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PAGrE. NINE
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Mr and .Mrs. Walter Dexter
entertained friends to a birthday
tpartY for Mme, E.dward Dexter who
twos.' ninety years old on Tuesday.
Little Kendra Elphick returned
home ,from •W1ngham hospital on
Thursday, where she has lbeen; a
patient for almost ;t'hree monthi
Anent;. visitors with Mr. and
Mrs, Lorne Luther were Mr. Par-
i
ney and Bill otf • Ritdgetown,.
A big? new silo is being built
on the Dave Elphi c. k WM.
Mr. aid' Mrs, John MacRae were
in London to visit 'Mrs. Cook,
who is •hospitalized there:
Mrs. George Carter of Clinton
has been staying with. Mrs.. Don-
ald MacKenzie for the past week.
Visiting Mr. and MTs. Duncan
Parrish , and boys were Mr. and
Mrs, Robt. Johnstone of Detroit.
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By BU Smiley,
Attended a tfigh'ter pilot's re- fire.,Chap had ,assembled it at the
union last 'weekend, ' and am Lakehead and had flown it down
happy to' report there's ,still aw lot for 1Yie reunion He. put On a show plaaned oto me, of Chore testas an
of Might left - in the old fighter pi- in 'what is probably the. last flying
annual bash like ' one, in a
lots, although 1 am forced to Co -• Spitfire in the world, and the eyes very few years that
of the 'old Il oys, majority of tvithoni there wouldn't.,
had. flgwn Sipits, were almost, wet
'be 'a n'y nights., .phots' 1s. f t.• . They '
with nostalgia 'and booze as they tcotuldn'tt satand the pace:
,pros. looking on, the boys really
put on a show that made mak of.
us .glad 'we'd" been born 20 years ,
(before thess�e Getawere• invented.
Having strayed from the main.
group,; as I so often do, I wwatch
ed the 'air show with a little
French kid, about,.eight,, who camne,
and stood'beside me. He spoke no
English., I only► a little French, but
we had rapport. We said "WOW!"
together every time the' jets
seemed certain to collide. He•
a shaok,hands, gravely when he had
toleave . "pour ;1e supper.".;
My only. • regret is tthat. the
!fighter • pilots don't meet every
year, instead: off every two er' ••
three.. + '; t, as one of . them exr
fess :that a good enemy of us n
not as . young ..on Sunday morning
as 'we , thought we were Saturday
night: ' .•
. 'I shuddered deeply when the
long-adistance call came through,
and the familiar, voice chortled,
"Hullo, Willie: Dutch here.
Each time Dutch calls, Which
is every two or 'alive. years, I
whhisper gently' to snyself, "Oh,
dear." I knew perfectly well that
whatever he has in mind will the
intriguing 'but :exhausting.
We, .have •a peculiarrelatienship.
He . taught me to . fly • !Sapitfires.
aabout. 20. years ago in England.
Ten years liter, he ,walked ,into . a
hotel in . a Canadian resort :area,
grinning ibroaddly, and ' said,
"Hullo; Willie." . I had riot 'seen
him in the Mean'tinie, Next qday;
I went off with hian on ',the• most"
unusual fishing,trip I've ever ex-'
aperienced.
He's• •ah .Australian oaf ,great
charm, a certain ruthlessness,: a•
fantastic energy;. and an extreme
individuality. Add to these a keen
mind and a rare :flair for the Wild
caper, in some moods; arid you
have most .c f 'hint.
Except thathoe's a bachelor, ' aiid
doesn't ttave to cope 'with women
and ch'ild'ren ' and ',responsibilities
and that rat; when the comes.
up With One of his hair -raisers., r
watched the little lady, a go through
her paces. ' •
There was tlie•awesoane exhib-
ition Of ,hair -fine precision flying
and cold nerve 'of ;Canada's faun-'
"I left a bottle of Scotch dn, 'the • .
train ;this morning."
"Was it 4turned into ;the :lost and
found, depat tment?" • • '
ous' Golden hawks With ;the old "No, b •
ut the fellow who'found.'
it .was:
Th,e infuriiatingthing is thathe
always acts as tihough one int these
orcleals the gets' 'me lotto, is purely.
medicinal, a tonic rather than a
manki'ller. 'Tway so :this time:
Wighter 'pilots' .party ina:!Mica'-
treal. Thought it mould be good
for you ' •I've booked 7tickets •for,
tomorrow's ;flight. Should' be a
goad 'bash."
I grinned into . the receiver
sickly fashion; asthis devil's ad-
vocate 'Went on, and .my mind
whirled through. the.dornestic� and
econ!omiic •.oabstacles between me
and• the reunion. With half-heart-
ed promise :to see What 'I• could da;
I'huxg'up
'That Was . ." .I began .lamely,
to •the Old ' Battleaxe. "Why don't
you•:go? she queried It .It �w•outd be
good far. you." So' help inie I have
not been so shaken since the day,
I.,ifound 'myself .over Holland, at
8;000feet; with no engine.
"You're :kidding!" 1, finally.
hilurted:."That was Dutch, :and he.
wants me to
"iI. know. We can't afford it, but
you should go. You'd enjoy. it."
This is like a preacher :telling me
he sees nothing wrong With sin,,
My first thought and I was
immediately ashamed of - it'was
that the old lady was having an
affair :with the ,milkman . or some-
body,„ and twanged to get the out
of the way for the week end.
•rI felt a little more 'comfortable
about the Whole thing when she
made the promise to : 'take out
$100;0,00 in that air. travel insur—
ance, The kids .were'unasharne,dly
fascinated by theb idea. "You
moan, if you crash,, ewe ill be rich?"
Hugh Wanted to knave.
Well, it was ;a .good bash,. and
I did enjoy it. Most of it was a
, chaotic, with names and
sgUadron numbers. and roars of.
delight as old friend' spotted 'each
other.' But a few vignettes stand`
out in my mind.
There was the ,old ' fighter 'pilot;
whose thrifty ..wife had packed a
launch. He clung to the paper bag
as to a life -raft through the lunch
reunion and the afternoon. recep-
tion, and I've never seen anything
liner than the Sheer, naked tour- ('
age with which he doggedly at-
tacked the • thing •at 4:30 in the
atfternt on.• ' • .
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