Columbia schools honor Lloyd Mifflin:
You don't suppose they're doing this just because it's a requirement of Mifflin's bequest to the school, do you?
By and about the mighty Mifflin:
Columbia school district students took part in the 84th Annual Mifflin Memorial Service last Wednesday. A long-standing tradition, the service was held at 2:30 p.m. at the Mifflin plot in Mount Bethel Cemetery.
Columbia High School Dean of Students/Principal Jim Rhoads opened the ceremony. "Each year it is our practice to pay tribute to Lloyd Mifflin, an artist and poet and a true friend to Columbia," he said in front of the Mifflin grave. [...]
You don't suppose they're doing this just because it's a requirement of Mifflin's bequest to the school, do you?
Lloyd Mifflin is known as Pennsylvania's greatest poet and America's greatest sonneteer. He bequeathed to the Columbia Borough School District two lots of ground at Tenth and Walnut Streets. The land was to be used as a permanent playground for the students at Taylor School.
In addition, Mifflin's will stated that as payment for the land, a flower be placed on his grave, and that of his mother and brother, to commemorate his birthday every year. Mifflin inherited the land from his mother, who died when she was quite young. [...]
By and about the mighty Mifflin:
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