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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-12-20, Page 4Page 4 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20th, 1945 • I WE WISH EVERYONE A I Local Flier Awarded D.F.C I Merry Christmas Supplying Malaya Guerillas Classified Directory f I t and suggest you call in on us to solve your shopping prob­ lems—New Radios, Irons, Toasters, Coffee-Makers, Lamps, etc., make excellent gifts* We are now taking orders for Radios, Washers, Stoves, ' Refrigerators and other Household Appliances for delivery the first of the New Year, The following interesting ac­ count of the work of the R.-C.A.F. is taken from the Ceylon. Tinies. It was while flying on the operations described that Fit. Lt, Leroy •Schroeder was awarded the Distin­ guished Flying Cross. Call on us for New Tires. Batteries, Accessories of all kinds, Tire Repairs and Vulcanizing’. Snelgrove Tire and Electric Andy Snelgrove, Manager s‘ BOXING Wednesday, Dec. 26th other nner Christmas Cake tonic, very “Yes, secre- The Newly Organized Entertainment Club, Presents a in the Exeter Arena on New Year’s Night n. 1 Dancing 9 to 1 o’clock ; Featuring Another Top London Band and his orchestra with two vocalists Admission 75c SEASON’S OPENING Intermediate O.H.A. Exeter Arena Thursday, December 27th Tavistock vs. London Admission 35c; Students and Personnel in Uniform 25c The Municipal Council of the Village of Exeter has pro­ claimed Boxing Day, Wednes­ day, December 26th, 1945, as a public holiday and all citi­ zens are asked to govern themselves accordingly. ■C. V. Pickard, Clerk. khivK The sympathy of the community is extended to Mrs. Matt Clarke in the death of her husband. Miss Ruby Thompson spent the week-end with Miss Eileen McCann. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gelinas spent Thursday of last week in Lon­ don. Mrs. Leo Foster, of Eldersly, Sask., was visiting with her sister- in-law, Mrs. Louis Ziler and relatives. / i and Sumatra occupational the guerilla the point of As more of Malaya pome under Allied control the story of army which was on Striking when the Japs surrendered Is unfolded. The existence of this army, train­ ed by hundreds of. British officers and N.C.O.’s was one of the best kept operational secrets of the war tn South-East Asia, To supply it with arms and ammunition and parachute reinforcements, Liberators from Minneriya and China Bay'flew some of the longest sorties of all, time, enduring all the discomforts of flying in tropical heat, and storm often for as much as twenty-two hours at. a stretch. In no other theatre of war was a guerilla army maintained at so great a distance from its bases ae supply. In France, the Balkans and other parts of the European war zone patriot armies were supplied from the air but few places were more than seven hours .flying from the home bases. The story of Malaya’s secret army began soon after the fall of Singa­ pore, when Lt.-Col, F. Spencer Chapman, former Arctic explorei* and conqueror of the Himalayan mountain of Chomolhari, made his way into the mountains of Malaya to begin the work of organizing guerilla warfare in the heart of Jap­ anese occupied territory.** For nearly eighteen months he remained cut off from’ the outer world. In May, 1943, a small party were landed on the west coast of Malaya from a Dutch submarine and made their way to a Chinese guerilla camp among the Perak hills’ Lt.-Col. 'Chapman joined up* with them on Christmas Day of that year. The message giving particulars of the meeting was concealed in a tube of toothpaste and taken by the skip­ per of a native craft to an Allied submarine and. relayed to S.E.A.C. Headquarters in Ceylon. •Contact was severed for a while after the Japanese had attacked one of the guerilla camps and, by means vf torturing the Chinese, obtained information of the existence of the threat growing 'in their midst. 'Col Chapman and his party were cap­ tured but succeeded in escaping In November, 19 44, further men were landed in Malaya by submar­ ine. The nucleus of an army was coming into being and arrangements were soon in hand to supply both materials and men by parachuting them From close army miles nearly two hundred men were drop­ ped. First Since Debacle from long-range Liberators, that time and right until the of hostilities, the guerilla was built up across 1.500 of water. In one month alone. Mrs.: “It’s a bottle of hair ! dear.” Hubby: “Oh, that’s mice of you, darling?” Mrs.: I want you to give it to your .. _ tary at the office. Her hair is com­ ing out rather badly on your coat.” Experience In Europe One of the squadrons which car­ ried out these operations from Cey­ lon—-357—-was specially farmed tor work pf tills description in South East Asia. Many of its -personnel had had experience Of the work in Europe; others had participated in the sorties which supplied Winsate’s long-range penetration force jn Burma, Other squadrons-—160 and 8— had totalled thousands of hours of anti-submarine, mine-laying and other patrols before they took over the duties of supplying the Malayan guerillas. Their experience of con­ ditions over the Indian Ocean stood them in excellent stead, Directing these operations from the Colombo Headquarters of the Indian Ocean Air Force was Wing Commander J- N. Stacey, D.S.O, D.F.c., of Dogmaes, Cardigan, South Wales, who had completed three anti U-boat tours. Wing Com­ mander Stacey received the D.F.C. when he piloted a Catalina from Ceylon to bomb harbour installa­ tions at Sabang and his D.S.O. for leading the first mining operation off Singapore. “Patrols of the type we’ve ‘laid on’ could never have been accomp­ lished unless every member of the crew was thoroughly ‘keyed-up’ and knew his aircraft backwards,’’ he said. “These crews had to be spec­ ially nursed, beginning with the shorter flights—a sortie of 2,750 miles, for example, was an almost daily occurrence -—- and gradually working up unti they could tackle a 3,400 miles flight with confidence. “Whenever possible we briefed them on the previous day, but in planning ahead we had to take into account many possible weather haz­ ards. Navigating over these enor­ mous areas was a most intricate business.; There was always the likelihood that weather would force an aircraft anything up to sixty miles off its normal course and. there might -be an unexpectedly long search for the target—which always seemed very small indeed from the air. “With very little margin to play with the pilot had' to keej) a shrewd eye on his petrol .gauges and in the event of an unexpected change Tn the wind had to use his discretion, whether to turn back or to complete his task at the risk of running dry many miles out- at sea. These operations threw a tremen­ dous responsibility on to the ground crews, but they did a really grand job. They worked under merciless conditions of heat1-—some of us went through a Liberd^or with a ther- mometei’ one day and recorded a midday temperature of 140 degrees —but they never let the aircrews down. Indeed, they looked aftei’ the aircraft as proudly as if they them themselves.’’ The close of hostilities did mean “cease operations” for squadrons engaged on this work. The guerilla forces in the jungles and among the mountains had to be supplied until they joined up with the Allied Occupational troops, and the long-range capacities of the Liberators made them specially use­ ful for supply dropping to Allied prisoner-of-war camps. Today, the men who kept an ever-growing secret maintained are Still Indian Ocean. Now Southern Sumatra and on missions of mercy where medical and other supplies are still urgently required. flew not the army fully crossing the they fly to even to Java to camps at a point on th* odd half an hour's awake most of the “Apart WE WISH ONE AND ALL 3 GOOD REASONS FOR USING WANT-ADS: 1 „ , Renders 2 , , Little Cost 3 . * Results LOST AND FOUND FOR SALE Nominations and Elections t ■t. t In order to get your extra tasty fruit loaves orders should be plated early and we will be able to take care of them for Christmas. The delicious goodness of a Christmas Cake just can’t be be,at for a good old-fashioned holiday. They are made from the choicest ingredients and will stay tasty and good for a long time. Order yours today. ® .■ 50c a pound A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL 3 In June of this yeai’ parachutists landed in Sumatra, the first allied troops to entei- the island since its fall. A guerilla army on the same lines us the one in Malaya was being formed. By then, air supply had reached a stage unprecedented in history. Daily, Liberators made the long crossing of the Indian Ocean. In many places air drops were so dif­ ficult that they could only take place in daylight. The Liberators flew all night, arriving over the target area back to Ceylon. Patriot forces worked like trojans to clear the parachutes away before then* was any chance of detection by th* enemy. Longest flight was that made by a Liberator captained by Flight- Lieutenant J. A. Muir, whose horn* is in Vancouver, British Columbia, which flew for 24 hours 10 minutes to drop supplies coast of Malaya. “Except for an doze we were all time,” lie said afterwards, from anything else the monotony of flying for hours and hours over an empty sea can be very tiring, but it is surprising how fresh we all felt when we the thrill of set up a new endurance record that woke us up. “We had not set out to create a record. Dodging the bad weather prolonged our patrol, or three- quarters of the Way out, and again coming back, the weather was very poor—rain, low cloud and visibility nil. That kept us pretty well on our toes most of the time.” The Liberators which were strip­ ped of all armament except the tail­ turret to increase their range, carl ried a crew of eight, each man trained to take over another’s duty during what usually amounted to almost a full day and night over the ocean. Opportunities for sleep how­ ever, Were very rare. With such light armament an eye had always to be kept open for the Chance in­ truder, Only on one occasion was an aircraft attacked. Then is had no difficulty in shaking off its oppon­ ent. Normally each crew undertook one of these long flights about ev­ ery five days, but the record for sheer concentrated flyihf belongs to Warrant Officer R, JL Crawfbtd, J navigator, who in eight days flew four sorties ranging from 18 hours 42 minutes to 19 hours 38 minutes in duration—a total of more than 76 hours. Warrant Officer Crawford ' lives at West Hove, 'Sussex, landed. I think it was knowing that we had A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS Highland Hill Wish to inform their pat­ rons that there will be no milk delivery on Christmas, or New Year’s Day. On the days previous there will be two deliveries ‘—morning arid evening* either N. Stanlake & Son LOST.—Will the party who picked up a cross-cut saw on Highway 83, about two miles west of Exe­ ter, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at about 5 p.m., please return to Asa J. Penhale, R.R, 1, Exeter, oi’ phone- 17r34 Crediton. Re­ ward $1.00, 20c CAR OF OIL CAKE on track until Thursday noon at reduced price, c. Beet pulp and baled straw. Cann's Mill, FOR SALE—A girl’s stream-lined bicycle, light, parcel carrier and balloon tires. Apply to R. Brod- erick, phone 91r5, Hensail, 2 0 * TOWNSHIP OF USBORNE NOMINATION AND ELECTION Public notice is hereby given that meeting of the Electors of the Township of Usborne will be held, in the TOWNSHIP HALL, ELLMVILW on MONDAY, DEO, 31st, 1945 1 o’clock p.m,, for the purpose making and receiving Nomina- a a. i c LOST—-In Exeter on Monday a pair of gent’s glasses in case, with Goderich printed on the wiping cloth. Reward, Please leave at Times-Advocate. 20c FOR SALE—A 5 tube Westing­ house battery radio in good con­ dition, Apply to Lloyd Parsons, ■phone 481T0 Kirkton. 20* t FOUND—A pocket book in a store. Owner may have same by paying for advt. and stating amount of money in pocket book. 20c WANTED FOR SALE—AA set of chains to fit 16-600 tires, Good as new. Apply G. W. Layton.______________2'0* FOR SALE—Kiddy car, play .pen, high chair, bassinette, bathinette, phone 106, Exeter, 20c WANTED—A used cutter, Apply to Chester Dunn, 17r4 Crediton. WANTED — Ex-serviceman needs good used car immediately, 19 39 or 1940 make. Phone 3, Exeter. ' 20* WANTED — Pair boy’s hockey skates, size one or two. J. A. Traquair’s Hardware. 20* WANTED—To buy baby cutter or sleigh. Must be in good condition. Write or inform Mrs. Bucknell, Box 38, Exeter. 2'0 * WANTED—At once, reliable house­ keeper, for business woman’s house. Three adults, no mid-day meal. Mrs. Carr-Harris, 445 Pic­ cadilly, London. Telephone, Met­ calf 599. 20:27:3* WANTED-—Young girl or woman for dining room and light house work, good wages. Telephone, Dominion Hotel, 70, Zurich, Ross Johnston. 6:13:20:27* WANTED—10 0 horses, any kind of a cheap horse. Will pay good prices for them. Frank Taylor, Exeter. ’ tfc WANTED AT ONCE'—A cream col­ lector with truck. For informa­ tion and terms apply to W. G. Medd, Exeter Creamery Co., Ltd,, Exeter, Ont. tfc Clark-Wright In a lovely Christmas setting of poinsettas, red and white chrysan­ themums and candle" interspersed with green the marriage took place in James street United church Sat­ urday afternoon at two o’clock of Miss Marion Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wlilliam Wright, of town, and Harold Addison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Clark, of Us- borne with Rev. A. B. Irwin offici­ ating.' Given father, white satin long bodice and sweetheart line, in marriage by the bride was lovely gown fashioned STRAYED STRAYED—One short-haired collie dog, brown and white. Anyone knowing of the whereabouts of this dog, communicate with Mr. Jas. Airtli, phone 171-21, Exeter. ’ 20c J* F ■ REAL ESTATE {. FARMS FOR SALE—120 ac^es, 1 mile from highway, suitable for crops or pasture, moderately priced. 170 acres on highway, full set of buildings, close to schools, churches, canning factory; spring possession. W. C. Pearce, Exeter. VACANT Lots suitable for building sites in Exeter. Buy while there is a choice, W. C. Pearce. at of tions for the offices of Reeve and four Councillors. And further notice is hereby given that in the event of more candidates being proposed and qualifying for any particular office, than required to be elected, the proceedings will be adjourned until MONDAY, JANUARY 7tli, 1946 when polls will be opened from 9 o’clock a.m. until 5 o’clock p.m. at the following places with the under­ mentioned officers in charge as fix­ ed by Townshiii by-law, viz: No. 1, School House No. 4, Eden, J., J, Hunter, Fred Ford; No. 2r House of ILloyd Stewart, C. B. Alli­ son, Chas. Jeffery; No. 3, School House No. 1, Hurondale, Wm. Jeffery, Wm. Sims; No. 4, Public- Hall, Farquhar, Leonard Harris, Roy Ballantyne; No. 5, Township, Hall, Elimville, Lloyd Johns, Wes­ ton Horne; No. 6, House of Ross Hern, Ross .Hern, Norman Brock; No. 7, House of Russell Morrison, Oliver McCurdy, Ray Mills. And all electors are hereby re­ quested to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. A. W. MORGAN, Clerk. R. R. 1, Hensail, Dec. 10, 1945 i f. t / 4 4 t < 4 t I i ■ -i ■ i' FOR 'SALE'—7-room frame house, large sun-room, all conveniences, large lot, immediate possession. Apply to F. W. Gladman. c VILLAGE OF EXETER NOMINATION AND ELECTION Public Notice is hereby given that meeting of the Electors of the Village of Exeter will be held in THE TOWN HALL, EXETER, a I FARMS FOR SALE — 150 acres, with good well equipped build­ ings, hydro and water through­ out; close to school and churches: Also 100 acres and 'two fifties. See these farms if you are inter­ ested in buying. C. V. Pickard. Exeter. t PASTURE FARMS—We have three good pasture farms. Buy now. C. V. Pickard, Exeter. Notices NOTICE — A subscription has been sent in from Grand Bend with­ out any name being attached. Will the sender kindly notify us as to how the remittance was made and when. MISCELLANEOUS her in a with neck- three-quarter sleeves and a double net skirt. She wore a long white embroidered veil fastened with ostrich tips. Her only orna­ ment was a string of pearls, the gift of the groom. Her bridal bou­ quet was Sweetheart roses, white mums with satin streamers, Mrs. Harry Penhale, sister of the bride, was matron-of-honor dressed in pale blue silk jersey with a waist­ line veil fastened with blue ostrich tips. Mrs. Thos. Ellerington, sister of the bride, Clark, sister bridesmaids. Mrs. gowned ger-tip ostrich gowned pink veil fastened with pink ostrich tips. Each carried nosegays of yel­ low mums tied with streamers to match ■’ ‘ Marion looked very sweet in yellow broidered lace, yellow hat and veil and nosegay of yellow mums. The bride’s brother, .Stewart E. Wright, supported the groom. For the wed­ ding march Mrs. Pearl Murdoch was at the console. Mrs. Eiherson Gunning, aunt of the groom, sang two selections, “Because” and “Un­ til.” The ushers were Messrs. Ted Wright and Freeman 'Sholdice. The groom’s .gift to the bride was a chest of silver, Lady Hamil­ ton design. The matron-of-honor and the bridesmaids received silver rose-bud vases; the organist and soloist, silver bon bon dishes; the flower girl, a gold identification bracelet; the groomsman,- a billfold and the ushers, gold tie-clips and pins. A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents when a buffet luncheon was served about mother jersey mother Both wore baby mums. The decorations Were of pink and white and a 3-tier wedding cake and pink candles in silver holders centered the Toasts were /presented to the and the .bridesmaids. For going aWay the a brawn and white Check Sult With bfoWn coat and brown their return fi‘dih trip they will reside on the groom's fbrm in Usborne. Guests were pres­ ent from London, Parkhill, Brin' sleyy Lucan, Crediton, Winchblsea and Exeter* Thos. Ellerington, and Miss Burdene of the groom were Ellerington was in orchid taffeta with fin- veil fastened With orchid tips while Miss Clark was in pink English lace with their gowns. Little Penhale, as flower Miss girl em- to fifty guests. The bride’s was gowned in a black silk dress while the groom’s wore a black silk crepe, corsages of roses and table, bride worebride sheppard’s fur-trimmed accessories. Oh their Wedding NEUHAUSER WHITE ROCKS Our 3A Special Mating White Rocks represent unusual breeding value at the prices we quote. Our best females mated to pedigreed Males with Dams records from 20 6 to 311 eggs, $15.00 per hundred, Pullets $25.00.. Our first hatch is on January 6. Send in your order now and get them /on the date you want them. NEUHAUSER HATCHERIES, 81 King Street, London, Ontario. (Now operating under new •management)20c PAINT .SPRAYING —‘ Indoor or outdoor, buildings of all kinds. G. Gratton, Grand Bend, phone ' Dashwood 33r3. * on MONDAY. DECEMBER 31St, 1945 at the hour of 12.00 o’clock noon for the purpose of making and re­ ceiving nominations of Candidates for the offices of Reeve and 4 Coun­ cillors, Public Utilities Commission and four for the Board of Educa­ tion. And further Notice is hereby given that in the event of more candidates being proposed and qual­ ifying for any particular office, than required ‘ to be elected, the proceeding will be adjourned until MONDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1946 when polls shall be opened from 9 o’clock a.m. until 5 o’clock p.m. at the following places with the undermentioned officers in charge as fixed by Village by-law viz: Polling Sub-Div. No. 1 at the residence of Wm. Baker, Main St. Edward Treble, D.R.O., and Earl Parsons, Poll Clerk. Polling Sub-Div. Town Hall, Main Welsh, D.R.O., and Poll Clerk. Polling Sub-Div. __ ___ _______ Town Hall, Main Street, John Camp­ bell, D.R.O., Ila Snell, Poll Clerk. Polling Sub-Div. No. 3 at the resiT dence of Mr. Roy Webber, Main Street. George Jaques, D.R.O., and Margaret Fletcher, Poll Clerk. Polling Sub-Div. No. 4 at the residence of Mr. William Webster. John L. Kydd, D.R.O., and Reuben Mclnnes, Poll Clerk. And all electors are hereby re­ quested to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. C. V. PICKARD, CLERK Exeter, December 10th, 1945. No. 2A at the Street, Richard Kathleen Fuke, No. 2B at the i i I i I I I i 1 * i I 4 l I TOP PRICES PAID for brick or ■frame buildings to be wrecked. Ivan Lankin, 14 9 .Langarth St., London, Met. 8280W. tfc. NEUHAUSER CHICKS Our first hatch is on January 6. This year under our flock improve­ ment program we can offer you. ex­ ceptionally good chicks. All our 3A chicks are from Special Matings with pedigreed Males. ‘These are from the best egg strain in the U.S.A, and Canada. Our hatch calendar is made and we are booking orders now. NEUHAUSER HATCHERIES, 81 King Street, London, Ontario. (Now operating under new management) 20c are up NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the matter of the Estate of Henry Squire, late of the Village of Hcnsall, Retired Farmer, deceas­ ed* ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of the late Henry Squire, who died on the 20th day of October, 1945, are hereby noti­ fied to send them to either of the undersigned, duly Verified, on or before the 7th day of January, 1946. AFTER the last-named date the assets of the said Estate will be distributed among the persons en­ titled thereto, having regard only to claims bf which the Executor shall then have nbtice. DATED at Exeter, the 18th December 1945, JAMES SQUIRE, Exeter EXecu tbr F, W. GLAOMAH, Exeter H1S Solicitor, of day £tc The Want Ads are your depart® nient-®-Use them. TOWNSHIP NOMINATION Public notice that a meeting __ ________ ____ the Township of 'Stephen will be held in the TOWN HALL, CREDITON on MONDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1915 at 1 o’clock in the afternoon for the purpose, of making and receiving ~ Deputy also 1 OF STEPHEN AND ELECTION is hereby given of the Electors of nominations for Reeve, Reeve, Councilmen and Trustee of the Township School Area comprising sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 12 and Union 8, 2 to be elected, - And given that candidates qualifying for any ‘particular fice, than further notice is hereby event of more proposed and of- to be elected, the proceedings will be adjourned until MONDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1046 when polls will be open from 9 o’clock a.m, Until 5 o’clock p.m., at the following places as the Township by-law: 1, Mrs. Mill’s Shop, lot W. B. Willert, Gordon Penhale’s Kitchen, lot Preston ‘Dearing, George Council Chambers, TreVethick, F. in the being required fixed by I i ■ i i i » i » •i 5 ft 1 2 2 3i Tlios, 4. ToWh Hall, lot 10 Baker, J. H. Gaiser; V V ■'428, con, Wilson;, 20, con. Walker; Crediton, W. Morlock; cbn. 7, Alvin , , 5. O’Rourke’sKitchen, lot 10, con, 12, Fat Sulli­ van, James Mawliinney;. 16r’s Store, Lot 23, Con,* G. Kraft, Chester Gaiser; zer's Kitchen, lot 10, con Houlahan, M. 0. Sweitzer lock’s Store, 6, Koeli- N.B., E. 7, Sweit- 17* John J 8. Pol- Lot 40, Con, Wm. Hicks ___ S.B., Mansell Hodgins, Wm. Hicks; 9. Rayelle’s Store, Lot 1, Con. sauble, Leland Desjardine. electors are hereby re-- take notice and gevern acedrdihgiy. LLOYD B. HODGSON, Returning Officer.. Centralia,, December Sth, 1945. Colin Love, And all quested to themsbivfes 4 1 4 V r 4 •» v»- 'to .4 ■ - * ■ L f