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ee ee ee ee ee Page 4 The Haileyburian Thursday, November 9, 1961 B.C. Mother Chosen Fer Ottawa Nov. 11 Ceremony OTTAWA, Ont. -- A 69-year-old mother from Mission City, B.C., -has been selected by the Royal Canadian Legion to represent the motherhood of Canada at the Na- tional Remembrance Day ceremo- ny here on November 11. She is Mrs. Sylvia. Kimmel who, with her husband Harry Kimmel, lost three sons in World War II. Five of their 11 children were in the armed forces. 4 Mrs. Kimmel, with her husband, will fly to Ottawa for the ceremony where she will place the first wreath after His Excellency the Governor-General places his-on -be- half of Her Majesty -the Queen: Other wreaths will be placed by the Prime Minister; the Dominion President. of the Royal- Canadian -Legion and the Chiefs of Stafé. Four of Mrs. Kimmel's sons and one daughter served in the army during W.W. II. Her three deceas- ed sons joined up within a month of each other in 1940, and all were killed within a six-month period in 1944, Corporal Clifford Kimmel, 25, en- listed at Kamloops. He went to Italy with the Princess Patricia's and later transferred to the Hast- ings and Prince Edward Regiment. He was killed in Italy and is buried at Ravena. Rifleman Gordon Kimmel, 28, enlisted at Vancouver. He served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and died of wounds while a prisoner of war. He is buried at Bretteville- -sur-Laize, France. L/Sgt. Richard Kimmel, 30, also enlisted at Kamloops. He served in north-west Europe with the Regina Rifles. Mrs. Kimmel is the seventh mo- ther from outside the Ottawa area to take part in Canada's ceremony of Remembrance. Prior to 1955 a TWENTY PIECES OF STATE Hawaii, which became the Unit- ed: States fiftieth member in 1959, is made up of twenty islands far out in the Pacific Ocean. They cov- er 6,423 square miles, placing Hawaii between New Jersey and Connecticut in size. Phone GR 2-5170 North Bay for yeur CONCRETE NEEDS Cinder, Concrete & Haydite @ CULVERT and DRAINAGE TILE @ CONCRETE BRICK Common and Colored @ CHIMNEY BLOCKS Square and Round Flue SAND - GRAVEL - STONE J. M. WRIGHT LIMITED 107 Sheriff Ave. at Algonquin Ave. NORTH BAY, ONT. mother was selected from Eastern Ontario each year. Since. then, on successive years the Royal Can- adian Legion has selected a moth- er from various parts of Canada. Last year. Mrs. Albert Cantin from McCreary, Manitoba, represented Canadian motherhood. Other moth- ers have been: Mrs. W._A. Ander- son, Craigmyle, Alta.; Mrs. Helena Forestell, Coniston, Ont.;- Mrs. A. J. Reynolds, Chatham, . Ontario; Mrs. Zylpha MacFarlane, Truro, Nova Scotia and Mrs. John Lebold- us of Vinbank, Saskatchewan. _ The Kimmels moved to Mission City-a-year ago. Prior to. this, for 20 years they lived at Langley, B.C., and for I8 years lived near Tete Jaune. Two of the surviving sons; Harry-and Virgil, live at Tete Jaune. David: Kimmel lives at Langly Prairie. The sisters all live in British Co- lumbia. They are: Mrs. Ruby Wells, Coquitlam; Mrs. Dorothy Martin, Parksville; Mrs. Leila Se- verson, Vancouver; Mrs. Eurora Thompkins, Salmon Arm and Mrs. Mildred Hess, Fort Langley. While in Ottawa, Mr. and Mrs. Kimmel will be guests of Govern- or-General and Madame Vanier at tea. Strange Beliefs Cause Accidents What's your attitude toward farm safety? If it fits any one of the following "strange beliefs', your chances of having an acci- dent are higher, says Hal Wright, Farm Safety Specialist with -the Ontario Department of-Agriculture. Here are the four most common "strange beliefs'? about accidents: "My number was up' -- the fat- true, it would be a waste of time to try and fight the inevitable. "An accident is punishment." If this were a fact, the so-called "sin- ners'" would have an alarming frequency of accidents, while the "saints" would be accident free. This is not so! : "Taking chances is showing bravery."-The mere act of taking a chance does not denote bravery: Taking unnecessary risks. usually indicates foolhardiness. fellow." Are YOU: such a special person-that you can take any kind of dangerous risk without being caught? Talk with aceident vic- tims -- they didn't expect to get hurt either. Accidents are not unavoidable, ne eine: a matter of- luck, ..pre- determined, or the price of modern living. But unless people forget these strange beliefs, they -might Ge well give up the battle for a isafer life. . alistic attitude. If this theory were |' "Tt always happens~ to' the ether} Brewers Retail Will Be Closed ALL DAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1h Remembrance Day BREWER'S WAREHOUSING COMPANY | LIMITED ; Operating Brewers' Retail Stores : s CLASSIFIED ADS BRING RESULTS HOW MANY ARE BANK CUSTOMERS? A safe guess would be every one of them / That's because, in Canada, practically everybody has regular dealings with a chartered bank / Deposit accounts number more than 1214 million --or better than one for every adult. And on the books of the banks at any one time are 1,800,000 loans for just about every personal and commercial purpose / Through 5,000 branches, from: one eee the couvtes * the other, 4 enamored 7 : eon banks bring a full banking service within the reach of everyone. : | a) _..THE CHARTERED BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY => 2