Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 10, 1990, p. 31

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A wartime marriage friendship which beg hi in own between ding ceremony ht Id in Holland The couple returned Rita Doyle I en pictured with from Europe to lake up married residence in friends in the blusMimed a wartime Georgetown I en passed away in Photo sub marriage when became Mrs Ray nor in a wed mitltd Veterans to get needed boost OTTAWA BUREAU Thomson Newsservice OTTAWA Just in time for Remembrance Day the federal government is taking steps to help some of Canada neediest war veterans he Veterans Affairs Depart has introduced a bill to satisfy long standing complaints about the way veterans accounts are administered Bill will also establish a special fund for needy vets and help the surviving spouses of others cope financial The biggest change will be in the way Ottawa treats some million held in about 200 veterans accounts he govern administers the accounts for veterans who are unable to do it themselves In the past no interest was paid on these holdings because the government felt it shouldn be acting as a money manager or in for veterans But years of lobbying have convinced the department that these accounts should earn money Once the bill is passed interest will be calculated and paid mon The change will tost about S3 million annuall something been asking them to do for the last cm pie of years so that s fine Gray director of the Canadian Legion sen ict bureau special trust fund for also will be established It will be funded with from unclaimed veterans estates ad ministered the department Previously when a veteran whose account was administered the department died without heirs the went into the government s general revenue fund In the future such funds will be available for other vets It going to help a senior on a verv low fixed income who has an emergency situation such as their house burning down says The amount of imolved is unknown because there is no time limit for heirs to come for ward says Del tor of executive projects at Veterans Affairs Bill will also ensure that surviving spouses of all veterans who receive attendant care allow ances are t rented equally The vets affected are those receiv ing under fiv per cent disability payments legislation excludes the widow or widower of some such from receiving the allowance for one year after the vet dies That will be changed so all veterans are covered by the provision THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November Page National memorial has English roots Canada national war memorial was conceived and executed in a garden in Kent England It was the product of seven brothers from Yorkshire who came from a farming family and had no formal art or sculpture training It was the result of ten years of labour on their part In 1925 Vernon Marsh won the Canadian government competition for a design for a national war memorial His design was one of seven finahsts out of entries in the international competition After sub mitting a model he was authorized to proceed with his work Vernon Marsh died in but the remaining six brothers and a sister Elsie carried on In the memorial was finished It was shown in Hyde Park and received wide acclaim There were slight alterations made before the Canadian government took delivery of the memorial in June of 1937 For the trip to Canada the massive statehness of the memorial was broken into thirty five wooden cases The memorial takes the form of a tall granite arch atop of which stand huge bronze figures of Victory and Liberty Marching through the arch are twenty two figures representing all branches of the ser vice of World War I Upon the faces of these figures the eager of hope replaces the lines of strife and death They leave behind an unhmbered cannon and all it stands for The memorial was unveiled by His Majesty King George in May before a crowd of 100 people A Remembrance ceremony has been held at the memorial since thai time Prior to 19J9 Remem services were held on the lawn in front of the Parliament Buildings at a temporary cenotaph TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER HE ROYAL CANADIAN

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