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Glebe crossing guards love meeting people By Hannah Wanamaker
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49: Pte. A. McFarlane, 961 Bronson Ave. (M) 50: Pte. S.l McIlwaine, 150 Isabella St. (F) 51: Lt. D. A. McIvor, 25 Wilton Cres. (F) 52: Cpl. D. McKenzie, 266 Clemow Ave. (M) 53: Pte. J. Menkor, 302 First Ave. (F) NKG 1916 54: Gnr. J. W. Milks, 15 Fourth Ave, (F) 55: Capt. H. B. Miller, 78 Fifth Ave, 56: Lt. C. S. M. Morrison, 585 O’Connor St. (F) 57: Pte. E. Oldfield, 4 1/2 Henry St. (F) 58: Lt. T. S. Owens, 728 Elgin St (F) 59: Pte. W. Paterson, 7 Centre St. (Holmwood) 60: Pte. G. T. Patrick, 46 Newton St. (F) 61: Gnr: H. M. Peck, 670 O’Connor St. (F) 62: Gnr: C. H. Powell, 203 Clemow Ave. 63: Pte. R. Radmore, 190 Fifth Ave. (F) 64: Gnr. R. H. Ralph, 235 Holmwood Ave, (F) 65: Pte. G. T. Raynor, 15 Regent St. (F) 66: Lt. R. E. Greene, Mgr, Bank of Ottawa, Fourth & Bank. 67: Pte. E. A. Reid, 37 Third Ave. (F) 68: L/Cpl. A. G. Rice, 62 Second Ave. (F) 69: Sgt. D. Russell, 35 1/2 Third Ave. (F) 70: Pte. G. E. Russell, 49 Patterson Ave. (F) 71: Pte. G. R. Russell, 30 Second Ave (F) 72: Pte. J. A. Rorke, 122 Second Ave. (F) 73: Pte. W. H. Savage, 318 Powell Ave. (F) 74: Maj. H. A. Scott, 294 Clemow Ave. (F) 75: Spr. G. H. Scott, 201 Patterson Avenue (F) 76: Pte. G. Selley. 22 Adelaide St. (M) 77: Pte. F. T. Sievers, 179 Fifth Ave. (F) 78: Pte. W. J. Slack, 68 Third Ave. 79: Pte. E. T. Smith, 45 First Ave. (F) 80: Lt. L. C. Spence, 159 Centre St.(Holmwood) (F), 81: Pte. C. Spence, 195 Turner St. (Cambridge), (F) 82: Pte. J. A. St Dennis, 658 O’Connor St., 83: Lt. B. H. Stata, 209 Pretoria Ave. (F) 84: Sgt. C. H. Stearns, 174 Isabella St. (F) 85: Pte. A. W. Steele, 221 Patterson Ave. (F) 86: Pte. D. Stoddart, 137 Third Ave. (F) 87: Pte. H. F. Travers, 504 Metcalfe St. (F) 88: Sgt G. M. Tyrell, 186 Turner St.(Cambridge) (F) 89: Lt. R. H. Uglow, 74 Second Ave. (F) 90: Pte. A. C. Walker, 151 Strathcona Ave (F) 91: Private A. Wilson, 324 Powell Ave. (M) 92: Sgt/Maj. G. Wilson, 164 First Ave. (F) 93: Pte. D. Go. Wood, 144 First Ave. 94: SP H. Worthington, 75 Powell Ave, (F),
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1: Pte. E. M. Anderson, 305 First Ave. (F) 2: Pte. W. E. Arden, 74 Pretoria Ave. (F) 3: Pte. F. C. Barnett, 796 Bronson Ave. (F) 4: Pte. A. W. Bonnell, 78 Pretoria Ave. (F) 5: Spr G. H. Bowie, 7 Monkland Ave (F) 6: Pte. O. Y. Brown, 9 Fourth Ave. (F) 7: Spr. D. H. Calhoun, 106 Patterson Ave. (F) 8: L/Sgt. G. H. Cruickshank, 10 Gordon St. (M) 9: Spr. F. B. Cunningham, 29 Woodlawn Ave. (F) 10: Lt. E. D. W. Currier, 196 Carling Ave. (Now Glebe) (F) 11: F/L A. G. Dow, 607 O’Connor St, (F) 12: Pte. J. H. Downes, 112 Turner St. (Cambridge) (F) 13: Pte. R. L. Downing, 162 Carling Ave. (Glebe) (F) 14: Sgt. W. L. Doyle, 115 Powell Ave. (F) 15: Gnr. W. R. Dunlop, 15 Patterson Ave. (F) 16: Spr. W. Eastment, 10 Thornton Ave. (F) 17: Cpt. W. J. Egan, 33 Fifth Ave. (F) 18: Lt. W. F. Ferguson, 48 Third Ave. (F) 19: Cpt. W. G. Foster, 45 Pretoria Ave. (F) 20: NS M. K. Gallaher, 10 Regent St. (F) 21: Pte. V. R. Gifford, 130 Second Ave. (F) 22: Pte. T. B. Giles, 75 Turner St. (Cambridge) 23: 2nd Lt. J. R. Graham, 98 Patterson Ave. 24: Pte. H. D. Grant, 88 Powell Ave. 25: Pte. L. Hollington, 491 Metcalfe St. 26: Pte. H. Hopkinson, 17 Plymouth St. 27: Pte. A. Howie, 167 Pretoria Ave. 28: Pte. A. A. Halkett, 691 Bank St. 29: Cadet B. Hurlbert, 141 Fourth Ave, 30: Sgt. J. V. Jealous, 127 Third Ave. 31: Lt. G. S. Johnstone, 529 Percy St. 32: Pte. E. L. Kaiser, 46 Third Ave. 33: Sgt. W. J. Kerr, 198 Carling Ave. 34: Pte. R. Kilrae, 38 Chamberlain Ave, 35: Pte. L. Lafortune, 692 Bronson Ave, 36: Staff Sgt. E. C. Learoyd, 26 Ralph St. 37: Pte. H. J. Lemoine, 36 Patterson Ave. (F) 38: Pte. H. G. Lester, 26 Fourth Ave. (F) 39: Gnr. T. C. Low, 23 Third Ave. (F) 40: Pte. W. H. C. Lynn, 11 Morris St. (F) 41: Lt. F. M. MacFarland, 28 Melgund Ave. (F) 42: Pte. J. D. MacKenzie, 18 Melgund Ave. (F) 43: Pte. R. Marshall, 44 Adelaide (M) St. 44: F/L R. G. Masson 174 Powell Ave. (F) 45: Lt. W. Matthews, 221 Clemow Ave, (F) 46: Pte. J. McCombie, 216 Centre Street (Holmwood) (F) 47: Pte. L. H. McDonald, 183 Second Ave. (F) 48: Pte. S. S. McElary, 100 Isabella St. (M)
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Dave O’Malley, a graphic designer, has lived in the Glebe for more than 50 years. He is an aviation history writer and sits on the board of the Canadian Research and Mapping Association.
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Time, as it always does, heals all. It has put temporal distance between these events and our own lives. New families have replaced these families in the Glebe's houses, and in turn they have been replaced. Though these men and one woman are now long dead, our neighbourhood is still home to their ghosts and we should acknowledge their presence, should y wa remember them in the name of their families. ns ee Qu It's our duty to know what happened here.
It puts things into perspective when we reflect on the challenges we face today — homelessness, employment, housing, healthcare, child care or work-life balance. Our stresses are real, but we don’t Dave O’Malley live in fear that our sons and daughters will be killed Adelaide Street in a war. We live in a self-centric and entitled world, and it's important to know that other families have survived far worse pressures and tragedies; that others postponed their happiness or even forfeited e it for a collective cause. In the First World War it was e Av Av ale in for “King and Empire” (as misguided as that was) nd erla Gle mb and in the Second to fight absolute a Ch e tyranny, cruelty and oppression. Av
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While the men and one woman who are located on this map all died in the service of Canada during those terrible wars, it is actually their mothers, fathers and lovers who would be conscripted to carry the burden of that sacrifice until the end of their days. This map is not about the dead per se. It is a map of the addresses of the next-of-kin of those who died. It is a map of sorrow, a geographic depiction of the carnage on the home front and a way to change the abstraction of remembrance into a visceral understanding of the emotional damage done to the Glebe over that 30-year period.
have died in action or on military service. In the last two years of the First World War, I discovered more deaths from disease — influenza and pneumonia were sweeping the trenches and accomplishing what artillery and mustard gas had not yet done. In the Second World War, there were fewer deaths by disease, but far more deaths caused by aerial combat.
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A few years ago the Glebe Report published my map of the Glebe’s fallen soldiers, airmen and sailors of the Second World War. The map gave us a revealing and very personal insight into the true trauma our beloved neighbourhood endured in those five years of cataclysm. However, I always felt it did not tell the full story because the men and women of our community who died in the First World War were not included. When the Second World War started in 1939, many Glebe families were still recovering from “the war to end all wars” — parents still shattered by the loss of their children, veterans coping with the effects of wounds, gas poisoning or “shell shock” or as we now call it, PTSD. The marks of that trauma were everywhere in the Glebe in 1939 when the worry and pain of a new paroxysm of violence shook it once again.
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also filled in at other intersections. people walking their pets or patron“I’ve done a few others as a relief – one izing the strip of small shops, restauon Lyon, one on First and O’Connor – rants and coffee shops. McNally looks all in the Glebe,” he said. After five or forward to “meeting the parents, meetsix months at Fifth and Ralph, McNally ing the kids and just meeting people in was transferred down theofstreet Fifth in the the community the store mapping the losses Glebeto Families First Second– World Warsowners and and Bank. everyone that I see in the mornings and McNally meets a wider range of afternoons.” people at his current post. While he McNally and Fritschew are among especially enjoys meeting kids passing more than 300 crossing guards in through on their way to school, he also school zones across the city who are loves meeting the greater population, from business owners and workers to Article continued on page 2
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from a 40-year career at Canada Post. “When I retired two years ago, I was looking to give back to the community and I started seeing TV commercials that [the city was] short of guards and I said ‘Well, you give back to the community, why not give back to the most vulnerable which are the children’,” he shared. McNally started working as a crossing guard about a year ago, watching over the Fifth and Ralph intersection outside Mutchmor Public School. He’s
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Bruce Fritschew has been a crossing guard at the Lyon and Third intersection for six years, helping children cross between Corpus Christi and the Glebe Community Centre. PHOTO: HANNAH WANAMAKER
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Retired public workers Bruce Fritschew and Donald McNally contribute to street safety as crossing guards in the Glebe, wearing flashy orange vests with a stop sign in hand. Both McNally and Fritschew are especially fond of meeting kids passing through their intersections. “It’s pleasing, uplifting, getting to know people, being part of the community and getting to know the kids,” said a gleaming Fritschew. Fritschew has been a crossing guard for six years at Third and Lyon. He greets children at Corpus Christi Elementary School on one side of the intersection and at the Glebe Community Centre on the other at the beginning and end of each school day. He has become well known to parents and guardians as well as to residents in the area. “It’s fulfilling in a public way,” he says. “You get to meet people and interact with them every day.” The Third and Lyon intersection carries many fond memories for him. After moving to Ottawa in his 20s, he often attended public talks that his mother held at the Glebe Community Centre. Decades later, he has returned to give back by volunteering both as a crossing guard and at the school – between his shifts on the street, he used to monitor classes at Corpus Christi while teachers ate lunch. As a passionate independent scientist on the side, Fritschew researches different preventive methods against COVID-19 and technology to combat the climate crisis. This lifelong pursuit is motivated by his passion for science and his ambition to help society. Donald McNally patrols the intersection of Fifth and Bank after retiring
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