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THURSDAY. MAY lOth. 1945 THE C'ANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO I PAGE THREE JBusiness Direcioryj Legal W. R. STRIKE Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Solicitor for Bank of Montreai Money to Loan - Phone 79j Bowmanville, Ontario LAWRENCE C. MASON, B.A., Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. King Street W., Bowmanville Phione: Office 688 Residence 553 W. F. WARD, B.A., Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Bleakley Block Bowmanville -Ontario Phones: Office 825 House 409 2-tf MISS APHA 1. HODGIkS Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to M. G. V. GOULD) Temperance St. - Bowmanville Phone 351 34-tf Dentist DR. J. C. DEVITT Assistant: Dr. E. W. Sisnon Graduate of Royal Dental Col lege, Toronto, Office: Jury Jubilec Bldg., Bowmanville. Office houri 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. dally, 1) a.m. to 12 noan Wednesday, Closed Sunday Phone 790 - House phone 325 X-Ray Equipment in Office Soldiers' Letters March 29, 1945. Dear George and Staff: Received the February issue of Statesmans today and sure makes one feel good ta read the news of your home town and of people you have known. Sa here's hop- ing they continue ta came. Many thanks ta all. Please convey my regards ta all and wishing one and ahl the very best. It will nat be long until we ail will be home once more. Cheeria, all the best. PTE. G. WITHERIDGE. London, Eng., April 7th, 1945. Dear Mr. James: As you know the camrnunity magazine is supposed ta record the three major events in a man's life: his birth, his marriage and his death. Longer aga than I care ta ponder an yau made an- nounicement of the first, for me; naw I arn happy ta tell you that you may publish the second. HANCOCK-SMITH Eleanor Margaret, daughter of Mrs. Arnold Smith and the late Arnold Smith of Cobalt, Ont., was united in marriage ta James Arthur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hor- ace Hancock, Courtice, Ont., in St. Pancra's Church, London, Eng., on Saturday, April 7th, 1945. The above contains the facts; I'm not sure of the form-f ix it up "accarding ta Hoyle" will you? (Fuller accaunt of the wedding appears in this issue.) To make the day complete I met someone from the home town this afternoon - none ess than your son, Bill. He invited us ta have dinner with him and his bride, and a very pleasant tirne we had. I understand you have not met Irene and no doubt you are wondering what your daughter-in-law is like. Well, take it fromn me, she is 100 per, cent a real friendiy, likeable girl. I arn only sorry that we are leav- ing London tarnorraw and won't be able ta see more of them. Bill has matured a great deal since I last saw him and he had had rnany interesting experiences. He was telling me that Ruth was be- ing rnarried taday and we figured that considering the diffeqence in time that event would be taking place in Canada just about the timne we were eating dinner in Grasvenor Hause, London. S.B.A. JIM HANCOCK, V-44827, R.C.N. Show, 10 Haymarket, London, Eng. Fallowing are extracts from a letter fromn Cpl. J. H. Living, H.P. E. Regt., Halland, dated April i1, ta his father, J. A. Living: Dear Dad: Guess you have been wondering why you hadn't heard from me for a while. We cer- tainly did a lot of travelling since we left the front in Italy hast February. Our home coming is based on a point system. You are eligible if you have 60 points and if married in Canada an extra 6 points and another 6 if wounded. Sa far I have anhy 53 points, s0 won't be home on that system for same time. When we left Italy and had travelled for some time we land- ed in Belgium and were in fairiy nice billets. From there they started ta give us leave ta Eng- land and I was an the second bunch ta go. They certainhy have a good leave systemn as it only took us 24 hours ta get ta Lon- don. Our leave didn't start till we landed in Enghand. It was a real treat ta get back ta civiliza- tian and be able ta speak ta Eng- lish peoffie. Since the end of February I have been in six different coun- tries. Belgium is a real nice place and we had a goad time while there. When we came back from hleave the Regt. had moved inta Germany. We are roughing here in the woads, but the wea- ther has been gaad 50 we don't mind it. Yesterday a Spitf ire made a forced landing and crash- ed near here-the pilot, a Polish chap, wasn't hurt ather than a few cuts. He was hit with flak while flying over the front lines. We have a new vehicle in the platoon naw, an armoured 15 cwt. and is quite the jalapy. Have received quite a few copies of the local paper lately. Just up the road there is a buzz bomb site with quite a few bombs lying around -this area. In Bel- gium the bombs used ta fly over aur camp and boy what a noise they made! None fell near us thaugh and they used ta shoot most of them down. Lave toalal, JOHN. Mrs. Jack Nesbitt (nee Helen Lycett, Newcastle), 364 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, has received the se 14 Di 19 79 67 29 87 52 follawing letter from her husband Fît. Lieut. Jack Nesbitt: Germany, Aprîl 5th. Please forgive me for not writ- ing the last four days. I have been tearing along with Monty and his men on his finishing-up race. I needn't be here but my natural curiasity made me volun- teer for it. I'm nat sarry either. It has been a real experience. It is niot at ail comfartable but thrilling enough that the days f ly by. I have only 30 of my men with me. We crossed the Rhine last week and are doing it up in style. We've had eggs and chicken. Yesterday, I made a recannoiter for drinking water and found the nearest at a milk factary 20 miles away. Now we are having real butter-a grand change fram margarine. I have been sa used ta it for years that I cauldn't remember real butter. I've commandeered a beer par- lar for a house and we are living here. The boys are naisy in the next room tanight. We found a factory of alarm dlocks. All night I hear alarms ripping out of the stillness. The bornb damage in this part of Gerrnany is really inconceivable. I've seen nothing like it anywhere. JACK NESBITT. R.C.A.F., Overseas, April 16, 1945. Dear Mr. James: I have just received a parcel from my wife in Bowmanvilie and tucked neatly amang the sev- eral welcome articles was the March lst copy of The Statesman, and believe me I read it thraugh several times whenever I get it. There was a letter there from Hub Hooper and I apprave heart- ily with his suggestion that Bow- manvîlle should build a cam- munity centre, instead of a use- less monument as was done last time. In the last 51/2 years I have travelled rnany times across Can- ada and have been stationed in many enterprising tawns and cities. In every city the tapic is the sarne, the people want a com- munity centre that can be used the year round. Victoria was planning one to cast around $400,- 000, with indoor swimming pool, roller skating, hockey rink, bad- minton, tennis, dancing and ath- letics of all sorts. In the last year and a haîf aur crew has travelled over 97,000 miles by air and rail. I have still to find a place, town or city, that has the opportunities and passibilities that Bowman- ville has. It is in the heart of rich farm land, surraunded by industrial centres. On top of all this, we have an ideal and ready- made location for such an enter- prise. That whole area below (South) Vanstone's bridge, aiong the creek, can be made into a beautiful park, rocheries, tennis courts, baîl park, flower beds, p a t h s winding through the grounds, etc. We cauld make it a spot ta be proud of. The creek could be made a thing of beauty, by proper control it could be de- toured inta canoe trails, similar ta Bawness Park, Calgary, Alta., and ta top it off, a large foun-cain coiored at night by lights, with music on summer nights over loudspeakers. Yes, Mr. James, we have kept aur eyes open and have seen what can be done. And again I say "Bravo for Hub Hoaper," and I guarantee a good many others have the same ideas. It cao be done. Let's do it! Our crew have ail just received parcels from home taday and we are going ta have a feed in aur Nissen Hut to-night. We are in Northern Scotland naw, on the North Sea. We are flying Sunder- land Flying!baats. While we have Helen with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Wilson and aiso Warren Mc- Quade. Sympathy is extended ta Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston and family in the loss of Mr. Johns- ton's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Strong and Mrs. Gea. Fowler in Oshawa. Mr. W. B. Fergusan in Baw- manville. This is subscriptian time! CARTWRIGHT BOYS OVERSEAS AGAIN EXPRESS THANKS "Just what we needed" were the general sentiments of the Cartwright boys overseas, in lat- est ietters received expressing thanks for parcels received. Ad- dressed to Henry Thompson, Nestieton, Treasurer of Cart- wright Township, the thanks ten- dered inciuded the people of Cart- wright, and the ladies of Black- stock, Cadmus and Nestieton who have ail during the war packed and forwarded parcels and gifts for the boys and girls who en- listed from that district. Recent letters corne from F0 J. H. Werry, Tpr. D. A. Mairs, Pte. S. A. Rahm, Gnr. O. J. Greer, Cpi. G. E. Mairs, Rfm. W. Dean, Gnr. G. J. Crockford and Thos. H. (last name not disclosed). Ail speak in highest praise for the work of the people at home and ail feel assured that the war is about over and they look for- ward to coming home when they can express thanks in person. Cartwright people at home have certainly done their bit in this war according to the letters that have appeared in The Statesman during the past few years. In The Editors Mail'. Orano, May 3, 1945. Dear Editor: During the whole of my long1 and hard trips in the interests of the 8th Victory Loan I made it my business to make it known that the Township of Clarke, and especially the Village of Orono, had a very decided patriotic flare. I did flot fail to stress the fact that a splendid job had been done in ahl previaus boans and stated my faith that this loan would be no exception. Everywhere 1 went I was given a good reception and from the reports received the bond sales have been remarkable. I came home with a great deal of pride and confidence in the people of District E and feit sure the peo- ple here would respond just as readily as any peaple throughaut the Province. Imagine my surprise and disap- pointment when I got home and the canivassers reported that they were having a taugh time and people were nat very much in- terested. Some said they had to buy other things, others that the war was almost over s0 the money was not needed, and other ex- cuses toa numerous to mention were offered. Let's face the facts. First, the money is in our possession and it is there to invest. Some indi- viduals can say they cannot buy and be telling the truth, but the vast majority cannat truthfully say that. If we want othier things we can get the money to buy. Be- lieve me when I say no purchase is equal ta the purchase of a Bond. That means possibiy the saving of a life, a broken body, a broken heart. It means the providing of all the necessities for the fin- ishing of the war. It means the bringing of aur boys back home and the giving to them a decent chance to establish themselves after the war. To you personal- ly it is much more. Thirteen of aur awn wiil not corne back, near- ly thirty have been wounded and we owe these men a debt. We cannat pay that debt by cheering, by spending our money ta satisfy some whim. We can give our time, aur talents, but we must buy bonds, and we must buy until it hurts. Let's finish aur job. Keep faith wîth those who have gone. Keep our self-respect and not let this district down. We will have ta change rapidly or else we will fail. JOSEPH J. MELLOR. Woodstack, Ont., May 4, 1945. Dear George: In my reference ta the pam- phlet re McLaughlin, and their cannectian with West Durham, I think I was nat explicit enaugh, as I know Oshawa is not part of West Durham, but in my yauth the Hutchinson family of Ennis- killen and the Tharntons were warmn friends, althaugh I did nat know Dr. J. N. very well, hie be- ing my senior by several years, but Wilbur his brother, and the younger brnembers of the family were well known ta me. 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