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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-11-22, Page 9EACI1—i n pa i r$ OTHER iii.5 1 22 3 t — 1995 . 11 5 AS LOW AS .436 MAIN STREET Phone 05.6166 -Milton Robbin XETER & Sott LId, lieve the U 5 Dag has every l eining t he Canadten Army, right to fly in. our color ,party !Milted States :tat Special Sery on our itemembrafiee PO pa- ice Farce Paratroopers,.and re- rade without any questions ceived all of his train and needed t() be asked, al, leaat went loto action under the Unit- net through the paper, ,ed States flag. This force landed. Everyone knows that. the Ca. in Africa and travelled up English Americans, through to Italy serving en Australians, and all of the many fronts with the 5th Army allies joined together to pre- under General Mark Clark, serve one common cause and It also served under Major MA was freedeni, Ne one per- General Patch, with the seventh son knows more than the sal- army, and spearheaded the in, cher himself that it did not mat- vision of Southern France, Due ter which country or flag the to the fact that they covered man beside him was fighting lot of territory, many casualties under, They only knew, at this were inflicted; yes, the casual- time, that, and I quote, "Di- ties ran into the hundreds, vidcd we Jail, united we stand" Some of the unfortunate men and together they stood and who fell in battle under the U.S. won the battle, flag were some of Comrade That is why we enjoy our MacLean's closest friends. 1 freedom today and that, free- am sure this man deemed it an dom was giv e n to us by men honor to carry this flag in who fought under many memory of his fallen comrades ferent flags, but—we were unit, and also of the many other hun- ed, We all hope and pray that dreds who fell helping to fight :this will never have to happen for our freedom, ;again, but if the need ever Third reason arises, i am sure they will he I feel sure that. Remem- banded together again for the a s brance Day drew near this year one common cause, and may I not one Canadian among us did say again that we all hope and not realize the significance of pray that this will never hap- the Cuban crisis, which had so pen• suddenly flared up, As that First reason dreaded week passed slowly by, The first reason why U,s, ears across the country were flag was flown: Th e fl ag was tightly glued to their radios and flown in memor y of E verett all eyes were on television Pollen, a boy who way born watching developments. Thous- and raised and received his ands of calls were received re- education in Exeter, who fought garding shelters, and these and gave his life under the same thousands realized that United States flay, This man this time, war was on OUR served a term of three years doorstep. I felt sure at this with the Canadian Army in the time, and even now, we in Can- 1st Hussars, coming back from ada are glad that we are of overseas in 7,944 and upon be- the Western World, and that ing discharged, lie travelled to the U.S. is one of our allies in the United States where he en- that world, I believe there is listed in the infantry of the not one of us who can honestly U,S. forces during which time say that we are not happy to he served one year in Japan. have her as our neighbor to the In 1948 he rejoined the U.S. south. Does it not "seem ap- forces and was posted to Japan. propriate then, that at this time Later he served in Korea the U.S. flag should he among where he gave his life in a our color party on our Remem- battle at Liman, 1st November, brance Day parade? 1950, helping many other gal- Answer to Gary lant men to defend our free- Are you, Gary, being of our dom. For action serving with younger generation, letting a the U.S. forces, this man ac- political and business world mired The United Nations Serv- overshadow the past to such an ice Medal, Purple Heart Medal, extent that at the mere sight Korean 'Service Ribbon, Bronze of the Stars and Stripes, it Star, and the Silver Star which would impel you to write such is one of the highest awards an unwarranted letter to the of the U.S. government, Along editor. I d o not know wh y you with these, were the awards for his service with the Ca- nadian Forces during World War 2. To the editor, Second tReson answer to lest week's corn- Comrade Bill Macraeatt, the scents on the U.S, nag, I be . bearer of this flag, although feel that we should very humbly bow our heads to such rt gallant man as this, and I feel it is a very small tribute that we gave to him on our Remembrance Day parade by carrying the U,S, flag in our color party in memory of him, a nd commemorating his a- chievements. About US flag Legion president replies Was attached directly to the C-romorty Comments fv.-4,1,- - guests at the Fintaysen-Scott 'Sunday visitors with .17ar, • g na on Saturday, and Mrs, K. McKellar lite,re By MRS. ON *KELLAR Mrs, Wm. Harper visited Mr, Frank 110110Y of Pr-4011- last week g the 1:10mq of her and Jane Binning of Mitchell. daughter .and sop-in-law, Mr. Mr. H t.. Hugh Scott, student A ap,.orl Mrs. Neil Thompson, At- .0Ae, Guelph,. spent the week. N,,od, end at his home here. The 'Timps.,,..A.Ovocatet .Novgrni?er :27): '1961 P14914..9' brance Day church services, On the contrary, believe there. was great .concern and mere In. terest shown .this year And j believe that I: ant in a much. More appropriate position to know this. You say yop are going "to. anxiously await 4 reply in 'the editorial," As a student and As. A Rover, representing t. )1.0 Queen's Highest, and as you are growing into manhood, you will find that there are times to listen and times to speak and at times when a man is ready to blow his top, that is the time when one should stop and think before he acts. I still. cannot be convinced that you would have written such a let- ter to the editor had you taken a little time to think and en- quire about the flag from a responsible party, Because of this you were one of the few who did not know the reason why. Answer to the editor Mr. Editor, you say and 1 quote "that it is appropriate to fly the American flag at occa- sions when HS. citizens are official guests and there may be such occasions during the sum- mer tourist season but it would. not appear to be in order other- wise", I think Mr. Editor after reading this letter down to this paragraph, that you will agree that there was a reason and a very good one, But if you are at all in doubt, I would like to point out that the U,S, flag has a more suitable and honored meaning to fly in our color party in commemorating those fallen comrades than what it has flying over hot dog stands and amusement parks, for the bene- fit of the. U.S. tourists in the summertime, Also, Mr. Editor, I am sure we can not honestly say that we are making up our own de- ficiency by flying the flags of other countries. I. agree with you when you say a Canadian national flag could have taken precedence over all of them and I am sure we will all be h a ppier as Canadians when we do have our own flag, but I am also just as sure there will be a place in color parties for those which we now carry. Those flags which we now carry we are proud of, and they will not be discarded, no more than our memories. Topics from. Elimville By MRS... R944. SINNER itczeffaaiatiMeggajaatfatMetarOdiata Mr, and Mrs, Howard Pam, ;Joan, Brian and Elaine, visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Beverley Skinner of Exeter, Mr, and Mrs. Philip Johns and family visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Earl of Exeter and attended James St, anniversary service, Mrs. Alvin Cooper had a jewellery demonstration on .F.r.i. day evening with Miss Anne Peterson of Rannoch as dem- onstrator, Mr. and Mrs, Ross Skinner and Mrs. Pat Otis attended open house at South Huron Dis- trict High School on Thursday evening. Miss Brenda Martin, of Lon- don, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Mar- tin, now living in this corn.. munity. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Jaques, Yvonne and Dalton of. Zion, Mr, and Mrs. Alvin Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cooper, Kathy and Nancy, visited on Monday evening with Mr, and Mrs. Ross Skinner. Sunday visitors with Mr, and. Mrs. Bruce Cooper were Mr. and Mrs,' William Baker of Grand Bend, Mrs, King of De- troit, Mr. and. Mrs. Horace Del-. bridge and. Fred of Winchelsea. Mr, and Mrs. Russell King and Eugene of Crediton. memories. So, all in all, does not Chia seem a very ridiculous com- ment to make about the U.S. flag, and it seems to me to be a very small and insignificant way to bring ridicule upon a ceremony of such great im- portance and one which is held so sacred by the Royal Canad- ian Legion. We will never gain strong independence and prestige in any walk of life by striving for that gain, through the ridiculing of others, Comrade Erie Heywood (President Branch 167) Exeter, Ontario, Shower bride The CGIT girls with their leader, Mrs. M. Lamond, .sored a miscellaneous shower for Miss. Ina Scott, bride of Saturday. The. program consisted of contests conducted by Mrs. La. mond, Miss Joyee. Kerslake read an address and the gifts were presented to Ina by the girls, The trousseau was shown by Agnes Scott, the wedding gifts by Barbara Ann Wallace, the fancy work by Barbara Garai- nor, the kitchenware by Doro- thy Scott and the linens by Anna Scott, Ma expressed her appreciation to all -and a deli- cious lunch was served, Ina was also presented with a shower of gifts from her friends in London. Personal items Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Miller and fam- ily Mr. and Mrs, Earl Opppnhou.ser and • family of Monkton, Mrs. Olive Scott Of Atisseldfile., Miss Joyce Scott of London and. Mr. Jack Robin- son of Mitchell, celebrating Betty Ann's second birthday. Mr. and Mrs.. jarnes Ramsey, nd. Mr, and a.rStg vce alvin Huller. Beth and .Rill. visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rain• soy and Bill. Mrs. Elmer Colquhoun of Clinton. is visiting with her sisters, Mrs. Sadie Scott and Mrs. 'George Wallace and other relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Walker visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Garnet Cock.well of Dashwood, and also with Mr. Alvin. Cornish and 'Mr. Lorne •Wassman of Exeter. A.nna Marie and Ingrid, -daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jioste of Seaforth dis- trict, visited on Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Calder hielcalg, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott and family of Goderieh spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Russell and were. Summing up On Nov. 11, at Remembrance were so amazed to see the flag time, everything about war and when you should know how the men who never came hack many countries fought side by seems to dig inside of me very side. deep. My throat chokes up and "As far as you, could see it my stomach goes into knots. I had no place there". Had you cannot explain the reason why been looking and listening to this is because I have never past Remembrance Day serv- had any front line action, My ices, I am sure you would have closest kin was my stepbrother known, why. You say in your killed in Italy. My wife's closest letter you enquired. I am sure kin was her brother who was the enquiries made by you were killed on. the HMS Battleship from persons who did not pay Hood. 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