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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-07-05, Page 9Four Gallant Canadians These are four men of the Royal Canadian Air Force who were decorated with the George Cross. No. 1, LAC Karl Mander Gravel); No. 2, Air Com- modore Arthur Dwight Ross, CM; No. 3,. Flying Officer Roderick Borden Gray; No. 4, LAC kenneth G. Spooner, (RCAF Photos) -were 15 different decorations for gallantry in existence, a dif- ficulty arose in 'that they only applied 'to acts of bravery eith- er in (the presence of the enemy, under fire or, in 'the case of the Air Force Cross' and Air Fcirce Medal, in the air. The Victoria Cross, for example, could only 'be won in the 'actual presence of the enemy. It was therefore 'typical of the King who became known as "George the Good" to set him- self the task of dealing with the problem. He probably ap- preciated 'the fact that there were 'already 'too many gallan- try awards and resisted the simple solution of adding to their number. He must have considered the obvious alterna- tive of making • a. change in the conditions of the Victoria 'Cross, and it is likely that 'he aband- oned this idea out of deference of his great-grandmother's Wish that it should be given only for valour 'in battle. In the end he decided to re- place an existing award with one that had the status of the Victoria 'Cross. He seleeted the Empire Gallantry Medal which could be won by any perton of any rank or station who per- formed an aat of gallantry that merited recognition by the' Crown anyWhere in the world. The Kink took particular plea- sure in planning every detail of the new. decoration, and he made 'several rough sketches 'of the Cross himself. The final design was drawn by the late F. W. Barry, MVO, who worked until 'his death in the Royal Library at Windsor. Two other members' of the RCAF have been awarded the George Cross; Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Rots, CBE, and Flying Officer. Roderick Borden Gray. ,While serving as a station commander of Tholthorpe air- field in England in Sure, 1944, Air Commodore Ross5 with the assistance of two other airmen, rescued the pilot and rear gun- See SPORTS CAR RACING At Its Finest OreenAcresRacing..Circuit 10 Miles North of Goderich — At the Former Port Albert Airport Mid-Summer Trophy Races SA7,1111,DAY, JULY 14 9 EVENTS — Starting 10t30 ADMISSION; Adults '$1.„5(); Chi l dren under 12 '(ataarripaniedi by On adult) FREE 27-8b arriromok CUT HAY EARLY TO SAVE QUALITY Hay making takes skill. A lot of things can happen to a good crop from the field to the barn. Forage .specialists at the Ontario Agricultural College say that two important kerns' to watch for are: —Loss of nutrients : due to leaf shattering .and rain dam- age, and —Loss of quality due to late Cutting. 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RON BROWN AND HIS ORCHESTRA EVERY FRIDAY LIONEL THORNTON ANC HIS CASA ROYAL ORCHESTRA EVERY SATURDAY "Thursday,, 11.9001.09A1 News-Record--Page 9 4-14 :PPV.F. PX41.1,1 `1FiE1 T AT 49i[ 0W,f'SQZ•T'S MeMer$ of the )3e),figicf .441 Reef meet night At 8,$0 p n . At the rffxmi of George RObertsOn, near Car, low. . . Murray Lobb, Blenheim,. A. pleasant afternoon came fto,a close with the usual, famLly Singing Ted by Mrs, Gordon MacFarlane, .St, 'Thomas. There were .57 .present. Silver Wedding Day Marked By Mervyn Lobbs On ,SundaY, July 1, Mr. and Mt s, Mervyn Lobb were enter- Mined. by their family 4 home ,of their son, Mr, and grts, Donald Lobb on the occasion of Their 25th wedclihg:.ahhtver4ry, )-.1.1,1y: 3. At the conclusion of the dirt- ner the family presented their parents with several lovely gifts, Clinton Memorial. Shop T. foRypg and SON . CLINTON , EXETER SEAFORTH Open Every Aftprnogn PHONE .H14 27712 At other times contact Local Reptosontativo--A. W. 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If your vehicle becomes uninsured, at any time because of cancellation or expiry of the policy, you must pay the $20.00 additional fee immediately at your local office of the Ontario Department of Transport. THE PENALTY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE PROOF OF INSURANCE OR PAYMENT OF THE FEE, OR FOR PRESENTING FALSE PROOF, IS ,A FINE OF $50.00 TO $500.00. If you have a claim for damages as a result of an accident with an uninsured driver, make application for payment to the Director of Claims, Ontario Department of Trans. port, i0 St. Mary St., Toronto 5. You may make application personally or through your solicitor. Claims will be dealt with promptly. For further information ask for a copy of the pamphlet explainingthe operation of the Fund from your local office of the Ontario Department of Transport. BE SURE TO CARRY YOUR LIABILITY INSURANCE CERTIFICATE OR PROOF OF HAVING PAID THE ADDITIONAL $20.00 UNIN- SURED MOTOR VEHICLE FEE IN YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Hon, H, Li gowrifriv, 9.a, Minlact A G, hfacHab, Deputy AllnIsi'at I rosses e . by _ ____ — :-----:"---- ,---..-7----7,--,—._ -.- -,----:<:,----, 4VaTft GD VO Ciatta' 'LS -ME. MOTTO OF AIR TPANSPDIr commAND's ;35 'CHINTNE:' zpuADRoN -AND THIS HELD TRUE, IN SEPTEMBER, I%O WHEN AN ESKIMO MOTHER GAVE 81R114 TO A It POUND BABY SOY DURING AN EMERGENCY AIRLIFT' FROM RESOLUTE BAY, N.WT: TO THE HOSPITAL. Kr -rtitlE, eRs,triLAND. 7)1Z. BABY WAS, DELIVERED BY. CPL. R. DUP0CHER . .WrrH RAblOED ADVICE. FROM A U.5: AIR FORCE. DOCTOR IN QRGENLAND! tHls WAs THE AERONAUTICAL NAM. GIVEN TO 111E FIRST CHILD IN THE WORLD To Be. BORN IN AN AEROPLANE. IT HAPPENED ABOARD AN rc 2 L. FAIRCHILD oN MARCH 29th, 1931. PILOT HORFEE, WA$ EVALUATING THE. INDIAN MOTHER FROM MILE al!i• ON THE HUDSON BAY RAIL ROAD -TO -THE. Ho5PrrAt. A'r:111E PAS, MAN. WHEN THS..4STORK ARRIVED; ASSISTED BY CREWMAN, LAC. BA114 RELEASED en THE R.C.A.P,'s AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND .Q.corge "Many ,•anal. ,g19110US .ore .the deeds of ,,gallantry these perilous brut famous ,Order that they should. Abe Worthily .and promptly !raPOg., nixed;. I have decided to cr elute A new mark Of honour for!Men. and. women in ail, walks of Civilian life. propose to give my .name to this new (Tisane., Lion which will ,eonsist the George Cross.." So spoke Majesty 'King George VI ,Septeirber 23, 1940 to a 'country ,still dazed from the tittle], -devastating •shock of total war; to the people in filli•e rubble-4ftiled,streets :of battered. and Smouldering The clear, .calm message eap- tured their interest and inatien in a way that no new honour had done siiiee the in, stitution of the VictOria Cross in, 185(3. In the new award they' saw recognition for the ordinary man and woman who fought (the war ',not in the pre, sence of the enemy' as most deterationa required, but who nevertheless acted with the greatest of heroism and dis- played conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme dang- er in the maelstrom of nations fighting for .survival, All the' King's subjects in the British Commonwealth a n d Empire were 'to be eligible :for the award, although- the Royal Warrant said that it was in,- tended primarily for civilians and should only be given to 'members of the fighting ser- vices for actions for which mili- tary honours were not normally granted. It is a fact, however, that just over three quarters of the 132 recipients of the George .Cross ;have been mem-, ' bers of 'the services. ' j The first member of the RCAF to' e decorated' was LAC , Karl Mender Graven. On No- • vember 10, 1941 be was train- ing 'as a wireless air gunner .in a Tiger Moth aircraft when the plane crashed near Calgary and caught fire, In spite of severe i injuries, including burns and the loss of one eye, he managed to extricate himself from the wreckage, but. finding The pilot was still in the aircraft, went back to help him. He finally managed 'to drag the unconscious pilot clear, then rolled on the ground to , extinguish 'the flames 'that were , leaping from his own clothing. The pilot survived, but 'the gal- lant. LAC Gravelly died of Ms injuries, and the official citation stated that "had he not consid- ered his pilot before him own safety . ,the would probably not have lost his. life.' The second RCAF recipient was also a leading aircraftsman undergoing training in Canada. On May 13, 1943, LAC Kenneth G. Spooner, a student flavig.aft- or 'at the '.satellite station at West Freugh,. Ont., boarded an AnIson for a routine training flight. Shortly after.. take-off the pilot collapsed at the con- trols. Although he bad no pilot ,braining Spooner took charge, ordered the other crew memb- ers to bale out, then tried, for the first time in his, life, 'to land an aeroplane. He was not successful and both he and the pilot were killed. The citation read in part , . . "this airman, with. complete dis- regard for his personal safety and in conformity with the highest 'tradition of the RCAF, sacrificed his life in, order to save the lives of his comrades'. The need for a medal to 'hon- our the gallantry of men like Gravel! and 'Spooner had long been recognized by King George. Although at the end of ethe First World. War there ner of furiously -bUnning bomber which 'had' crashed on returning from a night .opera, Mon, During heroic rescue efforts, A/c- _ROOS .suffered 01P loss of .hisright Arm haw the elbow when a bon* exploded but m.P.sined, at the scene the T,e804e was successfully eon- eluded, Flying Officer Gray was the navigator of a Wellington bomber that was. shot down. over the sea by a German U.,. boat. Hp managed to' grab held of a twoenari inflated dinghy and, although one of hfs legs was badly hunt, got the tiny croft afloat and: scrambled aboard, I-re then: pad'dled around looking for other crew members and found the badly wounded captain floating in 'the water. He pulled, him, into the dinghy and continued his search. Hear- ing 'cries he made fer the place they were coming, from and found another airman with ,a broken arm floating in the sea. F/O Gray ;slipped over the side and helped the airman an board and, as 'there was no room for a third man in the dinghy, remained in 'the water clinging 'to the side. Later in the night, he died• and his two comrades survived to tell of his gallantry. Of theso four recipients of the George Cross, only Air Commo'clore Ross survived to be invested with 'the dark blue „ribbon -and silver cross, but the deeds of these gallant Canadians will live forever in the annals of RCAF 'history. Truly their names are immor- tali.zed in the words of the Bible: 'greater love bath no man than this, 'that a man lay down :his life for 'his friends'. To Calgary Corporal Fete-1"SM an Applied training instructor at RCAF Station Clinton, leaveS this week for Calgary where he `will meet once again, men with whom be served in No. 100 Squadron, No, 1 Group Bomber Command in Eng- land during World War II. Son of MrS, Annie Peter; 'se:n, 125 Patrick Street, King- stan, Corporal Petersen was the rear 'gunner of a Lan- caster of this squadron dur- ing 'the war. The crew has decided to meet in Calgary because it is the midWay point between Ontario and B.O. 'where moat of 'the ex- crew members now live. Also, a Lancaster is set up on a pedestal in a park in Calgary. It is this only fit- ting 'that these men should gather in this .city and once again recall the days of their comradeship in the 'air. (RCAF Photo) 14)10), Re(1106,11 Mt MIA .1*At, Bert their sons and 10440tors, With their families Met for their annual At the home their 'eldest son, Mr. and M01,17.Yn Lobb,13.11 Monday, ji4ly g, rctIshig ge4TM- and sports were conducted Pilt the nearby school grounds by Mr.. and Mrs, Pan Crich. 'and Mr, and Mrs., an Lobb, (the occasion was 4140 the. 25th wedding ,oxiniverSary of Mr. :and: Mrs fifervyu Tool*, after supper the 'Meg. man" Harolld 14olab Was. called on for a few words and Mrs, 'Howard Pym "flower girl:" of that day made the presentation on te- hailf of those present of a .lovely clock. Mervyn made a fitting rePTY, The president, Gordon Mae- Farlane, w4b. Mrs. MacFarlane secretary, then continued the business. The Mowing officers were appointed 'for next year. president, Mervyn Lobb; vice- president, Alvin Lobb; secre- tory, Mrs, Mervyn Lab; sports, Mn'. ,-and Mrs. Don Crich, Mr. and Mrs, Jim Lobb and Mr, and Mrs, Don' Lobi). Table com- mittee, Mrs. Gordon MacFar, lane, Mrs. Don' Lobb and Mrs, Howard Pym. Otherslionoured at 'the picnic were: oldest, Bert Lobb; young, .ett, Stephen Lobb; birthday nearest to picnic day, Bert Lobb; one coming 'farthest, RECEPTION For Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGregor (nee Norma Love) at Bayfield Pavilion Saturday, July 7 Music by Melody Makers EVERYONE WELCOME 27p CANADIAN cr -----°"°•"0015P," Ztlyitte giroto New Head of Canada Amateur Sport Former Wrestler From Kippen