Getting to the root of the matter

Letter to the Editor

    I write to correct the incorrect information regarding the root and meaning of the word "advocate" and "advocacy.” Rick Ryan, in his Commission on a Mission column that was published in the June edition of the “Senior Digest,” states that the root of the word is the Italian word "voce" meaning voice. That is not correct and, in fact, no English words derive from Italian or any other modern language.

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Veteran salutes Honor Flight

 Letter to the Editor

   An honor flight to Washington, D.C., of World War II veterans from New England occurred in October. The flight was organized for the purpose of recognizing the important contributions New England military veterans made to help bring ultimate victory to the United States and its allies and to afford the veterans an opportunity to visit the recently completed World War II memorial and the other war memorials located in our nations’ capital.
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