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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Jun 2015, p. 3

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' ' - would makeasuitable emblem for Canada She had tust gotten home from her rob as a set retary for ‘ . , Canadian soldiers also wore the maple leaf on their mili~ Miorigintil Affairs and Northern l)e\elopnient In Ottawa ‘ tary badges during the FirstandSecond WorldWarx when he i tilled and \dltl he needed her help. i. ‘ ’1 ' L "‘ 'Thc maple leaf is the symbol of Canada.” said Robert He risked lll\ daughter to load her \ewnig Ill-lt‘hllll' into i. , Harper. an expert on the Canadian flag who has written two her i (it and meet him at lth office Donovan. who worked as ' ' books on the subject, prior to O'Malley's talk last week. .i lllll't‘llthlng direi tor Wllll the lt'tll‘till government. needed " y I 'lhe search for a new (‘anadian flag to replace the British lib (Littuliter to \t‘“ llit' firxt three ( ,(llliltlltlll flag protonpex. ‘ Union lack began in l925 when a committee of the Priw ltltlll‘t that d.n. l'ritrie \lllllslt't tester It l'etirsoii li.id Council began to research poxsible designs for a national thlel il it \\.l\ pimilili- tor the three tll‘\|fllt\ to he illiltlt' into ' flag. That work was never completed. however. this xi! he i an we them mini; the nut riiorniiii; tit lldl’flllfi , In 1946, a parliamentary committee was appointed with Hill I‘m the Min mt l niiiitri ri-tri-.it oi the llrlltll‘ itillllsll‘l . m a similar mandate to help create a national flag for (kinadii t) \1JHI‘\ iltlll’l‘ll hiir illliltti\ die diitiit wimp llll‘ iiripor " ' * i Q It called for \tihmissions and received more than 2.60!) Titiit t' iii thi‘ rink ll‘tltli'nll‘tl tit her .it the lilltl‘ A». ‘ designs. but no formal vote was ever held. i' ilidtit [ltl'illl .ititihirii; to illl‘ Hint-ix iltl’\ mini wring to ‘ It wax a heated debate in (anada. one that many politi pith iini hot it thi time t ilidtii tt‘dh/t the litNlHH hi it all, " clans were wary of re opening. hut in early l964 Pearson mid it \l.lllt"i who mote ill lllt'l lilll Milli tt‘tIlt‘tttt'til littlllt‘ . ' promised toiiddians he would delivera national flag, it, li\dlt'lltlli List 'Aiidiii-xddi one iil her Ulll\ piihiii appear loan O'Malley wasjust 20 "an old when she sewed the first By that ”Hither. (l-l‘()mn1ll((‘l‘ had reduced El field of near iiii i-\ in t illlilllil illlw \t‘ill the Nth .iiinixi-rmri iii the line three Canadian flag prototypes 50 years ago on her Singer h MK!) design \tihmissions down to three , a modified \l‘t my “I“ ”mu“ m the ”um“ i“ the l lag “Ml.” Hi “A,” “,an madnme She was in Waterloo hast week to share her \ltlll Ill the current flag With a fleurlderli's and the Union liiil .iiii ltirgiiiii to hill to it'\itlt‘tti\ «hunt her l‘KlM‘llt'lH e And \he story iii the top (ornerx, a dextgn incorporating three red lllilllll‘ trim .iritimn iii .i din tiriii-iitiiri prodni i-il lit the I lit}: \\.|\I‘l\ hum-x on it white hat kground and blue hiirx on the \ltlt'\ ii iii 1 t‘lt'lliillt the iilth iiiitiiii‘tmn iii lltl‘ the iliiN trait lilliilllil in it teenage orphan lrtini “Alex to \\iitl\ -l\ .i liirnt (ll'Nlflll l’t‘éerlll prt'lt'rrt‘di, and a flag with a single. \l\ll/I‘<l \l) H \Liilm and llt‘t h.i\li.iiiii liltilii loaded llt't \iiiigir lillNIllrt‘l' Iii-tore tlit‘ Set riiidWiirldHiir red maple li'ul on it whitesquim' Wllh red hem \t‘ixlti}; lltdt time into tltt‘lt i iii ind itwiii hi .,, r litilll‘l"\ iiltii e W» dad \s.i~ \H t'\l tied When I got there I \.ll(l ‘I‘iti tll'wl [he iiittiriiittee eventually ru‘ninirtended the \Illglt' ii it‘i killillidi \U‘iiiil‘ the the ‘liiiii‘iiiti hm hm ii iii hit-ted ht, itiiiiii; to \t‘\\ \Iilttt' Il.it:x. \\l]dl\ thi- lithlI‘dl“ hiit lot lll\‘tlilll. design and it wax approved hy the House ttf(:l)tllllltllt\ on MM l’illllt r the titLIlii to he pint tit lllP work iii the the a,“ thi- hmt thing he i oiild Her 13 19va followed by the Senate on Dee l7. Ht»: It “in t wit 'i'tt ti and thi t. hid it t“i'.itit’ liilih tit iii ton on it do ho ho t iiiiiitn t) Valli-t Mllll til her hither. “ho died in dpllrllu‘tl h\ Queen Ill/abeth II and first new that lehni.ir\ not run \1\\ li‘it‘xl u illiii ii iiit‘il at iiiinruii! mid t i \t illm 'iNil itl~l \ll\ iii ltix ‘itxt llll'llltlifl hi the more than fiftv wan that have passed \Illl e ( )‘\lill iltimitii; iiiiiiihtrt itiiii; lit‘i audit in 1‘ iii illl‘i .i ii?! write llt‘ ht\l‘(l(41llilll.l it KilH‘ hiiti it good llll‘ .itiil that s \\ll\ lt'\ this whisked away In the night to \[Ilt h wh.il “third xiii li'ii\lit’il tip iliiliilill iiiiihiiirhi ind u mid ii. iii it in Wit» \ll l‘\( iii-d hi-iiinii- one of (ariadti'x most distiiittive ItlldgtK. \llt'\ llilll unit thi lull! iltitH ih.ii iiiiiht i ~1’ ti t ~|ii iizii i d in»! llti llll‘ l.iriiih.it ti-d .iiid ixhite the t i \t.i||i'\ wued th.it night the i home to reflect on her influence in (antidmn lll\lHi\ iiEVltl t Midtltlt d thi titty ,t. ]tiirilt hiinxii thitH‘i ind tll‘ll‘d‘ii‘tl hi »i New on l'.ith.itiii‘rit Hill on It‘ll l'i. I‘Ni'i, but what we "Niitiit'tlmtw l think About what if I had stud no. ot il I ‘~\ -~ lltt‘ii‘ iii thi iitiiiii 'iii' i 4i i iiiitx lino“ ,l‘~ thef illtilllidlt ”in:llil\illllllgillllll1)lllfll\l'r\lill how?" \llt‘ \dlil. noting she was [H‘H‘l paid .t llllllt‘ hit hit ihi ~iiiti‘hi .itiii ii' hit i‘uitl in»; hi i hi 1‘ iii iii-i her til iti‘iltll‘i 4".t it though the llll‘il til innit; the red tii.ip|i- lt‘dl tii t“lll>ll\lll£ll ldlt' November night ‘94 iiiiii llillll\lilHt‘. .ii! an iiii‘Ji. iittiiitiii it‘t\lllt tie; H‘lllt‘xtlill ,iii,iil,iiwililiitth.iiitlieiiiiititt\itsell ”Vii. hiil what (‘l\(‘(.ll\ you do for your iiiiiiitti.“i\.iiiiiii lll't Hid it-iii titl‘dti'“,t ho hitt-tiri u-ihii‘ itiiiilittli’“ to tilt! iii \\‘\llil[it‘l[lilllllNlll‘llllillil‘l ll1l\t‘llld\ reported \oiiwtiiittiiizi'tpaidltirthat7|dotitthink N“ A . tritJPTOP AWARD WINNING SBA _ ‘7? 6 l ”W GINA s HAIR STUDIO ll “ 3 if v " A J ' \ “;_ ‘ .. x.» 9-4 YALEHYEDSYVLISYS AWAPUWINNINGLOLt'HHHSTS . , x, a , _ w § (. i N A s . 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