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Continued from page 37 considerably, although I had a strange hold on it with my right. One of my horses was dead and the other cut up quite a bit. The N.C.O. arrived and found the dressing station close by in one of Fritz’s old funk holes. Since then it’s been stretch- ers, trams, ambulances, hospitals and hospital trains. We had a hot place at Vimy Ridge and this is surely a war of exhaustion. Mud, and still more mud right up to the knees. Tired out horses mired in shell holes, sore feet and empty tummies, such was the ‘push’ that read so easy on paper. But we're winning the war all right.” After recovering from his injuries in an English military hospital, Jimmy returned to Canada where he continued his brilliant career with the Toronto Star. He is possibly best known for his Birdseye Centre cartoons, which are said to have been set in a fictionally Canadian town, although it’s thought that much of his material came from the time he spent growing up in Port Perry and Seagrave. Jimmy survived the WWI and went on to great soul until he died at the age ° 57 in 148, He \ward-winning Seagrave quilter Eleanor Pastic’s latest creation is a was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist Hall 45578" wail hanging depicting a stylized rendition of a man standing in of Fame in 2009. Flander’s Field as the sun goes down. The quilt was presented to Port By J. Peter Hvidsten Perry Legion President Dave Durham recently as a tribute for Remem- Focus on Scugog _brance Day. Eleanor has won two national awards for the quilting. A Quilted Remembrance REMEMBR IS ALL WE CA GIVE TO TI LEST WE FORGET At the11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month please suspend all of your normal activities for TWO MINUTES SILENCE The solemn pause of silence is the greatest mark of respect that anyone can ELEGANT LIVING BY THE LAKE collectively pay to those who lost their lives in defence of their country. 293 Perry Street, Port Perry 905-985-8660 © 1-800-248-0848 FOCUS - NOVEMBER 2014 45