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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 4 Nov 1964, p. 14

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The campaign will be conduct ed on the Dominion, provmcul and branch levels simultaneous tr, It will be arranged in such I any that branches win still conduct their own campaigns but will get all possible assis- he Legion} nhlionll new boob-p camp-hm to recruit 85.- no new members in the next 10 your; began on April I. It is to be a long-range continuing " fort, with specific membership oNectives in [we thryL-ar per inds. The first objective is 30 I!” new members by December Sl, 1064 The Legion needs new menu hen to fill the void caused by the deaths each year of thou: ands of Work! War 1 veterat" who have made the Lemon “at i. is today. Page I he Waterloo Chronicle. Nov. ' nu putt-“cw of the drug drstilleU from it as “the flower of for. gulfulnms" ‘I'luuugh the ages ll kept thrs meaning until servisrq1 wtatet oi “no pour-1 his! reuprdcd the mumalc A Wuterioo. Dz-ngn-n and scarlet vi the Flanders puppies The Poppy has a Mum-v dating back to antiquity In the myrlsoloey of anti-ml Chum 1t wan welLknown, by the the unu- of we Nanak-(mu- wan. when a thuughtful and ob munch-lion Hm wan“! puppy [LII] with the gram-n of thus“ tho can fl wk [wrung of Nu- fallen Into who had talk-n m trattle He rmnarkul that the battlefields MI WEBER N. NICK'S (ANIEEN SERVICE Royal Canadian Legion COMPLIMENTS OF Honour The Dead But WATERLOO, ONT. bluswmu-J Remember The Brandi Living [HS CLOSE THE GAP manv out-rs. bare wastes before his! snow-0.; of storied - the wul when we futhtmg and the The figures showing the vet can population in Canada are based on the [981 census The number ot males " years of We must close this gap it we are to continue to lay claim to being accepted as "The Voice at the Veteran" in the years that he ahead To those who might wonder whether there are a sufficient number " veter- in Can-d4 to enable the Legion to obtain his ambiiious objective. the III- wet in n definite “You". The plain lad is that more Ire Ib- out one million veterans in this country who am [ally eligible for membership in the Royal Canadian Legion But we have only 250,000 members! lance (mm provincial and Don uuon command: WATERLOO The Sick and Visiling Com. mittee are planning another trip to Westminisler Hospital in hon- don on Saturday, November 2tst. Anyone wishing to join the committee on this trip please sign on the Board The cars will leave at 10 AM Ladies are irr viled Some entertainment will he pill on for the enjoyment of the veterans Bim.to Willi prizi'» welt be one of lhi’ gamma plain-d Plan to attend ilti, affair. 1' was very successful Ill Attettst ADDITION To SICK AND VISITING: die We shall not sleep, though pop In Flanders' fields Take up our quarrel with the toe. To you from failing hand. we throw The Torch - be yours to hold it high; If ye break faith with us who I FLAMES FIELDS The lurks um bravely unslng fly. Scarce heard amidst the guns below we lie In Flanders' fields. We are the dead. Short days ago we lived, tett dawn, on: sunset giow. Loved and were loved and now That malt our place: and in the In Flanders' holds the poppies use and (not wtttt war serum-- totalled 1156.58 of (In. total “3.239 Bre World War 1 and per - 1911 veterans, 833.0“) Ire World War II veterans and 32- 111 an: Korean war veteran: These hum an be mused blow - -- Between the chooses, an on REMEMBER " " WEAR A POPPY COMPANY OF CANADA LES‘T WE FORGET. . . . John McCrue 1872-1913 MUTUAL lIFE ASSURANCE 1he shrinkage is 'ignifieantiy illuurued by I companmn with veteran Population tsgures from the 196t census In the IO-rear period the World War I veteran population dropped by 140.000 and the World War " veteran population was reduced by - Our membership thgure of Mo,000 pairing) Legion mem- bers means that. on a nun-mat basis. three out of tour veterans are non-members What sets the alarm bells ringing is the [not that the potential is shrinking yen by year, and the rate of shrinkage in going to week-rate in the future. somewhat: because they do not include name 321!!! veteran: who and not state winch war they and m 22 King S. COURTESY or' Sewing Waterloo 8: District For Over 60 Yeats [lilIjER0flll HARDWARE (WAl'ElllOO) m. Phone T42-310t The Mom! My 00-- mince, which not in on.» Int November - the chur- mndip d W m Vice?monl Dob Wy, lul- glad " then We; hell. They "had a lot a! quantum and came up with some amen. They decided that it in imper- uuve to out a wide “an: into the membership petunia] wittr out delay Quotas were drawn up for each command, based on the veteran population in each province. The plm to conduct the campaign in live two-roar dues. each with in uncut-c ob iectiee, nukes it possible to moo-um its new progressive» ly and pinpoint weaknesses it any develop. WATERLOO Waterloo, Ont.

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