50 Years Ago Today -- Feb. 4, 1927

      A veteran of the Civil War, one who fought during one of the
 greatest battles the world has ever seen --  Gettysburg -- is today
 observing his 82nd birthday anniversary.  He is Charles Graefe,
 1909 N. 7th Street, who was born in Saxony, Germany, and who came
 to Sheboygan when only six years old.  [1855]
      On his march to the sea with Sherman, he was wounded in his
 right arm while charging a rebel battery.  A large part of the
 muscle was torn from his arm and gangrene set in at once.  He
 was confined to a hospital for 11 months and this would has proven
 so troublesome that he has been incapacitated for life.  Yet, in
 spite of his advanced age, he still is quite active.