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JUNE', 28th, 1961:•• • •
Tom: LUCHNOW SENTILNEJ ,..4.vpicNOW, ONTARIO
PAGEELEVEN
HawI
's -Nuptial'
At St, 'Helens
HAWLEY 'WOODS
Calvin United Church, St. Hel
ens,', decorated 'with ' baskets of
.pale pink ,gladioli and. snapdrag
ons, ferns, and. candelabra .with
lighted tapers,, was the scene on
Saturday, June 10th, of the wed=
4 -,...ding .of Donna 'Jeanne :Woods .&
....Wilfred, Roy • Hawley:` 'R everen'd'
B: F. Green performed the' cere-'
mony. The bride is the daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Lorne ..Woods
• of St°• Helens' .,'and! the groom's.:
ar.eruts are. • Mr.,. and:' Mrs: F,
P ,
•'Hawley;::of • Oshawa. Mr.. F. A.
Reesor, of.:.'Oshawa, presided at•
the. organ. ' •' °
• `Given in marriage by her f4
ther, the • bride'' More a floor -
'length • princess'' • silhouette '4 gown
of. white:: silk .faille. The , scal
,:loped, .neck-line• was outlined with
seed, pearls •and , pointed up the'.
appliques .of. lace encrusting the
•bo:dice. and• . edging • the tradition-'
=al 'long • •sleeves. • A . circlet of
White . blossoms, :and pearls held
-her hand. rolled •elbow -length
:veil and,. she 'carried' a white'
Bible crested: with • a" White
orchid,, and Show eyed with.
stephanotis 'on, white . streamers,
Maid o °h•o i -n .was .Mise
re Woo :' of Guelph- 'brides
Y . tt, p .a
maids were Miss Susan 'Van,
Alstine and Miss Barba a Ran=
nex, both' . of • Owen Sound. • They
were identically gowned in
shrimp • colored chiffon over tat'
feta and ',wore matching bead'-
dresses 'arid shoes. They . eairrie.d
Cascade arrangements of 'sweet-'
heart roses: with shrimp colored
tulle.•
William ` Manning,: o Oshawa,
,.was groomsman.and ushers were
Erriie MacKenzie' of 'Oshawa, •&.
.Monty Chamand r'' of Kitchener.;
.The; reception. was •'held at the
St. Helens': ha11 where' the b'ride's'
mother received the ' .guests
wearing- a blue' printed silk Jr-.
ganza ,ensem1ble' ,with: white
.ess.ori.es' . and., a corsage ;of; pink
roses:: ' Assisting, . the ' groo's
mother wore a •sheath' m
dress :.of
rose -beige .organza, with lace
matching accessories:•d'
'•a corsage .,of Pinocchio mums°
• For her wedding trip to' -Cape'
Cod,'•' U.S.A., the .bride chose a
pale beige •wool suit with •mocha'
•accessories' and an' orchid ' car
-
Sage. `On : their return they will
reside • in ' Oshawa.
Guests ..from' a distance 'Were
present :from'•: Toronto; Oshawa,
Kitchener, Lucknow, •. Owen
Sound, Guelph, . New - H ' bU • '
and Hampton....
The bride is a graduate ,of the
Kitchener.- Waterloo- ' Hospital,
•School of Nursing .and the groom
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Alex .McKenzia Died Sudden
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Alexander Gerald . ,1VIacKenzie i
shown great; determination to.
passed away very suddenly in,
Vancouver General. Hospital'. on
Monday, June 10th, 1961, the ,re„
sult of a cerelbral haemorrhage.
He ,was 47. Alex was in his usual
health upon retiring Sunday
night, but, suffered the• haemorr-
hage, shorttly after and passed
away.. ,within a. few 'hours.
'Alex. was' born January lath
1914,, in.. Lucknow, son of ,Mrs.
Wm. MacKenzie, now of Toonto
and the late Wm. MacK.enzie..'
As. a ' young man, Alex°"•worked
.in the brokerage Of F. O. Hearn
Co.. (no.w the T. A. Richardson
Co.,, Toronto). With the outbreak
Of war he joined the R.C.AF..
in 1940 graduating as an obser-
ver • 'at ' Crumlin Navigation
School.' Following graduation he
took advanced navigational train-
ing at Penfield. Ridge, New
Brunswick and for a. time he
served as 'a navigator with. the
:Ferry Command.
Hewas transferred _ to 1i A,F..
Bomber ' Command ,flying• many,
missions. Thei. 'transferred to 'the
R.0:A.F: Bomber 'Command . tak
+,ing part in the ,1000 plane raids
on, Essen and' Cologne. He was
decorated with ' th•e. D.F.M. for a
low-level bombing attack , 'on.
the Fiat Works . at Milan, Italy.
His ',plane, . was •shot: down, by. 'a.
night 'fighte'r, over . Berlin, • in
August 1943, and he himself Was
hit by . . flack; `but he,. • his pilot
press home the attack and hit
the prifnary. target. In a rard.ox
Milan, Flight • Sgt. MacKenzie re
leased his bombs with unerring.
skill ;,in the middle of a large
factory which was left iri'flames•."'
On 'his 51st ,bombing mission,
Alex's, plane. was shot down : on
the 'night of August 31st, 1943.
It `was • his 51st ..mission and be.
was. due . for, rest" -leave very
shortly..
Of the -crew of seven, four were'.
killed. that fatal • night; . as they
Were . shot down before getting'
over. their target -- After'
hiding 'out for two, days they;
were captured,- and 20 months •of
grim prison life commenced,. Alex
was hospitalized: for a short time
with superficial shrapnel Wounds:
in his heel 'and hip. ,During his;.
confinement his weight droppe d
to 105 pounds, and 'he upon• his'
return" often .said that had it
'not been .for' Red Cross, food parr,
cels they could; not have survived.
Upon ' his return AO his home
here in , mid=Ju'ne of 1945, Alex.
said that April 23rd of that year
was. a date he 'would' always re-
'merriber. It was that .day that
.Russian, . cavalrymen rode into
their camp .on horeaback to free
;them,. A. few day§ later he and
r two: companions discoVered a
:row 'boat in which4 they crossed
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and rear iver. gunner parachuted in the r: ' i!he; man^Tims haave uucarterhange tod:.:pTarodky hisa.
a wooded district.. on :the outskirts . Elbe,'to,A;merican P esa Y q
lines.• They were'flown to .Brun car sa lie won't be .••fined. 'two'
sels; then" to,••Erigland., ' arid two 'dollars - while . spending', a dime
weeks . later boarded the Prenchi .for a. nickel, cup of 'coffee
''ship 'Pasteur for' Canada' = and
of'•. Berlin, finally being taken
°prisoner. ,He escaped with the
'two•;other.crew .members and was
finally 'captured' with imprison=
Ment, in Stalag . IVB.:'°nnce again
he
:escaped ,and .:got as far as
Bordeaux, France, taken in °by
the'. French Underground., •' only
to:betaken prisoner ' again by the
Gestapo.: After release from'.; the
,prison camp by: : the' • American
Army he returned to, Canadato
pursue his .activities „In. business.
Alex located•. in Vaneouve'r af-
ter the;. war and in' 1949 • he Mar,
ried Agnes •Munrb',of 'Vancouver.
-ie,; became increasingly active in
the _.business •.life of Vancouver,
which involved inany projects,
Some of •'his business activities'
•included.. the ':successful : certifi--
cation of Kootenay Gas' Cot, , a
projected .marina .near Boundary
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Plant and ,The Cowicharr Copper
Mine. At the .time 'Of h" :.death: '
he. Was • employedby the C. M'.
Oliver :Brokerage 'Firm;
Tom 'and Dr. John., MacKeniie
fle*. , to `•Vancou.ver • to attend the
ftineral • '
Besides:.` his. ' widow, Alexis •
survived by'his.-mother; one sis=..'
ter; •.Miss Katherine . MacKenzie
and four ,brothers, Toni, his twin,
and. Frank ' of Kinloss Township,
Dr., Williarn `MacKenzie . of De- •
`ro:•t.' and Dr. John.'MacKenzie of
Toronto'.''.fiis father ,died in June,
•21941..
Decorated By The King
Reference to .The • Sentinel' files,
:gives •sorn,e interesting details of•
:his .war . record:. U'pori '.completion
'Of; his training 'and ' a ' 8.pecia1
‘.course at:Montreal, •Alex: flew 'to
England on Noember' 25th, 1941..
There" he book a navigator's
course before. ••commencing•• opera.
tional flights attached tb the
13.A.F. 'He was 'an air bomber
with the, first.' crew Whichniade
about thirty fights and won
tinction , for their bombing of.
Milan, Italy, ' •
For , his skilful 'work on :that. .
omission Alex was awarded the
Distinguished Flying' Medal . and
had the honour conferred upon
him in Buckingham Palace by
His Majesty The .King.
Alex Was promoted to. the .rank
of, Warrant Officer and acted as
an . instructor f'ory'a time ;before.
resuming operations with 'a Cana-
dian crew. ,r
The serail entitled "Whom:
The King .Honoureth".bears the,
following citation,
"This ai'rrnan has' set a high
standard ' in 'bdrnib aiming ' and
has always displayed great de-
votions to duty, Participating in
many 'attacks on the enemy as
an air bomber, he has, always p
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