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'l~ <ANATAM ~T'1WIJA~T flrUIIIAA,.,T Soldiers' Letters From Cfm. H. O. Hockin, Italy, July 20, 1944. To his mother, Mrs. W. J. Hock- in, Newcastle, Ont. Dear Mum: 1 came back from my holiday in Rome yesterday so thought I had better write you a letter in answér to the two let- ters rcceived from you today and tell you about my trip. The weather was grand ail the time I was there so that helped a w- of bath baffles und cortons... it's douwigbt wasefui ta leave a lot of them at yaur summer cottage, when they migWt otherwise be put ta good use ail winter long. For boules and cartons are used aver and aver again. Sa please retura your summer's collection of empties, in their original car- tons, now -ta your nearest Bgewer's Retail Store, and help us maintain steady supplies for you tis iwinter. DAYS FOR ( Note the new change. of col.q district. This la made necel regulationa which permit us ane day aN We will, therefore, b FRIDAY HAVE YOUR BU Oshawa Laundry CO. LUI FOR ECC Send yeur leaning PHONE lot in getting around. I had six days ail tagether. The first twc days I spent in the 'Canada Club"! which is really a lovely place. One cauld spend a whole leave there and stili have a good time. On the first floor there is a large raom that you enter aîl fixed up with easy chairs and palm trees and. off One side is a large sou- venir room, an information booth, a wrapping roam and Post Of- fice for sending parcels and let- ters. Next ta that is a fairly large dance floor. On the other side is a check raam with scwing ser- vice* included, two game rooms, a writing room and a large barber shop where you can get anything fnom a shoe shine ta a manicure or have your picture taken. Also downstairs is a large theatre and lounge. They have movies and somte very good stage shows which run steaidy al nfternoon and evening. The stage shows are Italian but are very good with lots of laughs. The two bands are Italian also and ail the girls, of which there are plenty, but most of thcm talk some English Sa the fellows are able ta talk ta them. Upstairs is a refreshment gar- den with a glass roof and it is ai fixcd up with large sun umbrel- las with a large restaurant wherc they can seat about 1500 at once and the meals are free. I think at anc time it was a Fascist club bouse but it is certninly a benuti- ful building. The Canadians also have a large Fascist school on the ouitskirts of Rame which they use as a hotel for the boys ta stny at inight. Anothen fellow and myself were lucky ta get a roomn in a hotel in town. It only cost us a dollar a night and was sure worth it as we had a nice spring bcd with white sheets. It sure was some change as it is just about a year since 1 had slcpt in a bcd like that. Wc had a lot of fun travelling around in a horse drawn taxi but it cost a lot of money. Everything. there costs about 10 times what it is worth. I sent you a parcel, of postcards 50 hope you get thcmn all right. I visited ail the places that arc shown on the cards sa you will have some idea of thc things I saw. About 10 of us went with a truck and hired an English-speak- ing guide ta take us around. It cost us a dollar cach every day for the guide. The most beauti- ful place in all of Rame is the Church 0f St. Peter in the Vati- can City. A persan cari't imagine or describe the size and splendor of the place. It took 150 ycars ta build it and whcn you sec it you don't wonder at it taking, that long. I also saw the Pope and heard him make a speech. Some of the other famous places wcre the Colliscum wherc thcy held fights in the old dnys and tor- tured the Chrisfians, the Pan- thçon which is the oldest Pagan Church left standing today, the Royal Palace which is flot much RUB OUT TIRED ACHRi iiM MOLLECTION lection and dclivery ln yaur esmy hi'new goverupmt 9 ta caver any'asdsrc week only be ln Bowmanviiie ' ONLY UNDLE READY &Dry Cleaning MMTD ONOMY with your laundai' -419 Business Diltectory_ Legal W. a. STRIKE Barrister, Solicitor, Natary Solicitor for Bank of Mantreal edoney ta Loan - Phone 791 Bowmanvilie, Ontario LAWRENCE C. MASON, B.A., Barrister, Solicitor, Not.ary Public. King Street W., Bowmanville Phone: Office 688 Residence 553 W. F. WARD, B.A., Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Bleakley Block Bowmanville -Ontario Phones: Office 825- House 409 2-tf MISS APHA 1. HODGINS Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to M. G. V. GOULD Temperance St. - Bowmanville Phone 61 34-tf Dentiat DR. J. C. DEV1T Assistant: Dr. E. W. Simson Graduate af Royal Dental Col. tege. Toronto, Office: Jury Jubilee Bldg., Bowmanville. Office houri 9 a.m. ta 6 p.m. daily, 9 n.m. ta 12 noon Wednesday, Closed Sunday Phone 790 - House phone 325 X-Ray EqulpmenlinOffice Licensed Auctioneers CLJIFFORD PETHICK AuctIoneer - Enniskilien Phone Bowmanvillc 2536 Speciaflzing ln Farm, Livestock, Implements and Furniture Sales. Consuit me for ternis and dates. 50-tf Monuments The Rutter Granite Company Phone 501 - P.O. Box 622 Port Hope, Ontario Monuments, Gravemarkers, Engravlng, Goldleafing S28-tf. cta look at from outside, the )Church oof St. Paul which is next ta St. Peter's in size and beauty, the club bouse of the Knights of Malta, the Seven Hilîs of Rame, the old Appian.- Way and the strangest of ail "The Catacombs.' They are long winding passage ways with rows of tombs on each side. Some go a hundrcd and f ifty feet underground. They know of aven 150 miles of thcm but there are othens they have neyer discovercd yet. We visit- cd dozens of monuments and fountains and the ruins af the old tRoman baths and walls. A per- son could spend a month and then not sec ail of the old sights. It rained lnst night after we got back but todny it »is hatter than ever. Must close for supper. Lots af lave, HAROLD. Trooper Jack Trimm, B-134754, No. 2 C.A.C.R.U., England, writcs ta his sister, Mrs. David Park, August 6, as follows:* Dean Helen and Dave: Sunday evening and 1 am just back fromn week-end leave. I am still at No. 2. C.A.C.R.U. arca driving tanks around and it is just as dusty as ever. But arn sleeping in a shack and have a bcd instead of the ground as I had before they made me an instructor. There are only two of us left here fram the wholc Troop that came from No. 1 Met a lad here from Bawmanville namned Brooks and he gets The Statesman sent ta hlm cvery week sa I got anc ta read last week. As I write anc of the fellows is making saup in his mess tir.. Made a fire in the stave and anc of the fellaws had a package of noodie soup neceived in a parcel from home. It smells good and we'll soon sec how it tastes. It is certainly wonderful ta know aunt Mary and uncle Henry' Pcrkins have been married 68 years. Thene is little news around here. We stiil sec the odd flying bomb go over but not often. The boys in France and Itnly are sure doîng a wonderful job. We had a little mishap the other day, bringing some tanks down from camp, when the track broke on anc and it went through a pnivate home killing anc and in- juring two. Have had little mail latcly as the mailman took a holi- day. That's ahl for now, from Jack. P. S. - The saup was sure good. J. The follawing letters fram sol- diers overseas have been f or- wardcd by Henry Thompson, Nestîctan, who states that Pte. Len Davidson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, Caesarea, has been nepantcd killed in action in France and Pte. Harvey Mahaffy is ncparted missing. From LAC H. G. Longford, R.C. A.F., Overseas. Was delighted ta reccive your lovcly parcel and wish ta thank thc people of Cartwright cam- munity and Blackstock. ,It came with little damnage and the cheese and sodas wenc wondenful and chocolate bars perfect. And, Oh Boy! you stnuck it right when yau didn't forget the smokes for I was just about out. I don't use Auto- Strap blades so gave them ta an- othen airman. It was cctainly swcll o! you ta remember me and it sure is grand ta open a pêrcel fnom Canada. We can't help naticing the con-i tnast. Oven hene there is no ice1 cneam, no good coffee, no white1 bread, no Caca Cola, pon choco- Fram Sgt. P. G. Langfeld, R.C. A.F., Overseas. Reccivcd the parcel from. the Blackstock ladies yesterday. It came as n pleasant surprise and was mighty fine o! yau ta remcm- ber me. It gives anc a lif t ta tbink of the many goad friends at home and we shahl do aur best here s0 that nîl may live lu pence and security. Again thanks and best toalnl. PHIL. Fnom Gnr. D. Baker, 3rd Can. Anti-Tank Regt., R.C.A. Just a hurried line ta say I ne- ceivcd the Township parcel. pack- cd by the Blackstock ladies. The contents werc appreciated, marc now than even before. Wc cannot go out ta buy extra treats here as we did in England. Plense thank the people of Cartwright who made it possible fan ahl the par- cels sent ta the many boys in the anmed services. And thanks ta the Blackstock ladies who packed them. It is quite naisy here with the guns fining and planes aven- head. The City o! Oshawa Squad- non was hene pratecting us. The Canadians arc doing a magnifi- cent job, espccially the pilots of the Typhoons. Most o! us here seem mare conccrned about the "buzz bambs" aven Englnnd than o! the war here. Tbanks again and cheeria. DAVID BAKER. From, Gnr. S. Bridgeport, 5tb Anti-Tank Regt. Rcceived your pancel in France and many thanks. Am feeling fine and tnying ta do my bit and hope it will nat be taa long in caming ta an end. I amn gctting your parcels negularly. If we for- get ta write sometimes you know we appreciate whnt you have donc fan us. As ever, S. BRIDGEPORT. The falawing four letters have been received by the Haydon Wo- men's Association from local boys overseas. Fram Pte. M. E. Tabb, R.C.O.C. Just n few lines ta express my sincene thanks ta the Haydon W.A. for yet another o! your generaus gift parcels. I notice by the Bowmanviile Postal stamp, Apnil 29, it has been quite a time rcaching here but evcrything was in perfect condition, the result o! your careful packing. I am afnaid this finds me with insufficient words ta thank the ladies o! Hay- don for thein fine gifts. They are wclcome and grate!ully reccived by nîl o! us and we hope ta be wanthy o! your kind tboughts. MURRAY TABB. Fram LICpl. A. C. Ashton, Sig- naIs, B.W.E. Farce. Was indeed pleased ta get an- other bountiful parcel fnom Hay- don W.A. Actually I received it before I left England but in the hustle bef are embarking I had fia timé ta write and naw I ex- tend sincere thanks for all the parcels, the mnny cards and let- tens received !ram your members. This letter is written "'some- where in France" with the roan of guns cantinuous. I can't say I like it fan evcrything reminds anc o! war and aur language is so radically di!! erent !ram the French. The people scem friendly enopgb though thcy seem ta hold something in neserve until thcy anc sure the Boche will flot ne- turn. The people wear clogs for sboes and their mode of life is different frani whnt we know in Ontario. Wc can wcll be pnoud o! the bravery o! aur Canadian soldiers everywhere. Thcy are dîstin- guishing themselves at every hand. Pappies gnaw wild in Normandy and present a benuti- fui picture. There are many onchards that give promise o! a heavy crap. We ail hope fan the end o! the war this year and an early return ta aur native land. BERT ASHTON. From Capt. Gardon Cowling, naw overseas, written fnom De- bent, N.S. The day you ladies presentcd me with the gift o! a case I am late and cigarettes, nRo butter, no Lmilk, fia good steak on park chops and but anc cgg a week (some- times) but wc are not camplain- ing for wc have a job ta bo. l'il be here ta service the kites till the last bomb has been dnopped. I can sec now where the money gaes that you put up ta buy Bonds. Crops here look well. Thanks a million for the parcel, H.G.L. From CpI. Raymond L. Gra- ham, R.C.A.F., Ovensens. This is just ta retunn my most sincene thanks for the nice parcel I receivcd fnom you reccntly. I and all the othen boys aven hene greatly appreciate the way the people of Cartwright have ne- membened us since wc came aven- sens. The wan bas startcd a new phase which wc aIl hope will bring a swif t and definite conclu- sion. Youns with many thanks, R. L. GRAHAM. Froni F0 J. H. Wenny, R.C.A.F., Ovenseas. Many thanks ta the ladies o! Cadmus W.S.C. for the parcel ne-i cently reccived. It certainly is beartcning as my boys wha shan- cd the vitamnin cantent. will strangly confirm. It was in won- derful condition. As yet I haven't seen any of the local boys ns cvcryone is now busy at bis awn particular job. Again may I ex- press my thanks and say "hello" toalnl. JOHNNIE. From Sgt. R. W. Smith, R.C. A.F. Section, B.N.A.F. Thank you vcry much for the parcel just received fnom the Township of Cartwright and also tbanks ta the Cadmus W.S.C. for pncking it. I can truthfulfy say that parcels are really appreciat- ed out here even mare so than whcn in England, R.W.S. nfnaid I made a very pon job of saying "thank yau" but I assure yau 1 grcatly appreciated At. Thene are times in ones life when mere words just fail, and that was one o! them. It is things like that that helps ta keep a fellow gaing and makes hlm realize that he is part of a fine cammunity and a great country. And I hope whenever I go I will be able ta keep up the tradition. Best re- gards ever, GORDON COWLING. From Cpl. M. Jean Houston, R.C.A.F, (WD) Ovensens. Have neceived the parcel sent by the W.A. and wish ta say bow grateful I am for it. It came in splendid condition and was sa good. You sbauld have seen the Ritz biscuits disappear. Thcy just don't have them aoven bere. It was a bit of a celebration the night they came. One of the girls had a birthday and her mother had sent a cake, almond icing and candles, etc., so it was a real party. We sametimes %.ronder if people back home realize how much we appreciate parcels sent. We arc sa glad ta get them and it's ai- ways an event when we open them. But we feel kind of guilty too, knawing how short things are getting and hate ta think o! you giving them*up for us. Thank you very, very much. It's lovely ta get your lettons tua, but I'm afraid I have not been answering nny too well. I owe several right now. H ave just neturned from temponany dutynat another camp. With things as thcy arc we have little opportun- ity for sight seeing sa the trip was a welcome change. We were in a very lavely part of the country and saw some intercsting, old places and wcnt ta a service at Peterborough Cathedral. It was the day after the invasion and the service was anc of prayen for succcss. The writer tells in descriptive language o! mnny details a! places visited and their histanical backgrounds, wbich unfontunate- ly cannot be included for lack o! space. She concludes with ne- newed expressions o! thanks and- signs, M. JEAN HOUSTON. tr Brains may be a handicap in sc ife-you can think o! sa many ri neasons why you shauldn't do the ta thing you know you should. ti E VER walk into an auction and find yoursëlf getting excited and wanting to bid ... a victim of "auction fever"? Wartime conditions can breed "auction fever" if we let them. Everything is i short supply. Many more people are able to bid. But ... if prices are bid up ... ail our dollars will lose some of their value. Even necessities could get out of reach. -We cannot continue a full war effort and prepâre to meet the problemts of the post-war period unless we inaintain a stable and reasonable price level now.à DONIT SUD AOAINSY YOURSÈLF -010 IN AND MOLS i UISTEN TO 'lm THE SPOI'LIGHlr, This ls one of a seris, belng lssued by the, Government of RADIO PROGRAMME EMY SUNDAT NIONT Canada ta eanphosize the importance of preventlng furiher ,7.30 p.m, ILO.T. incea"s sin the cost of living now and deotation luter. ~- 7;-4kç . 'HURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1944 ISt1'r 17 rft~ munit In France, as we understand the A gossip is one who talks ta traffic customs there, the visiting you about others; a bore is one soldien can again drive on the wha talks to you about himself; right of any road he may le able and a brilliant convcnsationalist to find after the bombers get is anc who talks to you about through. yourself. 1 THE CANADLAN STATVfflAw- nrywuAmvTT.T.P. nmmàl:bTn