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Stephen Foster, who wrote Songs
about the south, was a northerner,
Lincoln Ellsworth was the first
man to fly across the Antarctic
continent.
An ensign is • a, flag flown on-'
ships.
Cows do not have upper fruit
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T E Calvert SPORTS MOIR
&Nevi .e to
Russian publicists claim everything was
Invented in that country, from the electric
toaster to baseball, and most other sports,
for that matter. And' one which they haven't
yet boasted of devising, but one to which,
they're entirely welcome, is the "fire the
coach" system which, at that, does sound like
a Russian conceit.
Not long ago there filtered through the - Iron Curtain, via
a series of "investigations" that followed the Olympic Games,
Berlin, where the curtain must be thih ih spots,, stories of
and a series of dismissals of trainers and athletes.
Students of the decadent democratic version of this fire-
the-coach process will be struck by the more stringent, Mus-
covite variations. For the more drastic Russian regulations
likewise carry more drastic penalties, because in Soviet Russia,
sports are tied directly into the scheme of Russian defense
and Russian propaganda; they are affairs . of State, and as
such, are directly under the supervision, not of a graduate
manager or hired coaching expert, but of the • Russian Secret
Police.
It may seem a trifle drastic, and in poor. sporting spirit
to even the most biased, anti-coach groups on this continent,
to complain of a hockey or football coach whose teams fails
to win all the time, or a track coach whose athletes don't
capture every event. But the Russian system, allows no such
weaknesses. Either you're a winner, to the greater glory of
the invincible state; or if a loser, you're just a low-down
traitor who is disgracing' the country, and should be shot at
sunrise in the Red Square, as a lesson to all: who• can't go
out and beat the rest of the world.
"Soviet sportsmen" said a recent official critique, "are
proving the superiority of their country's government' by, their
country's government by their achievements." So when the
cry of the comrades echoes out on the night air, "Fire the
coach" it's really the cry of the Secret Police, backed by a
state where "win or else" is the sinister policy. No use the
coach and his proteges trying to still such voices by promises
to do better at the next Olympics, or European champion-
ships. There is no next time. The coach, and probably the losing athletes just go out of that business. Next stop, the
salt mines. Or, if Uncle Joe happens to be in a merciful
mood, the firing-squad.
So let's give Russia a monopoly on the fire-the-coach
system. It's a silly, and unfair and non-sporting idea to start
with, and as such should fit smoothly into the Russian ideology,
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In The Air Force
Canadian airmen overseas are
doing much to win the warm
support of the pedple in whose
communities they are stationed.
Here is a letter to the Command-
ing Officer of RCAF Station North
Luffenham, England, that shows
this spirit of co-operation.
"I have the honour to express
my grateful thanks to a party of
men of the Royal Canadian Air
Force who assisted my wife and
me following a road accident last
Thursday evening, January 8, at
1930 hours.
"I was driving down Broughton
Hill, on the road between Malton
Mowbray and Nottingham, about
five miles north of Melton Mow-
bray, when I had the misfortune
to skid, hit the grass bank at the
side of the road, and overturn.
Fortunately my wife and I were
unhurt, and we were able to climb
out of the car.
"Shortly afterwards a coach,
carrying a party of airmen from
the RCAF Station, North Luffen-
ham, passed the spot, and pulled
up a little further down the hill.
Within a few moments, many wil-
ling hands were offering assist-
ance, and it was not long before
my car was back on its four
wheels, pointing in the direction
in which I had originally been
travelling. Much to my surprise,
my car started after a little push-
ing by the airmen, and I was able
to resume my journey to Not-
tingham.
"I would like to place on record
my appreciation of the services
rendered to me by the men un-
der your command."
At Langar, England, where the
RCAF has its. new Air Materiel
Base, money was collected fcr
months before to put on a Christ-
mas party for nearly 100 orphans
from nearby Nottingham. T h e
party was attended also by child-
ren of Air Force personnel whose
families accompanied them to
England, and Santa made his us=
ual appearance, bringing some-
thing for everyone.
RCAF personnel at the North
Luffenham Fighter Base, not far
from Langar, held two children's
parties. The first, given by mem-
bers of 439 Fighter Squadron, was
attended by some 400 children,
both Canadian and English. The
second, a station affair, saw Santa
arriving aboard a Sabre jet-fight-
er, before nearly 600 pop-eyed
Canadian and English youngsters.
In addition, food hampers were
distributed to an orphan group by
the North Luffenham personnel.
French children from villages
near the RCAF's new Fighter Base
at Grostenquin, near Metz, attend-
ed a similar party at the station.
Canadians were surprised to find
that the common interest in
Christmas broke down language
barriers in short order.
The RCAF's School of Survival
is unique among training organiza-
tions in the Armed Services today.
It is designed to give the men who
fly over the Northland all the
know-how they will need if forced
down. They are instructed in
methods of bush and northern sur-
vival by RCAF experts with Esk-
imos and Indians assisting.
The RCAF has designed the
course to help rid personnel of
fear of the Arctic. It teaches
the men to look after themselves
in the North and to take full
advantage of the . country's re-
sources.
Proper survival techniques can-
not be learned successfully in a
classrooni, although the students
are given classroom instruction be-
fore they start. From the know-
how gained from classroom study
at Edmonton, the classes go on to
Hargwen, Alta., 160 miles west,
where on-the-spot survival is
taught.
F/L Scott Alexander of Van-
couver, Officer Commanding the
school, states: "Survival is merely
a question of knowing just what
the dangers are, and how to re-
cognize them, and how to take
advantage of the resources offered
by the country."
RCAF officers and men station-
ed overseas took time off from the
holiday season to add to the
Christmas joys of children in Brit-
ain and France,
RCAF fighter pilots, operating
with the United States 5th Air
Force in Korea, have shot down
a total of eight TVIIGs Jets to date,
have been credited with two
"probable" kills, and are credit-
ed with damaging 11 other enemy
aircraft.
Top Canadian scorer is Flight
Lieutenant "Ernie" Glover who
is credited with three confirmed
kills and four damaged. Flight
Lieutenant Glover returned to
Canada last autumn after his
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'PAQ.E TEN CLINTON NEWS-RECORD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
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RCAF Station and Adastral Park News NO.
113
Laughing Through Clouds
A Story of the R.C.A.F.
By SEYMOUR ROBERTSON Copyright 1952
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15TH INSTALMENT
Five minutes later Graydon re-
joined the group in the living-
room and announced that he had
forgotten to bring his mending-
kit with him. Willingly he sur-
rendered his tunic into Barbara's
hands for during his brief absence
he had secreted the tell-tale en-
velope behind one of the larger
volumes in Peter's bookcase. Its
final disposition was still a vex-
ing problem. If it did contain
Hyde's photograph he might even
take it back to Midlands and let
him do 'the worrying. Yet he
could not be sure for the envel-
ope was tightly sealed.
Half an hour later he was strol-
ling with his host along the path
which ran back of the empty
stables.
"Can't keep a hunter nowadays
--no feed," Colonel Hayley ex-
plained. "We've only the trap
pony left. There's many things
we must do without in wartime."
His story. of Halebridge Manor
had now reached the age of
Queen Anne and he was speaking
of the concentration of troops in
the Island which had been a part
of the Duke of Marlborough's
plan for a descent on the French
coast and drawing a parallel be-
tween it and the Dieppe raid
when a dark head popped up
over the hedge.
"It's jolly near time I rescued
you from father," Barbara an-
nounced. "I'm driving into Shank-
lin. Would you like to come with
me?"
Graydon's hesitation was by no
means flattering He Looked
from daughter to father in some
confusion.
"Don't mind me, my boy," Col-
onel Hayley said promptly. "Of
course you'll want, to see some of
your old haunts. I'm due for my
nap anyway."
'Yes, but—" Jack left the sen-
tence unfinished.
"Tut, tut! Run along, both of
you. And Babs! There's some
things you can pick up for me."
He was giving his daughter a list
of the articles he wished when
Jack returned from the house,
cap in hand.
The Canadian climbed into the
two-wheeled trap with all the al-
acrity of a heretic on his way to
the Inquisition to take his seat
beside a Junior Subaltern of the
ATS, fully dressed in service uni-
form with two glistening pips on
each shoulder strap. Once more
he revised his opinion of her age.
"A fat little girl in pig-tails!"
Blast that idiot, Hyde! Of course
he had known better.
Once out of her father's sight
and hearing she turned to him
with a grimace. "I must say you
don't look too pleased at corning
with me. What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" he re-assured her
quickly. "It—er—was nice of
you to think of me."
"You always did dodge me.
You haven't changed a bit that
way. Otherwise you seem like a
different person."
Graydon winced.
"No, you're not a bit like the
cousin I remember," she went on.
"You've grown up, of course.
You're a man now and a lot more
serious than you used to be.
Thats only to be expected after
all you've been through. But
your manner's so different, even
your voice—and you talk just like
an American."
"I do not!" he disagreed ve-
hemently. "What you hear is an
honest Canadian accent—no more
like a Yank's than your's is--
Cockney."
"It sounds Yank to me," Barb-
ara disputed. "You needn't get
so huffy about it either!" The
dark eyes twinkled and the dim-
ple re-appeared. "I knew that
reference to your accent would
get a rise out of you. It's one
sure way to rile Canadians!"
"But I am a Canadian! Why
shouldn't I talk like one when
I—" he caught himself barely in
time,
"You were born in Hamp-
shire!". she informed him blunt-
ly. "You've lived in Canada half
your life, that's all, The next
thing I know you'll be finding
fault with our plumbing!
"Still, it's nearly 12 years. I
suppose one does change a bit in
that time, You've altered more
than I have, though, Or what do
you think?'
We'll—" he began cautiously.
wYou were only a little youngster
hen we left. Before lunch I
didn't think you'd changed so
much, but now—with your uni-
form and everything—" Once
more Graydon decided a wave of
the hand was safer than plain
speech.
"I'm twenty. Those two years
made a big difference when we
were kids. How you loathed to
have a dirty-faced little tomboy
chasing after you! And I did
chase you, Clarry! You'll never
realize how much I worshipped
you in those days."
He grinned. "Now I know
you've changed!"
"I wasn't any too anxious to
meet you . I was all prepared to
hate you. I know perfectly well
you were avoiding us. It wasn't
a bit thoughtful of you to stay
away so long. You were a per-
fect pig about that, Clarry. Sure-
ly you could have got away from
—" Her voice suddenly took on
a harsher tone. "—from the Pic-
cadilly ladies! Or where did you
spend all your leaves?"
Graydon reddened. He stared
fixedly at the road ahead.
"Oh. I'm frightfully sorry!"
Barbara said swiftly. "I didn't
really mean that. I'm not such
a cat actually. Because—now
that I've seen you and talked to
you. I—"
She turned in her seat to look
directly into his face. There was
no trace of raillery in her man-
ner. She was now the sober-
faced little school-girl of the pic-
ture in Peter's room, lacking only
the pigtails.
"I like you very much," she
said simply.
Jack felt his arms tingling and
a warm glow suffused him.What
a darling she was!
"We did dance a few steps last
night, didn't we," she asked.
He nodded.
"And you didn't remember this
morning?"
"No, not at first," he confessed.
"You looked a bit different after
cleaning the hen-house! " He
laughed. "But at lunch I was
sure I'd seen you somewhere be-
fore. Then, when your fathei
mentioned the dance I—"
"You spilt the coffee! By the
way, I did look you up this morn-
ing at the 'Princess'. They told
me no one named Hyde was
booked there. Couldn't you get
a room? I had no trouble my-
self."
"Mmm. I had quite a good
room on the first floor up."
"At the Princess Royal?"
"Yes."
"Oh!" She seemed to move
away from him and to give hei
full attention to the pony. She
was no longer smiling; her lips
were compressed into a thin, red
line. "Sorry!" she murmured.
"But I did stay there, Babs!"
"1-tight-O!" was the toneless re-
ply. "It serves me right for being
so nosey. Not that I blame you—
much. I thought she was very
charming, and anyone with half
an eye could tell she was very
fond of you."
She flicked the whip. The
pony broke into a jog-trot and
for the balance of the ride into
Shanklin the silence was broken
only by the 'clop-clop' of hoofs
and the sound of wheels on the
macadam road.
Graydon, seated beside her in
the trap, chain-smoked three cig-
arettes while he pondered the
reason for her sudden coolness.
It was all too obvious that the
Canadian sailor had told her of
his slip of the tongue in introduc-
"THE BLUE BELL"
SEES CLINTON'S
RCAF STATION
RCAF Station, Clinton, was
featured in the January issue of
The Blue Bell, a trade magazine
published monthly by the Bell
Telephone Company of Canada.
We quote:
"In the thirties service personnel
were often treated as people apart
from the communities near the
stations. Today members of the
air station are regarded as a real
and very important part of the
town, Participation in town act-
ivities is on an individual basis but
wherever RCAF personnel enter
into the community life they are
ambassadors of the air force, In
Clinton this system has worked
out very well. At present RCAF
staff are represented on the Cham-
ber of Commerce, the Lions and
Kinsmen Clubs and in various
church organizations.
"The President of the Kinsmen
Club and the guiding light behind
the founding of it is an air force
officer, Flight Lieutenant T. B.
Ianson.
"Sports, too, play a big part in
promoting friendship between the
RCAF and the town of Clinton.
Competition is keen and by pool-
ing facilities both groups gain
added chance to increase their
sports activities. The station fac-
ilities are often placed at the dis-
posal of the district leagues, even
when station personnel are not in
them.
"The air force today is Clinton's
biggest industry. Life is changing
with the influx of bright young
men and women. And Clinton
residents have a real hand in
Canada's defence effort through
the aid they are giving to the air-
men and women on their doorstep.
"In a larger sense, Clinton re-
tour and is currently with 434
Fighter Squadron at Uplands,
Ontario.
Second highest scorer is Wing
Commander Doug Lindsay, of
Arnprior, Ontario, whose score
is two destroyed and three dam-
aged.
Other pilots who have con-
tributed to the total score are:
F/L Claude Lafrance; S/L Omer
Levesque and F/L Larry Spurr,
each with one confirmed.
The RCAF fighter pilots are
attached to the USAF in Korea
for 50 trips or six months which-
ever is the shorter period. During
that time they fly and fight with
their allies and gain valuable operational experience.
presents the tremendous work
Canada is doing in the world to-
day. Her commitments to the
free nations of the Western world
are being carried out in a pract-
ical way at this air force base.
Young men and women are being
trained, not only as technical
staff, but as good citizens. They
represent our way of life and en-
able Canada, as .a coming world
power to work for peace through
NATO. That is the reason we
have an air force.
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Thursday, January 29, with an
estimated loss of $10,000, In less
than two hours, flames razed the
barn on the farm of Allister
Broadfoot, Tuckersmith Township,
R.R. 3, Seaforth, about four miles
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Phone 147—Clinton
ing himself. She had been wat-
ching him all evening and had
drawn her own conclusions when
she saw him standing with Judy
halfway up the stairs. Failing to
find the name 'Hyde' on the hotel
register, she had formed strong
suspicions as to where and how
her 'cousin' had spent the night.
Jack's red - faced confusion at
lunch had only served to corrob-
orate these suspicions.
Clearly she did not suspect his
identity. The fact that he had
not registered as Hyde was actu-
ally further proof that he was her
cousin. Doubtless she -had a
shrewd idea of Clarence Hyde's
habits on leave and if she were
displeased with his behaviour it
was no more than the louse de-
served. Yet instead of the relief
which he should have felt at this
corroboration of his assumed
identity, Graydon's uppermost
feeling was one of keen vexation.
Not that it made any real dif-
ference. He did not care What this snub-nosed kid thought of
him, He'd never see her again
and—
Never again? Jack realized
with a pang that he did want to
see her again many, many
times, But how could he square
himself?
"You are an ass!" ho told him-
self angrily. "You never saw
her before and you've fallen for
her like a ton of bricks!" (Pro bt continued) +++444444.44•44444 4•4044444.1.44-41-•
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