Middleton
Township Honors
Its Fallen Heroes
Very shortly after the
close of the war the people of Middleton Township decided that
their Soldiers' Memorial should take the form of a new Town Hall,
and that when completed there should be placed upon one of its
walls a bronze tablet which should figure the names of Middleton
men who enlisted, with special honor for the names of the 12 who
did not come back.
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THE
HONOUR ROLL
John Berry
Harry Booth
F. Earl Burnett
William H. Campbell
Milton W. Dick
William Dickie
George Durkee
Alfred King
Harry Revall
Wilfred L. Simmons
Ross E. Winegarden
William Smith |
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On Thursday evening of
last week the new hall was formally opened, and the tablet
unveiled, the ceremony being performed by Captain H. L. Selby of
Simcoe, who is president of the Great War Veterans
Association, and who was Paymaster of the 133rd Battalion.
The tablet of bronze was
about 45 by 60 inches. It contains, in addition to the 12 names
above, the names of 75 others who served.
The hall was packed, and
standing room impossible to get by late-comers. Reeve A. O.
Sandham presided. There were many speakers, including the local
clergy, Reverend Messrs. Jones, Hugle and Remington. Mrs. G. A.
Ronson and Mrs. J. W. Sheppard contributed vocal numbers.
T. E. Langford, Reeve of Simcoe, gave an address, and several of
Middleton's returned soldiers were also heard from.
The G.W.V.A. of Simcoe was
represented by its president, Captain Selby, its secretary, Norman
Werrett, and Comrades John Pratt, S. H. [sic] Beaumont, H.
W. [Claringhowl], W. Green and Keith Polley.
The speech of the evening
was unquestionably that of Capt. Newcombe, who said in part: [speech
excerpts
not transcribed].
