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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1952-11-13, Page 7FIFTH INSTALMENT "You're Clarry Hyde's escort As jack Graydon quitted the today, aren't you, Johnnie? ft's mess to resume his escort duty he really a shame about him. It's **overtook the .AasistanteAdjiltalst a wizard pilot he is, but he just walking slowly toward the Waaf- can't seem to keep out of erY« Section-Officer Shapley was scrapes." alone and at first did not reply "How's his Court made up?" to his cheery greeting. Only when Jack asked. "Were you able to he fell in step to Walk beside her choose the members?" did she speak. She nodded. We've cooked the personnel as Much as we dare. Netherby-Jones will prosecute, Hyde's a lucky lad. Jonesy won't press too hard." They strode a. dozen paces in silence, The little Section-Offic, er was Unusgally quiet; general- ly she talked sixteen to the doz- en. Something had happened; something concerning Presbey no' doubt for the Adjutant was the sort to try one's patience. It was not until jack bade her goodnight and was turning off toward 'C' Block that he heard a faint sound behind him. Was that a sob? He turned about quickly and grasp- ed the girl's hands. "Bad news, Mike?" he asked softly, "Oh, Johnnie . . " she breathed. .. Dave! 'He—he's gone! I got word yesterday. He was Shot down over the Channel." "But — but — are you quite sure?" 46-b The dark head bobbed three or .os000_o+0000.o.000sese,,....000s000, four times. She tossed back an Thirst knows no season. Have a coke Including teetotal lime* Authorized bottler of Coca-Cola under contract with Coca-Cola Ltd. Chapmans' Beauty - Ladies Wear Latest Style — Blouses, -Skirts, Strides, Sweaters (Helen Harpers, etc.), Scarves, Handbags (Bunny Hugs), Lingerie, Nylons SPECIAL 20% Off All Wool Jersey and Corduroy Dresses • 1.,•••.1.441,40,0,04.4• MACHINELESS and COLD' WAVE PERMANENTS — $6.00 & up — PHONE 357 — 46-b ESBECO LIMITED 658 Erie Street STRATFORD, ONT. Phone! 78 ''"otake"i$ a registered trado-mark SENIOR NCO'S WIVES' AUXILIARY .Bazaar, Bake Sale in Aviv Hugh Campbell School Playroom Saturday, Nov. 15 244 to '6,30 pan. -Why not come along and solve some of those Christmas Gift Problems? Everyone 'Welcome Laughing Through Clouds . 1 A Story of the R.C.A.F. BY SEYMOUR ROBERTSON Copyright 1952 LEMON-LIME 111111111111111111111111111111. A TOMATNC WASHER .... Ammo( 11,/-11A,74 e fru,i„ unruly lock and, avoiding his glance, gazed far down the road, "But Can't YOU, — I Mean —" Graydon Stammered. What was vying to say? Words were a mockery at a time like this. "Surely you can get away for a few days!" he finished lamely. "And for why, Johnnie? Leave. won't help, It'll be—easier-zif I carry on here." She turned to face him, her eyes brimming with tears. "You never met my husband, did you, Johnnie? He trained here but he'd left before you came. You'd have had much in common. Clarry Hyde knew him — in Civvy Street, They came from the same town in Saskatchewan. A 'tank town,' Clarry called it," Her attempt to smile was heart-rending, "He was always kidding pre about going out there to live. And now—" She pressed Graydon's hand; walked swiftly away. Slowly, very slowly, Jack trudged on to the barrack-block, The Duty Officer could wait. Hyde's predicament was of no importance. Dave Shapley gone! It must have happened on one of his first operational trips, too, for Graydon recalled reading his post- ing' order only a week previous. It was another ten minutes be- fore he re-entered Hyde's room, The prisoner waited until Tre- lawney's footsteps, crunching on the cinder-path outside, were no longer audible before he groped in the recesses of a bureau draw- er and produced a bottle con- taining two inches of whiskey. "It was mean of me not to of. fer old Trolly a shot," he said, as he set up two glasses, "but he'd be sure to blab and get Grimshaw in wrong for bringing me 'this yesterday. Cheers, old boy!" "I don't like it, Hyde. I don't like it at all," Graydon said. He was clearly not referring to the drink, "Oh, far cat's sake, don't talk like Trolly! I thought you were never coming back and I'd be stuck with him all night. I've made all arrangements, 'S mat- ter of fact, I sent my 'people a wire," "You did WHAT?" Graydon had been only half listening. Hyde's amazing s t a t ement brought him up with jerk. "You surely weren't fool enough to give that message to Trelaw- ney!" "Of course not, you ass! I slip- ped it to the Waaf skivvey when he wasn't looking. She'll put it in at the town post office. She won't have the foggiest notion what it's all about. And she never talks. Good girl, Clara! Dumb as they come, both ways." "You'd better send another," Graydon told him grimly. "You can't make me believe you've been over here since '39 and haven't seen your people yet." "Why would I give you a bad steer?" Hyde retorted. "I haven't seen my aunt for a dozen years. I can't remember that I've ever seen my uncle. Oh, I was s'posed to meet aim once in London at the Cavalry Club but I wouldn't be found dead in that morgue. Say! What's wrong with you? You're looking damned glum." "You knew Dave Shapley, didn't you?" Hyde notidea. "Yeh. We went to school together in Clairsville. He used to—" His tone changed abruptly. "What about him?" There was real concern in his voice. "He's brought it," Graydon said quietly. "Gone for a Burton." "No? When? Who told you?" "Little Mike herself. I walked along with her just now." An odd murmur, almost a groan, escaped Hyde's lips. All his eager persuasiveness had van- ished. His mouth was a grim straight line; his eyes hard and staring. "I know. I know," he snapped, half angrily. "I called Dave a mutt this morning. Well, what if I did? That didn't mean any- thing. Hmmm. Seems only yest- erday we were playing hockey for the Clairsville Juniors," Graydon was silent, For a long Hairdresser It is proposed to open a small hairdressing and beauty parlour establishment at RCAF Station, Clinton, to help provide some of the hair-dressing requirements of our airwomen personnel. Applications f r o in qualified hairdressers who can supply their own equipment will be consider- ed. Stich applications should be addressed to the Commanding Officer, RCAF Station, Clinton, Ontario, 45-6-p Ceremony At Clinton The double Radiq Officer grad- uation for No. 1 Air Radio Officer School, RCAF Station, Clinton, will take place on Friday, No- vember 14. Graduates of the basic Radio Officer Course will receive Radio Officer Wings and commis- sions as Pilot Officers. On the same graduation parade, members of the Staff Radio Officer Inst- ructor Course will receive dip- lomas, Group Captain N. S. A. Ander- son, AFC, CD, commanding of- ficer, RCAF Station, Greenwood, N.S., will review the parade and present wings and diplomas to the members of the two graduating courses. G/C Anderson is a native of Winnipeg, Man, He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, London, prior to his enrolment in the RCAF in July, 1937. During the early stages of the Second World War, he commanded two different service flying training schools and later served as a staff officer at No. 4 Training Com- mand Headquarters. He attended Empire, Central Flying School in the United Kingdom toward the close of the war. On completion of the RCAF Staff College course in September, 1946, he was appointed RCAF representative on the joint plan- ning staff at Air Force Head- quarters, Ottawa. G/C Anderson .graduated from National Defence College in July, 1950, prior to his present appointment at RCAF Station, Greenwood, N.S. He was promoted to the rank of Group Captain in November, 1950. The graduation ceremonies will commence at 1.30 o'clock on Fri- day afternoon. After the cere- monies, G/C Anderson, the grad- uates, their friends and relatives will be entertained at ,a reception in the Officers' Mess. 0 HENSALL Mrs. Jack Munn, Ripley, t For- mer Edna Jackson), Hensall, was the guest of Mrs. Ella McLean, Exeter, and called on several for- mer acquaintances in Hensall this week. moment the two pilots stood, avoiding each other's eyes. "You never know in this game," Hyde said slowly. "Take you and me, for instance. Between us we've done three full tours. Dave buys it right at the start' . . . Wonder how •my own luck'll hold when they send me back on ops?" The last words were barely aud- ible. Hyde seemed to be talking to himself rather than to his com- panion. Graydon slumped in his chair and stared hard at the ceiling. Regardless of the outcome of his trial, Hyde was virtually certain to be posted back on operations and, very likely, posted without a chance of leave. If he should be lost (and that risk was always present) the exchange of, letters between his mother and his Eng- lish aunt would not make. pleasant reading. He had said little or nothing about that but the thought must be uppermost in his mind. It was tacitly under- stood by both lads. Of course he should have visited his English ,kinfolk long ago but it would not help matters to remind him of his neglect now. "I'll never get away with it," Graydon muttered. "I know &m- all about your people' and little more about you and—" "But you'll go, Johnnie? Good- 0! I knew you would—" "Shut up and let me think!" It was the thought of Dave Shapley and Shapley's widow that finally decided Graydon. Shapley and Hyde had come from the same prairie town — a town that would never see Shapley again. Involuntarily, his eyes sought that photograph of Hyde's mother on the night table. He drew a long breath. "All right," he said slowly. "I'll do it. But you'll need to brief me on everything, Your people are sure to fire a million ques- tions at me and if I boob any I'll make it worse than ever." (Continued next week) NALS birthday party was held at his home Yeaterday for James Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bowman. Six airmen: R. C. Abbott, D, Baxter, J. Chambers, -Mr. Eubank, Mr. Forsythe, and B. Moher, motored to Toronto on Monday evening to see the finals in the truck rodeo Members of RCAF Station, Clinton, whether they live on the Station, at Adastral Park, in Clinton, or elsewhere, are in- vited to contribute Items for this column. These items may be phoned to The Clinton News-Record Office, phone Clinton 4; written to The Clinton News-Record Of- fice, Clinton; phoned to H. E. Bowman, phone 382, local 290. 0 Station Current Affairs Program Nearing End "Should Canada adopt compul- sory military service?" Approximately 1500 NCO's, air- men and airwornen at RCAF Stat- ion Clinton were asked to express their opinions on this question as the Station launched the final phase of its Current Affairs Pro- gram recently. In the summer of 1951, the Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Brooke Claxton an- nounced the information of the Bureau of Current Aaairs for the purpose of helping to keep ser- vice personnel informed about matters of national and interna- tional importance. The three Chiefs of Staff commended the policy and in a letter which was printed in the Bureau of Current Affairs pamphlet, "Current Af- fairs Hour," the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshall W. A. Curtis, CB, CBE, DSC, ED; wrote: "At one time, nations were con- tent to recruit men to their Ar- med Forces and send them into battle with no thought for their attitude to, or understanding of, the conflict in which they might be engaged. Today, as in no other time in our history, the conflict facing the world is over men's minds as much as for territorial gains. "Realizing this, Canada's Arm- ed Forces have taken steps to pro- mote in our servicemen and under- standing of the difficult world problems facing us today. Hence, the Bureau and Current Affairs and its sincere effort to present to our soldiers, sailors and air- men, discussion material to stim- ulate their thinking on these pro- blems. A thorough understand- ing of international and national affairs will allow us to evaluate correctly the claims and promises of foreign ideologies. "We in the RCAF will give the programme of the Bureau of Cur- rent Affairs our full support. It is my personal feeling that it is not enough to equip our service personnel with uniforms, technical training and good weapons of war; we must give them the back- ground and knowledge on which to base sound opinions as to the reason they are wearing those uniforms, receiving that training and preparing to use these weap- ons of war. Only then, will we be able to produce our greatest effort for the defence of our country." Since the formation of the Bur- eau, Officers have been trained in the various methods and tech- niques of leading current affairs discussion groups. With the train- ing of the staff officers at Station Clinton complete, SL D. G. For- rest, the officer in charge of the Station's Current Affairs program advised the Commanding Officer that he was ready to implement discussion periods on a station wide basis. As a result all air- men and airwomen last week be- gan a part of their training which is designed to improve their gen- eral knowledge of world affairs and world problems. The class room training will be in the form of a one hour a week informal discussion period. Small groups of not more than twenty personnel meet with a trained discussion leader. The leader introduces a previously chosen topic by briefly presenting factual and background material. Then he merely con- trols the ensuing discussion to give everydhe a chance to freely express his opinion. It- is the ul- timate aim, however, that the re- sult of the training will extend far beyond the classroom and that all personnel will become more aware of their responsibilities as servicemen and citizens. The program is designed to stimulate thought and discussion rather than to spoon feed propaganda. This discussion period was received with enthusiasm on the whole and the airmen and air- women welcomed the opportunity of free group discussion on an im- portant national topic. Last week the topic dealt with NATO and the Station's Information Room, where current publications are available, was a hive of activity.o TOECithied MATS COMO .40 344f47oroof. xt is only fair and right that those who sparkled in the hockey crusades of other years should get the preference as the roll is called to place the greats of the game In their niches in the Hall of Fame, Perhaps the moderns will chafe at this. They may wish to see honored these of their own era, or of the g'eneratiod just before. And this, in time, will come to pass. There are now 4l names listed for the Hall, of which number 32 are players, the other 10 selected be- cause of their contribution to the game in legislatimO rules, or equipment, This agent has at least one preference, in the names to be in the next group named by the Committee, That is the late George Hainsworth, who in his playing days with Canadiens compiled a seasonal gosling record quite unlikely to be equalled in these days when the rules are designed to place the accent on scoring. Hainsworth, in this writer's opinion, was one of the great- est goalers of all time. Like that other great Canadien goaler the late Georges Vezina, who preceded him by many years, Hainsworth was ice-cool in the nets, almost mechan- ical in his perfection, and in his complete lack of what might be called "showmanship". Expressionless, unexcited, he just stopped pucks, blocked the heaviest drives without -the flicker of an eye-lash. Once, after his agent complimented him on one of his Many shut-out games, lElainsworth remarked, as if annoyed with himself: "Pm sorry I can't put on a show like some of the other goalcrs. But I just can't do it. I can't look ex- cited because I'm not. I can't shout at other players be- cause that's not my style. can't dive on easy shots and make them look hard. guess all can do is stop pucks." He did very well indeed, at that chore. In the season of 1928-29, facing some of the game's greatest snipers, such as Nels Stewart, Ace Bailey, Bill Cook, Carson Cooper, Harry Oliver, Cooney Weiland, Frank Boucher, and others of that unforgettable quality, little Hainsworth scored 22 shut-outs in a 44-game schedule, was scored on only 43 times in the regular season, an average of slightly under one goal per game. No record has ever closely approached this. Undoubtedly this little fellow, who hailed from that great hockey incubator, Ontario's Kitchener district, was one of the all-time greats of the nets. And yet, curiously, he never made the all-star teams of his era, for Charlie Gardiner, "Tiny" Thompson, and Roy "Shrimp" Worters were names to conjure with when, in 1930-31, the selection of all-star teams began. Yew comments and sannyestlons for fhb column wit! I,e wolcommi by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calm, House, 413,1 Tonga St, Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED MtlitEkSTIURO, ONTARIO THE Westinghouse TERMS TO OU SUIT Y Now you can have a laborsaving, fully automatic washer that's thrifty too! The wonderful new Laundromat does a complete family wash conveniently and efficiently! New, exclusive "Water Saver" measures water to the size of the load — saves from 2 to 7 gallons, depending on the type and size of wash! It saves on soap too! 576, ("e- tomappon/ ae-... Clinton Electric Sho D. W. 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