Fèves Mayor August Berne was one of the three committee members in the French village responsible for the distribution of the aid received from its American sister.
An Opportunity to be Better - Biographies
Short biographies of the people who played important roles in the connection between the sister cities.
Minister Henry Millikan only stayed in Morganville a year. Joe Buckles was probably a perfect replacement. He was young, energetic and interested in international affairs.
Carson converted Millikan's desire to help Europe's victims of war into reality by coaxing Morganville to adopt Fèves and writing the script for a fund-raising play.
Haney, long-time curator of the Clay County Historical Society museum, collected and preserved many artifacts relating to the sister cities and promoted its remembrance.
Catholic priest Louis Holveck was one of the three Morganville-Fèves committee members in the French village.
McKee gave the initial connection story perhaps its greatest exposure, first on the December 23, 1950 NBC radio program and then in his 1955 book.
Newly-arrived in Morganville, Methodist minister Henry Millikan, a soldier in France in WWI and a chaplain in France in WWII, was the spark that lit the fire.
Dan Roenigk, a soldier in both world wars, became Morganville's mayor shortly after the pageant and was also the treasurer of the village's committee.
Without Todd's help, Morganville would not have found Fèves and President Eisenhower may not have promoted the program today called "Sister Cities."
Gérard, like his Uncle Henri in 1948, was the key person on the Fèves side of the connection in 2013. Wife Solange Parisot spoke in the 1949 Feves program and was an aid recipient.
Torlotting was the key committee person in 1948 on the French side. The "Instituteur," or schoolmaster, was highly respected as the village's only formally educated person.
Billie (Pierson) Utley was the first person from Morganville to visit Fèves. She and her amateur-photographer husband Ed Utley were tangible proof aid was on the way.
Ségolène de Wendel, the only person from the Fèves area to visit Morganville until 2013, was a tireless worker for the Lorraine people.