The Lucknow Sentinel, 1946-01-31, Page 7THURSDAY, JANUARY .31, 1946
Cpl. Roy D. 'Webster, 'son Of.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Webster of
Windsor, returned home from
overseas last week on, the Maur-
• etHnia x iii`
Jack: Cook, 'Who` < has been
stationed' ..at Newfoundland ;with'
•the .R C A,F.,.. reached his . honiep
here on Monday., and will shortly'
receive %l s, discharge. •
•r
Pte. H C Blake of the:Royal•
Canadian.:RegirPient, son of Mr,
and Mrs Ernest •Blake, has .been
ostezi•froin, Woad. stock to Brock
In- a letter 'to, friends :.in the
village .last week,' . Eldon Buck=
ingham,, a r. patient in, Veterans'
Hospital, Peterborough, said he
was • somewhat : . im r"oved
p
health; after a. !setback Wi 'h' the'
'flu' .E1don's -letter-Was , quite.
cheerful
and encouY trgini:
111et, Him At St. Thomas
: Mr: and.' Mrs. Wm. d .`:1<Itirit_i
''and" Lor• a :: and Mr., `.and:'Mr.
1 u.
s.
od n
•`H�ter
, .�3., •. were at St Thomas
n,..Tuesda , ..
o . , to ;meet �T r � -
Y P. •W. J':
—Hutt r-:•- n- . _•
s t
M
fo o hr .arrival rom'•over 7
eas-..: Jim -r
eturrinrl=on--tlre- Imide
11''rance vvhieh�was '.
couple,:., n
delayed.
• a
ofcdays bY._roughweather-• 1,
Was On. ' Transport Dut
•Y
Among those.Who recently re- '
turned On the Mauretania was
11t: -Sgt - Robert.•'Simpson, 'soh' of
Mrs, A'. •A: ,J•" •Simpson_of .Kintail.
The last'few months he had been
on an R C.A.F..- transport squael•-'
',ran), -flying' ` from England. . to
Karatchi India.'wi h
stops,at. Tri=
a es ine,air •
.. • . ,..,and; other
The Luctnowr Sentinel, u.,o►w 'Ontario
DOUG`S DIA'R;Y OF,.
•
LIFE
IS GERMANY
nd
'install'm..ent
fThis iso -the- seco��
of excerpts. from letters 'Written
by • Hon.�Capt: R. Douglas Mac
.ponald, who is servirkg;as a -•-chi•.
lain with the Regina. Rifles
Germany;. '
•
December 3, 1945.
It's another. day's 'end, • and we:
have, passed through. Oldenburg
and are,, at. the moment,. installed
in a mansion that •belonged,to•the
Duke° •bf Oldenburg -moo ,we; are
told, by those wh'a staff the.lace.•
P
'Mansion describes the building,:
but the 'name should not : be al
lowed to imply, in your 'mind,:
any '"state'. of luxuriousness, as .it
is wont to indicate so often; Any
:elaborate furnishiing''s which may
have graced fhe. roorns here have,..
long 'since been removed either'
,by.the. Bodies, or by us. We''have
left: some .very elaborately 'ugly;
`chandeliers and : several' 'rather.
poor but very. large oils ri`aassiye
ly framed' in gilt.; The one luxury..
We enjoy here is warnit .•So far
T haven't -used- the- s1ee in" �:'b'" '•-
• p g. . ag,
because I ark'. using'it'as a'valise
�4
on .,th_i.s tr;i. --tQ,.tarry;.:]u.:
P ggage
:would' have; left in my trunk .6r1.-•
inarily; But once I' get settled
things should be ah ri ht because.
I'll empty'it `of ;:its• contents `a
�.• and
sleep-�in it. T.
l�
n.
We • left ' Munster this morn'
n�
b.,tr.
y trek- :•and -arrived -here•• -just-
-about 30.0 'hrs' Part 0:f -the jou: n-
et' was iri`a "Limey' truck and
the re', ander. ;. `. i n._ : a _.,
Ma . Canadian
one:: What drivers these : -
se Canad
tans 'are!' As Dad ould say"Me--
W,
thinks it is- • :Jehu' the 'son of
Nimsh .for he driveth' furiousl ".
Y..
points..
.very is . ow :
fractured` ver tebrae
in'':.his
reek, which he•suffered 'in. an
-automabile
accident'as , he: was; `t
nearin '. home . .
g on the last lap• of •
:_his retur w-
n,fr
• _u u
irr
_ -Fri-lily"...
"�:.er a s.is taus- -
�n
g•glliott• ,: i -lily: _
Y aWebster:..
A
,•g deal. of trouble. He hasi°been
slit . -�-=,. ,•
pped.up in- a •rigid'?neck and.
shoulder•
contraption for -. a- . few' h
weeks' , a 1.
and, the latest''. medYcal
report' is•: that,i
he Will have to
wear the
uncomfortable device
for soine ti
rile Yet as the fracture
is not- responding •. -
ponding satisfactcOly,
has 'relaxed the 'ran on, fraterniS.
ing, our brigadier refuses to allow.
officers to fraternise. The result
is that the_club-..._there, .but-prac=-
:tically°empty every night, So -you ✓'
•see, you .don't -'have. to worry -
about • your man. The ',brigadier
'don't•
allow it".t
•
December °r 7, •1945. .
•
-, .- PAGE SEVEN
Three. of us drove together into
Oldenburg. We .had: dinner at the
,officers'„ club there.' It is called
the .McNaughton Club;, and is
very fine spot, and, incidentally,
I'rn told, .was another•, of the 'resi
dentes. of the Count; of. Mend-,
burg. burg.. Col.; from C.1V1.I3:Q. arrived'
soon..after,-and we had out meet-
ing...;
eet-•ing ', There ;wasn't a .great deal
to. be done except;that he `answer
ed a lot of questions :that some
people had ready for ;him. From
it all I.'gathered:: one thing„ and
that pleased 'me. ever so much.:
I shan't be .over here '• for two
years as we thought -was possible
at lone' stage of the game.'
I .find ` that while I was arivay
I acquired a room• -mate. 'Ther
are a , good many, 'extras ..:her
abouts these da ys..be `
-,... .. m .Y cause of`e
ABOUT
iose., Income Tax Return
DON'T
Leave .it 'until ten minutes before
• train ,time on April 30: ' •
Whenyou. send -
• .t'ou'r ch. ,due is- Your business:
Gettingour
Y boob. in shape.. to ":snake the
returns..
etu : p s is in
rn My business;
11'.... Help 'You?
Box 40 . Ripley, Ontario,,•''•
pretty,' good turnout and we ,had
e quite a good. service. 'It was
y held
trial of Kurt Meyer,' '"the S. S
bloke.whois 'accused, as- you
knd
'�,, .' ..o#-:,.havrri-.....Abeen:
responsible for the shooting of
a group of ` Canadian P.O
O.Ws
Opinion „seems to be divided as
to his' guilt. I_'m_:_ho: ' g�.'to-P'
'a' day At the 'trial before its con-
clusion.' It :mi ht: rove`':to -
g ,A a in
teresting,
„in two rooms of a German _home
with ;the •m `n sitting on double-
deek er
bung`
s and.•dressers' and
°.;.chair. '
r or .:vivo. -
So: I ddn t :Have
them standing., :up • and . sitting
down all :the time: They sat thru
it all : rid. ; seemed ].ea ed.
quiteP s,
I didn't .preach, just talked for__
a feW mint-ites about.;'Messianic
prophecy a: sort '-of ttem t.: to
lead mto--Christinas
t ipugh.tl•re„
Advent Sunda
-Y � ..�saYig.�carols
of . course: They ; are :beautiful
Y e
by : ns= an
Y�,-• _..-, ...,.d often I wish ,Chris*-
mas seasons weren't,. so. 'far: apart
so we,"could sing:: them.. more fre,
quentlt
December 4th, 1945.
•He-
re I _•-. am Three weeps away
€r.oin ;L uc .'nw,Y,o' finally:posted to
�
my unit, the Regina, Rifles. ` We:
`came throu h Will eltrishaven . to
. g .
Plate calledAi rich,•-At..one
oint I' had ad ho' e o f•
p h p s ,o manag ;
ing a .posting to a. Highland.' unit;
T.'11 be somethinj g: of a roving .par=
sari, fora -spell at :least, 'because
December . 8, 1945.-
I spent -part of'the' mornin g . in
•
the. office and ipart of.
itout at D
Company :commandpost•,: arrang-
ing
, tohave a short infor
„ malser-
vice :�tomorrow mOrning . about
1030 hours. When .th `men
• e • are rn
billets; and scattered in that way
-its-about-the only thing :one scan
do Grant was with me.' His• quar-
ters are_ part•'of ,what: was for.
.m,.
erlythe reau` of
I�,i agriculture in
the -d istri.ct-and-they-are--rea-lly'
•nice . Some, of the .original : furn-
ishings; remain as an indication.
but . my luck wasn'tit ',91.Lhow.,elegntly some of ...the of
tigers' of ..Nazido'm. �'were'
•able• •to
ai:ve
he• a ina have `gau `o
� g s a • , begun,.. tP. st
duty; which_: is supposed • to '' last
Y . p p
forvsiK: weeks. Tha r entails
g
n the �. theh
g_, h ders�� �area�.wh�y _..
We � cu th t Jerr'
oc "so tat a les "who;.
d t:. lona r
on belong g he a dorl t t. m
ere. I, am told.that we' are in' an
. Xpe t d . o ;
area � that~' is not , e ec e t be:
troublesome"' since' It is largely'
-rural .and the food • ration altho'
not,: generous' rs adequate. , The
g , 9
cro s in this section -were. ' fairly.
Y.
..good ,,this summer.' •
;g ..
On' the score sof' •9 quarters there
is no corp1aint, . but It is appal-;
ertly a s 'rri what .deadly-dsort of
o e• .
life to„ have to live, because, con-
ular
tra�ry •'to the pop ,, conception:
of the meaning of- the lifting.9f.
'the :fraternization ban, ° the men
-are'-not: supposed--to-enter--Ger.
:man homes • or associate ; too in-
'timately with the people, because
of the: few die-hard Nazis who
are .lying ,low. •
December p,. 1945. •
At breakfast • the .paymaster
said he was going ;tol4make 'the'
'rounds •of"the outposts ° to 'have.
the men'sign the acquittance roll
•^fol, the`ardering of cigarettes., Go- •
ing with him seemed'a',good idea:
Itt•w as interesting'gto: sec. where
the' men were billeted although
on, :some posts they; were 'dread-
fully Crowded andthe., facilities.
are not nearly so modern, in most
of the' billets,. as- they are "here
As for the Christmas _party
I
have mnentio:ned'' the :ur ose is
have-
asimple--one for about
420 or `13.0 :of' the -children of ,the*
town' Who are what ,we Would'
'call at ..;home "Uriderprivileged''
They are;; all ,:of ;thern, to be Un-
: Returning OriThe "Sc' this
•
FO, Stpart . .�'
•Collyer. of•'Lucknow.'
is, one of: 39 Western'' p
Onta �' •
R C:A.F. _ riu
Personnel- listed aboard
the troopship Scythia . which is
duel to arrive . in Halifax toda
(Thursday); ' 'After: landing,', all
Western Ontario airmen-, will pro
`Fled to 'Lachine repatriation. de-
• pot,, before continuing to their
homes;
Also fisted oh, this ,s p
and Lucknow bound
to meet .his
wife,and two. soils, is Major T A.
Leishman. Mr - : •--
_�. Leishman •-was
Douglas.
formerly -Mar•
Y
Home: Again!
Amon
g• 'those : who' reached
.home.aast Week, having returned
on the
Citi . atij etania; were-. Sgt.
ence Greel, son -'of Mr. and
MrS, 'J, ' M. Greer;.'
Cpl. HughMcCrostieso"•ofi and. Mrs,
W S McCrostie•, of Belfast and
Gnir, Duncan MacKay "
and•IVMac
irs, Joln. �' son .of Mr.
-ay,, .IKintail, in
Those' reaching' hortie this Week
`laving:. o " returped : . . •
FrapCe , n the Ile , do
Which was delayed by
rough weather, arc LA ._
Nall, sort 'of, Harvey
Mr-.• aid Mrs: 'J I
Nall, Sgt. t f°
of 'Mr, Nn �ma.n'., Taylor, sdn
and Mrs. George Taylor;
pte Dave Set,itt, son
Dewitt of 1,1rs W,
*Mr. ' and Tpi`. ,Tim Etinter, son
. and Mrs, Wn , •I Relaters
2ian, tri
the barracks.
• December 6, 1945.
At theSilver 'Bugle,' ,the local..
officers' club, they• 'have fairly:
good tea . and 'spam or sardine
sandwiehes'with•a limited assort-
ment of: cakes. They have an or-
chestra there to except on Mon-
days and Thursdays, It is made
tip, of ;Ger'rrians, of course; but
they have adapted, thoniselv4s•:to
swing very'we')]. Although, Monty
der ten years of age, 'but ,school
'children, an.dwill be brow g•.hti,o
the thing by' their school teach-.
ers. ;We: are, obtaining •no ektra
:rations for . it; 80 •. that' the ; things
the youngslreis•.getwill be things,
that the men are giving. They
seem allfor it. We want that'the'
sp :tit., of_ Christrnas;'should' pre -
Vail and . its amongexistence:
. us'
be. indicated .to ,our :recent foes•
by doing this in a small . .way.
Whether it w ll'.do the -Germans:
good weanLt say,
but -we can
be fairly ebrifident•that •the small'
Sacrifice ' involved will not harm
us.'
December. 9; , 1945..
The room -mate ..1 acquiredfor
the duration ofthe war crirnes;
trial hent, is; one Capt • ,, a
PubIre ;Ilelatons Officer; -Appar-
ently ,there ,is to •be quite a "large,
showing of ',correspondents and
P.D.O.'s' here during :.Met'er's
trial „which starts .-to-morrow. A•
eertairi General , one of the•.
witnes„ses • has asked for a Pro=
testant cllapla-%ti;.laiard it looks .as
1 am !;go'n'g to. be it..I wonder
what os e says' to German. Gen-
erals; Fortunately he speaks Eng-
lish fluently so I shan't' have\ to
:workthrough an interpreter. :.
The dray isn't completely gone
Without a job ,being done. ,'When:
I went to lunch there was a rneS-
sage for .nW saying that 'one of
the, companies .on duty
on
ig
a , ' th •cana'1 would be. read v;
for a scrviee'at i400•hrs: I; got my
transport laid' on it'plenty of
time and went ;out::There was .a
•
;Decernber 10: ,1'9'46.
• Speaking- . re.
of -reading' we are
e
des `er;atel s ho:
__. P—,� Y, ._l _rt ofrreading�rnat-.
erial,.. If ' ou, happen
Y to find :any
:fictiorl',or biography.
:(not. 'detect
ive or "...murder: � er stuff) ) in the two;
bit :•'a. er=c vered o o'
cl�t•��toks_
it would he .swell••: to . have:'''one
stuck n; the', od,d parcel:
D n_
o t�buld
.'n�•i:�...
but :--�•-I
shouldn't,}
be.', surprised if Lrn
hom•
e for,::next. : Christm �
as.
can tell "Dad :that: :next time,
it at• at all::possible, he •is,.;'going:"'to
have• 'his` -fav: Fite. ton a` •'d :mom`.
o n
favorite ..daughter - i)ji. - law o
� >w
Communion' &inda. •I': want .th
• Y. at
ver much: • ";
Y
" 12 ' 1
-December, .945.
•
On • int''' way home I dropped in
to see,.: General Ems, _I think
I, _mentioned. that he is- a P O.:�V:
transported here from England
g.
•
to be a' witness in the trial. ;of
Kurt .1Vleyer:;He liinself is note
aslooked.on.:• . ,
a war• criminal,- ':I'.
think: As a :matter of fact'
I : a'
. m afraid I' rather�._like liana. -
He.: wanted ` to. see
me•to ask: if
they (there are; SeN4eral others•
with him) might 'have. •services .
'through the. remaining: 'Sun'da•ys •
_of, Advent which -are' apparently
•th
ems ''
of
important r
m Into, .,
. f all 1 Sun. ,,
days to the German'Christians-
He' . had flown ...here 'from:.:Eng -
land, so was without;Bible or
hymn ' book. I. chatted. a :while.
and ePrOmised that, if' I •couldn't"
'arrange. for the=German minister
in Aurich to take - a service' with
thein. I' would ..do it 'myse'lf
the remainder-of-the'rriornth,- pr
theifiime here. It will be a. novel
experiencefor me, indeed. Then •
I `.acquired , a.-Gerrnan` New ' Testa
mcn,t• .nci'took 'it .to..'him.
E tie: way,- dd
. Y, you rrrind' ask-
ing 'Dud to sendme, details' -
con
cerning which of the.. Macbor aids
migrated. • to' Canadaand wh^n'•
justi i;case-I-get-a chance to da•
;a • little : explorin 'g'•';in :Scotland?
•
December 14 1945.°
I. got" permission from the Bri-
d]ritelli en
range for a :German civilian' min
ister, to come: and hold'a.s xv1oP '-
with
1:Iz �-
eG'•
errrranr`prisoners Yrere:-,
'and this afternoon I
was taken •, .
into Aurich 'to meetthe Lutheran.
minister and his wife,y he were
k --
veryPleasant -people,.both :et.
thein, :arid -speak-a-imle n fish
After. I hacLmade- the -necessary
arrangements I returned, to caro
A
and; _at: the, 'ass for g .P of Crime . th
Minister).
nister�j�r�lade •
;otzt;•
.
Then just as I' returned
office the Senior ' Chaplain
walk
P
ed together With; .res
g the (.reels:,
Orothodox;.'man who has: a . n'athe
which ' sounds . unprintable
and
unpronounceable to my un -Creek
ear.They stayed for quite a spell
arraii ing ;for the help, we cphi • a
'i',
l
.
a
':.here in.
Bre
l ad'
give this G.:0'. Chap .who is, going- , .
to be here fors ,a while:
•
•
;r�
41
ELCOME' _HO;
E
(Contributed. By A Local 'Poet)
' The • boys' are at' hone! and a• 'glad sight they are,
Back , from the 'services, ' back from the:: war; ;
From •air, land. and sea, and 'trona prison camp :;home;
No longer to journey, no. longer_ to roam! :.
I; sit in the •' gathering.. I tee them arise'.
,The young' and -the -stalwart of every size..
-And' Who • can unravel the thoughts of each ach' breast:,
,.
As toyWn -:fatheirs ' wish : them the'finest: and best
And hope they, may 'enter .civilian. • life '
Each having.:. job, a home and a, wife? '
The night it .-is hushed and. the song- is; prayer.
To God `who"'has guded the ..
g .!l. , • boys over. there . .
And brought • them • leagues • over, • of: land .and. of 'foam
:And anchored "thein' safe in:,the harbour of home. • '
The strain is forgotten, the vigils; the:.'fears,
.The waiting, the hoping, the months that, were, years,'
And mothers remember the boy -they' had worn ` •
-
In days, years ago, when their ° laddies `wei a born. --
But the song is -'now• tender and stabs like a ,pain
'Fort' those' of the •valiaht who come •not again,„0;;
Their natnes; a fond memory^,.that makes the ur>;seer
Seem• nearer and dearer than e'er i.t':has been, �t
Small lads in the gallery 'with faces so bright,` '
(For solctiArs arc' e >er• their joy' and delight) . `
re' dreaming of days '
Awhen they ¢too' shall.cornek back
Front ' weaning a great -coat, a 'rifle and pack,.
While elders envision that blessed* release '
When earth shall be Wrapped in the mantle of peace
. ..