GOIN’ TO THE CORNER

ing at Reims, France. There, on behalf of his government, he signed the terms of unconditional surrender. Hitler and his wife Eva Braun had committed suicide in Berlin on April 30th and their bodies had been burned. Lt. General Walter B. Smith, Eisenhauer’s Chief of Staff, signed for the Allies. The free world celebrated on May 8th as V—E (Victory in Europe) day. On May 9th a ceremony in Berlin ratified the surrender terms. After five years eight months and seven days the European phase of

World War II had ended.

When the soldiers left for war by train there were parents, relatives and friends gathered at the Elmsdale Station to say goodbye and wish them well. When the war ended there were large parades all over the country and parties for the Soldiers who

returned home.

Lest We Forget

WORLD WAR II VETERANS

Gertrude Hutt Coll.

Lillian Cove Coll.

Adams, Herbert Roy, SN: F77479, son of William and Mary Ann (Costain) Adams. Enlisted February 26, 1941. Sergeant

in the Army. Discharged January 13, 1945.

Barnett, Harold, son of George and Mary (Mountain) Barnett. Canadian Navy. Killed on the Queen Elizabeth Highway in Ontario in a motorcycle accident in 1951.

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