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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
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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
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words of English and though my French is.
VER.Y.rusty, I was roped in as: Official inter-
preter. 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
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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
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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•,