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• THURSDAY, November 18, 1943 '
THE LUCHNOW SENTINEE, ` LVCI NOW, ONTARIO
in the camp, each. with a stove.
WAR PRISONER We formed our own executive
RETtiRHS 'HOME council,
that is each °barracks el-
ected a representative •to • deal
o (By. May C. O'Regan) with various cgmplaints,,"and pro-
, . Almost three years after he left blems and projects that came up.
his bride of two weeks and his Men brought their difficulties to
new 'home .on Robie Street; Hali- the executive. We had a • school.
fax, William. Williams., second en- board, a sport .committee and an'
gineer of the:.. German -captured entertainment committee..'
oil tanker . Ganadalite,' came home "There were classes in naviga -
early, in July' He was the first kttion, • radio; matriculation,' high.
exchange -arisone-r of war to re- school'ubjects, '.crafts, languages,
turn to ,CLada. We had our own sanitation corn
• William "1 Wi ams ,• 'was very •mittee, the .chief is .C'aptain•' Fein,
he is responsible, to the' Ge. rmans
happy ;;to, be `home again; 'alittle for' the cleanliness of _the. camp.
•tired ,•. ,after .::long ..and*hectic .
journey through' Geftnany, into The men 'never let hurt down: Toe
ain'.barracks' .are spotlessly .clean;
there • is. never ~ room for criticism.
And the risen take pride . in their_
personal ' appearance',. there • is no
slackness". • •
No 'one is compelled to, • w Drk
but ome •of . the• men chose to
a .'work five hours 'a .day on. the
prison, •camp in - ermany..and- a -""nearby. farms. It took ,therm away
burning. desire 'to .tell Canadians F from those wires.
what the International' Red Cross • All of the men at,the camp are
parcels: of. food 'mean,'to.rnen irai merchant .seamen, Canadians;
ucknow residents; rs u r- poisoned by war behind. the steel Britishers, Australians, a. small
t dt • is a sister of 'Uit 5 Fred Ern- wires of an internmentp
Iona . Terry, W.R.0..N<5.,. of
Ii.M.C.S. Stadac.ona, Halifax, is
spending this ,Week with Misses.
Edna and May Boyle.
J', C. Johnston Of.Hag�ersville
R::C.A.F. • school, •spent the week -
'end :with 1iis, parents, 'Mr:;arict
•Mrs.• Peter M. Johnston.
. t' Holland, through 'Frarice,toS.p.
Camp Debert,
Reid McKir'rr,
Among local boys, stationed
a
Nova Scotia,. are and Port al then by air to Erig-
"Bud"'Thompson, land and by freighter to.: Canada.
Besides his happiness ' in 'bring
Bill Reed' and Jima Chin; also
again . at home there were two
Eldon Reid of Orillia and form- things, irk has• mind. when I inter=
erly of Lucknow: , z
viewed him—regret for the :men
Dave :Horne had a • better re- hehad mto leave behind in the
cently from Jack MacDonald,
who ;said' he had spent a week-
end' recently with. Mr. and Mrs.
Sid Bultitude in England. Forrn'er
I, ' d l/ B lt'
Back In Canada Again
George R. Patterson, Canadian.
Trades Commissioner to Great,
Britain, and former, Bruce Coun-
ty agricultural representative, is
back in Canada again, this time
to attend the international 'food
conference to be held in the
States.•
u N.1 1 cam number of.. iiliied race$; men who
b 'lin of town' Arid although William Williams I -were working .on'c•aptured ships.
'tressed the work of the Red d
worked
.Mrs.Ross, Howson of Wingharn.
left for Barrie. to join her hus-'
band, Lieut. (Dr.) Ross. Howson'
who is stationed at Camp''Borden.
Dr.' Howson- had chapge of Dr,
W. V.�lJohnston's „p.ractise ' far, a
week this fall,•
through'" varying ' lengths. of irra-
`prisenment : did • not. -break fvThen
they had actual .proof ghat the
end could riot • be far off for them
er
- There 'were also some hundred
Arrived Overseas C f India who ha woe e
from
again and :again,. i think' he I men
ross
mss unconseioiis' While. as stokers. They received parcels
of W week WanUsh recciveyd word •he was'talking of how much' he of specially prepared . food thrti
last 'week of ,. the arrival over -1
• of the' part Red Cross the Red Cross
seas of their son Sgt. Ivan Ma- •parcels take in the lives of mein ' . The• boxes are opened in the
gofin ` of, the R. G; A: F. who 1.-e•worried;'-abo.ut imprison- ;presence of a. representative ��of
RUSS BUTTON HOME
ment, their homes and their fan- • the men and the German officials:
FORTHE WEEK -END idles;• the: length of .their. intern The. food is distributed: There is,
Q ment and. the truth, about what Mr: Williams says, no sabotage.
Russ Button; son of Mr.. and is happening in the theatres 'of Ten pounds of food :are: allowed.
each• week to :. each man. You
va r e home ross ,
crag weeks ago visited his home carne .watc ing, thumbs; up; the; food that keep's up e mo
`Mr. and Mrs. Thomas` Magoffin was himself
PAGE SEVEN
REVISE GE LIMITS FOR.
ARMY RECRUITS
There's a new age limit for men
enlisting in the Canadian "Army.
The order sets forth that . those
who volunteer for Active Service'
will be restricted to men. who
have attained their 18th birthday,
but not their 38th birthday 'and
who measure up to a 'physical
standard fit for fighting services.
Previously the age limit was 45 •
years'. ' •, * •
•Exceptionsare piade for those
below that physical standard Who
have, trade and , technical quali-•
fications;and are physically able
to .carry .,out the' special duties
for which they, enlist.
In' individual ' cases a ':recruit..:
Who has reached his 38th 1 irth-. '
"day, but not 'his 45th, but who is
' "considel'e,d physically able to
carryout the special: duties 'be-
cause ' of which he enlisted" may.
be accepted.
MAIf l� GARDNER was .eleeted
haplain: of Winghani. L.O:I:.. No.
Ti ouble ':is very easy-' to find
in • a Gerrrian . prison camp, Mr.•
Williams said,. if you look for it,
but there was• no trouble. And as
I "listened for almost three hours
to the story of .. life ' in • a • prison
•camp,',in Germany, I wondered if { -
we could ever really .appreciate i 794. ,Rev. E. 0..Gallagher is re -
or measure • how far-reaching is i cording=secretary. Mark w ., act.-
the
ct-
the effect of ,the work of the In -Live in the .local lodge walere
ternational Red Cross. siding in Lucknow.
Is Cobert Button, who was �n--�'�!ar._
rgh thrnl� -the woe-k-of-k�e- Peel
• 1'd d h' a from overseas scv He 'told 'of '3;500 •men in•f.hr$. C ended there the supply of
' th ' rale
here for the first :time over, • the, ',first daylig t raid of -the Amer-, and the body, but it doesn't. ''The
lean. Flying ,Fortresses over'Bre work goes on in the strangest
••men. -"It was worth' waiting three;
years to see", he said, "we watch w'aY. .
e1 the flak falling, we.heard the •�,v.o
Pi od.containers are,e.age' :ye l l.c;: ions .— and we knew the- contended. for ,men Make—pi—earl(
time must. be . growing short-. I frames for the prized pictures. c;.f
Food :allocations for • prisoners 'their .wives and .eh ldreri, °their
cif WO u are neither st1staining.nor mothers :.and sweethearts: They
s:atis'f7.•in,g, Mr. Williams said. -and . carve tiny :horse. and .dogs from
with.'ovdr three thousand men o;: i t4. 134:wood for the race .'meets
dif•fei c:nt temperaments' hunnger { wwhic}, .are held every. week. Plv-
could tiasily magnify the petty. wood makes sets for the th€atr6.
onnoyanccs of camp life into tea- and:the heavy paper wrappings.
themselves; mangy of whim, re- 1, t•;cd'ies. But • twice a .week the • make • back drops .arid sides for
: ceive 'the paper, and read th's boxes arrive and when they come the theatre scenery. . .
it -'s like Christmas. Even•the.de- . Ropes that bind the parcels are
woven into soles for shoes.. Soles'
Wear. out 'quickly and they are.
one of the worries of the pris-
oners. Mr. Williams told 'of ex-
changing a forgotten nun'iber of
packages of • cigarettes for a pair
of rope soles.• The rope'also makes
mats .for the, barracks which are
especially welcome :in- the. winter
weather. And the • 'shorter ends
of'the light colored rope are fray-
Ed.out—to: make wigs for 'the' fe-
male impersonators in the shows.
,. The Red Cross• has sent to this
camp surgical 'equipment • wh4ieh
has made •a m.adern-and neces-
sary—operating theatre possible.
Two surgeons'- captured off a
sunken ship which was returning
- from Africa look after the.health
of the men. There have been a
number of operations, and they
have been successful. Some .cif
the hien are. trained nurses and
are on, duty at the hospital. With
the. medical supplies and the.cart
and attention , given by trained
men -there is little to .worry about
on •the score of health—so long
as there is adequate food. .
Excelsior and cellopharte wrap-
pings are used to stuff n-iattresses
and pillows. •There is not a bit-
:of
it'of string, a nail,or a gadget wast-
ed..• When' the very life has been
'extracted froth these accessories
the sling remainder is carefully
Conserved for winter' fuel. .
Great was the joy 'of .the men
when the night raids" on' Germany
gave way to daylight raids: They
knew the Allies were penetrating
into the heart of •the German
Country. But the pride and .dig-
nity
dig-nity whicl had sustained 'them
week -end. 0
Russ is a patient at Byron. ati`cl.•
Made the trip up with Capp. Ted;.
Smith of London, who.. spent ttit•
week -find with his parents:. •
• We: could rill tl; 1, .:;. eve -,•y.
vvicel v,ith tt:s•,.• iter :
about l� i .17e� i ',lr 1r-6'11111. if 1110
folks• at 11,44411c us' in
them." •A1'.l it i; no,.. •.inly they
horns• .1 5 thiat t:: e i.nterc-,teel
in this'••.column: • but: thc' boys
coluiarin, eagerly to learn about
'former pals and schoolmates --
where they are, and what they
are •doing.
livery of the boxes . plays it part
in the relief ^ program. For the
p5'isoners — under guard . — go
to the 14 -mile distant railway, sta-
tion to bring them to the camp.'
School Boy HowlerThe men ' Took forward eagerly
The.
Chesley Enterprise Credits • to this trip for it means over half
Inspector Game with telling the an hour • away . from those wire
following "school boy howler", barriers.Which. Mr.•Williams says
concerning an essay on "The have a bad mental '-effect on the
Black Hole of Calcutta" ,in which
• the�2-boy said. that the .Indians
seined about.140. Englishmen• and
cast them into a dungeon with
a small window and in the morn-
ing only 20 of them were alive.•
is men. '
This is. perhaps a trifling thing.
hilf an hour. of 'freedom from
wires ; twice . a week, but it is
;just • one of the dozen different
ways in which the Red Cross
''l<he :`howler" .was that the boy p,ai:rels play a part in the lives
left the "n" out of • the word of these prisoners of war.
n
"window"
First of all there is the food
itself. The food • that keeps • up
the morale' as well as the health
of the men. It keeps them in con-
dition, mentally; •spiritually and
morally. Next-of-kin parcels do
'their share, and. a big, share. so'
,do the letters from home and
from friends. • These are ,the, per-
conal link's wifh the ''outside.
world, the links on which 'hew
challis. •of existence Will be for
ed when peace comes or 'whet►
they arc exchanged. But accord=
ing to Mr. Williams, fth'e Red
(•rosS.'parcels are life itself. For
five terrible weeks the boxes did
.not arrive, T,h•at was a bad- time.
"At first, when I was sent to
the camp, I was moody and the
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Newspapers May Be hailed '1`o
The Buys OveEst a ily l'tih-
Iis11crs
Only -- but Only.
To Bonn Fide Paid
rullseribers.
wires worried me'-', the young
engineer said, "the worry about
home and what might be happen
ing got: me down terribly. We
wore all like that. Then We got
"There are ten big barracks
1,x1 i of ourselves. `.
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ut's holding
uck brother?"
l -IE fellows'who are in there pitching at the Axis
didn't need. any formal invitation -to race into this,
scrap... and they're' beginning to wonder what
happened to you. Those fellows are in the thick of
things ....smooth -working teams of fighters
man 'doing. his part. ' .
Eesides real he-man action and 'adskenture, you'll get
chilled technical training and experience that em-
s; c: - crs will rate highly after the war. . ,
ii you redly want to •pull ysur fair share, and' if "
y o;s're .fit, there's- not a 'idling in the world to hold
you bark. You can go• aircrew today. You can win
your wing in a few short months under the guidance
of veteran. airmen. What about. it, brother?,
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