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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-08-21, Page 3
w the EXETJER TIME&APTOCATB far? 0 Buy In REALLY' KILL -One pad kills Hies all and every day for 2 or 3 weeks. 3 pads in each packet. No spraying, nq stickiness, no bad odor. Ask yonr Druggist, Grocery or General Store. 10 tENTS PER PACKET- WHY PAY MORE? THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Ont, . ' ..................' Seventh in a Series of Articles About .the ' Royal Omnulian Air Force and the British (teminon* wealth Air' Training Plan, Writ* ten for the Weekly Newspapers qX Ontario. comes Signal lamp, EDITOR ENLISTS WITH , CANADIAN AIR FORCE E. A. (Chick) Spence, of Strathroy, Goes to Trenton E. A. Strathroy newspaper, quished his duties with the news paper to serve in the administra tive branch of-the Royal Canadian Air Force special reserve with the rank of flying officer. He receiv ed his appointment at the end of last' week, and has left for Tren ton, for a four-week course. “Chick”, as he is best known, took charge of the Age-Dispatch nearly five years ago, going to Strathroy from London, where he had been a member of the editorial' staff of the London Free Press for some years. He serVed as a flying officer in the last war, and was serving with the navy at the close of hostilities. On his return from overseas he returned to newspaper work with the London Free Tress, and with the exception of a.'short an’terVal, continued with that jour nal until ° he moved to, Strathroy about the end of 1936. He is the second member of the Age-Dispatch staff to go' to the R.C.A.F. in .’less than two weeks. About TO' days ago Frank Hunter, a member of the composing room staff, left for the manning depot at Brandon, having enlisted as a photo grapher. x Spence, editor Age-Dispatch, has .temporarily relin- of the weekly they are the new subdued, it down, keep the way has for Meir of 30,40,50 PBP, VIM;' VIGOR, Subnormal? Want normal pep, vim, vigor, vitality T, Try Ostrex Tonic Tablets. Contain# tonics, stimulants, oyster- elements-— aids to norma) ' pep after 80, 40 or 50. Get. a special introductory size for only 35tf. Try this aid to normal pep and vim today. For sale at all good drug stores. She Poor Thing could swing' a six-pound dumb bell, could fence and she could box; ( could row upon the river, She ShetShe.could clamber ’mong the rocks; She could golf from morn till even ing, ■ .. And play tennis all day long; But she couldn’t help her mother— ’Cause she wasn’t very strong. eer Sales Books are the best Counter Check Books made in Canada. They cost nd. mpre than ordinary books and always give satisfaction. We are agents and will be pleased to quote you on any style or quantity required. See Your Home Printer First ‘■4.......111 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE Another Bad Night Could Get No Red To tii© thousands who tow?, night after night, ulwpleoa beds and io whoso eyas shunber will not come. ' To thoM wh© skop in ft Jdnd of way, but whooo rest is broW by bad dreams and nightanarw. To those who wake up hot the morning as tired m on going to bed, we offer mMBburM’sHo^th and Rforve Pills a remedy io help soothe and calm the norm and bring them back to a perfect condition, and when this is done there should be no "more sleepless nights due to shat tered nerves. \ Th® T. Milburn Oo, LWL Wronto, Oat, !1 15 YEARS Aaa Mr, E. C. Harvey, who has ■con ducted a grocery store near the Met ropolitan Hotel, has decided to close the store. The stock is be ing taken over by Harvey <& Har vey’s grocery and Jones & May. Mi’.; . Haryey will devote Ms time to. lite insurance. For a long time a busi ness was conducted there, by J. F. Ross, who sold out to the late James Gould and was then purchased by Harvey Brothers. Miss Lulu M; Fulton, a termer student in our Hxeter High Schoo! has been appointed ns a teacher of the primary room. KESTLE—•CLARKE—At the Un ited Church, Cx’editon, on August 24th, Norma Merle, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, F, W, Clarke, to Mr. V. H. Kestle, nephew of Mr, and Mrs, T. Trevethick, by Rev, R. Hiscox, Mr, Luther Reynolds, of Usborne, met with an unfortunate accident on Monday when he •apple tree to shake apples. His back was no bones were broken, Messrs, Ted Sims and Hugo John ston, who were on their way from British' Columbia to ■ Newfound land, spent the week-end with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sims. The two men operate a dia mond drilling, outfit and are being transferred from coast to coast by the company. Mrs. Oran Winer - and son have moved to Kitchener to join Mr. Winer. A rink of bowlers composed of I Messrs. J. A. Stewart, W, W. Taman, • R,. N. Creech and R. G. Seldon at tended a bowling tournament at the Ontario Hospital grounds in Lon don on Wednesday and won third prize Exeterformation. As each piano down the runway, it gets a from the tower with an Aidis then gains speeds takes the pro per runway, and is off into the air. The Aldis lamp Is used for sig-* nailing im the Air Force and the Navy, both day and night, On ac- tlce service, in convoy work and the like, it is safer to use than wire less, as tii'e messages cannot be pick* ed up by the enemy. The signal lamp is about the .'size of a large automobile headlight, with a lens that concentrates a powerful ray of light In a narrow beam, Above the lamp is a sighting tube, so that ! the ray of light can he ‘ curately and underneath tql grip and trigger, Morse code can be sent, ent colored lights used, signal gives the pilot the sign to go; a red to stop, As a more general signal to pil ots in the air, Very lights are They are bright flares, like «fied Roman candles fired large Very pistols. The flare like an oversized shot-gun shell, and fits intoxa pistol with a lafge bar-' rel. A red flare indicates that some thing it wrong; the white is a gen eral recall; the green a signal that everything is O,K. A Switchboard controls the elab orate electrical equipment—flood light, searchlights, rotating air beacon and the rest, One is mark ed “Ceiling Light”, but the ceiling in this case is the sky. A powerful light on top of a distant hangar points straight up to the clouds. By sighting along a rotating arm to thp spot where the light strikes the clouds'and reading, the figures on a metal arc, it is possible to deter mine the height of the “ceiling” for flying, A system of flags, colored balls and tin cans indicates weather con ditions and directions to be taken in landing. On a flat roof near by, oddly shaped and colored pieces of wood are information, noon which they said: “Land from flying washed out? Beside the control tower stands the “crash crew,” with fire fighting truck always ready in case of ac cidents. • If a pilot gets into difficul ties, the crew will be well out the field before' he lands, with ambulance not far behind. ■ • The crash truck'' drives--from, wheels and carries equipment all types of fires. There, 'are ordinary fire. extinguishers a 100-gallon tank of water. I i By Hugh Templin Camp Borden is .Canada's best known flying school. With its six square miles of flat, sandy land, it is probably the largest as well. It was ah air training camp during the last Great War, from 1914 to 1918. In thebe' far-off days, it wasn't too popular, Sand got into the build ings nnd the clothing and the food, Occasionally a veteran pilot re marks: “I wonder if the old hang ars are still at Camp Borden,” The pilots of the last war would see many changes, Some of the old buildings remain but hard to find among all ones. The sand" is now with green grass holding though it was necessary to seed in place with wire netting on some of the dunes until it sprouted. I’he administration buildings ’and some others are of permanent brick. Canfp Borden is now the No. 1 Service Flying Training School of the Royal Canadian Air Force. My own guess is that it is also the larg est and in some ways the finest air school on the continent. It is developing rapidly, I visit ed the R.C-A.F, at Camp Borden twice. Within a few months, I found' notable changes, particularly the fact that the collection of .as sorted planes at the camp last Fall has been replaced by long lines' of sleek HarvaYds, with a few Yales, It. is another indication of the the supply of training craft cqught up to the needs. Tien Weeks of Flying Of. the six months necessary the, training of a pilot in Canada, the last ten weeks are sperit at. Camp Borden or one of the other Service Flying Training Schools. On arrival", the student, now with the rank of Leading Aircraftsman,, is able to. fly a plane at a hundr.ed' miles an houi* or so. He has learn ed to find his way across country, | has done simple aerobatics (or stunts, if you like) and has'had lec tures on a variety of subjects from signals to navigation. Advanced flying is taught by ex perienced The. sleek at - speeds They are often seen in the Ontario. Everything at larger or faster, runways are paved strips 3,300 feet long and 600 feet wide. Commer cial airports near the largest cities are tii^y by comparison. Even that isn’t sufficient. There are two aux iliary landing fields at Edenvale and Alliston,, each as large as a com mercial field, , but used only cases of emergency. Other things are speeded up well. Planes sometimes ’seem rise in swarms; a' control tower necessary to sort out the traffic. It is .said that landings in a year may number 2*50/000. Gasoline consumption is enormous. Lectures Still Continue On my second trip to Camp Bor der, I arrived at the gate just as a black thunderstorm swept over the plains.. Six or seven pilots were up when the storm arrived and they had to stay up till conditions be came more suitable. It was an hour before the last one was d,own and the crew in the control tower breathed a sigh of relief. No dani- age had been done and the young pilots had gained valuable expert ience. It was no day to stay outside, so I talked with Squadron Leader.Car ter, the Commanding Officer, who since has been transferred to a new school at Claresholm, Alberta. Fly- . ing -Officer Douglas showed me the lecture rooms, the armament rooms and the course of study, and Squadron Leader Bradshaw initi ated me into the mysterites of the control tower. ’ In the Control Tower Thd flying field at Camp Borden is a huge flat plain. t Because of the sandy soil, it dries quickly after a rain. Huge, paved runways criss cross the field, giving ample room foi’ landing, no matter what tho wind direction. On the edge of the field, near the hangars, rises the control tower, wvhich is the nerve centre of the flying field. To the casual visitor the oritrol tower looks unpretentious.- It Is three storeys high, covered with asphalt shingles. Around the edg es of the roof hang all kinds of • odd things that mean nothing to, the ‘ outsider, but much to the pilbts. On a tall bole aboVb the roof is hn anemometer, or instrument for mea suring the Velocity of the wind. Each Of its' tour cups is about the size of a half-orange peel. Inside the glassed-in compart ment on top of the tower is a crew of threfe or four, surrounded by in struments and signalling equip ment. Oh a desk is a list of all planes in use, with the numbers, the names of the pilots and other in- pilots at Camp Borden, and lovely Harvards fly over 200 miles, an hour, the yellow, noisy craft air over Southern Camp Borden is The three main in as to is aimed ae- are a pis-’ Words in or differ- A green from your Merchants. They build (the town that you make your living in, REAP THEIR APS IN THE Times-Advocate Your Hometown Newspaper Chalmers Reunion LJ The Chalmers Clan, descendants of Annie, Joan, Jane „and Barbara Chalmers, of Stronsay, Orkney Isles, met 'in their sixteenth annual re union in the lovely grove on the Allison Farm, Thames Road, on Wednesday, August thirteenth. One hundred and four members were present. During the afternoon the older folk enjoyed their bit clack the gether, while the younger fry made splendid use of the teeters, slide and swings. The usual sports of ball, races and contests were much enjoyed, At five o'clock, the ladies under the convenership of! Mrs. Wm. Rassmore, served a sump- * tuous supper and this was followed by a program; Mrs. Archie Morgan led in the singing of “When You and I Were Young, Maggie.” Greet ings were read from Mrs. Harry Mc Cullough, Vancouver; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Musser, Miss Jean Allison, Regina; Mr, and Mrs, David Alli son, Regina; Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Duncan, Winnipeg; Mr. and Mrs. David Allison and family, Roland, Man.; Hon. Jas^ Gardiner, .Ottawa, Mr. Wm. Moodie, the president, i who was born in Stronsay, but came to Canada 58 years ago, gave a brief description of the home life in Stron say at that time. He described his grandfather Chaljner’s home, where the family of eight were born and raised—a stone house with thatch ed roof and stables at the back, the littlezbarn across a narrow passage., where the threshing and -fanning was done on windy days. The home had a mud floor with the fireplace, in which peats Were burned in the centre. A long crane on which pots .were hung was swung from the' wall when cooking was- to be done.' Their farms were only twen ty’acres but thby ridded to their'live lihood by fishing, whaling and gath ering kelp. The description of the ;whaling was very interesting— the whales (driving) were sighted and then the boats went out, got behind the shoals drove them into a the .tide was in. ebbed the whales the sand as they They were then killed and was the -but were staunch Christians. The secretary reviewed briefly the history of the clan since 1925 and read the names of the. nineteen members who had passed away dur ing the sixteen years. One minute of silence was observed as a tribute to their memory and to the memory of the pioneer ancestors and' one verse of “Blest Be the Tie. that Binds”, was. sung. Mrs.Jean Preb- ble, of Udefton, then presented each of the five oldest members, Mi-s. Barbara Robb, Mrs. Annie^Monteith, Mrs. Lizzie Gardiner, Mr. John Duncan and Mr. John Allison—with bedutiful. bouquets of gladioli. The officers for 1942 were elect ed as follows: President, Wm. Moo die; vice-pres., Mrs. Alvin Worden; sec.-treas., Kathleen Robb; con vener of sports,- Mrs. Roy Ballan- tyne; convener of lunch, comm., Mrs. Stanley Coward; grounds, Bill Al lison. Mrs. Gardiner read a poem entitled. “In My Old House of Clay”, and sang “Some Sixty Years Ago”. William Moodie ended the pro gram with a little song which prov- to be a joke on the secretary. A hearty hand-clagp was given in ap preciation of Mr. and Mrs, John Al lison for their hospitality. Fare wells were said and another strong link was formed in the chain of loyalty and friendship inherited from those happy, helpful Stronsay sisters. The results of the sports were as follows: Foot races: Six. and un- ddr, girls, Jane Morgan, Rosemary Passmore, Mildred Hackney; boys, Jack Parsons, Ross Ba'llaqtyne, Donald Ballantyne; boys under 10, Grant Morgan, Bob Parker; .girls 9 and under, Joan Parsons, Colleen Gill; girls 12 and under, Lillian Borland, Maxine Parsons; boys 12 and under, Douglas Parsons; young ladies’ race, Doris Dunean, Mary iBorland; young men’s race, Matir- ; mar ried men, Lome Elliott; tpeannt scramble,’ dropping clothespin in bottle, Mrs, Wiseman, potato race, men’s side were winners; men’s - stretching race, Maurice Monteith; p5°^ab1?' be Sb-1 throwing ball in pail, Ella Monteith; L’"*7 ilballoon race, Jean Prebble; lucky climbed an down some injured, but used, glpri- from looks -V- 25 YEARS AGO laid out to give similar On the rainy after- I spent in the tower, ‘'Use runways only”; the South,” and “All on an all six for the and . For 4fires in oil and gasoline, carbon dioxide is used to quench the flames by depriving them of oxygen. A foam tank lays a blanket of bubbles over the fire, keeping , away the air. The fire fighters use asbestos uni forms and blankets of the same fire proof material.; Runways are not illuminated for night flying, but pilots must learn to land with no more equipment than is used on active service on British air fields. Small flares, not- visible above 900 feet altitude are laid out in the form -of a “T” in such a way that the pilot knows where the runways add the.horizon are and can come in with scarcely a ------ of whales and sandy bay when When the tide were caught in pannot back up. cut up refuse life of simple and The The was the oil extracted, sold as fertilizer. Chalmers forebears peaceful and happy, as they bump. Pilots Get Their Wings After ten weeks- at Camp Borden or some other Service Flying Train ing School, the student pilot is ready to go overseas, for final train ing under combat conditions. In token of this he is given his “wings” and the rank of- Sergeant Pilot. ■ The wings ceremony is simple and impressive. The graduates stand in the centre of a hollow square, with their comrades around them. Among the class may be young men from Australia, New 'Zealand, England, Scotland, the Straits Settlements or other parts of the Empire. There are likely to be some Americans and, a large The out the by one. two, march down to the- end of the line, around the front and then proudly up the centre. A salute is returned by the O,C. and he pins the .pilot badge, a pair of Wings,’ with the letters, “R.C.A.F,” (for the Canadians), surmounted by a crown, on the breast of the tunic, offers congratulations and a hand shake. This is one time when visi tors are present, usually relatives who come . to see the graduation ceremony. Most of ‘ the graduates of Camp Borden are “single seater” fighting pilots. They have been trained in the Harvards by day and night. They are. taught to find their way across country alone in rill kinds of Weather, to use machine guns and advanced gun sights. They will take over the Hurricanes, the Spitfires and still newer models af-: o ter some further training in EngJ ice Monteith, Allison M6rgan; land. But a few are trained as? ried men, Lome Elliott; r proportion of Canadians. Commanding Officer calls names of the graduates, one They drop back- a pace or land, bomber Ansons, plane. turning bomber lag to other schools in the future? ,7 J... (Next Week-Tralning an Observer) (spot, Agnes Sillery. But a few are trained a, pilots. They Use the AVro a slower, twin-engined As the Various camps are to specialized work, the.; t Mr. and Mrs. William Snell, of Usborne, announce the engagement of their daughter, Orca- J., to Mr. George G.^ Jones, of Usborne, the marriage to take place in Septem ber. / At a meeting of the Soldier’s Aid Society on Monday evening the fal lowing young ladies were elected re presentatives of the society to go to Camp'’ Borden on the occasion of the presentation of th^ -colors to the 161st Battalion: Misses Irene Rivers,jLillian Boyle, Edna Bissett, Etta May Bowey, Gladys Bissett and Marjory Seldon. Miss Addie Morlock, yvho for a number of years has conducted mil linery rooms here, has sold out her business to Miss McDonald, of Woodstock. Fifteen people left Exeter station on Saturday morning ter the West, among them being Mrs. • Thos. El liott, and sons Sam and John, Jt’ Wm. Ken- Wm.’ $/£^vte- <zsu£ VICTORY ! i Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions FROM ALL STATIONS IN EASTERN CANADA Going Daily Sept. 12 * 26,1941 Inclusive RETURN LIMIT — 45 DAYS TICKETS GOOD IN Coaches,« in Tourist Sleeping Cars or in Standard Sleeping Cars t at. Special Reduced Rates for each class. z COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE CHECKED. Stopovers at all points enroute. SIMILAR EXCURSIONS FROM WESTERN TO EASTERN CANADA DURING SAME PERIOD Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and All Information from any agent. ASK FOR HANDBILL T251 CANADIAN NATIONAL been gro DEVELOPMENT OF CABLE MAKES TELEPHONE LINES STORM-PROOF Kernick, Rowland Squire, Towers, S. Ross, Austin Ford, >neth Ford, Michael Fletcher, Desjardine and J. Desjardine. Miss Ida Wambold, who has engaged in Mr. Lee Wilson’s eery store, will leave shortly for London where her father has pur chased ■ a grocery business. The family intend moving their house hold effects shortly. Clinton Model School opened last week. This' , is the only Model School in Western Ontario, but the attendance is very small. which 50 YEARS AGO About three o’clock on Sunday morning fire was discovered break ing through the roof -of W. E. Coche- nour’s drug store on Main Street. The flames spread rapidly to the adjoining frame buildings, were occupied by Dr. Lutz, drug- •gist, and William Foland as a tin shop. The <u;pper part was occupied by Dr. T. A. Amos arid by David Spicer as a paint shop. The three building^ which burned , were in sured. Contents were removed from the stores on the north side of the flames, being those of Mr. John White & Sons, editor of the Exeter Times, and Mr. David Spicer, as a millinery establishment and dwel ling. It was at one time feared that the Central Hotel would be burned. Dr. Lutz, whose drug store and contents were destroyed in the fire wishes to inform the public that he will open up his business in the Fanson block in the apartment re cently vacated by Miss Horne. The large mastiff dog belonging to Carling Bros, was Shot the other day. It had become cross and was biting children. Several other dogs have had to be done away with. In a sweepstake Shooting match between Seaforth and Exeter men, Mr. Ed. Bissett was successful in Winning first money, having 10 straight blue rocks. 0 broken i—v— Walking albiig With his on a -frosty morning, Billy his breath on the cold air. "juook, mother,” he said. “Pm dusty in side.” mother! noticed “Look, V- Mother: “Jimmy, I do wish you’d learn better table manners. You’re a regular little pig.” Not a word from Johnny, Father (sternly): “Son,: do you know what a pig is1?” 'Jimmy i(meekly): “Yes, It’s a hog’s little boy,” The March of Science Storm-proof telephone lines with all wires enclosed in cable are riow being built across the con tinent! The first all-cable trans continental route is just being completed by the laying of cables underground from Omaha to Sacramento, California. The cables are buried by means of ploughs drawn by powerful trac tors, so that the ditch is dug, the cable laid, and the earth filled in at the Same time. Cables provide many more voice paths than open wire lines and also ensure protec tion from sleet-storms, worst enemy of telephone communica tions. The development of cable pro vides one of the outstanding ex amples of the importance of re search in the telephone industry. From the earliest years of the telephone, the advantages of en closing wires in cable were appre ciated, but many difficulties had to be overcome before a practical cable _could be produced. The fully testing every possible in order to select only the and of continued effort to something still better, standard practice in the method of experiment, of care way best, find was .......... x . tele phone industry as early as 1880. Since wires are crowded very closely together in t cables, the first important requirement was a good insulator to prevent voice currents from leaking over' from one wire to another. One early cable experimenter used ordinary shirt buttons strung closely to gether *along the wires to keep them apart m the cable! Finally, in 1885, from a queer inventor who had designed a machine fen wrapping paper around the wires in ladies’ bonnets, came the idea that paper crushed loosely around the wires was the only insulation required. Paper insulation is used in all present-day cables, but it is laid directly on the wire by dip ping the latter in a bath of pulp. The next problem was the de velopment of a suitable sheath. For its flexibility, lead was the material chosen, but lead alone proved too soft to stand up under the stresses and strains of wind and temperature variations. Dur ing the early part of the century, a mixture of lead and tin was employed. This alloy wore well, but it was expensive, so further research was undertaken. About 1912, it Was discovered that the addition of a little antimony to lead gave the metal the required wearing qualities. It is estimated that the use of antimony instead of tin in cable sheaths^ has meant a saving of many millions of dol lars—a saving which has helped to keep down the cost of tele phone calls. At the present time, exhaustive experiments are being conducted in the use of a lead calcium alloy for the cable sheath. The first standard types of cable contained no more than 50 pairs of wires, and cost about $155 a circuit mile to manufac ture. Gradually, through the use of smaller wires and improve ments in design, more and more wires were packed into a lead sheath of approximately the same size and at the same time manu facturing costs were progressive ly reduced. The latest type of cable contains 2,121 pairs of wires and costs about $10 a cir cuit mile. The cable is no greater in circumference than the rim of an ordinary drinking glass. The ends of four of the 4,242 tiny wires jammed into this Small space would be no larger than the head of a pin! CjVo. 10 of a strict prefrdred by It, G. Cwen,""! of the Bell Ttlepbone Cotnfrany of Canada,