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the HERALD TIIE HERALD Wednesday June 26 1991 Arts Ideas PageTB The young sol return from the war Editors note This Is the fourth in a series about Georgetown resident Jack and his wife Annie who corresponded during World War I Today I wUl write down for you Mrs Marshalls report of the accident in Georgetown in the rail of Chapel Street School had just released all its pupils for the day the nineyearold Dorothy Ballantine being one of them when a plane came down over Georgetown and landed in a field of the Cleave Farm about where the Moore Park subdivision is now All the pupils and many of the towns inhabitants raced there as fast as they could Everybody wanted to see a plane from close up It turned out that it was a plane from Camp Borden that had run out of gasoline and had been forced to make an emergency landing A huge crowd assembed around the plane and some people took the pilot to where he could find the stuff he needed to fill up his tank Eventually he was read to leave again The pilot climbed into his seat started his engine and pro ceeded down the field at an in creasingly fast clip Suddenly one of the planes tires got caught in a rut the rickety plane swung around and the whole cumber some machine headed towards the assembled crowd An elderly man had the presence of mind to order the kids and bystanders to throw themselves flat on the ground The plane went over them and there were only slight injuries But Mrs Cleave the farmers wife was mesmerized by the plane She froze and the planes propeller killed her in an instant Young Dorothy Ballantime was so upset by the ghastly sight that she ran away as fast as she could towards the highway in order to get home to her mother But her mother was not at home she was visiting her relations in the Glen Dorothy kept running all the way to Glen Williams where she finally found comfort in the arms of her mother In the meantime Jack tine while these and other events happened in Georgetown remembers his children when he writes this to wife from England When I was coming into Guildford it was just twelve oclock and the school was com ing out and there must have been a thousand little tots It sure brought back memories to see so many all about the same age and so full of life And he occasional ly teases Annie who wonders if he is faithful to her A is always made welcome in this country although the English boys are sore because once a girl over here meets a Canadian shes done with the English But the war dragged on and many of the young soldiers that were sent across the channel to France never returned The ones that returned were maimed in body or soul often for life He writes Maybe some day the THIS BABY IS PRICELESS THESE MICHELIN BABIES ARE PRICED LESS P18560HR14 XHms XGTH4 Come sec your it helm Tire Expert today When you buy 2 Michelin Tires with this Coupon MICHELIN HOURS Man Fri 8am Saturday Sam 2pm QUEENS TIRE SERVICE LTD 5198533940 J 387 Queen ST ACTON ONT I Ideas and The Arts by John Slimmer Toronto papers will get a bit of the real truth to publish and the Canadian people will see how their money has been wasted keeping up so many officers while our young men are shot down like dogs If this war is won its America thats going to wui it The war today is just where it started And this The soldier has his eyes open but he dare not speak his mind but when this war is finished youll see an awful changed world every man will want to have his say And this I suppose you read all about air raids London seems to be their favorite spot Most of the people take shelter in the underground railways Can you imagine stations and railways about a hundred feet below the streets also under the Thames River The City of don sure cost millions and the population is near as many as all Canada When the war is finally over and Jack Ballantine is waiting for his turn to be shipped back to his homeland he writes to Annie and the reader can sense the despair in his soul I think I will hug the stove for a while then go to my lonesome bed I forget what its like to be in bed with a woman Jack Ballantine returned home on April 25 His wife and his children and all his fnends were at the station to greet him but his proud parents were not After all these years they still did not want to share their son with the daughter of the storekeeper from Glen Williams who voted for the hated Liberals I can only the remaining years of Jacks must have been like after he experienced a long and prolonged at close range a war that did nobody any good He started another shoe repair shop in his fathers former office on King Street Later he moved his shop to his own house on Queen Street the house his youngest daughter Mrs Dorothy Marshall still lives in His wife Annie re mained the great love of his life His children grew up and went their own way His older brother the celebrated war hero retired like the war heroes of old to his manor house in the country Jack died in 1932 He was blessed in that he did not have to live through another war Time machines The Bradley Museum in Mississauga which recreates the Century home of the Bradley family will be hosting Time Machines on Sunday June 30 bet ween ooand4 Time Machines is a special event acting as a forum for the visiting public to learn more about researching and recreating the past Members of the Upper Canada Living History Association are returning for the third year to demonstrate the military drills and camp life of a Century soldier and his family Displays demonstrations and literature ill also be provided by the Ontario Historical Society the United Empire Loyalist Society the Multicultural History Society of Ontario Mississauga LACAC and the many other museums from the Greater Toronto area I once mislaid my government pension cheque and did that ever shake me up Now with Direct Deposit my pension goes right into my account every month Automatically Convenience security and reliability Thats what Direct Deposit will mean to 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