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began to describe them. Most
of them were scenes of a prairie
settlement called Clairsville which
he spoke of as a'tank town hid-
den behind a grain elevator'. He
emphasized that the Hayleys knew
nothing of Canada other than as a
land of perpetual snow, mounted
police and Indians. No difficulty
need be encountered on that score.
"The first thing they'll ask is
how your mother is," Graydon
argued.
"How the devil do I know?"
Hyde countered. "Sure -= she
writes me, but she writes Aunt
Ada about as often. I left home
in '39, remember."
"Your aunt? What about her?
You say she's seen you."
"Not since I was ten. She'll
think you're me grown up; why
wouldn't she? She'll tell you all
sorts of fool things I was s'posed
to have done as a kid but I don't
know what they were."
"You see, Johnnie" Hyde tap-
ped ,the table seriously as he em-
phasized his point. "I didn't ac-
tually live at Halebridge. I was
there only during the school holi-
days. Dad's people were 'over-
ners'."
"Overners?" Graydon was puz-
zled.
"People from the mainland,"
Hyde explained. "The Isle of
Wight natives call them that.
Oh, it isn't quite as bad as 'for-
eigners' but mighty near it. The
Islanders are a clannish lot."
"Mmmm,"
"There's Peter, my cousin,"
Hyde went on. "You won't have
to worry about him, though. He's
a lieutenant in the Hampshires
and he's with the Eighth Army
in North Africa. Babs'll be at
school."
"Babs?"
"Their other younster, Barb-
ara. A fat little kid in pigtails.
She won't remember me. Too
young when I left."
"Wait a minute!" Graydon
cautioned. "You say your cous-
in's in the Middle East. You did
a tour out there yourself. Good
lord! That means the old Col-
onel will be sure to ask what it's
like. I'll never be able to tell
him. I know damn-all about it."
"A piece of cake!" Hyde re-
torted. "There's only four things
in Egypt: flies, fleas, sand and
stink."
"I mean the campaigns and all
that,stuff. The old boy's sure to
ask about them. He'll want me
to use knives and forks on the
table-cloth and explain all about
Tobruk and Biddy Serrany or
whatever they call that damn'
place."
Hyde fumbled through the pile
of papers and produced a book-
let issued by the Air Ministry.
"Here you are! 'East of Mal-
ta, West of Suez'. It tells you all
about the air side of it out there.
Anything that's not printed here
is hush-hush and you can't talk
about it."
"Ntrnmm. Except they're sure
to ask me about your gong
and—"
"Now aint that something?"
Hyde retorted derisively. "If
you don't tell them any more
about how I got my DFC then
you told the chaps here how you
got yours they'll be none the
wiser. Pull the old security gag.
It always goes over big. The
Colonel will put you down as a
strong silent type who's done
wizard things he won't talk
about. That'll give you—I mean
me—a swell build-up."
"Ye-e-eh. I s'pose so, but--"
"Take my haversack. My
name's on it in letters you can
read a mile away. It'll identify
you—I mean me, Hell! I'm get-
ting balled up myself."
"Identification!" Graydon shook
his head. "Not good enough! I
don't dare use your identity
card."
"What's wrong with using your
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made in the January-September'
period of 1951*
The Province of Ontario had a
24.8 percept increase in butter'
production during the month of
September, from 6,496,060 poUndS
to 8,111,000 pounds, although the
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of 23.8 laercent in Cheddar cheese
production from 8,400,500 pounds
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POSTING
Township of Hullett
I, George W. Cowan, Clerk of
the Municipality of the Township
Of Mullett in the County of Huron
declare that I have posted in my-
office in the Village of Londes-
boro, the Voter's List for the year-
1952 and I hereby call upon all:
voters to take Immediate pro-
ceedings to have any omissions:,
or errors corrected according to-
law.
This list, was posted in my of-
fice on the 29th day of October,.
1952..
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Vii4.04. . CLINTON NEWS-RECORD THURSDAY, IVOVEM.13Eft .20,, 1952
A Story of the R.C,A.F.
Copyright 1952
Former Clintoia Man In St Mary's Play
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By SEYMOUR ROBERTSON
6TH INSTALMENT
Hyde made a half-attempt to
clear the table before he dump-
ed on it a handful of snapshots
and some paper-bound books.
"You can get away from here
Friday afternoon in plenty of
time to get down to town and
catch the Portsmouth train from
Waterloo. I don't imagine the
Island ferry crosses after blackout
but there's bags of places you can
put up in Pompey. They say the
"Princess Royal's the best. The
boats start running at daybreak
and—"
"Never mind . all that bull!"
Graydon cut in impatiently. I
can read a time-table myself.
Tell me about your people and—"
"O.K. tell you the worst
right off. My name's Clarence!
Could anything be worse than
that? I'm named after the old
boy, And that's about all I
know about him. He's a Regular
Army type, guardian of an out-
post of Empire and all that rot.
You know the sort he'll be—like
old Groupie Harmon, only more
so. He won't ask questions.
He'll do all the talking. Get him
started on how he put down a
rising of the hill tribes or how
his outfit won the polo champ-
ionship in 4 26. He'll tell you
what war was like in his day and
how pansy the present crowd is.
You won't have to say a word.
You'll never get a chance!"
"Those old dugouts bore me
stiff!" Jack complained. "But
it's you and your home I'll need
to know more about."
"I'm coming to that." Hyde
picked up a few snapshots and
-72 own? The Hayleys won't ask to
see 'it, you ass! You'll have to
show it at Pompey Harbor and
maybe at Ryde Pier when you
land, but once you're in the Isl-
and nobody'll bother you. There's
no flying stations there, only a
few RDF mechanics, and. you'll
not run into any Service Police."
Jack chewed his lower lip re-
flectively. "Oh, I don't know.
I've a hunch it won't be as sim-
ple as you think."
"Nuts! Look at it this way!
They'll get my wire and be look-
ing for me on Saturday. Right?
When they come to the station
they'll see a Flight-Looie wear-
ing 'Canada' flashes and a DFC
ribbon, carrying a haversack lab-
eled 'C. D. Hyde.' Who else
could it be but their Canadian
nephew?"
. "Wearing dark goggles like any
gumshoe man!"
"We all wore them in .the des-
ert. Besides—I didn't like to say
this Johnnie—but no one ever
notices the scar you've 'got till
you take them off. They're not
likely the kind to say anything
about that and it's not the sort
of thing you'll talk about."
"No," Graydon admitted. "It
isn't." He was especially sensi-
tive about his scarred forehead
which was much less noticeable
than he thought. "They're sure
to ask why I didn't come to see
them ages ago. I have no ans-
wer to that one."
Hyde shrugged his shoulders
"Neither have I. Tell them---
oh, tell them something! Lord!
You might give me some help!"
"Why should I? It's your
bright idea."
"It will only be for a couple
of days," Hyde continued. "Not
even that long—just Saturday
noon till Sunday evening. After
my case is all over and forgotten
about I'll get leave from the
squadron and we can go down
together. We'll tell them all
about it then and they'll think it
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Butter Production Up,
Cheese Output Falls
.The procluction of creamery
butter in Huron County“. during
September amounted to 258,324
pounds, an increase of 6.26 per-
cent over September 1951, when
the output amounted to 243;098
pounds. The cumulative Plmdue:
tion of creamery butter in Huron
for the first nine months of the
current year now totals 2,147,334
pounds as against 2,203,633 pounds
in the same period of 1951, an in-
crease of .2.6 percent.
. Chedder cheese production
shows a steady decline in 1952 as
compared With 1951. The Septem-
ber make was down. 81 percent
at 1.1,318 pounds as, compared with
59,736 pounds in the same month
of the previous year, only 201,303
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at 1.00 p.m. sharp
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LEONARD JOHNSON is pictured above, holding a ,frame, as he appeared in a play recently
staged by St. Marys Little Theatre. Leonard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Johnson, Clinton.
He received his education in Clinton Public School, Clinton District Collegiate Institute and Strat-
ford Normal School. He taught school on the 16th concession;,of Goderich Township before mov-
ing to St. Marys last.year.
Clinton Monument Shop
'Open Every 'Friday and by. Appointment
Local Representative: J., ZoOfe,, Phone in
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Nomination Meeting
GODERICH TOWNSHIP
NOMINATION MEETING
will be held on.
Friday, Nov. 21
in the Council Chambers of the
TOWN HALL, CLINTON
between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Nominations will be for a Reeve and Four Councillors
for the year 1953, and for Two. School Area Trustees for a.
Two-Year term.
Goderich Township Municipal Elections
If an election be necessary for any or all of the
above offices, it will be held on
Monday, December 1
between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the f ollowing
places:
Ward Place D.R.O.
1 Orange Hall , Y. Falconer
2 Cliff Sturdy's house H. Sturdy
3 S S No. 8 Charles Wallis
4 H. Tyndall's II. Tyndall
II McCartney's H. McCartney
6 II E Rowden's
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a grand joke. But this time—
"I can't duck it this week, old
man," he added seriously. "If
Aunt Ada ever finds out I'm up;
.for a GCM she'll sure let it slip
in a letter to mother. She'll write
something like 'Hope Clarry gets
out of his present trouble' and,
mother will worry her heart out.
I can't let her know, Johnnie and
I can't put off my visit any long-
er. They're suspicious enough
already; probably think I've got
married over here. Now, what
else haven't I told you? Shoot
your questions."
It was already midnight but
the "briefing" continued for an-
other hour and both lads were
yawning sleepily before it came
to an end.
(To Be Continued) 0
Total budget of the Defence Re-
search Board for the fiscal year
1951-52 was about $35,000,000, di-
vided almost equally between 're-
search and development.
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