05/27/2022
Memorial Day services at the Exeter Cemetery
will be held Monday, May 28th at 10 a.m. Tim Wilbeck will open the
service with the Exeter-Milligan School Band playing the National Anthem.
Invocation will be by Rev. Ginny Adams and Claire White will read the
"Gettysburg Address." The band will perform several numbers and
Brady Bristol will present "In Flanders Field." Wilbeck will
present the address and the Exeter American Legion Post #218 will make its
annual "Salute to the Dead." Blake Papik will play "Taps,"
with the Taps Echo by Amber Pribyl. A vocal selection, "In Flanders
Field," will be performed by the high school choir at the Legion Hall
during the coffee hour. In case of inclement weather, the service will be
held at the Exeter-Milligan High School Gym. The American Legion
Auxiliary will be serving coffee and rolls until 11:30 a.m. at the Legion Hall
following the service at the cemetery.
Congratulations
to Quinten Loontjer and Rebecca Vossler as they were chosen as members of the
All-Area Academic Team by the York News Times.
The Exeter Care Center
celebrated their annual Balloon Liftoff and release to honor those lost during
the year.
Each year they take an
afternoon to remember those who passed away while they were residents at the
Exeter Care Center. Staff member Bob Pagel led the service stating they
wanted to “honor family and friends who had passed away in the last year.”
Exeter community
members and guests remembered the fallen at the Exeter Cemetery on a beautiful
Monday morning.
Members of Exeter
Legion Post 218 formed the color guard, posted the colors and stood at attention
while the Exeter-Milligan band played The Star Spangled Banner.
After an invocation
from Pastor Ginny Adams and a reading of the “Gettysburg Address” by Claire
White, the Exeter-Milligan band played several patriotic tunes and Brady
Bristol read the poem “In Flanders Field.”
The featured speaker
Tim Wilbeck opened with the thought, “Any American would feel honored today to
speak about what our nation’s armed forces members have done for us.”
Wilbeck went on to
talk about some of the members of our armed forces who have lost their lives
recently reminding the crowd that, “sacrifice is meaningless without
remembrance.”
He encouraged the
crowd “to help a Vet because it’s the right thing to do. Take care of their
families, take care of them, those who made our way of life possible.”
After Wilbeck spoke
the Legion members gave a salute to the dead, Taps was played
by Blake Papik and Taps Echo was played by Amber Pribyl.
The crowd was dismissed to enjoy coffee and rolls waiting at the Exeter Legion
home.
At the coffee, the
Exeter-Milligan chorus performed an arrangement of “In Flander’s Field” by
Shane Whitford, who joined chorus members Kimberlin Ruhl, Ashley and Meghann
Miller in performing with guitars and voices.
Pack 218 Cub Scouts spent Thursday afternoon
with the residents at Exeter Care Center playing Bingo. The scouts
brought the snacks, including homemade cookies, called Bingo and assisted any
residents with watching their cards.
The Exeter Ball
Association recently received a very generous donation. In honor of Lori Ruhl
Walford and Gary Ruhl, their families have donated a beautiful new scoreboard
which was recently mounted at the ballfield.
Speaking for the
family, Jerry Walford, Lori’s widower explained that, “We wanted to honor the
memory of Lori and her dad, Gary.”
“A couple of years ago
Lori and I were watching Cayden (grandson) play ball and I remembered her
making the comment that you could barely see the sign out there and she was the
one running the scoreboard.”
The new scoreboard is much larger than the old
one – from a 3 x 9 to a 5 x 10. Instead of regular light bulbs the new sign has
LED lights in it which should, Walford hopes, make it easier to see and
maintain. The new scoreboard is also wireless.
The Exeter/Exeter-Milligan held their alumni
banquet on Saturday evening in the Exeter site gym. Many classes were represented.
