-Jand,

“used to delight. in the
weekly. ‘spectacle of the;

Salvation — “Army - ‘band .?
| ‘marching through the .
streets after their. Sun-

ms

day services at Hamp--

stead Heath to a spot.

just outside his home. at.

‘parade would. disband.

As he and the. other. Jocal .
kids marched along behind, ~
he used to dream of playing |

in the. band, although : his -—

thoughts: never. went much
beyond: that"

in a the. Salvation Army. .

| “The attraction was. -defin- on,

itely the'band and the music.

It was always a great.thrill .
but 1 never. visualised | Vd:
_ Says
softspoken | Havercroft, who

play. with _. them,’’

to ever.
| considering actually working ;

has been in the Salvation —

“ment.
bass -
others -- often alcoholics at.
the Saivaiion Ar

- the. double . E-flat.

. Vancouver. -

Even before he was aware

attractions besides the band

to offer.

‘He always had a yearning
to travel. But working in a
North London tailor’s when

not yet turned 15 and with a

five-year | "apprenticeship

ahead of him, he couldn’t see - :

- for the delight of

7 Highgate — where the

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Havercioft. ‘first. involved a
Z _ himself with the Salvation _
a - young... boy.

Army ona full time basis |
named John Havercroft :

when his tailor’s apprentice-
' ship ended and at the age:of
20 he ‘left for the’ Salvation -
. Army college for training as a
an officer. ye

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His first ‘appointment was :

in. Lancashire, _ where © che

served for two-or three years ©

before. being transferred to—
the: :Bristol area |-where ‘he
joined a corps as captain and
met Dora, who was serving
as'a lieutenant at the time. -

“They. ‘married on 1 his. 28th
birthday ‘and. have . been
working together in various —
-. areas around the world ever |
‘since, although most of their -
- time has been spent in South |
. Africa, where they. served for
31 years. .

He ‘considers. many of the
“geports. that come out of “4
South Africa do not give a

true picture of what life is
, really like in that country and
_ says he has never seen any
physical abuse of | colored ;
people. oo
Army for 51 of his 1 years. coed ne
- TWO-WAY SEGREGATION
He’ s still in love with the
band and plays his instru-

As for apartheid, he says:

_ “There is definitely as much

much. realistic ‘possibility. of ;

that. - .

Still his. - involvement with

the Salvation Army contin-—
ued to grow. “It was a very -

forceable | attraction. . They
‘were very much in evidence

and when I was.about 14 I f
started doing my own march- 7

ing with them.”’

And he even began to be

able to forsee the possibility

of doing some travelling, .

through working ‘with the
Salvation Army.

, Since then, . John Haver-

croft has visited and worked

in various parts of the world,
including North Vancouver,
where he and his wife Dora,
who shares his rank of
Lieutenant Commander, now.
‘live.

WORKS IN NORTH VAN

Havercroft is. a familiar
face to many people in North
and West Vancouver, where
he handles the. legal aid

applications at the provincial :

courts, Many more’ people,
though, know him in South

Africa, where he and his wife

spent 31 years.

The couple ' are on one of:

their trips right now, back in
England for the rest of this
month and until mid-July for

the Salvation Army’s inter-

national congress in London | |

Army's Harbor.
' Light centre ‘in downtown
a country . and
_ undergo many changes since”
. ; he: first went there.” a
of any spiritual calling there«. °
were other ‘very wordly'”

separation by the coloreds as

the whites.”’

‘Even so; ‘he has seen. the
its . Politics :

a

power. “The United. Party

- ‘had ‘held power... for - some
time and. ‘the whole. set. up

was benign,’’ as John puts it.

“When the Nats came to
power in 1947, then they
were able to press their side
of things as a pure nation

with a God-given right to rule

the blacks.”

As for. apartheid, he says:

“Apartheid has become a
world word but it was already

in the. Afrikaans’ Janguage :

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and to. call i in on family me .
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More than 60 ‘yeats :

“ago, ° ‘in. London, ‘Eng: ,

dividing Point.’

: At that time the National- :
o 4 ist Party had not -yet come to
which the Say Ann seemed ;

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and seems to be | one. word oN

“which centralises. ‘thinking ~
- throughout the world.” the

“He. ‘says | “such - ~ patiens
create” ‘unworkable ‘compli- a
~ cations — through - ‘Setting: a aS

“Who. * pure:

he: ‘asks..
people ::

say.” ‘Oh, he’ Snot - ~ pure Pe
White’. ee 2
‘TRAGEDY oF f APARTHEID -

“There : are. ‘whites’. and :
‘coloreds’ born of the same |
-parents and they have to. go
to different schools and it’ sa |

tragedy.”

--Haverecroft.. - still: clearly

finds the’ Searegation, con- .”

What: ~

purpose is served

. through ° alienating — ‘yourself *: 7

from the people if you are:

‘going to be. prevented from ~™

serving the people? Our.

ne _Service to. the ‘people ..
. pre-eminent rather than. our
ae opposition.” ) :

His: first appointment was
‘at Paarl, 30 miles inland from: od,
‘ Capetown, and in church life.

he found virtuaily to-restric-:

tions as far as whites | and. oe

coloreds: mixing.

“We. “always _
‘attendance of f colored: people _
and . “true © they.

generally. ‘at in. the back

rows, but that was the place

° they. ¢ chose themselves.””

| “We would. get. upwards of
30° of them” ‘singing and)

enjoying themselves.” -

The ‘Havercrofts lived in
‘Capetown for 12 years and

then i in Johannesburg for 19.:

When their appointment in

South Africa ended in 1968

and they were to return to.

England, John Havercroft,
Salvation .

who .was_ the -

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“We. used not to fight 3 it. |

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. STILL IN THE BAND, Joh Havercroft has. been making his. own 1 music for n many

| years and nowadays he plays for senior citizens and less fortunate down and outs. His —

_ instrament fs ‘still the double E-flat bass. “In: orchestral terms it’s a tuba: ‘oo ‘but it’s:
7 much: more than a that.” (Ellsworth Dickson photo). a

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