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M . .JVE HOME--Red Cross Welfare Officer Frances C. Scovil, who figfivw game yesterday after serving in oVerseas theatres of war since June. 1943, is shown ,With her parents, Ven. Archdeacon and Mrs J. F. Scovil, of Winona, ioriiierly of Guelph. She went from the train here to the home of her uncle, Dr. j. E. Acoster, and M15. Coster, Where they enjoyed tea together. Miss SooVil was the first member of the Hamilton Red Cross Corps to go overseasfl" , lo ed b . D. "we: war, Capt. Fred Woodcock, R.H.L.I., of Winona, who lost his gmgth g §ons' 0."?1 and was taken prisoner in the'Dieppe raid, has trained to take Ltd" and nthe 5"; Ioeition as field secretary Of the Canadian National Institute for . Stone), creek a p Blind, and will soon take up his new duties, In accompanying.. Dairy before his he 11 he is seen typing as Wesley Stanley, local field secretary enlistment. photograp at the Gyro Home for the Blind, dictates from Brnillefd'Xf/ 1--D VETERAN TO BE FIELD SECRETARY--A repatriated pris- lvlfi'aiiees Email Back in Canada Saw Servilze Close to Front Line in Africa and Italy Arriving home yesterday after- noon from overseas, Red Cross Welfare Officer Frances C. SCOVil. daughter of Ven. Archdeacon and Mrs. J. F. Scovil, Winona, returns after a period of service close to the front line durin more than a year and a half. MISS Scovil was, the first member of the Hamilton. Red Cross Corps to arrive over: seas, and since leaving here in June, 1943, she s ent most of her) time in Africa an latterly in Italy, where she was attached to a Cana- dian Field Hospital. She was one of a group of ten girls from Can- ada chosen to do welfare work in the theatres of war. Miss Scovil says that much of, her work included looking after, the libraries, visiting patients, su-I pervising handicraft work, and. writing letters for the boys. This hospital was close to the combat lines, and another Hamilton girl, Miss Mary'Cox, was attached to the same 'hospital. The Canadian boys are exceptionally cheerful, Miss Scovil reports, and she feels she can speak' mm a good ac- quaintance wit them, "for, through writing letters for them. and working with them, one gets to know them really well," she ex- plained. "The vised to wonderlin Italy why the ed Cross girls were, sent there, but soon the boys learn- !ed to depend on them to do many of the things they could not do for themselves," Miss Scovil added. The returning welfare officer was a teacher at Hillfield School, and served here as a V.A.D. with the nursing auxiliary for about a year and a half. before going over- seas. Her parents were formerly of Guelph. ' ' Mr. and Mrs. ont. {'7' Killed in Action Since Last Seplcnilici- Winona, has been k led' with the Cana- , ' dian troops in 9 Holland, Born in Winona 23 years ago, Pte. Wilbur 'tend- ed school there and was em- Pl.e. Wilbur enlisted in De-- £5- scas last September. two sisters, Vera. and Lois, two brothers, \VILBUR -- Killed in Etctinn' on Western Front, Pie. Gordon Arnold Wilbur, dearly beloved eldest son of ohn Wl ui', Wham-1a,. Pto. Gordon Wilbur Wihona Soldier Overseas Pte. Gordon Arnold Wilbur, son ,of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilbur, of "nation to. Wilbur cember, 1943, and was posted no in addiii'iin In his parents, he is survived by Gerald and Lewis, all SPLEN'DID EXAMPLE SET BY W'INONA DONORS--Shown in th', photograph. taken at the blood donors' clinic, are two Winona m" .who have set a fine example. At the right is ngn. Gordon White, 3R.C.C.Sl, who lost his right leg in the fighting near Caen, and wh credits the fact that he is alive to-day to plasma. transfusions on the battlefield. "My lliie was savedby the blood of others," he told the cameras-nan, "and I am going to pay it all back to the blood donors' clini .Dn- the left is H. J. Jones, '70 years "young," \VE'ID, wit his perso' a1 physician's consent, is donating his blood. F AWARDED D.F.C.--Flying Offi-' cer John Reekie. son of Mr. andl Mrs. John Reekie, of Winona. has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross overseas, his ar-l' .ents ave been notified. En ist-, iing in October,_1940, he went 'overseas as a Wireless air gun-i iner in August. 1941, with the, ,ra'nk of 591' eant. Comnussioned, ,in May, 19 3, he»is one of ,few, Canadians holding the Africa Star and Clasp. He has complet- ed many operations a d also wears the operational n5. '~ -/7 gm 3...... tog-fr ; Life to Plasma ' Gives OWn Blood" Sigmn. Gordon While at Winona Clinic-- i Man Donates at 70 .' "The heaviest fighting is yet to come, and .plenty of blood will b needed to save lives, the sa, as mine was saved--by the bio of others," said Sigmn. Gordo White, R.C.C.S., of Winona, as he gave his blood at the Hamilton Blood Donors" clinic, which tea- tured Winona-Saltfleet day, 'on Thursday. , Sigmn. White lost his -right 'leg in the" explosion of a mortar bomb' during the fighting near Caen. He lost much blood 'and nine trans- fusions were necessary 'to save his ,life. "I am going to pay it 81? back to the Blood Donors' clinic Si rthat my blood may help to saw the life of some 'other soldier th same as mine was saved~hytthg blood of others," he told attendants at the clinic. _' ' Residents of. 'Winona district have an enviable record in the matter of blood donations. When the committee; of which Thomas Collin .is chairman, was formed, its aim was to have a donor for every enlisted men from the dis:- trict. Its aim has been exceeded and there, are now 164 persons giving blood donations, while thé total of enlisted men is 148. Four members of Mr. Collin's own fame '(Continued on page '11, column 5) - r "xuanl--rrvn'x-'ywsw .. lly are included in the" list and have given .28 donations. ' Veteran Brings Youth ' One of the oldest men ever to give blood .at the clinic was in-' cluded in the Winona day attend- ance. He is H. J. Jones, 70 years of age, who was so insistent that his blood be accepted, that he went to his own physician and obtained consent after Red Cross official 'at the clinic had told him that 60 years was the usual age lihili. This loyal old entieman not only gave hisfown lo'odilbut wasmg .means 0 18 studs ts fro §altfleot~ high school m