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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1944-03-16, Page 3THE T1MES-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1944 Scanning the By “SCOOP” J. E, Inch, Y,M,C.A, War Services, AIRPORT NEWS Gleanings from No. 9 Service Flying Training School, Centralia, Ontario “Low Flying” Aircraft 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, USO Show Visit Centralia, Ontario Through arrangements completed with the Metropolitan USO Detroit, Mich., three Ontario camps of the Armed Services had the opportunity of having Unit “D” entitled “SHOOT THE WORKS” visit with them this week-end, The tour included shows present­ ed at Air Force camps located at Clinton and Centralia, Ont., respect­ ively, and an Army camp at Ipper- wash, Ontario. Under the talented and capable direction of Mrs. II. Finnie and Mr, Julian Zemon, the cast of “SHOOT THE WORKS” entertained a recep­ tive audience of 1400 in Hall at Centralia last night with a fast miving, vue that brought roars of from the Service personnel and their visiting friends. Accompanying the cast were mem­ bers of the Detroit Police Band who supplied the music for the show as well as for the dance which follow­ ed the show. In thanking the cast and orchest­ ra for their kindness in giving their time to visit Canadian Stations, the Commanding Officer, Group Captain Fullerton aptly phrased it as “Hands across the border night” and ex­ pressed the appreciation of this station for their fine show. Ev. Inch. Musical Meals the Drill Saturday witty re­ laughter G*UH-*S* Sports Activities fineFollowing the climax of a hockey season, the local aggregation is enjoying a well-earned rest fol­ lowing their victory over Mountain­ view of last Monday evening, when the Centralia Flyers brough home the R.C.A.F. Command Meet title With a score of 5-4. Number 9 S.F.T.S. is proud of the splendid record set up by their team and their good sportsmanship will provide an impetus to other members of this station toward sports participation. W.D.’s ■ from this station went down to defeat at the hands of W.D.’s from Aylmer in a fast, well- played basketball game which took place in Crumlin this week. Al­ though the score showed 32-16, the game was packed with action and fast passing plays. Defeat for our Volleyball team that went to TTS. in St. Thomas to participate in Command Volley­ ball playoffs this week, brought out a renewed spirit for this sport. Friday night all interested Volleyball attended a meeting the Drill Hall for the purpose setting up schedule for Volleyball league on this station, and the start of that league breaks next Thurs­ day night when an evening of mix­ ed Volleyball is tO' be held. Officers, N.C.O.’s, Airmen or Airwomen who are anxious to par­ ticipate, should be on deck for starting whistle at 200 0 hours. Coming as we do from a station where meals are taken in the dour silence peculiar to our Highland an­ cestry, we’ve peen feeling positive­ ly skittish here at Centralia when the noonday sausage waltzes down to the tune of “Pistol Packin’ Mama," Music broadcast to the Mess from SO. Rusted’s office during the din­ ner and supper hours has subtle effects on the mealtime morale, As the long queue works its way slow­ ly up to the steam-tables, a wiggle here and a sway there is proof* enough that harmony discovers souls among us left undulled by the lust for food. We like to consider at this time the wild effect on mother should her family suddenly adopt this rhythmic aproach to her cook­ ing! After a couple of months we have ceased to blush at the thought of ourselves brought to a dead stand­ still in the line-up one day by our favorite waltz, alone for the time with starry-eyed memories of the Good Old Bad Days, until the Com­ mando immediately to our rear sud­ denly led on his troops in a manner that leaves no doubt as to the out­ come of this particular war, so far as the Air Force is concerned. Such a choice as “Oh What a Beautiful Morning,” on those days we blunder into dinner all bruised and sorry from the series of convul­ sions a journey across the ice from Headquarters to the Mess seems to involve for us, we regard as un­ fortunate. We’re all for “Mairzy Doats,” though, having now master­ ed the thing from start to finish, which is quite far for some folks. With practice, the newcomer can soon acquire the cultivated shriek that is required for securing such luxuries as butter or a carelessly unguarded dessert, so that it no longer becomes necessary to proceed down, the table after these articles on one’s stomach. We took this newly-acquired bellow on a 48 with us once and all but knocked a small boy right out of his chair as we roared for the cream. Remarks left suspended in mid­ air when the music stops range from the hilarious to the downright embarrassing. The one we like best left us bolt upright upon hearing someone finish in the most matter- of-fact sort of way, “ . . . and threw the baby right out the window.” Up until then we had been cherishing the day the bus stopped too sudden­ ly and a lady was left shouting, “We fry ours in butter!” In closing, we offer these humble thanks to the genius who turned thumbs down on music for break­ fast, when we ask only to be alone with our gloom and our bacon. And furthermore, got “Asleep are free to warble your if this happens to be your it, about nine o'clock when of fine entertainment when some ac­ complished musician reaches the limit of his endurance. In the mean­ time you heart out night for Along the demand for trayloads of hot drinks and toasted sandwiches is at its peak, the two hostesses are fly­ ing around their little kitchen at such a rate that the “Come and Get It or I’ll Throw It in the Creek*' is sounded almost continualy. You are more than welcome there ifjdie yen to dry dishes hits you all of a sudden-like and you’d be surprised to discover how often it does. Go on down and see for yourself if you don’t believe In view of guessed that a good place you’re not i i it. all this, you must have ; the Hostess House is to be of an evening. If a permanent customer after just one visit, consider your­ self abandoned to .gapin’ around the barracks all night. You’re hopeless, LAW. Stewart, K, A. Flyers Beat Goderich The champion -Centralia ’Flyers trimmed the Goderich sky Harbour Pilots by a 14—6 count, Thursday night, in Goderich. The Flyers hadn’t until Thursday night, made their appearance on Goderich ice while the Pilots had played in Exeter twice this season- Otherwise the game meant nothing to either squad, the finals now be­ ing a thing of the past. It was quite a different brand of hockey than the Flyers have been playing in the finals. Most of the boys had just returned from their extra 48 for winning the champion­ ship and for two periods they took things pretty easy. They enjoyed but a slim 3-2 edge in the first period and second. 'Twas in tween the coach McColl tried in vain to mus­ ter a little pep talk. Doc is never satisfied unless his team has a fair- a scant 6-5 lead in the the dressing room he- second and third that Backache- No Half Measures Most people fail to reeognize the 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 in an oblong grey box with our trade mark a “Maple Leaf” on the wrapper. Refuse substitutes. Get ‘‘ Doan’s. ’ * The T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. in in of the Down at we’ll bet they haven’t, in the Deep” anyway. LAW. Stewart, K. A. the Hostess House the proper method of astonishing how much of those far-off days achieve. At a compara- age, it is by no means “Whatever ig worth doing is worth doing well.” If everyone fol­ lowed that principle, much more would be accomplished with less ef­ fort and time. The effective worker gives his whole attention to what he is doing, and so gets it done bet­ ter and more quickly than the per­ son who scatters his energies. This is an excellent principle for young people to learn—how to con­ centrate on one’s work. In fact, it is- the secret of successful endeav­ our, whether of the mind or hand. Recently, I have been reading in a book published in the seventeenth century, the work of a famous schol­ ar who offers advice to one of his protegies on study. It is the students were able to tively young uncommon to read of their profi­ ciency in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, as well as mastering other subjects which were then regarded as essen­ tial to a good education, such as music, logic, rhetoric, mathematics and iatin, for schoolmen were once the medium of conversation—they could not only read it, but speak it —and many of them were almost as fluent in Greek. What this old time preceptor has to say, therefor, to the lad seeking his advice as to the best way to make progress in learning is of the highest value in this day also, for the object is essentially the same. He first emphasizes the import­ ance of having proper respect for the teacher, heeding his advice and obediently following his instructions. Secondly, he makes it quite plain that nothing is possible without ef­ fort; assiduity must be constantly maintained, he says, without per­ mitting anything of a distracting character to mind being ribbing from all in the midst ot he had to laugh telling the coach ly large margin and it was plain to see he was worried. He took quite a angles and finally his serious oration himself, Shaw was not to worry and then asked him if he had brought Cliff Young along just for the oranges. However the pep talk must have done some good. The Flyers blitzed the with eight goals in the Goderich net final session, Four Brown and one apiece. Hardy Goderich while Gordon and Mur- one, Forsythe iGet$ Jimmy Forsythe was the Flyers' sharpshooter of the evening potting four of their goals. One came in the i first, two in the second and the fourth in the third. Hawkes hit the basket with three, Shaw and Macey got two and Bradley, Elwin whipped in scored two for Johnson, Warren, ray each shot in During the last few minutes of play coach McColl, who only had nine players dressed for the game and had to shift his men around quite frequently, pulled a stategie move by replacing Young in the nets with Shaw, George staved off all oncomers successfully (he had none to stop, incidently) and it is rumoured that Cliff’s job is in jeopardy. The Line-up CENTRALIA—Goal, Young; fence, Elwin and Bagnall; Bradley; wings, sythe; subs, Shaw, Hawkes Brown. GODERICH—Goal, O’Brien; de­ fence, Holt and Craig; centre, War- and Russell; Murray, de­ centre, Macey and For- and ren; wings, Gordon subs, Hardy, Johnson, nac and Warnholtz.» * * Gig' This N’ That The Flyers had more fun in dressing room than on the Thursday night. Coach McColl the object of a lot of gesting. boys had brought wrinkles on masterminds brow with their care­ free play. the ice was The the l>8-0 0 hours— drama Brian 2000 Coming Movies Friday, March 17, STAND BY FOR ACTION, a starring Robert Taylor and Donelevy with added shorts, hours—Repeat performance. Saturday, March 18, 2000 hours— I LIVE ON DANGER, an action movie starring Chester Morris with added shorts. Monday, March 20, 1S00 hours—*• OAKLAHOMA KID, an action pic­ ture starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart with newsreel and added shorts. 2000 hours—Repeat performance. Wednesday, March 22, 1800 hours — BOMBADIER, a drama starring Fat O’Brien and Randolph Scott. Added shorts. 2000 hours—- Repeat performance. NOTE: Movies commence prompt­ ly at 1800 and 2000 hours—PLEASE DO NOT INCONVENIENCE THOSE ATTENDING THE SHOW BY RIVING LATE. AR- There’s a feeling of just stepping over to the neighbours’ when you clatter down the wooden walk to the old summer kitchen entrance of the Hostess House. During the day­ time this mellow old place sits on the fringe of the camp looking a little surprised with its cocky red roof, but when night comes and the windows are all alight, it’s a house expecting friends. No bright little cottage built sole­ ly for the purpose Could evei’ hope to achieve the atmosphere, of home that is here absorbed into the very walls. A “Hello” from Mrs. Racey and her assistant, Mrs. Thompson, is the kind of casual welcome that everybody likes and you’ll begin to feel it with your hand on the latch. However, you might as well know right now’that the man of the house is completely cuckoo. He loves to entertain and goes about it by jump­ ing up and down like crazy in the middle of the living room floor or crawling around beneath the rugs in his own amazing fashion. No need for alarm, either, if lie decides to spend the evening on your girl friend's knee-—you know you would too if you could be a big handsome Cat like this fellow, “Bo”, one night. A familiar sight in these the Englishman busy with Catch him with a cupful and you’ve got a relaxed and habpy airmail, He’s back and forth to the kitchen with his teapot all evening long and radiates such a fierce British con­ tent you can’t help but with him, The piano may take beating in the interests cheer, hut there’s always for jiiSt parts is his tea. interfere, the whole concentrated on the work to the exclusion of all else. Therefor, it might be summed up in the phrase “no half measures.” This does not mean that one must be always poring over text books— for from it. There is nothing more pernicious, quoting the writer, than satiety—whether in manual labour, letters, or anything else. For that reason, relaxation is as necessary as application, Amuse­ ment shoul dfollow work, and ought in fact, to aim at making work seem like amusement; that is to say— enjoy what one is doing. Other bits of excellent advice are:’ To cultivate good taste, to waste no time and effort on anything in­ ferior but always to choose the best, to be moderate in all things. There is nothing new in any of these things, but it is for lack of understanding and practising of these fundamentals that so much disappointment and failure result. AC1. J. W. Baton, Maintenance Wing. A girl student in taking leave of her college dean said: "Good-bye, professor1! I shall' not forget you! I am indebted to you for all I know.” .“Oh, I. beg of you,” replied the professor, “don’t mention such a trifle!” OldtimAr: “Is yotir married one grand sweet song?” Newly Wed: “Well, since baby’s been born it’s more like an opera, full of grand inarches, with , loud calls for the author every night.” lift Otir DISTRICT MUSKRAT SEASON OPENED MARCH 10 be happy an awful of good a chance The Department of Game and Fisheries has advised that provision whs made to declare the open season for muskrats to commence on March 10 in the counties of Middlesex, Huron, Lambton, Oxford and Perth. YOUNG >LAD.S of town took Hensail sextet at the Arena ‘L them. Trail Smohe Eaters two. doesn’t remember nt a visiting Canadian team winning -g game against did tie THE cm the Thursday night and trimmed them 8-4, Clarence Beyle has taken the boys in hand and has had them working out regularly on the local sheet. It's good to see someone tak­ ing an interest in our young hockey enthusiasts. If Exeter is to have a good home-brew team in the future, now is the time to develop her material. WINCHEJLSEA Miss Joan Batten and Master Billy Batten, of Exeter, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Batten. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Brock spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Brock, of Zion. Mrs. W, J, Veal attended the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs, E, Rowcliffe, of Exeter, on Tuesday last. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walters and Margaret visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. George Frayne. Mr. Horace Delbridge has install­ ed a milking machine. Mr. Reg. Delbridge has purchased a new McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractor, Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Collier and Grace, of Kirkton, visited on Sun­ day with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Bailey. BURTE1) at kirkton Clifford Brown, a native of Kirk­ ton, who was found dead in his cabin at Windsor over the week-end, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Brown, well-known Kirkton residents. Mr. Brown, who was in his 56th year and who was un­ married, was employed in Detroit. Surviving are a brother, William, of Readlyn, Sask., and two sisters. Miss Katie Brown, Vancouver, and Mrs. William Brown, of Toronto. Rev. W. D. Goodger, of Kirkton United Church, conducted the fun­ eral service Friday with interment in Kirkton Cemetery. Cl'1 flW AVf PAGE UH OBTAIN THEM AT'YOUR p R Q S H QP SOLDIERS! ATTENTION! JI STAND W M YOUR FEET _ AT EASE Ml Shaw tells us that he played four years in England. Between seasons he took to baseball. George opines that it was the best amateur hockey he has ever seen or played in. He RD’S IT’S TEd-miOUE THAT COUNTS! it's techniquetree rubber that counts. 11^ The need grows—GIVE to the RED CROSS Today, It’s true that all lead­ ing tire makers use synthetic rubber from the same source. It is also true that before the war they all used the same ndtural rubber. Yet . . • there existed then, as today, a wide difference in tire quality. 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