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sb legion notes lart m clark in the herald it pays thii friday night wul be the big party that ao many members have been asking for entertain ment chairman assures a big time for all quite a large mam ber of memben have stated from time to time that they would like to tee more strictly branch parties they can prove their interest in these by being present renember this friday night in the auditorium the christmas tree b to be in the auditorium next thursday december 18th for all kiddies 10 and under gob collier has been in charge of this and has done an excellent job all arrangements have been made with santa claus and it promises a real big evening for the kiddies the time is 7 00 p m in the aud ttorium of the legion hall gob collier asks us to remind everyone to get their tickets in for the draw it wjil be made that evening at the xmas tree for a number of very valuable prizes in the last few months there have been quite a number of en quines to this department about pensions welfare special funds etc we should like to straighten out a number of things about this while we are more than happy to help we are not just as convers ant with presentday regulations as we were four years ago when president and therefore not quite as helpful as we should be how ever the branch has a service offi cer a man who has taken a spec ial coursein service bureau work and who has all the necessary forms etc to get whatever is av ailable our service bureau offi cer is wallace thompson there is too a man who comes from the legion bureau on re quest to give advice to any prob lem you may have all you have to do is get in touch with the ex ecutive or steward and it will be arranged the dept of veterans affairs has a trained man who is avaiable once a month for inter views m town and although at times there are not enough calls to warrant his coming to town it can always be arranged to have him here direct help can be tiven in all rehabilitation prob lems such as pension entitlement issessnunt of disabilities appeals against ruling of district authon i ities of the war veterans allow i ince board entitlement to medi t cal treatment and hospitalization etc i dominion command service bu reau in in ottawa where it works closely with dva the pensions i commission and other administra i tive federal government offices there are more than half a mil lion files collected there in the past few ears each representing some material assistance to a vet eran or his dependent s obtained b the legion through represents lion to the government one inportant fact remain how ever and that is that immedialeu ou or anjonejjim know of needs or thinks the need help thev art uell advised to institute proceed mjs immediate pension and aid are usual i applicable from the da application is made so it is oh vious that the sooner application is ade the better another thing when ou have any reason to think jou have a claim no matter how small get it in the dipt is and atwas has been most cooperative do not wait until jour economic conditions and health conditions become er gra c there is no reason to do so after all ou as a veteran arc tntitled to man r vices a department with a bil lion dollar budget was set up to help you take advantage of it if ou arc not entitled to it they the dept will tell you but certain in plain fnglith if ou think there s a faint shadow of a claim there s no harm in trying for instance statistics for the last four years show that over a u dollars 500 000 00 intuwessful adjustments were ob tained in about 2 000 pension ca ses which had been previously denied through our service bur eau s representation a trained legal staff special it ing in the legal aspects of pension work are available to you don l be afraid to use them that s what you pay dues for for direct help or information from the department of veterans affairs write or phone dva t55 york street ontario and they twill be happy to put you on to the right aulhont in the case of war vets allowance burnt out it is the war veterans allowance district authority 55 york st it s not too early to think ab out the new years party which ts ilwajs the highlight of activi ties for the year this car we understand we wcren t present at the meeting that the price has been raised to 1 00 per person this will still by no means subsi lire the party and is very reason de compared to other parties of is sort there has always been a capacity crowd and we should judge there will again be one this year there are also manftwda parti cularly from the tint war but a number from the second that are available for veterans in need theae are available usually thru the admuustratlon of a board on der wovemment supervision tto nameva few there are many can teenfunds army navy and rgaf benevolent funds and various old country funds all of which can be applied to in various cases addresses can be obtained from dva we recently were reading some of the poems of canon scott who became famous as a padre in war time one of his selections ap pear on the back of a legion nam phlet and we ihmk its worthy of reprint we who have trod the borderlands of death where courage high walks hand in hand with fear shall we not hearken what the spirit sayeth all ye were brothers there be brothers here let us draw closer in these nar rower years before us still the eternal visions spread we who outmastered death and all 1u fears are one gnfcat army still living and dead canon scott chustmas message at afternoon auxiliary mrs o at houston brought a most appropriate christmas mes sage to the december meeting of the afternooltauxillary of st johns united church wms christmas day is the gladdest day of all the year to those whose hearts are prepared to receive its true message mrs houston stated and went on to give three great examples of faith mary with un questioning faith accepted gods plan for her life with great joy and expectation the shepherds in faah accepted gods message did not question how or why they i but immediately set out to find the babe simeon had faith in gods mes sage telling him be would not die till he had seen the saviours face afterwards saying now let thy servant depart in peace the de gree of faith we have will deter mine how much good we get out of christmas mrs houston clos ed with the story of the little chi nese girl who bad faith in god thai he would provide ber with two hundred and eighty eight christmas gifts for her friends and how her faith was truly reward ed mrs robert jones led in the devotional period whlch contained several well loved christmas car ols mrs gordon padfield then sang a lovely solo oh holy night the love gift offering was taken up and dedicated by mrs walter brownridge who closed the meet uig with the benediction a delicious cup of tea was ser ved by mrs victor mcdonald and mrs a m nielsen and a social time was enjoyed together notice to craditoi so m vd tugiffs mvccormacks alwaysfeatures i gifts viich will please every 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