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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-11-18, Page 7a • 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 The Sentinel To 'nisi ,Forces - 4N • CAN AO ;t • OR 1)'1'RRSb AS' e 1'Eli: YEAR • 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. `. 6 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?, • JOIN THE 'FIGHTING COMRADES OF THE SKI -ES Recruiting Centres' are located in all the principal Cities in Canada. Motile recruiting unity v#sit smaller Centres regularly.