February 13. 1958. as John Minadeo Day. In this proclamation the mayor pointed out that this young boy. a schoolpatrol leader. sacrificed his own life on October 7. 1954. to protect his classmates from the pathway of a runaway automobile. This young man. a native of Italy. emigrated to this country just 5 years before his act of heroism. Johnny Minadeo was just a young boy who dreamed of America. and in the waiting period before he was permitted to enter the country with his parents he learned all he could about our great land. Upon his arrival he immediately enrolled at the Gladstone Junior High School.
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