229 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND GOWING, Carl Bruce Carl was born on November 17, 1919, in Maryborough Township to Melvin and Georgina Gowing, near Drayton, Ontario. The Gowing family moved to a farm near Brussels in 1939. Carl enlisted in the Canadian Army in Kitchener, Ontario in July 1941. He went to Camp Borden for basic training. Carl served as a Signalman in the 5th Armoured Division in M and O Troop in Europe for the duration of the war. He fought in Italy, France, Belgium, and Holland. He returned to Canada in September 1945 to his wife Betty (Raymond) and daughter Thelma. In the spring of 1946, they bought their farm in Morris Township and were soon parents of six additional children. Carl farmed in Morris until he and Betty retired to Brussels in 1982. Carl was very involved in coaching community baseball and hockey teams on which his children played in Jamestown and Brussels and also served as a member of the Morris Township School Board. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Brussels Branch 218 for two years. Carl passed away on September 5, 1987, buried in the Raymond family plot in the Brussels Cemetery. GRASLEY, Arthur Clyde “Art” Art was born on May 16, 1917 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army on July 30, 1940. He trained in Camp Borden before being assigned to the Trois-Rivières 1st Brigade. He qualified as a tank driver-operator and his knowledge as a mechanic was an asset. Trooper Grasley served in Canada, Sicily, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany during World War II. Art received the 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He was discharged on October 20, 1945. He returned to civilian life and resumed farming on the family farm on McPhail Road in Cloudslee, Ontario. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 211 in Bruce Mines. Art passed away on February 21, 1983 in Thessalon, Ontario. GOYEAU, Robert Joseph “Bob” Bob was born in Windsor, Ontario on October 8, 1934. World War II began when Bob was five or six years old. It was not long before they began to play soldiers. Bob was about fifteen years old when the Korean War started. When he turned eighteen, he joined the Army on December 16, 1952 and trained in Valcartier and Wainwright and served with the 4th Battalion Canadian Guards. Bob went to Korea at the age of nineteen, the youngest age you could serve overseas. He was placed in the Signals platoon where he manned a switchboard. When Bob returned to Canada he qualified for Drama Bugle Band and blew the bugle at sun up and sun down at Ipperwash. After his discharge on November 16, 1955, he went back to school at age 21 and finished his grade twelve at Forster Collegiate. He then began teaching and taking university courses, eventually getting a masters degree and becoming an elementary principal, which he did for 27 years. Bob retired at age 59. Then he and his wife started a business selling gifts and accessories called, “Accents by Monique”. They ran the store for thirteen years retiring the second time in 2002.
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