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The funeral of the late . Char
les Bonnett a . former' resident
here was held onTuesday af-
ternoon ;from the 1VIcLeii.nan and.
MacKenzie Memorial Chapel,
l,ucknow. We extend 'sympathy
„ to. Mrs.: Bonnett and other rela-
'fives. •
A reception was, held at Holy
rood •last Friday evening in 'hon-
our. of Mr., and Mrs. Charlie
Murray (nee Joan
Mr. Allan Wall ret' reed from
the tobacco district . where:; he.
was employed for a time.
Memb s . of"• the :at'
tended a 'rally and `banquet at
'Sea f orth on Monday.:.evening.
Mrs. • C. MacDonald of ' Kin-
cardine, 'spent, a few 'days with:.
Mrs.. William Percy.'
Miss Winnifred: Percy ,'spent
the week -end at •-Por'.t Dover.
We •extend : , sympathy : to Mr.
and Mrs: .George Grabove• (nee
'Jean James). of 'Point Edward
in the death of ;their:.'.daug'hter,.
Vanesse Lee at the .age :of nine
weeks: The : funeral was held .on
Tuesday from • the Robb funeral
home, Sarnia. Those: attending
from here were Mrs. 'Ethel James
,:.and •Elmer of: Wingham,. Mr. and'
Mrs, ' Donald ,1VLcKenzie and:
Tamil r •of ,Dungannon,. • Mrs.
Perry Hodgins of Westford.
A meeting :of the' Upper Can-
ada Bible. ' Society was held • in
' . the Anglican Church' with Rev.
B. ' L., ' Walden' regresentati%e.
The.. president, •: Mr.. John' Emer
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son was. in • • charge. Suitable
hymns were sung. Rev. Benson
Cox read: the scripture. Prayer
followed. The program . consist-
ed of a chorus from the Kinloss
School with Miss Erlriia •Percy.
teacher. Solos by Mrs. John Ein-
erson:.'and Mrs. Harold Halden-
by. Rev. 'Walden spoke on the
workof the 'Bible. Societyand
showed a film "The Briarand
the Myrtle." :Rev.. Benson Cox
spoke: 'briefly and commented
on the .filen.' Following Was the
business period. when the offi
cers were elected and canvassers.
appointed President •Mr.. Frank
Maulden, •Secretary; Miss May.
Boyle, Treasurer,. Mrs. 'Tom
•McDonald, • *Canvassers, 'Kinloss
.district Elaine.. Hodgins,Kath-
erine Hewitt; Base Line `— Mrs.
Tom 1VlacDonald,.' Mrs.)Bill Burt:
12 Con. West—Katherine Bush-
ell, Helen.. McFarlan; 12 Con.
East—Mrs. Ezra . ` ' Stanley, , Mrs
Jack Hodgins; 10 Cori. WeSt -
Mrs. Cliff Robb,.. Rev.. Benson
Cox; 10 'Con. East-:-. Mrs: Ernie
Hanna; . Mrs. ' Don Donaldson;
Holyrood• Mr's. ' Cliff• ..: Johnston,
Mrs: Mak Bushell.
• Mr. aria Mrs. Clare Sparing
and Allan of . Walkerton ;called
on friends ' here on : 'Sunday.
A. number from. here attended
the. Harvest ' Thanksgiving • ser-.
vices at• Kingarf: on Sunday. •
Rev. Benson Coxspent a few
days last week .:at London where
he attended an. Alumni meeting.
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Miss W. Farrier of Toronto
spent the week -end; at• the hoirie
• of. her. parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Farrier. : ' • • .
Mr. and • Mrs. Frank Stockill
and son of 'Blind River, Mr. John
Purdon of Powassan, spent the
week -end•. with Mr, and . Mrs: T.
iMorrison. Mrs.. Stockill • and
baby stayed to spend a week
with her parents. • •
. Mr. • and .Mrs. Jim Patterson of
Kitchener spent Sunday . with
Mr. sAlibert , Patterson:
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That's what they, gave us to
train on,-Si.iits that . had 'been.
through the •Battle of• `Britain,
and flew ' as' though they'd:•. been.
through the Battle •of • Hastings:
No, . I'm afraid I didn't get sen-
timental about the gallant little`
Spitfire, when. •I read .of its de
mise. I got. so many bad scares
while flying those things that 1
always looked on them with . a.
jaundiced eye : afterwards. •
But , it' did ' start me thinking
about one of .thp..happiest• times.
i have ever had; and remember-
ing: some of the best' friends I
ever . rnade... We took: a three-.
months .. operational training
course on Spitfires in ''the heart
of Shropshire,'in the dead . of an
'English winter, than which there
is nothing deader.'
**.*
'What a crew. we were! Poles,.
Australians, Canadians, . A' Nor-.
wegian,, a couple of Frenchmen;.
a Belgian, a brace of New Zea-
landers, an Irishman,. a' handful.
of Scots and Engiish ` and four
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A news. story.the' other da
' ;told of the' crash landing of a
20 -year-old . Spitfire, the las
survivor" of its breed of • the Bat-
tle. of Britain. Far from makin
me nostalgic, it gave 'me a cer-
tain satisfaction. "Probably,"
said to myself, "one of thos
clapped-out dogs we fle*
'Rednal."
pilots from India. And' how- well
ive got: along, though so different
in outlook ::and upbringing! ; The
only ones • who scrapped were
the Indians, among themselves;
because ` ,. they . were a Sikh, a
Moslem, a Christian and a Hindu
and couldn't ,abide each '.other:
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On . a winter night we'd' mount oda*
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gian, .who. had made' his way ac- you laugh: 'A brilliant pilot but
ross the :North Sea in a fishing a reckless .one. They'r a all dead
boat with two others. He was rlow. Nils• shot • down in France;„
solemn,. and
.shy' until he. had a Van crashed,. : burning( , a few
few . -beers, , then. turned _ into . a miles from • his 'home in Belgium.
'Viking.. Van was ` a saturnine Singh. flew Hurricanes In .Bur-
Belgian ex -army officer, who had ma and was :mssing' Paddy went
escaped via France and Spain, 'into. the Channel, one day, When
r9neg• tti in. 'a . S ' •Panishj
'. 'ail. for six,
months. before getting to Eng-,
land. oth had trained' in. Can
our bikes,'about 'a dozen of us,
and ,:head off ' •down• the black
road for one: of the neighbour- •
ing pubs. In out of the wet night -
we'd troop, spiritsas high as the'
Sky.; into the warmth:' of .the fire
place, and the •shining pewter;
:and:. the 'barmai.d's.:cheeky 'salu-
tation: '
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And the. locals would turn.
'from their' darts• or 'dominoes
and shake their heads as. they
smiled a welcome. And the' pints,
would flow, and the darts would
fly; and in no tiine .at •all the:
pub would be racking.' withgood
cheer . and •good fellowship and
good' singing,• in a. dozen. differ-
ent accents.
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:The singing was the ,best ,part.
Have you ever heard a French-
man 'singing "I 'wanna :gale jus,
like ze gale • wot marree . deerole.
Dads'?. Or a Norwegian yodelling.'
" Valtseeng Mateelda"?:. Or An.
Australian bellowing "Along
sawfaw de la patrie, le 'jour • de
glower 'is arrivy''?'
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On. Our way 1iome; we'd "..prat
tise formation flying, ort our;
bikes; ' with no hands, which fee,.
quently meant, winding, up in a
thorn . hedge. The climax • to the
ride back was a race down the
steep hill to our huts, with no
lights, no hands and 'very .often"
no brakes. There'd be tremend-
ous collisions, with cursing,.
laughing bodies flying in all
directions, at the bottom:
**.*•
It sounds • pretty silly, and it
was: But we were all very young,
and very gay; even the Euro-
'peans,: though their gayety had
an edge of bitterness
to. it, a
touch of violence.
My special friends were Nils,
Van, Singh and. Paddy. .We flew
in the, same flight, ate and drank
together, and pursued various
young women together. I've' nev-
er seen one of them: Since, but.
in those days we were as close
as brothers are supposed to be. ,
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Nils was a long, skinny N'orwe-
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Singh was the son of a weal-
thy Sikh fairuly in .India. He had
all the paraphernalia: hair down
to . 's waist, which he tucked',
un' one of. a series of brilliant
der'
silk turbans; curly. black beard;
flashing brown eyes and: white
teeth. He laughed all ; the time.
When he, .had a hangover, he
would tell the flight commander
it was a: religious . holiday : for
him,, and he couldn't fly.' They
never caught' •on.
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Paddy was lu. ubr'3ods' Irish
a. g
-man, with a soft Dublin i brogue;
a very dim' view of the.. English,
and, a wonderful' gift for making
he was trying to see..how low'he
could 'go. Without 5 tof eh ng• the
Water. .
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But • I often warm myself with
the memory .. of, those . halcyon,
hilarious ` :three months. I can
close my ' eyes and see them, ".
grinning and a little bit • crazy;
and' I can hear. them, in their as-
sorted accents, trying to cope
with ''Allouette" as I led' them /
through afast round.' And . I'il
still think of them when I'm..
seventy.. '' • .. .
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Of several boys idly throwing
stones ata group•of frogshi'a
pond. "Boys," complained one
of the frogs at last, "this
may be fun for you but • i- ..: . it is death for .us."
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