The Loss of Two Childhood Buddies

The impact of the war lasted for so long, it, not only politically but in the personal lives of not only the people that participated in it, but people who lived during the time. And when I think of how the war affected my parents. My youngest brother, Maurice, Mo wrote a piece, and he said that the big thing of people who had servicemen, was when you saw a CNR uniformed bicycle rider telegram deliverer riding on your street, he says, "You stopped, everything stopped, to see whose house he went into."

On our street, on Avenue H in Saskatoon, in the space of five houses, the one, third door over from us, was the Zebarski, and they were a Jewish family, and their son was lost at sea in the navy. Next to them were the Palmers, Burnsley Palmer and I were the closest of pals as kids, he was killed in the air force. Next door were, was the Dukabor family, conscientious objectors, and then there was us and on the right side were the Cotlemacs, and Peter, another close buddy, a childhood friend, was killed in the war, air force. So, it, I guess it obviously changed their families.