By Land and By Air 
     
    
   
   
    
     and signed up, the Sergeant said, “You have some time 
     
     left today, and you might as well have an X—ray, instead 
     
    

    
     of having it in Quebec.” 1 had the X-ray and we went on 
     
     our merry way to a dance which was held in High Bank. 
     
     Hector knew he was in the Navy and I knew I was a 
     
     teacher in the Army. But 10 and behold, the next day I was 
     
     called up and was told ”X-ray is of a doubtful type,” and 
     
     my trip to Quebec was held up for a few days. The report 
     
     was not coming and I came to Charlottetown and told 
     
     them that I was to report for teaching in Murray Harbour 
     
     in the next couple of weeks, and that I wanted the final 
     
     word at once. After considerable discussion, they gave me 
     
     my discharge from the Army, and I went to teach with the 
     
     discharge in my pocket. At least I was not expecting a call 
     
     up as a ”zombie” which was to me then, and still is, rather 
     
     a disgrace. 
     
    

    
     Some three years later, the Mounties called at my 
     
     father’s farm looking for what they considered a ”zombie" 
     
     but they very quickly left when they were told that I was 
     
     in the Air Force in England at the time. I am not surprised 
     
     at their call, as I eventually had joined up in Truro, Nova 
     
     Scotia. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MACHINE FITTER 
     
    
   
   
    
     When I was teaching in Murray Harbour, I saw a 
     
     piece in the paper where they were considering teaching 
     
     personnel who did not get in to the army. Teaching was to 
     
     be carried out by the Technical school in Halifax. As I was 
     
     getting $50.00 for teaching and was to get $52.00 to take 
     
     the government course, I decided to go to New Glasgow 
     
     where they were interviewing students. There were about 
     
     100 there, and they agreed to take 50. I was the only one 
     
     from the Island taking the Machine Fitters 
     
    
   
   
    
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