The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-11-13, Page 34
• Author Don Campbell held a large crowd at the annual legion Remembrance Day banquet
and dance in the psdm of his hand as \he recalled the Second World War and his, first
dealings with Canadians. •[James Friel photo]
Campbell wows legion crowd
By James Friel
When BudThompsonthanked Don
Campbell after his ipeeeh given
Nov. 9 at the Lucknow LegiOn, he said
he knew it would be easy becauSe he
was confident Campbell , would deliver
an excellent, • inspirational speech.
And the naturalized Canadian. citizen:
didn't let down the crowd at Branch
309's annual Remembrance Day dinner
and dance which was also a ,celebration
of the Royal Canadian Legion's Dian'.
end Jubilee.
"It's difficult to find new Things to
say 'about remembrance," said the
auth'or of the popular serial Redtrees,
and he quoted from poems dealing with
• remembrance. "Although the w.ords of
the poets are beautiful, they're not
realistic."
But
•
" But he noted that "Of all people,
veterans remember best sometimes,
because their contribution was to the
greatest .purpose .they ever had."'
• He introduced a patriotic segment of
the speech with the .famotis quote from
Winston Churchill, "This was their
finest hour." He noted the pride he. felt
when he saw, six young air, force men
accompanying Churchill's coffin, ,men
whocame from the air force school be
had attended and the school where , he
got to know his first Canadian. It was
the beginning .of a love affair with
Canada that eventually ' drew Campbell
and his family tothis country.
"I learned about Canada from a boy,
from Saskatchewan." The dust covered
his family's farm and after working,
drilling and sleeping in the same room
• for a lengthy period of tinte, "We
• became quite close. I knew a lot about
Canada at an early age, 'perhaps more
than some Canadians."
' He was sent to Alexandria in Egypt
when the war broke out and 'he was
again teamed up with another -Canadian
• flying one of the trinity of planes the
squadron had- nicknamed Faith, Hope
and Charity.
His Canadian partner, Bill Campbell
• (no relation), and he flew a Gloucester
Gladiator and in one three day period
• sank three U-boats. Don Campbell flew
over fifty missions before being ground-
ed following hospitalization in the
United Kingdom. That gave him time to
• get married..
His new wife'syoung brother brought
over many Canadians and, the contact
with this country continued even after
that young man was' killed in a bomber
raid in 1943.
IHis new role was to head a motorized
column which supplied. a Canadian air
force squadron. After the war, he
watched his future countrymen leave for
their homes.
• But now he's a proud Canadian and
he remembers Canada's contribution to
• the Second World War better than most
Canadians. I've travelled all over the
world but I can say Canada is the best
country in the world."
Safe house to open
The Women's House of Bruce County
• is a Family Resource Centre, serving '
the needs of families in, crisis in Bruce,•
Grey and Huron Counties. .
The official opening will, be held
• Saturday, November 16, starting with a
ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by a
tour of the house. Refreshments will
also be available.
The guest list includes a representa-
tive from the Ministry of Community
and Social Services, and a representa-
• tive from the Office of the Attorney
General.
A short history of the centre And its
• initial concepts illustrates the needs for
a; facility of this type in the area.
Janet. and Ken Goldspirik of Kincar-
dine iheat:d a woman speak on family
violence at a meeting of the men's
group of the Anglican church in Kincar-
• dine in May 1983, and the Goldspinks
decided to see if there was a need for a
shelter of some sort in Bruce County.
Statistics from the police department,
d,octors, lawyers, and other sources
showed there was •enough family
violence in the area (statistics nation
wide show that one in 10 women is
physically abused by' her spouse) to
warrant a shelter.
The Ontario Ministry of Community
• and Social Services was contacted and it
• agreed to fund eighty per cent of the
budget for •the establishment of a
Fanriily Resource Centre. The other 20
per cent of the budget' will come from
fund raising. '
A unique aspect of the operation of
the Women's Houss'the fact that it is
administered by a board made up of
interested citizens from the community.
• Unlike a women's shelter which is
primarily concerned with helping phys-
ically and mentally abused women, a
• Family Resource Centre's role is enlarg-
ed to provide shelter and help for a
number of crisis situations: fanaily
violence, marital difficulties arising
from rape, pregnancy, • alcoholisrn,/,
housing, employment or health. , '
."/
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