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Artifacts tell Auburn Sergeant’s story
A life cut short
Auburn historian Jim Schneider, above, keeps many artifacts from
the community’s history including an entire collection of documents
and medals awarded to Auburn Air Force Sergeant James Young
Houston, featured in the frame surrounded by some of the young
soldier’s accolades. (Mark Royall photo)
Like many young boys in
the area, James Young
Houston liked to play hockey
and baseball. He grew up on
the family farm outside the
village of Auburn on the Nile
Road. James enrolled in the
Ontario Agricultural College
in Guelph with hopes of
continuing a life of farming,
but then a World War changed
his plans. On Feb. 21, 1941 at
the age of 18 James travelledto London, Ontario where heenlisted in the Royal
Canadian Air Force. After
doing his flight training at
Camp Borden, attending
Wireless School in Montreal
and finally finishing
Bombing/Gunnery School in
Mount Joli, Quebec, James
received his wings on Aug.
15, 1942. By early
November, he was in England
and after a couple of initial
postings he settled in with the
RCAF #405 Squadron.
James’ family kept in touch
with him while he was
overseas. I know this to be
true because this past week I
By Mark
Royall
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PEOPLE AROUND AUBURN
Merry-making
One half of the Merrymakers took centre stage at Knox United Church’s annual
Laughter and Lyrics concert on Friday night. The evening featured performances by
Snippety the Clown and the Schneider Quartet, among others. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Hosting the community
The Auburn Lions Club hosted a community breakfast on Sunday
morning at the community’s memorial hall. Serving the dozens of
hungry residents were Greg Park, left, and Travis Teed, right. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
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