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Page 10 Community Friday August 2 1991 You can pack up your troubles I met ray old Platoon Sergeant Bill Collier the other day He was on his way to the medical centre and I was on my way home He doesn yell and shout orders at me anymore since hostilities ceased and another thing that pleases me we are now on a first name basis Back in 1941 at the old Louisville Barracks Borden Hants I had to call him Sgt Sir SOB under my breath but to be absolutely fair to him his troops liked him He was as good a Platoon Sgt as you could get Most of the time He only pegged me for latrine duty seven times in six months Surely some of you remember those old barrack toilets with the tank overhead pull the chain and presto everything was clean again When we first arrived in England July 1 1941 we were an uncoordinated group and English beer made us worse Bangers and mash took a little getting used to but little by little Bill whipped us into a fairly unified precise drill squad But he army tale I want to tell you about is one Bill and I laugh about as we walked along almost years to the day of it s happening It threw a whole regiment into spasms of e laughter Some of the laughed until their stomachs ached some laughed til the tears rolled down their cheeks After capture the Regimental MPs I was one cook and the bugler had wet themselves It funny to me Facing a squad t and RMS Palmer was just as He was an army pit butt In my confusion and fear I just kept going It was my cape gas in miitar jargon that did me in that hot July day in England Shortly after our arrival we were issued with this camouflag ed brown black green cape VIDEO PLUS West of Georgetown Fru t Mo COMING THIS WEEK JUST FOR Teenage Mutant Turtles I Secret of the Tel Herris Me The Big Man On Camp DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS ENJOY OUR OUTDOOR PATIO Across From GO Station 37 King St Georgetown 8773541 Stories by Steamer Emmerson and gas with cotton tape to he it to your body When you put on your webbing it was to sit atop your small back pack A string hung down over your right shoulder so it could be pull ed when someone shouted Gas gas gas Seldom did this army non pliable form of plastic unroll easily Only on hot hot days and at the most inopportune times This particular morning I was the designated marker For Charlie Coy When the R S called com pany markers on parade Able Coj Baker Co Charlie Coy me and Dog Coy came smartly to attention and marched to a spot front of the old lAe would order arms and stand We would be told I bring to the slopt arms markers inwards and irds turn then will be the number of paces are to march so Cos s can line up The Regiment w as atchi One tiny slip and would be the butt of barrack room humor forever This as the acid test I was nervous Good heavens before I could get my thoughts gathered he shouted Company markers attention slope arms inwards and outwards turn First marker steady second marker paces third marker paces fourth marker paces quick march Left right left right left he was yelling so quickly and sharply lost count of my paces then he yelled third marker get your head up When I lifted my head as instructed the back rim of my steel helmet touched the cape gas forcing the front nm of the helmet down over my eyes Good grief I had not only lost count of the paces I was rendered sightless Then somehow my cape gas unfolded Definitely an army nono on parade Palmer was furious with my shoddy performance as the com pan marker I didn t bother to stop I just kept going til his voice like old soldiers just faded I was A L for three days before thej found me Oh I got terrible punishment forthat misdemeanor They sent home to Canada I laughed all the way home on the boat Say saw it in The Herald J The Elegant or Dinner Shop Now Open 11 10 OFF BATH OR CLIP AT PET JUNCTION Clip This Coupon Save All Brood Grooming Cats Welcome PHONE FOR APPOINTMENT 8737990 Appointments not always 9 JAMES STREET GEORGETOWN DJ J Weddings Jack Jills Company Parties Dances 8731068 NSC JOCKEY SERVICES SATURDAY fP BARBECUES WEATHER PERMITTING rtt sworn BRINGS YOU LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EVERY THURS FRI SAT THIS WEEK THE KOSTERS CALL 226 Queen St E Brampton 4516000 GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 NOW PLAYING the movies Evenings at 9 1 5 p Matinees Saturday Sunday at 00 p NOW PLAYING michaelj fox julie warner woody harrelson DOC HOLLYWOOD Evenings at 7 00 9 15 pm Matinees Saturday Sunday at 00 p m NOW PLAYING SCHWARZENEGGER Its Nothing Personal TERMINATOR Evenings at 6 9 1 5 p I Matinees Saturday Sunday at p BOX OFFICE OPENS AT PM Adults 14 Over Children Sr Citizans Special Nights