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Barrie Examiner, 30 Jul 1959, p. 26

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MaiGenGQé6rge Mixture OfMinYi hoasnr nice Canadian Press Staff WHler MONTREAL GP George rPhiiias Vanier is mixture at many thinES His forefathers were Normandy French pioneers in New France aloney lartl Jiia mother was lrish His schooling was cl letters humanitiesand law iota career of more than 40 years he was lawyer soldier dipiomat and patriot As aldede camp to two governonlgcnerld he moved in Ottawas sophisti 01 midms He married the daughter of judge He talked disarmament in the League of Nations saw France fall in 1940 sought to rouse his fellow FrenchCanadians to war in 1941 helped plan the defence of North America lay 1912 was Canadas envoyrlo Gen Charles do Gaulls in Andon and Algiers and in the restless post war years was Canadas first iuii am eated set basaador to France have had wonderful life said Maison Vanicr when he reached 70 wouldnt do any had my thing differently if years to do again PROUD OF HERITAGE Flo was born in Montreal in loan on St Georges Day the day Englishmen honor their patron lie grew up speaking French and English With equal case The Vanier name was in the first Canadian census in 1661 and he is intensely proud of saint his French heritage Said he in France in 1951 Four million Canadians do not forget that they are the sons of 10000 Frenchmen third at them Normans who founded and created New France on the hanks of the St Lawrence But his pride was always set in the context of Canada with links to Britain Ten years be fore stumping Quebec to rouse support for the war elfort in 1941 he told his own people mini otstha appointment to Vanler is man oflunruifled calm and imperturbahie cobr tuy lie uniforms more to the European diplomatic pattern than do most of Canadas reprrsenta tivs ills appointment is wel comed by Britain Hefook the Parispost in January War shattered Eu rope nineymonths laterandvlb months later France had capit ulated Mrs Vanier and four childrenthree boys and girl boarded small cargo boat and escaped folEngland With British ambassador Sir Ronald Campbell the Canadian minister made his way to coastal town We boarded small sardine fishing boat called Le Cygnethe Swanand never havelseen boat less like swan said Gen Vanier RAD ROUGE TIME We made for spot away from the coast where we hoped to find cruiser sent to pick us up Unfortunately thch had been submarine busy in this area So the cruiser had to retire to thoshackground We therefore tossed in the Bay of Biscay until destroyer came and picked us up ldidntthlnk it was possible to be so sick as was aboard that little fisherman He returned to Canada as com manding officer of Quebec dis trict Facing anticonscription na tional ta the French speaking Canadians he went from village to village in Quebec towin support for the war want to proclaim our desire to he at the head of this crusade toward better times he than dered race like ours should he at the head if it would not run the risk of finding itself in the rear Spontaneously Vdmer He does not dictator as main said Vanier French people toowetl andho knowsthat they will not stand for dictator lle is verygreat WNW Nelve days after allied forces liberated Paris Vanieiwammtbo French capitalnot as Canadian minister baths fullnambasaa doriifth ambassador named by Canada lbll young nation among the world powerslia re mained Canadas ambassador un til 1958 when he retired atfi our statusfln the world out of all proportiontnour pop Canada mg nusv rN RETIREMENT Retired from hladiplomatic work Gen Vanier did not fade like an old soldier Hawas ac ttive incharilabla work in Moot real honorary colonel of his old rcgirnent and anioccasloaal pub lic speaker in ms Sherbrooke Street apart ment he has handsome collec tion ifpaintings but is quick to point ontthathe did not pur chase many otthem couldnt afford to buy them They are mostly inherited He wasvnamed to the Canada Council and helped on the coun cils investment committee He was also director of the Bank ofltfontrenl Credit Foncler FrancoCanadien and the Stand ard Life Assurance Company feel as fit asi have ovci been and have never had much ill health he saidbefore leaving in the summor of lSSB for an other trip to Europe to see his children In fact life has treated me extremely wet Goo Vanier has three sons and daughter living in Europe 1t is indeed gratify lion he said on his return to freely ietus do more than our share Even during the hostilities he looked ahead in speech in Therese doctor in London Bernard an artist in France Johnywho normally lives in Port ugal and ltfichci thayoungest Britains street GiflSZ No1¢ngerrrivi1eged By STEWARTMacLEOD Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON CmBritish justice talisheavli next month on Lon dons prost uics After Aug 15 when new street offences bfll becomes law the girls will no longer enjoy the leniency that has prompted mag lstrates to term them ivtleged class The modest £2 now levied on prostituta will be raised to £10 for first oilenders and repeaters can be tagged £25 or three months in jail lhepurpose is to clean up cer tain London streets now Virtually pickpted with prostitutes Last year more than 12000 girls were arrested for soliciting Critics of the legislation suggest it will simply drive the girls lSoho aBohemlan area near Piccadilly Circus haa often been referred to as the square mile of vloef Prostitutes lurk in many doorways an elegant Mayfair girls some times operate in their own cars stopping beside men and offering them rides Occasionally they pretend to be looking bewil deredly at map hoping an un suspecting male will offer help That way they avoid the soliciting charge in some especially around railway stationsand the waterfront Ka few girls start working their Boots at noon and by midnightlhe lull force is in operation throughout the city Police arrestsome make others cant begin tocope withthaproir lcm N0 SOLICITING gt Under the new law police will have much more powerbehind them First theymust warI girl for loitering or soliciting and the next time she is caught she can be arrested One of the things severely criti cized by some is the fact that the new legislation isthe first de parttire from traditional English illstlce which maintains oerson is innocent untti proved guilty By giving this now poweriopo lice say some it opens new channels for bribery Under existing legislation th police must furnish evidence every time prostitute ls these youngsters are briefed onswimmlng iLssonlat Totten hams hl swimmm hola Nada swimmcrafromdic vilag and ruraiareas lcarnJo strpkcih the ellfilled pond SwmiClasses lit Tottenharn Lure VillageRural Children Hurricane Hazel which burst thadam of the lottenham pond did not discourage the owners from replacing it it was clean1 cd out tha dam hasheen re placed and wellfilledponn makes splendid place for tho youth and children to swim Swimming unscrhava been held there for hotb the villag guilty witnesses ale usually re quired Several policemen wh work the prostitution areas talked to reporter aboutthe frustrations they experience under existing laws One shrugged his shoulders asha spoke resting girl whenshe is back outon her beat the next night only £2poorcr ohad glrls nighti He said the girls know approxi mately when they will be hauled Whats the use at children and the rural with as many as hunued nonswim more being urought in for in struction under the auspices of the County Rematlon services Committees of1volunteer ladies are on hand to help with the supervision of the children and the groups are divided into the usual classes from the tadpoles who have had no water experi ence to those who can swim and want to learn to dive The village attendance has fallen off slightly the past week as many of the children nave gone all to holiday resorts wrth theirpar enls The children from the surrounding country are trm ported in by volunteers and oth ers who give their time freely so that no child may have fear ot the water through bcing un able to swim The classes last seven weeks and then thetocmionsaro moved so that other parts of the County will benefit from this splendid move on and rtreelyadmlt they chdrged it the girl pleads not 1942 he warned If we think that after the war we will be ableto go on living in our oidcornfortableway We are wrong There is going to be new order of things through evolution if we are wise through revolution otherwise WITH 11 GAULLE In the later stages of the Sec ond World War he was posted to the London headquarters of Gen Charles de Gaulles French com mittee of liberation moving in 1944 to Algiers with the leader of the Free French mnvement Through the years he watched who studied in Switzerland llis eldest son George is Trappist monk at Ofra Que yowed to silence in the Order of Cistercians contemplative or der undergroundand force them td 59m operale hehlnd procurcrsh tnus spreading crime Parliament oh vlously had this lnmind when it included clause providing maximum ssevenyear jail term for persons living ott tha earnings of ppstltutes MILE 0F VICE The new law passed after heatedyargumenta follows ex tended attack by newspapers Parliament membersand private individuals about theshame at gt Lopdon streets Visitorshave ex Aldehurgh in Suffolk was the pressed astonishment and some first town in England to elect women have told stories about noon Monets woman mayor Mrs Garrett being chasedoft proshtutes pa Anderson in 1908 trol areas AND DEMONSTRATOR ammo commas lhe irresponsible fanatics in this province who speak with con tempt of Brltish achievements are rendering dreadful disser rvice to their compatriots There is no surer way to drawing on the head of this province the hatred and violence of the other eight CHANGED BYWAR product at his times George Phllias Vaninr found the course of his life profoundly changed by the st World War Today would have either been lawyer judge or dead lltullvamd war had PM Wk Gen deGaulle unhlde Gautiea Ha was Dunner member in recall asleader of France in 1958 1915 at the Royal 22nd Regisflent Quebeca renowned Van poos of both world wars He led party at men that blew up an enemy machine gun post was wounded and awarded the Mil itary Cross Ho led company men that captured an irnpo tant village and got the tinguished Service Order for his bravery lnlnla wounded again he rallied his battalion and con tinned key attack For thishe recei ed thebar to his MC and lost his right leg shove the knee He returned to civilian life after the warleaming to use an artificiai leg But my leg began to give trouble he recalled did too much workand didnt exercise it enough So the doctor told me to try to get job which would take use outside SOLDIER in mm The army was in his blood oven in peacetim So he went to Ottawa to ask Arthur Cur rie then inspectorgeneral ot the armY for permission to rejoin the military gt flIe looked atme chuckled and asked how exp cted to serve wi only one gand commas smarcmas Light furniture scratches can be concealed by rubbing with boiled linseed oilI turpentine and white vinegar mixed in equal proportions SHOWED WAY iilMorORs MGREAT SAVINGS on ttslonlswnn lilIlSlliTSf By Jontzen anditose Marie Reid gavaWorklShm SemiAnnual Solo amiss thought answer but made somejocuiai remark that the army could per haps do with aiew brains even etc was only one leg logo with them Asv aresuil he was appointed second in commandothis old regiment tier two year at Elf college atCamberley Eng has promoted to cl and went to eva in military capacity aS eiegate to the preparatory disarmament commission the ORTUNATE TALKS Lnokio 1back on thosedis illusioning times he recalled the disarmamenttalks th way the Whole altar was in st rtu ski and it was distress on Fuhtch di iron or flmlagéele oujuninld lom lHnd rorgat it vnrm min IKSIInshlne Dryidsrilht in your aomei sver Weinflfl Sol dreary work Auwm heat selcc tor veryVlabrlcl so gang hey lacked on at mommaregattas man as light nyl overad upholster ngondeonve lee of to Full warranty Reg

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