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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 16, 1931

Page

13

The Legion Service Bureaux Aid Veterans Across Canada

The Dominion Headquarters Legion Service Bureau expanded with the 1030 pension regime. It coordinates with Provincial Headquarters in Toronto and sub offices in London and Windsor to assist veterans and dependents. Demands have doubled since new legislation, with many cases prepared for Pensions Tribunals and the Pension Appeal Court, while local offices gather evidence and present claims.

Wariatore Legion Provincii Ottawa Dominion Heartquarters Service Bureau Pension c Legion Service Veterans’ Bureau Keoen Pensions Pension Legion Service Bureaux Dominion Canada Starthaye Ypres Royal Air Forest Vetterans Canadian Legion Department of Dominion Service Bureau the Legion Winder Conmands

The Canadian Legion Aid and Duty to Postwar Vets

The Canadian Legion mobilizes nationwide support for wounded and distressed veterans. It recalls wartime sacrifice and urges active help, noting the humanitarian debt to future generations and calling on all veterans to join in aiding the less fortunate.

Trophies for Winning Groups at Provincial Convention

Three silver cups will be awarded for top performance during the campaign. The first goes to the branch with the greatest percent increase in membership by March 31. The second to the branch with the latest number of new members in the month, and the third to the zone showing the largest membership gain. The Grand President may present the cups at the Oshawa convention in August.

Securite Efe Meniers Vere Uw Teld Vhs al Yeulay Zong Tila British Empire Service League Oshawa Ww. Gould Legionnaire W. J. Gould WJ. M. McDonald G. Arnold OL. Wright Legionnaire F. Roney J. McGeachte J. Qibdone W. J. Lawson Perry Watson Legionnairyg J. A. Anderson Tackwood President

Governor General Joins Canadian Legion Amid War Service Claim

Ottawa reports Puysyge Hessborough, long service officer with Field Marshal Wilkon, became an active Canadian Legion member. He declared occupation as Governor General of Canada and paid dues and badge fee, stressing no honorary status. Legion officials confirm his discharge rank and next of kin, with a statement from veterans leader about loyalty to the Empire’s war legacy.

Legion Ottawa Enny Yenra Hessborough Ble Tienry Wilkon Canadian Legion Thscellency Canada Countess of Bersborough Huufuh Legion Canadien Legion Thomas Woyling Legion Ottawa British” Legion

Walton County Group Seeks Wider Support for Acton Lesson

Organization urges broad cooperation to advance its worthy ideals and extend opportunities in Walton County and the province. Members stress eligibility and the need for community participation to strengthen the cause.

Anlylunes Acton Walton County

Acton Branch Becomes Youngest Provincial Command Unit

Acton Branch No 107 of the Canadian Legion, Teulon area, ranks as the province's youngest command unit. A Charter Night is planned for Tuesday with Lt Col Meking and Col A O T Beardmore among guests. The branch reports 37 members and calls for continued ex service support across Acton and wider communities.

J. Keelson Acton Provincial Command Taglon Acton Post Ottleer F. Day Rockwood Legionnaire J. Balt J. Jennings Bayliss J.D. Louttit J. A. Roninson Legionnae Cameron Leishman Bomnion Avery Eleiven Organteati Sharty Acton Legion Col. Meking A. O. 'T. Beardmore Toronto

The Way of the Road and the Right of Way

A railway yard scene shows a freight idle while a passenger train arrives on a siding. A track crew rests, and the line speeds by. David Starr Jordan’s quote hints at finding one’s path and purpose amid distractions and fate.

David Starr Jordin A Mann Rome

Pancake with a non skid tread mystery phrased

In a humorous exchange Johnny explains a phrase about a pancake with a non skid tread. The line hints at a local colloquial joke or riddle featured in a 20th century script.

Johnny

Mystery in common things of trades and tools

A fragment reflects on mystery in ordinary labor and tools. A workman finds value in a clod that reveals a gold mine while another finds shine in a mower, and an axeman laments leaving the forest. The piece muses that humbler trades hide deeper mysteries.

Remembering Jim Parker and Marie in Jonesport stories

A Maine memory piece recounts Jim Parker a gifted athlete who served early in World War I and fought in France. He returned changed by gas exposure and settled with his French wife Marie on a Jonesport farm. After hardship their family grew and Marie eventually sailed to France seeking safety before a hopeful reunion with her father.

Wiliam Brown Volorana Eltixen William “Brown Jim Marie Jones Port France Germany Gen Marle Marla Whalera

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