In keeping with the theme of World War Two news; here is another brief article in which Midland is mentioned, from the Hamilton Spectator of May 6 1940. Headline: Sailors Spend Day in Midland: Group from Canadian Navy on Shore Leave yesterday. "Midland, Ont., May 6. A group of sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy, said to have come here from Ottawa, strolled through this Georgian bay town yesterday on shore leave. Cap bands of the tars bore the names of several vessels of the Dominion's navy, but the purpose of the visit here was veiled in official silence. Several of the men attended a memorial service at St. Mark's Anglican church for Captain Fred Burke, 52, Midland, who was drowned when his vessel, the Arlington, sank during a storm on Lake Superior last Wednesday. A preliminary inquiry into the sinking began Friday after the Arlington crew landed here on the rescue boat, Collingwood. The inquiry ended Saturday and the results will be forwarded to federal authorities at Ottawa." For those of us from Midland, the Burke name is a familiar one; many of them being sea-faring souls. One of my JEWITT great grand aunties married a BURKE, uncertain if it's kin to the above mentioned captain, but I suspect he was. In the town of Midland's heritage house inventory, there is a home (or maybe two) belonging to BURKE family members designated as a heritage home. My story for the day. Tomorrow........threats of invasion? Deborah