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DISTRICT WERALS
NOW RE-ORGANIZED
.1\lorth. Huron and Huron-Bruce Liber-
al Associations Merged Into One
Organization with Alex Alex-
ander of Grey' As president
.Hon. Norman McLarty Says Premier
McKenzie King Needed At The
Peace Table
At a meeting of the Liberal Assoc-
iation of North Huron (Federal) and
Huron-Bruce (Provincial) held in the
Town Hall here on Friday evening it
'was decided to amalgamate these as-
sociations into one organization. It
was the opinion of those assembled
that this would make a Much more ef-
ficient. organization.
The officers of the association are:
President—Alex Alexander of Grey,
1st, Vice-Pres.—H. C. MacLean of
Wingham.
2nd. Vice-Pres.—Frank Fingland, K.
C., Clinton.
3rd. Vice-Pres.—Dr. E, J. Weiler,
,Sec'y.-Treas.—Cecil Attridge, Gode-
rich.
It was decided that the chairman of
the municipalities would be arranged
for by the executive in co-operation
with groups of workers in those var-
ious municipalities.
Hon. Norman McLarty
The special speaker for the meeting
was the Hon. Norman McLarty, Sec-
retary of State of Canada. He was
introduced by Dr. Shaw of Clinton.
The minister said that much water
has gone under the bridge in the last
five long, weary years of war. The
people of Canada, he said, would not
let down their effort until the war is
won. If a person would look at the
war with celestial eyes we could see
that the war is about to be won. He
spoke of the vicious attack of Japan in
the East and said we sat by at that
time and at the time Etheopia was ra-
vaged a little too complacent. He told
of the spreading of the war, over the
Pacific, in India, Burma, North Africa,
throughout Europe. Now we' find that,
the tide has turned. We are in Nor-
mand!, Cherbourg and Caen have !been
retaken.. We are progressing in Italy
following a successful issue in North
Africa. We have conquered the sub-
marine menace and Nazi have almost
disappeared the air. Hitler had n.said
that for every plane that attacked
Germany 100 would attack Britain.
How wrong he was. It is two years
since Stalingrad and during that time
the Russian armies have pushed the
Germans back 1000 miles and are now
on the door step of Prussia. Our arm-
ies are ever moving onward.
It has been suggested he said that I
give you'the date of the election. That
cannot do, he declared„but I will say
that it will be prior to June 1,5th., 1945
and I do not know that it will not be
sooner.
When the election comes there are
three things that the people,„will have
(Continued on page six)
Silver Wedding Day
On Monday, 1.Mr, and Mrs. C. B.
Armitage received congratulation s
from a host of friends it being the
'25th. anniversary of their wedding.
40 Years Married
fl
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs,
William Field who on Saturday, July
14th., were 40 years married. Mr. and
Mrs, Field were married July 14th.,
1904, at Whitechurch by the Rev. C.
C. Kaine.
TREBLES TOURNEY
WELL ATTENDED
Twenty Six Rink's 'rook Part In The
Play
The trebles tournament held on
Monday night was very successful.
Twenty-six rinks took part, Brussels
1, 'remoter 1, myth 3, Lucknow 4,
Goderieh 3, Seaforth 2, Walkerton 2,
local 10. Three ten end games were
played with a plus of 10.
1st, prize went to the Goderieh rink
of L. Young, H. Sanderson, J. johtt-
iton, Skip, with three wins and a plus ,
of 14: 2nd prize winner was a Walk-
erton trio, Mel. Parson, L Me
..
R.. Bittkley, skip, with three wins and
a plus of 11; a Winghana rink were
Brd,- C. Deans, Gordon MaeKay, Art
Wilson, skip, With throe Wins, Plus 10;
4th prize also went to Goderieh,
Biker, George Maawatt, Bert Sand,
erson, skip, With two wing, phis gO.
: o. • ,
POLITICAL POT IS
• 'STARTING. TO BOIL
Executive of the Progressive Conserv-
ative Association of North Huron
Meet Here
Political activity in the riding of
North Huron has been stepped up
this past week and many people are of
the opinion that things will move in a
quickened pace before long. On Fri-
day evening the Liberals of North
Huron and Huron-Bruce held a rally
here. On Monday night the Executive
of the Progressive Conservative Asso-
ciation of North Huron held a meet-
ing with all parts of the riding repre-
sented.
That the Progressive Conservatives
feel that an election Is not far distant
is shown by the fact that one of the
main items to be discussed was the
date for d nominating convention,
This matter was left to a committee
with power to act. Prior to the meet-
ing Mr. L.• E. Cardiff, M. P., enter-
tained the executive members to din-
ner at Foxton's Lunch.
Plans for completing the organiza-
tion of the riding with renewed vigor
were made. Mr. Earl Desmond, M. P.
for Kent, organizer for the Progress-
ive Conservative Federal Party 'for
Ontario, was present and he urged that
complete organization be accomplish-
ed as soon as possible.
FRACTURED ARM
IN TWO PLACES
Mrs. Robert Currie Severely Injured
In Fall
When she fell on ,the terrace be-
tween her home and that of J. W.
McKibbon's, Mrs. Robert CUrrie frac-
tured her right arm in two places, dis-
located her • sho,Ulder, injured her leg
and was otherwise shaken up. She
was taken to Wingham Genreal Hos-
pital where the fractures were reduced.
She is still confined to the hospital but
is. progressing, as well •as can he ex-
pected for a woman of her age. She
is 83 years old. The accident hap-
pened Wednesday• evening last week.
It is the wish of her many friends
that she have a quick recovery. -
Engagement Announcement
Rev. J. B. and Mrs. Townend, Prin-
ceton, formerly, of Belgrave, announce
the engagement of their elder daugh-
ter, Jennie Dobson, R. N., to James
Wiseman Ratcliffe, 13. A., of Niagara
Falls, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rat-
cliffe of St. Marys. The wedding will
be in the United Church, Princeton,
on Tuesday, August 8th., at 2,30 p. m.
On Trip To Northern Ontario
Or, John W. Hanna,, M. P. P., is
leaving on Friday with a selected com-
mittee who will visit Hudson Bay and
Cochrane. Their special mission will
be an examination of the legnite fields.
Mr. Kelso Roberts is the head of the
committee making the trip and in the
party will be Mr. Danna Porter, min-
ister of planning and development.
BUTTER RATION IS
CUT FOR AUGUST
Coupons Nos. 72 and 73 Not Valid
Until. August 10th.
The Prices Board announced a tem-
porary reduction in the butter ration
next month by postponement until
August 10th, of butter tcoupons 72 and
78, which otherwise would have been
valid August 3rd, Butter obtained on
July 20th with coupons 70 and 71 thus
must last consumers for three weeks.
The coupons are good for eight oun-
ce; of butter each. In May, the board
announced a temporary reduction in
the June butter ration by similarly
postponing 'the valid date of coupons.
The announcement said coupons 74
and 75 will be valid •August 24th, A
reduction has been made in quotas to
hotels and restaurants,
Action was taken by the board after
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics re-
ported that butter supplies in Canada
July 1st, were down nearly 5,000,000
pounds front stocks on hand at July
1, 1048.
Produetioti of creamery butter In
Canada so far this year shows a de-
cline of slightly more than 5 per cent,
while butter consumption' In Canadit
has increased approximately 16 per
cent for the taitle period.
BATTERY OFF TO
CAMP SATURDAY
99th (Res.) Battery Has 53 At Camp
and 21st. Regiment Headquarters 10
On Saturday the main body of the
99th. (Res..) Battery R.C.A., left for
Petawawa where they will be in train-
ing for two weeks. They will arrive
back here July 30th. The battery roll
numbered 53 officers and other ranks
while the Regimental headquarters
totalled 10 officers and other ranks,
The Regiment is composed of the
local Battery, the Kincardine Battery
and the Listowel Battery. The regi-,
ment will be under command of Lt,
Col. George Howson of town and on
his staff are Capt. George Ross, guar-
master; Capt. W. S. Hall, adjutant;
Capt. W. A. Beecroft, chaplain; Capt.
T. B. Stewart, training officer; Lieut.
J. H. Crawford, orderly officer; R. S.
M. W. Seddon; R,Q,M.S. E. Walker;
Sgt. Neil Williamson; Sgt. Howard
Fuller. •
The battery will be in charge of
Major Waiter VanWyck and his of-
ficers are: Capt. W. B. McCool, Capt.
J. C. McNab, Lieut. D. R. McLean.
Other ranks attending the camp are;
B.S.M., Lewis, E.; B.Q.M.S., Ken-
nedy, D.; T.IB.S,M., MacLean, C.; Sgt.
Durst, P.; Sgt. Brooks, H.; Sgt. San-
derson, G. R.; .Sgt. Heal, J.; Sgt..Wal-
pole,' J. N.; Bdr, Deyell, W. N,; Bdr.
Sanderson, L.; LIBdr, Bailey, J. E.;
Gunners, Adams, G. A.; Backer, J. M.;
Brooks, G.; Casemore, C. C.; Craw-
ford, W.'"T.; Dubeau, S.; Elliott, R, B.;
Foxton, R. H.; Fulton, G.; Gaunt, H.
G.; Howes, J. E.; Heibein, W. C,;
King, L.; Kress, W.; Lockeridge, J.
G.; MacDougall, R. L.; MacDougall,
j. M,; MacLeod, D. G.; McTavish, C.;
Mowbray, A. M.; Morris, R. A. J.;
Ohm, F. W.; Peltch, W. L.; Riley, J.
0.; Steurnol, E.; Schiestel, W.;
Schatte, D. K.; Sullivan, B. H.; San-
derson, D.; Town, G. .R; Tucker, F.
J.; Templeman, W. H.; Tovvilsend, L.
A.; Walker, S. J.; Willis, J. K.; Lud-
wig, J.; Armstrong, C.; Hunsburger, J.
A,
THREE LOCAL CHURCHES
TO MEET NETHER
Summer Time Union Services By St.
Andrew's, St. Paul's and the
United Church
During the six weeks period, July
23rd. to August 27th., St. Andrew's,
Presbyterian church, The United
Church and St. Paul's Anglican
Church are co-operating in Summer-
Time Union Services. July 23rd. and
30th, all three congregations will wor-
ship in St. Andrew's church at 11 a,
m. and 7 p, m. with Rev, Kenneth
MacLean in charge. On August 6th
and 13th., Rev. E. F. Armstrong will
conduct the union services in the 'Un-
ited Church, on August 20th. and 27th,,
Rev. E. .o. pallag her will be in charge
at St, Paul's.
Attending Camp Near Dunnville
•%--Misses Mary Ross and Marjorie
Hobden are attending Camp Owaissa,
near Dunnville on Lake Erie. They
were accompanied as far as Hamilton
by Mrs. Ross and Miss M. E. Adams.
Acknowledged Receiving Cigarettes
1/4During the past week the following
overseas acknowledgements were re-
ceived •by the Legion for , cigaretttes
sent: E. J. McClenaghan,iJ. W. Whet-
tlaufer, 'W. 3. Hamilton, J, A. Ham-
mond, R, D. St. Marie, W, M, Abram,
J, M, McKague, G. C. Irwin.
Ladies Bowled At Lucknow
Two rinks from Wingham attended
the,, Ladies' Trebles Tournament in
Lucknow on Wednesday last week.
The rink composed of Mrs. Herbert
Campbell, Mrs. S. N. Hare and Mrs.
A. R. DuValoskip won first prize, The
other rink Mrs. Wm. Currie, Mrs.
Frank Sturdy and Mrs. Alex Craw-
ford, skip, placed fourth.
Red Cross Concert At Belgrave
The annual out-door entertainment
of the Belgrave Iced Cross will be held
at the home ot John ',McGill, Con, 4,
Morris, on Thursday this week, July
20th. There will be bingo, dancing,
and a good program by the Miss Mc-
Gregor Concert Co., consisting of mus-
ic and comedy*. The draw for the
lucky ticket on a yearling heifer will
be made during the evening. Come
enjoy an evening's fun with the Bel-
grave Red Creal, ,
WITH THE. TROOPS
It is considered a great honour to
be chosen for the Pathfinder Force by
members of the R.C.A.F. This honour'
has come to one of our WinghaM boys,
F. O.. Darrell Biggs, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Percy. Biggs. The work of the
Pathfinders is "a thrilling, important
task. They scout the targets and
mark them for the following streams
of bombers, They use a bomb sight,
the Mark XIV which was first made
available to them in. August 1942. Dar-
rell is a navigator and as such holds the
most responsible position in the crew.
It is very seldom that fliers who have
not had much experience in operations
over enemy territory are chosen for
this job but Darrell in a recent letter
tells of seeing the robot planes. He
said "I got a great kick in London of
seeing the darn doodlebugs as there
was practicallysa continual raid on and
I remember on Tuesday night it start-
ed about eleven thirty just when we
got to bed and I went over to the
window and could see a dozen or so
pencils of white searchlights probing
the sky over London'and in the centre
of the cone of light Was the white sil-
very object. It realty looked sort of
beautiful and fascindting. I watched
it come across the city, very high up
and toward Greenford, then we heard
the chug, chug of the motor and in a
minute or •so the motor cut out and
the whistling sound began as it began
to glide down, its really weird and then
followed a terrific, explosion. You
know I often think some of these
people back at home, could see a little
of this over here they 'wouldn't be so
ready to grumble and sit back. I ad-
mire these people here so much as it
is a terrible strain 'every minute not
knowing when these things are com-
ing." * * *
When the H.M.C.$, Athabaskan was
sunk John Wesley Maguire, a nephew
of Mrs. R. Maguir4 of town lost his
life, . He is .the, sont of, Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Maguire of Evansburg, near Ed-
monton. Mr. Maguire, the boy's •fath-
er, was born and raised in Morris, and
Ayill be remembered by many in this
community. Two brothers are serving
in the Canadian Army Overseas, Rob-
ert and William. The latter visited
here with Mrs. Maguire a few times
when he was training at Camp Bor-
den.
* * *
Word has been received here by Mr.
Percy Stainton and his sister, Mrs:
Herb. Fullk that their brother, Sgt.
Air Gunner, Wm, Charles Stainton is
now presumed dead. He was listed as
missing on May. 28th, following oper-
ations. This community extends sin-
cere sympathy to Mr. Stainton and to
Mrs. Fuller...
* * * *
r. and Mrs. George Hall have re-
ceived a cable from then' son, Willis,
that he is now in England. Willis was
with the fighting forces in Italy and
during one of the battles was badly
shaken up and has since been con-
valesing. Friends will be happy to
know that he is much improved.
* * * *
"-'Mrs. Borden Spears (nee Mary
King) has received a letter from her
husband, who is a Flying Officer with
the R.C.A.F., that he is with the Mid-
dle East Forces. He is very much
impressed with North Africa.
* * *
4...Mrs. W. T. Miller has received word
from her son, DeWitt •Miller who has
been with the R. C. A, F., in Ceylon,
for sometime, that he has been trans-
ferred to the British Isles.
* * *
4T James W. Coulter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. H. Coulter, 2nd. line of
Morris, left on Monday for Manning
Depot, Toronto, to join the R.C.A.F.
* * * *
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cook of
Westfield, have received word that
their son, Pte. Russell Cook has been
wounded on his left leg. Russell was
with the invasion troops, He is 20
years of age.
BINGO! BINGO!
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Legion every Saturday night
will hold a Bingo hi the Council
Chamber, Town Hall. The proceeds
are for Overseas Smokes and Post-
war work. Good prizes, By your
,presence you will aid this important
phase of Legion work.
ST. ANDREW'S it M. S.
HOME HELPERS ¶1'
Interesting Meeting Was Held At The
Home Of Mrs. E. R. Harrison
The Home Helpers Meeting of the
Women's Missionary Society of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian church was
held at the home of Mrs. E„ R, Har-
rison. The president, Mrs. W. A. Rus-
sel was in charge and offered the in-
vocation. After the singing of the
psalm Miss Walsh read the scriptilre
lesson from the 27th psalm. Miss L.
Taylor led in prayer from Glad Tidings'
Mrs, Russell extended a welcome to
the Home Helpers and also thanked
Mrs, Harrison for her hospitality. The
offering was received and dedicated
in prayer•by Mrs. D, Rae,
Miss Verna McLaughlin gave a pap-
er on the missionary work of the
church as prepared by Rev. E. H.
Johnston. Mrs. P. D. King read a
paper on "Lessons in Truth." A hymn
was sung and Mrs. W. J. Henderson
brought a message on "the beautiful
and lovely things that God has placed
around us". These papers were all
very much appreciated by the ladies.
The meeting closed with a hymn
and prayer by ,Mrs. K. MacLean.
SPARE-TIRES, WHEELS
WERE STOLEN OFF CAR
Were Removed From Percy Stainton's
Car During Thursday Night
Some time 'between 11 p. m. Thurs-
day night and 7 o'clock the following
morning Percy Stainton's car was
stripped of its two spare wheels and
tires. The police were notified but so
far no trace has been found of the
missing articles.
The loss of wheels and tires 'at this
time when others cannot be procured
is a serious one for Mr. Stainton.
In many places there has been an
epidemic of tire stealing ibut so far we
have been' free of this menace. It is
hoped that the culprits will be brought
to justice but the task of locating such
articles is most difficult for the police.
FLOUR MILL BURNED
AT HARRISTON
Midnight Blaze Destroyed Mill And
Endangered Nearby Property
Believed to have been caused by a'
motor which Operated the elevator,
fire shortly after midnight, Monday,
destroyed Walker's Flour Mills at
Harriston, and endangered a number
of other nearby commercial and resi-
dental properties. It was one of• the
worst fires in Harriston's history and
the loss will be high. The mill was in-
sured for $10,000 but there was no
protection against loss to the grain and
other contents.
It was believed that the blaze start-
ed on the top floor of the three-story
building owned by George Walker.
Flames spread rapidly and Harriston
firemen, with the help of the Palmer-
ston fire brigade, managed to save
about five of the ten carloads of grain.
No one was injured and no other
damage was caused.
This is the third fire this month for
Harriston, The other two were caused
by coal oil and•wood stoves and des-
troyed two frame houses.
Attending Masonic Convention
Mr. Fred W. Spry and ,Mr. Herb
Fuller are attending the annual meet-
ing of the Masonic Grand Lodge of
Ontario which is being held in Tor-
onto this week.
'Child Singer Visiting Here
%Miss Margaret Bradford of London,
is the guest of Miss Marjorie Cope-
land. On Sunday she was guest solo-
ist at the United Church, and Monday
evening sang over CKNX, Miss
Bradford represented London in Ont-
ario finals of the Snow White Contest.
For one so young, 13 years, she has a
most beautiful singing' voice.
Former Resident To Wed
The engagement of Miss E. G.-
(Betty) Taylor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Taylor of Burlington,
formerly of Wingham, is announced
to Mr, William Flint Campbell, son
of Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Campbell, Tor-
onto. The marriage will take place
in St. Paul's Presbyterian church,
Hamilton, August 5th. Miss Taylor
is a former Olympic hurdler,
KINLOSS FARMER, i
BURNED TO DEATH
vs
Samuel McComb Lost Life in Fire.
That Destroyed His Home
Trapped in his burning home Sam-
uel McComb, aged Kinloss farmer,
was burned to death when fire ravag-
ed his home on Monday, The house
was of frame construction and the fire
which started shortly after the noon
hour quickly made the building a rag-
ing inferno. Mr. 'McComb, over eighty
years of age lived alone and by the
time the neighbours arrived to assist
in fighting the blaze the fire had so
advanced that it was impossible to
check it. Lack of water also contrib-
uted to inefficient fire fighting. The
charred remains were not removed
.from the burned structure until even-
ing.
BLOOD DONOR CLINIC
HERE IN TWO WEEKS
Objective is 225 Donors. Leave Your
Name At 1VIcKibbon's
Arrangements have been made for
holding a mobile Red Cross Blood
Donor Clinic here on Wednesday
morning, August 2nd. No clinics were
held during July as headquarters were
setting up new quarters so that in-
creased donations could be processed.
As there was no clinic here in July
the local committee have set a higher
objective, It is hoped that 225 dona-
tions will be received, If your name
is not on the Blood Donor list leave
it at McKibbon's so that you may take
part in this vital war service. Your
donition of blood may save the life
of one of our fighting men.
Plenty Of Wild Berries
The berry patches in this district
have plenty of berries this year and
the people are taking advantage of
nature's assistance. •
Bowled At Seaforth
Three pairs. represented-the. local.
club at the doubles tournament at Sea-
forth on Wednesday. They were C.
H. McAvoy, and Donald Rae, Omar
Haselgrove and j, H. Crawford, Gor,
don MacKay and Murray Rae.
Institute Held Successful Party
On Friday afternoon the ladies of
the Women's Institute held an invita-
tion Bridge and Euchre in the Council
Chambers. It was a most enjoyable
and successful party with twenty-two
tables taking part in the play.. The
winners were: Bridge, 1st., Mrs. E. S.
Lewis; 2nd., Mrs. H. C. MacLean;
Euchre, 1st., Mrs, Joe. Schneider; 2nd.
Mrs. Frank Edgar,
Local Girl Mentioned
In Overseas Interview
In the Globe and Mail of Monday,
a local girl, Lieut. Ida Lutton, was
quoted as mentioning to Margaret
Ecker, who wrote the interview, that
the training that is being received at
present makes one very self-reliant.
Miss Lutton, the daughter of Mr. T.
Lutton of town, is with a Canadian
General Hospital in Britain in the cap-
acity of home sister whose duty it is
to look after the welfare of the nurses.
RED CROSS MADE
JULY SHIPMENT
Rooins Closed Until August 15th,
Last week the July shipment of the
Red Cross goods was sent to head-
quarters, It was a large shipment
as will be noted by the following list
of goods that was dispatched.
Hospital Quota-15 prs, Men's Py-
jamas, 5' Diapers, 22 tri Bandages;
British Civilian Quota-106 Girls'
Dresses, 2 Boy's Pants, 4 Boys' Shirts,
10 Boys and Girls Underwear.
Non Quota-20 Boys' Pyjamas, 11.
Girls' Dresses, 12 Girls' Nightgowns,
4 Blouses, 2 *Babies Shirts, 3 Babies
Diapers, 1 Nightgown,'51 Quilts, 1
Afghan.
Army and Airforce (Quota) Wool-
lens-5 Turtle neck Sweaters, Air-
force; 19 high neck Long Sleeve
Sweaters, Khaki; 10 Khaki Helmets,
12 pri. Glevegi 6 pr. Air Fotce Sox; 2
pr. Khaki So; 12 pr. Grey -Sox.
British Civilian Quota-)T Boys'
Suits, 3 Babies Dresses, 23 Girls'
Sweaters, 2 toys' Sweaters,
Non Quota,--7 pr. Airforce. Gloves;
4 Sleeveless khaki Sweaters, 1 Girl's
Sweater.
OVERSEAS LETTERS
FROM LOCAL BOYS
*ogle CoPiet; Five Cents VVINGHAIVI, ONTARIO, THUItSDAY JULY 20th, 190
The 'following are letters from Over-
seas which we are sure will make very
interesting reading for our subscribers.
The first letter is from Lieut. J. 'AL,
McKague 'written to Dr, and Mrs.
L. Stewart. s ra.,
Monday, Tune 1,9th,
Dear Dr. and Mrs, Stewart;--
As you will probably have learned,
by this time we are in sunny France,
a battlefield once more for the libera,
tion of Europe. We are very proud to
be practically on the spearhead of the
assault and to have played such a top
role on the initial phase. We have all
come through so far without a scratch
as far as Wingham is concerned and
are considering ourselves very lucky
as that certainly didn't happen to a lot
of the lads.
014 mother earth has become very
dear to us these days and we take re-
fuge 6 feet do"wn as soon as possible.
As a matter of fact I am writing this
down in the hole right now while the
guns are roaring over head like a
cloud burst. We are staying pretty
close to home these nights and-nor
spending much money. We are into,
the franc business now if we want to
dicker with the French.
The French people as a whole have
received us very kindly, it is just like
letting them out of jail. I have a great
time understanding them and they
have the same trouble with me. I wish
I had paid more attention at school.
The main trouble is every time I greet
them with "Bon jour' Monsieur" their
eyes pop open and say to themselves.
"ah he speaks French" and they are
away at 60 miles an hour with arms
flinging and' all before I can explain to
them that "Je parle un petite frangais."
This afternoon I had an operation
on a cow for a peasant lady where I
removed a large shell splinter from
the cow's cheek. It had penetrated
the fleshy cheek muscle and was lodg-
ed in 4 inches just against the lower
molars. She was very grateful and
fed me a bowl of the biggest straw-
berries I have ever seen.
This evening for recreation I had a
nice canter on a 'German Staff Offic-
er's mount, a fine horse, which was
left behind on their hasty retreat. I
also picked up a lovely German saddle
but I don't know just how I am going
to carry it to Berlin and back. It has
been pretty quiet the last few day§ on,
this sector so I suppose it is the lull
before the storm,
Once we get supplies and reinforce-
ments in to keep us going we'll make
that Bosh run so fast they'll trip if
they look around. It would be nice to
be home for Christmas this year,
Well I hope you are both 'in good
health, best wishes to you both, here's
hoping we will see you before too long.,
Sincerely,
J. M. MacKague
* * * *
The letter that follows is from Lieut.
Harvey Beccroft to his parents, Rev.
W. A and Mrs. Beecroft. Harvey
is in Italy and. the letter tells of
visit to Pompeii, ,etc.
12th June, 1944;
Dear Mother and Dad:—
On Sunday I took a group of gun-
ners in three lorries down to pompeii
to see the ruins and we, Jim Hazel-
wood and myself went through them
quite extensively. They are wonderful
and most interesting and in a fine
state of preservation, It took about
three hours to see what we saw, the•
principal points of interest but it would
take days to see it entirely. We went
from„Pompeii to Naples by train then
came right back after having dinner.
It is rather amusing travelling twenty
miles just to have dinner but the hit-
ch-hiking is excellent. We then went
to see the beautiful modern cathedral
in Pompeii which was completed in
1042. It is without a doubt the most
beautiful building I have ever seen. It
makes T. Eaton memorial in Toronto
look almost amateurish and as far as
Painting is concerned there is just no
comparison. The columns are all Cor-
inthian and carved front the finest
marble. The altar is marble as are all
the altars in the different shrines, The
campanile bell tower is a very high
structure with a wonderful view front
the 'top. An elevator takes you up
which runs as smoothly as the Peace
Tower only this one is equipped with
seats. The bells are of very fine quality
but the best music comes .from the ecl»
ossat organ above the entrance to the
church: organ music is played twice
a day and it is surprising the notribet
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