The Lucknow Sentinel, 1946-02-21, Page 9THURS„ `FEBRUARY. alst . t946
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The Lneknow, Senti11e1p Lue'know, Ontario
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PAGE SEVEN,
Germans Arnazed That Wi Play
And Lis#en To Their Muse "
December 25, 1945.
At .the communion ;service in
my office at 1830 Firs, there were
nine officers and - it was finite a
good. service, I thought, and the
•colonel' came' up 'and .told me so
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when `ht was finished, From there
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I. went direct' .,to the mess' for
Christknas dinner. The. 'office'rs,
ha
'd. theirs••last night, because, to
day , , .
.'is'.oui day °to;serve-the men.
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n�'di'nner was over' I played.
Whe. , y
••.ihe"pianoformcarol
sin in .
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TShen slipped ,away,andafter
studying. a Tittle ;in `niy room I.
went.over to 'see the 'two Ger-
man ' ene,l'a1s=-took them some
chocolate bars and cigarettes and
-.--.-an-orange.each. I found them'.sit-_
ting before a.small evergreen tree.
in front of which they hada caaiidle•
(which I :took to. them) burning,
.how=ha
talking :Over 1?flY they had.:
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they;were able to be with their
families. They'were very grateful
for the stuff and `we had- a
r fine
,long chat until .',it . was ' time `for.
•me to Teave to.,go. to the mirth gift-
•service in Aurich. The .Quarter.,:
Master; of the Winnipeg- Rifles;
re p aced al cou le sof. h m
•' had � .p p a ers
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of tuff to.' be given_ to •Pastor
Cramer and his family from the
chaplains of :the `brigade=in' ap-
preciatiori fEis 'co-operation
the 'matter of'letting' :us: use his
• church';". It was really -great 'to 'be
'able to walk into his, home; and,
;see how. happy he and his family,
w,ere'td receive such gifts.. r can't
help •feeling sorry 'for -so many.
- of the' people here., Our service:
was •very .well,, attended '= about
26o; Canadian- and; -Germans -and
quite a few rernained, ,for coni
munion. , We were a .little disap-
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,,pointed that no .Germans stayed.
but--I-heard-- terwa -ds-they-were-
a bit bashful about .pit. `
After, few hours' sleep,' I' got
„,=up and; -di -ave trere tic lorddeich.
for a` Christmas .service -and have:
remained here all-ctay.-The ,ser -
Vice' here \was splendidly attend=
ed, probably because all: the `men
were ready; for Chx.istmas ; din-
nerFan as -many as `possible "were•
rn-frnrr r gazar-cl1-porn-ts�.-I: help=-
'. ed' serve •the 'dinner then arid'
have remajnecj all afternoon' with:
the men. Just now: I .have .spent
,,a very; pleasant :hour . with the
landlord ands': his wrfe,;on and:
daughter-in-law; ,'having tea: in
the .part' of • the hotel they live,
in, They . ac't'ually :own'• the place.
•. ,December 26`, 1945.
: Tomorrow; we ('all , the Chap-
lains
,hap-
Tains in the ,Div:) • are 'to: have
Christmas ' dinner.' ' at the .Mc-
"Naughton Club:rindeach one ;of.
us is to entertain someone. who
can' be'; included' under the head-'
mg of "displaced personnel" .We•
are not'` looking forward to it with
any' great glee 'because :'some of
these �'D.P.'s are Very' 'strange
characters • However, it . means
that they'll'each get a good meal'
nd•theh-we'can: do`what We like
With. 'our 'BOY Scout Buttons,
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becernb r .27, 1945
We had .quite 'an interesting
bine with bur " b,P " •guests , to=•.
day at luncheon; The • lunch Was'
horn a• : :great 'disappointment
to all f �'ut• everyone .
t Y Seemed
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4 nJtiy 'the ;�tliff `spent. there.
My partner could, not .speak any
more'.`nglishµ- than 'I, speak Ger-,
fnan--about ,twenty .words. I can
hardly boast that. we • carried on
a scintiiating conversation, brit it
was interesting in spite of that,
Just :before 'lunch' I had a r•half'
'hour of conversation .with a,
Young woman who claims to have:
come from Canada acid ,was
caught`ove1>: here b i the war :She
appa.
English like 'a Canadian .'(so 1
think` she must be :one) and
had
soiree Very interesting •stories to
Decernher 29, 1945,
General E, is to leave torpor-
row morning: ' for ' England -by
planet When I saw iiim tonight
he gave me one -of' his general's
stars as, a souvenir (a -talisman
he.all'edit''ri
,.. c ) a d he •a•utographed
my. ,Cop of •• Ross .MVlunro's • "From
Gauntlet to Over•ldrd". Doug` Gar-
Tie•and 'I `are ',hoping.. to be; ,able
to take some 'snaps (Whim in the
xnornirig,
This afternoon I spent two
hours preparing a. rough draft
f my 'impressionsof, and, fellings
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concerning the German service I
attended; : on Christmas; Eve at:
1100his.
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That_ts_not the - service
at- ch •Z ru cached but rat1
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u,p here tonight because -tumor
row I. plan ' to go td °Norderney
• Islands•• 'where `we , have another.
outpost to which' I haven't been
as yet. I want. to have. a New'
Year: ,, r -service with the.men °there
and' one with these men. The boat.
:only makes • one. trip. each `'.day,
and: so that is why I: must..,stay
overnight if• .I want to .get any
work done. The best part of it is
that: it will be new territory, a
new;experience and 'will;.for.that
reason,' be interesting.
"January' 2,; .1946 ®T ,
-Norddercb is Very nice but: you
.should see I. Norderriey. 'and the'
quarters .,the 'men ''and: officers'
have 'there `The °Royal Naval Of
:ficer. s really .O.C: of'the island
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When
When. I arrived. he and our .of
ficer disccussed'. what room I
should have, I. suggested that all
Y was` concerned about was a' bed
to sleep in: They, sent' the Jerry.
steward .along with my kit•, to
instal me iii a 'rooin. Weproceed-
ed. to :'where' the men ' were 'sit
•ting chatting' until :supper ,and
t'he service .at ..whch. I. wase the
,only Canadian., .I '1want, also ,:to
write 'about,.: the .midriiglit service
and the "children's
Deceniber 30,' 1945:
--° I slept well and almost ' too
long 'to.gettip`and see General E:
:and,*his fellows leave .this morn-
ing •but I; .didHsee-- thermoffs-and
he was very pleased that I:had
gotten: up ;in time: to'. do it, Per:-,
haps it will" be_:soa:nething:w-of a..
relief for : you to 'know that you
won't • be hearing so',much about
my conversations with ail' f rona
now \on:. He :was :sorry this Morn-
ing that. I 'hadn't'`had .more time
to explain;;to him aheorganiza
tion o.f` our'. Presbyterian church:.
Ike' asked about it . the nightbe-
fore last and: , had on�lY° `_line• to
make a•'start. Then his return ito-
England came somewhat sooner
than waIS'.expected •so •we hadn't
time to: complete the picture.. er-
tarnli they have ' been very, ap-
preciative of,_aJUhe .R. C chap
lain and 'I• have done, One of the
officers from brigade told -me that,.
a two-page :letter. had been sub
mitted expressing a
p ' 'g appreciation of
the -treatment they had received.
while among. us' and making
special"`rhent'ion of the .work done"
by --the ,chaplains-There-
tain satisfaction inknowing that
what: has been done has been:. ap-
preciated in'such��a,concrete way.
took...hoMe one of the. kiddies
;tram the ` children's' party '• the,
other. afternoon 'and re•mained ' to'
chat with his peoplefora; while.'
They. are very, interesting and
seem completely surprised by " tlie,:
friendliness .of those •in;, the Bri
tish..Zone, especially the Cana
dians. Apparently.. more cruelty
and ' very 'little sympathy •had
been` anticipated. They are, per
haps,':even more amazed: that 'they,
may '•listen' .to'. the wireless 'and
hear;' over British and American
stations, the music '6f W.agnei•'
and, other German composers."
They, have... been under' the imp-
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Pression' that we were °forbidden
to: listen.'to -their- wont:-And-t'hey
were quite'. amazed that they had'
heard. the music of ' "Deutschland-
uber.',Alles'.' over the' air, and to
be: told that we • used it very fre-'
quently as a tune, for our hymns;
in. church, even during the. war,,
was almost a staggering bit of
news: it may 'be that they are
661riin ` -to' see""'f}iat"our w•:ay ti"
g is
perhaps • better than their sli, s
been, I. ,hoe: ,
• ..Since: finch I have been to one
of the outposts,to :have a service.
When ,I `came back I.sat by The
ire 'to "get. war'ni .for a minute:
or two and then got. into a truck
o drive'„ up to Norddeich . where
am ` now, We have just.,, now
watched' one of the' rribst glorious
iehtl onsets ` I' have ever seen. Corn-
y had a grim time: It 'pletely, •• indescribable ' beauty, <in,
was f
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of the great room but a Steinweg
• concert .grand.. In spite of •riy
mediocre ability at' a. piano I. sat
down. arid started to play 'arid`
was so delighted with the
Ment' that I "doodled” `until the
men went•to their supper. It was
:something I had` been hoping to
'have-sbmetime over, here- wein-.
ers and. sauerkraut, a real.master-
Z l2r'ct rn :uric err ner
un too:: because she: 'speaksreds, scarlets,. 'lavender. ,I
,'. carni:.„ i .... ,..,_ .,
Piece. I. found out about that time
that the place had .been used by
sort • of marine"section" of the
Luftwaffe. Again ' I say that the
Germans appear to have spared
-exp. -
f` expense when'•it m- -i .
no p n ., , ca a to g v
ing their military people the best
of all available things.. This morn-'
ing I had an interesting time in
specting two Dornier•fJying boats
that . are still intact, housed . in a
hangar very close to_ flip mss I .
w,as . taken for a drive about the
,town and around the. island. We
stopped at a cemetery and. visited
the' graves of:Some Allied; fliers.
•who 'had 'been:. shot', doWn and.
were • burie there. ..The .; graves
�t. J
were very nicel_ kept and quite
.Y.
close:` to.,. the ,gr "'ves of ' German:.
a
fIiers.• As 'a' matter . of fact the
ri?. a .y.
were all ,in -one , large ,plot al-
though the rows were arranged.
so that 'there was no° mixing of
the men_ of the .two sides' in the
fight. The more a I travel about
Germany. the more I am inclined.
to think that in 'most cases the
Gerinwis ''hava done things very.
mtir�li=ac "m s laa�r�..,.. G'ar a.la,„-and
.Enlap
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g to a great extent.' After
dinner last nigh we three of-
ficers'went down' into the ' town
to --d' beer . garden 'where . a dance
was-bem h 1 4
g, e d �vhch�nwe-:.�new-
our rnen, would attend. We thinly,'
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it's a good idea here to ' be on
hand because Canadians can , be
ver` o bre
b oxiou n ell r n. t
y- s._a d-� ge e
when they are intoxicated. ' By
and large we have a ood repuuta-
g g. Germans P
titin -amort the Germans and. we
want to d4 everything. we carp-
to keep it that way. This Nor-•
Berney .Island was apparently a.
-suxriirier` resort in. peace-,'
'great •
,
time and .has ..a ' splendid' sandy
beach'.lined by • many . hotels;
which have, no doubt, been fine
places blit after six years. of War
are a .bit run-down. At the �pres--
ent time. all the 'people there aro'.
very poor.' because there, has been,
no tourist;,trade ,fdr .quite 'a long..
time.. They have 'absolutely, no
money at :ail, so the .,burgomeis, ter
_was telling us this :morning. 11:1`6)1S:
crulte on ' interesting' •charaeter. .
Before'933, :the `be in' r ' f -
1 , h , b g n ng„o the'.;..
Hitler..'regirne;,he was bu'rgomeis•..
ter.•'hen •because :of 'not being
an important `Nazi. he was . re-
placed'. Now he is at'' the job
again and it is not an easy , orie, •
you may. be sure?. _ especially' at•_,
this time.
Our engineers '•are :directing
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Ge ima ...all: a L over, "_ h _'
. r .t e. island: i:ry:.,
:the demolition of the eoncrete.de-`
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�" w c ririg' it •a'irrto'st^ cop1r
pietely to some,�considerable Bis d
tance. inland: So 'you':see it. has
been quite an' interesting exper=
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ience to have this. da and iii ht '
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on one of the `Frisian Islands. , . •
THE , ROYA°D-^ ' P dance hall''at:
Win -ham-has- been sold' bytiara='
g , y.
Wells to Frank and Bob Hopper.
zat Tou use:
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it's.NOT•
b read
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it's '. 'HOT eggs
With .a bin full of., coat and a larder full of food,
you might well face a cold week -end .with confidence.,
Thefact that you donot have a bin full of electricity
somewhere does not worry you. Hydro has proved to
•. 'be so dependable. Yet, electricity, cannot be stored
must be mle and delivered the very instant you, use,
it. That is "Hydro Service".
Suppose it is 2 a.m..The .baby has just fallen out.
of its crib. Half awake; yo}i•reach fora switch.. You.
• want light fast. ,You get light 'instantly.; Yet the elec.....
triCit' that •lights the:tan* .,is made after lot; flip the
switch,.... made at the source of water -power,' perhaps.
tiundreds�of" :riiiles 'away..- It`•'flashe* to you' through-
many miles,_of transmission lines, through transformer.
and ..io . you use it before thee
distribu«ion stations, and u us
water' that make's: it can leave the powerhouse::` One
single break or' failure in all those miles of wire and
equipment might cut off your light and newspapers
would write about it,• it would, be sol unusual..
To 'keep` ill these Trillions- of dollars `°mitt off'
‘equipment• operating, with no.,:mistakes'or serious
interruptions', is the continuous •job' of..a large. and
wide -spread staff of watchful Hydro employees. , Yet,..
the cost per unit of power is very;'low. Ontarioc,power'
rates : areamong the lowest in the world. That is
r'Hydro Service"
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