b'REMEMBRANCE DAY by Deborah Jones Finotti,is bitt ersweet for me. Advertising Representative, Focus on ScugogMy Mum & Dad have been gonecussed what they went through orshark and had the bruising to show just over 20 years and it seems likesaw. My Dad would tell us the funnyfor it. Perhaps not a funny story but just yesterday.As a child I wore thethingsthathappenedontheship.one he thought he could tell. poppywithpride,notbecauseofOne story was when they had to useIt wasnt till after my Dad passed what it stood for but for the jewel- the head toilet and if the seas hadawaythatmyUncle;myDads lery aspect of it.I thought it lookeda high swell you had to adjust youryounger brother who served in the prettyasabroachformycoatorstance so the toilet water wouldntRoyal Canadian Navy told us some sweater, and just about anything elsehit you in the #%@^&, if you get mystories.Onceagainnotanything I could pin it to.Needless to say, asmeaning!!!As a child that was thegraphicbutshowinghowfami-I got older and realized the meaningfunniest thing I had ever heard, how- liesbackhomealsosu ered.The behind it, it then stood for the serviceever as an adult I can only imagineMerchant ships would leave in con-both my parents and the multitudethe worst and not so funny. voyscarryingtroopsandsupplies of service personal that risked theirHealsomentionedwhentheyoverseasandweresurroundedby lives for us. werestationedsomewheretheydestroyers to protect them.MyDadwasanOcerinthewere swimming othe bow of theDuringonebattleheadingto CanadianMerchantMarines,andship and he thought one of the othersBritain he had heard my Dads ship myMumwasaWAAFWomensswimming near him hit him reallyhad gone down, but there was radio Auxiliary Air Force in Britain. Mileshard on his side. Once on board theysilenceandhecouldnotcon rm. apart butghting for the same cause,saw a large shark had been caughtHe never told my grandmother, but our freedom!!! on the aft of the ship.He alwaysLike many they never really dis- thought he had a close call with thatPlease turn to page 22RETIREDAll the plugged toilets and drains, broken faucets, pumps and countless new homes have Available at allowed me to nowretire!Thank you to all my customers and fellow tradesmen180 Mary St. Port Perry905-985-0861 Bob GoodmanHours: Monday- Saturday 9:30a.m-5p.mFOCUS - NOVEMBER 202021'