warfare. As Lieutenant Work said at the park dedication: “The deadly machines for destruction and the horrible atrocities that we were subjected to during the war will be but a starting point for war more terrible NCHS Bulletin October 2021 and atrocious and the starting point would be exactly where the last war ended.” As the Great War established the patterns of modern warfare, it naturally followed that the city and its veterans would add the monuments of subsequent wars. Today Memorial Park includes monuments to World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf Wars and other military actions. The lists of names on monuments comingle those who shared a common same sacrifice. The park annually hosts Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies. World World War I Gold Star Men of the Grass Valley District po Anthony J. Bevilacqua 1894 1918, sawmill worker in Colfax, served in 3" Battalion, 20" Engineers, died June 4. Lawrence A. Brasher 1882 — 1919, mechanical engineer at North Star mine, served in 7" Engineers, 5" Division; died February 22 in France during the influenza pandemic Isaac L. Fleming 1896 1918, a Grass Valley farmer, served in 363" Infantry Regiment, 91* Division, died November 12 from wounds suffered at Battle of Argonne. Linville Dooley Jatunn 1887 — 1921, served in France in Company B, 604" Engineers and died March 14. World War I Monument. Courtesy Searls Historical Library. James Rogers — 1886 — 1917, born in Britain, he became a naturalized US citizen so he could enlist and serve in Company D, Fifth California Infantry, and died of a brain abscess at Camp Kearney, CA. Joseph M. Spencer c1883 — 1918, a worker at Loma Rica Ranch, and a veteran of both the Boxer Rebellion as a US soldier and the Boar War as a British soldier, he enlisted at Grass Valley and died of disease in May.

Edward John White d. 1918, an Empire mine employee, was drafted, trained at Camp Kearny and was assigned to a munitions plant William H. Kneebone 1897 — 1918, Smartsville resident died while training at Camp Rosecrans, CA, November 8, during the influenza pandemic. William Hawley Moran d. 1919, enlisted in Grass Valley for the quartermaster corps and died at Madison Barracks, New York on February 24. Clarence Crase Thomas 1886 — 1917, Grass Valley native and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he died April 28 of exposure on the North Atlantic following a submarine attack. Eston Thomas Whiting 1896 — 1919, Grass Valley native who died November 3 of appendicitis complications. Robert H. Beyer 1896 — 1918, Grass Valley farmer, he died while training at Camp Lewis, WA, September 23, during the influenza pandemic. Melvyn Frandy 1897 — 1918, Grass Valley resident and engineering graduate of UC Berkeley, died October 10 at Camp Humphrey, VA in the influenza pandemic. Hedley Hill 1895 — 1918, worked at the Empire mine and served in 1 Machine Gun Battalion, 1“ Division before being killed in action in France on October 5. William Hague 1882 — 1918, a Harvard graduate and managing director of the North Star mine, served with 116" Engineer Regiment, 41 Division and died January 3 at the Red Cross Hospital Paris of pneumonia. Albert Pinkham —1890 1918, a Grass Valley native who worked at the Brunswick mine, served in the 363" Infantry Regiment, 91* Division and died in action in Argonne Wood on September 26. in Maryland. He died June 25 during the influenza pandemic. Not on the Plaque but Remembered with a Tree Eugene Carlton Weaver 1896 — 1925, stricken in training camp with an undiagnosed ailment and died in a military hospital in Palo Alto in 1925. Edward M. Litke dates unknown, apparently was drafted or enlisted in Grass Valley but left no record. Elina W. Hill 1884 — 1919, worked as a nurse in Grass Valley before enlisting in the U. S. Army nursing corps, serving in Douglas, AZ; and died January 2 following surgery at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco.