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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-02-26, Page 9' 'AURs»A' , FEEIWART 26, tJa C IN7'Ol�i N1'+WS•IMCO 2• station and Adastral Park News Laughing Through Clouds it Story of the R.Q,.A,.F. By . SEYMOVR ROAERTSQN 1•STIX IINSTAIXENT The questioning air with which Graydon awaited his companion's explanation was not free from personal concern. While he -could see little Connection between his ever-present fear and their Very hasty dparture from the tea- room he fully expected interrooa- tivn and mentally prepared him self for the worst, "Didyou happen to notice the petty officer who sat xiear us?" she asked. "That sailor reading the book? Yes, I saw him, Why?" "He wasn't reading," Barbara said, "Oh, he had the book open right enough but he wasn't pay- ing any attention to it, He was too busy listening to the talk that went on around him." "Our talk. Whatever for ?" Jack tried to remember if he bad said anything to betray his real identity. The sailor had been a total stranger to him. But was he a stranger to Clarence Hyde?" "Not. Not to ours especially. But he's a Security type. He pricked up his ears as soon as you said 'Samuel and Gerstein' and •then when you fairly shouted it at the top of your voice I expect- ed him to come right over, Copyright 1952 And---" She paused and looked at him through narrowing eye- lids. "It .might have meant some embarrassing questions for you.' "For m?" e Jack was mystified. "It doesn't make sense. What's so odd about a couple of Jews ;n the tobacco business?" "Samuel and Gerstein!" she re- peated with a show of irritation. "S and 0! Do you mean to tell me youdont know Oh, I"m for- getting! the You, were out in h Middle East, of course. You might not know at that. Maybe they didn't call them that out there," Graydon, of course, had not been in the ?last, For months he had been hospitalized at East Grinstead and during that con- finement had been out of touch with many service matters. Fear- ful lest he say anything that would betray him he maintained a discreet silence. "He meant the "'Scharnhorst' and `Geeisenau' naturally," Barb- ara continued. "Don't tell me you didn't know that." " 'Scharnhorst and—You mean those two Nazi cruisers in Brest harbor?" Barbara's grave eyes searched his countenance once : more. In +-41-a+.+.e Hunting Season is just about over When putting your gun or rifle away be sure it is not going to rust before it goes into action again. OUTERS CLEANING KITS $3.75 HOJPES No. 9 SOLVENT .60 MARBLES GUN OIL ' .45 WINCHESTER GUN OIL .50 HOPPES GUN GREASE .45 PALMA LUBRICANT .50 SHEATH RUST PREVENTATIVE .50 If you are looking for a BARGAIN* in a gun or rifle—drop in— WE HAVE 'EM. Sp. Sovth 0 ,7icc s LINTON 4 ONTARIO O PHONE 42 CLINTON o•o-r,-s-.� spite of his growing apprehension Jack was again struck by her re- semblance to the sober: faced, pig -tailed school -girl of the photo, graph in Peter's room. Clarry, she demanded stele devnly, Do you know what Y "Yes.,, "What is it?" He told her. "One can't be too careful," she said. Then, rapidly, .she shot several trick euestions at him, the answers to which were known only to a certain branch of the services, M last satisfied with his 'replies, she continued: "They were In Brest harbor— not now. They slipped out in the fog last night and ran up the Channel. By this tune they're probably hi German waters." Whew!" "Yes, the 5 and G got away. We haven't announced it yet. Oddly enough the German wire- less hasn't •said a thing about .it either ---not yet. The point is; they never should have got clear away. The RDF at The Needles should have picked them up. Not Appuldurcombee-" "No," Jack agreed. "I imagine its lobes aren't low enough." Barbara nodded. "That doesn't account for The Needles' failure. Was it bungling? Sheer ineffic- iency? Or something much wor- se? That's what the S.I.B. is trying to find out, The Island's filled with Security types asking all sorts of questions." Graydon said nothing. H e puffed nervously at his cigarette while he stared absently at a flock of magpies that flitted over the top of the bordering hedge. Suppose the Nazi cruisers had escaped, there was nothing he could do about it. But the pres- ence of an active squad of S.I.B, types on the Island was some- thing else again. He was an too well aware of the methods of that branch when its investigators were on the prowl. No one was safe from their interrogation. "The thing that's puzzling me most is this," Barbara added. "You didn't recognize the words 'Samuel and Gerstein', dict you? And all the Bomber boys call them that. You've been on a Bomber OTU for months. Let's see, when did you leave Cairo?" The direct query, asked calmly enough, came like a thunder -clap. When HAD Hyde left the Middle East? Graydon himself had been stationed at Midlands less than four weeks but Hyde (or so he believed) had been there for some time before his arrival. But how long had Hyde been there? He chalked up another black mark against the lad for his failure to tell him that all-important detail. "Let me think," he said, rub- bing his forehead as if he were trying to recall an exact date. "I left Port Said in—December. Oh, the early part—" It was a reckless shot and it was wide of the mark. Barbara's expression of astonishment 'told him he had made an irretrievable bender. "December!" she exclaimed. "You surely can't mean that! 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It+esideixce+ 3SS 1 i SII(881llIilN�lil(IIIU�BINICfiIll�lil((};}GI�NO!{Illifl�llhllllflN�B{8lilll�fl4�11i181{N4�lfi{BI4l1H8fY88118{I1f181111({IlIl0811I181(Nil(fllNilillll81181�(i1I11(((818118i1f81ff((fll(If1f1�8Si�ii81�(i81Ifi181fNf11i8;NflOIIkN�8181iN81181i{IElfhll�ifYB(�iN�hi9�f1 RCAF :PERSONAL Clontdbutions to this column are welcomed, Any person Beer of news maf be phoned to Mrs, 1.. Abbott, Phone 589x1.; S/L i eane, phone a83 local 252; or to the office of The pL1N- TON NEWS-1/11CQIi•D, phone 4, Visiting with Mrs, J. Chambers and family is Miss Molly Clim- bers, Boston $ar, E,C, Chief of Training At AROSandR&CS On Tuesday, February 17, Air Commodore P. A. R. Bradshaw DFC, CD, visited RCAF Station Clinton. Air Commodore Brad- shaw is the newly appointed Chief of Training for the RCAF and is stationed at Air Force Headquar- ters, Ottawa. On his arrival at the Station he inspected a Guard of Honour under the command of Flight Cadet P. Yates of Howley, Newfoundland. Group Capt. A. B. Searle, AFC, CD, Chief of Ground Training for the RCAF and Wing Commander E. 3, Greenway CD, of the Direct- orate of Air Training accompanied the Air Commodore. The party inspected Number One Air Radio Officer School and Rad- ar and Communications School to study the various training meth- ods and facilities employed in training. Home and School To Assist at 'Open House' A general meeting of the A/V/M Hugh Campbell Home and School Association was held on Thursday, February 19 with 50 persons pres- ent. Speaker for the evening was Captain Jolly of the Canadian Dental Corp who spoke on the care of the teeth. At the conclus- ion of Capt. Jolly's address a firlm was shown entitled "Camouflage." Highlight of the evening was the arranging of a skating party for the school children. This is to be held on Thursday, February 26. Skating will be enjoyed frees 2,45 p.m. until 4.30 p.m. when all the children will return to the school for a lunch. A general invitation was extended to any parents who would like to attend with their ehildzfe.n. On March 5 there will be an open house 'at the school when samples of the work done by the children will be on display. Prin- cipal C. Trott will be in charge of the program for the evening and the Home and School Association will be serving lunch. All parents are invited to attend this open house which is being held in con- junction with Education Week from March 1 to 7. Lunch was served by Mrs. Rea- tha Carter with the assistance of Mrs. Terry Jackson and Mrs. L. C. Alien. Michaelmas, from London!" Graydon winced. When the hell was Michaelmas? "Yes, I remember it distinctly. You wrote from London and you were binding because you had to come home by sea when you want- ed to fly." There was still a wild chance that he might bluff it out. "Oh, no! You're mixed up there, Barbara. Must have been some one else who—" "I'm not the one who's mixed up!" she retorted. "I can even tell you the troop -ship you sailed in. The 'Rhodesian Castle', was- n't it?" Jack's vague inclination of the head would have served either as a confirmation or a denial. He supposed Hyde had sailed in the 'Rhodesian Castle.' And he was utterly floored by Barbara's next statement. "The 'Rhodesian Castle'," she announced calmly, "has been at the bottom of the sea since last August." "Oh, hell!" The girl shrugged her should- ers. "If you don't wish to tell me it's your own affair. I don't see why you have to make such a secret of it, though." She took up the reins and guided the pony back into the middle of the road. For a dozen revolutions of the trap -wheels neither spoke. Jack stole a cautious glance at Barb- ara's profile as she sat very erect, her little nose in the air, her lips pursed. In spite of her obvious annoyance she did look to be a very good sport; indeed, she had already given him ample proof of that. Would she understand, he wondered, if he told her the whole, story? .Anxiously, he realized that dinner was ahead of him, dinner and a long evening in Colonel Hayley's Company. He would be asked many questions about the East and, in his present confused state, he could not have said whether it was Cairo or Alexan- dria that bordered the sea. Barb- ara, from Peter's letters, doubt- less knew more about Egypt than he did. Impulsively, he seized the reins and, clasping the driv- er's hand in his own, drew the pony to a stop. I'll tell you all about it," he said. "And then you're sure to think I'm a proper louse." "No, I won't --- Clarry;" she promised. And with those dark - lashed blue eyes full upon him it was small wonder he did not notice the barely perceptible pause before she pronounced the name. "You'd have found it out soon- er or Wel'," he went on. I'm not your cousin at all. My name's not nycic---it's Graydon. Jack Cray - don," (To he continued) Canadian Airmen Aid Victims Of England's Flood Personal reports .of the part Canadian airmen played in the rescue operations in flood -ravished England have been received by the Air Force in Ottawa, ' Commanding a rescue squad xf airmen from the RCAF Fighter base at North Luffenharn, Flight Lieutenant Allan Marshall, Peter- borough, said the group roamed through the sunken streets of Yar- mouth in a specially designed truck rescuing stranded English families from their homes. Another team of RCAF men were working round the clock to help repair the broken dykes which Protected the East Anglia town from the cold waters of the raging North Sea, "Many of the flood's first victims were earning back to pick up cloth- ing .and other precious belongings left in the haste of the first evac- uation," F/L Marshall said. "I helped one man gather up clothing in the second floor rooms of his house, We bundled tdgether warm sweaters and coats for his children and fished some of his furniture from the living room. Outside the RCAF truck stood by, the airmen loading it with other family be- longings." The Air Force officer said that for many of the Canadians an the rescue job it was a grim reminder of the Winnipeg floods. There were neat rows of English cottages all with • their first floor curtains awash a n d furniture floating around listlessly in the rooms. Up and down the flooded streets the tops of cars appeared in places above the water. F/L Marshall said that in some instances the older people, who at first refused to Ieave their homes, were now being forced out by the cold and threat of disease. Household pets were equally hard hit by the historic, flood, ac- cording to F/L Marshall: "I watched one man hand an airman a goldfish bowl, rescued from his flooded home," he said. "The fish was a family pet, sorely missed by his children." He related another incident: "A lady came down where the Canad- ians were working and tearfully explained that her Persian cat had been left behind in her flooded home. She wanted the cat fed. We can now assure Mrs. Humby that her cat has been fed even though it called for some fancy second storey work to get inside the house." He said the English people were grateful for the rescue work car- ried out by the Canadian airmen and one lady, speaking for a group said: "I don't know who you are, but if you should ever come back to Yarmouth you have a place to live." 0 VoIIey Rall ,Semi-finals Completed on Station The semi-finals of the RCAF Station Clinton House League were played in the Recreational Centre on Monday night. The first place team representing the Officers' Mess were opposed by the flight cadet entry who had finished the schedule in fourth place. The of- ficers won two consecutive games in this event and were not serious- ly handicapped by the absence of F/L's Boyzchuk and Halliday who are key men on the team. F/L's Jimmy Hynes and Bob Burnett were star performers and F/C's Manley and Broome turned in fine games for the determined losers. In the other semi-final event a strong team representing the Tel- ecommunications Officers were forced to three games before de- feating a well balanced senior NCO team who were without the services of their star, W/O Rusty Brown. F/O's Stroud, Mason and Leschuk performed/very well for the winners. The finals for the championship of the station are scheduled for next week when the officers and TCO's meet in a three out of five series. PAM NINE itor; S/I, lEliw W. Ku" FAQ none 882 ',meal. 252 Assistant; Won •11i . er :Local 211 Airmen Visit Plant at Oshawa No, fi SROI course left Clinton on Sunday for a visit to the Gen- eral Motors plant in Oshawa, The course was accompanied by S/L, W. L. Baynton, Officer Command- ing at No. 1 Air Radio Officer School Clinton and F/L T. Cook, officer lit charge of Service Man- agement training at No. 1 AROS, This liaison visit to General Mators provides the SROI's with an excellent opportunity to observe first hand how the principles of service management are applied in Canadian industry. There is a parallel between personnel man- agement in Canadian Industry and the services and considerable ex- perience is derived from these visits. Tours of this nature fost- er a spirit of co-operation and un- derstanding between industry and the services and are an excellent medium, • for exchange of ideas be - tweet', servicemen and civilian workers. The officers of the SROI course who visited Oshawa included S/L G. D. Bland, F/i, R. A. Coulter, F/O C, D. Farrell, F/L J. F. F. Labbe, F/O M. J. Meed, rn, C. L. McManus, F/L P. E. Pigeon, F/L J. L. Smith, F/O L. R. Ver- heist, and F/O J. R. R. Vezina. NCO'S WIVES' TO MEET The next regular meeting of the NCO's Wives' Auxiliary will be held on Monday, March 2. NO, 116 w. Protestant Preaching Mission Tanned The annual RCAF Protestant :preaching mission has been organ- ized and is scheduled for three days starting March 17 and eon- eluding on March 10. The mission which is planned for every person serving in the RCAF calls for a three day service at a.0 RCAF Stations including special services at North Luffman and Langer, and Grostenquin, ince and Zweibrucken, Ger- many. The object of the mission as out* lined by G/C R. M. Frayne, Direc- tor of Protestant Religious Ad= ministration at! AFII- Q, is ""to re- m that t Christian principles and doctrines are the very basis of our democratic way of life, and to appeal to Canadian airmen and airwomen for a re-newal of loy- alty to these principles and doc- trines" The RCAF Chaplains, former chaplains, and outstanding church leaders across the nation will car- ry out the mission, In addition interest is being fostered in this venture for the dependents of ser- vice personnel who lived in married quarters or the surrounding area, The theme of this year's airfor- ce mission is "Creative Living." The services at RCAF Station Clinton are scheduled for 0800 hours in the Rec Hall and again at 1930 hours in the station chapel. S/L K. House, Protestant padre of RCAF Station Trenton will be the guest speaker for this mission. iAECa`VPit SPORTS C1LM ev &met 90140,00 It seems to this observer that one of the greatest sports dramas of 1952, which had quite a number of these, was crowded into the last day but one of the year, when little Tony Despirito ,won a desperate battle against the most relentless opponents of all, Old Father Time. Tony Despirito is a jockey. He hadn't been heard of when 1952 dawned, he may never again hit the heavy type. But December 30, 1952 was his moment of glory, the climax of a play that gripped the imagination of sports folk all over this continent. 'On the morning of December 30, Tony had ridden 385 race winners. So that every one of the year's closing days would count, he flew to Havana to ride in the Sunday races there, then flew back to Florida to resume his attack on the old mark of 388 winners in a single year. So, with one day to go, he needed four winners to break the record, and on that day, he rode the four winners, became the new champion. He had one day to go, which is drawing it as close as any camera finish could be. The undersized sou of a textile mill -worker, at Lawrence, Mass., was so small that other youngsters called him "The Runt" and shooed him away from their games, lest some bigg- er lad should trample him. So he wandered the eight miles to Lou Smith's Rockingham Park, and began to hang around the barns. Kindly horsemen let him earn a buck by walking "hots" -- that is, cooling out horses after a race. He rode horses for training in the morning and finally, he got a mount, but he didn't get close to the pay-off line. In fact, he rode so poorly that the stewards instructed that Tony wasn't to have any more mounts until he developed skill and timing. So it was back to the exercise gallops in the mornings for the kid from Lawrence. In January 1952, at Florida's Sunshine Park, he got an- other chance. He rode Great Shuffle and won. Even then, success didn't blaze a sudden easy trail. For stewards at Sun- shine shooed him away, told him to quit riding before he killed himself, or somebody else. "You'll never be a jockey" they advised. But the kid didn't heed the advice. We presume he felt, as have a. lot of other kids in a great many other sports, that he had the stuff if given any kind of a break. He went back to New England, and on the Iesser tracks there, he began to ride at a rate slightly more than sensational. One day he had six winners, is now the eighth jockey in 5' years to ride more than 300 winners in a year. 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