Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-04-30, Page 2TWO WINGUAM. ADVANCE,TIMES Thumlay, April 3001,1.942 R,C,A.F; HEROES DECORATED BY KING he McKenzie farm, which was the st recent venture. saw the drillers work down to 2,700 feet. The rock formation at the 2,0 00-foot level look- ed l romising, and operations continu- ed far another 700 feet, but by the end of last week it was given up as a bad Soo!). And so Teeswater's hopes of being another "Turner Valley" have faded away. - Tee,water News. YOUR EYES. NEED ATTENTION Qat. 25 Foint Scientific Examitt-• ation enables us to give you Clear, Comfortable Vision F. F. 1101‘,ILITI-1 Optometrist Phone 118 Harriston PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION 0 \ en in a corner near the fireplace,, Idnele Eery had been working indust-. easly with -a stub pencil and a piece of paper. Suddenly he looked ,up and smiled. "Doggonel" he exclaimed. "If I ain't learned to write." Maw got up and looked over his shoulder at the lines scrawled across the paper. "What do it say:" she asked. "I don't know," said Uncle Ezry, puzzled. "I ain't learned to read yet." Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Subscription Rate - One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To U, S. A, $2,50 per year Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. Stlinalfit4.4.1114.11M1011:1111i0114111.1.4 ...... MIR! .... ... Four courageous Canadians receive ed decorations firm the hands of His ! Majesty the Nino at an itWet•titure .at Buckingham Palace. Pilot Offieer Larry Robillaed of Ottawa (left) was decorated with the Distinguished Fly- Ong Medal. lie has a score of four aircraft destroyed and one "probable". The Distinguished Flying Cross was presented to Flight Sergeant B. C. Paige of Bridgeport, Ont., after he "safely navigated a Hudson bomber and its crew to its base. The aircraft flew so low in an attack on enemy ship- pine that one wing-tip clipped a pro- jecting rock, disabling the starboard, engine, rendering all instruments and turret unserviceable and extinguisitine the lights. To Wing Commander: Thomas C. Weir of Toronto and Win- nipeg (3) went the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross for bringing a disabled NEWS of the DISTRICT OUR OWN MILITARY DISTRICT NO 1 This is the First of a Series of Articles to Acquaint Our Readers With Military Activity in this District was on his way to a Canadian bomber Simpson, who died on Tuesday after -Walkerton Herald-Times. a lengthy illness. Deceased, who was in her forty-second year, was a (laugh- $30,000 Fire At Clifford ter of Mrs, Miller, Mary street, Clin- A disastrous fire which completely tton, and the late Tames A. Miller, ; destroyed three business places and. and was born in Goderich township. ! contents, entailing a loss of approx- She married James Simpson in 1919 imately $30,000, partially covered by and they have since resided in Hamil- !insurance, and which rendered 14 per- ton, Besides the husband, there sur- sans homeless, visited Clifford about wive :two sons.-Godeeich Signal-Star.' 6:30 o'clock, and but for the prompt assistance of fire brigades from district villages might have wiped out the en- tire business section. Only the charred walls of William l'endes hardware store, Ross Wilson's barber .ahop, and Ed. Eckenswiller's shoe store. Al barn owned by Chester Cook, to the rear of the three storesi was also reduced to a .smoking pile of ashes, while the general store 'own- ed by Roy Bonham on the corner of Elora and Station streets, and the liv- ing apartments on the • second floor and in the rear were considerably damaged by water. Only a •14-inch brick wall between the Vendt store and the Bonham store saved the Tatter from complete destruction. Fearing that the Bonham store would fall prey the flames, citizens organized and. OMER "WiIRTMIE TEIEIVONI: LICT/Cf"' station, Langside Folks Honoured ...... 11111111.111MIIIIIIMMIlt1111A .. ... 111011111.1.:: Prior to leaving Langside for their new home. in Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs. Neil -,11cCallum were honored when friends gathered and presented them ' with a purse of money. Mr. and Mrs. McCallum have resided at Langside for the past 26 years, An address was read by Alex McKenzie and the presentation made by William Mc- ntyre. During the evening a pro- eram was enjoyed. • Bruce Airmen Meet Overseas With the R.C.A.F. Somewhere In. England, - Two R.C.A.F. officers born in. Bruce County- met for the first time -in a hotel lounge where they bumped into each other accidentally, PO. Doug. Crotier, a radio tech- ttician front Walkerton, was sitting in the lounge waiting for his brother, Sgt, Observer Dave Crozier, when FO. .Ken MaeGillivray, a native of Port Elgin, whose home is in Toronto, -walked into the room, idaeGillvray Club in. London. It has its' counter- part in every city and town through- out the District, where various auxil- iary organizations are doing noble work. But this resume will suffice to in- dicate that Military District No. I is ably upholding its right to Number One position in Canada's military org- anization. the Polish iecruiting depot at Windsor and the Netherlands training centre at Stratford, This summary does not take into account the summer training camps in the Thames Valley for Reserve units nor the London military hospit- als which are performing a notable work. Nor does it elaborate upon such institutions as the Active Service to rernovedethe entire stock and furnish- ings from the store and living quarters of the building. Only the gallant ef- forts of the firemen saved. Chester. Cook's residence from destruction. PROTECTION Against e Storm Hand Crushed by Log While dipping logs in the hot pond Schwaim's mill, Oliver Harrison met with an injure- that will lay him f duty for a time. His hand was rushed when the log rolled over it, fracturing a bone. - Mildmay Gazette. ,prorommosin Fail To Strike Oil There may be oil in this "neck of the woods", but as far as drilling op- erations go, the valuable liquid is all above ground in tanks. Dominion Gas Company has been busy the past year sinking - the hopes of finding oil rir reet---1 Three different locations va...tre trie.44. of the fatms of WarnerErrtvr,. mac!: Armstrong and It "elKerr.-. ale. The first two showed fink: prom- ise, acid no great depth was drilled. Is Your House SAFE AFTER DARK? Walkerton Flier Killed The grim reality that Canada is at war and that Canadian youths will be called upon to give up their lives in he titanic struggle to preserve free- dom in the world, was brought forc- ibly home to Walkerton citizens when word was received that Flight-Serg- eant Walter Lines, son of Mr. and' Mrs, Elmer Lines, who reside on the rater Henry Reutz farm on the west- 'ern outskirts of the town, had been led in a plane crash while on duty the Royal Air Force in England. SUPPLIES POUR INTO DARWIN Mitchell Barber 'Remerribered Time rolled back 60 years for Charles. Pollakowsky, veteran Mitchell I barber, for he marked. the 60th anni- versary of his coming to, Mitchell to work for a local barber, located in what is now the beverage room of the 1Hicks House. Polly, as everyone knows him, has a host of friends and :they had no intention of letting the day go by without some sort of cab- ' serva.utte. Outside they placed his old. 'barber pole, a buff-and-red-striped af- fair, little the worse for wear despite the years it had marked his places of business on Mitchell's main street. A sign outside read. "Polly's Barber Shop open again-60 years' service." An Unusual Egg The other day Mr. Cecil Berry Con, 16, Peel. Township, brought into cur °ince a very unusual egg-two of them in fact On both of them was a view of the rising sun. On one of I!them the marking was particularly distinct. The eggs were produced by a Plymouth Rock and were certainly unusual. specimens. - Arthur Enter- prise News t County Clerk Bereaved County Clerk N. W. Miller attended the funeral :of his sister, Mrs. James A Striped Pussy- One night last week two of our young men, dressed in their Sunday best, were out for a walk on Mill Street and when about midway to the.: C.N.R. station they spied what at first looked like a cat coming toward them. One of them noticed the tell-.' tale stripes on the animal's back and shouted e"skunk!" In their hurry to get out on range hats flew off and it .. was with considerable anxiety they!, ventured back into the danger zone to recover their headgear. - Milyerton , Sun. Mildmay Student Won Contest The annual Father Cummings Coun- cil Knights of. Columbus oratorical contest open to children of Separate Schools in this district was held at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, Walkerton. Nine contestants competed and their efforts drew applause and favorable comment from the many present. Alex Kraemer, Madman speaking on 'The Airplane, the Master Weapon," won first honors. Tragic Death This community was shocked and saddened on Tuesday to learn of the death of Mere Elliott Sandy, an as- teemed resident of the 13th Conces- sion of _shield. Mrs. Sandy was rushed to Kincardine Hospital on Monday, the victim of self-inflicted bullet wounds in her chest. Little hope was entertained Ear her recovers and she passed away early Tuesday afternoon. - Lucknow Sentinel. By Lieut. Bruce M. Pearce For Military purposes Canada is divided into eleven districts. No. 1 District comprises the eleven counties of South-western Ontario, nemely: Bruce, Elgin,. Essex, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Perth, Waterloo, Wellington. It is the smallest, most compact dis-• trict of the eleven. It is one of the most thickly-settled. Military District No. 2, with Toronto as its headquart- ers, and Military District No. 4, with Montreal as its centre, may show a greater population, but in proportion to area, Military District No. 1, is; easily the most populous. Moreover, from the standpoint of recruits for Canada's Army, NI. D. 1 's one of the most productive districts it the Dominion. In this war, as in the last, M.D.1 has a record of which to be proad. Figures to the end of 1941 show that M.D.: 1 has contributed a total of 22,- 338 recruits to the Active Army. This is agart from Navy and Air Force en- listments. In addition, M.D. 1 has a Reserve Army strength of approxim- ately 12,000 men. About 15,000 have received military 'training under the N. R._ AL A. As one of the oldest-settled parts of the country, with a high percent- age of native-born citizens of British stock, it is natural that patriotism shonhi attain a high standard in M.D. L as reflected in enlistment figures as well as in Victory Loan and War Savings Campaign. It is conceded, too; that M.D.1 has been fortunate in the calibre of its military leaders and is regarded. as a model with respect to cooperating in nation wide military projects and all undertakings connect- ed with the war effort. In February the Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was mob- ilized as arc Active Service Tdrain fol- towed.early in March by mobilization el the Scots Fusiliers with headquart- ers at Kitchener, and the Oxford Rif- /es at Vt7oodstoelr, . 3ust what does Military. District N I corapeise'r First, its headquarters /recited inc the City of London. fillernied by Brigadier D. 3. ,MacDonald Ineen.O.,. M.C., District Officer Com- mar2ding, its staff consists of about 35 senior and junior Officers, engaged, in widely-diversified branches of the service but all combining in the com- mon effort of providing the requisite' 'leadership for military activities laroughout the district. Tine branches include Supply and Transport, Engineers, Paymaster Medical.. Intelligence, Audit, Auxiliary ervices, Records, Dental, Provost,. Chaplain, Reserve Unit Officer's and, Women's Army Corps. Then there are numerous General Staff Officers and the A.A. .R.- Q.M.G. Branch (as- sistant A.dfutant and. Quarter-Master General). Some of the outstanding component. its of M.D.I inky be summarized follows: No. I District Depot a 7olseley Barracks on Carling Heights .ere the anaority oi, Active recruits In. the district are enlisted and trained it few weeks before going to Basic Training Centres, and No. 1 District Depot (Windsor Detachment) which performs a. :sianitar fun:eaten:1 in the Wilndiser area; the three Basic Train- ing Centres at Kitchener, Chatham and; Guelph, through which some 1$,- 000 active and "R7' recruits have al- ready passed; the Central Id.c.ehaniza- tion Depot and the Mechanics' train- Centre at Landon, twl, litany int- il**I linkS in the pragrare of build- anada's rnetitattieted army; the to,,cltr. Advanced. Dibeing and in ate Schazt, unique in Can- a! 'where ahlged drivers and mai esrartct experts fee= across Cam- receive training; the. Ford, Chrysler, • riti Gettro Motors Army Trades Chods in Windsor, which are serving stattvitat striantar purpose; the Bet- ttetit F1 tracks at Lii5,t0Wrell,. Whete th Canadian...Fttsilters., (A) are hotised;• TUST a plain sou'wester . . . a J waterproof covering. Its sole purpose is to provide protection. And that is what Brantford Roofing has been doing for 37 reelSr-Z..- years .. . protecting thousands of Canadian homes from rain, snow and sleet . . . from discoloured walls and damp plaster. A Brantford Roof will give you more than roofing protection. The colours of a Brantford Roof ate designed to blend and harmonize with any setting. Their soft, glowing tones blend with Natures' own Colours to add beauty and individuality-, With a Brantford Roof your are assured of dependable, Tong-wearing protection, I Lighted windows warn ptowlers *way. shear*: trur lant ps Burning when Tea leave year Itonke for the grinning. Renew, hot,* brit light for eaten hours costs lair 14 at Hero Wes- Ask your local dealer for information and prices. Avbalt Slates--Insulated Sidingl-Roll Roofings. Brantford ROOFS geithest Put I tt Lamps in Kitchen, living-Room, Basement Brantford Roofing company, Limited. BRANtroup, ONTARIO tor $4/e. t10142 Focus cr war- Austraiit., m.attete t> tin the texttternt rnrat bit tht tc,WIr_mt chtirn re...detats beam sari:plied fear the''eftte or oftente. ti Attstraliat' t sel-Xers are shown tattioadittg Storeti afu Darwin. 'Ilter have tarred 'Melt depat "Vaddy"s *irke4' niter a wall known bargain Centro: Melbourne, Staintort Hardware bomber antrita crew to its base despite I his own serious wounds. Fa' risking his life to rescue a comrade from the wreckage of a burning plane after a take-off-crash, Flying Officer Alexan- der .1. Nicholson of Windsor (right) received the George Medal. Nichol- son braved exploding ammunition and was blown 60 feet by the force of a blast, but both men survived. R,C.A.F. Photos, Clear telephone lines for ALL-OUT PRODUCTION Your telephone is part of a vast interlocking sys- tem now carrying an abnormal wartime load. Don't let needless delays hold up messages on which pro- duction efficiency may depend. O O BE SURE, you have the right number..:consult the directory. -4, SPEAK distinctly, directly into the mouthpiece, .ANSWhil. promptly when the bell rings. C10 BE BRIEF. Clear your line for the next call. These things may look trifling, but on 6;500,000 daily telephone calls, they are very important. a:at:of &gars te/o4414- Gx rfete,:ge Montreal Toronto and the LORD ELGIN OticiWa 5 2'2 to $.3552 per person, No higher! • 0, 400 lovely rooms with radio!