The Southern Yarn is once again complete and ready. We held off in order to include content from our formal dinner last weekend where we celebrated our 75th anniversary as a club.

This means that the Southern Yarn got impacted by the postal strike. Perhaps it was good that we did not even get it into the mail, but we will let you know what happens in terms of our postal customers. For now, we will send the link to our email list so you can read it before Canada Post and their union sort out their differences and catch up on the backlog that is sure to be mounting daily. 

Here is Charlie Powell’s Editor’s Corner, to get you started.

For Remembrance Day* this year, we attended the Service in the small rural hamlet of Domain, Manitoba. It was heartening to see the turnout — especially young families.

The outdoor elements included the usual wreath-laying, reading names of locals who enlisted for WWI and II, and Last Post, Rouse and National Anthem, all under surprisingly “mild” weather for this time of year. That was followed with an indoor gathering in the very spacious Community Centre.

One of the few solemn formalities was a projected showing of Terry Kelly’s “A Pittance of Time” music video – you can easily Google it and is worth watching! Children’s participation had been pre-encouraged with an art competition. The results were on display and winners were announced and prizes awarded. Then all were treated to refreshments – donuts, tea, coffee and time to view the artwork and chat with friends.

[*I guess I should explain, for those who are not aware … In Canada, Remembrance Day is commemorated much the same as ANZAC Day is down under.]

As Jenny Gates explains (p.7), our Southern Yarn may or may not remain at its current 8 pages – it will largely depend on how much original content is shared by members and readers.

Oh, and it’s time to renew your membership (p.3). As always, thank you to our advertisers, Peter, Jenny, Brian, Ed, Mike, ….