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Mrs, Jud

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. ‘SILVER cRoss MOTHER,’

| YOUTH:

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TATIVES: AND ROYAL

MILITARY COLLEGE

“CADETS . TO

BE.

PROMINENT. IN

NATIONAL REMEM-
BRANCE DAY
‘CEREMONY. — ;

At the 11 a.m. ceremony

on November 11 at: the.

”. National War Memorial in

Ottawa, Mrs. Olive Jubb of

‘Victoria, B.C., will lay a-

wreath on behalf: of the
Silver Cross. Women of

Canada. —

- Mrs. Jubb lost two airmen

-“gons during World War II
- while they were serving in

the RCAF on Lancaster

-bombers: She had a third

son on convoy duty with the

- Royal Canadian Navy.

. Jaid on behalf of the youth of

‘Another wreath will be

'. Canada by the two young.

winners: of The Royal
Canadian Legion's literary
contest, Cathy Watson, 18, of
McAdam, New Brunswick,
who won the senior. poetry
contest and Bob Elliott, 19,

“of Port Perry, Ontario, ‘who

"1942 raid on Dieppe.

“past —
’ Remembrance —

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rete tatet,

won the senior essay contest
and whose father, .Jim
Elliott, is'a veteran of the

The parade’ and march
following the
ceremony
will be headed by a con-—
tingent of war veterans and

Royal Canadian:

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By BILL SMILEY:

party, marching. to. the —

‘Highlanders and the CFB

Kingston, led by their own

“represented. by HMCS

’ cadets will also. participate

| fired by.

‘Thompson, CD and the

~The Royal Canadian Legion.

‘Canadian Forces , and. the

‘Bill Smiley

d to lay

1 cn t .
Legion’s ‘national: ‘colour

musi¢ of the massed pipes
and drums of the Cameron .

Ottawa pipe-bands. ~~
This. year the. regilar —
force contingent of the.
rade and ceremony will
eature one hundred officer
cadets’ from the Royal.
Military - College- at ~

RMC pipe and drum band. -
Reserve forces will be

Carleton, the Governor
General’s Foot Guard, the
Cameron. Highlanders of:
Canada and ‘the Ottawa
Battalion.

Approximately | one .
hundred navy, army and ‘air

in the parade.

‘The. 21-gun salute will be.
the 30th Field
Regiment, RCA(M). .

The parade commander —
will be Lieut.’Col. R.V.

ceremony is under the
overall. direction and
organization of the national
ceremonies committee of

Music during the
-ceremony will be provided
by the Central Band of the ©

Central Choir of the Ottawa
Board of Education..

_ There will be live national —
coverage of the ceremony |
‘radio © and

a

os ‘teachers. try: to: “make them

"Remembrance Day |

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I WONDER how much more -~

_ will be chipped away from the...
image: of Remembrance’ Day: -_

this. fall? te mo

_. Each year -the’ jconoclasts:

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‘though old'soldiers never do. °°
-Last year, one Canadian =~:
Legion branch observed the = -
day a week early,. because. the
Nov. 11 date interfered with ©:
_ their: deer hunting: ©. 000
- '. To-the businessman, . Re ”
i membrance . Day. is a dam! __
nuisance, For . years he ~
fought it; with one eye on his. -

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eset.

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one

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_ and the other on his clerks, .
who would have to be paid for  -

day off...
| .Hewhittled it down ta half
+ adayoff, thenanhour.off for
. the memorial services. Today, ot

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o

5

ar

yas: usual, .

“although: many of them:do.
... allow veterans the. time off to
attend the service, °°.
To the - civil service, the
banks; the teachers, it is just
another welcome holiday, a

' for rainbow, or putting: the ©

©: To theyoung people 6f this
ydand,” however’. much. thelr:

_ chip, chip away, hoping that: ao

~. Yassing (in; their - opinion) 2°» ;
“charade will. fade: away,even ~~

customers who were, veterans, °)-.

. nothing, if he gave them the © _

. "most businessmen simply ig- °°.
nore the day, and it’s. business ace

To industry, it ‘has long Pes
‘since been an anachronism, Ce ete

oo little: bonus. Makes @ good.)
day to go hunting; or fishing © |

_ boat. away for the-winter. | ° a

aware, it’s just one. of those

-, "Empire Day, or- whatever that -
“thing is called that used to be

“ITN 24th of May,. the 2 Queen’ s

birthday.”

souvenir, ‘like the gaiter-belt
ofia roan. Land: Army

- For many a veteran’ s wife,
“it’s -a’ day’ of some. anxiety.
She knows perfectly well that,

"trained | the - old man, he's
., going to insist on going off to.

> the: Legion Hall, to “honor

“my old: “comradés,’” ” The
.. trouble is, his old ‘comrades —
have also gone there, to honor
him, «And . between, call the
honoring; he’s.going to arrive
. ‘home at.an unusual’ hour, in
co ame ‘uncertain’ ‘condition, . and
will: feel everyone of his 56

. oolyears on thie. morrow. . .
That doesn’t leave much of...

: anybody, doesi it, who. has any

real: stake in’ Remembrance
oo Dayd
+ Oh of course there are the:

| “few votes to be culled from.
- “veterans and their wives:
~ And there are the trampel:

—_ “ers who can handle the Last e

ague and’ silty, holidays, like. - cope

‘Even:a ‘decade Orso ago,
youngsters still. ad: fathers, -
‘ai : services,
’ shurches.. .
-- And there’s the military,
'- the mighty and intrepid: Cana-"
. =~ adian’, Forces,
a » probably: Tepel an attack.-b
- ‘the Swiss Navy and the army”
of Monaco. It. gives them a:
chance to strut their stuff and
2. show’. that they have been”:
“taught the Slow March.
2 But those «are minority’ oe
groups.’ Who or what i is left’ °°
ot make Remembrance Daya
significant one in -Canadian ;
. life? There's nobody left but.
the guys who were actually.
there — the veterans.

about it,” and. maybe“had a.

weapon after. the evacuation --°:
at: Dunkirk. ; a

i however: -earefully - she has ;

: - politicians. There’ are’ stilla"-.

THE HERALD,

_ Post:” They’ Te. tew and far
between, but around. emem-~
‘brance’. Day they- hit. the.
Jackpot, A former student of |
mine used to pick up about
- $35, darting’ from one -area

community. to. the | other,

. playing the - Last. Post at...
- Legion dinners, and memorial :
and schools - and .

wha’ could

"- Does it mean. anything to

‘them? At the risk of sound-™:
ing maudlin, I would answer
- with a ringing affirmative.

Their ranks are thinning,

and hardly anybody else turns

Wednesday,

yo

up for the ceremony ‘any ~ -
_jnore. But across the land, |
thousands of men and. wo-.: -
men, pot-bellied, grey-haired, -
ok slightly: ridiculous to them--
S ‘selves as well as others, will

march with solemn faces, ona

cold ‘and wet and windy day, -
‘. to community cenotaphs: “ac-
: ‘TOSS. the land.. °.:

"They will stand andllisten to oo
the Names of the Fallen’ being ae

2

~ tead. They will be assured by
"the padre that They Did Not

~2the Minute’s Silence, which is .

‘November. air; thére will be
“some ° Teal ‘ tears.
attention, Reveille, and quick-

the © ‘Legion © Hall,
‘sloppy : “‘sentiment’"” ‘left..be--

7-Theré, the caps:will.snap,
‘and the turkey willsizzle,and = |
‘< thedart boardand the shuffle: =
‘” board will be in‘ full’swing, - = &
‘joined | ‘the Legion. as social

a ‘facilities; -

it's a-good thing that some-

"fight, and to dieif necessary, -
for ideals that : ‘modern his-- °
‘s torians sneer at.

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usually cut to 30 seconds, they. 2 |
‘will have a. brief flicker of .
verwhelming grief. Not for.
allen comrades, but ‘for last
outh; ‘and for. “the encroach-* -
sent of-old age’ and. illness. pa
nd the final enemy. a
-And'as the knifing. notes of -

“he: ‘Last’ ‘Post. keen "in the*-

Then’ ‘it’s

oe

step behind: the band, off to_
‘all “that:

an
one

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“hind, like the fallen ‘comrades.

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and all-the young punks whois.

‘Members will be enjoying the: .
and over ina.
“corer, a few Old ‘Sweats .
"from W.W. | will be nursing a
beer and reminding,’ with a
quickening of the eye, ““D’ya_
‘remember the time ...?”

‘It’s sort of sad. But maybe

body remembers all the fine
‘young men who went off so .
- willingly, even ‘eagerly, to -

selene SCS

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