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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-04-23, Page 9Editor: F/L T, E. W. RQBSON' Phone 382, Local 352 NO. 123 TNECaIVPrt SPORTS COLUMN �y &meC ?eo�t It came into being only three years ago, as winter's answer to Little League baseball, but today, Biddy Basketball has grown with giant strides as another development cal- culated to interest the kids of our nation in clean competitive sport, and thereby combat the inroads of juvenile, delinquency. Canada hasn't quite kept step with the United States, even comparatively, in the growth of Biddy Basketball, Nor, in fact, has the game grown in Canada to the same extent as Little League baseball. But it is malting rapid headway. For there are about twenty-seven Canadian cities with Biddy Basketball fairly well organized. There are probably twelve to fifteen hundred participants whose ages according to regulations range from thirteen years down to nine. Most of these cities are in Quebec, Ontario and the Western Provinces. Most of the Canadian Biddy Basketball Clubs are. organ- ized and sponsored by Social Centres, Boys Associations and the odd community project. The schools have not as yet taken it up in any official way. The physical welfare of the boy is taken into consideration and a careful check is made so that ' they do not strain themselves, either physically or emotionally. In the United States, the growth of the game has »eeri ahnost fantastic. From the original 16 teams in one state it has spread, until now it has more than 10,000 small fry play- ing on 1200 teams in 44 states. And it is being played in 11 foreign countries. The program is regulation basketball in miniature, de- signed specifically for the younger set. .The rules are tailored to their measurements and immature strength, such as lower- ing the hoops a foot and a half, shortening the foul line three feet, and using a smaller ball. The appeal of this youth movement is almost irresistible. And it has received great impetus from Jay Archer, former State Teachers College star, who tours the country spreading the gospel of sport. Canada has gone along without such inspirational help, carried on the wave of Little League base- ball success, but as in baseball, Canadian teams will soon be ready to compete in the national tournaments held annually across the line, just as did our champion Little Leaguers compete with distinction in the Little League baseball play- offs last autumn. These juvenile leagues are great, things for the youngsters. They cut across race, creed, and other beliefs and social dis- tinctions in a fashion that is more truly democratic than pre- vails in anything outside sport. They start our kids off on truly democratic lines, something that only sport, the great leveller, can accomplish. • Your comments and suggestions for this column will be wekomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge Sl., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMNERSTBURG, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1953 RCAF Station and St. John Provides Fun 'For RCAF Trainees iand sic Retreat on physical educe - tion play a big part in Air Force training and to carry out this specialized work the RCAF has some of the best instructors in the field. To the recruits who receive their first taste of service life at the manning depot at RCAF Sta- tion St. John, P,Q., the large, well -stocked recreation building offers almost unlimited recreation- al and physical training facilities, Carefully chosen instructors, who are specialists in their line of work, are on duty to implement the physical training program laid down by the RCAF and also to Instruct and supervise -the recruits during their off-duty hours. These instructors know their business and some are nationally known athletes who have compet- ed in°the Olympic Games and the British Empire Games. Leading Aircraftsman Eddie Haddad, 25, of Winnipeg and Vic- ' toria, former Canadian light- weight boxing champion, is one of the instructors the recruits will meet at St. Johns, Prior to join- ing the RCAF last year he served 'for five years in the Royal Canad- ian Navy, based at Esquimalt, near Victoria. During that time he served in the Korean war zone aboard HMCS Athabaska. LAC Haddad started his boxing career, while waiting to join the Navy in 1946, by winning the Manitoba light -weight boxing championship. From this start he climbed the ladder of success to enter the Olympic Games in Lon- don in 1948. "I won three bouts but lost the decision and wound up in third spot," the athletic specialist re- called. Training harder than ever, he again went after the champion- ship crown and in 1950 competed in the British Empire Games in New Zealand. He wound up in third place. A shoulder injury suffered in the Korean war zone put an end to LAC Haddad's boxing career but he is still keenly interested in the sport and spends many off- duty hours coaching the young airmen at St. Johns. And for those airmen who are interested in weight lifting, LAC Rene Lake, of Montreal, is on 4-4,-4+41440 Trout Season Opens May 1st See Our Tackle First WHIRLAWA.Y CASTING RODS - complete with reels— ,e (the latest thing for spinning and casting) No. 6151/2 ea. $27.50 No. 726 ea. 29.95 PRACTISE PLUGS ea. .35 CHAIN FISH STRINGERS ea. .75 SPINNING FLOAT ea. .25 SPINNING LINES, per 100 yds., 3, 6, 8 Ib. test, per 100 yds. 1.00 to .1.95 CASTING LINES, 10, 15, 20 lbs. test, per 50 yds. 1.00 25 Ib. test, per 50 yds. 1.15 45 Ib. test, per 50 yds. 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Host of the trip was a crew of a North Star aircraft from the fam- ous 426 Thunderbird Squadron, based at Lachine, Quebec, The trip which began in Mont- real lasted 21 days and included stops in Edmonton, Vancouver, Tacoma, Alaska, The Aleutians, and Tokyo, Japan. F/L Burnett has been a flying instructor on the staff of Number One Air Radio Officers School in Clinton for the past 18 months. He enlisted in the RCAF in April 1941, and served throughout the war. In 1949 he was transferred to London, England and spent a period of two years as an Air Radio Officer on an aircraft which flew senior government officials throughout Europe and North Africa. hand to get them started in the right direction. ' The 24 -year-old airman, who has won many weight lifting awards in the middle - heavyweight class, has been sta- tioned at St. Johns, P.Q., since. he enlisted in the RCAF in July last year. LAC Lake has chalked up quite an impressive record in his field. Recently he won the Montreal Senior Championship for the four- th time in five years, at the same time setting new Canadian re- cords which remain ' unbeaten in open competition. Foremost in his mind now is to prepare for the pre -game trials of the British Empire Games to be held at Vancouver in the summer of 1954. He will again compete in the middle -heavyweight class for weight lifters. These men have learned the value of physical fitness and daily at RCAF station St. John they are passing this information on to the thousands of Air Force re- cruits that are posted to the unit. •-•-4-4,-•-•-•$-4+ LONDESBORO The sudden untimely winter of this week has put a halt to seed- ing operations on the farm. Misses Flossie and Esther Jam- ieson and Mrs. Townsend attended the Presbyterial at Goderich on Tuesday. Mrs. William Lyon, who spent the winter months with her dau- ghter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Moroso, Hamilton, returned to her home here on Sunday. John McDonald and Mrs. Alvin McDonald, Walton, and Miss Jean McGale, Toronto, Mrs. Neil and Jim were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Allen. Mrs. Nellie Watson is a patient in Clinton Public Hospital, having underwent an operation on Satur- day last. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Gordon Garrow and little Beverly have been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shobbrook and grandmother, Mrs. Mary Shobbrook, in the village. WI Will Meet Tuesday The meeting of the Londesboro Women's Institute will be held in the Londesboro Community Hall on Tuesday, April 28. Mrs. Willis VanEgmond, Clinton, will gave a demonstration on rug -baking. She also will give musical numbers. Please note the change of date. YPU Meets The regular metting of the Burns-Londesboro YPU which was held in Londesboro United Church on Sunday night was in the charge of the Citizenship and Community Service Commission. The meeting began with a sing -song, after which the business part of the meeting was conducted. The devotional part of the meet- ing began with the Call to Wor- ship given by Beryl Pollard. The Scripture was read by Edythe Beacom following which Beryl Pollard led in prayer. The offering was taken Up and Gail and June Manning sang a duet. The theme "Home Is What We Make It" was given in the form of a panel discussion with Jim Radford, Beryl Pollard, June and Gail Manning and Gordon Howatt taking part, This part of the meeting was brought to a close with Rev. Candler leading in prayer. Following a short recrea- tional period, bench was served and the meeting closed with "Taps." Ontario Pilot Wins Air Force Cross For Flying Exploits Across the far-flung wastes of the Canadian Arctic are a group of men who are ready at a mom,. ent's notice to risk their lives so that others might live. These men and their exploits are fast becoming a legend among the thousands of people who live in the far North, thousands of miles from the nearest hospital. They are part of the search and rescue branch of the RCAF and one of their jobs is to carry out mercy missions in isolated parts of the .Arctic where other suitable means of transportation is not available, Sometimes these mercy mission$ are carried out under almost im- possibiei conditions and call for the highest degree of skill and courage on the part of the air- craft crews. An example of the hazardous flights these men sometimes carry out so that a sick or injured per- son may receive medical aid was disclosed last week when an Air Force pilot and his crewman won the Air Force Cross and the Queen's .Commendation for Brave Conduct for their flying exploits in the. Canadian Arctic, According to the citations ac- companyingthe awards the men were stationed at the RCAF base at Goose Bay when in September, 1951 an urgent request was re- ceived from Hopedale on the Lab- rador Coast for the evacuation of a seriously injured civilian. Despite forcasted extreme ad- verse weather conditions Sr L Cuthbertson, 34, Brantford, Ont- ario, and his crewman took off in a single -engined Norseman air- craft equipped with floats to ev- acuate the patient. Weather conditions, as forcast- ed, were encountered and on a:•= rival at Hopedale strong winds were churning the water into wav- es up to five feet high. Despite these hazardous conditions the pilot managed to land the aircraft and pick up the seriously injured passenger. However, immediately before taking off into the storm the pil- ot received word that the young son of a missionary at Makkovik, about 60 miles southeast of Hope- dale, was in critical condition af- ter being mauled by Husky dogs. Air transportation to the nearest hospital was urgently requested. Without thought of personal danger, the crew took off for Makkovik, with the full realizat- ion that the landing would be ex- tremely hazardous. However, the landing was completed without mishap and the critically injured youngster was placed aboard the aircraft. At that. point a heavy bank of fog rolled into Makkovik and S/L, Cuthbertson made his take -off with only a hundred foot ceiling. The return flight to Goose Bey was carried out in below freezing temperature and although twice the pilot encountered engine trouble due to carburetor icing he managed to keep the aircraft air- borne and on course. Arriving at Goose Bay S/L Cuthbertson found the base blan- keted by heavy thunder showers, an indefinite ceiling of three hun- dred feet and visibility varying from one quarter to one half mile. Despite heavy radio static and adverse weather conditions the pi- lot executed a masterful let -down into Goose Bay harbour using a procedure he had worked out earl- ier for just such an emergency. The citation accompanying the award to S/L Cuthbertson reads in part: "Throughout many hours of search and rescue flying, he volving flights into remote sect- ions of Canada's Arctic and North Atlantic regions, S/L Cuthbertson has displayed superb airmansltip, disregard for personal safety and outstanding devotion to duty." • CAil DEPEND ON When kidneys fail to remove excess acids and wastes, back- ache, tired feeling, disturbed rest often follow. Dodd's Kidney Pills simu- late kidneys to normal duty. You feel better—sleep Letter, work better. Get 1)orld's at any drug store. You can depend on Dodd's. . FROM GRILLES TO GLASS New ideas in bank premises are designed to give you speedier, more convenient service. They are part of the easy, 'informal way you like to do your banking. Canada's chartered banks — built on sound banking practice --- continually adapt their services to meet changing, expanding needs. /9' THE BANKS StliVING YOUR CO,MtintiNITY • GC H. C. Ashdown New CO at Clinton Group Captain Harold C. Ash= down, MBE, 48, of Montreal, has been appointed Commanding Of- ficer of RCAF Station, Clinton, Ont, He has been serving since last July as chief telecommunica- tions officer at the Canadian Joint Staff at Washington. W/C B. G. Miller, chief tech- nical officer, has been acting com- manding officer of Clinton since the death of Group Captain E, A. Hutton in January. A native of London, England, G/C Ashdown joined the RCAF in April 1940 in the telecommunica- tions branch. He was named sig- nals officer at RCAF Station, Pat- ricia Bay, B.C., a post he held un- til 1942 when appointed command signals officer at Victoria, B.C. G/C Ashdown served overseas during the Second World War from March 1944 until January 1947 as the senior signals officer at Overseas Headquarters in Lon- don. Upon his return to Canada he was appointed command signals officer at No. 11 Group_Headquar- ters, Winnipeg, where he remain- ed emained until appointed Chief of Signals for Plans and Policies at Air Force Headquarters in September 1947. Senior NCO's Wives Discuss Bake Sale The Senior NCO's Wives' Aux- iliary, met in the Sergeants' Mess dining hall on Monday, April 20. Mrs. H. E. Paterson, president, presided over the meeting. The business included a discus- sion of the arrangements for the forthcoming rummage: and bake sale, under the direction of Mrs. C: Pinnell. A demonstration of children's clothing and ladies' un- derwear was made by Mrs. B. Amirault following the business meeting. All members are reminded that the next meeting will be held on Monday, May 4, and . a bingo will be the feature of that occasion. GODERICH TOWNSHIP The cold backward weather has held up seeding but quite a num- ber of farmers are through al- ready. This is a very early seed- inWe are sorry to.. report that Robert Stirling recently has und- ergone an operation in Victoria Hospital, London. Garth Postil had the misfortune to suffer a broken leg, when his motorcycle was in collision with a car near RCAF Station, Clin- ton, on Saturday night. About 40 of the family and friends of Mrs. Bert Shilby gath- ered at their new home on Satur- day night for a house-warming and enjoyed a pleasant evening of cards and dancing. Mrs. James R. Stirling and Douglas and Mrs. Robert Stirling were in London on Sunday to see Bob who is in hospital' again. He has spent seven months on crutches and now has to wear a cast. His many friends hope that this will fix him up alright. Three Infants Baptised The ministration of the public Baptism of Infants was conducted in St. James' Church, Middleton, on Sunday, April 19, by the Rev. 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