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Clinton News-Record, 1953-03-19, Page 11*THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1953 CLINTON NEWS*RECORD PAGE ELEVEN. and Adastral Park News RCAF Station Editor: F3/L H. W, KEANE, PRO Phone 882 Local 252 Assistant: P/O Helen Turner Local 2171 Laughing Through Clouds A Story of the R.C.A.F, ' 1952 By SEYMOUR ROBERTSON Copyright 21st INSTALMENT Iigjoining them a few minutes later, the Colonel accepted i .glass from Barbara and stood stiffly erect glancing from one face to another. Graydon, wat- ohinghim closely, got the im- .pression that he had aged greatly in the past few minutes. His cheeks were ashen, his eyes hard .and there was an unusual stern- ness about his mouth. The hand holding the glass was none too :steady. "Was your call important, dear?" Monster BING at St. Peter's Parish Hall, S. Joseph (French Settlement) on SATURDAY, MARCH 28 9 p.m. sharp $250.00 will be given away in CASH PRIZES 15 Rounds at $5 each 4 Special Rounds • 3 of $25 each, and 1 round for $100 Special Rounds 25c a card or 3 for 50e !ADMISSION $1.00 'Everybody is Cordially Invited MIDNIGHT DANCE EASTER MONDAY at 12.05 a.m. ;DANCING EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT, THEREAFTER 11-12-p Colonel Hayley did not reply to his wife's question. Instead, ne favored Jack Graydon with a long, steady look. It was a look that made the Canadian very uneasy. "No. Nothing much," he mum- bled finally. "Had to do with our Home Guard show tomorrow." But Barbara (Jack observed) was also watching her father's face, ,watching with narrowing eyelids. "'Fraid it's long past my bed- time," the Colonel announced curt- ly. "I must be up and off early in the morning. I shan't see you till tea, Clarence, but you'll not be leaving before then." "I think I'll turn in too, sir," Jack said. "I am a bit tired." Colonel Hayley offered his hand and as he held Jack's for a much longer period than was customary, his free hand gripped his guest's shoulder. The expression in his eyes was unfathomable, as he ad- ded. "Enjoy yourself tomorrow, my boy. It's—it's your holiday. Make the most of it." An odd remark, that! What was there about a Home Guard exer- cise to disturb the old man so much? Rising, Jack turned to his host- ess, who gave him an affectionate good -night kiss. Barbara, without a moment's hesitation, offered, her cheek. "You grand little sport!" Jack breathed, as his lips brushed her forehead. "Thanks a million!" Once more alone in Peter's bed- room, Graydon lit a cigarette and still fully clad except for the loosening of ' his tunic belt, sat staring fixedly at one of the photo- graphs on the opposite wall—the picture of the school -girl with the pigtails. Yes, she did resemble Clarence Hyde, after all. She had the same nose, the same incredibly long eye -lashes. But her features had now developed a beauty of which this photograph, five years old, gave only a promise. She was his confidant now, and his ally. How much wiser it had been to tell her the truth! What would Hyde think of this unforeseen development? Hyde, the idiot,, who had persistently avoided visiting Halebridge, who still talked of his cousin as if she were a school child. Blast Hyde! Deluxe ool Shirts CLOSING OUT SPECIALS Reg. 9.95 for Only in sizes 15, 15t//, 16' GOOD HEAVY WOOL MACKINAW COATS— $4.75 In Blue and Green ■ $10 95 Reg. $16.00—Reduced to You Cannot Buy Quality Merchandise Any Cheaper In Canada.. We Meet Any Price. 4 9 soodi o .?U CLINTON - ONTARIO PHONE 42 CLINTON For Implement or Garage Wall 113nough 4.x8 .SHEETS 54 PLYWOOD boxed on 2x4's inter- locking for size 28x32. 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What was it that had caused the sudden change :n Colonel Hayley's manner? It had nothing to do with the Home Guard scheme, Jack was convinced of that. It was concerned with something much more serious than Island manoeuvres else why had he, Graydon, been subjected to so sharp a scrutiny? Had the Coi- gne' discovered who he was — or rather, who he was not? Barbara, it was plain, had not been deceived by"her father's evasive answer. Nor (Jack concluded) had Mrs. Hay- ley, who was much more observant than one credited her with being. He had come up to bed none too soon. Another half-hour in the library might have proved disast- rous. He crushed out his cigarette and was about to remove his tunic when he heard a light tap on the door. "All right for me to come in?" a low voice whispered. It was a voice that now thrilled Graydon whenever he heard it. He leaped up quickly. "I thought I'd best take care of Clarry's picture," Barbara said softly as Jack closed the door be- hind her. "I'll keep it for you." "I'm going to tell your mother at breakfast," Jack declared. "You 'are not! After the way I rescued you tonight? Don't you dare go and spoil it!" "You were simply wizard, Barb- ara. I'd never have got through the meal if it hadn't been for you." "Then stop fretting. They don't suspect." . "I'm not sure," Jack muttered. "What was your father's phone call about? I'm sure it had noth- ing to do with the Home Guard." "Of course it hadn't. But it had nothing to do with you either. Is that the picture? Thanks." She turned over the envelope to read the address. "I won't open it. It's addressed to mum, I see. Aunt Mary ordered it for us. That brainless chump would never think of it What's he like, really?" "I hardly know him," Graydon confessed. "All the chaps say he's a wizard pilot, but he's a ..." "A damn fool," Barbara finish- ed. "Afraid to tell father he was up for a GCM! Goodness! You ought to hear the tales father tells! I'll take care of father." "Now, about tomorrow," she ad- ded. "You won't want to see Caris- brook. It's nothing much, act- ually. If it's fine we might go over to Shanklin Chine. We'll get Bill if he's not on duty and, on yes! Betty Furness. You'd like to meet her, wouldn't you?" "Blast Bill! Blast Betty Fur- ness!" Graydon thought. But aloud he said: "Oh, I'd just as soon not—" He hesitated. How could he tell Barbara that he was not keen to share her company with the Navy? Bill Brandham needed no help from him. "Because she's a ranker? We Islanders don't pay any attention to that rot. I thought Canadians were more democratic." "It's not that at all. I know Betty Furness as well as you do. She works in our mess." "She WHAT?" "She's the bar corporal at Mid- lands." Barbara clapped a hand over her mouth to stifle an outburst of laughter. "Oh, Johnnie! This is priceless! I thought you were trying to flirt with a strange wo- man in Colson's. And that puz- zled me too, because I'd already begun to suspect you weren't Clarry and then—You must have been on pins and needles." "Don't think I wasn't! But niy train leaves at two, you know." "From Arreford, yes. But you needn't go that way. Father will be back for tea and he'll have the car. He's driving me to Totland and Yarmouth's right on the way. We can drop you there, you can cross to Lymington, get a bus into Southampton and be in heaps of time to catch the London express." "Yes, but—" Jack hesitated. "Oh, if you must go by Ryde, all right!" There was a roguisn twinkle in Barbara's eyes. "You haven't a Sunday evening date in Southsea, have you?" „No!" "She was nice, Johnnie! I thought she was awfully cute. Goodness! If I only had a slim figure like hers there's no telling the hearts I could break!" "You're not doing so bad your- self," Graydon muttered. "I was just thinking how lucky some chaps are. I wish I had a cousin to get me out of scrapes!" 'With her hand on the doorknob Barbara turned to fire a parting shot: "What makes you think I'm doing this for him?" (To Be Continued) S/L Creeper Revi SROI No. 6 Graduates Radio ofStaff Ra o The graduation er 6 tock Officer Course.Number place on Monday, March 16, The ten members of the course have undergone 17 weeks of staff and technical training, including rad- ar, electronics, public speaking, service management and various other administrative and technical subjects. Having completed the course the graduates are quali- fied to fill the staff officer posi- tions connected with their post- ings. The graduates are Squadron Leader G. D. Bland, Flight Lelut- enants P, E. Pigeon, D. C. Far- rell, R. A. Coulter, F. Labbe, C. L. McManus, J. W. Smith, Flying Officers L. R. Verhelst, M. J. Meed and R. R, Vezina. The Reviewing Officer for this occasion was Wing Commander J. E. Creeper DFC, Officer Corn- .manding 405 (Maritime) Squad- ron, Greenwood N.S. Wing Com- mander Creeper enlisted in North Bay in 1941 and served in the Canadian Bomber Group in the United Kingdom, where he won the Distinguished Flying Cross. During his address, directed to the Flight Cadets forming the Colour Guard as well as to the graduates, Wing Commander Creeper emphasized the necessity for a high degree of proficiency in Radio Officers in Maritime group. The Colour Guard was under the Command of Flight Lieuten- ant J. H, Hoult and Flying Of- ficer S. Kerr, both of Number One Air Radio Officer School. 0 ews I RCAF WEDDING Sergeants' Mess Annual St. Patrick's Dance The annual .St, Patrick's Dance was held in the Sergeants' Mess on Saturday, March 14 and was attended by over 200 members and their wives. The mess was appropriately decorated for this Irish occasion with many green and white streamers and there was an abundance of shamrocks. During the dance many popular Irish selections were played by Sergeant Frank Hamon and his Musicairs and numerous Irish songs by Sergeant Murray Plunk- ett. The many guests joined in the communal singing of the fav- ourites and added much to the gay spirit of this colourful event. A buffet of fried chicken was served at intermission and among the guests at the head table were Wing Commander and Mrs. B. G. Miller, Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader and Mrs. Bury, Warrant Officer and Mrs. Me - Kenna, and Flight Sergeant and Mrs. Mel ketch. 424 Fighter Squadron Takes Weekend Survival Training Hamilton's 424 Fighter Squad- ron (Auxiliary) is showing the reg- ular air force that it too can ran a Survival Training School. Not on the same scale as the RCAF's internationally famed Sur- vival School at Edmonton, the Hamilton training consists of week ends in the bush area around Coboconk, 125 miles north of To- ronto in the Lake Simcoe district. But the serious effort the Harnil- tonians put into their training is every bit as much as that of the parent school. F/O Murray Linkert, a graduate of the Edmonton School, takes a trio of students up to the bush site on Saturday mornings and from then until they drag them- selves home Sunday night, the boys exist on emergency rations plus whatever they can catch or snare. Building their own shelters, the pilots sleep in regulation RCAF sleeping bags. They also construct signal patterns to attract the at- tention of searching 424 Squadron aircraft, sent out to locate the "missing" flyers. This instruction is designed to equip the Auxiliary pilots to make the best use of their emergency supplies and the survival assist- ance offered by Mother Nature. 0 OFFICERS WIN STATION VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The championship of the Inter- sectional Volleyball League . of RCAF Station, Clinton, was won by the team representing the Staff Officers. The team representing the Telecommunication Officers provided very stiff opposition for the first three games but could not overcome the sustained attack of the winners. Both teams were well balanced and some excellent volleyball was played in the first three games. At the beginning of the fourth game the officer team had a lead of two games to one and the series was expected to go the full five games. The winners led by F/L's "Jimmy" Hynds, Keith Young and "Hal" Halliday took an early lead which they never relinquished, and won the last game, by the decisive mar- gin of 15 to three. ERS —TUR ER BOW N The Protestant chapel of RCAF Station, Clinton, was the setting on Saturday afternoon when Fly- ing Officer Helen Turner, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. 'Turn- er, Edmonton, Alta., became the bride of Flying Officer J. L, Bow- ers. Miss Turner is the assistant chief administrative officer at RCAF Clinton and F/0 Jack Bowers is a flying instructor at Centralia. The marriage service was performed by F/L Jensen Protestant padre of Clinton. The bride, given in marriage by Wing Commander B. G. Miller, wore a cocktail length strapless white gown of satin and a net overskirt, which was complement- ed with a white satin jacket. A tiara of white and silver beads held her white net veil. The veil was Miss Turner's confirmation veil and was finely embroidered with small crosses. The bride's bouquet consisted of a white pray- er book with red roses and a streamers of white ribbons and carnations. Mrs. W. D. Turner,, the bride's sitter -in-law, was matron of hon- our. The matron of honour wore a. pale blue brocade dress and veil, pale blue sandals, a, tiara type headdress of roses and lily of the valley, and carried a nose- gay of carnations. The bride's mother wore a for- est green wool crepe dress with i soft yellow and black felt hat and a corsage of yellow 'mums and carnations. F/O Doug McLaughlin, Trent- on, was groomsman and ushers were F/0 L. Graves, Trenton and Sgt. W. D. Turner, brother of the bride, Camp Borden. Sgt. M. Plunkett, Clinton, sang "Penis Angellicus" and the organist was F/L R. Pattison, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. • A reception in the Officers' Mess followed and the toast to the bride was proposed by S/ , J. Arnold, Chief Administrative officer at RCAF Station Clinton. RCAF PERSONALS Corporal and Mrs. A. T. Har- vey who have been residing in Clinton have left for Penhole, Al- berta. Mrs. C. C. Turner, Edmonton, was a recent guest of Wing Com- mander and Mrs. B. G. Miller at their home on Victoria Boulevard. Flight Sergeant and Mrs. E. S. Hatch and their two children were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Griffiths, Toronto. Flight Sergeant Hatch who is NCO iic Mobile Equipment was a guest at the Automotive Show during his visit to Toronto. 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At Clinton he was primarily interested in the first-hand study of the methods employed by the RCAF, to train NO. 119 ground and aircrew personnel in the electronics field. Number Otte Air Radio Officer School and Rad- ar and Communicationschop S 1 provided ample opportunity for such a study. Seeing the Australian uniform again reminded many of the staff of the days of their own basic training. The "cobbers" from "down -under" worked hand in hand with them under the British Commonwealth Air Training Platt and again later, on operational units, G/C Iiingwell was accompanied by Mrs. Kingwell and their two children. During his visit his fam- ily was entertained at the home of W/C and Mrs. B. G. Miller. Last year 38,734 Canadians, young and old, learned tswimming and water safety in 4,925 classes conducted by volunteer instruc- tors. TNECalvert SPORTS COLUMN Eeffte4 7neyedoo This is a great week for the Irish, in- deed and it is now. The sons of the Ould Sod may have lost their leadership In boxing, in long -jumping and some other sports in which they onm excelled, but there's one sport no one can take away from the Irish. That's handball. They invented it. Not a major sport, to be sure, but a great conditioning game of speed and skill, used by fighters, wrestlers, firemen, policemen to reach top physical shape, by business men, editors, lawyers, to keep waist -line down to normal proportions. The hardy Irish played hand -ball in the tenth century. They called it "fives", because the five fingers of each hand were used to send the ball crashing into the board walls. Meham Biggs of Tipperary was the hand -ball wizard, the Bob Feller, the Joe Black of his day. He could make a hand -ball spin and curve like a baseball pitcher controls a ball. England borrowed hand -ball from Ireland two centuries ago. "Fives" is still a big game at Eton, has been for years. From hand- ball, so it is believed, came tennis, racquets and other such sports. They owe it all to the Irish. And this is a fine week, so it is, to emphasize that point. It goes without, saying that hand -ball came to America with 'emigration from Ireland. In 1882, one Phil Casey mig- rated to Brooklyn and was distressed to learn there were no . hand -ball court in the States. Casey and fellow immigrants batted the hard ball brought from the ould country against the brick wall of New York buildings, but the rough surface nullified the spin, hence the finer art declined. Casey was enterprising enough to build a slick wooden court with side walls and he charged a fee. Alumni of the Casey academy soon penetrated to Midwestern and Pacific Coast communities, especially Detroit and San Francisco. The Irish of that 'day had an ambition to join the "farce", i.e., the force, and wear a uniform. Accordingly there was hardly a police station or a fire house in the strip of Northern States from the Atlantic to the Pacific that didn't serve as a back wall for hand -ball playing. And in public and private gymnasiums, the game came into great vogue, because it was much more convenient to play hand -ball, than, for instance, golf, which took time to travel to the links, So today, thanks to the Irish of 2,000 years ago, and thanks later to the Caseys, the Egans, the Cavanaughs and the McQuades, hand -ball, the game of the Irish, still flourishes, sharpens the reflexes between hands and feet, sharpens the eye, develops durability, stamina and good physical condition. Four -wall hand -ball was the original game and still is played. 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