Etc. -- Middleton's Fallen
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A lightly edited partial transcription of a page 2 article from the 18 Nov 1920 issue of the 
Simcoe Reformer
newspaper.

Middleton Township Honors 
Its Fallen Heroes

Very shortly after the close of the war the people of Middleton Township decided that their Soldiers' Memorial should take the form of a new Town Hall, and that when completed there should be placed upon one of its walls a bronze tablet which should figure the names of Middleton men who enlisted, with special honor for the names of the 12 who did not come back.

THE HONOUR ROLL
John Berry
Harry Booth
F. Earl Burnett
William H. Campbell
Milton W. Dick
William Dickie
George Durkee
Alfred King
Harry Revall
Wilfred L. Simmons
Ross E. Winegarden
William Smith

On Thursday evening of last week the new hall was formally opened, and the tablet unveiled, the ceremony being performed by Captain H. L. Selby of Simcoe, who is  president of the Great War Veterans Association, and who was Paymaster of the 133rd Battalion.

The tablet of bronze was about 45 by 60 inches. It contains, in addition to the 12 names above, the names of 75 others who served.

The hall was packed, and standing room impossible to get by late-comers. Reeve A. O. Sandham presided. There were many speakers, including the local clergy, Reverend Messrs. Jones, Hugle and Remington. Mrs. G. A. Ronson and Mrs. J. W. Sheppard contributed vocal numbers. 
T. E. Langford, Reeve of Simcoe, gave an address, and several of Middleton's returned soldiers were also heard from.

The G.W.V.A. of Simcoe was represented by its president, Captain Selby, its secretary, Norman Werrett, and Comrades John Pratt, S. H. [sic] Beaumont, H. W. [Claringhowl], W. Green and Keith Polley.

The speech of the evening was unquestionably that of Capt. Newcombe, who said in part: [speech excerpts 
not transcribed
].
 
 

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