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This agent is not going to extend his neck
by stating any one -Canadian; athlete ware the
best, or most durable,. Out it, any one Can
inform us of an athlete who combined great,
ness of performance anti durability to a great.
er degree than skater Norval. Bantle, we'd
like to hear about him:.
Howie Morenz and I were seated in Madis-.
son Square Garden, the morning of the day it opened. Caned- ions were . playing there that night. Ont on the ice surface, a slim figure was pirouetting dizzily, or whirling- around' the
circuit at blinding pace.
Howie Morenz was proud of his owe blazing• epeede and he
was a great competitor. So I asked him:: "Would you like to
race him once around?"
Howie shook his head, grinned, said:. "Niv he's- too • fast for me"
• 'The- skater out on the ice was the amazing Norval Baptie,
one "Of the truly great skaters, ranking with the late Charlie
Gorman, Canada has ever Sent to, the speed' jousts on ice,
It was a November morning in /925 that we• watchedllaptie
spinning around, getting ready for his fancy skating showabea •
tween periods that night with Gladys Lamb, now his. Wife. 2ti
years before he had set a professional mile record of 2 minutes
8 seconds. He's still skating, coaching ethers. in the art' of
figure-skating at the North Carolina State College Coliseum
in Raleigh, N.C., even though he has lost all the teea, his right foot. . . ,•
Canada has probably never, produced an athlete, of such dur-
ability. Baptie was \born afBethany, Ont., March 18, 1879, of
Scotch parentsenThe family moved to Bathga.'te, Minn„ when
he was young. He started skating at 10, won titles at 15, He won approximately 5,000 races the quarter-century he was in
competition from 220 yards to 5 miles. - 'In 1898 he beat the
famous John S. Johnson, the next year he out-skated Johnny
Nilsson, until-then regarded as the best skater of his day. He
won the, world epeed title at Montreal ell Feb. 4, 1905 from
Nilsson, Harley Davidson and Sinnieud,
He holds ten world professional speed records,, his- straight-
away mile in 2.08, on Lake Minnetonka being perhaps the most
amazing. He ruled the speed skating world,, unbeatable, for 10
yearse When he hn out of opponents, he skated lin stilts, skate
pd backwarelse did fancy skating, actually introduced what are
today known as "ice shoWs" in 1914,
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FIRST INSTALMENT
"You're looking mighty pleas-
ed with yourself, Graydon. What
did you do last night? Shoot an
Englishman?"
The Canadian Flight-Lieuten-
ant who was asked this question
(his aircrew blouse bore the
striped ribbon of the DFC as
well as pilot's wings) looked up
quickly frem his plate of bread-
crumb sausage to catch sight of
a droll twitch on the lips of the
tousle-haired navigator seated
opposite him at the breakfast
table. Bruce Duncan was jok-
ing, 'of -course, but the reddening
feces of two RAF lads warned
Jack Graydon that the speaker's
htunor had not been too well
received. The dark sun-glasses
which almost -'wholly concealed
a ragged scar over his left eye
failed to hide a flicker of annoy-
ance at the incident, and once
more he told himself that his
dirties at Midlands Operational
Training Unit would probably
be more ambassadorial than
technical. You could never be
sure about Englishmen; it would
be just like some ass to take
Duncan's quip seriously.
The meal was over, the mess
Was fast emptying save for the
occupants a one corner table
and the _withdrawal of most of
the senior ranks had given the
officer-pupils a rare opportunity
to indulge in an unaccustomed
freedom of speech. They were
taking full advantage of it for
the ceiling had closed in over
the Cotswolds, all -aircraft were
grounded and a lecture, hastily-
gubstituted for the usual flying
exercises, was not dire to begin
for three quarters of an hour.
"Oh, I durind," a red-haired
pilot drawled, as he jerked his
thumb at a sharp-featured Eng-
lish- wireless - operator. "Take
Burrows here. He's not a bad
type--for a limey: 'Rest o' our
crew's goin' to take' him home
and civilize him after the war."
"Sure!" Duncan agreed read-
ily. "I'll allow for a good type
ever so often—in aircrew." He
pretended not to see another
RAF lad's indignant glare. "I
was thinking more of Admin
•
types generally and Camp Come-
dians in particular. Like Squa-
droneLeader Upston."
"Chair-borne types," Gibson
scqffed. "They don't bother me,"
"They get in my hair often
enough," MacLaren admitted.
"It's the tribal customs of these
natives get me down. Last night,
old Upstart button-holed me in
the ante-room and read me a
leeture in deportment. To use
that old RAF phraseology 'which I
loathe, he 'tore off a strip'. He
told me that he 'took a very
poor assure you I quote
him exactly-P-"
"That's what. he would gay!"
The growl- came from a rangy
youth who wore both 'USA' and
`Canada' shoulder-flashes. "If
that there talk s'posecl to be
English I'M right glad I don't
speak it."
"Shut up, Tex! Upstart de-
plores (shall I say?) our habit
of crashing the gate at the Waaf-
ery dances,' He does not approve
of commissioned ranks mingling
socially with' airwomen. Such
Conduct (quote) is most unbe-
coming to officers and gentlemen
(unquote), 'Whet I want to know
is—"
"He Should talk, the old ram!"
the Texan, interrupted. "What's
gripin' him? Any time I been
there I've glommed hini freezin'
onto. the smoothest number he
could, find. He ain't so rank-
conscious e when it's a poppsie
he's talkin' to."
"What's wrong with dancin'
with the Weals?" Gibson de-
manded. "What are they here
for?"
Frenchy Dufresne's black eyes
snapped. "It is not right! What
of Upstake t'ink we do evenings?
Read book? See same or movie
t'ree four time? I do not read it
in Station commandments. Till
I do—I go!'„"
aCen't ayou help us there,
Johnnie?" It 'was Duncan who
asked the question. "You're our
Flight-Looie Liaison Joe as well
as Assistant Ground Instructor.
I don't think the Queen-Bee
would object if we' all went to
the Waafery hops."
"Little Mike's got some sense,"
MacLaren agreed.
"I'll have a word with Section-
Officer Shapley about it," Gray-
don promised with a nod. "Then
In speak to the C.O. I'm sure
Harmon will agree if the dances
are properly supervised."
"The Groupie pays no atten-
tion to half of Upstart's bright
ideas," some one else declared.
"He's got no time for anybody
but aircrew."
"Changing the subject, there's
something I'd like to ask," Bur-
rows put in. "You know this
chap of ours, Hyde, who's await-
ing Court-martial on that low
flying charge. Why must they
•
lock him up? It seems to me
`Open Arrest' •would be suffice
ient,"
"We a -lousy shame!" Gibson
cried, "That boy deserves a break,
Hyde can f4,- anything that's got
wings."
"It might be lead, down in the'
Book of Words, thought'" another
RAF • lad .suggested seriously,.
"Does anyone know for ewe?"
Once more Graydon was ap-
pealed to. This time he. shook
his, head, refusing to be drawn
into the discuseion. He was not
acquainted with the RAF Flight,
Lieutenant in question; all be
knew was that Hyde was con,
fined be his quarters .and that an
escort 'of equal rank 'had to be
in constant attendance.
• "Time we got cracking,", he
hinted.
He was the last to leave the
mess and as be stepped Into the
adjoining corridor he almost col-
lided with the schoolmasterish
Station adjutant. "Where have
you been hiding yourself?" Plight
Lieutenant Presbey demanded
queruously. "Z've been search-
ing high and low for you."
"You can usually find me in
the mess at meal-time," Graydon
answered drily, "Right now I'm
on my way to the Control Tow-
er." His words hinted plainly
that Presbey was overdue at -the
adjutant's desk.
Presbey flushed. "Not this
the adjutant's own, not his as-
morning, you're not! You're down
as escort I to Flight-Lieutenant
Hyde for the . next 24 hours. I
don't 'know why Mrs. Shapley
didn't warn you last night."
The respOnsibility for warning
officers for Station duties was
the adjutant's own, now his as-
sistant's, but Section-Officer
Shapley, who, prior to her mer-
riage to a Canadian officer (a
former Midlands pupil now on
operations)' had •borne the sur-
name of Sullivan and -was still
popularly known as 'Mike,' had
not been in evidence the preyious
afternoon. It was cear that Pres-
bey himself had been to blame
for the omission.
"First I heard of it," Graydon
murmured.
"You're hearing it now!" the
adjutant snapped. "Skip right
across and relieve Grimshaw.
'C' Block--north end!" He called
the directions over his shoulder
as he hastened into the empty
mess-hall,
The Waaf mess-corporal, glow-
ering at his belated arrival, bang-
ed the door shut alter him. She
did not like Presbey. She saw no
good reason why he should con-
sider himself exempt from the
rule calling for punctuality at
meals and as she turned the latch
to indicate that the mess was of-
ficially closed she managed to
create a good deal of unnecessary
noise.
(Continued in next week's issue)
MAJOR E. D. BELL, EXETER,
TO COMMAND 21st ANTI-TANK
Major Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., Ex-
eter, has been promoted to Lieut-
enant-Colonel and has taken com-
mand of the 21st Anti-Tank Regi-
ment (Reserve), at Wingharn. He
succeeds Lieut.-Col. R. S. Heth-
erington, M.B.E., E.D., Wingham,
who retired from the regiment.
opportunity," was the way Pilot
Officer L. DeFreitas, St.Kitts,
British West Indies, summed it
up. ,After two short years in Can-
ada and in the .RCAF, he had learned two trades, won his Radio
Officer wings and become a com-
missioned pfficer. Coming to Can-
ada in September 1950, he enlist-
ed in the RCAF as an airman
and trained as -a Clerk Typist at
Trenton, Ontario. • He saw serv-
ice at Ottawa and Kamloops, B.C.
before being selected for aircrew
training in September 1951. Born
and educated in St. Kitts, British
West Indies, his desire to become
a Canadian was aroused by letters
from an uncle in Barrie, Ontario,
who had immigrated, served with
the RCAF during the last war,
and won a degree in Eleetrical
Engineering from the University
of Toronto. .
Pilot Officer DeFreitas was a
member of the graduating class
who received - Radio Officer wings
from ' Air Commodore ' W. W.
Brown, Acting Air Officer Comm-
anding, Training Command, Tree -
ton, in graduation ceremonies held
at RCAF Station, Clinton, last
In The Ai.r 'Force
Canadian-Ameriean good, neigh-
hour relations have reached a
peak in the exchange of informa-
tion at RCAF Station Clinton. A
team of training experts from the
Philco Corporator-ea Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania are hard at work as-
sisting the RCAF to establish new
methods of training developed by
the Philco Corporation. •
On his first assignment with
the Armed Forces is Taro .-Shim-
Omura, a Japanese-American of
Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Shim-
°inure • is assisting' the training
staff at Air Radio Officer School.
Born in Salinas, California, he was
interned as a-Japanese• national in
1942 after the United StateSe en-
tered the war. He volunteered' for
service in the Infantry in 1944 and
because of his background was
transferred to the Intelligence
Corps. He served in Manila as a
Sergeant interrogating Japanese
prisoners of war.
After the surrender of Japan,
Mr. Shimomura was posted to Jap-
an where he served on the War
Crimes Investigations as an in-
terrogator and interpreter. He
was discharged from 'the U.S.
Army in 1946 and remained in
Japan working for the Army as
an interpreter until 1948. -
On returning to the United Stat-
es he decided to further his ,educa-
tion under the G.I. Bill of-Rights.
He enrolled at Temple University,
Philadephia, in 1949 in electronics.
Graduating with an Associateship
in Electronics in 1951, he joined
the Philco Corporation and was as-
signed to the training aids divis-
ion.
Mr. Shimomura expects that his
present position may take him to
various stations of the armed
Forces of Canada and the United
States. He is keenly interested in
radio and electronics and is prov-ing most helpful in assisting the
electronics staff of Air Radio Of-
ficer School.
rnmissioned graduates of Number
1 Air Radio Officer School pro-
ceeded to Northwestern Canada
for a bush survival course and
from there will Preeeed to oper-
ational and training 'units,
In his Address to the graduates
Air Commodore Brown extended
his personal congratulations and
reminded them that they must
maintain a high standard of effic-
iency in case war should occur, He
said that Canada does not- want
war but must always maintain
state of preparedness.
Other graduates of. Number I.
Air Radio Officer School included
Pilot •Officer J. Y, A. Perrier,
Ottawa; Pilot "'Officer R. A. Ray,
Ottawa; Pilot Officer J. Y. A.• E,
Bourgeois, Montreal; Pilot Officer
G. W. Duguid, Lillooet, B,C.;
Pilot Officer'D. H. Hepburn, Hai-l-
ey, B. C.; Pilot Officer We A. Gry-
ba, Yellow Creek, Sareitatchewan;
Pilot Officer R. H. Chaddock, Hal-
ifax, N.S,; Pilot Officer J. A. G.
Goosens, Montreal; Pilot Officer
R. J. Saunders, Winnipeg, the hon-
our graduate; Pilot Officer. In S.
MacKenzie, Port Morien, Cape Br-
eton Island.
Bishop of London
Pays Visit To
RCM Station Here
. .
RCAF Station, '.Clinton was
honoured recently by the first vis-
it by His Excellency The Most
Reverend C. J. Cody, Bishop of
London.
Accompanied by his secretary
Father A. McCormick, His Ex-
cellency was taken on a tour of
the station, and a briefing of the
training procedures; and adrnie-
istration of the station Was given
him.
Tenders are now out for the
Construction of the Protestant
Chapel, and plans for the constr-
uction of the Roman Catholic
Chapel are progressing. The chap-
els are to be set in a grove apart
from the training buildings and
barracks. They will seat nearly
300 persons as contrasted with the
limited facilities now available. Use News-Record's Classified
of the R.C.A.F.
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