Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 10, 1998, p. 3

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englahd all abouttheshernian- what many in europe thought canada to remembrance day glover is worried i jaiight the troops all they needed j was no easy street we had a rough that the veterans and the war dead will 4 toknow abbuttaiglbver said time glover said we had no placetb eventually be forgotten faftef the invasioh of europe glover lrverbutscarboroughsbldus a small l the veterans are living on bor- joined- the governor general horse lot and i built a shack1 bought a wheel rowed time glover said the children j v i- joan ransberry t guard arid stayed with it until the cease- vbarrekandaf shovel and dug out the should be taught that those who died in fire s v kncfjfhpnt thiawnrc mahp the enrrifire fnr them basement glover got a factory jobfor a while the wars made the sacrifice for them people wonder why we should remefri- in 1944 glover did leave his tank ng enough to marry eileen who was serving with the auxiliary territorial irient where he remained for more than things we wouldnt have our freedom omorf 6w ill remember a man i never met t j private alfred mdfead was kiuedinactionm italy in the spring of 1944 1 was bojn the follow ing year oh vi day to be exact r private alldread was my mothers brother judging by anold photograph uncle alf had hollywood good looks j long enough to marry eileen who wasv soon after he joined the fire depart ber bad things it it werent for the bad j when iwas a kidj used to ldpkt the photograph servinpwith the auxiliarv territorial rnpnt where hpmrnainph for mnrp than thinas we whnlnwt have niiy freedom ahdwondef outhoud- if wehacln had the war and were instructors tfein blackdown- englanaeileeri wasa corralirrthe auxiliary territorial service the womens army of britain jims dad and eileens dad wervbbtlirsqldiers in ww1 jinii and eileen have beetf married for 54 years flanders fields the famous grave site in belgium for fallen canadians and other sol diers in ww2 was photographed by jim glover last june on a tour of battlefields and uncle alflived what would he be likef where woujdhe in photo below and bottom lencjrmahd eileen juvewkerewomdhea vould he marry gloverwefe married in englahdin 194 both i w have kidsand would they look like the festpf stmctdrsatw exceptjor a grenade in the hands of a nazi private alfred alldfead would have rhahe it home r had it nptbeenfor second world war alfred i audread mght have done much with his mejhe might have becomea regular guy or maybe hed have- done c very little instead alfred alldread lies in a lonely grave in a foreighland far far away on monday while visiting stoufivilles legionhall i chatted with war veteran bill payne he was a stpcker in the royat navy having joined at 17 i spent my 18th 19th and 20th birthday at war i made it around trie world got discharged and got marriedall before i v was 21 payne said i l 5 could todays youth what payne his brother harry and one million others did ifjwar broke out how wed have to take ajhafd look at our yputh especially- those with long hair arid baggypants arid 214 running shoespayne saidyoukn6wthe onesthey spend theirr i i i ii i i i i i l i i i i i i j i i j payne said my heart jells me they eventhe funny j booking ones 4- could doasgxdajobaswe j eventually will pebplefpfget canadcoritriputiqn jj t6thefirstand secondworld iwarsvpaynv points out j that somany pepple aire preoccupied witri the pressing demands v the day so many people are seerningly ontario schools every november if- mppjulia munro v p ourfariiflyniakesapomtofriienunmghiniduringour getsherwayj t r- r special gatherings 1nej r r iuiiiclotr ntiaanc oorv aiinrn 4aliiravo1 o nofi vmi-i- xrrrvit vie alft- a so farprivate alfred alldread has hotbeentforgbtten f i t ointof menhonmghimdunngour never met my fallen soldier uncle serviced 5 veterans are never forgotten j v tdrriorrow my parents my auntsturicles and cousins the curriculum would ihvolve grades and would j t attend remembrarice dayseryices to remember be developed with the assistance of the ontario veterans meooofauen canadians uicludingalf association munro said j oh- v ill pay my respects at the remembrance day ser the world wars and canadas role ir c bt t uw i a untaught in 6urscribbfs munro said fv hons have grown up raised children a merit since canada inyolyed itself in battles such as v served their country teycameibacfc yvrmy ridge and dday j jri v uoydauaadmelrsdetomijewish more than one million canaciiansseryed in the two v don parker weredfdinaafianswhb did an- world wars and the korean conflict since confederation extraordinary job while am from the new gerieratibn- f

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