HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-09-22, Page 5Royal Canadian Legion has
excellent seniorsprogram
To the editor:
Dia you know that as well as TO THE EDITOR
offering Youth Programs, such as
Public Speaking and Track and
Field, the Royal Canadian Legion
has a Seniors Program? This is a
program designed to aid all the
seniors in the community to fulfill
their needs. At present there is
special emphasis on Transportation
and Housing.
The Seniors Program also spon-
sors Gerontology Fellowships for
doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and
occupational therapists to aid them
in their studies of geriatrics.
My duty, as Branch Seniors
Chairman, is to do what.1 can to
ensure that the needs of all Seniors
in the community are met. 1 am as
close as your telephone (529-7633)
and would like to hear from you.
We are proud of the Senior
Program as well as our youth
oriented programs and hope we can
be of assistance to our community
seniors.
Sincerely
Ed Pyette,
Branch Seniors Proaram
Chairman,
Branch 309 Lucknow.
Calling all
SS#3
Ashfield
students
To the editor:
Plans are being made to hold a
school reunion for S.S. 3# Ashfield
(Kintail) in July 1994.
If any of your readers have names
and addresses of former students
and teachers, could they please
contact Marion MacLennan, R.R. 3,
Goderich, N7A 3X9, or Mary Lou
Barger, R.R. 3, Goderich, N7A
3X9.
Mary Lou Barger
The padre who was a hero in '42
by Marsha Boulton
DIEPPE, FRANCE, AUGUST 19,
1942 -- What winner of the Victoria
Cross during the Second World
War joined the ill-fated Canadian
troops on the pebble beaches of
Dieppe as a stowaway?
If you knew that Honorary Cap-
tain John Foote, chaplain of the
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry was
so determined to accompany his
unit into battle that he stowedaway
with only the tacit consent of his
superiors, you may also know that
although he could have left the
horror -- he decided to stay! •
Foote was a 35 -year-old Pres-
byterian minister in Cobourg, On-
tario when Canada officially entered
the Second World War on Septem-
ber 10, 1930. In the following
month of recruiting, Canada's for-
ces grew to 70,000 from a profes-
sional nucleus of fewer than 10,000.
Foote . was among the earliest to
apply.
When it became apparent that
Canadian troops were to •finally be
sent into battle on the secret mis-
sion dubbed "Operation Jubilee,"
Foote's commanding officer sug-
gested that the popular padre stay in
England since he might be needed
more than ever after the raid.
"I'll make my own arrangements,
and if you see me on the beach you
can order me off," replied Foote.
Along with close to 5,000
Canadian troops, Foote joined in the
early morning landing at the chalk
cliffs off the small port and
gambling town of Dieppe. It was
the first time most of the men
confronted combat, and it was the
first time the Allies had determined
to test their ability to launch a
large-scale amphibious raid on
Hitler's continental fortress.
The battle lasted for nine savage
hours during which the troops faced
constant, deadly fire.
Foote attached himself to a
Regimental Aid Post on the beach
and set about helping the wounded,
constantly exposing himself to the
hail of bullets. When evacuation
efforts began, the burly padre car-
ried wounded men from the ex- .
posed beach to the cover of landing
craft. "Every man carry a man,''
Foote shouted to all who could hear
him. He may have saved as ,many_
as 30 lives and his courage set an
inspirational example.
As the last boat departed, Foote
returned • to the beach. "The men
ashore would need me far more in
captivity .than any of those going
home," was his belief.
Nine hundred were killed at
Dieppe and nearly 2,000 were taken
prisoner. Padre Foote and medical
officer Captain D. Clare, both chose
to be voluntarily imprisoned with
the captured men and they led the
grim column of captives on the
march to prisoner of war camps
where they stayed until the end of
the war.
RIPLEY - HURON
FALL
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