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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1952-05-15, Page 9CI4NTQN NEWS-RECORD iation. and .Adastrat Park RCA 'Huron 'Wing, RCAF Hears Commanding Officer Winter Sports Season (loses ith Awards Banquet Penhold To Open Later This Month The RCAF's new station at Penhold, Alta, will open this month. The new station will Provide the administrational and opera-, Hanel facilities for No. 4 Flying Training School. No. 4 FTS now in operation at Calgary will move to Penhold as soon as new quart- ers are available. Pent-gild is the eighth new Air Force Station to open since the RCAF's accelerated training pro- grernme began in 1950. No. 4 FTS is a pilot training echool and is used to bring student pilots to wing standard, The school uses the RCAF's standard trainer, the Harvard aircraft. Upon graduation from Penhold ;the pilots will go to advanced flying schools for familiarization on other types of aircraft. Although Penhold will open in May it will be several months before full training operations are under way. No, 4 FTS will move in phases to Penhold. Stud- ents already under training at Calgary will continue at that lo- cation while new intakes will be- gin their training at Penhold, • 0 Shipping in and out of Lake Superior through the locks of the St. Mary's River is greater than the total combined annual traffic of the Panama, Suez, Manchest- er and Kiel canals, can do much to interpret and explain to our employers -- the people of Canada our activities and our outlook. You have both an appreciation of air force mat- ters and the civilian out-look and the civilian ear. -r ,ff M .11ff Seed Mixtures After the soaking rains, it is still a good ,time to sow GRASS and LEGUME SEEDS. We have a full stock of seeds on hand, includ- ing some locally grown SWEET CLOVER, RED CLOVER and ALFALFA MIXTURES—priced to clear. R. N. Alexander Seeds 20-b 4-40-*-4-44-4-4-41-44-1-* M-O-N-S-T-E-R BINGO EXETER ARENA WEDNESDAY, MA? 21 $1,000 IN CASH PRIZES 15 REGULAR GAMES FOR '$15.00 EACH 2 SPECIAL GAMES FOR $50.00 1 SPECIAL GAME FOR $75.00 AND $600 JACKPOT MUST BE WON FEATURING THE BINGO BLOWER Proceeds in Aid of the South Jituron Hospital Building Fund Admission $1.00; Extra Cards 25c; Doors Open 7.30 Games start at 9 COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS WORTHY CAUSE ybrid Seed Corn TOP CROP is a well known brand; we have in stock all varieties, both early and late. Late type good for silage; early type good for cob. Let us know type you require and we will supply you. with seed that wilt give the best results. IN TURNIPS we recommend 'Laurentian—nice for table and best for feed. We always have all varieties of grasses, either for lawn or for pasture. Price for lawns will be 80c to 90c per lb.; can make up any mixture you desire. In the market for Ontario Grain and have West- em Grain for sale. • GRAIN and S EEM Phones: '12W, 123J Clin It, 00000 20-21-b llama and Buddy Zeigler had everyone Amazed, by their feats of magic. For 'the notable success of this Awards- Banquet,, much credit is due to the Awards Co*rninittee headed by F/0 AI Sturgess, the Station Sports Officer, and having as members, F/0 Senior, F/0 Boyzchuk, pi°. Woodruff, WO Heal, AC1 Gairns,. Cpl. Icerr, se, Clark, Sgt. Yaternick, CP1, Worth, F/S Cotton and SO, Varaleau. Air Force Day G/C E. A. D. Hutton, CD, Com- manding Officer, and the per- eonnel of RCAF Station, Clinton, are looking forward to welcom- ing the public on camp on ":Air Force Day, Saturday, June 14. Already a committee is func- tioning and plans are well ad- vanced to hold "Open House" on the afternoon of Air Force Day and show the public the substan- tial contribution Station Clinton is making to national defence. S/L C, H. McVeigh, CD, a vet- eran at planning such, functions, is chairman of the Air Force Day Committee and, along with P/O Elizabeth Kievill, secretary, is leaving no stone unturned to bring th0 public up to date on the function of Station Clinton. 43 4a — Sold at — • Corette Bras Selected Styles to flatter ia wide range of figure types. Stocked in Nylon, Satin and Cotton Full Range of Sizes Clifford Lobb Store CLINTON — ONTARIO CONSOLES .b.a- fA&P9ti-Loty Only the Necchi "1)e Luxe" does every- thing.; sews _forward and reverse, makes button holes, sews on buttons, does overedge, monograms, embroidery, handrolls and hems . . . without any attachments to be added, a flick of your finger changes it from one operation to another. Necehi — the woddis finest Guaranteed for life Easy to learn Simple to operate Pound bobbin *Snap out race a Ball-bearing oilers o Drop feed for darning 4 Many other Features 0 Life-thud satisfaction and savings! There's 21 tiOtthi suitevery need and budget DESKS We sell SEWINd MACHINE NEEDLES and OIL suitable for most typos of sewing machines Clinton Electric Shop 0. W. Cornish 4 WESTIIICHOUSE, PEALgIRS PHONE 47l 14 A " Residence 358 "Every House Needs Westinghouse!" . +444-4-44•441-44-4•444-44,44-4=4-4-4444-44-44-4-444-444-4444-4-4-4-4.4-4-4-4-4-4 Teez are' deg& "SALAD Clinton's Popular Rendezvous STAN'S LUNC and TAXI Phone 205 GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR WAITING! Supertest Building, Ontario St, Across from Bank of Montreal 18-tfb THECabett SPORTS COLUMN seste.4?mpeedoo Hockey has faded now into that past which envelops sports events so rapidly, as sea- sons overlap, with hockey intruding on football, baseball ' pushing its way in on hockey. The cheering is a distant echo, the cups have been won and lost, individual feats are entered in the records.. There's an award for almost every. individual performance in the major hockey of today;• a great many, too, in the lesser leagues, which is the way it should be. When athletes can rise above the level, and soar to greatness by their own skill and courage and spirit, it's only fair and just that this should be recognized in some .tangible fashion. Unfortunately for one player in the National League, who did all this, plus, there is no award for a courageous come- back, not even a special notation in the records, which are coldly mathematical, and don't delve into the human side. Yet, if any player deserved some recognition that would entitle him to special notation, -special award, that player who should have been worthy in large and generous measure of such recognition would have been "Winnipeg's Samuel James "Sugar Jim" Henry, goaler of the Boston Bruins, who survived the buffeting of Fate, survived a fire that scarred his hands and arms, and returned to stardom. Hockey developed some great figures the past season, but we doubt if any of these is sb compelling, so fraught with the rugged romance of sports as the return of Henry to the Big Time. This is pure Hollywood, throughout the piece. A high-Voltage script- writer could pen no more gripping drama. Jim Henry first won a spot in the major league with New York Rangers, in 1941. But his, stay there was short, for at the end of his first season, he enlisted in the Army to serve in World War II, remained there until the end of the fighting.. Then he returned to hockey, played briefly with Rangers, after which his sports pathway was a dizzy zig-zag lane that seemed to be leading nowhere. Twice he came up to Rangers, alternating with minor league chores. Then to Chicago in the Big Time, then suddenly back to the minors, for three seasons. This isn't offered as a history of Henry's hockey meanderings. We merely paint it in for back-ground, to prove that, despite vicissitudes, real courage doesn't weaken, Three years in the minors were bad enough, hut the worst came in the summer of 1951. A flash fire suddenly enmeshed Henry at a summer resort camp; he was badly burned about the hands and arms. That, you might think, would spell the end of a career in hockey, where hands with speed and certainty are, for gnalers, almost as essential as lightning reflexes. But Henry didn't giVe up. He reported to the Detroit camp of the Red Wings, for he had played the previous season for Indianapolis, a Detroit farm team. But Indianapolis already had a good goaler, young Hall, so the chances for Henry with his burned hands remaining even hi minor-hockey looked slim. But Boston Bruins of the National League needed a goaler. They tried to buy Hall but, against their own judgment, were talked into purchasing Sugar Jim Henry, for a moderate sum. The club started poorly. Boston didn't win a game in its first ten. Henry's job seemed shaky. Then the. team improved, but near the end, seemed to have little chance to make the play- offs for the Stanley Cup. But near the end of the race, Bruins started to roll. They won or tied all but two of their last 12. And the star, the steadying influence that back-grounded the drive—that carried them into the finals? Why, none other than. Sugar Jim Henry, with his fire-scarred hands and his unshaken courage. There's no prize for come-backs; for those who survive the bludgeoning of fate with head unbowed. If there was, Sugar Jim Henry would be one of the candidates, t ROBERT Son of Mr, and Mrs. David Anderson Londesboro Charm ng Children's Portraits Make an appointment now anti have yours photographed every year, You'll be glad you did. acLaren Si tti 1 CLINTON and GODEVICII CLINTON STUDIO noon PHONE 401 Tuesday and Thursdays Clinton "or Ooderich Lae to 1.30 prier SATUUDAYS ALL DAY •444-44-4,444+++444-44*-4-4-4-4-4-4-44444-44 44.444,4-4-4-4 News Elditpr; F/0 0, FL Lochheu,d, PRO No. IIONme 282 1nil ;7 Assistant; aeien Turner 78 Local 17 Air Force 'Day June 14 "Air force day this year is on Saturday, June 14. You can render a real service if you will tell your friends, your business acquaintances and all . y,ou meet that this is the day set aside for holding "open house" at air sta- tions. The' day to show as many people as can come how their air force operates. We are ar- ranging at our stationn'an inter- esting program of ground ex- hibits and events. We are also expected to have a flying display. We hope the weather will be as kind to us that day as it has been recently. "But the real purpose of Air Force Day is not to entertain people but to give their the op- portunity to see for themselves what sort of men and women they are paying and how we do our job and to help them de- cide for themselves if their money is being well spent by the people ie the air force—people, who af- ter all, are Canadian citizens too with the same outlook, aspira- tions, abilities and limitations as other citizens." TiThe annual meeting of No. 42 nuv90 Wing, TWAT Association, Wee held in the .Sergeants' Mess, 'APAr Statioa, Clinton, Friday evening last, Principal guest of the even- leg was G/C E. A. D. Hutton, commanding ()Meer ,of the Stu- After everyone had, enjoyed a 'fine steak dinner, 0/C Hutton ;gave an address on the growth of the ,Station, from its founding an 1941, to the present time, and with the aid of a projector, showed where .the taxpayers' .inoney was going. Officers from Seaforth rollowipg 'the dinner, election . of officers took place with the following pampa to guide the Wing: - 'President, Kenneth Carter, Sea forth; vice-president, George Kruse, Seaforth; secretary, Lee, lie Beattie, .Seaforth; treasurer, William Smith, Seaforth, The retiring president, Cam- eron C. Proctor, Clinton, was .alected a delegate to attend the annual convention of the RCAF Association in Ottawa, May 21- 24. Wee than 5Q guests were pres- ent from Winghem, Walkerton, Seaforth, Qpderich, Varna and Clinton. A. Y. McLean, MP for Huron-Perth, was among the guests. Development o t Station in his address, G/0 Hutton summarized, Canadian defence policy, with particular" reference to RcAr responsibilities. He stressed the pervasive nature of electronics in all Air Force en- erations, "Clinton is the central and the only electronics-training estab- lishment in the RCAF today," he pointed out, G/C Hutton described the pres- ent functions of the Station—its three training units, There had been, an increase in the establish- ment, accelerating rapidly in the past year, but the buildup bad not yet been achieved *but was now in sight. He gave figures to show that there are about 2,000 perSonnel at the present time; with 2,500 or more in 1953. He stated that there are at least 3,000 persons living or working at RCAF Station, more that) the population of the Town of• Clin- ton, 0/C Hutton pointed out that the value of construction built, building, and yet to be built, reckoning from 1949,-50, was about $12;000,000, Existing buildings are not made redundant, but are supplemented by new construc- tion. "Is the money expended on Clinton well spent?" he asked. "Only the future can tell, It is sure that war or preparedness against the threat of war is vast- ly expensive. Sums expended for defence preparedness are like premiums, on a fire insurance policy, 'They only pay off in an emergency. Can we afford not to have them? ' "These are not questions on which the public servant can provide an authoritative answer. The public servant, be he civil or military, has the job of carry- ing out policies laid down by the government, which reflects the voice of the people. Our 'job is to carry out these policies as ef- ficiently as we can, We in the public service must not operate, or tend to operate as an auto- cratic bureaucracy in islands of federal property artificially in- sulated from the communities in which we operate. "We a're carrying out these re- sponsibilities at Clinton and at other RCAF stations—and we are carrying them out very definitely with the view always in mind that we are 'public servants, answerable to the people of Can- ada for our actions. We want the people to know as much as pos- sible about our activities and how we conduct them. "You' in the RCAF Association START THE DAY REFRESHED -Driflif The winter's sports season at RCAF Station, Clinton, came to a formal close last Friday even-. ing when all those participating in organized sports were honour- ed at the semi-annual sports ban- quet ,in the airmen's mess. S/I., T. IL N. Duff, DFC, Chief Administrative Officer, on behalf of the Commanding Officer, com- mended the personnel of all ranks on the 'station who co-operated to make the past season such a spotting success. "Sports and good sportsmanship are essential in the rtgAr as in any military organization," he said, "for three important rea- sons, They are good morale builders they encourage team play and finally foster a spirit of individual competition. These are desirable qualities for the service and good. citizenship. The individual players of each organized sport who qualified for awards were presented with let- ters in recognition of their con- tribution to the winter sports programme. The system of award- ing letters is newly instituted at Station Clinton this year 'and is similar to that so popular in schools and universities. Large six inch block letter "CI's" of royal blue chenille on a light blue background were awarded to members of Station Clinton teams playing in an organized league, while similar three inch letters were won by players of any inter-section championship team, Large "C" Winners Large "C"''s were awarded to: (1) The Station Badminton "C" and "%I" team (the "CP team being the WOBA champions); players — WO2 Ref ausse, WO2 Bennett, Cpl. Fife, Cpl, Villen- euve, Cpl. Fitzsimons, Mrs. Re- fausse, Mrs. Brandley, Mrs. Mil- ler, Mrs. Cotton, Cpl. Kerr, Cpl. Kutz, Cpl. Morris, F/S Alexand- er, Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. Wood, Cpl, Gammon, Mrs. Duff, Mrs. Mc- Veigh, Mrs. Pfaff, WO2 Kennedy, Mrs, Kennedy, Sgt. Heffel, Mrs, Jackson, F/S Jackson. (2) The Station hockey team players — LAC COOK, AC1 Varey, P/O Carrol, LAC Webber, P/O Walxns- ley, Sgt. Bergeron, LAC Quinn, LAC Petrie, ACI Thomson, AC1 Grecian, Sgt. Starcher, F/C Jarvis, Cpl. Skinner, AC1 Dolan, AC2 Grant, AC1 Jette. (3) The Men's Station Basketball team players— AC1 Wiper, F/C Eagen, P/0 Mc- Andrew, Cpl. Kinlock, Mr. Hum- phries, AC1 Gairns, F/0 Senior, F/0 Woodruff. (4) The Weight Lifting team — Sgt. Varaleau, .the British Empire Light-heavyweight champion and LAC Saliga. Small "C" Winners Small "C" 's were awarded tot; (1) Intersection Volleyball champion players — F/L Hinds, F/0 Woodruff, F/L Burnet, F/0 B o y czuk, F/O Small, F/O Wade, F/O Heal, F/O Thompson, P/0 Miller, P/0 Mac- Donald, J. M. (2) ;Bowling champions, Electronics No. 2 team players—F/S Baptie, F/S Pinnell, F/S Kitchen, F/S Austin, F/S Ellis, F/S Brandley, Sgt. Dodds, Cpl. ,Graves, Cpl., Blythe; F/C Moore, season's top bowler; Sgt. Clark, bowling manager. (3) In- ter-section Basketball champions, Cp1s, and Airmen Staff team, players—AC1 Macicot, LAC Lobb, Cpl. Smith, Cpl. Skinner, LAC Babchuk, Cpl. Segurson; Cpl. Youngson, Cpl. McCartney, AC1 -Fortier, Cpl. Villeneuve, league manager F/S Cotton. (4) Inter- section Floor Hockey champions, Flight Cadet team players—P/C's Fleming, Bougeois, Perrier, Mac- Williams, Boychuk, McKay, Des- jardins, Woodcock; league man- ager, Cpl. Worth. (5) Girl's Sta- tion Basketball team players— AW1 Tapley, AW1 Brundin, AWl Robertson, AWl Scott, AW1 Blair, AW1 Sande, AW1 Gordon, AW1 Emin, AWI Lambert, Cpl. Pratt, AW1 Thompson. (6) Station Badminton players—Mr. E, Re- fausse, Sgt. Fink, Mrs. Fink, F/S Hamilton, (7) Station Badmin- ton Airwomen's Tournament champs players—AWl Taunton, AW1 Wright, AW Kachkowski. (8) Station, Hockey team _coach, F/S Boyd and manager, Sgt. Yaternick. (9) Weight Lifting team—Cpl. Ross. Besides their letters, the Inter- section bowling champions were Presented with individual troph- ies by Mr. Don White, O'Keefe's representative. After the banquet apd presen- tation' of letters, a short program followed featuring station talent. Airwomen Tania Tianoff and Rene Macfarlane rendered vocal, solos accompanied by Sgt. Frank Hammon on the piano, Ray Wil- 40-,*--,t•-• 4. * .0-0.-1,*4-4. • K1PPEN 4-4-0-0-4÷4 -0 4+4+ & a-4-4--4.4.4 Interested in Woodwork Besides ministering to the two- charge circuit. of Kippen and Hillsgreen United Churches, Rev. Albert E. Hinton finds time to take an active interest in .wood- Work. Handicapped by a leg in- jury which required 13 months treatment, Mr. Hinton. turned to a hobby in his spare time this past year. Evidence of his handi- craft may be seen in the manse living room. To date, Mr. Hinton has. made fern stands,.. coffee tables, end ,tables, book cases and a radio-phonograph ease. When Mr. Hinton says fare- well to his. two congregations at the ,end of Jemee • both charges will have tokens of remernbtanee- ot his; pastorate. At Hillegreon a inodern pulpit and communion table made by the pastor' end donated by him, grace the front OP the church. A similar .tribute. may be found in the .ltippen Church where four tea trays were presented by the pastor, wh.b next tnonth celebrates his 791:11 birthday. He will leave to take a pattotate at Ilirchton, Quebec, They plan to do this through, numerous displays of various equipments and training methods used at the station. Although every officer, airman and airwoman will be co-operat- ing to make the big day a suc-cess, the members of the com- mittee are coordinating t he various activities planned, F/L Ted Endersbe is teeing up an air- craft flying display to demon-, strate the potentialities of modern RCAF aircraft, F/0 Frank Boy, czuk is in charge of the ion„una- erahle fascinating Radar and Communications School exhibita as well as the sports _events, S/14 Bob McKee is in charge of Air Cadet participation. Problems of materiel supply will be solVed by F/L Bill Kennedy. F/0 Roily Charbonneau, that connoisseur of good things to eat, will provide all catering facilities. F/O Al Sturgess and P/O Jack Penny are planning some top notch ent- ertainment. WO Sid Jones will ensure adequate supervision of the extensive parking areas and Policing activities. The Medical Officer, F/1., Don Sproull, will be in charge of first aid stations. F/S Bill Turnbull, president of the Model Aircraft Club, will have numerous airborne models doing almost everything in the air that real aircraft can do. F/0 Howie Lochhead is in charge of publicity for Air Force Day. The programme planned for June 14 by the Air Force Day Committee will be of interest to all members of the family. Above all, it is designed to give the pub-. lie the opportunity •of seeing for themselves exactly what is done at RCAF Station Clinton. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calverf House, 431 Yong() St., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTRURG, ONTARIO