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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 6,1985 11 NOVEMBER 11, 1985 r--i,. J i '• 7 j y A,i t. 1 h Ml Jmsm , ■ * .tv- . v^y \ v^y, i SENIOR POEM EMILY PARADIS Orangeville, Ontario THE MONUMENTS The statues are inadequately grey As cold as stone but not as cold death; Or ihieldlike bronze whose greening as patina, l lif ' A lifeless, cruel forgery of verdure, Itself is like the monuments which seek \ ■ To echo Vife where life exists no more. \ And soldieis, caught forever in a gesture Of excruciating, useless bravado, On rearing hotses, with their brandished sworis, Cry out to passersLy, "This is not war." Or shining plaques in public school halls, Which draw young eyes away from idleness To scan the faceless ntmes and tender ages, And wonder who was the yoihgest of the ones Who died the whetting, fascinating death; \ Excitement overshadows their , regret. 'i Or poppies pinned to business-jaiket breasts v Like bloodstain from a private mortal wound \ , Inflicted by the guilt Mankind must .feel- \\ Better, these - more personal, more:, real. V But these are the true monuments of war: The homely, ageg. women who are f' ■- With nothing when maternity is gone. Alone, their quiet strength needed no more, Mountainlike, unmovable, bereft, Without public appeal, they suffer on. ! INTERMEDIATE POEM LORI McLELLAN Elliot Lake, Ontario WAR The sun's pale light looms Spectre-like Through the gray fog Another day has begun The soldiers in the trenches lie Motionless In wait Stiff from cold and dampness Their spirits Dwindling Like a dying ember Dreams and aspirations Being put on hold Their minds Questioning Whether there will be a Tomorrow Their emotions now as bleak As the future seems Frustration at first But now only cursed Indifference Beyond a nearby hill Lies a group of men Similar And yet They are enemies Contrasting beliefs Power Freedom Shattering the song of peace Into a wretched Battlecry A deathly silence ensues Men reach for weapons Fear wells up in all Perhaps in the form of a Tear Shed Brushed brusquely away A sign of weakness And humanity. ■ JUNIOR POEM LANCE STEVENSON Shaunavon, Saskatchewan REMEMBER THE CHILDREN - THEY DIED TOO . My mind thinks back To the men who died iQ^ejyoiikta'tlirck, ltthe children that cried V v Ifemember most. I tlink of war Andthe poppies that faded And flowered no more, But the children that waited I remember most. I remember The brave then who coped All through to December, But the children that hoped I remember most. ■ ■ < v, My sad thoughts bf\ The crosses that lined The hills far above, y ■ But the children that died I remember most. ^ IN FLANDERS FIELDS In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The Larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch, be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields. GOODYEAR CANADA INC. • \ BOWMANVILLE Royal Canadian Legion Remembers All Year Long A national remembrance , service is conducted by The Royal Canadian Legion with the help of the federal and municipal governments, many organizations, and a host of volunteers. It is nationally nationally televised by the CBC, which also produces a national radio broadcast. A Dominion Command Ceremonies Committee organizes the ceremony, with the participation of the Canadian Canadian Armed Forces, Veterans Affairs Canada, Public Works Canada, the Ottawa Police Department, St. John Ambulance, Ambulance, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, the Dominion Caril- lonneur, the Central Choir of the Ottawa Board of Education Education and representatives of radio and television. A Silver Cross Mother, representing Canadian Motherhood, and the senior winners of the Legion's literary and poster contests, are brought to Ottawa as guests of the Legion to participated participated in the national ceremony. ceremony. POPPY CAMPAIGN The Royal Canadian Legion conducts a poppy campaign each year prior to Remembrance Remembrance Day. All proceeds are placed in trust accounts and after expenses (including the cost of poppies and wreaths) are paid, the funds are used to assist needy Canadian ex- service personnel and their dependents, ex-service personnel personnel of Commonwealth countries and of allied countries countries resident in Canada. Some authorized uses of the funds collected are: -- Community medical equipment equipment and medical research. -- Day-care centres, meals- on-wheels, transportation and related services for ex-service personnel, their dependents and the aged. Although the poppy campaign campaign is national in scope, each Legion branch is responsible responsible for running its own campaign campaign and collecting and disbursing disbursing funds in its area. Money is not deposited in a central fund. In 1984, $2,516,921.81 was spent for the benefit of ex- service personnel and their dependents. POPPIES and WREATHS In 1984, 12 million poppies and 67,300 wreaths and Every year, several thousand thousand people turn out for the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa. Many of the spectators are elderly, remembering friends and family lost to war, but there are always some children children too, born long after Canada's last war ended, y Not all of the ceremony's ^participants are adults either. 'While:the Governor General, The prime minister and the "president of The Royal Canadian Canadian Legion traditionally place wreaths at the cenotaph, along with a Silver Cross mother who lost a child to war, three teenagers also place a wreath as representatives of Canada's youth. The Legion, which organizes the national ceremony, felt it important that young people become involved so that the spirit of remembrance can be passed to new generations. The participants are the winners of the national poster, poetry and essay contests sponsored by Canada's 1,800 Legion branches. Flown to Ottawa at Legion expense,, 1 they place their wreath anil also recite their poems ancjessays during the CBCi broadhtl^M .the ceremony. ceremony. . . : ' The Department of Veterans Veterans Affairs is also attempting to get young people involved, by taking several on the pilgrimages pilgrimages it organizes to the old battlefields in Europe and Korea. Like the Legion, the department department wants Canada's youth to understand the sacrifices made so they can enjoy peace. << ...at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. " Honor the Dead... Help the Living. Buy a Poppy.. Wear It Proudly. PETLEY-HARE INSURANCE BROKERS 181 CHURCH ST. BOWMANVILLE crossei were distributed in Canada. An additional 938,000 copies were sent to the West Indies to help raise funds for ex-senice personnel and their dependents » in- their own countries. All poppies and wreaths are made in sheltered workshops workshops by dissbled veterans, or in homes by ex-servicemen and women or, their dependents. dependents. v FACTS ABOUT THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Number of branches: Canada 1750 U.S.A. 41 WESTGERMANY 2 Number of Legion members and Fraternal Affiliates: 603,000 Number of Ladies' Auxiliary Auxiliary members: 90,000 More than $1 million is spent Young People Take Part In Cenotaph Service JUST FOR A MOMENT One warm fall day I was sitting in town on a bench facing the war monument which is dedicated in memory to all the brave men who lost their lives fighting for our country, when out of the corner of mÿ eye I noticed an old man slowly make his way up to stand in front of it. \ There was a solemn air about him. His baggy pants were tied with an old worn leather belt. He wore a checkered shirt that had faded from many years of wear and an old suit jacket that looked like it had at one time been worn as his Sunday best. On his head he wore an' old straw dress hat that covered his silver grey hair. I watched him look with sad eyes at the dates and names on the large cenotaph. His weatherbeaten face looked a hundred years old. His body bent and twisted with age. I wondered if he was remembering the war where so many died. Were they his comrades or brothers? And did he fight along side of them? His weary eyes looked wet with tears. Then, just for a moment his face seemed to change. It appeared younger, his body looked strong and he held his shoulders back proudly. It was almost as if he were transformed into another time, remembering when he was young and ready to lay down his life for his country. Then, the look left his face, he turned and shuffled off into the October sunshine. I thought to myself, will he return again next year to pay his respects or will he be with those who gave their lives so that we could live in peace in a free country? 1 Irene Lambert Box 208, Newcastle. Ont. annually on youth activities: Army, Sea & Air Cadets Boy Scouts Girl Guides (and related groups) Minor Hockey Baseball Track and Field Soccer Lacrosse Swimming Figure Skating Boxing Sporting events for the handicapped Branches spend about $5 million annually on community community activities. A national track and field meet with coaching clinics is held each year for youths 17 years of age and under. SCHOLARSHIPS and BURSARIES Dominion Command has allocated $105,000 each year for fellowships to train doctors and nurses in geriatric medicine. medicine. In addition to programs carried out by provincial commands and ladies' auxiliaries, auxiliaries, Legion branches contribute contribute more than $200,000 per year. MEDICAL RESEARCH and SERVICES Mount Pleasant Branch in Vancouver has contributed $725,000 over three years to establish a geriatric unit in family practice at the University University of British Columbia. Pacific Command supports a Chair of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia Columbia valued at $40,000 per year. Ontario Command has provided $175,000 towards a University of Toronto investigative investigative program into urinary incontinence. Alberta and N.W.T. Command Command is supporting a Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University University of Alberta at the cost of $142,500 over a three year period. Poppy Campaign Special Both 1984 and 1985 marked major anniversaries for Canada's veterans, because 40 years had passed since D-Day and VE-Day respectively. Everywhere, veterans and their sacrifices were frontpage frontpage news, as newspapers and television networks scrambled to cover commemoration commemoration ceremonies here and in Europe. But what happens when there isn't a major anniversary? anniversary? There is a saying 'out of sight, out of mind,' and it applies to veterans as much as . it does to any other group. ; It is in these years that the national poppy campaign organized by The Royal Canadian Canadian Legion takes on special significance: the Legionnaires you see standing on street corners are countrv-wide reminders of sacrifices made decades ago. The campaign is also a reminder of veterans who aren't so fortunate, who are unable to stand on the corner because physical problems have put them in hospitals and nursing homes. The money raised through the 12 million poppies distributed distributed each year not only aids Canada's less fortunate veterans, veterans, but it also reminds Canadians that some men and women are still paying for their wartime service -- even though the Second World War ended more than 40 years ago. And the poppy campaign helps us remember those young Canadians -- more than 112,000 of them - who never did return home after Canada's wars ended. 623-6100 BR. 178 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BOWMANVILLE POPPY FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENT OCT. 1, 1984 - SEPT. 30, 1985 CURRENT ACCOUNT CASH IN BANK SEPT. 30,1984 $ 1,282.40 RECEIPTS TRANSFERS FROM SAVINGS ACCOUNT TOTAL CREDITS 9,500.00 $ 10,782.40 $ 10,782.40 EXPENDITURES Service Bureau Expenses & Transportation Exp. Veteran T ransient Assistance Cleaning Legion Memorial at Cemetery Sick & Visiting Expenses Awards (Literary Contests) Campaign Expenses & Advertising Clerical Supplies, Postage & Cards Christmas Donations Donations to Charitable Organizations (Salvation Army, Barrie Area Disaster Fund, 4 Community Care, Meals on Wheels, Sunnybrook Veterans & Handicapped School) Cost of Wreaths, Poppies, Crosses, Etc. Miscellaneous Expenses, Bank Charges ($51.87) CASH ON HAND IN BANK Sept. 30,1985 $ 430.69 105.00 90.00 729.41 332.77 405.34 56.97 2.075.00 2.777.00 2,973.53 146.48 $ 10,122.19 $ 10,122.19 $ 660.21 POPPY TRUST FUNDS - SAVINGS ACCOUNT Cash in Bank Sept. 30,1984 $ 5,816.03 RECEIPTS SALE OF POPPIES AND WREATHS & DONATIONS BANK INTEREST TOTAL $ 11,145.01 517j49 $ 17,478.53 $ 17,478.53 EXPENDITURES TRANSFERS TO CURRENT ACCOUNT (CHEQUING) 9,500.00 CASH ON HAND IN BANK Sept. 30,1985 $ 7,978.53 S. Robbins, Poppy Chairman S. L. Dunn, Br. Treas. & Auditor The Br, 178 Royal Canadian Legion, Bowmanville Poppy Trust Fund is Registered with the Department of National Revenue for Taxation as a Charitable Organization, so receipts can be obtained for Income Tax Purposes. The Poppy & Wreath Campaign will be conducted this year by Members of Branch 178, Bowmanville and Ladies Auxiliary Members.