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THURSDAY, SEPT. 20th, 1945 Soldier'sLetter formerly occupiedby S.S.troop, Utrecht Stadium, now taken ove C-51296 B.S.M. Hub Hooper, 66 by the Canadian army and ne Fd. Bty, 14 Cdn. Fd. Rgt., R.C.A. named Water Rat Stadium (Watec (C.D.A.), C.A.0., Utrecht, Hol- Rat being the unofficial name o land, Sept. 1, 1945. our Division, the 3rd Can. Div.) Yesterday was Queen Wilhel- The stadium is equipped with the mîna's birthday and ail Holland v e ry latest in flood-lightinf has been celebrating for over a equipment and boasts just aboul week. The celebrations camne to the most powerful public addresE a climax today with buge parades system I have yet heard. ThesE and street dances and as usual, the past five nights have been next ta Canucks had a hand in it. sleepless ones for me The Dutch We are located in a barracks, have been celebrating in a big Another policy- holder. reports. 0 9 "I AM a policyholder in The Mutual Life of Canada, an average man with the average man's problems. I know what people mean when they ta&k of stretching the dollars to meet ail the needs. rhat is the reason why I decided to insure in the first place. I knew that it was unfair for me to go on niaking plans for the future with my fanily and doing nothing to guarantee their fulfilment if 1 should flot he here. It wa.s then that I realized that the only practical solution was life insuranoe. ««I DISCUSSED my needs with a Mutual Life representative and as a result 1 purchased Ordmnary Life insurance. «TIE AM01UNT I pay remains the same each year. I share in the Company's earnings and my protection remains in force as long as I live. But I also have the option of using the cash value of the policy to provide a retirement income at any time I choose. What I shall do will depend upon my circumstances, but it gives me a great sense of security to know that I own this insurance withi its constantly increasing values." Let a Mutual Life representative help you select a policy ada pied to your particular circumistancesl TH HEAD OFFICE * WATERLOO, ONTARIO Low Cost. Life Insurance Since 1869 Branch Office - 435 George Street Peterborough, Ont. THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, EOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO fl A f~ ~nia' brief as you possibly c...a*.. Cails from returning veterans deserve speedy completion. They are just an additional reason why Long Distance telephoning to-day is heavier than ever before ... and why cails are being delayed in spite of ail that we can do& Frank Williams Manager cJB 8c 1010 on your dial C HE X 1430 on your dial s, way there and the grass infield letter in The Statesman, is sta- is bas been made into one vast tioned near Grave. erdance floor. And it's crowded Sept. lStb we leave here on a e- with people night and day. Most conducted tour of the battlefields. Spopular dance here just now Seldom have we bad a chance to erseems to be one called the "Rolli- look around the larger places like Of roise". It's a combination fox Boulogne, LeHavre and Dunkirk. -)- trot, square dance, lively hop, It's a ten-day trip ail told and .e Navy Island reel and endurance sbould put in a few interesting g9 test. The one I was in lasted ex- days. it actly 32 minutes and the music T7pe huge summer sports cam- ss didn't stop once. I bad to give paign sponsored by lst Canadian :e up before it was finished and I Army is coming to a close. Semi- ýO stood aside and watcbed the dance finals and in some cases finals h cone o a endin ne ildare being run off daily and army ýg scramble. I haven't completely champions sbould be declared by recovered yet. the end of September. -Plans are The Canadian First Division underway bere for an extensive left bere this past week and has football season. Plenty of good arrived in England on the first talent still available. Two arti- leg of its trip home. Present fical ice rinks, one at Antwerp and plans cali for 2nd Div. to move another in Amsterdam, sbould be from bere around Sept. 20, fol- ready to accommodate the various lowed by 3rd Div. about the hockey teams. We bad a good same date in October. 1 and 2 league last year even thougb we Div. sbould be home in plenty of were in action This season.shoula time for Christmas and it's just see bigger and better results. possible tbat we may make it by In a July issue of the Toronto then too. Star, 1 notice that J i m m i e Best story of the week here and Crombie bas signified bis inten- one incidentally that is based on tions of becoming a referee. Noble fact, "Aldersbot bas offered the profession Jim, but we notice that freedom of the city to Canadian a good majority of old time troops on Sept. 26. The Maple referees are just a little bald on Leaf, under the caption, 'Uncon- top. King Clancy didn't get that ditional Surrender', says that 1500 way just by chance. troops are to marcb tbrougb the British papers are full of pro- city on that date." 0f course you tests these days on tbe lifting of heard of the Aldersbot Riot? the fraternization ban. Most Aldershot's infamous barracks criticism seems to corne from came in for a bit of ribbing in the wives and sweetbearts who seem F.P.O. Column of yesterday's to tbink that their man bas no- Maple Leaf. In a letter to the edi- tbing else to do but spend bis time tor one soldier suggests that the cavorting about with the frau- Seven Wonders of the World are leins Apparently a wife doesn't no longer wonders. He bas sug- mnd lber man having an "affair" gested 7 new ones-and hie wants witb a French, Belgiumn or Dutcb to bave Aldersbot Barracks in- girl. But she draws the line cluded in the list. wbere the German is concerned. With the departure of so many -I neyer could understand wo- of tbe old originals of this unit men.é the place is almost devoid of fa- Despite the shortage of food in1 miliar faces. I was presented Holland, the Dutcb are stili will- witb a pure bred Alsatian pup, ing to barter foodstuffs for cigar- ten weeks old, when one of the ettes. Tbere's lots of tomatoes,r lads* left. I'm doing my level cucumbers, corn, cabbage, lettuceJ best to convince hlm that I have and muskmelon Aver4ge price no time to dlean up after him. for tomatoes is three for one cig-1 Evidently I bave not made an im- arette.f pression because he's sitting in the Tbougb there are tbousands of corner at the moment, looking civilian cars on the roads beref very guilty. I've named himi now, the taxi business bas flot as i "Pal" after the family canine, yet begun to flourish. I'm sur-h althougb I have several otber prised that the Dutcb haven't asv choice names for him on occa- yet taken this racket seriously.c sions Tbere's many an Englishman who1 Jim Woodward and I dropp.ed bas made bis "pile" during theh into the Canadian Press camp a war transporting Canadians andc few weeks ago to see friend Wal- iArnericans about in the largerv ter Hall. He stili bas to squeeze cities in U.K. Because I wasn't s through mn o s t doorways and on to their racket, a trip fromn Vic-L thougb I had not seen him in over toria to Waterloo cost me 1216 in E five years, bie stili looked tlre 1941. That's the samne as paying same and was just as jovial as $3.15 for a ride from Vanstone's Ci ever. Others in this area include miii to Cream of Barley Camp. t Keitb Wilson and Bill Dunlop. And the roof leaked on my cab!h Keitb is at the moment in fact There are several fine civilianb attacbed to my unit. Bill, I be- shows playing the Netberlands f lieve, is stationed near Doorn, circuit these days. m gtee tbougb I haven't seen himi as y t. being suhsos hCmies, I'm trying to contact Don W il- sponsored by Massey-Harris anda liams wbo, according to bis iast "Lifebuoy Follies" sponsored by t its namesake. Ail the cast are civilians and tbey are doing a mighty swell job. Their type of entertainment is just a littie di.f- ferent than that disbed up by forces units and includes all tbe iatest songs, etc The current rumor is that U.S. and British troops have refused to be transported home on the for- mer German liner Europa. Their argument-she isn't sea wortby. Result: S.S. Europa is now to be used to transport Canadians home! And our friends in Aldersbot wonder wby Canadians are sucb trouble-makers. Most popular song of the week over here, "Sentimental Journey". Best movie of the week, Betty Grable in "Diamond Horsheshoe". Best day of the week-Sunday; late breakfast, no churcb parade, sleep in. So long now, HUB. HOOPER. The value of food supplied by Canada to the British Ministry of j Food under wartime contracts 4 rose from $62,000,000 in 1940 to :be happy couple will reside in Bagnell. Statesman Office. ST. PAUL'S WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION Regular meeting of St. Paul'ý W.A. was held Sept. il, with thi president, Mrs. N. Pingle, in thq chair. Guest speaker was Dr. W P. Fletcher wbo gave a very in teresting account of a trip mad( some years ago in the Unitec Siates. Dr. Fletcher bas visited 133 of the 48 States and took us on a tour through Iowa. with it,ý hundreds of miles of corn, Ne- braska and Kansas, aIl of wbich are of much the same nature. Througb Colorado mountairis wbere be enjoyed the sunset over Pike's Peak, visited the Grand Canyon, the narrow guage rail- way and lookout, ahl were de- scribed realistically. In Utah a visit to Sait Lake City witb its remains of Mormonism, its Taber- nacle and famous choir were some of the higbligbts. From Utah through Nevada's mountains or Sierras and into California where San Francisco's hilly streets, the houses covered with growing fuchsia and the wonderful fiow- ers and fruit remained a pleasant memory and gave a great deal of Pleasure to those wbo heard Dr Fîtcher. Mrs. Baker thanked Dr. Fletcher for bis talk and Mrs. K. Hull for two vocals wbich were very mucb appreciated. Mrs. Hull was ac- companied by Mrs. Joyce Shaw. Wedding K]ILPATRICK-DUDLEY White gladioli in tali white standards formed an effective setting for a quiet but pretty wed- ding in Trinity United Cburch, Bowmanville, on September 12, when Marian Alberta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dudley, Bow- manville, became the bride of John Benson Kilpatrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kiipatrick, Belleville. Rev. J. E. Griffith of- ficiated. Given in marriage by h e r father, the bride looked charming in a street-length frock of French blue wool jersey witb black vel- vet bat and black accessories. Her corsage was beaven pink roses. The bride's only attendant was ber sister, Miss Doris Dudley, wbo chose a fuchsia wool crepe dress with black bat and black acces- sories. She wore a corsage of yei- low roses. Mr. John Gardner, Belleville, was best man. Foilowing the ceremony a re- ceptien was beld for members of the immediate familles, at the home of the bride's parents. A buffet luncheon was served by friends of the bride. For the wedding trip to points north and west, the bride donned a black topcoat. On their return The By-Law WIuick WuiI Gi ve Bowmanville A New Hospital GARTQN'S GARAGE Belleville. Prior to ber wedding the bride was guest of honor at a miscel- laneous sbower when Belleville friends gathered at the home of Miss Myrl Goodfellow and pre- 14 sented the bride with many use- ful and beautiful gifts. 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