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PAGE ELEVEN
Skilled Driving Honours Won
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By LA haThe parade square at RCAF Ste- Skilled driving does not mean additional r ever se movement,
Touching either vehicle, in front
or behind the parking_ spot also
counted against the driver.
An "alley (leek" was set up
which was 20 feet long and allowed,
the truck one foot clearance on
each side, In this test the drivers
were supposed to park within four
inehbs of the end of the dock, an
assignment that is quite difficult
when mirrors alone may be used.
"`Diminishing clearance" was the
term used for the final test, This
was another straight line driving
trial with the truck having 1,5 in-
ches clearance at the start of the
run and this clearance diminishing
to two inches at the end, The
driver then stopped his truck with
Um Clinton, wag the scene of the
station eliminations in the skilled
driving eompetitions last Thursday
afternoon.. Three contestants took
�Wiinningtthe eventlwithsa Kingsley
$21, marks out of a possible 350,
LAC Donald Baxter and LAC John
Kilgore finished with 303 and 290
points respectively, As a result
LAC Kingsley and LAC Baxter
will represent RCAF Station Qin,.ton at the mammoth truck rodeo
to be held in Winnipeg in the near
future, They will compete with
representatives from all RCAF
etations in Canada,
SC AEFER'S
Ladies' Wear
'hone 59 Clinton
that the Man behind the wheel is
a capable driver, It means =eh
more than that. The driver must
pass written exams in fire fight-
ing, first aid and safe driving. He
must also be judged on his ap-
pearance and his ability to point
out any .defects that his vehicle
may have, when he gives the ma-
chine its daily inspection. Finally
he must traverse a very difficult
course in less than eight minutes
snaking the least number of faults
possible, giving the correct signals
at all times, At any time that he
has to reverse his vehicle he can-
not turn to see where he is 'ping
but must rely on his judgment
through the use of his rear view
mirrors.
Points were assessed .against
their total for any "fault" such as
touching any of the obstacles,
parking too close or too far from
the curb, jerky movements, and
stalling the engine.
During the afternoon each con-
testant was inspected for appear-
ance by F/L Sturgess. Cpl Ham-
mond conducted a daily inspection
of a truck on which several de-
fects had been installed, and took
three passes at the coarse. The
points made on each run were
totalled and the average Was tak-
en of the three runs.
Outline of Course
The course commenced with the
driver going through what is
known as a "Serpentine". ' This is
a series of barrels placed in a
straight line 34 feet apart. The
driver had to back his stake truck
in a zig-zag ,Wanner around the.
barrels. Reaching the other end
he drove back through the maze
completing , the figure eight. A
neat test of skill was the "offset
alley". Here the driver was al-
lowed one foot of clearance on
each side of his truck. The vehicle
had to be driven down one alley
and swung over to another parallel
to the first with only one truck
length for menoeuvering.
The straight Iine test proved to
be the most difficult. This con-
sisted of ten balls placed in pairs
the width of the dual tires apart,
plus four inches. Each pair was
exactly 20 feet from the next two.
This meant that the driver had to
drive in a perfectly straight line
for 80 feet. If his rear tires
knocked any of the balls off their
holders, points were taken off his
total score. LAC Kingsley was
the only driver to complete this
test without a fault.
Parallel parking was the next
test of skill. Men with stake
trucks, Iike the one inuse for
the competition, were called upon
to use their rear vision mirrors
only and to park within four inches
of the curb in a space that was
the length of the truck plus four
feet. If the driver of the truck
had to put his truck into reverse
more than twice ten points were
deducted from his score for each
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the front bumper four inches froili
an imaginary wall which was in
reality a white line on the parade
square.
Although each driver was allow-
ed eight minutes to cover the
course the average time taken was
between three to four minutes.
F/S E. Hatch was in charge of
the test and was ably assisted by
S/L Irwin, F/0 Fellows, F/L
Sturgess, Warrant Officers Pratt,
Brown, McKenna, Holdershaw, Me-
Lennan„ Flight Sergeants Poxan,
Bullen; Clarke, Sergeant Spinney
and Corporal Hammond,
Guests of G/C H, C. Ashdown,
MBE, Commanding Officer RCAF
Station Clinton, on hand to witness
the competition, were Sergeant
Anderson, Provincial Police De-
tachment at Goderich; Joseph Fer
rand, Clinton's Chief of Police;
Mayor W. J. Miller; Joseph Mur-
phy, Lorne J, Brown, Jack RozelI,
Stan Prevett, Jack Gardner, Har -
Old McPherson, Bob Chisholm, W.
B. McAlpine, representatives of the
car and farm machinery dealers in
the vicinity; and H. J. McEwan,
Clinton News -Record,
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OBITUARIES
Mrs. Fred Beattie
Edna Beattie, wife of Fred R.
Beattie, died unexpectedly on Sun-
day, September 13, at Isle of
Springs, in Maine, where she was
on a holiday trip with her daugh-
ter.
She was the former Edna
Hohnes, Clinton, and was married
in Seaforth in .1910.
Besides her husband, she is sur-
vived by one son, Kenneth, St.
Thomas; one daughter, Mrs. Ches-
ter Dawes, Boston; two sisters,
Mrs. Chester Jones, Boston; Miss
Carolyn Holmes, Seaforth, and one
brother, Ray B. Holmes, Seaforth.
Funeral services were to be con-
ducted in Seaforth on Thursday,
September 17 by Rev. ID, G. Camp-
bell, First Presbyterian Church.
Interment will be made in Clinton
Cemetery,
Alberta Thompson
A well known resident of the
town passed away on Friday, Sep-
tember 4, in the person of Miss
J. A. Alberta Thompson.
The late Miss Thompson was
well known to many people in the
surrounding district through her
long years of willing service as
clerk in some of thee dry 'goods
stores in Clinton.
During the last months of her
illness she was cared for in the
home of her sister, Mrs. Beatty,
Varna.
She is survived by three sisters:
Mrs. Beatty, Varna; Mrs. Fulton,
Sarnia and Miss Winnie Thomp-
son, Clinton.
The funeral from her home on
Isaac Street, on Monday afternoon,
September 7, was conducted by
Rev. R. M. P. Bulteel, assisted by
Rev. J. R. Thompson, Willowdale.
Interment was in Clinton Ceme-
tery.
The pall -bearers (all friends and
former neighbours) were Ed. Mor-
rison, Charles Wise, Bert Murphy,
Herb. Jenkins, B. W. Churchill and
Walter Forbes. Flower -bearers
were nephews, Harry and Robin
Thompson, George Beatty, (toss
Latham, Orville Workman, and
Robert Aldwinckle.
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All Phases of Air Force Training on Display Saturday
Dorothy Marquis
Talks On Tour To
Su.erhl Club
The September meeting of the
Summerhill Ladies' Club was held
at the home of Mrs. E. Ellis with
24 members and five visitor
present.
The meeting was opened by sing-
ing "My Bonnie", followed by re-
peating the Lord's Prayer in tilde -
on. Thank-you's were received
from Mrs, L, Wright, Mrs, B. Jen -
kips and Mrs. H. Watkins.
The guest speaker for the after-
noon was Miss Dorothy Marquis,
assistant superintendent of Clinton
Public Hospital, Miss Marquis
gave a most interesting account
of her tour to England, including
the view of the Coronation pro-
cession, visits to Scotland, Ireland
and Paris. Members of the club
were partidularly interested in her
visit with Mrs. Yates, nee Madel+
ine Mason, formerly of Summer-
hill,
The October meeting will be
held at the borne of Mrs. Chester
Farquhar and will take the form
of a bake sale. On the lunch colu,-
mittee are Mrs. Graydon Neal,
Mrs. Keith Tyndall, Mrs. Billy
Jenkins and Mrs, Orval Rapson.
Those on the program committee
are Mrs. Billy Jenkins, Mrs. M.
Johnston, Mrs. Sid Lansing and
Mrs. William Lovett.
The raffle was won by Mrs,
Chapman.
RCAF
AIR fURCE DAY
Pictured above is Leading Air'
woman S. I. Thomas of Van-
couver instructing Flight Cadet
H. R. Cutt of Goderich in the
techniques of sending morse
code. Morse code is one of the
many essential subjects taught
to the trainee during his nine-
month course at No. 1 Air Radio
Officer School, Clinton. This
particular phase of training a-
long with many others will be
displayed for public inspection r
on Air Force Day, September 19.
Flight Cadet "Ray" Cutt came
to Clinton after a six-week basic
course at London. In London as
well as Clinton, Ray is one of the
top boys on his course. Those
who' Iack the aptitude for morse
code have quite a struggle keep-
ing up to the .required speed.
The speed of the Radio Officer
who is about to graduate is 25
words per minute. The trainee
must pass three receiving tests
and one sending test in the spec- 1
ified speed before advancing to '
the next. Ray and some of his
more fortunate mates have whiz-
zed ahead with comparative ease
with their quicker adjustment
to the speed, while others have
struggled in vain to distinguish
elusive symbols " during long
hours of extra practice.
When the big graduation day
finally arrives, Ray and the
other successful members of his
course will line up for their
wings and look back, proud of
their victory, knowing they have
well earned the wings which
they are about to receive.
The morse training section
will be open from eight o'clock
to five o'clock on Air Force Day
and a hearty invitation to visit
it with the other Radio Officer
Training phases is extended to
all.
During the present fiscal year
the RCAF is allotted 41.7 per cent
of the defence dollar, a 4,1 per cent
increase over last year's figure.
Hello Homemakers! September
is the time when you're glad sum-
mer is over because the noisy
youngsters will be off to school
for the day. There, the teacher
will give them assignments for
study. . Perhaps this is a good
time to quiz yourselt on the
ABC's of your youngster's diet—
and make a few resolutions.
A. Your child's body can be built
only once! So, now is the time to
provide foods that build it well.
The foods that Will do the job are
fresh fruits and vegetables, milk
and cheese, whole grain or enrich-
ed breads or cereals, meats, eggs
or fish. Every lunch should con-
tain some of these health -giving
foods.
B. Three meals a day is most de-
sirable for the average growing
child. If he leaves home with a
good breakfast inside him, he will
not be likely to "steal" part of his
lunch at recess to tide him over.
Nor will be bolt his lunch at lunch
hour,
C. Train your child to sit peace-
ably while he eats—with friends.
Also he should not rush ont to
play until he has enjoyed his glass
of milk.
LUNCH BOX, SUGGESTIONS
1. Set up a Luncla Box shelf near
your bread box or in an extra
bread box. Wax paper, elastic
bands, small jars and a few
staples such as peanut butter,
salmon, sardines, meat spread
and sandwich filling. Then too
there's paper serviettes, cups
and odd spoons to keep handy,
2. Vary the foods for a well-
planned lunch, Today there are
3 or 4 kinds of bread good for
the growing child; whole
wheat, enriched white, rye and
raisin bread.
3. Please spread the butter to the
crust and your sandwiches will
be graded A.1.
4. Try different combinations of
fillings:
(a) Chopped cooked wetness,
hard Cooked egg, chili sau-
ce and a little mustard.
(b) Peanut butter and minced
banana or dates.
(c) Grated carrot, celery, a
little onion blended
with mayonnaise, Add salt.
(d) Mix equal parts of chop-
ped cooked bacon and hard
cooked egg seasoned to
taste ,and moistened with
mayonnaise.
(e) Cream cheese with crush-
ed pineapple.
(f) Cottage cheese with chives
diced peanuts, marmalade
or sliced olives,
(g) Ground figs and diced or-
ange.
(h) Sliced cucumbers a n d
strawberry jelly.
(i1 Mineed meat moistened
with cream dressing or
gravy.
(j) Salmon or sardines moils-
toned with lemon puice,
5. Fuck Sticks of carrots and cel-
ery, whole tomatoesr wedges of
Cucumber and radishes in a
small plastic bah, along with a
twist of salt.
6. A surprise for a child is better
than giving him candy. Try a
Marshmallow with peanuts
stuck in it, a packsge of refs.
ins, a bunch of grapes, a piece
of cream cheese shaped like
an owl.
7. The best desserts are milk pud-
dings in a jar or fresh fruit itr
Season, yt
THE QUESTION BOX
Miss F. G. asks: What are cod
died eggs?
Answer: Instead of cooking eggs
in shells ie water that is kept sim-
mering, the pan is set off the elec-
tric element and covered with a
tight lid. Let stand 4 to 6 minu-
tes for soft -coddled and 30 mins.
for hard coddled.
Mrs. C. C, asks: How much spice
do you add to a 3 or 4 Ib. beef
tongue for an interesting flavor?
Answer: Add 1 sliced lemon, 1
tsp. mixed pickling spices and 2
tsps. salt to the 3 lb: tongue to be
simmered. Serve with cream
horse -radish sauce.
Anne Allan invites you to write
to her c/o Clinton News -Record.
Send in your suggestions on home-
making problems and watch this
column for replies.
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