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�iiie hopes for peace dere a
De editotp staff and readets of the fast, to say I wa theniy exa' 'a` t
Luc ow Sentinel; i ey. onld find int his a who
I can hardy believe saotber *eat bad Serve iti the London blip
hassin mylast letter t tum the Battle of Britain and
you.' I think of , settdMg you i ° $ °
�wow � `1�1tp Vie► l hi the
belated good wishes for Christmas . Battle of Britain' 50th Anniversary
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ding me ids letters a :on ,
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them Mrs. Margaret Pritchard of many stingers too; and we, ase
Ooderich, a nmostladlifulcorrowr sembie iu ;,great m nnpeil. at We1R
dent throughout the yeear, Ma. .liagton Barracks to parade to. Ilia-
Dorothy
u tDorothy Wardell, whose husband Ingham Palace. The RoyalFamily
has not. n welt Mr. aud. Mrs, -had-gat red -on the balcony b tt°th
Colin Crozier, Mrs, Alma Black; Queen came round ina sort of
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Mrs. b Murdie of Kitchener, • to review the troops, old and new,
whose. sister Mrs. Irene Brown has -spoke with the families of crews
died and Mrs, Phyllis..i.Momson, lost in those far days and finally
who's' still busy gathering 'op took the, salute at a iiazch past of
grandchildren. It's lovely, to %w thesurvivors of the famous FEW. it
you are all well and happy and' was all very moving and revived
through you and the Lucknow Sen- old- memories: for everyone.
tinel, I'd like to send greetings to , There was most i ipreessive fly
everyone I met while I was with• past, beginning with Spitfires -and
you in 1980. Hurricanes, so old, so brave, they
It has been a fabulous year for
me. in Mnaa ...® had in invnoirarag
This week's person on the street question was "What has consume
reaction to the QST b en+m :your:,
store since Jar uary 1? . r ,
broughhears to many eyes; an old
Lancaster bomber oil tO the Mast
modern boots and jet Oghtas
and ending up with• a Red
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tows; sweeping.over tho led; white
ad° .bt�e .vapour •A- When 4-1
w -as: uiet, a fight of >ia da:
toft10190 everyone 'ebb.
Yob d -haveliked that We Iso had,
a .most wonderful, fireworks displa
on, the' Imes aid.speci L .
up to- mu iseigian veterans with_
their wives over to celebrate the
45th anniversary of thein arrival for
army training during the war, which
ended before they got into combat..
yTher come backoften, full. of nods.
tatgia tor..the old` days, t wiS'tin '
their: early haunts but thisyear was
very special with colourful-
ceremonies
olourful-cremon es 4aitron. We eeute ined
them in relays at our : hone, at oft
Royal British Legion and anywhere
they'd time to stop; Our Connell
gave them a Civic Reception and
opened die facilities of Out -local
park to them,, a very beautiful spot
where they were able to picnic, go
boating or just ammig
the trees and the flowers. -Cardinal
O'Peee, shortly before his death,
welcomed them to ` mass in St.
Patrick's RC, Cathedral in Armagh
and other churches,. had special,,
services --for them. in a very moving
ceremony at the -War Memorial,
they'"presentedd the flag of. thein
country ._to the City of Annagi
They were also feted by the Legion'
there and given a most formal and.
moving Civic reception by.. Armagh
Council with dinner -and entertain-
, merit laid on. 1. went almost
_. everywhere with them as their,
interpreter.
In September, I had a phone call
from R.A.F. Aldergrove, ,near Bel -
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in Westminster Abbey.
In October 1 attended tho
� . Reunion :Edinburgh;.
when we 'stayed in University ac,
cominodation and laid quite :a bum!
of Cauadistis with its;
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since ibe ?amara 1991 will1 think, bo
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n January 9, the luckuoti s
byteriati : Women's ,MisSiQuarY
.Society met in the alum h hall for
the first meet g of : the' ' W yip.,
Shirley,iwthorne was.io-char'ge of
the prOgrani and opened the service.
with' a prem entitled The New
Year,
The dlad, Tidings «--xeyiew,
b**Evelyn
pr�!tireef� Lit+de:was tend
by Pero °l a Donald A Meditation
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On Central America,
Peace, was given. by Alice Taylor
with Malldie Fisher sisting;
The `Mission tud ;f& 1991 on
Central Americawas, introduced by
lll+daLaidlaw.
Ceilia Aitchison some interes-
ting. and amusing readings on being
a senior citizen.
Rh- MacKenzie president,
conducted the business and ,cot
spondence, Aletter was read *int
Ash Presbyterian : oee f!;
abusedonationwonten and ch
thug .the yup r :k e
d.
Carnations; were sent to Iva Carr
on . ;the occasion of her .92nd
birthday.
Shirley closed the meting with
pfiraltyerowwtd. and' a die of fellowship
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Brute Willits
Bruce-. Wi11 is of Willits, Tune
ted that =most of his oust mi
ye' a" sitting, negative auPP:
towards the GST. This a ritude
expressed to him through.
complaining.
Mr. Willits said that people are
beginning toate" that it is
something they have to learn to live .
with:. Ilee said it will affect town'
people more than fanners,' because
fanners will .get it back.
Armstrong Bakery staff
The staff ,at Armstrong ' y
believe the GST has caused amass
coribsion. they have conswnc s'
asking" it is cheapof to bay tont:
or six Of a baked.;;product, and the
has d r ofpeople buyingone item
`They believe that there was not
enough paptionduka given and
this resulted in misunderstandings.
They '. Stated more jthatInore
consumers are complaining.
The staff •behevesihere-"should be
ane'ta tax rate 'width would heap
to end the confusion.
Richard Askes
Richard Askes of Locknow:nne
hardware:said that. the reaction of
consumers is not as shocking as he
thought WOUld .be. MAW :con-
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sumers• are a bit 'bewildered- but
realize they dotet: have n clibiceat
the matter, Shockwhen they sce
the puce on the cash register, is a
common reaction in consumers.
Mr. Askes notal that people are
only, buying products. they need
15% tax is a lot of tax, He finds the
most asked question by coieers
is -"Was GSTincludedin-that?"But
bhsicaile found that there ;is, not
a good deal of grumbling.yet.
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Some prices include GST Kut
often, it is added later,
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or ask. Where GST applies,
know whether it will be added at
the cash register or if GST is
built into the price tag.
GST added, or GST included.
It's important for you to know
the difference.
If you have other questions about
the GST and prices, the answer is to,
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