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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-11-13, Page 7Remembering may force us to forget This morning, 1 dropped some change into a slot and picked up a red poppy. It reminded me that Remem- brance Day is upon us, will be over by the time you read this). But just what is it we remember? If you fought in the bloody battles of Europe, of course, you'll remember that. If your brother's plane was shot down over Burma, you won't forget that. 1f the laughing, red-haired kid next door went down with his ship in the North Atlantic, it's likely you'll recall that. Most of us, however, who lived in Canada during the war didn't suffer many hardships... still, each of us has our memories. Perhaps, some of you remember that for the first time in ,history, women moved into offices and factories, in droves, to take over men's work. Or, perhaps, if you like to deal in your car every year, you'll recall that, during the war, no cars were manufactured because all the TO MARRY - Steven and Jessica are happy to announce that their mom Debbie Sywyk, is getting married to Dennis Brock on November 29, 1985. There will be an open reception in Crediton on Saturday, November 30 at 8:00 p.m. All friends welcome. SAV 1.00 factories were turning out guns, bombs and other ammunition. Un- necessary trips were out of the ques- tion since new tires were almost non existent, and gasoline was carefully rationed, as were sugar and meat and even more tragic than those of the boys who were killed in action. Perhaps what most of us remember best -is the concerted effort on everyone's part to bring the war to an end. Grandmothers clacked their clothes. knitting needles and turned out -� It Seems to me... Today, we complain about the cost of a postage stamp, but we remember when we would have.paid any amount of money to receive a letter from a loved one who was overseas, telling us all was well. Some of us have hearts that still carry a terrible ache when we remember the yellow telegram that announced that things were not at all well, that a husband son or brother ) was missing or dead. There are still those of . us who remember the loneliness of hearing the haunting voice of Vera Lynnoing, "You'll Never Know", or "The White Cliffs of Dover," .... lonely, but somehow filled with hope. And we remember da cing 1 the dimly lit mess halls of t aining stations with boys who were far away from home and their own sweethearts. We remember, too, carefully scanning the casualty lists and the sick feeling of finding a name there we knew. We remember young men who were killed even before they got into battle, who died when a training plane crashed or through.some other acci- dent. We remember the sombre march through town, the muffled drums, the row of graves at the local cemetery, over which our flag still flies. Somehow, their deaths seemed by Gwyn Whilsmith thousands and thousands of socks tor the troops, or made up tons of ban- dages for the Red Cross. We remember the War Bond Campaign when everyone was urged to lend as much money as possible to augment the government's war budget. Even children got into the act.. .some of you will remember your school going into the bush to pick elderberries which the ladies of the community made up into jelly for overseas. We also remember some of the British children who were sent to our land by their parents because their own homes were being bombed. They arrived with their English ac- cents, their stiff little backbones, scared and homesick, but brave. And then, of course, we'll never forget when the war was finally end- ed ... first the one against -Hitler, and then the one in Asia. There was sing- ing and dancing in the streets, and the relief and joy we felt cannot be described. We were filled with an in- expicable hope that this was really the end to all war, that we could de- pend on life again, for ourselves and for our children. In these terrible days of nuclear bombs and missiles is it right, or even sensible, to remember all these things? It seems to me that remembering them may be the only thing that will force us to forget to make war, the only thing that will keep us from taking that last, horren- dous step. AeA AG No AG AG Ara Ae1t AG Ara Ste? Ara aq OM= Acs Aa• *AO Ara Aea Aea At14 WO A.:33 Wa R/g Give Her a Gift Certificate of 1 Beauty at g c ript3 1 3 3 SKIN CARE ( c' ) I Our lovely and pampering gift ofe"Christmas Beauty" is something no woman can resist. 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