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first at pro
By Amy Neitarad
While she nervously
• awaitsthe results of the
DQninion levo!, Jessica
Mann, of Lrtck:now, isstill
bursting with happiness
over her recent provincial
first place win of art essay
she wrote for the Lucknow
Legion poem. essay And
piister-c ontest.
Afters winning at the
Legion senor Level fast
Bell, her essay, titled
"Rermember 'Tem", con-
tinued. on to the provincial
level where it also warn
first prize. The essay is,.
now being judged et the
national level, and Jessica:
said she hopes to find out
the results IQ a couple of
weeks, ,
am so `happy,,";. she
saki after whaling; at, the
provincial levet, $het
added that she had never
even gotten past the local:
Legion level before, After
learning of her 'first pl"ace
e say pi*
401 4404 WWI
r
win, .Tessio,& saidthe nett
day when she walked into
class, all of her classmates
started` clappiing. for her.
And when,. she was pre-
served with a4150 cheque
from the Legion, she said
she couldn't believe it, Wig
actually .for her,
Her family's stories, and
letters. that hadbegin. kept
from .the war sparked the,
ideas for her essay, The
watchwritten about in her
essay has been ..passed
tivsoca' ossoy
Rerrte ber Them
by Jessica 1VMano
As l run ups the stairs to
nny nnussty,,old,. attic., 1
. pause for a ninute, wial
rriy hockey cards be up
there:? ''ate qi sti*n r'una
throughnny mind, aver. axad.-
over . a ain, When f reach
the top of the stairs, % look
• around, '1 see an old:; chest
•
corner; a bookshelf
and art old crib. My cards
are •probably in the old
chest..!,-openthe lid and
tr"lslde'L fired"a sack of let-
ters,,.a few ' pxctitres and a
.watch. Disappointed that.
.my .,cards weren't there, :X
kick the box in frustration.:
l soon realize that alae
stack of letters, were all
addressed .to mygreat been when the plane. .
grandma and grandpa. crashed. 1. set the watch
' Curiously, %,open, a'few beside the telegr4rrr and
of the i tt rs and surto =-clo d the`iiil;
read A feelyng of guilt' With tear. tilled eyes >
swept over me, M' gimit,k. ran downstairs, l; feel" so.
pa. had written the letters sad. because of how',selfish,.
•to his parents when he.wac 1 'W4S , l picked up my
in the war: Each letter I jacket and. pin• nxy Poppy
read,. l learn about hour my on it. 1 walk down, to the
grandpa and other people cenotaph and join the
felt when tbeY were'in the =crowd of"°people. Through
war. the n3ifu.te of 'silence I
A,ri ongst the' stack of •stated proudly as °1 remaim
fetters • there . was a ber the letters. One sera-
telegrarnIt said: tence-.ro.nk through my
3nrie .13,11944 mind; They, fought for as;
Mr. and Mrs.'Watson, they • died, for as.
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that ;'.your.son Flight place Senior:?
Lieutenant ,James Andrew
Watson, 622 squadron was
the. pilot and`.
Gaptain...Laneaster:17$,
4 engaged on, an important
xxtl,.ission, over Berlin,
Germany,, on the night 27-
28 April 1944...The air-.
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April 2$- remaining crew
(6 ineinbers) were taken
prisonersof war. This
wat lx...Was fi trnd- at the
crashsite.
1 carefully; put the stag":
of letters back in the chest
snd• picked up the watch,
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down through the family
from a relative who fought
in the war, Her late grand-
father. Eldon Mann, also
served inthe war and
Jessica's father ;Mill has the
stack of letters, that were;
written home. Jessica said
that her father has always
had a great interest in the
history of the war and
added that this is starting
to rub off on her, After
visiting a war mtiseurn in
Alberta* she said since
:then she's become more
amyl more interested in the
warts history and will cion'
time to learn more about
it,
When . JessiAa first.
wrote her essay in her.
Credo, ?.,class at Lucknaw
Public Sehoal,. her > nglish
teacher, Joanne
McDonagh, 'asked her to •
ekpand ons what she had
first written, "1 didn't want.
to change anything in, my
essay," she said: 'I'm glad
I did now:
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