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Opinion
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In an era where oto incomes are an economic ne-
cessity for most ilies and many people's rare
moments of spare time are spent collapsed in front
of aeon of some kind, be it TV or computer, vol-
unteetism appears to be on the decline.
Service clubs, hospital auxiliaries, sports orga-
nizations and --:other community groups are alwa s
scrambling orittolunte& xne rey
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And, most people who do volunteer are no s
er to burn -out since those who give their time to
the community are often in the minority
So, while it's no surprise that the SeafoAgri-
al Society is suering from a lack of volun-
its alarming to lagine a without
an annual fall fair and many of the other events
spired by'the Ag Society like the upcoming
C1`stm.as toy and craft show.
That's the essence question the Ag Society wants
the community of Seaforth and area to consider
de a stili It an 'cultural Society and a fall
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And, if we do, what are we going to do about it?
Are we willing to become Ag Society directors, go to
rneetings and come. up with new ideas to keep the
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Or, are we even willing to pu our names on a
list sp that the aging veterans who've been running
the fairfor decades can depend on some younger,
stronger backs to do the heavy work required when
the events are held to keep the organization going.
It's somewhat ironic that the Agricultural Soci-
ety's plea for members comes during the month
when Seaforth'a three annual citizenship award
winners are determined.r
While there are a decreasing number of volunteers
overall, those who continue to give of themselves
for their community certainly add to its quality.
As a number of Ag Society directors point out, if
there are no volunteers, there is no community.
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Sharing war stories an important
legacy to pass on before it's too late
Whenever Remembrance Day
comes and goes, there's always
one warrior I can't help but
think about.
My father-in-law George, who
died close to 17 years ago at age
75, was a veteran of the Second
World War.
A member of the 27th Ar-
moured Regiment with the
Sherbrooke Fusiliers, he served as a tank
driver and ammunitions loader in the United
Kingdom, Central Mediterranean and Conti-
nental Europe.
He was injured at Messina, Italy when an
88 mm artillery shell entered his tank and
exploded while he was sitting on ammuni-
tions boxes. He was burned on 85 per cent of
his body and blasted full of shrapnel, which
continued to come out of his body for the rest
of his life. For surviving that experience,. he
earned the nickname Lucky among his fellow
veterans.
While he had seen plenty of the horrors of
war, George never lost his playful nature.
When I met him when he was 65, he had spent
the day with a buddy throwing tomatoes out of
his car at passing targets during a ride in the
country.
Ron & Dave
So, what do you think
:about the government's
latest economic plan?.
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know... Just a
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Susan
Hundertmark
His only stories of war were
the humorous moments and the
unusual - like his story about
the time he and his troop came
across a little girl with no clothes
and because they had just bull-
dozed a silk factory, they traced
around her body on a piece of
cloth and sewed her a dress with
thread out of their kits.
But, we realized long after he died that we re-
ally didn't know a lot about his life during the
war. When my son attempted to put together a
history project about his grandfather, he was
frustrated to realize that, other than a list of
George's eight medals, there wasn't enough in-
formation written down about the campaigns
he served in to gain a real appreciation of how
his grandfather fit into the stories in the his-
tory books.
Gaining that sort of information wouldn't
have been easy since George didn't volunteer
it. Like many veterans, he was haunted by the
war with flashbacks during thunderstorms
and nightmares in which he would dream of
Nazis attacking his house, sometimes sleep-
walking through the house searching for Na-
zis.
See REMEMBRANCE, Page 5
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have our own opinions?,
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