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I cried and felt my heart turn over when I read this list..Exempted until they cease to be employed as farmers or textile workers producing war items. But to have to go to a tribunal to plead your case:( May we never have another war again.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
JIMMY CARTER, Nobel Lecture, December 10, 2002
From the Exemption Tribunal
Lanark Village—Exemptions Refused:
Thomas Majaury, Lanark
Carl Thompson, Lanark Township
John Molyneaux, Lanark, RR#4
John R. Ashby, Fallbrook
George M. Sommerville, Middleville
David G. Sommerville, Middleville
John J. Walters, Lanark, RR#1
Melville L. Woods, Lanark
John Rankin, Hopetown
Lanark Village—Temporary Exemptions—Exempted until they cease to be employed as farmers:
Joseph H. Moulton, Lanark
Archie W. Taylor, Middleville
Wesley R. Playfair, Drummond
Wilbert E. Skillington(?), Lanark
George A. Molyneaux
Norman F. Darou, Fallbrook
William H. Poultnery, Drummond
- McLaren, Drummond
Robert J. Ashby, Fallbrook
Harold McLean Blair, Drummond
James Vincent Doyle, Lanark Township
John Ross Skiffington
John Earle Manson, Middleville
Wilfred J. Barr, RR#2, Lanark
William Fair, Watson’s Corners
Joseph Lloyd Erwin, Fallbrook
Joseph V. Badour, Ferguson’s Falls
Robert Carl Cameron, Fallbrook
George Ray Taylor, RR#4, Lanark
Wilfred McLaren, Drummond
Archibald Davidson, Drummond
Edward T. Shiffington, Dalhousie
- Scott, Watson’s Corner
Gilbert F. Closs, RR#3, Lanark
James T. Hickey, Lanark
Thomas J. Carberry, RR#1, Lanark
Robert Legary, Lanark
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James S. Somerville, Middleville exempted until he ceased to be employed as a cheesemaker
Arthur Ferguson, Lanark, exempted until he ceases to be employed as a textile spinner, producing war material
Exemptions and the following reasons:
George B. Jamieson, Lanark, E
- James Yuill, Hopetown, E
Michael James O’Donnell, Lanark, blind
Fred J. Darou, Lanark, C3
William R. Foster, E
Arthur M. Blackburn, Middleville, B2
Russell E. Borrowman, Lanark, C1
Lloyd R. Bolton, Innisville, E
William J. Foster, Lanark, E
William Cross, Lanark, E
William H. McFarlane, Lanrk, E
James C. Dodds, Middleville, C1
Rutherford McIlquham, Drummond, C3
Matthew McCardy, Lanark, B2
Ralph Affleck, Lanark township, E
Hugh Stead(?), Lanark, B2
Charles Stewart, Lanark township, C1
Robert Stewart, Lanark township, C1
Lawrence H. Flemming, Fallbrook, C3
John Legard, Lanark, B2
Robert W. Graham, Lanark, E
John W. McQuatt, Lanark, #4, C1
William G. Sommerville, Middleville, illness and infirmity
Robert J. Burns, Lanark, not within set(?)
Alfred Luteman, B2
Ralph Affleck, Lanark township, B2
Charlie Affleck, Lanark township, B2
Daniel C. James, Lanark township, C1
Thomas J. Stewart, Lanark township, E
Terence J. Gray, Ferguson’s Falls, B2
Exemption Tribunal McDonald’s Corners:
Exemptions Refused:
David L. Gemmell, McDonald’s Corners
John W. DeQuitteville, Manion
James T. Love, Elphin
John A. McLellan, McDonald’s Corners
Daniel Ferguson, Elphin
Jas. Machan, Watson’s Corners
Exemptions Granted:
Dr. Haggard
James McCulloch(?)
Nelson Fair
Earle E. Gemmell
Vincent Hall
Albert E. McDonald
James Harper
Robert J. Ferguson
(below group all of McDonald’s Corners)
Paul Griffin
Russell Fair
Howard McInnis
James Legary
James D. McBain(?)(or M. Bain?)
Albert E. Closs
James G. Dungau(?) or Dungan(?)
James D. Sergeant
Febian Garreau
Fred Jackson
Allan J. Watt
Arthur J. Wilson
James Warrington
Wilfred J. Closs
Benjamin F. Avery
(below group all of Watson’s Corners):
Charlie Park
Melville R. Jackson
Allie M. Craig
Morton Storie
Thomas J. Easton
Donald R. McInnes
Robert Raymond Paul
Pollack McDougall
Arthur J. Crosbie
William L. Conroy
Alfred J. Horn
Clayton Storie
Stanley Jackson—My father Stanley Jackson (Watson’s Corners) is on the list for “granted an exemption” but did enlist in Nov 1917. He spoke of returning from training in Ottawa so he could help on the farm on weekends and return to training on Monday-Alice Gilchrist
Calvin L. Caldwell
Albert L. Horn
Andrew G. Fair
Thomas D. Scott
- Russell McDougall
Walter R. Forbes
(below listed all of Elphin):
Russell Ferguson
Gladson Linton
Roy Ferguson (or Ray)
Robert J. Balfour
James McVean
- Haddon Wilson
Alexander Love
Adam Geddes
David Nosbot
William E. Geddes
John W. McVean
(below all of Manion):
Guy Leonard
Thomas J. Mahon
Ralph M. Miller
(below both of Fallbrook):
James E. Cameron
- Mervyn Cameron
Roy Fournier, Snow Road
John Scott, Dalhousie Lake
Henry B. Chaplin and Howard Roberts, under age, not within the act
Deferred:
William B. Donald, McDonald’s Corners, case transferred to Lanark
Fred L. McInnes, McDonald’s Corners
Melville G. Rodgers, Watson’s Corners
Lawrence V. Close, McDonald’s Corners, ordered to be medically examined
Howard McDougall, Elphin
John E. Millar, Elphin
Walter N. Griffin, Manion
James Park, Watson’s Corners, ordered to be medically examined
Tribunal Lavant Station:
Exemptions Refused:
Willie Burns, Marble Bluff
Gilbert White, Poland
Samuel Sproule, Lavant Station
Robert H. Percy, Lavant
Exemptions Granted:
(below all of Caldwell’s Mills):
Thomas Ferguson
William Moffat
Alive Ferguson
Archibald Gray
Albert Duncan
R.M. Desjardine
Donald Cameron
Robert Deachman
Earl Closs, Flower Station
William E. Allan
John F. Richardson
Alexander Virgin, Lavant Station
Edward Kelly(?), Lavant Station
John Majaury, Lavant Station
Charles Virgin, White
(below all of Poland):
Hugh W. McKenzie
D.A. McIntosh
Clement J. Paul
William J. White
Milton Paul
Herbert R. Hart
William J. Lorimer
William O. Percy
Mellville Reid, Lavant
John H. Reid, Lavant
Harold Robertson, Lavant
John Burns, Marble Bluff
William G. Craig, Brightside
W.W. McDougall, Brightside
Melville Larocque, Brightside
Louis Ranger, Green Mountain
Victor R. Currie, Lammermore
Decisions Deferred:
William Prosky, Folger Station
Milner Reid, Lavant
Robert Stewart
James W. Hart, Poland
A.W. Jacob
John Thomas, Lavant
- A. Roach, Wilbur
Perth Exemption Tribunal
The Perth Exemption Tribunal has concluded its duties on all scheduled names to come before it. The final list in addition to those published heretofore is as follows:
Disallowed:
Laurence Consitt
Daniel Horan
Dawson Kerr
Lawrence Cavers
George J. Bennett
James C. Publow
Ernest V. Cooper
John E. McLaren
Basil Walsh
Joseph Mahon
John J. MacMillan
Michael J. Conway
Gilbert R. Phillips
Orville Publow
Richard Warren Shaw
Robert Publow
Thomas Truelove
From Two to Ten Months Exemptions:
Mowat Cullen
William E. Stewart
William E. McGregor
James E. Doyle
Wilbert R. Tysick
William J. Noonan
Edmund J. Tovey
James Malcolm Barrie
Thomas E. Moore
John McShane
Leslie A. Stewart
Earl Doyle
Leo F. Thompson
George W. Armstrong
Simon L. Manion
George A. Gallipeau
Michael P. McParlan
Linus L. Leaver
Albert McViety
William Smith
Frank Conway
William Drennan
James Stewart
George E. Tovey
Allowed While Specially Employed:
Nelson I. Meredith
William E. McGregor
George Matthews
Andrew Ray McLean
B,C,D,E Categories:
Michael Collins, E
Russell E. Morris, E
John L. Emerson, C1
Peter Herbert Cuthbertson, B2
Creighton Orser, E
Fred Free, E
Thomas F. Wilson, C1
Edward Furlong, E
John J. Manion, B2
Allan MacMartin, C3
Ambrose Conlon, B2
John Lloyd Noonan, B2
Melville Allan, E
Clark McLaren, E
Scott Andrew Mather, B2
John D. Hogan, E
Harold J. Coutts, E
Roy E. Keays, B2
Herb Noonan, C3
David M. Hart, B2
William p. Lee, E
Robert C. Young, E
William J. Nixon, C3
Robert William Tysick, E
Edward Ferguson, B2
Harry Joseph McCann, B2
Edward E. Waddell, E
Herman Buchanan, B3
Michael Manion, E
Neil McGlade, E
John R. Spaulding, B2
Lorne M. Quigley, E
William H. Rankin, B2
James Ross Watson, B2
Fred Hanna, B2
Walter C. Cameron, B2
Roy Cavanaugh, C1
Oswald R. Mengies, E
Arthur Finlay, E
James Arthur Steele, C3
James W. Hone, C1
Ira Churchill, B2
John Bernard Hanlon, C1
William R. Hogan, C3
John Lawrence Horan, E
Harold Ferguson, C3
Clifford Wilson, E
Wilfred Publow, E
William James Dickson, E
Anthony Rupert Mackler, E
Elle Karnkowsky, E
James M. Noonan, B2
Ira Ferguson, E
Joseph Simon Collins, E
Percy Fenwick, E
Archibald McLaren, E
William Burke, E
Michael O’Neil, D
Lloyd Walker, E
William C. Cheaters(?), E
Thomas T. Tovey, E
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My father Stanley Jackson (Watson’s Corners) is on the list for “granted an exemption” but did enlist in Nov 1917. He spoke of returning from training in Ottawa so he could help on the farm on weekends and return to training on Monday.
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