Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 149 The Un-sung Heroes of Branch 043 When you read a good book or watch a good movie, what was it that attracted you to that book or movie? Was it the cover for the book or the trailer for the movie? If you are like me, I have often been disappointed in the books I have read or the movies I have watched because the books with the most eye appealing, exciting covers and the movies with the most thrilling trailers usually fall short in their substance. I have made my judgement by the window dressing and not by the substance. At Branch 043 we have two faithful members who attend meetings and functions on a regular basis. They come and go with no fanfare they are sociable without being boisterous or loud. They enjoy good conversation and love to listen to your story as much as they like to share their own stories. Recently a shipping company operating in Western Canadian Arctic had sent several of their crewmembers to the Nova Scotia Community College (Nautical Institute – Strait Campus) to do a refresher course so they may keep their Maritime Emergency Duties Certificate validated. During this week, after vigorous studying and performing live exercises these students would come to our Branch for rest and relaxation. Most of us would sit and listen to their stories and tell a few of our own. Time would pass quickly and the mood was always jubilant. When closing time rolled around, we would say our good byes and all go our separate ways. At closing time on Thursday night the last night for the Nautical Students to be in town Comrades Beverley Arsenault and Wayne Urquhart noticed these sailors had called a taxi to take them to their dormitory, but the taxi had not arrived to pick them up so as typical of Wayne and Bev they volunteered to drive these guys home. Friday around mid-day a frantic phone call comes to the Legion. It is from one of the Indigenous, Sahtu Dene sailors, who was stranded at the boarding counter at the Halifax Airport. He has lost his wallet, with all his identification papers. He thinks it may have fallen out of his pocket when he was in the back of Wayne & Bev’s car. The Bar Manager wrote his number down and called Bev to look in the backseat of her car for the missing wallet. Bev went out to the car found the missing wallet complete with the missing documentations. Realizing the gravity of the situation Wayne & Bev called the Airport to say the wallet was found and that they were approximately three hours away, they would leave now to deliver the missing wallet to George Oudzi before his flight was scheduled to depart for the North. continued ...
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