Saint Pauls School - Memoirs Yearbook (Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia Canada)

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hi'-5'-I-7? 'Y 7 ' 2'Y.'??1 Tw H ai. ii.: h Y Q. - Q, ,tn ,Z A i . f .. ,Q .1 11, . ., A , , . . ' - T v ' I aaumzussama . Of the number of men from the parish who resporded to their country's cell, three there were who did not return. All showed their willingness to accept the risks and to lay down their lives. All made the offering, but from three, God accepted the culmination of the supreme sacrifice as well as the offerirg. 5 We recall their names with gratitude and love:- Aloysius Levangie, C. B. H., aged 25 son of Mrs. Edward Levangie and the 1am Edward Levangie, Frankville, killed in action in Italy, October, 1944. I V -Q ' Raymond Francis Pelrine R. C. A-. F., aged 21, son of me-. are urs. c. M. ren-im, killed in action in England, may ae, w 1943. s i ve iqebbg Ro Ce Ee, Son of Mrs. we Ee Webb, killed in action in France, August 21, 1944. l Proud as we are of their record as soldiers of their country we are prouder still ci' their record as true soldiers of Christ. There is a great uplizft of the heart as we read the follow--f ing excerpts, taken from the letters of their Army Chaplains, for these excerpts- assure us that our boys preserved intact their sense of spiritual values. ' 1 ' Reverend M. E. McLaughlin writesz- Pinned down by enemyemachi.-ne gun fire, Steve was seriously wounded yet he insisted that his companions would nc-rl carry him out, as that would expose them to the enemy machine gnu fire. Even when dying, like another Christ, his thought was for others, not for himself. All through his life this was one of hir. outstanding traits - his willingness to sacrifice his owncomfort 3.1 the interests-of others, and 'in the supreme crisis, this virtw shone forth in all its glorious lustre. Reverend Ff.ttlsr Gaprin writes of Raymondz- I'vef loved him very heartily, because he was 'so nice a boy, so well edu- cated, and most of all so good at heart, so pure, and so sincere--N I know that Ray was always in the state oi' graced? , ' We rejoice 'ifat our boys received such commendation from God's priests. Surely, they received, too, the great art! final approbation' from their Loi 451. and masters- Well done! good and faith- ful servants! ' ' 1 . - , . ' We cannot T elp here, but express our admiration for , these grand Chaplains wh: despite their arduous duties found time to write such consoling le-if ers to the bereaved parents. d Revererrl Father W. V. McCarthy, Chief C?.ap16.in wrote as follows to Mr. and Mrs. D

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