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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 6,1984 k SMALL TALK By Donna Fairey Bicentennial Coins Are Now Available The woman's mind contained vivid, first hand memories of one of history's most significant significant events. She was among the millions of players cast in an active role during World War . Two and the Normandy Invasion. The lady, whom I suspect suspect would prefer to remain remain unidentified, visited visited our office this week hoping to impart a side of the war generally generally foreign to people unless they were involved involved first hand. Wednesday, June 6th, 1984, marks the 40th anniversary anniversary of the great Normandy Invasion. It was the turn in history which began the Allied Forces surge to victory over Hitler. The woman with the message was surprised and frustrated at her inability inability to paint a personally personally witnessed picture picture of war torn Britain as she remembered it. She was simply unable to make us understand, by her own standards, the overwhelming immensity immensity of it all. Quite overwrought, she departed departed on the verge of tears. The Invasion anniversary anniversary had dredged up a swell of emotion but recounting her personal personal impressions of the devastation and sacrifice was apparently apparently unsatisfying. While most are familiar familiar with the atrocities and events surrounding World War Two, the lady was right. Only those involved, in some way with the unfolding can really understand. The woman who tried Monday to describe it married a British naval officer just prior to the war's • outbreak. She subsequently became a Wren in the British air command. *286,100 in Works Grants From Page One perience Cobourg Family YMCA - $21,357. Health Unit Promotion and Education Education Program - Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit - $10,707. Poplars Project - Stage II - Cobourg - Architectural Preservation Preservation Foundation - $13,668. Priority Watershed Management - Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority - $12,853. Hope Community Improvement - Township of Hope Parks and Recreation Recreation Committee - $6,391. Dorothy's House Museum - East Durham Historical Society, Port Hope - $7,594. Summer Vacation and Activities - Access Community Services, Port Hope - $18,184. Lions Communication and Recreation Recreation Development - Lions Club of Port Hope - $6,996. IITP - CLOCA-Education East - Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority -, $7,624. A Bicentennial Booster - Bowmanville Bowmanville Museum - $5,645. Publicity, Archives, Visitor Education/Supervision Education/Supervision - Clarke Township Township Museum and Archives, Orono - $6,774. Courtice Sports - Crafts - Courtice Secondary School, R.R. 3, Bowmanville Bowmanville - $8,477. 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Summer Students '84 - Village of Millbrook - $8,780. , Computerized Inventory of Audio-Visual Equipment - Northumberland Northumberland ! - Newcastle Board of Education, Cobourg - $5,685. Town of Newcastle Administration Administration Project - Town of Newcastle, Bowmanville - $10,395. Renovation and Refurbishing of Various Public Properties - Town of Cobourg - $5,836. NOTICE In last week's edition of The Canadian Statesman, Statesman, the Carpet Warehouse advertisement contained contained the phone number 728-0292. THIS WAS INCORRECT. The correct phone number should be 728-4601 (Oshawa) We# apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused. Van Bene Floral Shoppes ... much more than a flower store! 4 STORES • Highway No. 2 • King SI. E„ Oshiwe. • SlmcoeSl. N., Oahewe . • King St. W.. VAN BELLE- BoJmin.lll. •Trademarks of Van Belle Gardens Ltd.' AGF PREFERRED INCOME FUND. MAKE MORE PER MONTH. 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You can count on a wide diversification of the portfolio to protect your investment. Plus, the units are fully cashable on any business day. The Preferred Fund is managed by one of Canada's most successful investment managers. It is the preferred way to enjoy a better than ge monthly income. also pay less tax. average monthly income. ey- You'll also pav less tax. c£> ^ Dominion Securities Pitfield Dominion Securities Pitfield Limited 2 Simcoe Street South, Suite 440 P.0. Box 151 Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7L1 (416) 433-1107 James W. Doswell Manager Alan W. Densham, R.R. H, Richard Newman, R.R. It was from her base in Southampton that she watched the painful painful unfurling of war. The entire south coast, she explained, became a giant armed camp prior to the attack on Normandy. The Allied Forces gathered, waiting waiting for the strategic moment moment when word would be given to strike. To the British the Invasion, Invasion, said the woman, had become the be-all, end-all. Nothing else mattered, so long as Hitler Hitler was defeated. Nobody Nobody gave thought to after. Only the success High St. Group Wants a Hearing Over Complaints A group ot'disgrunted residents residents have requested an Ontario Municipal Board hearing over the road patterns patterns of parcel of land on High Street, Bowmanville that has been rezoned. The general committee advised council to forward the rezoning bylaw to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval at Monday's meeting. Residents are objecting to the proposed road pattern pattern which has been changed since the subdivision subdivision was originally approved approved in 1980. The planning department also received two letters signed by High Street dwellers stating they were in favor of the rezoning. One of the reasons for supporting supporting the issue was that the uncertainty concerning the land use would be resolved once and for all. Dome for Salt May Be Built At Hampton Newcastle council will be building a new sand and salt storage dome at the works department department yard in Hampton if a recommendation recommendation from the town's general purpose committee is approved by council this month. After submitting the lowest bid, Bulk Store Structures Ltd., of Erin, has been recommended recommended for the contract. contract. At a meeting Monday, the general purpose and administration committee advised council to approve a bid of $62,000 for the 116 foot diameter structure. structure. That recommendation recommendation will be forwarded to town council for approval approval next month. Scouts to Make House Calls for Paper Pickups Bowmanville's Scouts will be offering home pickups pickups for individuals who wish to dispose of their old newspapers this summer. Alf Brown, chairman of the Boy Scout paper drive, said last week that anyone from the Waverley Gardens area who wishes to have newspapers picked up may call 623-9335. Bowmanville residents south of King St. can call 623-2689, while those north of King St. are asked to dial 623-5680. Paper drives are important important to the four Bowmanville Bowmanville Scout troops because funds raised by collecting papers are used for purchasing purchasing camping equipment. equipment. Mr. Brown added that the Scouts of Bowmanville wish to thank those who have participated in past paper drives and invite them to continue to do so in the summer. summer. The last regular paper drive before the fall will take place Saturday, June 16. in Bowmanville. of the invasion movement movement was important. She recalls the terrified, terrified, sea-sick troops. Young boys, miles from home, keen to defend their countries but so scared that the fear in their tender eyes could not be disguised. The lady remembers one young lad, barely into his teens, limping up the gangplank of a naval destroyer. He suffered suffered under the weight of his back pack and a painful blister on his heel. The woman doesn't know why the picture of the young lad with the blister remains remains emblazened in her memory. I don't even know if he came back, she added. Moreover, were it not for thousands of blistered blistered and scared young men like him - Canadians, Canadians, Americans, free French, Poles - who were willing to die for the allied fight to defeat defeat Hitler, the quality of life and freedom today might be dramatically dramatically different, she pointed out. The. former British Wren's fondest hope on the anniversary of the Normandy Invasion is that people won't forget. Sadly she remarked, remarked, "But with Iran and Iraq and the rest, I guess they do forget." 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