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Queensway writes letters of support to troops in Kabul
Aaron Jacklin
MEM
Fifteen residents in
the Queensway retire-
ment home in Hensall
have sent 100 letters of
support to troops near-
ly 11,000 kilometres
away in Kabul,
Afghanistan.
John Henderson was
one of the residents to
write to the troops but
nearly 70 years ago, he
worked on the home -
front during the
Second World War.
"I was 21 when the
first group was called
up to go to Woodstock
and the army in 1940,"
he said.
Woodstock was the
recruitment station in
the area.
He applied to farm on
the homefront, but the
government wouldn't
let him. He either had
to sign up for the army
or go to make cheese at
a factory. He made
cheese for three and a
half years.
"Six months a year
we worked 18 hours a
day, seven days a
week. The other six we
got it a little easier."
Henderson was called
in to Woodstock after
the cheese factory.
"I had grown half an
inch and gained
Aaron Jacklin
photo
Jack Lavender,
Mina Taylor, John
Henderson and
Esther Wright,
each a resident at •
the Queensway
retirement home in
Hensall, took part
in a recent project
to send 100 letters
to Canadian troops
in Kabul,
Afghanistan.
Residents, staff,
families and some
community mem-
bers also partici-
pated.
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a pound," he said.
Henderson was at
Woodstock for 30 days
before being deemed
necessary to farm on
the homefront. He did
that for the remainder
of the war.
Now, Henderson said
he put in a few words
when one of the retire-
ment home nurses
came asking for resi-
dents to write.
Queensway retire-
ment home director
Julie Grimminck said
the residents wrote
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