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Fund for all three cenotaphs

How to carry out a project to restore lead lettering to the Ridgeville cenotaph will be included in a request for proposals from the town.
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How to carry out a project to restore lead lettering to the Ridgeville cenotaph will be included in a request for proposals from the town.
Following a meeting by town staff with interested residents, Royal Canadian Legion members and restoration experts it was agreed to restore the lettering rather than alter it.
Recreation director Vickie van Ravenswaay said last week the requests would be out in a matter of days.
On a suggestion from legion members, the town will examine how to set up a fund to cover maintenance of all three Pelham war cenotaphs in Ridgeville, Fenwick’s Centennial Park and Peace Park in Fonthill.
Treasurer Cari Pupo said the town can set up an account to receive donations specifically for that reason.
Such a fund was used for donations for a skate park in Marlene Stewart Streit Park.
The recreation director said the town is talking with the Canadian War Museum about how best to protect the German trench mortar captured during the First World War.
It is in front of the Ridgeville cenotaph, which honours 18 Pelham residents killed in the First World War.