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20 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Janvary 26, 1968 -------- - Te TT CT Lal pCR CEs at rx - + a Utica mom participates in ceremony Son honored posthumously For Mrs. Caroline Bright of Utica, June 5 this year will be a day of strong and mixed emotions. The memory of her late son, Trooper Joseph Raymond Bell will be honoured on June 5 in a-special ceremony in his home town of Stouffville, and Mrs. Bright will be taking part in those ceremonies. Her son Joe was just a few months short of his 21st birthday when he died on June 6, 1953 from wounds suffered on the battlefield in Korea. But almost 35 years to the day after his death, a cross bearing Joe's name will be placed in the War Veterans area of the Stouffville cemetery. There will be a parade in Stouffville and the municipality has agreed to engrave the Korean War on the civic cenotaph which honours the memory of Canadians who died in battle. Mrs. Bright will unveil the cross during the special ceremonies this June. She told the Star last week that she is pleased to be able to take part in this ceremony and the fact that the Korean War will officially be recognized. But it will be an emo- tional time as well for the 73-year old Mrs. Bright. In fact, she told the Star that when she read an accqunt of the up- coming ceremonies in a Stouffville paper last week "I had to stop for a * moment before I could go on." But she has been very much in . favour of the ceremony since first approached about the idea by the: Korea . Veterans Association. That Association has been work- ing hard over the past few years to make the Canadian public aware that nearly 30,000 Canadians serv- ed in the Korean War and 517 of . them never came home. Joe Bell was an 18-year old when he enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1951, was posted with the Manitoba Dragoons and spent most of the next two years training at the base in Mrs. Bright said last week that in- " itially the telegrams and letters from the Army suggested that Joe's wounds were not serious and that he was progressing. Then came the word that he had died on June 6, 1953, just a few weeks before the peace treaty ended hostilities in Korea. Many members of the family served in the military, including Joe's father Charles who was with the engineering corps in Europe during World War II. Mrs. Bright's first husband Charles (Joe's father) passed away in 1975 and six years later she mar- ried Grant Bright and they make their home just west of Utica. She supports the efforts of the Korea Veterans Association to in- form Canadians of the role Canada played in that war and the fact that 517 servicemen lost their lives fighting in Korea. And on June 5 this summer, Mrs. Bright will be taking a prominent role in a ceremony in Stouffville that will honour the memory of her son and the 516 other Canadians who gave their lives. NEED PHOTOCOPIES? We can do them for you! Letter, Legal & Ledger. Reduced & Enlarged. Mrs. Caroline (Cari) Bright of Utica holds ceremonies in Stouffville honouring Joe and the Pettawawa, Ontario. photo of her son-Joe Bell (inset) who was killed other 516 Canadians who died in the Korean , He was sent overseas to Korea in in action in Korea in 1953. In June of this year, War. (See story for details). Apr), 1053 andl wins baslly wiowiied Mrs. Bright will take part in some special PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383 'SPECIAL PURCHASE OF HIGH QUALITY maxell. Video Cassettes THE HITS AE HERE! COMING THIS WEEK! 'La Bamba, RoboCop, Predator HGX Gold HiFi Grade superior quality for VHS T-120 poriol Juatly I i OTHER POPULAR | reliable long-time SELECTIONS .. Beta L-750, L-830 storage. | Dragnet _1 9 | Dirty Dancing EACH ovvooooeoeoeoooo $7.49 VHS 1-120 Back to the Beach Lethal Weapon | h | 2 OR MORE ooo cach 768.99 ar B10°° Roxanne le Secret of My Siiccess | EX Standard Grade excellent quality for all general applications. Outrageous Fortune Harry & the Hendersons Tin Men Summer School The Believers 68 WATER STREET, PORT PERRY 985-9888 Sunday to Thursday: Noon to 8 PM Friday & Saturday: Noon to 9 PM 76 BALDWIN STREET BROOKLIN 655-4229 Mon. 11 AM to 8 PM; Tues. to Thurs. Noon to 8 PM; Fri. 11 AM to 9 PM; Sat. 11 AM to 8 PM; Sun. 1 PM to 6 PM | hin I: )