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TEOURSDAY; JUNE 29th, 1944
The Lucknow Sentinel, ILucknow, Ontario
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PAGE, SEVEN
• Wren Iona l Terry of 'HA/I-CS.
Stadacona, Halifax, is spending
a two week. furlough. .witl Belle-
ville' and Kinlough friends.
LAC. Reg Lavis of,Ayline vis-
ited last week with his m�tier,
Mrs. James Lavis 'and other r
Word has. been receiiied by Mr.,
and Mrs. 'Robert Ilarnilton of
Paramount that their son Jim,
who has-heen in England for two
years, has undergone an opera-
tion on his eyes. -
Reports For. Duty '
Rey Havens, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Havens of town re-
ported for duty 'on Wednesday at
• London. Roy enlisted in the RF.
• A. F. two weeks ago..
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Lloyd McAuley, in a recent
letter to his sister, Mrs: Frank,
• Ritchie, says he. is in the same
• unit as a. number of local boys
and among those who he sees
• often are Kenneth Cameron and
Dave' Milne.
POI Tel. Bob Thompson •con -
eluded his furlough at his, home
here. last Thursday. He spent the
week -end at Toronto and in Val-
leyfield before leaving on Mon-
• day night for .the East Coast to
rejoin, his ship.
Sapper Max !Eldred, grandson
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• se with a Canadian engineering
•„unit „in Britain is at present in
military hospital 'with a broken
I leg. He is making good progress
toward recovery. •
• Met In Italy
Doug Clark and : Harold Irvtrin
had an unexpected meeting in
Italy recently. Doug was passing
• a pay parade line-up when Har-
old hailed him. Harold is, the son
of Gordon Irwin and the late
Mrs. .Irwin; formerly of West.
Wawanosh. .; .•
Hear From Son In France
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Greer re-
ceived two air -mail letters the
latter part of the week from their
• son Clarence, both of which were
written ,in France. One was writ-
ten on June 10th, four days after
the start of the invasion, and the
- other on the 12th. Clarence said
that . they were making their
headquarters at a villa which'
was abandoned by all but the
barnyard inhabitantS, and that
they weren't neglecting to. do the
milking or to gather the eggs.
- ARRIVED FROM
• OVERSEAS SUNDAY
Jack McInnes, son of Mrs. Neil
Machines of town and the late
Neil Machines, • arrived home
from overseas on Sunday after-
noon. Johnny, who is a veteran
of the last war. having seen Up-
wards to three years of service,
has been in uniform since early
after the outbreak of the present
conflict_ To be exact it will be
five years in September since ne
donned the khaki for the second
time.
Johnny's trip home was on a
.1a4Aleean_liner„estoiling.-a- Party.
of German prisoners captured in
Italy and, on •the Normandy
beachhead. Within a week of
sailing he was in London, Ont-
ario to commence a thirty -day
furlough. •
Johnny hopes to go back over-
seas, bt,tt that all deliends ort
tan—get- 'by
the medical examiner_ He hasn't
seen any of the boys from home
for some time as their original
unit, the 97th Battery, has been.
all split up.• '
Johnny has two other „hrothers
serving overseas, Neil and
George. An older brother. Finlay,
served in the last war, and -was
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Trooper Leonard Johnston, who
had, both legs amputated after
being wounded in Italy, is, re-
ported as seriously ill.
•Congratulates Ashfield /Ab
.Parents On Son's Award
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howard,
,10th Concession of Ashfield, have
• received "a letter of congratula-
tions, from Hon. C. G. Power,
Air' Minister, upon the honor and
distinction which has come to
their son, PO. Thomas J. Howard
in the' award of the Distinguished
Flying Cross "fOr great gallantry
in the performance of his .dtity
while .• serving with No. •405
Squadron of the Royal .Canadian
Air Force".
in the citation it LS stated that
"this airman has completed many
successful.operation t against the
enemy in which he has displayed
high Skill, fortitude and devotion
to duty".
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Rodney MacLennan who has
been stationed at the It.e.'A. F.
Service Flying School at Gimii,
Man., is spending a furlough ,at
his home at Lochalsh:
Charles 'McQuillin who is at-
tached to the medical corps of
the Lady Nelson, spent the week-
end at .his home at St. Helens.
Charles was In• attendance of
patients On the hoSpital train
to Montreal after the ship. dock-
ed.
LETTER° TRAVELLED FAR
BEFORE BEING RETURNED
On October '23rd of last year.,
Mr. George Burgess of town sent
an airmail letter to his son, Pte.
'Wm: Burgess 'who was overseas
with the .Forestry Corps. Before
it could be delivered Pte. Burgess
was posted to Canada, and since
then has been in various places
in the Dominion. Last week his
father 'had the letter returned to
.him, it having failed to catch, up
with his son. But this failure was
not die to lack of trying, for the
envelope was plastered with the
postmarks of nine different cen-
tres to which it had been for-
warded. •
Pte. Burgess' most recent move
was from Camp Borden to Wind-
sor, N.S., and he expectsshortly
to again return, overseas.
PRESENTATION MADE
To FO. JAMES BORDEN
The ...Stratford firmand • em-
ployees of R. M. Ballantyne Ltd.,
paid honor in royal • fashion to
"one of . their °vim", FO, James
Borden, D.F.C:, son' of Mr. and
Mrs, William. Borden, 77 •East
Gore 'St, who arrived home from
overseas „recently !after. complet-
ing 69. trips over enemy
Approximately 250 members of
the staff, employees and friends
gathered around long, flower -
decked tables in the school -room yond description. Mountains sur -
of St Paul's Church, to enjoy a round you no matter where you
banquet with the distinguished are. On a bright sunny day you
young flier as guest Of honor. • can look up at snow-capped
During the evening, FO. Bor- ' mountains".
den, who was married shortly
before leaving England, was pre-
sented with a handsome silver
tea service. With it went the good
wishes his former felloW-em-
ployees for success and happiness
for himself and his bride, who
expects to join Iiim.as soon as she
can secure permission to leave
the old land.
Italians Demoralized
':'Thee is no doubt' about the
Italians being a defeated people",
writes Capt. W. R. Tomlinson,
M.P., for Bruce; to home friends.
J. "They -have lived in , theii own.
fashion for hundreds Of .years
and as war Swept over them they
are completely :demoralized.
Their homes have been blown to
.bits and the occupation by the
1 troops has frightened them. I
Must say that, the scenery is be -
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Canades-Baa-ge of 'Honour on your
arm. You'll be proud of it, so will .your
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Yes, we need your help...and need it badly. Maybe you don't think this means you ;
that ifs a job for the other fellow
This is the biggest job we have ever
tackled! Everything depends upon Victory.
Canada's Army needs volunteers NOW.
And, that means you and you a.nd you!
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friends.
before and we can do it again : • hut we
Every man who is able has got to do his bit! needyour help.
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If you do, you're wrong. It's your war, too
• ; .. a war for every man,who is a man . .
for everyone who has a stake in Canada.
•__Yes.,_this-trimas-y-ou-all-rightand we -nerd
, you now for the months of intensive train-
ing to make you fighting -fit. We did it
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JOIN THE CANADIAN
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