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THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, &KETER ONTARIO, THUB^OAX MORNIHQ? JANUARY 20, j§44
By “SCOOP”
Movie Notices
Gleanings from No, 9 Service Flying Training School, Centralia, Ontario
Gordon Pass, “Y" Office, Managing Editor
Station Activities
The card party held at the Hos
tess House last week was an enter
taining evening for everyone and
for some of us it was almost educa
tional, Bridge was the game for the
card sharks but
Down the River”
rious game and a
spent the evening trying to beat the
dealer. Coffee and sandwiches were
served and more of these evenings
are ’being planned
joy playing cards.
The “Masquers’
at the Airport on
and it was really a treat,
group of entertainers are employees
of T. Eaton Co. and were a dramatic
group before the war, but since Sep
tember of 1939 they have devoted
their efforts towards entertaining
the troups and have specialized in
Variety Shows. Their group was for
merly quite large but a good num
ber of the original group are now
in the service and some have even
gone overseas with the Army Show.
All the acts were good but the
general opinion was that the magi
cian was the star of the perfor
mance. The things he could do were
amazing, but behind stage after
wards, Padre Jordan proved to be
quite an hpt magician himself be
cause he was able to pour water
from the jug even though it ap
peared empty to those of us who
looked inside. The troop have put
on over two hundred shows
the outbreak of the war and
are real troopers to spend
week-ends travelling around
country , side to keep up
“morale” of the services; and
of those tap dancers
good morale builders,
afterwards finished off the evening,
and the many guests enjoyed them
selves heartily.
“Up the River,
was a really hila-
good number
for those
put on
Saturday
who en-
a show
evening
. This
since
they
their
the*
the
some
are mighty
The dance
them-
Betty Blair
Piiw 3
Sports
The basketball games last
were played on Monday and
week
Wed
nesday in the Drill hall and every
one who is -on a team is getting a
kick out of playing. The Officers
played course No. 95 one night and
won 50 to 33. The
course No. 95 played course No, 9 3
and the final score was 47 to 12 in
favor of course No. 95. One thing
is certain, the old adage “Practice
Makes Perfect” still holds good be
cause
better
do to
games
Dicks” some
ting to be.
As for Hockey, the Exeter Fly
ers have really made a good start
and the other night they beat Sea
forth, 6 to 3. It wasn’t an easy win
though as any member of the team
will
the
will
was
the players and those who watched,
and a good number of Airmen and
Airwomen from the Station went to
see the game.
Ice skating n the Station is get
ting to be mighty
the entire parade
flooded to make
easy to recognize
because they walk on their ankles
for about two days afterwards, but
it’s good exercise and fun besides.
Sgt. W. Wright
other night
the more the boys play the
they get and all you have to
prove
to
this is to watch a few
see what “Dead-eye
of the players are get-
tell you and it is expected that
future games with this team
be just as close battles. There
plenty of excitement both for
popular, and now
ground has been
a good rink. It’s
those who skate
the Christmas and New
festivities over, the band-
Sgt. Robert Moore breathes
of relief as once more the
Brass Band Activities
. With
Year’s"
master
a sigh
members of the Brass Band are to
gether again and practicing for the
next “Wings” parade and anything
else for which they might be called
upon unexpectedly. We have another
member of the Band who has excep
tional musical ability, F./Sgt, Pepin
who incidentally played for the Can
adian Officers Training Corps of
Montreal University. He was also a
crack trombonist in various top-notch
orchestras in Montreal. As a Christ
mas present to himself, he bought
a brand new trombbne, and rumor
has it that lie takes it to bed With
him. The Senior N.C.O.’s are really
enjoying his music in the quarters
at nights aiid he has almost per
suaded some of his pals that they'll
have to learn too. The band is really
fortunate to have such a musician
added
Of the
hint to
night
That’s all for this time.
Sgt. Schwartz
to their group and several
boys are trying to persuade
have a "Jam” session some
soon after baiid practice.
3 Good
Reasons Why
Friday, January 21st.—Stand By
All Networks, starring John Beal,
Florence Rice, Alan Baxter. Shorts:
Shep Fields, Screen Snapshots,
Wedding Scare,
Saturday, January 22nd.—iFly
Night. Selected short subjects.
Monday,
Plane
Robert
Johnny
Sliortie
Wednesday,
starring
Flyers Outplay Last Year’s Rivals
On Their Own Sheet by 6-3 Count
His
By
, January 24th —- Night
From Chunking, starring
Preston, Ellen Drew. Shorts:
Scat Davis, What the Fly,
Goes South.
Jan. 26 th—Winter
time, starring Sonjia Henie, Jack
Oakie, Carole Landis. Shorts: Selec
ted short subjects..
Course 89
As one of the cadets in Course
89 I would like to say how much I
have appreciated the amount of hard
work put in by all members of the
permanent staff on this station
which has enabled myself and my
companions of the past four months
to appear on the Wings Parade to
be held on January 2'8 th.
We have all had our grumbles
and moans, particularly when we
discovered to our horror that we
were
extra
don’t
fully
fatigues every Wednesday night.
But when one looks back and for
gets the hardships that have had
to be supassed, one remembers such
things as a grand Christmas dinner,
and the enjoyable times spent at
other
on the
all of
saying
to remain on course for an
four weeks. Then again I
think any of us can truth-
say we enjoyed barrack room
stage shows, dances, and
forms of entertainment held
camp, and I am sure that
Course 89 will join me in
that life at Centralia has not been
such a hardship *after all.
LAC. F. Bray
Nocturne
Etching in silver
On an evening sky,
Wings dipped in vibrant dusk,
Scorning the graying fields of earth
Where swallows fly;
Away, away
To follow the pathway of the
The quiet, lovely footfalls
Of retreating day.
A soaring ecstacy
Weaving its melody
In silent music, chaste as
Schumann’s Lied,
A Karsavina dancing “Les
Sylphides.”
sun
The darkness reaches up to gather
in
The first reluctant star:
This transient hostage
Eternal boundaries of
homing
Through the night,
Leavirig its secret with
And with the stars, the poetry of
flight.
to the far
man, wings
the moon
Cpl. Evelyn
Who’s Who
Cpl. David Martin
Cook
he has
was a
Cpl. David Martin, Course No. 91,
was born in Wiarton, Ont., and he
is nearer there now than
been in years. His father
small town storekeeper but soon af
ter he was born, the family moved
to Toronto and this has been their
since. David went tohome ever
school in Toronto and says he had
a very normal childhood. He pinch
ed pennies until the age of six
when the rod pursuaded him it was
bad business; he played the violin
until the family realized he’d never
be a virtuoso, and they stopped
wasting their money on lessons for
him; he distinguished himself by
trying to converse in Latin with a
room-mate. A very important event
of his boyhood was a several months
visit to an uncle who lived in Ar
kansas. Here two wonderful things
occured. He fell in love with al
Southern belle and he learned to
walk on stilts; which was the most
important is still a moot question.
One thing sure, the girl really made
an impression on him because he
hitch-hiked 5006 miles to see her
when he Was twenty-years old. It
was a bit
though, and
to convince
dead certain
leap.
With Einstein as his ideal, Mart
in din’barked oh a course of Maths
and Physics at the University of
Toronto, but had to quit at the end
of his first year when family for
tunes collapsed. Then began a few
years of odd jobs including driving
a truck, roofing houses, clerking in a
of a disappointment
about all it did was
Martin that he'd be
before he took the
store etc. About this time he start
ed to write a little, this was the be
ginning of his journalistic career.
When asked how he got into jour
nalism. David said he’d always tak
en his news and politics seriously
and naturally wanted to write about
them. He only had one rejection be
fore his first acceptance and this
was followed by three acceptances in
a .row so this made him think he’d
hit the jack-pot. Since then he has
reported on Canadian affairs for
Time, written for numerous Ameri
can periodicals, broadcast for
BBC prepared propaganda scripts for
the Italian section of the BBC etc.
One of his best known articles was
an interview with the 'Canadian
Fascist leader, Adrien Arcand, which
appeared in the New York Nation.
Martin went to England as a
journalist in March 1941, Passage)
was difficult to book, so he workedI
over as second cook on a freigh-1
ter, The convoy they went in was
a six knot one but they were lucky
and didn’t see any enemy ships.
In addition to his journalistic ef
forts in England, Cpl. Martin made
numerous broadcasts. One was in
German. He boasts that he deliver
ed this after swatting German for
only three months. After being m
England for li years, Martin dec
ided to join the R.C.A.F. and took
about nine months of his training
over there. He went to E.F.T.S. at •
Oshawa, and then was posted here,x , --
where he is having a great ftae, ,hetty
boning up for exams on things he I
says he learned
Here’s hoping the
Ing goes well.
They dood it, folks. And right in
Seaforth’s own back yard. The two
riyals of last year got together for
a hockey date last Thursday )for
what was to be both teams first real
test of the season, The Flyers came
out on top by a 6-3 count.
The crew from Number Nine out-
skated, out-fought and out-played
the Beavers, They were a goai
hunting gang from the opening
whistle. In fact it was in the first
period that the Flyers won the game.
Three Goals in the First
Our boys got their sights adjust
ed early and come the end of the
opening stanza they had spanked
the twine three times without retali
ation from their rivals. Each team
and Young,
Young es-
house afire,
spectacular
goal-hungry
“long-long
rest of his
Betty
“Pros” and Poems
scored one in the middle period and
two in the third.
Both goalies, Doherty
played bang-up games,
pecially was as hot as a
Cliff really made some
saves to stave off the
Beavers.
Flight Lieutenant Eric “Doc”
Webb, former Stratford Midget, and
medical officer at Centralia, was in
jured on the head. A high stick
cut a scalp wound in the back of
, the head that bled profusely
| stalwart defenceman came back and
. played the rest of the match. As it
train-
Blair
Flattery is soft soap and Boap is
ninety percent lye. —Anon.
Convoy
No singing bells from lofty singing
spires,
To hymn thy going forth
Unto a sea, as fragrant with martyr
dom
As any Cartier sailed.
No kinfolk gathered here upon their
knees,
To cloke with invocation
This host of silent shadows, moving
down
Under the bridge of dawn.
The chimes are calling for
conquerors
Where little children tread,
In innocence of hunger:
The banners of the valiant are
furled
Wherever prayers are said.
these
un-
Pres-
CROMARTY
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
byterian church was held on Thurs
day, January 13tli, with a gooa
attendance. Rev. W. A. McWilliams
acted as chairman. The meeting
opened with devotional exercises.
The Session report was given by the
Minister followed by an address.
The secretary, William .Hamilton,
gave the minutes of the last annual
meeting followed by the treasurer’s
report by James Scott Jr. T. L.
Scott gave the auditor’s report of
all financial statements. Mrs. Win.
Houghton reported for the Ladies’
Aid and Mrs. Ken. McKellar for the
W.M.S. The Marion Ritchie Auxi
liary report by Mrs. Gordon Scott, j
All these reports were approved.
The appointing of officers followed.
Calder McKaig will be chairman of
the board of management with Wm,
Hamilton and Andrew McLachlin as
new members and Harold Coleman
reappointed,
appointed S.S.
this year. Rev. and Mrs. McWilliams
Miss Lila McCulloch, Wilma Hamil
ton and Ernest Allen were appoint
ed as library Committee. The meet
ing closed with singing the Nation
al Anthem.
A plane accident which took the
lives of two airmen from Centralia
airport occurred two and a half
miles east of Cromarty on Friday
last. A very large crowd of specta
tors Have been to view the wreck
age. The names of the airmen, as
yet, hate not been revealed.
Miss Betty McKellar
to the Village to help
of J. M. Scott.
The community was
the death of Wilbur
Saturday after an illness of a few
weeks. Sympathy is extended to
the family.
Mr. T. L. Scott was
superintendent for
has returned
at the home
saddened by
Mahaffy oh
was the Flyers took but three rear
guards with them, Squadron Leader
Elwin still being on furlough.
Take Three-Goal Lead
The game opened cautiously but
the scene soon changed and a fast
exciting brand of hockey featured
the evening’s performance. Carne
gie gave Young his first chance to
display his wares with a pot shot
that Cliff took .on the back of the
head. The Flyers net guardian
came up with another exhibition of
fine goaltending as Eady sifted in
and fired from close range.
The play switched to the opposite
end and Forsythe banged in the first
one. Wright shot from the corner
and Jimmy standing in front of
herty batted the puck into the ' Slug.
Wright put them two up on a
sortie. Vogt, Eady and Harris
worked the boot heel into the Exe
ter zone but Wright broke up the
play and on a fast break-away
weaved his way down the right side
and blasted a short shot that beat
Doherty.
Farmer McFadden tested Young
out again as a shot bounced off
Wright's shin fast toward the Flyer’s
net. The lanky Beaver centre skated
in on top of Young but Cliff knocked
out his shot which had been label
led for the corner.
Doherty was kept busy in the lat-
ler minutes of the first as the per
sistent Flyers kept boxing in. He
already had made two saves on one
scramble at his doorstep when For
sythe tallied for his second goal.
Do-
rig-
solo
had
the boys from the bench, sent out
Shaw to face-off, Wright and Webb
on defence. They did a real job
of protecting Young but no sooner
had Bradley come back than Wright
joined Macey for roughing. Seaforth
tried desperately to tie the score but
were held off. Shaw and Webb had
a busy stretch of it for awhile.
Brown gave the Flyers a more
comfortable lead by whipping in
Uhl’s pass-out after Doherty had
come back with one save. Hawkes
stretched it still further potting in
a neat corner shot. In the last few
seconds of play Archie Hubert, veter
an of many seasons, scored from a
scramble. Seaforth had been gang
ing in the final minutes and Young
had made several saves only to have
Hubert finally beat him.
The Bine-ups
EXETER—Goal, Young; defence,
Wright and Webb; centre, Weic-
zorek; wings, Hawkes and Uhl; al
ternates, Shaw, Forsythe, Bradley,
Macey and Brown.
SEAFORTH—Goal, Doherty; de
fence, Hildebrand and Nicholson;
centre, Harris; wings, Eady and Fos
ter; alternates, A. McFadden, R. Mc
Fadden, Harris, Carnegie, Vogt, and
Beltz.
Referee, Stan Smith, Stratford.
Summary
First Period
1. Exeter, Forsythe (Wright).
2. Exeter, Wright.
3. Exeter, Forsythe.
Penalties, Webb.
Second Period
4. Exeter, Hawkes (Shaw).
5. Seaforth, Carnegie.
Penalties, Webb’, Harris, Weiczor-
ek.
Third Period
6.
7.
8.
9.
Seaforth, Eady.
Exeter, Brown (Uhl).
Exeter, Hawkes.
Seaforth, Hubert.
Penalties, Bradley, Macey, Wright,
Hubert.
This n’ That—The Flyers had been
anxiously waiting to meet the Bea
vers. It was the first time they had
had a chance to show themselves
against the strong Seaforth squad
and needless to say it was a happy
gang
back
that “Pop” Watson brought
to the port that evening.
*# *
It
three
been
the three games played this year.
Forsythe carried the load against
the Beavers with two goals. It was
Jimmy’s turn to crow this time. All
three work in the Maintenance sec
tion and can often be seen ribbing
each other about the goals they did
or did’nt get.
was the
members
kept off
first time that all
of the first line have
the scoring books in
Each Get One in Second
It was a nice lead the Flyers en
joyed going into the second and they
settled down to a more defensive
type of hockey than in the first.
However, the forwards didn’t let up
on their aggressiveness. * Seaforth
really turned it on to start the per
iod but' were checked before any
danger resulted.
Macey worked his way through
only to be robbed by Doherty, Shaw,
etc. The team was short-handed at.
the time, Webb being off for trip
ping. Hawkes outguessed Hubert at
the defence and gunned in on Do
herty to pick the twine. It was a
nifty goal.
Carnegie and Albie McFadden led
a. rush up the ice and caught our s blood-donors
defence out of position. Young saved)
on McFadden’s drive
skated in to toss the
the net.
Young, Wright and Shaw turned
in a fine evening’s performance.
Shaw, an exceptionally smart puck
carrier is very aggressive and clean.
He worked hard all evening es
pecially during the penalty parade
in the third.
Young turned
to date.
..Both Wright and
in their best game
* «
Top snipes for the Flyers is Sgt.
Hawkes, right winger in the second
line. He can really pot the old
when he gets close in. Tony
netted seven to date and looks
ter every game out.
disc
has
bet-
Locals Have Hot
but Carnegie
rebound
Session
into
Both goalies came up with some
smart saves as the final period got
under way. Eady brought the count
4-2. The Beavers had been gang
ing in behind the airmen’s blue line
and picked Up a loose puck, Carnegie
backhanded a twenty
cage.
The,hotest session
all night came when
players were banished to the cooler,
one after the other. Bradley was
thumbed off first and before he
scarcely got his seat Warm his side
kick, Macey had joined him,
Captain McCall, extractor of the
denti at the port, who was directing er»
footer into the
the locals had
three of their
Parkhill Blood Donors Cline
The following were among the
— .___s at a blood-donors
clinic at Parkhill last week.
Greenway — Milton Woodburn,
Dorothy Emery 2, ^Gerald ’Carruth
ers, William Hodgins2, Maurice
Murray 2, Mathew Steeper, Mrs.
Harry Isaac 2, Harvey Walper 2,
Jack Hartle, Bruce McLinchey,
McGillivray - Mt.Carmel — Mrs.
John Hodgins, John Hodgins, Stan
ley Scott, Mrs. Hugh Eagleson,
Hugh Eagleson. Clark Hodgins 2,
Erwin Thompson, Scott Reid, Bruce
Hodgins ___
Kathleen Brien, Earl Breen, Arthur
Hodgihs,
William
Ralph 1
Howard Hodgson, Andy Thompson,
Thomas Kooy, Owen Amos 4, John
L. Hotson, Douve de Vries, Lloyd
Durr 2, Norman Durr 2, Calvert
Nichol 2, Doan White, James Mor-
I ley 2, Grant Amos 2, Oswald Steep-
2, Freeman Hodgins 2,
, Harvey Eagleson
Eagleson,
Eagleson,
, Mrs.
Robert Smith,
Wilfred Dixon,
Most Young Mothers
Use this Way to Relieve
Miseries of Children’s
Hay Council
The Council of the Township of
Hay met for the first session of the
year 19 44 in the town hall, on Mon
day, January 10th with all members
present. After signing the Declar
ation of office, the Council became
organized for the year. Various com
munications were disposed of and
the following resolutions passed:
That the Statutory Lease for the
leasing of the room in the Bank of
Montreal for use as Clerk-Treasur
er’s office be accepted.
That a tender for caretaker of the
Township Hay be inserted in the
Zurich Herald. Tenders to be in
by Feb. 1st, 1944.
Thai; Bond covering Tax Collector
be accepted as shown in forms.
That by-law to provide for the tot
al 1944 expenditures on roads in
■the Township of Hay be passed.
That the resignation of Mr. Henry
Steinbach, Road Superintendent, be
accepted and that applications for
the position of that office be handed
to the Clerk by Feb. 1st, 19 44. Ap-
placations to be inserted in the
local papers.
That by-law authorizing the Reeve
and Treasurer to borrow up to $15,-
000.00 from the Bank of Montreal.
Zurich for year 19 44-
That H. W. Brokenshire of Zurich
be Appointed as 'Clerk-Treasurer of
Hay Township treasurer of the Hay
Telephone System at an annual sal
ary of $900,00: .
That the following be appointed
as township officials: W. H. Edigh-
offer, assessor; Oscar Klopp, tax col
lector, John McBride, weed inspector
Bert Klopp, stock valuator, Fence
viewers: E. Munn, A. Pfaff, Sam
Hendrick; School attendance offic
ers, Eastern div. W. R. DougaJ,
West div., E. B. Horner; Board of
Health, George Armstrong, chair
man. Dr. P. J. O’Dwyer MOH., J.
Geiger member C. F. Pfile, Milton
[ Oesch, Basil Edwards, inspectors.
)H W. Brokenshire secretary: Pounu
Keepers, J. F. Ingram, W. IF. Alex
ander, Oscar Greb, J. W. Merner.
Simon Hoffman, D. Swartzentruber,
Geo. Becker, F. Turnbull.
That payments from Dec. 15 1943
to Jan. 10, 1944 be paid as per vou
cher, covering payments on Twp.
Roads, Hay Telpehone, Relief and
General Accounts,
Twp. Roads—Hy. Steinbach $11.-
01; Ed. Kalbfleisch 3.25; Wm. Jen-
nisoil, snow roads 299.03; M. Deitz
labor, oil etc. 58.S8: Clerk, postage
$T.
Hay Telephone
trie, material
cartage .35;
H. G. Hess,
Hoffman, do
$3.00.
Relief — J. Sublat 1
omy $25.
General Accounts —» A. F. Hess,
Employer’s Ins. $40; Johnston &
Kalbfleisch 22.22; Hay Stationery
83.95; Drysdale Hardware 8.74;
Whiller & Co. 25.16; Toronto Stamp
Co. 11.48: A. F, Hess Ins, for (ax
coll bond $15; A, F. Hess Nominat
ion expenses 1943 $10; G. Arm
strong charity $5; Frank Farquar,
charity, $2; Clerk, postage $10.
The 'Council adjourned to meet a-
gain on February 7th, when the
regular Township Council and an
nual Telephone meeting will be held.
H. W. Brokenshire, Clerk
76.76;
Stro.mberg
salary
225.43;
Northern Elec-
E. Guenther,
Co. 20.80;
235.65; T. H.
Clerk postage
26.10; M. Den-
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THIS ’N THAT
* * *
“My wife has the worst memory
ever heard of.”
“Forgets everything?”
“No; remembers everything!”
# ♦ ♦
She: “I shall love to share
your troubles.”
He: “But, darling, I have
troubles.”
She: “Silly, I mean when we
married.”» ♦ *
Mr. De Playwriter: “I will never,
never submit to the vulgar de
mands of modern commercialism.”
Wife: “Oh, Reginald! Do not tell
me that you cannot pay the butch
er bill this month.”
I
all
no
are
Oh, is it worth while to remember
too long
The grievance that caused our small
sorrow?
It darkened our day and it silenced
our song—
Why carry it into tomorrow?
Strange that we should choose to«
hold fast to our heart
The thing that produces our fret
ting!
'Twould surely be better to take ups
the art,
The very fine art of forgetting.
Forget the unkindness that rankled
a bit,
Forget the quick words that were
spoken—
Shall we let the friendship we’ve
valued so long
In one hapless moment be broken!
' And why do we take precious time
to lament
Our blunders that proved so up
setting!
If there is no mending, let’s try
for a while
The very fine art of forgetting.
Our yesterday’s losses, our yester
day’s fears,
Mistakes — we have some way lived
through them—
Our keen disappointments, our
heartaches, oui’ tears, v
What profits us now to hold to
them!
This world would be for us a happier
place
And there would be less of regret
ting
If we would remember to practice
with grace
The very fine art of forgetting.
B. Y. Williams.
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Most people fail to recognize th®1
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The stitches, twitches, and twinges
are bad enough and cause great suf
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A pain in the back is the kidneys*
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Get a’box of Doan’s Kidney. Pills.
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