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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-11-04, Page 28Page 10 Robbie Burns Robbie Burns Night Dance 1964. Left to right: Bill Clancy, George Wilkin, Ed Tonks, Don McArthur, Joe MacDonald, Harold R member there, not only or thin day, • ach beer, each moment, !est the world /organ. M ay the preset heart in fervent gnat -axe., E esa m err tragedy who worm always Rti akin the world a better planet yet, ' • ear teertee to err deep, mrdyi,g dee R eyt adhere weir, to that blood brotherhood Remember By Winifred 0. Brno THE LEGIONARY, NOVEMBER 1960 Dinner -dance first event of Jubillee The first major event of the Branch 109 60th birthday celebration will be a dinner - dance to be held in the Jubilee Room on Saturday, November 14. The speaker will be the Dominion 1st vice-president Gaston Garceau and most of the past presidents of Branch 109 are to be in attendance. Tickets are on sale for $15 per person now and all Branch 109 members may attend provided y they purchase their tickets to this Legion _ dinner and dance early as the seating capacity of the Ju45iiee Room is limited to 200. Ticket sales are restricted to members of Branch 109 and its Auxiliary but -you may be accompanied by your spouse or your escort. This initial event of the Braneh Dia- mond Jubilee celebration is shaping up to be a memorable night in the history of Branch 109. Night Dance Chambers, Earl Harrison, Jimmy Sherratt, Donald Bert, Mac Adam. A kir, who passed m Jla-e the warrior', way, N ably to wen a greater freedom ye; © areada hath thee, glower; ret apart hear y E tethered within a eation's gatrJel t. the C®untoee�d..00 A : ear forever with thy Feuded pear • orbs Maabard, 4u relate thee, thergh with tear. War, of course, is a horrible thing — countries are destroyed, along with the people who live in them. No one knows this How the Great Wars "LEST WE FORGET" Suncoast Goderich Congratulations Goderich Legion Branch 109 on 60 years of Service and Dedication. better than war veterans, and so no one was happier when the war ended than the thousands of Canadians who fought in them. But what kind of country did they return home to? It is one of the ironies of the Se- cond World War that the men and women who came home found that they had transformed their country, even though they had been away from it. Consider some of the things that had happened while they were serving overseas. Canada had gone to war as a producer of raw materials and agricultural goods, and she ended it as one of the world's great manufacturing na- tions. She had started the war as a largely rural country and by its end urbanization had made large strides. Her cities had mushroomed. Other things had happened. When Japan overran the rubber plantations of Asia, Canada promised to produce synthetic rubber. By war's end, 10 plants were in operation and Canadians were turning out 15 kinds of rubber. It was the same kind of story for the vehicle manufacturing in- dustry and so many other things. For Canada's veterans, the return home must have made them feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle did after his long sleep: It was still the same country, but it had been transformed. But even if there was some apprehension about the kind of country they would be returning home to, it couldn't hide the joy they felt when the war in Europe ended. Canadians celebrated from coast to coast and. in Europe, but perhaps one soldier from British Columbia's Westminster Regiment put it best. He was shaving on VE -Day when he happened to look at his image in the mirror. "Boy", he exclaimed, "am I glad to see you." The changes that the veterans returned home to didn't stop them — or Canadians — from remembering the country's 114,000 war dead. And that is one thing that hasn't changed in the 42 years since the war end- ed. The Legion's Poppy Campaign is just as successful now as it was in 1945. Cana- dians still remember. We would like to CONGRATULATE Our Neighbours GODERICH LEGION BRANCH `109 on their 60th ANNIVERSARY BEST WISHES! JIM HAYTER CHEV-OLDS LTD. 74 Kingston St., Goderich 524-8130