By PETER cROMETON

dian. Legion's
Remember,

“call
the loss of young lives i ‘in war,

do-just that,
Canadians were again called

put down: yet again: a dictator
bent on » taking our world into,
war,

-Once' again the people and
businesses of Terrace . have
responded to the Royal Cana

Though many years have
gone by since Canada suffered - citizens. .
there are still many who. fequire © inch
our assistance, The. _Legion’s ,
Poppy Campaign. is seared to

Earlier this year. ‘our’ young

away from family and friends to.

“THiough this time the length
of. dime our young men and
swomen. were away was much,
shorter than that in conflicts. of

“Years passed, it served to remind.”

us. of the heartaches and the
worrying times of our older:

‘am “Sure ‘that there are 2 far
of our younger people
who: now have a far better

those families of yesteryear who

= were’ “Rever to see their young -
onés again, or had to wait many
: years or their Tetura,

5 we gather. together again
on n Nov. 11, we will have reason

nat only t to remember tose who. op
defended our freedom. many * ms
years ago. We. will also —

temember just. how.- iclose we
‘came to yet. again losing some of
our young Canadians.: ve

_ | am asking on ‘behalf of
- Royal Canadian Legion branch
213,: its. veterans‘ and. members
that you;:the people: of Terrace,
join us on Monday, . November

understanding of the feelings of "1. at our service of remem-

brance to show: our young
‘Canadians of. both. yesteryear
‘and today that our thoughts are
always with then. ~~.
Peter Crampton _is. Remem-

brance Day chairman. Jor the -

tocat Legion branch 13.

: ‘Safeway: ‘parking lot.

Bud” Kirkaldy.
i 10: 49am. —

laying of wreaths,
After the wreath laying,

-Ceremony timetable

20:15 a.m. — Parade forms up at the northest comer of the

0:25 am, — Parade marches down Lakelse Ave. to the
“Tillicum Twin theatre led by. parade marshall Comrade

The. Remembrance ceremony begins with an

: opening prayer by.Lt. Mike Hoeft of the Salvation ‘Amy. |.

4 11:00: a.m.’ — Last Post by the Terrace ‘Community Band.
“After the two minute silence, the Rev. Lance Stephens will

_ | deliver an address to be followed by a message from Legion.

a ie president Comrade Howard Cromarty. ; re

{Following the service — Parade will reform in front ‘of the
:, theatre then proceed to the Cenotaph outside city hall ‘fe ‘the .

* When people talk about wats,
they invariably focus on the bat-
tles and the men who fought

; them, Das ps

But. women: ‘played: ‘their part

‘in those wars aswell and,.- -even

combat, madé.'a. valuable’ con-
tribution nonetheless, -

women who served i jin the armed
forces either during World War
Hand the. Cold. War ‘that

the story of a woman who saw
‘the. war. from. a. very different
prespectiye.

when World War II. broke out,
Although’ she” waS,. of course,

conflict: those who: did.

That’s becuse her home was
Warsi, Poland, the ® invasion:

Pe ; . we :
ame omy te dunes cee a he SAL pee 998 gt Coe pee ge

. FIVE WHO SERVED. As ex-members of the armed forces, Connie
_ Porter {left to right}, Grace Smith, Edith Kawinsky, Emma Taft and
Norma Bennett all have good reason to remember on November.

if prohibited from taking part in

’ Below. aré:the:stories. of five.

followed. But; to: begin with, :

Irene’ Pejsky was six weeks |
short..of. “her: tenth birthday :

11. Their stories (below) also serve as a reminder it wasn't just the

combat troops who left behind family and friends to serve their

country.

Yvorine Moen.

of which, by Germany Giggered
the conflict in Burope.

A policeman, her father died
in June, 1941,, leaving her and
mother Sonja alone. Irene
recalls: growing up. in the amidst

soldiérs~ordering:them out’ of

- their home at gunpoint; people
hiding: down..:

basements i in an effort to escape !
too young to serve’ in the armeéd-'
forces, Irene’ was as close ta the.

thes bombing;’- many -tunning.
away to hide out in the moun-

tains where, they spent days:

‘without: ‘food, ‘only water...
. She ¢ remembers Dec. 8, 1944,.

Armond joined:the Chain
Army in July, 1940 at Port Ar |
thur, Ont. At the time he was
assistant logging superintendent
with the Great Lakes forest ger-
vice, baséd in Fort, William.’

After basic training in Val
Cartia, just outside Quebec Ci-
ty, Lt: Kaulbeck received ‘his
orders:
November of that years

‘On Dee, 16, his unit —~ the
Canadiati ‘Forestry ‘Corps, in:
company with the Queen’s Own

Camerons régiment, .boarded.
ship: at Halifax, N.S, bound for

overseas ‘service in. Scotl:

mills there.

¢

Callan + i
Lo |

ya

the last day she saw her mother:
That was also the day all the
young people were loaded -into.
cattle cars. and shipped. off io
live in camps and work in fac- |

_tories producing airplane parts

for the Germans. |
A happier date-is Nov. 22,
‘1951 for that’s the day she arriv-

ed-in Canada. A year later she
“married Steve in Vancouver and
three. years Jater the couple

moved to Terrace. - :
” Now; 36 years, three children

‘and four. gtandchildten . later,

Irene says she loves this country
~~ ‘because here she has her
freedom.

ain. “Thay entered ihe Clyde

Day. a

- At the time of Armond’s ar-
rival; the Canadian Army was
bringing - in lumber from

- overseas by. ahip.: However, con-

cludirig: it-was. moré worthwhile -

to ‘take:.advantage. of. the

in

availability of’ -timber”

The - wood “wis ied tor
railway ties, mine props and to

‘build camps,’ The ‘Systéin “Also

freed up! hoom on the: meteharit

River ‘in Scotland on Christmas, .

Women went to war as well

Grace Smith left her home in
Scotland in January, 1941;
travelling south to Birmingham,
England where she. enlisted in
the Women’s Airforce.

- She spent the next four years
as a cook at various airforce
bases... While stationed at
Nuneaton in 1944, she married
Harold who shortly afterwards
was shipped: to Africa.

‘The war over, Grace returned

-home in August,.1945 but seven
months later was on her way to
Canada to join Harold who had
gone on ahead.

~ Grace still has the Christehas
dinner menu she helped prepare

~ at Nuneaton in 1944.

Also in the air force was Nor-
ma Bennett. Trained i in Guelph,

Ont., she served as an officer in”
the code and cipher department .

at the Ottawa’ headquarters. . :
_One of only four women who

comic 62.

“Duting the course of his. four.
year stay in Scotland, Kaulbeck:

Tose ‘to the rank. ‘of captain

before trying for a transfer to

‘the Fifth: Armoured Division..

However, , even having suc-

cessfully completed the training

course, he was told that, at. 4,
he was (66. 61d, ;

“He: did; eventially’ get"
transfer, . ‘but. ‘to’ army. "head:

quarters in Frankfurt ‘aftet ‘the: .

end of hostilities in Europe

ving, as a forestty specialist, ‘hes:
cota BZ