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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-09-11, Page 3THE EXETER TIM&AOVQ^ATE There is a ready market naw for your surplus WHEAT and BYE STRAW, f Take advantage off this present opportunity, v Consult your local dealer or write promptly to HINDE & DAUCH PAPER CO?, TRENTON, ONT. A Nine Day Leave In England Ivan, Oulbert, son of Mr. and' Mrs. Myron, Culftert, of Biddulph, teJJW of an interesting visit to the Jewell iivniily, who a few years ago visited their many relatives in this coin!jpunity. .Somewhere In England My Dear Home Folks: . I have just straightened my kit around after having jusf returned from a nine-day leave in the West Midlands, that all ^pells • Hereford. I was with the Jewell family, whom I found very interesting, and. I lived in Canada with .them the whole time I was there. „ They are relat­ ed to.the^Hern families. First of all to tell you of the hec­ tic scheme, we were on the w.eek-end , prior to my going on leave. It com- menced about four p.m. on Satur- day. We started out marching and pn and on into the night We pound­ ed the pavement- with our lipb-nail- ed boots. Morning came '^nd we still marched on, right through un­ til nine o’clock the next night, $oi it was 47 ' miles we went without sleep and with only two meals, not to mention the blistering hot sun that insisted on making my/ face redder and redder. We were able to sleep that night under the stars and continued on our way into the attack the following morning, This meant more marching, of copr.se. We arrived home Tuesday morning about two o’clock. Now I knew I was going on leave so I-scrubbed 'my on-leave kit and prepared for the journey, which took up a few more hours of the morning. I slept through breakfast' and dinner, was not served until four. * I left at .two p.m. so my last meal was Mon­ day at 5 p.m. I got to London just in time to catch my train for Hereford, thus onmy way-on an . empty stomach. Reaching Hereford about 10 p.m. I went directly to the-JeWell home., I would judge Mr. and Mrs. Jewell to be around sixty, with two sons and one daughter. The eldest, Stan-( ley, is married, but ha's no family. He served in the last war. The next, Fred, 38 years old. and an 'invalid from the age of, 18. He can neither walk nor talk, but has a wonderful memory and understands everything that goes on around him. Now the daughter, who is 26 and pretty, showed me around the town and‘entertained me. She is married and very happy and has a very bright four-year-old son.- I took some snaps which I will forward next week. A Chain Library Now Hereford is a city of about I •3,000 in peace time, but due to the fact that evacuees and soldiers have moved in, it has tripled. Thqre are no factories nearby, therefore it ib quite’ a clean, tidy city, although very old. Yes, some of its buildings date back to the year 1,000. In fact, the Cathedral is one of them. Much of it has been restored, but a good deal, of the original remains. This snap of the chain library was very interestirig. Even in peace time-it is hal’d to get in to see it, but due to the fact that I was a Canadian, the old gentleman who Was showing me around, said I could go up to see it. He opened a huge iron door and inside I found a series of winding steps. He locked the door,.behind me and said to come down in ten \ minutes and he would let me out. This is what I found, about eight rows of shelves with the books chained to them,. In. those days reading material was" search and people Were allowed to go into the library to read,. .If the Volumes had not been chained together and to the . shelves the people Would Backache-Kidneys Cry for Help Most people fail to recognize tho seriousness of a bad back. The stitches, twitches, and twinges are bad enough and cause great suf* fering, but back of the backache and the' cause of it all is the dis­ ordered kidneys crying out a warn­ ing through the back. A pain in the back is the kidneys’ cry for help, Go to their assistance. Get a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills. A remedy for backache and sick kidneys, “Doan’s’’ are put up m an oblong grey box with out trade mark a ‘‘Maple Loaf** Oh the wr^ppora , Refuse substitutes. Get “Doan’s.” Tha T. Milburn Co.. Ltd, Toronto. Oat, have walked off with them, although I cannot understand how one could carry away such large books. This library is the oldest of its kind-in the world, Hereford is. situated on the River Wye, where the larg­ est salmon, fish Qf England are caught, ' I didn’t go fishing but went boating and swimming. Parcel fromAHome The mail’,just came in and-1 have just opened your 11th parcel for this year. In fact, I am eating one of the cookies now, and are they ever good! That is quite .fancy writing paper you sent me with the flag on each c corner. Now on with the history of Here­ ford. Directly., in rear of the Jewejl home, in fact right in their garden, is the ruins -of an old wall that en­ closed the city hundreds of years ago. It stands -but four feet high now and extends for about 25 yardfe. The.government will not al­ low it > to be destroyed and if it could talk it ^vould be able to tell many stories. Another,,place of in­ terest was an old, irregular shap­ ed building,- now a public building, but it was used badk in 1,000, for this? purpose. . Every Saturday? a newspaper was sent down from Lon­ don and as there were very few Who could, read, this paper was read to the people of-the city who gath­ ered in 1 this building to hear the latest, as it 'were. Many ;pf the streets still remain, as in the days of the Normans. ' During my visit here, : I had the pleasure of taking two, ■motor trips deep into the country­ wide, visiting .old villages and churches, mostly. You'may‘have noticed in some of your American magazines a photo of the oldest* pigeon coop in England., The own­ er told it was published in. all Ameri­ can magazines and tourists came by the dozens to see ft. We just hap­ pened on ft accidentally. Another very , interesting sight was Tinton Abby,' hear Gloucester. Every au­ tumn there, is a- certain night when the harvest moon is framed by ‘the huge window frame in the front Of the. Abbey. The County of Hereford is purely agricultural. It is the home of the Hereford cattle and in peace time, they tell me, their markets, are' ■a sight to behold. , * , Swell. Eats * - ' It seems the JeWell family have been expecting me to visit ; them sinceMast Xmas time and Mrs. JeW­ ell has been saving Up pre-war eats such as fruit, Cereals, etc. "You see it ", is quite impossible to buy any fruit of any description and it was. a-treat for me. to get it while there, three times a day, not tp mention the XmaS pudding she Sav­ ed for me and 3 eggs a day as well as tomatoes. They really went to a lot of trouble, but they are fine people and%godfd spo'rts and have 'Seen much of the World in their day. I -believe that they have been at the Hern picnic. I left Hereford on Tuesday at noon by bus to Oxford, where I saw all I could in the, short time there, then on to London, where I spent the night at a Y.M.O.A., then to .Sevenoaks on Wednesday morning. Several friends went with me to London to see a musical cbm-, edy called “Me- and My Girl”. It was really good and’a change from the ordinary pictures. Returning to SevehOaks, I spent, the night and on to Reigate by bus the next mornipg, returning, to camp by 1200 hours, the end of a perfect nine-day leave. Now, if all goes well and we are not moved or something, I will go on leave again, I expect in Septem­ ber. Time soon goes when one has a leave to look forward to. STEPHEN COUNCIL The Council of the Township of Stephen met in the Town Hall, Ore- diton, on Tuesday, the -2nd day of September, 1941, at 1 p.m. AH members were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and. adopted, on. motion of Arthur Amy, seconded by Nelson Schenk, The Clerk reported he had served all interested parties assessed for -the repair of the Centralia Drain as well as the Reeves of the Town­ ships of Usborpe and Biddulph, by registered mail, and had received no appeal from any person against the assessment referred to in the By-law provisionally passed by this Council on the 18th day of July, 1941. 'It was therefore moved by Thos. Love, seconded' by Arthur Amy: That By-law No, 558 to repair the ■Centralia Drain and for levying and raising on the lands affected thereby the sum of $1,056.66, the proportion to be ■ contributed by the ^Township of Stephen for completing the same, having been read the sec­ ond .and third times, -be’finally pass­ ed and signed - by the Reeve and Clerk and the Seal of the Corpora­ tion attached thereto, And further that the Clerk ad­ vertise for tenders to be .received for the repair of the said drain up to Saturday, September 20th, 1941 at 7 ®,m^ when a special meeting of sthe Council will be held to con­ sider, such tenders. Carried, Moved by Roy Ratz, seconded by •Thomas Love: <That By-law No. 559 to adopt the assessment on which the taxes for 1941 shall 'be levied and to provide for the levy of the taxes and to provide for the collec­ tion thereof, having been read three times, be pas'sed by the Reeve and ■Clerk and the Seal of the Corpora­ tion attached thereto. Carried. The Clerk read correspondence he had received with regard to the clos­ ing of the sideroad between Lots 5 and 6 in, the 2nd? and 3rd con­ cessions of the Township of Stephen as required for. the proposed Cen­ tralia Airfield. c It was moved by Nelson Schenk,' seconded by Roy Ratz: » Whereas the expropriation plan covering the proposed Centralia Airfield has’'been filed and vested in the name of His Majesty the King in the Right of the Dominion of Canada. And whereas a certain road al­ lowance between Lots 5 and 6. in the 2nd and 3rd Concessions of the Township of Stephen is included in the said plan as it is found neces­ sary to close the said road. „ J Therefore the Council of .the Township of Stephen agrees tp close the said road allowance providing the Government pays the necessary expense for so doing. * It -is further agreed to allow the •Government to cut down any and all trees on, the said Township road allowance in that area on condition that the Government obtain the sanction of the owners .whose pro­ perty abutts the said toad allow­ ance where the tr.ees affected are (located. The Township would grant this concession, free of any pay­ ments;' Carried. Moved by Thomas Love, second­ ed by Nelson Schenk: That the fol­ lowing pay' .sheet and orders be passed: Pay Sjheet No. 9, $2,460.99; Vernon Schatz, * flour, Jackson, $3.0,0; Cora Gaiser, milk, Jackson, $-7.20; Anna Gill, rent, Jackson, $3.00;' Exeter Times-Advocate; print­ ing, $3'3.00; Hydro Elec. Power Comm., town hall, $5.7'0;'- Treas , County of Huron, hospitalization, W; Appleton, $12.25; J. Richard, $1.6.60; Olive Anderson, $23.60; David Sturgeon, $5.25; Wm. P. Lovie, $'2j60’, total, $60.30; Dr. W. J. Mooney, account re McPherson, $3.00; Matthew Sweitzeb, account as weed inspector, $17.10; O.rVal Mellin, account re Lochner and ' Mc­ Phee, $5.00; Colin Love, grant,' Grand ' Bend School Fair, $25.00. Carried. The Council adjourned to meet again for a special meeting to be held in the Clerk’s office on Sat­ urday, the 20th pf September, at 8 p.m. and the next regular meet* ing to be held in the Town Hall on Monday * the Sth day of October, 1941, at 1 p.m? / ' H; K. Eilber, Township ‘clerk * .^__V------ jWe are. a. strong advocate of the movement for. shorter and better sermons. Statistics,.prove that few sinners repent hfter the first quar­ ter of an hour. , *> Bombing And Gunnery .Specialfeed Occupations J8ZI t ZG Yocrsof Purity to 41 Now> my dear folks; i hope this finds you as welt as it leaves me. God bless you all and much love to" all. * As ever your loving son,' Ivan , . .. ............. Conscience is what makes a man tell his wife Something he’s afraid she will find out anyhow.. ‘"And, on. the other Jiand, many men achieve success just to show their wive’s relatives that they are not as ioy and worthless as they thought. , The World’s Finest Anthracite is Trade Marked Blue.- Order Blue Ci>al and we have it, also Large Lump Alberta Coal HAMCO Dustless Cblce Prices are Right A. J. CLATWORTHY 12 J (jir&niot • We Deliver Tenth ami last of the series of stpy* ies about the training of Pilots ami Observers in the R.t'.A.E., umier the British Commonwealth Air Tiaining I*iaii, written for tim . weekly newspapers of Ontario awl distributed through the C4V»N.A- By Hugh Templin Until I visited the Jarvis Bomb­ ing and Gunnery School, I had sup­ posed that the Initial Training. School at Eglinton was the most in-, tefesting place the. Rpyal Canadian Air Force had to show its visitors. At Eglintop, the doctors,, now dis­ guised as Flying Officers, carry, on scientific experiments in low pres­ sure chambers, attach electric wires to the skull to. test thk brain waves, and send men and materials into chamber's where cold winds blow at 40 below zero, There’s nothing like that at Jarvis, Science and mathematics and inven­ tion have combined to produce the winders that are kept locked up in special buildings at the Bombing and Gunpery#School, but they have to do with themrts of war and des­ truction, rather than medicine and healing, After a convention in Hamilton in May, a group bf editors and their 'ladies spent an afternoon at a wings parade at Jarvis school,.and then saw ’ the buildings and learned something of the training methods.. They marvelled at the beautifully furnished recreation rooms. They had fleeting glances of bomb sights in the noses of Fairey Battle bomb­ ing planes or noticed the loads of small practice,, bombs attached to' the wings. ‘ "'They saw the drogue planes come in and. drop tpe drogues,. oi’ targets, riddled with machine gun bullets and they felt grateful for an insight into the training of tpe student observers -in the R.CA.F.s and kindred Air Forc­ es of. the Empire,. t Really, what they saw was only a fraction of what the student sees. I was at Jarvis school, with the other editors invMay. I returned in August and was admitted to the various buildings where the doors are kept locked and few are privil­ eged to- enter. I was allowed to use the power driven machine gun turrets off actual fighting planes; I was initiated into the mysteries of the bombsight, as far as was pos­ sible in, an hour or so; I Was of­ fered a, flight' "with one of the mach­ ine gnhners out^’dver the water of nearby Lake Erie,, and I saw the inside workings of the “Bombing Teacher,” a machine that literally amazed me. " Difficult Course of Studies Group -Captain G. E. Wait is the Commanding Officer of the Jarvis School. After a cordial welcome,r he turned me over tp Flying Of­ ficer G. T.’Johnson, with instruc­ tions that I was to be shown every­ thing and allowed to try out the various machines used in training'. And Flying Officer Johnson literally carried out those instructions. If I didn't learn everything a'bout bombing and the use of machine guns„, it was because, one can’t do that in an afternoon. •., First, i we went over the details Of the course of study together. It Was like the curriculum of a univer­ sity course in engineering, with its Various formulae and its applied mathematics. I wondered that stu­ dents could pick it up unless they had been doing particiilarly^well in mathematics in their high school days, but the Flying Officer said that few failed. Those who did not understand the theories could mem­ orize the formulae. . Studies included the theory of bombing; trajectory angles, use of the Vector attachment for,, bomb­ sights when aiming at moving tar­ gets; setting bombsights; low and high level bombipg; Wind drift and problems arising from it; fuses and carriers; use of flares; theory of sighting machine guns; gunnery tactics; types of turrets, and air­ craft recognition. , • That doesn’t mean much to most of - he, but it sounds like a heavy •course °f Study to be mastered in six\ weeks. Camera Guns Save Ammunition First practice wi^h actual mach­ ine guns ;is on the HS-yard range. .Vickers guns are used there, though they are now out-dated and Brown­ ings are used for 'more, advanced 'work, The machine gunners stand inside a long building', open at the ' front, and shoot at targets with bursts of fire, eight to 15 bullets at a time. inside another building, In sepa- , rate rooms, are power-operated. machine gun turrets which gave the' British gunners an advantage early . In the war, They were com­ pletely equipped 'but the actual guns had been removed and replaced by dummy guns which shot a ray Of light at a tiny German plane Which moved 4against a painted sky, A student was banging away at and every time he scored a hit, A8W rang. Amusement parks have similar devices, without the turret, which is the important paft The young man at the camera gun was doing fairly well, scoring hits with about half his shots. Dials on a nearby desk were indicating ex­ actly what h# was doing. t He finished and I climbed up in­ side the turret. A table* lowered over my knees and a lever at my side brought up a seat and wedged me In like a sardine in a can. Ap­ parently I was a bit over-si^e to make ,a good gunner* Five or six switches set the machinery"* in mo­ tion and I looked through a small reflecting sight, already described in dn earlier story. With my left hand, Iz worked a “stick” similar, to those that control small planes, A touch of my thumb on a button on top of the level’ started the mach­ ine gun. But the mechanism was too .fast for me. I got in azfew shots, but I scored not a hit, Anothei’ turret Was of somewhat different pattern. Handle-bars like those on a bicycle controlled the motion—a turn to. Tight .or left made the turret turn and by lifting up 'or pressing down the machine gun was moved, Actual practice with machine guns is carried out 'over Lake Erie. The planes used are Fairey Battles, us­ ed earjier in the ^yar as medium bombers. Some are “drogue”! planes”, painted with yellow and bfack stripes as'a warning to other planes that they are trailing be­ hind them a long steel wire. At the end of the Wire dangles a drogue, or cloth target, cylindrical in shape and about eight feet long. a The machine gunners go up two at a time' 'in another plane of similar make. An experienced pilot sits up in front, the two gunners side by. side .back near the tail, where it is rather bumpy. The planes fol­ low a definite schedule, meeting the drogue plane out over the lake and firing in a certain area. Bullets in the machine guns are dipped in paint. Those fired by one gunner leave red holes; the other blue. That cutd flights in half and re­ quires less targets. The drogue, plane ’circles back over the field and drops the drogue, releasing an­ other at the end of the wire’ to take its place. Flights of the planes .with the gunners take only about ten minutes. and Bombsights Bombs and bombing have become I important in this war. Much might be. written about them. "Ahe bombs' are of several types, depending on the purpose ifor which they a?e in­ tended. They tend to increase in size, - weight and destructiveness. Some ’ explode on contact; others go through the roof and explode inside a building or a ship. There are bombs that pierce armor before exploding. The bombs can be ad­ justed for • various purposes, having ■different types of detonators in nose and tail. Bombs are carried on racks, underneath the wings, in­ side the fuselage or in other places, depending on the type of the bomb­ ing plane. They are released elec­ trically by pulling a little lever. Much has been heard about bomb sights in recent months. The bomb- sights is an elaborate instrument used to ensure that the bomb will land on Or near the'target. In the > early days of the last Great War, bombs were simply dropped over the edge by the pilot. Planes moved slowly and fairly low. Even at' that, many of these first bombs probably landed a mile from the place they were intended to strike. . A modern bombsight is a most ^complicated instrument. There are some ten adjustments. Not only tho height of the plane above the ground, the speed at which it is traveling, the direction and velocity of-* the' wind affect the fall of the •bomb, but even the temperature. The bombsight is covered with knobs and dials and scales. 'When all these have been adjusted, the Observer watches the landscape through the eyepiece. He sees it apparently moving down between „two pairs of wires" with colored beads at intervals along them. At last, the railway station, factory, or whatever' the target may be, appears between two tiny, pointers. The observer • pulls a lever arid the •bomb starts On its way. It may be 20 seconds before it hits and an­ other ten before it explodes. The Bombing “Teacher” Students learn to operate the bombsight with the aid of a “teach­ er,” which is one of the mpst in­ teresting and ingenious machines I eyer saw. It is contained in a specially-built three-storey building and kept locked. I watched Flying Officer John­ son adjust the bombsight, after drawing lines across the face of Its compass and making calculations. Then I lay on my stomach and look­ ed through the sights. We were in the gallery of the building. ’Up­ stairs,- intricate projectors, designed by a British inventor, adjusted for altitude, wind speed and so Oh, ground away. Down below me, the landscape of the enemy country rnovf ed past, Then it stopped and a white light showed where the bomb had landed. A Man’s Fim Instinct is to take care of his own. I TIFE INSURANCE was born because i-y of this instinct. It protects widows, fatherless and aged, and enables them to live in comfort and security instead of poverty and fear. If you have not made adequate fin­ ancial provision for your dependents and for your own old age, we will gladly assist you to plan for it. Before You Insure Consult e 4 HEAD OFFICE TORONTO F. J. DELBRIDGE, Representative EXETER Actual bombing js done over Lake Erie.. Small practice bombs at­ tached under the wings of the Fairey Battle are aimed at a red raft from heights of well over a mile. A puff of smoke goes up as | a bomb hits the water.. Observers on shore watch the puffs of smoke, use some simple trigonometry, and plot the places where the bombs drop. <T,he^ student marks where he thought they went. The best target hangs in the1 conference room. Over it is ,a sign: “Beat this and yours will hang here instead.” Also, no doubt,, the owner of the target will head his class at the next wings parade. ---------V--------- WINCHELSEA Messrs. Gordon Prance, Harold Clarke, Jack Coward, Johnny Rid­ ley and Philip and Kenneth Hern have‘returned home after spending the past three weeks training at Thame's Valley Camp. Mrs. Freeman Horne and Kathleen spent Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Harry Ford,> of Elimville. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Goldwin Glenn, of Brinsley, visited on Sunday with .the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Brock. "Mrs. S. Miller, of Cromarty, spent one day recently with Mrs. W. F. Batten. ' • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murch and Sonnie, of London, visited on Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. George Da­ vis. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne'Sholdice and family, of Watford, visited over‘the Week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Newton Clarke. ■ Mr. and Mrs'. Clarence Fletcher attended the funeral of the late Mr. J. Sprowl, of Lucan, on Monday. Mrs. Jack Delbridge has returned home after spending several days with her mother, Mrs. Richard Hun­ ter, who is in Victoria Hospital, after having ah operation foi’ ap­ pendicitis. ■Miss Audrey Fletcher spent Sun­ day with the Misses Fern and Aud­ rey Rodd, at Woodham. % ---------y--------- an- be Of will 'Sing at both services. Spec­ ial music by the home choir, every­ body welcome. There will .be no preaching ser­ vice in the United Church on Sun­ day next on account of Brinsley niversary. Sunday School will at 10 o’clock. Miss Edith" Stuart, graduate Victoria Hospital, spent the week­ end with Miss Nola Sweitzer. Mrs. Geo. Sheppard, of Parkhill, •Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sheppard and Miss Olive Sheppard, of London, visited on Sunday la^t with Miss P. Keys. Miss Nola Sweitzer, who has completed her three year course in training at Victoria Hospital, re­ turned home on Saturday -last. The sympathy of the community is extended to the friends of the late Chas. Lochner, whose funeral was held on Thursday last. A pleasant evening was spent on Wednesday last when a reception was held Mrs. Wm. Mrs. Earl married. and the evening Avas spent in games and cards. A bounteous lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. E. Ratz thanked everyone for the gifts, * af­ ter which all joined in the singing of “For They Are Jolly Good Fel­ lows”. Everyone present enjoyed the evening. at the home of Mr. and Ratz in honor of Mr. and. Ratz who were recently About 100' were present GID LITT MAY -v- NEVER DRIVE AGAIN "5 known Dornin- •Gid SH1PKA Anniversary services will in the United Church on Sept. 21st, Rev. Mr. Woods, ter, will be the7speaker at 2.30 and 7.30 p.m. Mrs. Wilfred Karn, of St.’ Andrew’s Church choir, London, i be held Sunday, of Exe- Gid Litt, one of, the best harness race drivers in the ion, may never drive again, was the driver of Miss Vera Bars who won the 6th annual pacing Derby at New Hamburg recently and made it in. two wins for him in this event in six years. However, the excitement was apparently too much for the veteran driver and he suffered a heart attack on Fri­ day. Although he is confined to his bed it is not thought that the seiz­ ure will be dangerous, but it is doubtful whether or not he will ever pilot another thoroughbred. .Be­ sides driving the Derby winner ar New Hamburg, he drove Pine Ridge Babe, who finished second in the Futurity trial. Mr. Litt is not train­ ing horses at present; he is the pro­ prietor of the Amulree hotel.—Mil­ verton Sun. ® F* Skinw.’igi* • EXETER, ONTARIO Tigs tHSPW/ 1ST &S P&T GOOgySARS GNyOOJlCARf CCti WE HAVE THEM fAS AT AU PHIGES A