Shelby Monument
 Shelby War Memorial |
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This unidentified Oct. 27, 1955, newspaper article was found in a scrapbook owned by Town Historian Richard Schmal:
War Memorial at Shelby
The Shelby Lions club has recently completed repairs on the War Memorial, which had fallen into a sad state of disrepair. This was partly due to the nature of the original plaque, and partly to the fact that thoughtless or ignorant persons persisted in breaking the plate glass front and thus exposing the one-time beautiful plaque to the elements. The wood and glass have been replaced with a beautiful stone tablet. This is a slab of natural birled Tennessee sandstone approximately 4 inches thick and 4 ft. 10 in. by 4 ft. The letters are engraved in the stone. They are about one and three- fourths inches high, and can be read at considerable distance. The work was done expertly by Clark Brothers of the Lowell Monument Shop at the cost of $148.50. The tablet bears this inscription:"This tablet is dedicated in grateful acknowledgement to the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States of America who so nobly served their country during World Wars I and II and the Korean conflict. May the memory of their deeds and their names be perpetuated forever."
We believe the finished memorial is one of which the community can be justly proud. It stands on the Shelby school grounds near Highway 55. Although it is now constructed entirely of concrete, brick, and stone, Lions sincerely hope it will be treated with the respect due it because of the people in whose honor it was placed there. Some of them have made the supreme sacrifice for their country and us.
Sponsored by the Lions Clubs, the memorial is a project of past president Perry Naylor.
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