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The Bayfield Bulletin, 1965-02-04, Page 2• Is° FK I GATESIIAi UMES, I‘C. ART Cii-TES • EDWARD LL —FURNACE OIL —STOVE OIL —FARM GASOLINE —DIESEL Fast Delivery Dependable Service Phone 524-8386 EDWARD FUELS 202 Anglesea, Goderich R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST Goderich The Square 524-7661 LETTERS Gratefully ackn- owledged are kind remarks from readers in Goderich and Zur- ich, who commented along with wabscrip- tions: "...admIre your pe rsistence and courag e. Give us more art- icles about interes- ting local sites, buildings, people, hobbies, industry. How about some poet- ry 7 Number of pict- ures is commendable. Ann Leitch Goderich." Id. Note: Happy to comply with some of the requests commen- cing in this issue with historical mat- erial...More pictur- es on the way..We are going to contact our captive poet to Alexander and Chapman GENERAL INSURANCE REAL ESTATE Property Manageemnt Canadian Imperial Bank of Commeroe Building Goderioh Dial 524-9662 ONE-STOP SERVICE LII UNO WESTLAKE'S GARAGE JACK MERNER, Proprietor Highway fl BAYFIELD 5.04-2 ELM HAVEN MOTOR HOTEL Entertainment Nightly In Tit* TIMBERLANE ROOM Dining Room and Banquet Facilities Open to I a.m. Monday thew Priday--11.30 p.m. Sat. MODERN MOTEL UNITS Fully Air-Conditioned Prop., Bill & Doug Fleischauer—Phone 482-3489 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Page Two-Tt1 -ULLETIN Feb.4, 1965 Guest Editorial The Legion and the New Flag By Fred O'Brecht Dominion President, The Royal Canadian Legion P ARLIAMENT, the supreme authority in the land, has chosen a new national flag for our country. The new flag has been officially approved by Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second as Queen of Canada and has thus become the lawful flag of this nation. These are facts. There is no disputing them. Every law-abiding Cana- dian citizen must recognize this. In particular, it must be recognized by every member of the Royal Canadian Legion who, on joining our organization, swore loyalty to our sovereign and country, and obedience to the law of the land. Now, when a good citizen obeys the law, it is not as a rule because be has any particular liking for it, let alone love. It is because, as a citizen of a democratic country, he recognizes the supremacy of Parliament which makes the law. Sometimes he may question the wisdom or desirability of a proposed piece of legislation. If be has strong views about it he will oppose it and fight against its adoption by Parliament with every legitimate means at his disposal. That is his inalienable right as a citizen of a democracy. But if in spite of his opposition, and of his like-minded fellows, Parliament passes that piece of legislation, then, as a good citizen, he bows to the supremacy of Parliament and obeys the new law even though he may honestly, sincerely and strongly doubt its wisdom or desirability. * Everyone knows that the Royal Canadian Legion was one of the many organizations which opposed the adoption of a new flag. In fact, it may well be said that the Legion spearheaded the fight for the retention of the Canadian Red Ensign as the national flag of Canada. And it fought hard. At all organi- zational levels—Dominion, provincial, district, zone and branch—it rallied around the flag under which so many of its members had served and which in death bad covered the bodies of many of their fallen comrades. Through every legitimate means the Legion endeavoured to persuade the Government, Parliament, provincial legislatures, municipalities and individual fellow- citizens that Canada already bad a national flag, full of heraldic meaning and historical significance. It was a gallant and a fair fight, one of which the Legion can always be proud. That it did not succeed was in large measure due to the unfortunate fact that the flag issue became a political party matter— a field into which the Legion as a non-partisan organization could not and would not enter. * * "Quo vadimus?" Where do we go from here? In a very short time, according to the Prime Minister, official ceremonies will be held under Government auspices at which the Canadian Red Ensign will be hauled down and ,the new flag hoisted on Dominion Government buildings and installations everywhere. It will be a day of poignant sadness for many loyal Canadians who sincerely love the Ensign. But as loyal and law-abiding Canadians they will accept and respect the new emblem which their Parliament and Sovereign have proclaimed as the national flag of Canada. What of the Canadian Red Ensign as the Legion's flag? Our members are aware that their accredited delegates to the last Dominion Convention, held in Winnipeg in May, 1964, decided to adopt the Canadian Red Ensign as the official Colour of our organization. The Dominion Convention being the governing body, the supreme authority, of the Royal Canadian Legion, this resolution remains in effect, as do all other convention resolutions, until such time as another Dominion Convention may decide otherwise. Our commands, branches and members may be assured that it is perfectly lawful to continue flying the Ensign over Legion halls and headquarters, and in fact any structure other than Dominion Government buildings and properties. It is interesting to note in this connection that Ontario, and possibly other provincial governments, may decide to adopt the Red Ensign with the province's coat-of-arms in the fly as the official provincial flag. As you know, Nova Scotia and Quebec both have a distinctive provincial banner. It will be gratifying and comforting to a great many Canadians to see the Red Ensign continue to grace the skies of Canada in this honourable manner. And what of tbo Legion's stand on Parliament's further decision to adopt the recommendation of the House of Commons' flag committee "that the Government be aittbar.zed to take such steps as may be necessary to provide that the Royal Union Flag, generally known as the Union Jack, may continue Aar flown as a spit:bpi of Canada's membership in the Commonwealth of Nations and of ber allegiance to the Crown'? Quoting the following paragraph from the Legion's long-established rawest and proce.deeT provides a clear-cut answer to that question: "The (hams Wag, the symbol of freedom, the flag under which we have served and under which our comrades fought alga died, is the flag which unites us with our comrades through- ow, the British Commonwealth and ever reminds us of our duty to Sovereign and country." At this crucial juncture in the history of our beloved country I commend to members of the Legion, and to all Canadians of tolerance and goodwill, the following words, taken from St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesiaris: "Let bitterness and wrath And anger .. . Be put away from you." For the sake of Canadian unity I sincerely hope this ancient but ever- timely exhortation will be heeded throughout the length and breadth of this THE LEGIONARY, FEBRUARY 1965 It helps to say you saw it in The Bayfield Bulletin. "That's not smoke signal ... Chief Running Eagle's squaw is heap hum cook!" 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