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Murder in Navan
9a. 1940... June (a song)
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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Eric Smith and children from Meadowview Public School, Navan, Ontario<br />2004<br /> Navan, Ontario<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#1" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119202','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=734,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX0001007b.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> A very talented member of the Cumberland Township Historical Society, Jeannie Smith, has written a song to commemorate the death of Constable Harold Dent. She first presented the song to students of Meadowview Public School and to Eric Smith.<br /> <br /> </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Jeannie Smith singing 'Navan 1940...June' (Note: the sound file is 10 megabytes)<br />2004<br /> Cumberland, Ontario<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#" onclick="moWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/moWindow.php?recID=119203&mediaUrl=/media/hdcn-cm%2FADYX%2F0001%2Faudio%2FADYX0001007c.asf&exTitle=Murder+in+Navan&lg=English');" > <img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/audio_storycard.jpg"></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> The song is titled "1940... June" and is sung to the tune of "Lily Marlene" (a WW II melody).<br /> <br /> 1940... June <br /> <br /> Long ago in Navan, 1940... June<br /> Harold Dent was unaware the day would bring him ruin<br /> A Policeman, he answered his duty call<br /> To investigate, a stranger tall,<br /> At the Train Station in Navan,<br /> 1940... June<br /> <br /> Miki was a robber, a thief, a thug, a crook<br /> Alcohol and tobacco from the Gatineau Club he took<br /> He rowed 'cross the Ottawa in a stolen boat<br /> Slept overnight in his overcoat<br /> On the road that led to Navan<br /> 1940... June<br /> <br /> Norman Edwards <!-SCT-->noticed the outline of a gun<br /> Concealed in Miki's pocket, as they stood in the morning sun<br /> Their conversation was very brief<br /> Edwards knew not of the coming grief<br /> As he directed the stranger to Navan<br /> 1940…June<br /> <br /> John Miki, an immigrant over from Finland,<br /> Hitched a ride to the station with a wave of his hand<br /> A ticket he bought for the ten past ten<br /> Sat down alone to wait and then<br /> Hal Dent arrived in Navan<br /> 1940…June<br /> <br /> The Constable asked a question<br /> ‘What's your business here?'<br /> Miki fired two shots that rang out loud and clear<br /> Mortally wounded Dent fell on the floor<br /> John Miki <!-SCT-->bolted out the door <br /> Of the Train Station in Navan<br /> 1940…June<br /> <br /> Constable Allan Stringer and his wife ‘Biddie'<br /> Were visiting in Navan with the Findlay Family<br /> His sisters-in-law, Marj and Gert<br /> Phone Operators sent out the alert <br /> To the villagers of Navan in<br /> 1940…June<br /> <br /> Harold Dent lay dying in Peg Huneault's arms<br /> George and Eric Smith raced over from their farm<br /> Stringer arrived to hear Dent say<br /> "Quick take my gun, he's gone that way!"<br /> Then Harold Dent passed away in<br /> 1940…June<br /> <br /> The killer kept on running right into Spears' bush<br /> George Smith drove the Policeman, they followed in a <!-SCT-->rush<br /> Stringer jumped out, ran into the trees<br /> Miki fired two shots, Stringer bent to his knees<br /> Shot a bullet through the head of Miki in <br /> 1940…June<br /> <br /> Long ago in Navan, a brave policeman died<br /> At Harold Dent's funeral everybody cried<br /> A medal to Sergeant Stringer was given<br /> And life went on as usual in Navan<br /> But they still tell the story of Dent in <br /> 1940…June </span> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3670&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 4);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3670&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 4);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3670&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3670&pos=3&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 4; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 4); </script>
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