The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-01-11, Page 15tt,
Winners of the 1983 Remenbrance,essay,
poetry and post contest sponsored. by the
Royal Canadian LegionBranch 309 Lucknow
were as follows
Essays; ante ediate,Craig Irwin, Lucknow
Central, Lan nig, Lncknow Central and
Tanya Nevefe it Lucknow Central; junior,
Allison Wardrop, Lucknow Central,.
Poetry, intermediate, Wendy Miltenburg,
St Joseph's Community School,, Kings=
bridge, Michelle Johnston, Lucknow Central
and Joyce Lane, ,, Lucknow Central; junior,
Megan Johnstone, Lucknow Central, Trina
Humphrey, Lueknow • Central and ;Diane
Broome, Lucknow Central., • •
Posters: intermediate, Michael. Curran,
Brookside Public School, Melissa Logten-
burg, ; Brookside .Public School and Julie
Pentland, Brookside Public School; juniors,
Clifford Fielder, Lucknow Central, Tony
Falconer, Lucknow Central and Jean• Me-
Whinney, Brookside Public Scheel. A total of
64 entries included .eight essays, 12 poems.
and 43 •;posters,'
Why Should A Child'Remember
In -1940 in Glasgow a little four year old.
boy stood in the doorway of ills: tiny -house.
He was • waving goodbye to his -father who
wasgoing' off to war -Little did he know -that- .
he would never see his: beloved daddy again.
This is the way a lot of little children saw
their fathers for the last time; during World •
War I,: and World War 2 Most of us no*
don't realize how much it hurt the children
when they found out one of their parents Was
killed. As some of us say: it was a war, a lot .
of people ;died, who cares? . •
Some little children wake up and yell
"Mommy, Daddy!" after they' have a, bad
ightmare. During the Great : World . Wars
ome tots woken up with nobody, •to call out to.
he childen of mygeneration just' sometimes
take if for granted that their parents _will • be
there to take them -somewhere, be there to
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gion Rementir (ince contest
hug alai kiss, and: fatally to support the
family;
s a lot ..of people know children eat an
awful' lot! During the wars there was terrible
rahooi g Today we are.free to use all the
things we need,in school.. Back then children,
were only allowed, to use, slates instead of
notebooks for each subject, •
`''Sometimes I tend, to forget it, but I'm very
lucky, so are most of the people in Canada.
This isour• country and • it's one : of the best
countries in the world to live in, and I. hope
Canada stays like that f breverl
Alison Wardrop,
Grade 6,
Luelnow Central School
What The Poppy Indicates To Me.
The. poppy indicates : to me,
The men that fought to set us free.
So many gave their lives :to fight.
They fought with- all their might.
Soldiers were in battle for years.
, -They •had so many fears.
Bombs and guns destroyed and killed.
Cemetries were- filled.'
Families; shed many tears,
, For they . missed their dears.
- So manyhusbands; wives would never
They all fought for you and me.
Therefore on the :11th day of November, '.
We honour and remember.
The poppies beautiful and red, • '
Say the. praise that is not' often said.
This is what the poppy indicates to me.,
Remember the heroes : who set us. free:
•
see.
Are Remembrance Day Services Important?
Remembrance Dail Has itaost.•meaning for
my ;generation? In my opinion 1 think it has.
If you go to any service you will: not find
many youth attending. To most of, us war
only exists on a television or in a book; yet
once. a year we grieve for .those soldiers we
didn't even know.. 1, as a band member,
attend the parade and service each year and
- it makes me feel sad for those families who
lost loved ones and friends in the war..I find
it hard to imagine what it was r ally like
because it happened so long ago.,
However, Remembrance. Day services are
still very important to the older generation
who do remember. We should never be
allowed to forget all the pain and suffering
that war brings. •Canadians should be
thankful for those soldiers Who laid down
their lives so this country could be free.
Maybe, the soldiers would want us to give
peace to the , world rather than dwell on the
past and the glories of war. Perhaps, our
duty to these brave men is not to let history
repeat itself. Let us try to understand other
nations and their differences.. By using the
freedoms the men fought to receive we could
accomplish these things. I think , that we
• should look more to'thefuture. than the. past.
.Craig Irwin,
Grade 8,
Lucknow Central School
Wendy Miltenburg,,
Grade 7,
St. Joseph s., Kingsbridge
The Afternoon Auxiliary of the. Women's
Missionary Society of Lucknow Presbyterian
Church met on January 4 at the home of
Mrs. Ndble Johnston with 22 ladies present.
The president, Mrs: Morgan,Henderson:,
welcomed the ladies and opened the meeting
with a New Year's poem. Mrs. Austin Loree
led in prayer. •
Mrs. Ross Cumming+had the Bible Study.
She pointed out th�t this New Year was an
open door which prbsents many opportunit
les to all' and that many people here at home•.
Why Should A Child Remember
A .child should .remember,
I.n many different ways,
Because of the brave men,
Who fought and died, those days,
They starved themselves.there was no food,
They all were willing • to come when called,.
And if they didn't fight for us,
�
We mightn't be hear at all.
Why should I remember?
Because of my freedom,
- From those who fought,
And died' in the •.terrible war,
Who did they care for?
They cared for you and , me,
And why did they fight?
So we would be free,,
I know I should remember,
The brave people who died for me, '
Because they wanted us,
To live happily with our families,
They wanted us to ' live in peace,
And all wars in the world to cease,
They wanted our country free,
To sir g, and to be happy.
• Megan Johnstone,
Grade 5,
Lucknow Central School
are missionaries taking advantage of these
open ;doors:
Mrs. J. E. Little read `the highlights from
the Glad Tidings which included the presid-
ent's ' message for the New Year. Mrs.
William Henderson gave an interesting
reading. on,' The New Year.
The Mission Study this year is on Central
Africa: Mrs: Ken Laidlaw very capably told.
of conditions in many of these countries and
of the . church's help to these people. All
churches are concerned with the poverty of
many of these countries.
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