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THE HERALD Wednesday June Ml Pag Arts Ideas Young soldier cant shake Georgetown roots Editors Note This is the third in a series about Georgetown resident Jack and his wife Annie who corresponded during World War I If Jack had hoped to put some distance between himself and his hometown Georgetown by joining the army and being taken to England he was mistaken Even his older brother came with him if not in body than in spirit as is documented by this telling anec dote which he reports to his wife Annie in one of his many letters A little thing happened today Last week a Major Dunham sent his shoes in to be repaired and I told his batman I hadnt time for them so the Major went to the Quartermaster and of course I was on the carpet I told him we didnt have to do officers work unless we felt like it and besides we were too busy but the Quartermaster said the Major was going to take the matter up with the Colonel Today the Ma jor met me in the Quarter masters office and he says you are a brother of Colonel I said yes He says I just found that out yesterday I know your brother well and I am so pleased to meet you So I thanked hime and thats all there was to it What totally enchants him is the beauty of England and many letters are filled with reports about little outings of his to near by towns and historical sights He sends a long and almost scholarly letter to Mr Moore the editor of The Herald in which he gives him a history of Surrey and a description of the towns in that part of England He is proud of his literary talents and wonders in a letter to Annie what the peo ple of Georgetown will think when they read this long article But the war itself disillusions him On December 13 1917 he writes this letter to his wife My dearest Annie My posi tion depends on this election If the government wins we go to France as a unit and if it loses we go as drafts You talk about being near the danger I tell you dear where is it safe nowadays Look at the accident in your own town look at the disaster in Halifax Its really hard to know where to go to be safe There will sure be a lot of sad homes this Christmas and if you were over here dear you would see some very sad sights There are three large hospitals at Guildford I was talk ing to a boy last night from Van couver He has been up the line four times and every time he was wounded Now hes crippled for Is it fair a man should have to stick it til hes done for Now they are sending him back to Canada He is a first contingent boy and has been in the firing two years steady in all while officers if they cut their finger get back to Canada They get the praise and the men that do the fighting get the dirt Always remember kid its the man behind the gun that does all the work and they deserve all the credit There is a boy now in our battalion that was blown in the air I forgot how many feet also shellshocked and he is a nervous wreck But still he is in training again for France Why cant he get back home Because he is a private I see by the papers that many of the boys are trying for exemption but I suppose if they have the money they will get it alright At Christmas 1917 Jack Ballan tine writes these moving lines to his wife of years You were asking me if I ever woke up in the night and felt as though I would like to have a wee chat with someone Well I should say so its when I am alone and thinking that I miss you most but of course when a person is out trying to enjoy life its only natural that they feel contented for the time being but when its all over I seem to miss you all the more I have often been riding along in the train through this beautiful country and how often I have wished you were by my side but whats the use I know I was foolish to leave you I asked Mrs Marshall about her fathers sentence Look at the accident in your own town look at the disaster in Halifax The disaster in Halifax in the fail of 1917 we all know about It has made the history books and is the subject of Hugh MacLennans novel Barometer Rising But an accident here in Georgetown In answer to my question Mrs Marshall told me a hair raising story which I will write down in my next column Natural Forms features Haltonarea artists Natural Forms are the com mon theme for the featured work of three Halton area artists at a show opening Friday June The three artists each working in a different medium have been brought together by Woods Art Gallery which is located between Campbeilville and Miltons Penny Ridley painting with oils or provides a sense of solitude and social comment in her art which often reflects her values of family and the land Chalk pastels have enabled Germanbom Ursula Reese to blend the softness found in the everchanging Ontario landscape into her paintings scenes near her Campbeilville home and her favourite rugged Algonquin Park terrain Burlington watercolourist J Elizabeth Pudsey shows her af finity for floral and landscape scenery in her art which is always appealing colourful 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