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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-07-03, Page 20Page 18 •- Lndmow Sentinel, 'Wednesday, ITO Dear Editor and Friends.: Although I've• not had time to ,vtrite, i think of you all: often and recently have. wor- ried, too, •wondering whether you escaped the dreadful tornado that did so much damage in Canada and across the border. We saw pictures .on our television and I was " reminded of my early childhoodon the prairies of Saskatchewan. •I have many memories of hiding either . in our cellar or out in open fields under wheat'stooks, which,. thinking back, would have given little shelter or protection. Strangely, :l never remember 'being .afraid. To us as children, . . too young toappreciate the danger, those were times of great excitement , • Forgive me for leaving you so Icing without a letter. You will understand wheal tell you there is always so much to do that no day is long enough for me: Apart from my home, family,"pets, garden, I am constantly involved with the work of "the Royal British Legion. As branch secretary, district secretary, .president of our local women's • section, member of area council and more .or less perrnanent delegate to National.Con- ference, I'pi never short of meetings or of minutes ta-type., andcorrespondence to deal with, Inaddition; I,also,seenn to be a perma- ', nent correspondent, so there are always ar- titles to prepare for our official apublica- tions. ', - Earlier in the year,. I attended , our Women's Section . Area • Conference , in Belfast, then Legion Area Conference- in Newcastle, a very beautiful spot at the foot • C July 3, 1985. • of. the Mourne Mountains.: As. a member of. Area Conference, I go up the night before for the pre -conference cocktail party and din- ner and meet all sorts of V,I.P.'s, some of them splendid guest speakers, e.g: the .G.O.C. Home Forces, Admiral Commis-^ ding Scotland and N.I., Grand -old -men from . other days who are full of . years and wisdom, new young Flag officers,. all sorts -of people...It's like this at National Con- ference as welt; I enjoy it all so'much that I never miss a single. minute -,and am able to give full reports on. my return not just as a .duty but asp pleasure. ' In between, I • often attend parades and gatherings around the country when other ' branches lay.up their Standards or dedicate. new ones. This year, of course, has been special as.the'40th anniversary of the end of the 'war. We had our -own • early. parade, to 'honor the.memory of a local V.C.-killed only, :.eight . days after winning his award and celebrate .WE day here. Then we travelled to Belfast for a most • impressive Legion parade to St: Anne's Cathedral,, Our con- - .tingent_ was joined by a group of Belgian . veterans who fought with the resisterlce in the war before escaping to Britain and being. sent to Dungannon, for training. We were, thrilled to bits to have.them with us. and you can'. imagine their excitement = and ours when we were joined, by Princess Anne: It was -the most magnificent service •I have ever attended' in: this particular Cathedral and very moving. We celebrate the peace but not.forget those who.gave their lives for ;our freedom; among them my owjl brother, aged 22,- a pilot shot. down over Europe, and . my. husband's brother,. •a • navigator :shot • down over Burma, It's all long ago now. • We;: had great.. fun with • the Belgian :.veterans who brought their wives and seem; -ed to enjoy every moment.of;their return. Between them they :wily had a very few DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC Horst Feige JD'.T. . 58. 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It meant acccompanying therm to of- ficial receptions, helping them to. shop, all that sort of thing and we also •entertained them, in our home.. The 'night before. they left, we gave them a terrific party in our Legion, such as.uccess, that we and they will. .not forget.it.'We sang all the .French. songs we could remember and French .Canadian songs;_ too. our Women's Section supplied a super supper and we all have an open invita- tion to visit in Beegiurn. any time we like. Last reek, I had a letter asking to•come in • September. I wish. I could but not this year. Maybe.next..That's what I'll be hoping. • Our,friends had hardly departed before I: ..Was ona plane for England -myself and very • proudly attended my son's M.A, ceremony in the Senate House, Cambridge University.. Since he graduated froni King's College with First ClassHonours, he has taken up work as a trainee reporter • for a firm a. Anglo-American ' publishers • with special• reference to the •Stock Exchange .and petro chemicals. Not ;long ago,` they sent- lion . briefly to Hamburg which he enjoyed very much.- He has also.. spent a holiday in . Florence;` Italy,. and this weekend .Where • should he be but ATHENS! I don't: like to think of him.there inthe• midst of •all this. dreadful hijacking but he has a friend there.' teaching :music and has long promised himself 'a trip. • I • listen to every news bulletin, .hoping the hostages will: be freed • but hating' the ;blackmail, How can anyone • be. safe in. a world that is .without honpur or . human kindness? When threats succeed,. demands will'only becorrie inore Outrageous' and atrocities more. horrifying. What. is the answer? -At the moment, they're talking of boycotting Athens Airport.: Will they wait long enough. to .let my:son .come home safe- ly? I have to hope they do After. Cambridge, I was back only a week 'or. two 'before it was time; to fly to Gatwick; enroute to the Legion's. National Conference in Brighton, a.few. days in Rustington.witha. "girl" who served with rne lit the wartime W..A.A.F., a few days in London to see my son and to Evensong;in Westminster. Abbey which was glorious beyond .words. My bus - .band's brother-in-law,., now retired, is a "friend' of: Westminster Abbey which means he's a volunteer worker there and escorts visitors froni all.' ver the world who come • to °see it: He is very' knowledgeable. and full of affection both for the building and • , its 'history .1; also spent, some time in St.: Margaret's • which is the Church ', of :Westminster 'Parliament •.and..the -Church . where'Winston Churchill was.married, It is- • very very old and .has particular connec- tions with America which has endowed it. • ,While I was there, 'it. was full of overseas visitors as vas .the Abbey and I was . astonished to' see masses of people of all agesbusy with brass rubbings. . Before I close, I must tell you that I've had . a lot of Canadian callers this year. One was a Mr. •'Jim Corriganwho couldn't understand why he and his wife had missed me during Dungannon. (Ontario) birthday celebrations in 1980; When. I showed him my book of cuttings he realized:for the first time. that there are TWO Dungannons in Ontario! He is a barrister and comes from the other one; though,he is, I think, now a resident of Otta*a. He and his wife were over to search for their roots in KILLESHILL,' just a few miles from here. . I was sorry to miss Mr. and Mrs. Fowler from your Dungannon. They tried to contact me on a day•when I do C.A.B. work in town and,immediately after.I heard about them, I , had to leave for Brighton.. However, the summer is only just beginning and I hope to see- many more visitors from your part of the world. As I'm sure you know; I'll help - them in. any way 1 can.. Also this year, .our roses promise to be better than ever which . means they should be really worth seeing,' '. Since he stopped "gallivanting.,, like me, my .husband' spends much of his spare time pruning, spraying and generally 'keeping . them. right. It means a lot of work • but. the results are worth every moment of effort: Please give my good wishes to everyone • who remembers Me and I'll hope to Bear, from many of you-againsoon when you have time to write I'm just, getting .my breath back after a hectic week when our Women's, Section hosted about 80 members from Group as well as catering for a meeting of area council which entertained V.I.P.'s Froin as far :south as Dublin. You'll understand why I;. get so little chance to letter -write these days. ' . I should tell you, though, that I now have am ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER; such bliss that h'wonder how :I managed 'for; so long .. with my dear old portable: To be. honest;/ I now have FOUR, machines, which is really three' too many: After this one, the rest are DISASTER•liutstill, I have to think of power cuts.With terroristsstarting up again, you never know. Last week' they tried, to 'demolish . the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions with"a'1,000 lb. bomb in Belfast and two nights ago, they shotdead a 53 -year- old full-time police reservist. Murder, destruction - can they make a better world? I thinlnot:. ' My love to. you all• . ; Mrs. Mollie Whitside' J • • 59 I{illyman Road Dungannon; Co -Tyrone, N. Ireland BT716Dq' A*xffiary enjoys potluck Eighteen :ladies ,"enjoyed ' a delicious potluck supper at themanse on June 25.. Later in the evening, Mrs. Bert Moffat open- ed the regular meeting of the Auxiliary WMS with the poem,. Dear Lord we pause to think—;.Miss Maudie Fischer gave a medita- tion on the. theme, We see what we want to, see as we look at the world. • After the singing of hymn 673, Mrs.. Nor- Receive information President Mrs. Clarence Ritchie welcom- ed the members to the general meeting .of the UCW. Mrs. Harvey Houston presided at L e piano. Mrs. Stuart: Collyer chaired the. itizenship and social action program with t e theme Better Impulses. Mrs. Clarence I win read the scripture, and the meditation as given by Mrs. Harvey Houston. The`of- f • ring was received by Mrs. Charles Ander- s ►n' and, • Mrs. Clifford Crawford, and d: dicated by Mrs. George McBride. The members were pleased to have two ff members from the Survival Through iendship House, Huron County, situated Goderich. They were, .property officer rry Hilgendorff,a policeman, and Judy slar, program officer. This house was of - Jelly opened fiallyopened on June 20, 1985. e function of this house is to give. e ergency short term shelter to women and eildren. who have •been battered, tr.nsportation• and support during legal pro- ce dings, access to counselling and any ial services: 'available, as well as on - g !rig self-help- programs for women after. th crisis. This includes, crafts, speakers, lif skill training, and large doses of mutual s port. . ldren receive attention too, in a caring st •F in Je Ci fi man Taylor presented : the topic on, A Modern Apostle of Korea. • A ladies trio, Mrs Ronald/Forster, Mrs. Frank Hawthorne . and. Mrs. William Henderson, sang Wounded for Me: The offering , was received, with prayer. The meeting closed' with the singing of hymn - 671 and the mizpah benediction on Survival -House and stimulating environment, while Mothers get a break. ' The. speakers 'gave alarming statistics to prove the •need of sueli a :home; One in ten women•are battered; and, it is happening in every class of,people. Changes in the legal system now consider it a criine. Twenty- four safe homesin the countrywork in co- operation with this main Survival House. The;•UCW was asked for help in different ways"The speakers wete introduCed by Mrs. William Bolt and thanked by Mrs: Vernon Hunter, Mrs. Hunter .had attended the of- ficial opening. Reports were heard from the various con.' venors., Mrs. Glen Walden reported two ;truck loads of recycling materials were taken to Brussels for the Mennonite relief work: ' Mrs. William Bolt reported two hundred` boxes of various articles were sent to Good --- will Industries in London. A number of knee *raps and aprons has been given to Pinecrest for the patients. Mrs: Gordon 'Cayley reported on Arsines- ty, CGIT, and. Presbyterial.activities. ' The . annual turkey supper will be held following anniversary service hi Oetober•,