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Veterans will return to
Ortorito for Christmas
Dar editor: ' Ortona to retake their Christmas dinner
In December of 1943, our brave of 1943. Our veterans will meet with
Canadian soldiers fought in the battle to their former German fees and bring clo-
liberate Ortona, lfaly„ These young Sol. sure to wartime memories that cannot be
diers of many regiments and from all erased.
across Canada valiantly faced a crack . •
German army. bent on following the
Ftilner'S order of "no retreat.” •
The battle 3n Ortona. was the hardest
street -by -street, house -by -house fighting.
Of the campaign to. liberate Italy. Our
Canadian, soldiers moved forward - by
inebes, feet then miles"- until they pushed
the Germans out of Italy: In winningthe
battle, the Canadians won a profound
respect from their opponents that only.
, they could truly describe. •
On Christmas Day, 1943% Canada's ' average Canadians from all walks of
soldiers, Pulled from the front line in life donated what they could. Our
small groups, sat down in a shell.,danl- -$100,000, fundraising goal Was achieved'
aged church in Ortona to have Christmas on Sept. 25, as a result of the efforts of
dinner. Our brave heroes sat 'humbly at • Canadians from coast to 'coast. In their
makeshift 'tables, drank out of tui cups, generosity, they showed our veterans
and ate their meagre dinners from metal their compassion, caring, and apprecia-
boxes. During this brief reprieve, tionof past valiant efforts. . •
,Canadian stildiers certainly paused to , •
reflect on family and mortal soul and • "Lest we forget" should hot be an
limb before they returned to the front expression solely reserved for 'Nov. 11 of
lines. Soldiers on both sides suffered lass each year. Instead,' it should reflect a fun -
of life immediately before,Auring and damental belief that is adhered to every
after this fire Of peace and reflection. 'single day. ,Canadians of future geriera,
This surnmer, in my capacity as a con-
cerned Canadian and the Official oppOsi-
tion critic for Veterans Affairs, 1 asked
Canadians to contribute to a fund.to send -
the veterans to Ofterta.' 1 then embarkd
on a trip across Canada to raise support,
The response from. Canadians. across
this,grea land was overwhelming, Radio.
persorialitieAand journalists from 'Across
Canada tor.* up the Cause. Thousands of
Draw
fllock - .
Parents
'star. alive'.
for now
Dear editor -
The Lucknow Block
Parent committee would
likcoo thank all who
supported the. ,recent
50/50 draw, which
allows us to be finan-
cially independent for
the time being,
We are still in need
of more Block Parents.
If interested. call 528.-
3427 or n8-3239.
Barb Helm,
Lucknow Block
Parent Committee.
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rm
• . The battle of Ortona did not' involve -a tions must, never forget the sacrifices •
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reprieve for Christmas., so once the meal, endured by Canada's veterans; casualties
Was done, our soldiers went back out to of.war, and their families. Time has not.
continue their fierce battle. healed the wounds of our veterans. They
Fifty-five years later, a veterans group, still grieve for long lost friends, and port -
organized by Mr. Edmund Oriffiths,„with der why the price of peace is so high. The
members from each regiment that fought • .1998 Ortona campaign has provided
at Ortona, will share a reconciliation din- Canadians with an opportunity to demon-
ner with the German Army veterans, This strate their appreciation for the courage
,grohp's simple yet heartfelt proposal and sacrifice.of olir Canadian soldiers.
involves sending 30. veterans back to ': ' ' • Peter Golding, MP,
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Dear editor: ,
Fanning is certainly an' exciting accil:
Pation and not recommended for. the faint
ef heart.. The 1998 growing 'season 0.4i1Ce,.
'again proved this. „•-• , • , •
It started out early with warm; dry
weather, then A tate frost, hen moire dry
weather mixed with occasional:rain in'
some areas and mere dry weather in other ,•
areas thatrendered some expensive her.
bieideS less than effective and gav,e-many,
George Madge, president of the Lucknow Lions
Club, just keeps on smiling. Once again he ,‘
-accepts a cheque to be used towards the
swimming pool renovation project spearhead-
ed by. the Lions. This one was for $1500 and
Nancy Hunter, on behalf of the rodeo commit-
tee had the honour of handing it over.
(Livingston photo):
act of low
ro uct prices
farmers a reason to re-evaluate their
cropping practices. Some crops flour-
ished with occasional while others
shnveled
Our area did finally' get a nice rain in.
August that likely helped the .cOnl' bushel
Weight, but gave the weeds some soy-
beans fields an even bigger boost,
The. harvest season was much, earlier
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t a
Urn to p ge 5
was first female councillor Leave things alone
-10 years ago, •
Noiember 16, 1988 . •
History .was made
in the village of
Lucknow follow-
ing the closing of the
polling stations here
Monday night. Por the
first thine in the history of
• this' community, a'
woman will have a vote
on the Village Council.
Joan Pollard, one of
. two women. seeking, a
•position, on the male
dominatedcouncil,.
placed second in the
overall voting thereby
'capturing one of the four
council seats up for bid.
Joan garnered). 426,
votes, secondly to the
.• leader George Anderson
who took 455. ;George
Gibson, a relative new
" collier to council, placed '
third With MO,
For the nam or the
O person who Will hold the
fourth and final seat on
council for the next three
years ratepayers will
have to wait a few days •
at least The fourth place
.,
finish nded wit.h incum-
bents Eldon . •,.,,,4,
Mann And
A ' ' b
Murray.
d e a ci
-lacked
with 364
votes-L*1c
. . ,
29 years aio
November 15, 19/8
eorge Whitb)i;•
Bud Hamilton
and • . ; Stuart.
Collyer show off the
Lucknow District fire
Department's new
pumper The truck, which
• Cost $43,000, was pur-
chased in Pierreville,
Quebec and brought to
Lucknow a week ago by
Whitby, Harnilt�n and
"'Stuart Reavie. The
department has been
budgetingfor the new
truck for the last
six years.
A special
S d •
tki turning
ceremo-
ny was
. held at the,
Presbyterian
•
church'sCamp Kintail
on Sunday afternoon to
Mark. the beginning of
the construction of anew
$250,000 dining hall,
health unit, .lodge and
sewage system.
Charley Lernmex
chairman of site develop-
ment, told those present
at the cereitiony that the
constructiorr,project rep-
resented' a "miracle" and,
an:"inveStment in the
youth and future of the
• church." . .• . 1 •.
' ''. • -
• 0 years ago
November 11, 1948'
T.h* matter of a race
track in Lucknow•
is 'riot yet a dead
• issue and periodically •
comes up fordiscussion,
at least, although definite
action is generally
. . ,
Directors of the
'Agricultural Society, at a
meeting last ,week, again
got around to discussing
the project; which is gen
-
orally viewed as essential
to the fullest success 61
• the Fall Pair.
Lane, It was the custom at
To whom it may concern;
Why are you going to
0104 our schools and
move the children' to other
schools?I think the' chit
dren should be left in 'the
schools : where they are
now, as you Closed the
schools a few years ago
andut the On buses.
, •
NOWyou. are complaining
of ,children not doing so
good whaesnth,ehys
children
used
to a new teacher they have
to learn more harder,. •
1. wOuldlike t9 see' the
children learn how to
make the alphabet talk.It
would be easier 'for them
to read u
1-1 he
• Luckaow.
More students in old
picture identified
Dear editor: . •
Re: the 'old' SS#10'
Ashfield school photo
The pupil to our left of
the' teacher , (on ,the
teacher's Aight) 'is George
',Lane (my father)„ ;
Thelady in the centre
of the photo (white tam) is
his sister Matilda' (Tillie),
that time to go back to
your old school on photo
day to be in the group.
The child my aunt TitIie is
holding we believe to be •
her nephew, .Clifford
Treleaven, brattier of Di.
R. L. Treleaven who was a
dentist in Lucknow for
several years.
Winnie (Lane) Wheeler
London, Ont.
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