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The Toll of War.Alameda Mans Supreme Sacrifice.ft With* frrfi7ij» tiT j rnfourtd ono# we liavi to iro»rd the death of Privdr .stank) I Crovtl-The tad net' came over the wire on Sunday evening, announcing hn di*atli hi h'»%|Mt,d liT'iu wourld* received m the* big bilH: of the 12th lint , alter) tin* Canadian ■oM.ch |n*tlormi«l *uclt glu«ilt;u« d ids • n V my Hidgr. M*ii gal* I.tut ) tiling wiMin it «t% t|»e »-Mr*tVJT STAIH-EY L. CaOXKson ol Mr. and Mn, Edward Cronk ; he wu pit in hit nineteenth year. Stanley was One of our High School boy*, having grown up amongst u« from early childhood. Me was beloved and respected by all who knew him , lie u as one of the U«t bunch of boy. who left Alameda to fight in defence of hi* King and Country, and lor the cause of liberty for which lie has laid down his youngmeinnfy of such manly youig men Their lives, thc»r deeds, their iiifliieiut, living cu dead, and their purr aspirations aie the monuments th.»t h ill keep these names Inn mug in the hxnc and t hi .hearts nl kmdird and bnthrcn M .y time btirtg it* vt signal nm ami may the dmscs ui clertniy th.d rcceiscs the ul *»t our drfiailcd, hcn, surround it with cvulasting | sunshine and flower*11 — 11 out rn mr n. \stllnu sk i p the brave, Iki sink to test,| lit all Mu ir counti ) wish* •» blest! U Iwa Spini^ Vitli tlewy ftitgna « . d,K« tut. to dciI thi'ii hall »w«d •in »u Id,She l'«in shall dicaaaswruti-r s.'d 1 h.»'» I alley’s ltd have, ui UikI It) hiiy Iui.Jh their hlit-ii is rung, II) luiitis unseen tlit ir dirge is sung ,Iheic Honor cumr*, a pilgrimto blrss the turf that wraps then clay,And h'rccdorn shall awhile repair, And dwell a weeping lu there.O—OPte. George Ldward Hay ter KilledJust as we arc about go to press the sad newt reaches us that another highly esteemed Alameda rnan has paid the supreme sacrifice ou the blood saturated plaint ol I*lander*. Tie. George Kd-ward Hay ter is officially stated to have died in Hospital of wounds received in battle on the 14th iast. Ftc Ed Hay ter waa along with Tic. Stanley Crook, in the last bunch of local men to leave Alameda for the front. The tec rific shock caused by tlic sad new* just received has completely shattered our meagre ability to dolife. Ilis mortal remains lie U justice in expressing the burn rday beneath an alien soil, but Ins memory lives and shall live in the | hearts of each and all who knew him To Ids grief itnlt; ken par ents, sister and brother*, the dcep-est sympathy of a sorrowing com*I munit) goes out in tins their time ol poignant bereavement. While tbe silence of death wraps and chills us at this moment, memories, sweet and precious come crowding m# No bfonic or marble tablet, no splendour ol ancient of modern tombs and no play ol immortal genius can adorn thespread around this district at the
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Alameda Dispatch
Alameda, Saskatchewan, CA
Fri, Apr 20, 1917
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