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Officè ,$1.25 Holding Unît Base P. 0., OttaWný, 'Dec. 9-7th, 1940. arn riting to you wt icr iks for thé generous parlcel you Vo, mie for Christms. It Con- led -ýery ruseiffl articles and I as-I e yu I can and wili ptthù-em Vo. r' use at on1ce in this dan)p i- as very Tfoltuns1te Vo be able Vo e leve at Christrnas tis ',Yeax Iý .inust Say, udrthleciu- lceS, 1 had ïa Wonderf4ui tirne. rit Christimas ,with r ïelatives aud 1 twvothùr Canadien seidiers, 111, meo so thmthe sort of 'isma tatis speut inLondon. 'helc first, n-ight 0f oux Jýeaveuwas the df Dceiex a< Jery nide mngs xathex t'Ilcojftora Ie at tre us as 'ahousc- was hit two blocks m) Whexe we wexe enld kiiled sixi laitants. Thiereanx of thne liday -was comipleteIy fx'ee aloe counIitry ror air r'-ids. Wce hearud the neýWs fron Grnn ristrnlas Eve and they to)], us that ndon -was getting very scuavce of ,. Well, if thait is what they cal uee of food, I aim sure he mraket, st b)eigiutted in nominues. The ly thiing-s that wr at ail scaxrce re oranges and cho:olates, and w re aly-le Vo get our ahaxre of thelYi. [he spirit of the people in this1 îui1try is inarveleuas. If the~y bomb0 country nil neat (doQrn'S Iday ýy wiil neyer defeat this Countxy. at anly time. they dleckde o invadle is eounItry 1Ijajjsurie it would bei eix end. S'o the soonler the-y txy it Cbetter, Weii I shal! cose now, -wisiing you ,,.~R,,,m' ewYear and tt-we texnehlly yollxs ) Sîd Morgan England. Il-e 1:nlonta's iring-, but o b ad. Our T so fax as lei in ai-d )ed areas, ualties, al- a littie too Le We were g s meliet i hurscuay everuJlig i JPf 6th., in the Oran all . le SOm-l wor isbe'ngdonej. Corne an( ýIbOUt it and i end a hanid. missMto Cooper entel her-11 sunday Suehool lass toa party one ev,ýniIng astwe raedthem to refreshme](nts -UaYd S. ders-;tand why r finid work if tl, ~1myshe said, "he should he koit- for, it with laor beconring so scarce. ting for he" Ter ouse didn't Somne of the citizens of the village h1ave a -window left in it. The plas- w,,ere very uneasy as to the charactersI ter was clown in a lot of places, she 0f the mnan'd while they, were eat-I sai, bat she wýas stili living there hing breakfast,M. George Bu tthrsI ndf gojiig to woxk e'very day and walked into the restaur nt, and with leeping imost of the nights in the the air of a M1ajor General, asked the tube, except possibIy the odd hour five to- show their regia5tration 'cards, when there wasn't an alert on or she which ail were able Vo7 do. They wexe wasn't -woxking- registered fxom Barrie, Orillia, Mid- i think the bus drivers, A. F. S. land, Omec neeadOsw. and. regular firenn hveeeil Aftex r ei kfast a]]i inthnatb(d they paebecause theirzs is a job that wereoir.,g to try to pecure wr at requires a lot of nierve, because the the fieneral M_ýotors in Oshawa. The habit was to drop incendliarfes to five sIept in the locký-lip Monday nig-ht start fixes so as Vo use the fires for behlinai the brxd oor of the jail. targetls for thelir higl xposve.So youI can imagine fighting fixes when you now he ires ar-e definite tar- THREE YOLKED EGG gets or hgiexplosive ,bomba. Well Bih I guess I've rabled off quite a bit, se, l'Il close, an give- my Thiere's a hen duwn at Batlileiboro r-egarids te the2 gang. You mighit aiso htsolùei etona , x exrs ny vexy sincere thaniks Vo cepti1 producer. Onte of its el-gs the ron Braich0f te Rd Oxas ast week was 9 inchesý by 6 iches for hsi' pacel So ongfox ow. and contained ithree yvolks. This Bar- Sapper Erniest Dent, red Plymouth Rock «pullet was the B 25239, 2nd Fld. Coy. fi -st oeeheard of Jil -i that home evex R. S, E., Base P.O.* to iay a trîplc-yoiker, althoughj do- Canada bles are fairly com-mon. car4 party for person flaving figflest score of ail garnes. TENDERS WA-NTED Seaied tenders will be reeeived by theunesge up to anci inciuding- Saturd'ay, February Sth, for 12 single cords of stove wood, delivered Vo OIarke Union Sehool by the idcUe of May, Thec lowest or any tender not neces- rsarily ,accepted. Il. N. SCOTIT, Sec. R-PR. 4, Bowm-anlvllle. c-4-c. "Irealize that Canada now cails on me ... to join National Savings Plan ... necessary to win the war and vii own safety. -thatthe gallant men of the Army, Navy and Air now on the fighting front ... need me on the financial frc . eed munitions, material 'and equipment.. . and only by rn which represents the production of war materials can this 'st secured. They are niy protectors. They call on me to be tbeir -that this wil require bard work and many dollars. J. C. GAMEY INSURANCE Fire, casualt-Y,.Autom-o- bile and Iïability Orono - Ontario AUCTIONEERS TED JACKSON Auctioneer and Valuator (londucts Action Sales of al simo and t easoiiable rate. Commnuni*cate with Lr at P.ot Perty, Ontario, or sees his Olerk, L. lE. Morton, at Oro-no, for date. G. RICHARDS Piractical Watchuiakeir AiU Repairs to Watche, Ciocica, and Jewellery, wii1 receive our promnpt attention PARK STREET cRON10 ~-that only by bard worki all 1can to Canada ... can 1do. establish our futur e security. Pl e d ge- that I will frg ... however small the cost ... n for them ... which take labour an of providing goods neeled to w: thiis month .each 'W, )m my sav Ihan n. and 2 to dnltment Drug Stoe ss- v