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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1944-03-02, Page 3SUM~ the TIMJ^-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTARIO,THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1944 Page 3 Gleanings from No. 9 Service Flying Training School, Centralia, Ontario J. E, Inch, Y.M.C.A. War Sendees. J Kit jParmle which wereaccidents caused iby unauthorized acrobatics and neglect of students. He appealed Whigs Parade Last 'Friday afternoon No. 9, S.F. T.S. Centralia, played host- to hun­ dreds of relatives and civilian friends of graduating airmen at the Wings Parade which took place at 2.00 p.m, This Station was honoured by a visit from the A.O.C. of No. 1 T.C., Air Vice Marshall A.T.M. Cowley, Who, along with the Commanding Officer, Group Captain E. G, Fuller­ ton, presented wings to the 53 graduating men. Two hospitalized men who were unable to attend the ceremony were visited by the A.O.C. in the Station hospital where their wings were presented, Almost the entire station person­ nel of Officers, airmen and W.D.’s were assembled in No, 2 hanger to witness the wings presentation and were entertained prior to the com­ mencement of the Wing Ceremony by selections from the Station Brass Band under the capable direction of Sgt. Robt. Moore, Bandmaster and upon the arrival of the Com­ manding Officer and Air Vice Mar­ shall Cowley they were greeted by a fanfare from the Station Brass Band which was followed by a general salute. Following the opening of the ceremony, Group Captain Fullerton introduced the distinguished visi­ tor as a gentleman who, himself symbolized flying and who had probably flown more types of air­ craft than anyone he had ever known. Following,his thanks to the Group Captain for his kind introduction, Air Vice Marshall Cowley in speak­ ing to the graduating class, con­ gratulated them on their lack of fatal accidents during their train­ ing period, for accepting the wis­ dom of their instructors in avoid­ ing such sometimes low flying, on the part to the graduating class to continue their good record of safe flying and to keep accidents at a minimum. “We are always learning, even at my age I realize the truth of that statement, and as you continue in your career, you, too, must keep your mind open for new knowledge.” “We have achieved new and over­ whelming success in the air, and the R.C.A.F. now is in a position to better train pilots than hither­ to for they are now no longer rush­ ed.” “Canada is proud of you, you have profited by the advice of your in­ structors and you will go on to glorious success for your country ever mindful of your teachings,” At the conclusion of his address, the A.O.C. requested Group Captain Fullerton to participate jointly in presenting the wings. Heading the class of graduating men was Shel­ don Lincoln Joyce of Waterloo, Ont., who was presented with a silver cup in recognition of the highest marks of the class, excellent flying marks and a good conduct record. Walking smartly to the platform in pairs, the airmen received their wings, had the arm band which covered the sergeant’s stripes on their tunic sleeves removed, chatted with the Officials momentarily, then withdrew after smartly saluting. Following the wings presentation F/Lt. Jordan offered prayer for the graduating course. Miss Monica Dodd, London, Ont. who is a member of the cast of the Tweedsmuir Revue that have enter­ tained at this station several times, next entertained with a truly Scot­ tish Sword Dance and Highland Fling which brought tremendous ap­ plause from the audience. Following the sword dance, the Station Pipe Band in their colorful kiltie dress, led by their Drum Majorette, justi­ fied the station pride in them by their rendition of a band selection in conjunction with a special drill ^performance. Tos conclude the ceremony, the station personnel marched past the reviewing stand to the music of the Pipes while Alt Vice Marshall A.T. M. Cowley took the, salute. Following the Wings Ceremony, the Station Rand played several se­ lections while the ti’oops and civil­ ians left the hanger. Congratulations are deserved by this band for the splendid music they provided. At the conclusion of the Wings ceremony, the graduating course and their families and friends partook of a lunch which had been prepared for them in the Station Recreation Hall. L Evans Inch, , Y.M.C.A. War Services. Lady of the House: ”1 don’t need Mbit” Salesman; “How do you know —I might be selling grammars.” An Appeal This column is the ’’voice of the station personnel” and any contri­ butions by individuals of this station would be most welcome. ' If you would like to help, contact Ev. Inch at the “Y” office in the Recreation Hall—your contributions or suggestions would be appreciated. Ev. Inca Any person observing an aircraft flying excessively low over the town of Exeter, or in fact anywhere in this part of the province, is request­ ed to take the “number” of the air­ craft and phone this information together with the “time” of the occurrence, to the Commanding Officer, No. 9 S.F.T.S., Centralia, Airmen and Airwomen’s Dance The Airmen and Airwomen’s dance held each Tuesday evening in the Recreation Hall continue to be popular. Through co-operation with young ladies of Exeter who visit station for this dance, partners assured for the men of this station, Music is provided by the Station Orchestra under the direction of Sergeant Smith. apt like the the our are Sunday Musicale Sunday afternoon the regular Musicale held in the Recreation Hall presented something new in the form of classical music when music­ al films were presented. This was in addition to the regular program of classical recordings which are re­ ceived each week from the London Public Library. Any Station presonnel who enjoy good music are cordially invited to attend this musicale at 19 3 0 hours in the Recreation Hall. You’ll en­ joy it for the program is restful ana relaxing. trans- before punc- Library Committee Meeting a Air- was will Lib- Thursday afternoon at 13 30 hours meeting of the Library Committee took place in the Airmen and women’s Club. In the Librarian’s report it shown that over 10‘0’0 books have been borrowed from the vary before the end of this month. •Many compliments have been’ paid to the Committee for the splendid class of books which this library contains, and it was the wish of the committee that special invitation be extended to Senior NCO’s and ficers to take advantage of literature available. O li­ the team that Mrs. win- Sports Activities Monday, Feb. 21 — Representa­ tives of the Exeter Badminton Club in competition with No. 9 S.F.T.S., proved too good for the Station in an elimination tournament gave the honors to Mr. and Ramsey. Runners-up for the ning title were Brooks and Dinney. Tuesday, Feb. 22—Volleyball at our Drill Hall in competition with a Chiton team sent the honors back to Clinton. In a fast rush of scoring points the visiting team piled up scores of 15-5 and 15-3 in their favor. At the Rifle Range the story was different when No. 9 S.F.T.S. team cleaned up the Clinton visitors to the tune of a 54-point lead. The Clinto Basketball Team also visited No, 9 S.F.T.S, but suffered defeat at the hands of the local aggrega­ tion. Following the Volleyball and Rifle Club meet, the visiting teams enjoyed themselves at the regular Airmen and Airwomen’s Dance in the Recreation Hall. Because of the lack of ice this week, our hockey team was unable to play T.T.S. on their grounds. However, this return game is bo take place Tuesday, Feb. 29th, in Stratford. The winners of this game then will go on to Toronto to com­ pete in playoffs there. With the four goal lead that Centralia holds over T.T.S. there is plenty of action profesied for this game. F/o. E. Herbertsom Ehtcrtainiricnt Thursday, March 2nd, the No. 2 London Troupe will present a stage show in the Station Drill Hall. All ranks are invited and civilian friends may be escorted to this show. Parking Will be permitted on the Parade grounds. Following the show, an ALL RANKS dance Will be held in the Drill Hall. A week of solemn or delirious preparation, depending upon whose side yon happened to be, finally cul­ minated last Wednesday afternoon in a Station, Kit Parade. Now in the beginning, the point seemed to be that ’’each man should display all the issue goods that he had, but when the actual moment came the most embarrassing attention was centred upon this that he had not— scarcely cricket, that. The pattern for the layout was fixed from above so that the utmost cay© to distract attention from missing articles sel­ dom ever worked and the little vacant spaces yawned and yawned. Things no one has seen since summer came up from the bottom of the kit bags and are furtively slip­ ped on for size. If they still fit, we decide we’re working too hard and not gaining the weight we should; if they don't, well, things are to shrink when stored away that, aren’t they? Since everything must bear owner’s name, number and date of issue, we set to work with the India ink and a mile or so of white tape. An hour passes and Shorty Jones stops to admire his last forty yards, only to discover that he is now carefully printing his home ad­ dress and the date of his last birth­ day. It is so late now that he has to swallow that fury of sudden hate for his bunk mate sitting there among his great heaps of Cash’s ready-made labels, the big sissy, and try to engineer a deal. Any slight discrepancy in ,the embroidery is loftily disregarded during the action that follows. Who can remember a night a Kit Parade that was not tured by the India Ink yell of horror as one by one the hotties topple over and a deadly black trickle oozes, slowly across the front (al­ ways the front) of some particular­ ly prized piece? This is definitely one of the hazards of the game and can only be overcome by hanging the article some ten feet away and carrying on the business by means of a long pole. Once the Big Roundup gets under way no man and his goods need re­ gard themselves as safe. Horrible doubts creep in when a suspicious eye is cast upon some unmarked bit of stuff we have known and loved for years and bye and bye we are liable to be persuaded that it might not be ours after all. Great charac­ ter builders, these Kit Parades. But the sound and fury "is not confined to the station. There 'is plenty of excitement in AC2 Pinker­ ton’s rented house at Exeter while ■he roars around in search of the kit which he keeps at home and Mrs. AC2. thinks hard things of the Air Force and all its ways. Kits have been a sore point with her since the day she greeted her husband’s men­ tion of his issue “housewife” with a fit of hysterics and although the matter has long since been straight­ ened out between them, she still re­ gards the need for it in her house as a personal slight. We remember hearing about these things before we enlisted but at that time had a vague picture of a route march where everyone was out to see h°w much he could carry with­ out falling flat on his face. The en­ durance element is there, of course, but we were not prepared for the beautiful spic and span feeling re­ sponsible for that smug look that goes abroad after every such occa­ sion and that would give anyone the idea there’s nothing we like better than a good old Kit Parade. So, more power to ’em. LAW. Stewart, K. A. Station Orderly Room. Coming Movies Monday, Feb. 28th, 1800 LET’S FACE IT, a musical starring Bob Hope, Betty with added shorts and newsreel, 2000? hotirS—Repeat performance, Wednesday, Mar. 1, 1800 hours-— LADY FROM MONTEREY starring Armida, Veda Ann shorts. 2000 hours—Repeat Friday; March 8, ANDY HARDY’S tii hours— comedy Hutton Bbrg; selected performance. 1800 hours— DOUBLE LIFE, comedy drama starring Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone and Aim Rutherford; added shorts. 2000 hours—Repeat performance, Saturday, Mar. 4, 2000 hours— TORNALO, ah action drama, Mohdayj March 6, 1800 hours—■ GORILLA MAN, ah action inovje starring John Loder and Ruth Ford. Two added shorts with 2000 hours—-Repeat performance. Aims to Increase Subsidy on Beets TORONTO—-A bill to increase the sugar beet subsidy from 55 cents a ton to $1.55 a ton will be introduced in the Legislature this week by Agriculture Minister T. L- Kennedy. The Government will paj the subsidy up to $225,000 or 141, 000 tons of sugar beets, and the Dominion Sugar company will take over the payment after that point ■ is reached, “Last year 65,000 tons of sugar beets were produced in Ontario, and this volume was far below the minimum requirement to keep the factories at Chatham and Wallace- burg in production,” said Co. Ken­ nedy. “We hope there will be 200, 000 tons provided next fall. If the sugar beet factories close down there is a danger’ that they will not reopen, and it is essential that we COMMITTER for trial Carl Brooks and Elmer G. Har­ ness were committed for trial at the next court after a preliminary hear­ ing before Magistrate J. A. Makins in Goderich police court Thursday afternoon of last week, on the charge of breaking, entering, and theft at the Wincheisea creamery on the night of January 22. The pre­ liminary hearing on another charge of breaking, entering, and theft at the creamery on February 5, and of being in possession of stolen .goods was adjourned to Thursday, March 2, at 10 a.m. BRUCEFIELD NURSE ENLISTS Miss Audrey Murdock, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. R, Murdock, of Brucefield, has enlisted as a nur­ sing sister with the R.C.A.M.C, and has been posted to London. Military Hospital. Miss Murdock is a gradu-have the fullest possible production i Marys Hospital at Kit- of sugar during war time.” Col, Kennedy stressed that sugar beet production is largely a labor proposition, and that unless far­ mers arc\ assured of adequate re­ turns they will turn to other crops, which has been the trend in recent years. “The cost of labor has risen tre­ mendously, and this increase of one dollar in the subsidy is largely to take care of these higher costs,” explained Col. Kennedy. “In Alberta the labor problem has been solved by the employment, of thousands of Japanese. We are not in that posi­ tion in Ontario.” Payment of the subsidy will be on a received the old the new $11. sugar content basis. Growers $10 per ton of beets under price arrangement. Under subsidy they will receive Try our Classifieds—They pay! 1 . Men, 30,40,50! Want Normal Pep, Vim, Vigor? Try Ostrcx Tonic Tablets. Contains tonics, stimu­lants, Iron,vitamin Bj,calcium, phosphorus;aids to normal pep, vim, vigor, vitality after 30, 40. or 50. Introductory size. only 35c. If not delighted with results of first package, maker refunds low price, tt all druggists. Start taking Ostrcx Tablets today Chen er. Former Exeter Lady Honored in Toronto The following reference to an Exeter Old Girl appeared in the Toronto papers and will be read with interest: “A party of eighty frprn Simpson’s shoe department met Tuesday night for dinner and a dance at the Cent­ ral Y.M.C.A. to celebrate the com­ pletion of Miss Sadie Walker’s twenty-fifth year with the depar-, ment. Mr. Alf Neale who was chair­ man for the occasion presented Miss Walker with a beautiful desk: two of Canada’s biggest shoe firms sent the guest of honor bouquets of 25 red roses: telegrams and letters of congratulation were received from many friends and business associates as well as from members of the Simpson executive. At the head table with Miss Walker were three co-workers who have been in that department for more than twenty- five years—-Mrs. Edith Freeman, Mrs. Elizabeth Mills and Miss Ther­ esa Cheer: all four of them wore corsages presented by the depart­ ment.” Help The Reef Cross DRIVES TO R VILLAGES BEFORE FINDING DOCTOR, theIt took six stitches to close slash on Jake Cripps, Parkhill, when the binder chain on a load of logs flew back and hit The accident took Cripps, with D. the truck, tried to Corunna and Courtright, but at both places the doctors were away. Ht finally reached Ailsa Craig where he was taken care of by Dr. A. E. Letts. him in the face, place at Sombra. Malcolm driving get assistance at. MRS. JOSEPH HODGSON DIES IN GRANTON Bones—I don’t like a dachshund in winter. Jones—What’s the matter with old short paws?” Bones-—He keeps the door open too long in coming through- The death of- Mrs. Joseph Hod son occurred at her home in Gran­ ton on Monday, Feb. 21, after three months of illness. She was formerly Emma Clarke, daughter of Liza Flyn Clarke and George Clarke, of Stephen Township, and was in her 79 th year. Her husband prede­ ceased her 20 years. Surviving arei two daughters, Mrs. Granton, with whom her home, and Mrs. Haysel Perrin, Biddulph Township; Mrs. Martha Chambers, Miss Sarah Anne Clarke and a brother, James Clarke, all of Hardisky, Alta. The. funeral service took place on Wed­ nesday, Feb. 23, at Lucan. Rev. M. G. Cook and Rev. L. C. Hardy, of Byron, the lattei’ a former pastor, officiated. Pallbearers were William Eldon, George Hodgson, Cecil Ell- wood, Fred Fenton, all of Ailsa. Craig, and Elmer Lawson, of Credi- ton. Interment was in St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye. two sisters, Fred Neil, of she had made AT' YOUR SHOP OBTAIN THEM HYDRO w ■g ■:<:!■•< 9XX»%tifOX •z Bed Cross parcels that gave us courage “If it hadn’tbeenforthg RED CROSS- A Be w@wldo.Sf. be alive now we would have‘1 don*! know what done without Rod Cross; ijarcels Here is evidence that cannot be denied . . . unsolicited praise for Red Cross straight from the hearts of repatriated war prison­ ers, men who have been through it and know from first hand ex­ perience just what it is all about. Thousands of their comrades , are still in enemy hands. Help Red Cross bring each one of them back with the same wonderful story to tell, a story of Red Cross light in the very shadow of death. Over 39% of the money you give is earmarked for prisoners of war. Give generously that this g . amount xvill swell to meet the growing need* What we’ve done is small to what we’ve yet to do! 9 Phone 84, Exeter CANADIAN RED CROSS *