The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-05-02, Page 4QEP ,--GQPERIICH SIGNAL -STAR, TH6RSDAY, MAY ,2, 1974
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Last week's column, if you
recall, hada smashing ending.
It left .yourhero asleep in 'a
small hotel in a small town in
`Germany; Lahr, home of most
of the Canadian Nato forces in
Europe.
Up betimes, after 14• hours
sleep, and tottered down to the
dining -room, smelling for cof-
fee. ,Hadn't eaten for 16 hours.
And -it was there, sipping' a
coffee and cognac, in an effort
to get the bones moving, that
my, crazy kid brother, the
Colonel, found me at 7:30`a.m.
We exchanged our usual fond
greetings.
Him: "Hello, you Clot. Just
up? ,Supposed . to be on our
way."`
Me: "Hello, clot. Yes. Who
cares? I'm ding."
Him: "You're getting a little
thin on 'top, like Dad."
Me: ''You're getting a ,little
thick in the middle; like Mum."
The contrast between us was
never clearer. Hje was spic and
span, gold braid gleaming,
fre4h-shaven, full of beans,
ready to hit the road for Ram-
stein, his base.I was in a rum-
pled flannel shirt, sock feet, urn -
washed, 'unshaven, uneombed,
and ready to hit him for
showing up so early.
He's always. like that. - And
I'm always like that. He comes
flying out of nowhere, talks a
blue'' streak, tells a hundred
stories and goes dashing off to
somewhere. I come ,dawd'ling
out of sornewhei.e, sit around as
taciturn 'as a turtle, and go
dawdling -off to nowhere.
He's a hustler; I'm a poke.
Perhaps that'swhy he's a
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colonel and I'm more of a ker-
nel.
Anyway, . it's a great com-
bination to throw together for a
three-day crash course QP Ger-
many — a hustler and a poke.
• I must say we didn't have a
cross word in those three days.
. Although I admit I thought he
was going to have a baby when
he came to pick me up for lunch
with' the Commander -in -Chief,
a four-star general, and found
me still in bed. That was at
11:30; lunch at twelve noon
sharp "And 'you don't keep
- generals waiting and we have
fifteeri:''•miles to ,'d;riye," We
made it with 19 seconds to
spare.
And he wasn't exactly chor-
tling when we started off to
catch the plane home and after
we'd driven like a bat out of
hell for ten minutes, I observed,
• "Gracious to goodness, I've left'
all my mosey in your apart-
ment; we' Clave to go back."
He didn't say a word, lint there
-was steam coming out of his
ears, and I think he lost a fair
bit of enamel off his molars.
4 But that was later. Let's go
back to Lahr, where I left you
breathless to read what would
happen next. There we are. He
. is hustling me out of `the hotel
and I am dawdling and poking
in his wake.
Lahr is something of a com-
pany town, vyith the Canadian,
forces as the "company".' The
town itself has about 17,000
people^, plu.s 12,000 Canadians
on the periphery. A big Jindustry
for the town.
There are about . 5,000',
Can,adians in the militar•"y.. The
rest are made up of families,
teachers, and assorted odds
and sods.
Canadian forces there' make
a real effort to get along with
the German community and
are closely knitted with it. In- '
terestingly, the Canadians do
All their dealings incGerman
marks, while the Americans, at
their, bases, deal in U.S.
't
s
g
home...
And thea troops never forget
that -they are there on serious
business, not on aEuropean
holiday.
I •received fan impression,
Perhaps wrong, • that the
Canadian forces feel that they
are somewhat forgotten, that
the folks _at home are rather
apathetic +gbout the boys in
dark green, the '"violent,
obedient cines" out there on the
periphery with guns.
• This is, not exactly .assuaged
by the heavy cuts in our armed
forces in Europe. These have
been cut approximately' in two
from 10;000.to•-5;000. 'Tie lard
forees'•are down from a, brigade
dollars. ,
At . Lahr,' the Canadians
publish a lively daily
newspaper, Der Kanadier; have
heir, own churches: excellent
chools; and sports facilities,.
More. But of course, it isn't
to a brigade -group. The air arm.
has been whittled from twelve
squadrons. in 1954 to three
squadrons of attack fighters in
1974..
This hurts, if you are in the
service. But morale is high,
despite the, ancient Centurion
tanks, and we have cracking
good troops in the front 'line,
made up of tanks, commandos
and infantry. -
In the air, we have, to quote
.a well-informed source (mv
brother), "The best pilots in
Europe", and he means it, with
no blarney. They are sill
fighters, and they have a vital
role called "first attack". More
of this later.
„Bial• let'e get back to Lahr,
and get yin with this wretched
trip of mine. My ✓other is now
hustling me intois car. The
town is pretty with spring
flowers everywhere, a. change
frond,' blizzards. There is a
branch of the Bank of Mon-
treal. And there is .lack Thom-
son and his wife.
He's a firsU coas'in of ours.
They live in Winnipeg. It could
happen only to me. I fly four
thousand miles to savour the
ancient hostelries, cathedrals
and castles of old Germany,
and I wind up sitting,>at a kit-
chen table talking and drinking
with -a cousin I've met once
before in my life.
I don't think we'll make it to
Ramstein, destination, but-
-•owe' ll have a . try nelct. week.
Social note for Western
readers: Cousin Jack was in his
underwear, and his wife in her
nightie, when we arrived. °'°
Child
Injured
For the second time in two'"
weeks, Goderich Municipal
Police report, a child seriously
hurt while 'riding a -bicycle.•.
Christine Ereemon, ' '10,
• daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick .
Freeman, 151 St. George's
` •Crescent, rode her bicycle into
the side of a truck,. April 27, at
the corner of Blake Street and
Bayfield Road.
Christine ..suffered broken
ribs and punctured lungs. She
was taken to Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital where
her condition ' is listed as
satisfactory.
The truck involved . in the
misha,p was driven by Bruce
DeVeau, Dartmouth, N.S. It is
registered to Plested Equip-
' Ment Ltd., London.
Police laid no charges.
.On April 22, police reported
Keith Glazebrook, 5, suffered a
broken leg...aa the result of a
.similar- accident at Wellington
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Goderich's Pro -Life. Week
will begin on Sunday
ecently < a proposed
Proclamation to hold: a Pro -
Life Week, May 5th - 12th was
presented to Town Council on
behalf of the Goderich Pro Life
Group, presented by the Chair-
man, Mrs. Connie, Osborn and
Rev. Peter St. Don, Bethel Pen- Clinton, Kingsbridge and
tecostal . Church, Chairman of surrounding areas.
the Goderich Ministerial - An information Bus will be
Association, and Honorary located in Clinton, in front of
Chairman of the One Million theTown Hall on May 3 and 4'
Name Petition for the area, (Friday and Saturday) and in
The resolution was supported 'Goderich yon `May 10th anti
by 15 clergymen of Goderich 11th in Goderich on . the
and area, .several doetors�'. Square. A slide presentation
General• 'Hospital 'ad will be shown at specified.,tirn,es,,,
ministrator, and Nursing , and educational information-
Supervisor
nformationSupervisor and the memberal i .., =will be available. Questions
w11 ,be answered. The petition
will be available to anyone who'
wishes to, sign it.
A'concentrated effort will be
made through the churches on
the Sundays included, in 'Pro
sanctity of all life. To accept
this in principle was asked by
' the Chkirman of the group.
The town Fathers rejected it
on a vote of 5-3.
The Pro Life Week is going
ahead as planned in• Goderich,
of the Goderich Pro. Life G'rbtirp;
numbering' 200. -
The resolution was to
Proclaim the week of May 5th -
12th as Pro -Life Week and to
•urge the citizens of Goderieh to
not only. protect the life of the '
unborn, but also to uphold the
Dijngannon III
has meeting
The -Dungannon III club held
their fifth meeting on April 24 -.
in the basement of Christ
Church Port Albert..•
Roll call was "One'aid 'hich
will improve storage in our
bedrooms'.
For discussion . the girls
talked about good health habits
that contributed to the com-
plexion.
Lif- eek. The deadline for the
ition is June 30. The'
petition will be. presented to
parliament in the Fall. Anyone
who l be 18 by fall but;
underswiltannotds the abortion
problem may sign with their
age in bracket's. Individual
signatures are necessary.
An invitation was received
from the Brantford Right, to
Life, to join them in a Silent
March on Mother's Day from 2
p.m. to .3 p.m. meeting at St.
Joseph's Cemetery at 1:30 p.ni.
In Brantford Hospital„, 273
,,babies died last year by. abor=
tion. Pro -Life people ;'who
might be travelling• home for
Mother's. Dakry in the vicinity;
are asked to give, up- one'ho ;r
of their time to join the March,
in remembrance .of the un-
born's
lives who were taken by
abortion.
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