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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 10 Nov 2010, p. 10

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And yet you need an emotional . . . . _ sleep under our roof on December ll, connectto' n in order to share these sto- "egg; gigglghtgjagyngi mggfngwgfg- 1942?" ' ., ries,’ David said. ”i think you loo Cominuni . . . . . 2 .. . ty Foundation (KWCF). Random Act . Smith, a m ““3““ pilot. “my . "5 ea ‘ a? get closer ‘0 W m of Kindness Day® is a day set aside to celebrate 22 years old when his plane was shot s , a letter. because our kind and carin community _ a da to a it down behind enemy lines in France. A WOR they sit down forward g Y P Y Young Cathenne lanot and OM m ' RCAFRO ['0 W . and ‘hmk' Th“ For the past two years, numerous businesses, the French Resistance hid theGanadian ”EU ”BER '.-. was the spark. l o . tions schools individuals and members from Gemian soldiers, and hewas , . NIT ~ ”1!. a" needed to know rgaiuza . ' ’ fly" ll l d th b ~* .5 HI . 53 W17», 7, l d ll of the media have taken up the call to do some- eventua ‘y e over e Pyrenees y ‘ . 513431 I ‘ more. gra ua y thing nice for their fellow citizens on Random Act famed Lomete Line coâ€"founder asked a few more of Kindness Da For more information visit Andree delongh. ; __ t- questions, but it cer- wwwkwcf ca y. ' The year after the war ended, g“ ’ taintytookawhile.” ' ‘ lanot’s mother wrote the letter to If, After David‘s moth- ° Smith. It was found in 2002 among _. er died in 2001, Smith love 0f MuSIC Marathon his father's personal papers . « " finally started to jot From this letter. Smith's son ' down his memories. to support KWS David was able to track down 5 while David polished, The seventh annual Love of Music Marathon - lanot, and Smith was reunited ‘ ’ edited and did the field will be held on Saturday at First United Church. with the Resistance angel who research. _ Waterloo from to am: to 5 p.m. 53"“ his ”9- . _ , , ‘ - "I was "‘5‘ handwritten Musicians of all ages and abilities are invited to Tomorrow, DaVid Will be in as y. on foolscap or three-ring register and perform to raise money for KW gym. Waterloo for 3 Words Worth . -._ .. g .. . g3, -‘ binder paper. It sometimes phony. event. reading from the book --. « “a”; l j ‘ 'sat for months I couldn't do 5‘33 of the K-W Symphony Orchestra will share h? Wm“? “”91 ms father, 7 ' g . " " full “We; 1 had ‘0 work And the stage with local musicians. both young and Lifting the $497“.- Wh‘d‘ ' these binders were collecting old, amateur and professional, for this day-long chronicles Smiths life 90W dust for all these years, he said. fundraising concert featuring all kinds of music. â€"â€"- including the terrible But in the summer of 2009. Individuals and groups, singers and instrumen- war years “‘3‘ he had 1/ David decrded ‘0 take a few talists, join together to celebrate their Love of never spoken about. . /( ’ months on and devote himself to Music and support the K-W Symphony. Unfortunately, 5‘11“" theproject. . Everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy the himself Will not be It was a mentally and emooon- beautiful music. present. After the war. 5 ‘ ally'difiicult ”he admits. lmtialâ€" There is no admission fee but donations in sup- he returned to Cana- ly. his relationship With his father port of the KWSymphony will be appreciated. da. became a dentist, was somewhat strained, but it slowly v.3“ kwsymphonyca for more infomation and retired to Waterloo to be evolved throughout the process of near one of his daughters. But shortly writing ufiingtheSilence. ' after approving the final chapter of his a “As I became closer to him, there Chnsunas craft and book. he died in August. studio in Paris. was more may. 1 think he really want~ bake sale When David was trying to find a and another letter, that ed this story to be told and was egging publisher for the memoir. he was started the promos ofwn‘ting bfiâ€" me on.” David said. Messiah Lutheran Church is holding a Christ- ' often rejected with the comment that ingdieSilemze. “It was very stiff There am no emo- mas Craft and Bake Sale Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 there are just too many war stories out David had just returned from a pho- tion, no warmth, until the very end. pm. Admission is free. there already. tographic exhibit about occupied Paris Until he was leaving. and then it was, Messiah Lutheran is located at 700 Glen Forrest “I turned that on its head. Yes. there's when he started writing to his father “Thank you.‘ Bivd..Waterloo. so many of them. and all of them must about the war years It was something “And that meant the world to me.” - 3- '=’ 9 t‘ . . .. :: . " A ,1 :- 5 f . ’ g t “ 33”” A i 3‘51?er ?, f5»: ,... 4 _~ ‘ . ' . :~ 3‘3".»‘4-33133k : ~ , w -. 3;. 2: "jet/”4;. g . , .. v. ~ . 7 . ‘ ' ' ' 2. ' a â€"_m Stanwood Seconday School (Cafeteria) so Southwood On. 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