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Exeter Times—Advocate
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
LEGION CELEBRATIONS
Legion members attend Decoration Day ceremonies
at Exeter Cemetery (2004). Back L to R: Ray
Hodgson, Bill Wilds, John Brintnell, Bob Reynolds.
Front L to R: Glenn Robinson, Ronald Helm,Vera
Armstrong, Fred Simms, Howard Holtzmann.
President Ron Helm and Honours and Awards
Chairman Comrade Bill Dougherty present Comrade
Lloyd Lindenfield with his long service award after 60
years of Legion membership. Lloyd is a veteran who
served with the Royal Army Service Corps of the
Canadian Army in France and Italy during WWII.
Poppy Funds
The distribution of poppies and
the sale of wreaths during
the two weeks leading up
to Remembrance Day
raises the funds necessary
for the Legion to operate
Service Bureaux which act as
advocates for veterans, ex -service peo-
ple and their dependents seeking com-
pensation from the Government for ser-
vice incurred disabilities. Every year in
excess of one million dollars of the
money collected as a result of the annual
Poppy Campaign is also used for direct
assistance for ex -service people and their
dependents in financial distress.
Examples of the uses Poppy Funds are:
payments for food, accommodation,
utilities, clothing, educational assis-
tance, furniture, medical, dental
and optical services, and
hospital comforts. The funds are a
blessing for the many thousands helped.
President Ronald Helm centre, with the two recipients
of the Royal Canadian Legion Meritorious Service
Award. On the left, Com rade Vera Armstrong, branch
secretary who received her medal for outstanding ser-
vice to the branch and the local community. Right
Comrade Eric Heywood, past president of the branch
received the Palm Leaf to add to his M5M for continued
outstanding service to the branch and local community.
President Ron Helm and Honours and Awards
Chairman Comrade Bill Dougherty present
Comrade Lorne Kleinstiver with his long service
award after 60 years of Legion membership.
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