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the georgetown herald wednes march 14th 1945 at home abroad the ommdian red cms stands by toody o lp your serviceman wherever tie may been efl the battle fonts throughout ihe world wherever war has wrought ms desolation the ved cross femady to aid in comforting those who are suffering the prisoner of war the aesu the homeless of wartorn countries innocent children and old people all alike look to the red cross for a helping hand because the red cross depends entirely upon public support smcc cannot accept money from any govern ment and retain its international privi leges the red cross must look to you to do your part in financing these invaluable services ten million dollars must be raised now to carry on this vital work your gift will greatly help this worthy cause be as generous as you can make a donation tn t tothy nor tomorrow on land sea you can still tan a life with a blood donation the hydroelectric fower commission or ontario hes got jueyllom the japs in pulp jiiki p urniwi t unada machine nlinpft have 1m in oruni7 i iiitil r n warlimr machine shop board to make ma hint umiih for war plants special partn for biioiib riipr pins and man otlcr nr wamnr lnhruikn as an extra war i llorl by the industry without thought sspprofit mirkcni cooprratt d with uplrndid enthusiasm and tin plan r miltt a in n mihstanltal volume of production it was pnrti ularl useful in tulping to break bottlenecks when canadian vat plants were g itinp tooled up for munitions production mont of past work has gone into action on the african and i uroptan fronts now the man in the pucturo in turning out part to help the free nations lick the jap the dulp and paper iidustrv of canada a good industry to be with tt was the final day of hla leave 1 and at last hed found time to visit the shop he stood in his moth ers office wishing mom werent so cool about things taking a hero son in stride was one thing but youd think mom had never heard of tunisia or the battle of wu- ham carsanl youd think alicia fashion shops mail was more im portant than medals and banquets reporters speeches sherrill espe cially sherrffll just think mom 1 he said un til now shernll ralston was just a rotogravure figure remote as a star its like meeting a fairy princess when youve never believed m fairies she looked like one last night too in turquoise tulle all shot with stiver stars i felt a little dazed mom smiled of course william things change a year ago shernll was engaged for the third time and you weren t a hero dear to anyone but me besides she glanced toward the outer office i really thought you and mary lee had an understanding oh m ary bill laughed un steadily marys a grand girl mom but one grows up after all when you ve done things he stopped as the door opened hi bill mary said bill listened to the familiar talk the alicia fashion shop had ted and clothed him for twenty years it had given him two years at law school help the wmm red cross salada carrolls v especially you mary before the army interrupted is there much to deliver mary his mother asked ten rush orders and miss stan ton wants to return the hat she took on approval the words brought bill sharply to attention do they still take clothes on approval wear them and return them he demanded they do son did you think the war would change that weve red cards mary said gravely the customers ign guar anteeing that returned articles havent been worn it doesn t help much alicia car son said of all the crooked tricks bill exploded when this blasted wars over tm going t db something about 1hbt he stroke off dont smile mother xu run deliveries tonight he said softly the way i used to then ill pick you up here for supper bill whistled as he sorted the pack ages suddenly he stopped one formal handkerchief for miss sher rill ralston a rush i when had sherrill discovered the place boxes in hand bq1 went slowly into mom s office mom i i doesn t sherrill know about the shop bill gasped colored mom no nm asks what you were before the war nothing counts farther back thiin a uniform still everyone is really just what k was before just what he s going t b afterward give me shernll s nndkcrehief dear mary does can l n duty out that way for two hour b f rt she goes home c tntetn duty mary pr bibh kn v quiu fev soldi rs poss t l tnu of thnm ind medals to 11 itmembcrid now th it mir hidr t s id rot d b he must stjap t tl r i t e but tin t mptj room motktd him marv hod gom he wouldn l sil her tfmn a queer coldness en vflop d him lust ifler eight bill entered mrs irsnn s office there he stopped shi rt his heirt pounding mafy was b ndmg over the cluttered desk oh your mother said you re to run along bill i m going to close up something was wrong and sud d nly bill knew what mary he began then came toward her h picked up a red card from the d sk i guirantee that this article h is not been worn mary he said let s go to sup per where we can talk untd ten oclock bill i guess i ve been a little mixed ibe ut what i was fighting for thought it was medals and things but ail the time it was for mom- and you especially you mary he reached for her mary yes bill her eyes were shin ing through tears oh darling we ve been so proud 1 it was better than medals better than anything he caught her lr his arms but first he tossed a red card back upon a cloud of turquoise tuds all ibot with shvar stars aytaure fancy beets carrots r 18ox jars 2c specialmaxwell bouse coffee s chicken hadddx no 17o snow cap or cmxr leaf pilchards ii- l4w no 1 white honey x t 4c ajimer orange mamu1ade 29c cream of wheat m 14c ssc grapemu s flakes xcxc our gomm tip t s a v in pki 44c aylmer tomilo vfeuu soup a ii i7c i apple juice 2 25c v j tomato juice sardines prem or ram light bulbs solvease ginger ale brunswick un clrani woodwork pty 2 17c 7c 29c 15c 25c 2 25c hn floor snoirllikc wax no 45c sjc ammonia pm we tbmtvb tbe right to umlt quantities of all merchandise size 96 seedless grapefruit size 300 lemons size 200 navel oranges 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