The Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-11-08, Page 8E. EIGHT
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•-print, tlhe..battle over the •obser-
:ce of Remembrance Day,, No—
vember, llth, `will bb over, in'
most centres. It's: an annual fra-
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bit1ernes,s •
On one'side: is the Legion,' one
of 'whose aims •is to keep alive
the memory 'that a. • good
ber ` of fathers •and` . sons, uncles;
and brothers, had their lives torn
find that a depressing; thought
in more ways than one,
Personally, I hate- to miss the
annual 'parade to the Ce.�otaph., .
At our school, We have an, im-
pressive remembrance 'ceremony.
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We always:' formed- up at the
Legion Hall, with a. great bust-
ling among the color party and:
the parade -master. The Scouts,
and Guides. would tag on -the
end to swell; Our meagre • ranks.
To the inevitable strains; of Col-
onel Bogey, ' we . swung smartly
down the main street. Stern and
straight we marched, .looking
neither to the left nor right, ex-
cept to nod at friends or grin
at our kids or 'wave: to our •wives:
'When we , halted at the Ceno-
taph, there would be a big crowd
-maybe 40 or 50, --gathered there.
Everybody . • 'would he looking
pretty : -serious, It .was:always.
cold. The Mayor read the xiaxnes
,of the .fallen, and the wind Would:
snatch then up and throw bits
of • thein into 'the crowd.,. • ,
A. representative from. each of
thea' •town's organization ,placed
'a wreath, with 'varying : degrees'
of self-consciousness.. Then 'carne:.
the call' for individual wreaths.
You blamed' the wind for Making
your eyes water as one or two
women, lone,..swollen with, iriem-
ory of lost son ;or husband, went.
awkwardly forward.
At the- flagpole, his post. 'of
honor, stood the Old Legionnaire.
.He had fought in. the ; first one,
and he had: lost his son in 'the'
'see.ond ,.one: • And when he lower-
ed:,the flag and bowed,his head,,
and.• the colors dipped; and :the
Last Post :shivered; .in the cold,
and the.'that' town bell , ttolled,in the
'
-=•si ence :followed, there .was
a big, .painfu ump - ttr
throat.
And then,iith the ja'uity hoot
of Reveille, .the dying was en.
and .life began again. The shouted
from then i, prematurely
and conunand, • the.lively 'March tune
painfully, in the two'world wars of the band, brought the %ranted.
that have disgraced the twentieth:I release from sadness, and ivFe.
century; T e Legion urges that swung off merrily enough :
the day be declared a �ful1 hull- 4 And after. the . , service,' the
day in every.community, and w arrnth' bf the •legion. Hall, with
that it ' be fittingly 'observed. ' good friends; .good • fellowships
good 'refreshments and good star-
les by..the hour. Ah, , I'm sorry 1
won't. be;.there this year•••I'll miss
every bit of .it Except the bit
where • • 1 catch a `phenomenal
blast from .My wifefor arriving
home12 hours after the parade.
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.Ranged; • on the 'other side are
the ,merchants ' and manufactur-
ers some. of .whom resent the :loss
of profit or production that is' in-
volved. Lotsof them are veterans,
themselves. They claim, and with
some ''justice,- ,that :` it's not a day
of remembrance 'any :more, but
merely a holiday.'. They wonder Seven new members. have been
aloud why they should pay wages inducted into the '.Blyth Lions
to a fellow' who will simply; take Club..
the opportunity to go hunting
or sit In the pub' all day
And fight in:-thelm.rd le is the•
Canadian "Government Tn' defer-
ence
to the bis pressure ,from the
Legion; the government closes its: •
own offices` on November 11th.
But in deference to the even ;big-. •
ger potentialhowl- from. industry,
th'e Government does not declare
the •day ;•a national holiday, and
:Makes: little attempt to encour-
age it 'as •suci. ,
What' about that • ubiquitous
creature;; the man in 'the street?
Where does he stand? I'm` not
sure, but 1 have a pretty 'good
idea 4 that he feels about: this
question just is he does about
most other/S.: he couldn't care'less:
Of Cours, .if -it , were . put to; a
national 'vote, he'd vote for .the
holiday. I hate to admit it, .but.
I'm' afraid' that fellow would
`vote for .a' paid holiday if some-
one sug ested`one 'in`memory' of:
Henry the Eighth, John ' 'A. Mac,
Donald or Good King Wenceslas.
I. have an, idea ,for ' November.
11th. Let's make it' a full boli
day; And let's 'make it a real day
of natidnal mourning and re nem-.
brance. Let's turn off all hydro~
Let's make. any kind"of heat or
light against. the law for 24 hours,,
Let`s-' close ail:. places of enter=
tainment, ' Let's•' forbid*, vtravel:;
Then, in the cord arid dark and
the boredom, •tve'd 'suffer per
haps one, one-hundredth of. what
the fellows i'n the trenches went
through, back in that , b.ig, war'
that ended 4 years ago,
Perhaps the reason the Govern-
anent plays it cagey is because
it is° obvious that in ` 20 years
there won't be many World War
"1 veterans left and, in 20 'years
they '11, be • virtually eattinet.
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