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Bomb Damage and Civilian Morale
By Walter R. Legge
All Canadians are intensely in
terested in the bomb damage in Bri
tain. We found, on our return to
Canada, that everywhere we went
we were certain to be asked about it.
It has been said that there is not
a village in England that has not
had a bomb dropped on it, but I' forgotten,
know of several places that up to! We visited blitzed areas in Lon-
the time that we were there had not: don, Bristol, Bath and Portsmouth,
seen a bomb. x,---- — ---------xu„x
boarding the train
we were surprised to
bomb damage until
been travelling for
There
age to
places,
south
there are large
to have been untouched.
gan to realize how small a start
the Germans had made toward the
destruction of Britain.
Where a building has been total
ly destroyed, it is difficult for any
one who has not seen that building
to visualize the amount of the de
struction. For instance, when we
were being shown around Bristol,
one day, our guide halted in the
centre of a large area that had been
demolished. Pointing to a part of
it, he said, "that is where one of our
largest departmental stores used to
stand."
rubble,
store it
preciate
tion.
In other places where the walls
are still standing it is much easier
Weto understand the damage.
drove through parts of London, and
later walked through part of Bris
tol, on brilliant moonlight nights,
and the 'moonlight, shining through
roofless and windowless buildings,
made a. terrible picture, never to be
After landing and j but there are many other places that
rain for London, I have badly battered areas—Hull,
see no sign of ' Dover, Coventry, Plymouth, etc. In
after we had | some cases areas of several blocks
several hours, t have been absolutely flattened,
of bomb dam-1 while in others, one house in the
• middle of a block may nave been
near the east and I demolished as if cut out by a huge
Even in London
■ areas that appear
We be-
are few signs
be seen in any of the smaller | middle of a block may have been
except
coasts.
We could see a heap of
but never having seen the
was impossible really to ap-
the extent of the destruc-
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We were told that there is a well
defined pathway between London
and the coast, leading toward Ger
many, along which the fields were
ploughed up by bombs which had
been dropped by raiders who, un
able to penetrate the London de
fences, had turned back and dump
ed their bombs at random.
In April, 1942, Hitler carried out
what is known as the "Baedecker"
raids, (so called because they were
aimed solely at destroying famous
places), on Exeter, Bath, Norwich,
York and Canterbury. Civilian cas
ualties at Bath. Exeter, Norwich and
York were 93 8 persons killed and
998 injured. Many of the killed
were never identified. The pathetic
description of one at Bath read,
“Age, about two years; hair, fair;
eyes, blue-gray; division between
top row of teeth; no other disting
uishing features.”
The most deplored architectural
loss in ,Bath was the Assembly
Rooms. The rooms, said to have
been the most beautiful in Britain,
were first opened in 1771, and had
been refinished in 1938 at a cost of
fifty thousand pounds sterling. These
rooms delighted Charles
who made them famous as the scene
of Mr. Pickwick’s game of whist
with the "three thorough-paced fe
male card-players.”
Bristol, we found, had been fath
er badly battered, principally in the
wiriter of 1940-41, during which
2.259 houses were destroyed and
about 46,000 received varying de
grees of damage. Many other build
ings were destroyed, including 22
elementary schools and 29 churches.
Our home in Bristol was the Roy
al Hotel, which was carrying on,
although the back part, including
the dining room and many of tjie
rooms, had been bombed off. The
rooms occupied by some of our party
did not have
dows.
In four of
we visited,
blocks in
completely flattened,
ing home, I have heard that tip un
til December 31st, 194'2, the num
ber of Britons killed in air raids
Dickens,
any glass in the win
the larger cities which
we saw areas many
extent that have been
Since* return-
History of St. Paul’s
Women’s Auxiliary
sary held in St, Pauls Anglican
church, Thursday afternoon May 20,
by the secretary Miss Mary Fee,
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The following letter from Andy
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a parcel from the’War Time Com
mittee:
1st Field Park Co,, R.C.E-,
May 5, 1943
GLADMAN
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BARRISTER,
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are
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The Women’s AuvSiary of St."
Pauls Anglican church, Hensail, was
organized on January 9 1893, dur
ing the incumbency of Rev. E. Softly,
The ladies met at the home of Mrs.
Petty, The minutes do not record
how many were present. Miss Cross
was present'and explained the con
stitution. The minutes do not tell
who Miss Cross was, but it was pre
sumed she was one of the Diocesan
officers from London. Officers elec
ted were: president, Mrs. Clegg;
vice-president, Miss Blanche Petty;
rec. sec., Miss B. Hodgins; cor, sec,,
Miss J, Johnston; treas., Miss M.
Smallacombe, which office she held
untill 1916 when she became presi
dent. Of the original executive only
one member Miss Blanche Petty is
still living. She is :
Toronto. The minute
meeting record elevi
still have one charts
beloved Mrs. Petty of whom we
justly proud, she being one of
most -faithful and energetic members.
To Mrs. Petty we extend congratu
lations and trust she may be spared
many years to help carry on the work
she loves so well.
The first money, $100.00 for Mis
sions, was forwarded to Messrs. Ber-
ney and Bell, missionary work of the
society was done for Mr. Hope, of
Battleford. Two barrels of new and
second hand clothing were shipped
to him. The society worked for him
for three years after which work was
done for Mr. James Taylor, Sandy
Lake Mission. Work was also done
for Mr. Swainson, of Omoksene. As
time went on a bale of clothing was
sent each year to a Missionary in the
West. As the work grew and appeals
came in the society undertook to
clothe a boy and a girl in St. Pauls
school, Blood Reserve, Alberta. Dur-
• ing the past years as our mernber-was 47,860 and the number injured . &o
was 5 6,’410. We heard many ex“;sbjp decreased a splendid outfit of
pressions of appreciation for the j ci0tiiing has been provided 'for a girl
assistance sent to the stricken people t onjy school. As the work of
by various funds in Canada. . j)ominfon -yy-.A. increased more
One of the aims of the enemy , appeajg have been made to the bran- ■nirtr. rl.ach’Air F Ck YM AVQ 1 fl AT T H fl . _ _- ..
by various funds in Canada. __ _
One of the aims of the enemy, TLc d"
was to destroy . the moi ale of the , clieg. These we have met to the best
people. It was interesting to study i p0J, a uumber of yeavg
the actual effect. We found that wlien we had more members liberal
the stories we had heard of the colltributions were made to the way in which the people had ' Eudget AppOintraent.
the punishment dished out to them J
were absolutely true. ........
is simply wonderful.
One of our guides in Bristol, who
had been a 'prosperous merchant,
showed us a mass of rubble in the
midst of the bombed area, and,
quietly remarked, "That is all that
is left of my life’s savings.” No'
complaints. Just a grim determina-,
tion to carry on.
An official of an establish'inent
where one of my relatives was em
ployed, was bombed out of three
places the same night, but he was
on time at the office in the morn
ing. There have
ployees coming to
ing before some
had been rescued
ings.
packed
even if
forms.
Their
terror
th em.
Here's
Their spirit j
been cases of em-
work in the morn-
of their relatives
from ruined build-
England is a tight little isle
. with heroes and heroines,
they do not all wear uni-
During the years of depression
bales were shipped to the West for
the White Settlers. Four Life Mem
bers certificates have been presented.
Mrs. Doherty in 1916, the late Mrs.
Brooks in 19 20, Mrs. G. C. Petty in
19 27, Mrs. Esther Simpson in 193 0.
In January 19 28 the society cele-
, brated the thirty-fifth anniversary of
■ the founding of the organization.
Rev. F.
.was the
lived in
customs
the work of the Missionaries and told
. of the sacrifices made by them.
I 1
| missionary on furlough from Japan-
gave an address on Japan, dealing
'with the customs of the people and
the people and her work in the kin
dergarten schools.
W. Schaffer, of Wingham,
guest speaker. Wihen a boy
India and understood the
of the people. He described
Helpers,
In January, 1936 at pur regular
meeting which was held on the 9th,
the 43rd anniversary, Mrs. G. C. Pet
ty was presented with a silver bowl
filled with rose buds.
In January, 1938, a special ser
vice was held in the church at 11
o’clock by our rector Mr. -Hunt to
commemorate the 45th anniversary,
lie stressed the fact that the church
which it not missionary is not fulfil
ling its true mission. In the afternoon
Miss Kathleen McNaughton, Diocesan
sec.-treas, of juniors, was the guest
speaker, she was a delegate in Sep
tember to the Dominion* Annual
which was held in Halifax. She told
us the opening ceremony was the
planting by the Dom. president of a
cutting from the Holy Thorn of
Glastonbury which legend says was
brought to England by Joseph of Ari-
mathae in A.D. 37. Miss McNaughton
gave an interesting report of the
Dominion annual. The general Synod
met at the same time and the* Bish
ops and delegates voiced their ap
preciation of the splendid work done
by the W'.A. At our regular meeting
in September, 193 8, Mr. Grigg a re
turned missionary from Burma gave
a most interesting talk on his work
in India. He had on display a number
of articles made by the natives, and
he sang a verse of "Jesus Lover of
My Soul" in the Burmese language.
Mr. Grigg’s motto is "God cares, God
provides, God o.verules.
On May 1-2, 1939 a branch of Lit
tle Helpers was organized with a
membership of eighteen. Due to re
moval of several families from the
parish the membership decreased,
The guest speakers at the Little Hel
pers meetings have been Mrs. Gra
ham, Deanery president, Mrs. Hunt,
and Mrs. Middleton. The mothers of
the Little Helpers aided by the mem
bers of the W.A. have provided three
splendid bales of clothing. For a
number of years each fall one or
more bales of new and second hand
clothing have been forwarded to
Muncey for the Indians on the Re
serve. In October, 19 4 2, at a special
meeting to which members of several
of the branches were invited. Mrs.
Bingle, Diocesan presiding was guest
speaker. The title of her address was
"Adventure for Christ”. She asked us
to be faithful, to carry on, to fear
not, and leave results with God.
During the fifty years the, follow
ing ladies ‘have held the office of
president, Mrs. Clegg, Mrs. Doherty,
Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. Ed
wards, Miss Sarah Fee, Mrs. Poppier,
Mrs. Clark, Miss Sarah Fee again
held office and Mrs. Middleton.
In 19 27 we accepted Mr. Kent as
our prayer partner. He was for over
twenty years principal of St. Peters
Indian School, Grouard, Alberta. He
is now retired and living in Alex,
morale
that can
is proof against any I
be launched against |
I
heros and heroines,to the
valiant and strong,
Who carry on bravely, no matter
how long;
Through darkness and peril, they’re
steadfast and true,
people of Britain—Here's
you!
The
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EXETER pnd JIENSALLDear Folks:
The good old Exeter *vime
Committee are again the means of
making me get busy and do a little
letter writing to you and to again
thank’them for the lovely parcel
which I received some few days
ago. As I said before words in
writing can’t express how much
their gifts are appreciated by us
over here.
Well, I feel a little more like writ
ing tonight than I did last night.
All the men over 40 had a medical
board yesterday and last night I
was a little worried about what the
results might be. This morning
our C.O. told me I had passed the
board with flying colors and said
’he was glad as he didn’t want to
lose me. But he wasn’t half as
pleased as I was, After tomorrow I
will be the Daddy of the Park Com
pany by about eight years, There
was one chap here older than me,
but he was turned down with quite
a few more so they leave the unit
tomorrow for the construction com
pany, a place where I don’t want to
ever have to go.
We have been real busy lately get
ting everything into shape and have
been doing a lot of changing around
of different equipment. You will
likely be able to guess what for. We
have moved camps since I last wrote
you and we are now stationed in a
real up-to-date military camp. This
camp was just built last fall by the
Canadians and it is the best set-up
we have ever had as far as camps
are concerned, only I don’t expect
our stay here will be too long.
We had a vehicle inspection a
couple of weeks agro and our unit got
the highest percentage of any en
gineering unit in the 2nd Division.
I was quite pleased about it as that
is where all my worries
anything should go wrong
ways the old Scotchman
"powers that be" jump
they never worry me a heck of a
lot. I’m pretty well used to it now.
I hope our next inspection will be
that all we will have do will be to
count how many vehicles we think
should go back to Canada and
should I be one of the chaps to re
turn to Canada. I sure will want to
forget all about both trucks and
petrol for some little time.
I suppose the Fourth Victory}
Loan will have been keeping you
busy.the past while. The boys over
here have been responding pretty
well and the competition between
units seems to be quite keen.
How is everything in the old
town? When reading the paper
nowadays, it really doesn’t seem like
the Exeter of old, so many strange
names in the local
hope it will not be
old town can settle
Exeter families of a
I keep receiving
letter and always glad to hear from
you.
lost Ben Dawson from your
munity and no doubt you
mi^s him.
Well, I trust this finds
enjoying the best of good
Again my thanks to the folks of
the War Time Committee for the
wonderful work they are doing. They
must have quite a family* of service
boys on this side of the pond now
only I have had poor luck at meet
ing the laddies from around home.
Wishing to be remembered to all
my old
to all.
J. W. MORLEY
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W H. COATES .................... Exeter
JOHN HACKNEY .... Kirkton, R. 1
ANGUS SINCLAIR .... Mitchell R. 1
JOHN McGRATH ..... Dublin, Ont.
you all
health.In October 1930 Miss Irene Isaacs J Alberta.
‘ • " ’ " ” j In 1927 we accepted Miss Alice
Hall of Carcross, Yukon, as our pray
er partner. The society has never
had a large membership but we feel
that our Heavenly Father has bles
sed our efforts to help and encourage
our missionaries in their work; Many
letters of appreciation have been re-
ceited from time to time from Canon
Middleton, principal of St. Pauls
school, Blood Reserve and also from
Mr. Kent and Miss Hall our prayer
partners. v
All the funds are raised through
personal giving. Many years ago the
penny-a-day fund was adopted as a
special means of increasing funds.
To those noble women who carried
on so faithfully our hearts go out in
loving gratitude. The torch has been
handed to us. Let us hold it high
and pray that God will richly bless
our efforts in the future as he has
done in the past. '
History of St. Pauls W.A.
( In January, 1933, a special meet-
1 ing was held in the church to cele
brate the 40th anniversary, Rev.
R, J. Bowen, of London, being special
speaker. He traced the growth of the
W.A. from its original band of seven
women to its thousands of members
then. He asked us not to be discou-
, raged though our numbers are small
I By placing our hand in the hand of
I Christ we can do great things for
I him. He gave a most interesting ad-
; dress on his work as assistant mis-
! sionary to late Bishop Bompas. In
F, October Miss Harrison, • of London,
to
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.LUCAN—Sgt. WAG. Charles
Sovereign, R.C.A.F., son of Walter was present at the regular meeting
Sovereign, editor of The Lucan Sun,, and stressed the work of the Little
has been reported missing in air on-’ ........—.............................
erations overseas, according to of-
ficial word received by bis father on DUCAN RESIDENT DIES
Sunday. Sgt. Sovereign was listed as j2 DAYS AlFTER BROTHER
missing on May 28. |
He went overseas in L-,.—.....—1940, having enlisted in January of ^er
that year, Born in Lucan, f
September, I Twelve days after the death of
[ 1— 79-year-old brother, Frank
jeew. wva.x Sgt* Lucan, Mrs. Kate Mac-
Sovereign attended public and high I Lean, aged 9 6, also of Lucan,
school hero, and was a member of|
the United Church. He has two
brothers in the services, Lieut. W. A.
Sovereign, with the Essex Scottish.
Regiment, and Stoker Wilbert >
Sovereign, with the R.C.N.V.R.
The death occurred Tuesday, May
25th, at Victoria Hospital. Mrs. Mac-
Lean was born at Delaware and had
lived all her life at Lucan. Her
husband, Isaac MacLean prede-
j ceased her 35 years ago. Interment
I took place in St. James Cemetery,
x, . ... M 1 Clandeboye.GRANTON-—After three years as
principal of the Granton Public andi
Continuation/ School, David Mac-'
Intyre has accepted principalship o|
a public school at Sarnia.
FOREST-—The Agricultural Soc
iety will discontinue the Eorest Fall
Fair this year because of shortage of
labor. The fair will again be re
sumed after the war or when con
ditions are favorable.
A1LSA CRAIG--. Five-year-old Bud
’s dy Dodds, son of Mr, and Mrs, Don
ald Dodds was seriously injured In
, an auto accident last week and was
admitted to St,
suffering from a fractured hip, two
fractures of the left nrm and head
injuries^ Me was struck by a car
in front of his father’s store driven
by Ross Stewart, of Nairn,
Joseph’s hospital
THIS ROLLING STOCK WOULD
MAKE S53-MILE TRAIN
If all the freight, passenger and
Work equipment of the Canadian
National Railways, but excluding the
locomotives, were coupled into one
train it would extend 853 miles —
from Halifax to beyond Montreal, or
the entire route of the International
Limited from Montreal to Chicago via
Toronto with four miles to spare.
Tlhis long train would consist of
90,353 freight cars, 3,343 passenger
cars and 7,127 work cars. These'
figures were included in the System’s
annual report for 1942, recently
tabled in the House of Commons.
'<Pop., if
would you
it?” "Yos,
I saved it
you would
passed in arithipotic,
pass.”
I saved you d dollar
give me fifty cents for
I guess so, son.”
for you.
give me
“Wteli,
You told mo
a dollar if I
and I didn’t
friends. Kindest regards
Sincerely yours,
Scotty
Proof
ing the!
of the profits is in answer-
Want Ads.
MRS. MARGARET JAMESON,
OF ST. MARYS, SUCCUMBS
The death, of Mrs. Margaret
Jameson in her 86th year, occurred
suddenly at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Nelson Bonis, of
St. Marys. She was a native of Blan-
shard, having been born on the base
line of the township, the daughter
of the late Mr. and
riott. Fifty-seven
married Alexander
predeceased her by
was fi member of Woodham United
Church, and
Society, and
ers. A great
pleted over
men in the service since January i.
Suriviyiiig her are her daughters,
Mrs, Ernest Hudson (Irene), of
Cloverdale, 13.0.; Mrs, E. L. Cou
ncil, (Bee), of Calgary, Alta.; Mrs.
C. A. Mills (Gladys), of Halcourt,
Alta.: and Mrs, Nelson Bonis
(Dorothy), of St. Marys. She also
leaves two brothers, George Mar
riott, of St. Marys, and John of
Goderich; three sisters, Mrs., Alex
Creighton, of Rannoch; Mrs. James
Creighton, of Windsor, and Mrs.
Alfred Smith, of St, Marys, and
seven grandchildren. Rev. A. Laing,
the
Mrs. Arnos Mar
gh e
who
years ago
Jameson,
14 months. She
Of Cooper’s Missionary
was devoted to flow
knitter, she had com-
30 pairs of socks for
of Woodham, officiated at
funeral service on Friday,
AGENTS
JOHN ESSERY .........
ALVIN L. HARRIS ...
THOS. SCOTT ...........
B.
Centralia
Mitchell
Cromarty
SECRETARY-TREASURER
W. F. BEAVERS ............ Exeter
GLAD MAN & STANBURY
Solicitors, Exeter
St. MARYS—Mary Champion
the W.C.T.U. championship for
Dominion for her essay in
W.C.T.U. contest for 1942. She
first in the district, first in
county and the province before win
ning the Dominion award.
won
the
the
was
the
C. W. C. Perry, a Toronto stock
salesman, was sentenced to imprison
ment at Simcoe last week for obtain
ing money by false pretences. Among
thtose victimized Was Mrs. Leila C.
Knowles, of St. Thomas, $6,335 plus
2381 shares of stock.
At Present We
Are Short on most
Every Line of
Stock.
YOUR INQUIRIES WILL
STILL BE APPRECIATED
A. J. CLATWORTHY
Phone 12 Granton
We Deliyer