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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-09-11, Page 5THURSDAN, SEpTEIVIpER 11, 1941 TI -I5 LUCKNOV1/41 SENTINIF. um Theatie WINGHAM Tie°, Shows Saturday Night • Thursday, Feiday, SaterdaY • SEPT.. 11; 12; 13 . SPECIAL T Acylto I "'WI RALIF g•G:ma . • . 1101.1411 TAUU oh WS voinq • itelyNuki • ilffluiVellicialMI NEth Sears;Vlav br lastrOta-71allIcel-6,noo • PrWarod by w CONKM111. 14' Alao".'‘`Ne.Ws" „• PAGE MYR, :DUNGANNON C. C. Brown has as Viiitcirs on Sunday her brother, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harris and two children, Ernest and Arthur-. of Exeter • and sister, Mrs. Thos. Fanson a Mitchell. We are sorry to knots, Miss ,Melba Fowler is confined to hed with an attack of Pleurisy, Mrs. Jos. A. Killough is assisting her datighter, Mrs. Wm. Kelly, Wel-, tee, • who is moving to Seaforth, Mrs. David Glenn spent a few days Visiting Mends at Ripley re- cently but is Wink again. ' Miss Clara Sproul atietwo Stratford, visiteCP'on Sunday • with the fOrrner's.mother, Mrs. D. Sprotil. • Mrs.. Campbell of Mitchell is vis- itin her 'friend Mrs. 'John Mois. •, Visitors with, Mr. .and Mrs. • John B . recently were Mr. and -Mrs: :Ear 'Blake and Clinton;',..Geo.. Whier, C,A.F. and Tom Wheeler, Wingliam, and Mrs. Jaiiaes •Bark-: ley, Mr. and .Mrs. Jerry Alton,Mr. :and 'Mrs. Booth, Echo Bay and Rev. A. W. Brown, Brantford., 7 Monday, "Tuesday, Wednesday SEPT. 13/ 16, 17 • MYRNA LOY • WILLIAM POWELL 1 4' 4' in * * "Love Gaz ' Pcswell and Loyin a slapstick comedy. _Ala° _teanada Carties. On” AUBURN PANT SMOTHERS . Agatha Helen Leddy, 3-inenths- eld daughter et Mr. and Mrs, Ray- mond Leddy, West Waskano,sh, lest 'Miss Flora. .Durnin accompanied by .Miss Connie Morris Will give •a -demonstration, .at-Cheatey on Wed.,L nesday of . this . week. And : the latter' • w•he had splendid, home •garden this year will give a talk. �n- "My Gar- • den".. •• • 'Mr. and MIS'. Chas..• Mills, .Goder- ich.'visited Mr. and- Mrs. john Moss - on SundaY. • .. • • .. • . ..Misi Dorothy Robb erioyed :a. week visiting her cousin, Miss 'Ruby Mil- „here:at-Leridonee • • •-•.- , Mr. Everett Errington, a tet an appendix operation two weeks, ago, has been able to leaire the hospital and is Visiting his sister, Mrs: Wei.: lace Black, Goderich. ' ' Mr. And. Mrs. Will Cranston and. niather, Mrs. S. Cranston are spend- ing a'.feW days with their Son Mr. Johe,Craeston who has a fruit farm at: Niagara-onAhe-Lake. • Visitors with ' Mts. B.', J., Craw- ford recently wereon:Sunday; MTS. • • lier TifeWhile -tAkieg rite afterikon-1-. • 11.-NteNraft, I.ficknow on Tuesday, nap last. Wednesday when- she Was Mrs, Allan Pentland, London,. Mrs. rect.ltanistredig,„Goderieh,,,,Mrs.del,-- ' accident is. believed ea have occur- oex Pentland, Dungannon. , red aorne time after one o'clock. The child was found dead, its face buried .in the bedding, when Mrs. Leddy went into its bedroom to give the baby its afternoon feed- ing. The. infant had been put to bed seine time after\ 11 o'clock, when it Mrs. Dr. T: E. Case and daughter had 'last been fed. •Ethel; Toranto;- on a motor trip -cal - Between 11 o'clock and two ed, on a few Dungannon friends one. Mr. and Mrs. Everett -Harris, son George visited friencia'at Seaferth on, Sunday. They .were accompanied hy Misset I3ettY Elliott and Nettie Sproul, who visited Mrs. N. F. Why- ee....i.....e.4*-e-eysageestdoziposesessLidtasettereeelm: frqsme route twice to see if-- ate -Quebec ia 'at. his:•hoine for a few were,, sleeping. Mrs. Leddy herself eaya, but expects to be on hie re- , had made certain that the child turn to be drafted to Nova Seetia. was asleep abOut 12.30 o'clock. Lat.' Mr: Godfrey .Hall is at his farm er she sent her, Young son to e e home in Ashfield for a. While. if his little sister was all right. Mr., and Mrs. Albeit Orser,.ti:e.the. village, are this week having their 4 WHITECHURCH house-Lostred-for electrieity. Mr. and Mrs. liorman Treleaven, Toronto are spending a two Weeks' _ r vacation 'here. The- former's. sister, Mrs. Frances Catirtice, who spent two weeks in Toronto, has also re- turned. . .Mr. and Mrs: Cecil Orser, Detroit spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Orser. Mrs. Nellie Stewart and sister, Mrs. Thompson Edmunds Are visit- ing friends at Kitchener and. Burks - -and-M.es.,Jehn McGregor .and .'Mr. John Thom Of Wingham spent Sunday .with Mr. and Mrs. J. Jamie- son. • Mr. and Mts. Ira McLean and family of St. Thomas spent &in. day with his parents, kr. and Mrs. J. F. McLean. Mrs. Fox and Isabel attended the funeral of the late.. Mrs. Norris at Walkerton last _Tuesday:. • Married on Wednesday, Mr. Ted McClenaghan,to Miss Verna Purdah.. daughter of Mr. and Mts. Jelin Fur - don: The young couple will reside on the groom's 'farm oh the 2nd of KmloSs: • • Mr. and Mts. Tom.Moore and fern- • ilY Motored to Grimsby to attend the wedding of their son, ,Milan Moore to lAsa Genevieve Watt; who rnarried on Saturday at the. home of lier parents.'Rev. and Mrs. -Watt. -...Congtattskitien a -eta -both -of • these young couples. ese„, Norman Wellwood, soldier, Spent Sunday -at his home here.- :Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Wellwodd vis- ited with relatives at Caledon. Ms. John Reid of 'Auburn spent -Stinday afternoon with Mrs. 1). Ken- nedy. , ROBERT A. POLLOCK has sokl his farm on the Bluewater• Highway to Wesley Thompson of Pine River. t.• FORMER CURATE HERE, NOW RECTOR AT SARNIA ,..e._,The Rev. L. J. Patterson, former curate on the four -point parish of ,Luekriow-, Dungannere--Port-Albert- and Ripley has been, named rector of Candn. Davis Merridrial Church. Sarniaitcl will -leave his present charge at Htintingiord alertly. A graduate Of the ,'University of Western Ontario and Huron Coll- ege, Mr. Pattersen was named Curt - ate to the Rev, A. A. Maloney of: Lucknoty and had oversight of the Clittrches at Ripley and Dungannon from June 1939 •to June 1940. at which time he waa ordained. Rev,. Patterson succeeds Rev. J. D. Gilmour who takes charge of St Andeew's Parish in Windsor 'on SepteMber 26th., (Intended for last week) . 'Mr. Ellis Stothers, Toronto; spent the holiday week -end with his fath- er, Mt. Thos. Stothers, Who hasn't. been in the best of health lately. • Mr. and 1Mrs. John Moss and two children of •Hensall spent Sunday with their uncle, Mt. John Moss: Mist Fern Robb; after, spending a:week with her mother, Mrs. Eliz- abeth Robb; returned to her posi- tion in Toronto, accOmpanied by Mr. .and Mra.-Ted Mills ancliettle-datigh- ter who had been visiting relatives in East and West Wawanoih. Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Finnigan. Detroit, vialted his parents Mr. and Mrs: J -as. Finnigan and other 'Tie-. Lives ever the week -end. - Mias Edna Plownian visited her whale, 'Pearl Finnigan over the week -end. Visitors with Mr, and Mrs. H. J. L. Eedy‘'were Mrs. Ed. Gaul,. 'Miss Helen Denstedt, Mi. •and Mrs. Arn- old' Baird and son Jimmy, Milver- ton and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nickel and • son Douglas of Stratford. Mr. Thornton' Eedy of the R. C. A. F. at bartrnouth, X. S., has re- turned after a holiday leave with his parents, Mr: awnyfrs, L.. Eedy. Misses Bertha .-Jones and 'Irak Stevenson, graduates of k & 'IN Hos- pital; Kitchener, visited with rela- tives in Goderich and Dungannon over .the week -end. Mr. Everett Errington had a sud'- den attack of appendicitis at the lea Of the Week and' Was rushed toGod-, erich Hospital. for AC bperation: Re- ports are that he is doing :fine. Miss Bernice Blake has returned to her s 'thee) at Richards Landing. • Mr. Torn Garrison, grand nephew of Miss Letitia Dreaney; spent two • • WEDDING. IBELLS. _ . BLUNDELL.e--IRVIIN ,An garb' .antiantn wedding was Solemnized at 'eleven o'clock, rues - day, ,September 2nd 'at . the Ashfield United Church parsonage. when Ag - nee' Flerenee Anna, eldest dattglit- •er . of Mr, and. Mrs, ww., H frvia: of Aatifield, was netted ip marriage to Mr„. Percy Blundell, see .of Mrs, Wendell :and the late Fred Blundell of. Birmingham, England. • Ther-bricle, given in marriage by her father,- wPre a Street length -frock of: w-hite-..sanderepe ..with .White embroidery and • White. accessories andd corsage of dream roses; for- get-me-not, and 1.3.abY.,hreath., She was -attended' by., her, •sister, . Miss. Willayviii,•WearingAi3rittish 'navy .dress .of ahr •erep;e,,,' „• of-- dream. ,,reaes andbaby breath. The., groom was ,atten'cled• by Mr. Robert Irene brother of the bride.' •• Felitraning the marriage' ceremony a wedding luncheon wasserved at the home of the bride's parents. The n a motor trip, the bride weatitigl navy blue with 'black aecessOries. On their re- turn they will reside in Goderich. , , MeCLURESCHOENALS St. Paul's Anglican Church, Clire tore was the scene- of a pretty wed- ding on Saturday, August 30; when Elizabeth Jean Schoenhals, ,daugh-, ter of Mrs. 11. M. Beadle and the late Edwin Schoenlials, was united ,-ieesznarr-iage--:to-'emr--.---Wct-j•e4Jess Chire, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. McClure a Dungannon. The bride, •who_Was_ given:in_marriage-bY-.her stepfather, looked charming in • a -neer-length dress Of Ice -blue taffeta • with a full-length white silk net veil and .catryinea white prayetbook. She was ' attended by •Miss: Jerry Denomme, who wore, a floor -length dreaa of white crepe and white hat. and carried a bouquet of red roses. The groom was attended by Ser- geant Stewart Schoenhals, • brother of the bride. Afterithe Ceremony the -gueats,enumberingeshotitetwenty-feve--pencle-both-uponTthee-offieser Were entertained at luncheon at the: directors and upon the community hoine of the bride's parents at Lee- at _large. • burn, Blue Water. highway. After- wards the young couple left for a A directors' meeting is to be held next short honeymoon trip by motor, af- Monday evening in Lucknow ter which they will live at to make final arrangements for • the Parry fair. It behoves every director to THE •OBITUARY'. LUCKN.OW 'SENTINEL Published every Theada; Morning at ,Lucknow, Ontario: L. CA1VIPEELL THOMPSON, publisher and Pro'prietor THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER il.„‘ 1941 ftlf • THE SMOKES FUND • The steady trickle of copPers into one solitary milk bottle has built pafund of 415,60, which is beer' used to provide smokes or ethe treats for local melt of Our fighting forces' 'oversees: ' The perseverance and enthesiant :of pne lady in this..respect, has'prov-- •en just what eould be done in the Village to !Create a hind for provid- ing comforts for the ever inereasing rierribers men from this eorritrie. ri- tty Who are arriving. ,"Setnewhere • in England". --TrtteeThe-Qlansmereare_:nos.v-send-- ing smokes overseas from the pro- ceeds Of their scrap collection cant- palgrf.--But there-are-rn any-iother- patriotic purposes to which this fund could be effectively devoted. . The • Milk bottle idea appeals tO tia, by which the continual contri- • bution_ of mere penntes, would_ pro- vkle comforts for our fighting men. Here is a patriotic endeavour that the Business • Men's Association mel1sor,iyeeingthat milk bottles are placed .in every business place in the Village. . THE FAIR The 76th annual Fall Fair of the Lucknow Agricultural: Society wtll be held on the last Thursday and Friday Of September -the .25th :and 26th. , may eaSilY Preve• to he the_ year that the fair either -goes, over or goes tinder. Which it will be de - Soiled. be in attendance, for the finai. tire- i .. WEBSTERe--HIC S• parations of ' the next , ten days Will... , play an important peltor other - In., a. ettlietew„adding,,:pe eresedeteseevaisA„„asetes. Ilteesttecesseefeiliomake‘„, •It •tlaadriansiss. Ok.i.,-Witeee . Pitaba4exiline4seitse4ase,4tue esseeize,,aisacds7 .: . Eiliitrelii God -rich on Wednesdayaf- ectora.Of the shaeL to .give eViclence lerepon Rev. D. J. Lane united in , that the re ,making genuine marriage Florence Hicks, daughter effort to improve the show. Then of Mi: and Mrs. Wuhan): Hicks of it is up to the village and conirriun- North . / Bay and James Clifford Web- .ity to seppert the,ahow, for without steri of Ashfieldk son of Mrand inereapectLgatereceipts, alLwill2 g . . . Mta.-James T. Webster 7Cit Arnber-' for naught. , ley. ' The bride was goned in a ___Te• publk_aan7citiLtnik-h.-te-eta4 stteet-length ds of deity rose Lucknow fair on with rose accesseries al-et:Wore a. ' the upWard trend corsage of • rbses, - The couple -were again; by refraining from being too .wat,teebnstetd obfyicMirric,iaann.dd LIVtarkse..Jm. Er.Waahrdt. critical Try b1566t11*-•the shoW for a couple cif seasons. 1.3e an:exhibitor, Mr. Webster will reside in Ashfield a__1,ncl..; be in attendance on Fair/ Pay, township. . kii1CL . with this encouragement the • , Board'of Directors can then' go for ward to make Lucknow show, one • MRS. WIMIVIIAIVI BLCKLE .The death oecutred of a well known resident of Seaforth in the person of Nellie Louis:a Freefnan, widow 61 the late Williath Bickle, in her 67th yer, on Sianclay;August 3L 'Mrs. Bickel' had not been in her Usual good health for 'some tinte and passed away en Sunday. She is sur- vived by one daughter, Miss Mar- jorie Btckle„ a school. :teacher in Toronto,: and by two. brothers., Mr. • Paul Freeman of Torento and. 1V1r.. William. Freeman of :Seaterth, and two sisters, Misses Caroline and LA..; by Freeman. A private funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon, Sept- ember 2nd, from her late residence; With interment in Maitiandbaek cemetery: The ,pallbearers were six riephevka•of the deCeasd: Harold. Freeman,- Erie, Petite; Clettle'xi Mc- Eeod, Lendoe; ThomasSilVerthorn, Toronto; 'Wesley J. Jerk; Leckruitiv;, Wilharn Bickell and Frederick.Reg-. Kirkton. Rev. 'R..P.• D. Hurford,' D.D., of St. Thomas' 'Anglican church officiated. Among those attending the funeral were. Mr. Paul Freeman, LToronto.;,...Mr, there, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. W. J, McLeod' and, Mrs Har.old McLeod, Londonf Mr. ,and Mrs .Harold Free- mait, Erie, Penn.; Mr. and.Mrs. Wes- ley J. Joynt,' Liicknatv; Mr. and Mrs. Albert 'Bickel", Mrs. Reutely, Mrs, Roger and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Roger, Kirkton; and WS.. C. A.' Mc- Alpine of Mitchell, MRS. ANNE NORRISH , •• . One of , the oldest residents of Walkerton passed away- suddenly. en Stinday eiening fn. the person �f Mrs, Anne Nerrish, relict of the late W. E. Norrish, whose:' death occur- red at her home on Colborne Street fallowing 'a heart seizure with Which She was stricken: half .an hour- prev- iously. • • ' The late Mrs. Norris • born. in Ardrossan._ Ayrshire, cptland, and canie to' Canada with her, par- ents; Me: :and Mrs. Wm. Barbeur; • at--the-eerly-age-of-tWelverthe-feine-,-h ily settling near Lucknow where she attended school and spent her 'early ife. Ori Christmas Day; 1883, she wed the late.Mr. W. E.INorriah, com- ing to reside in Walkerton, where she has since, made her home, her hitsband predeceasing her in July 912. . • , - The deceasecras for many years ateapttve„mamhea.: ef.KneaceRreslaye annekteietelat.td4 ' Serviyg aretwci sks,•13-.E Nor:- rish, president of the Associated Screen News of Montreal and H, M. Notrish, florist of ' Walkerton, and • fur daughterfe; (Vera), Mts. C. L. -1-t-ebern- and- (Elleda)Virs,- liar= ry Bell of Term/ea; .(Ruby) Mrs. W. bao.ri-e-f-Walkettop--and--(jeanY Mts. J. R. Sterling ef Detroit. She also leaves two brothers, Williarn Bats -both; of Whitechurch and Rev. Robert Barbour Of Toronto. , The funeral was held on Wednes- day afternoon; service being held at her late home at two o'clock, when a large assembly of sorrowing friends gathered ..to pay a last tri- bute to one whom they held' in .high esteem • ' • Rev. George W: Moore, pastor of St. Paul's United church conducted the service and also the last rites. et the graveside in Ithe Walkerton cemetery where interment Was made. . fighter Pilots Earn Their Wings At Camp Bordnen Camp Barden is Canada's best known flying school: With its six square miles of fiat, sandy land, it is probably the largest. as well. It was an air training camp during the last Great War, from .1914, to .1918: in these far-off days, it wasn't too Pap- ular. Sand get ietp the befildiega and the clothing and the food. Occasion- ally a veteran pilot remarks:„I won der :At the old hangars aLe still at ..Carnp Vorden". • • The pilots of the last war woulC see many changes. Smile of The old buildings remain but they are hard to,find armee att the new ones. ,The peed :is.4now subdued, with green grass holding it.down,,thongla it was necessary, to, keep the seed in Place ,with ..netting 'on some„ o1. the dunes. until it...spreuted. The admire.. .istration buildings and ',spine 'others are of permanent brick., : rietv--the--NCT.- 1 Service Flying Training School of the Royal Canadian Air Force. My 'oWn: 'guess -it-that-it*, also' the larg- • est and in some ways the finest air school , on the continent.• • it is developing raPidly.'. I Visited the R.C.A.F. at Camp Borden twice. Within a few Months, I•found notic- able changes; particularly the fade that the collection of assorted planes at the camp last Fall has been re- plaCed by long lines 6f .sleek other indication of the Way the Sup - Ply of training craft , has caught: hp • to- the -ate -e -da: Of the six Monthe necesaarTIOT:' the training of a pilot iniCanacla, the last teri.weeka are spent ,at. Carep Bordenor one of the other Service Flying Training Schoels. On arrival' the student, now With the rank of Leading Aircraftman, is able t� fly a .plane at a hundred miles anhotir or so. He has learned, tp find hia way:. across country, has done •simple aer-, ebaticee'A(or stunts, if yoU. like) and 1 GARNISS-AR1VISTRONn - of the most talked of exhibittona Decorated with gladioli and roses, in the district: - St. Barnabai church; Danforth, Tor- onto, was the scene on 'Wednesday evening, August 27th; 'Of the mar- THE PICTURE riage of Shirley Eileen 'Armstrong,and William Cecil panties, with the GALLERY ReV. S. Powell officiating. The bride • is. the daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. K. E. Armstrong of Algonquin Park, -On----and the groom is' the son of Mr. and Mrs.. John Garniss, Sher: .bOurne street, Toronto, fermerly of Lutieltow. Mr: Kirk presided at the organ. The bride, given in niertiage by her uncle, inspector A, S. Wil- son, Wore a •dress of light blue, street-tength; with navy blue ac -1._ cessoriee, and. carried •a nosegay of gladioli and roses., The bride's sis- ter, Lois, was her only attendant . She wore .navy with matching ae- cessoriee and carried a hosegay of gladioli and roses. Russell Garniss was beat _xnan -and •Ellwtiod and George Miller were ushers. The reception was held . at the ..Eaton Hotel,. The bride!. couple received the guests. A wedding supper was served to about fifty tkuests, aftet which the bride and groom left on e short heneyrnoon. On 'their re- turn the couple will live at 29 Arm- strong aye:, Toronto. weeks visiting around' these parts. He has been engaged in aviation ge eleven years in .the' West and returns now to Regina as an in- struetor.after a few weeka at -Tren- ton Air Training School. Mr. and 1V1,fs. Jas, Barkley, Echo Bay ia visiting around these parts and is visiting at Clinten at pres- ent. • Mr. Wm. Caesar; Jr., has accept- ed a position ifi Toronto and left Monday to commence duties. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Henry and grathison Kenneth Henry, Flesher:. ten, visited friends here 'oVer the Week -end. WHO HE? Last week's picture was that of ALEXANDER "SANDr! LAVVSON. but of Whom we can tell You little uteil some of the "old timers" 'Vol- unteer a little information.: A recent picture in the "The Gal- lery", was that of .Peter Corrigan, sOn of a pioneer Kinloss family'. Mr. Corrigan was a piOneer auctioneer and bailiff and for fifty years was. treasurer'of the 0inunicipality. He was an expert axeman and when fog houses or barns Were being er- ected he was. alteays in demand for hewing the encla, The hewing of an. ox yoke was also comparatively sim. ple for this pioneer gentleman. Three of a faittily of nine- children' still surVive, Rodger on the homestead, Torn of Winghein and Joe of Kit- chener. ,• , ' , ROBOT ' .',MCNALL; ten:year-old son of and. Mrs../Thos..MeNall of ',Auburn met; with a painful ac- .cident last Friday. While threshing operations .were in ,progress .134:ibby, climbed up on sem-e bags piled near the grandry door. He slipped, aria fell out. the •cleet on. to the ground'. He. was taken to Goderich Hospital, where. an • .X-ray revealed an atm was • broken pear the Shoulder..., . .; • WHAT OF THE FUTURE? -.---Despite•'.the -warning 'of :Finance Minister IThley that Canada will re- qutre.-fully $2,800,000,000 to meet war and other requirements during the •Present fiscal year the great body of our peoPle seem to be car- rying on with little thought for the future. Placea Of entertainment such as dariee' halls, eestaurants and beverage tooins were never better patronized and the conservation of gasoline in the face of patriotic pleas of the government is not par- ticularly evident. The Globe and Mail's sporting authority states that, "Racing in the province has shown an increase intbetting at every meet- ing. Figures were not released as to the actual betting increases but every track has _annotineed wager- ing surpaasect figures oil 940". With a world war on this situation is not so good. It was hoped that workers with steady employment weuld, de- vote' a part. of their earnings to war savings. BY doing so they- would not only be. helping the war effort but would be storing Up nest egg to act as a buffer against depression in the post war days. sessee The Aldis lamp is used for signal- ling in the Air Fore and the INavy, both day and night. On active ser- viee; in envoy work and the like, it ia safer to use than wireless, as the messages cermet be piked up byrthe enemy. The signal lamp is about the size of a large auticanabile headlight, • with a lens that ccincentrates a pew: • erful ray of light in a narrow beam. , Above the iamp iS a sighting_ tube,,,, se that the ray of fight ean be aimed • accurately, and 'Underneath are a . pistol grip and • trigger. .Werds in • Morse code can be gent, or different collared lights, used. ,A . green signal gives the pilot the .aigreto.ge; a...red ..„ toeatep. • . As areibre general signal t� pilots in the, air, ;Very lights are Used. They are bright flares, like glorified . . Ro- man candles .fired front large.Very • pistols. The flare. Wks like an over: -sized-shot-gen sheir74/rd fits-ift o: pistol with a large barrel, A ted flare , indicates that soMething is vvi-ohg,' the white is,a general the green, a signal that everything switchboard „control§ the ela- borate electrical equtpment-flOod- light, seafehlights, rotating air ,bea-. • con. and the. rest. • One is Marked.. • "Ceiling' Light", but the :ceilipg in this tease is the sky. A powerful light on top of a distant hangar -points sighting along along a rotating arm' to, the 'spot where the light strikes ,the eieu.-d-§,-, and reading the figures en 4' Metal 'are, it is possible to deter- mine the height of the 'ceiling'' fpr. , 'flying. • ' , • A ,system of flags, 'colored. balls and. tin cans indieates weather con - dittoes and•directimis to be taken..in ,landing. On a flat roof eearby, oddly shaped and, colored pieces of wood are laid_ atop. On:Ahe r*iny afternoon which . I spent in_the_thwet, they said: "Use as,--liacb-leettrres----erariett--of-Turtteaye-billy'l`r---Traiid 'from the subjeets from :signals to navigation Advanced flying is tatight by ex- perienced pilots at ,Cap Borden. The sleek and lovely Harvards fly at speeds over 200 mile§ hour. They are. yellow, noisy, single Mot- ored craft often seen in the air over Southern Ontatib. „„,,e ' • South", and "All flying:washed our.. • Beside the centrol tower stands the „"creali crew", with fire fighting truck always ready in case of ac- cidents. If a pilot gets into difficul7. tiet, the erew will. be well out 'on the .field befortehe laeds, with an ambuTafice not far behind, Everything at Carp Borden is lat. „The crash truck drives from all pr,aiReftisteiz,Thesetisteeeiresite-sunes sstee.„5„wheesseszaTskaSeseesssequipmentewe '"="eit‘aie,taaverifst-tilm.331gartatiarge-Ititeallf.'typeieet-ffirease-Theiveseso„thes.........:—.... and 600' feet wide. Carnmeretat - ports near the largest effies are ti-xiy by boreparison.'Even that In't suffi- cient There. are two auxiliary land- ing -fields at Edentrale and Alliston, each aa -large as a 'conneerciat field, but tised,eitig•ittcases of emergency. Other things. are .speeded up as virell*P1 in: swarms; a eontrol tower is nee- - emery to sort out the traffic. It is said that 'inclines in a year may. nuncrber 250,000. Gasoline Consu'mp, tion is' enormous. On my seeded trip to Camp Bor7 den, I arrived at the gate as a black thunder stope swept over ,,the plains. Six' Or aeven. pilots, were up whet the stdrm arrived and they had to staY' up till conditicths becamemore-suitable. It was an hour be- fore the 1%t one was. down and the crew in the control tower breathed a sigh of relief. No damage had beep done and the young pilots had gain ed valuable experience. ' ,It was no day to stay outside, so I talked with Squadron. Leader Car- ter, the Conunanding ()Meet, who has since been transferred to anew school at Claresholin, Alberta. Fly-. ing, Officer Douglas shOwed the ,the lecture rooms, the armament rooms ..and the course of study, and Squad.- rot Leader -Bradshaw. initiated into the mysteries 'of the control tower. - ordirrai7 fife esitingeishers: and at.' I -00 -gallon tank . of. water, -11•or fires • . in oil and •geosh'ne, carbon dioxide .0 is.sed -to -quench the flat -ilea by de- priving them Of oxYgen. , A. foam, , tank lays a blanket �f bubbles .over • The • fire,, keepiiik'dWaY 'the- The"- firefighteri'llse" asbestos '-upiforres • , and tiankets of the sante fireproof; inati er. al. •• Runways,:are.nat illuminated for -..' night flying, but • :pilots must learn to land'. With Hno more ,equipment - than is tised. on active aervice• on • British. air fields'. :Srnal1 flares, mit • visible above 990 feet altitude' are laid out in the form of a "T": in .stteh.,,, a way that the p'it' knows 'where the • runways and the.' hbrizon. :are ' and can •corne• in with scarcely a bump. ' • ' 'After tee weeks at 'Camp- Borden or some other Service, Flying Train- ing School, the student pilot is ready to go 'overseas for final training un-. , der • combat conditions: In token of .. this, :he ' is given his "wings". and the rank of Sergeant Pilot. • '. '.The- Wings ceremony •is'siinple and • impressive. The graduates stand in. the centre Of a hollow quare, -With . their co'mrades arclund them. Aniline the class may be young men front Australia, NewZealand, :England- & Sealant!, the .Straits Settlements or . ,other parts' of the Empire. There are .i..6 be some Aniericans and a‘, The flying field at. Camp' Borden large. proportion of Canadians. ,The Commanding Officer calls out the names of the graduates, One by pee. They dl -op back a pace or two, tnatch'doten to* We end ef. the line; around • the front and then', proudly Up the centre. A shlute is returned by -the .0.d: and hp pins the' pilot bage, a.pair of wings, with the let- ters "R.C.A.F.' (for. the Canadians), surniounted by, a crown, . on the breast 91. the tunic: offers ccrngratu- lations and a handshake. This is one time NX 'hen visitors are .present, us- ually relatives Who Come to see the graduation ceremony, Most of the graduates of Camp Borden are "single seater" fighting pilots. They have been trained in the Harvards by 'day and by night. They arie taught to- find , their way across country, alone in all kinds of . Weather, to use machine guns andadvaneed gun sights. They will. . take over the Hurricahes, the Spit- fires . and still tiewer models after 'some -further training' in. Eng/and. 13nt a feW are ttairied.' as bomber. Pilots. They use the Avro Ansons. a stower,-' twin-serigined plane. As the varieus Camps are turning to aperialized work,- the bomber pilots takes the preiter runWay, and is off • wilt 'probably': be •going to other lute the air, • • ' • setteola in future. , is a huge flat plain. Because of the, - sandy soil, it dries qUickly after a rain. Huge, paved runways criss- -cress the- field; -giving -ample-loom for landing, nO -matter what the: wind direction. On the edge of the field, neat the hangars, rises tlie centre' tower, which is the tier% e centre of the flying field. To the' casual -visitor, :the control tower loOks unpretentious. It is three storeys high,*toyered with ashphalt shingles. Around the edges of the roof heng all kinds of odd things that mean nothing to the outsider, but much to the pilots.. On a tall pole above the room is 'ati aneino, meter; or instirnment for measuring the velocifY of .the ivied. Each of its four cups is, about the size of a half -orange peel. Inside the glassed -in compartment on top of the tower is a crew ,of three or four, surrounded bY instru- mentsand signalling equipment. Oh a desk is a list of all planes in use, with the numbers, the names of the pilots and other infotinfition. As. eaely plane eomes down the runway, it gets -a signal from the tower with. an ldis then gains speed,