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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-12-10, Page 2FOkA,14111.0„0)0A„ SMOK Wife Preservers, UMW* NO Mike EIPE buttet oat if mu 7•0 I spill *We% St OM, 4.• PAGA TWO Thursday, Dec. .10th, 190:, Miss O'Reilly died in Seaforth on, March WT, 1941, and by her disputed will left the residue of .her estate to- St. James' ,churek Seafortb, after ter- tale. bequests to nephews and nieces, —Seaforth Huron Expositor, ander sir inchee, around We bad intended to have the eggs, weighed for the records, for there is little doubt that the pair of them would have tipped the scaleS almost to the point usually registered by a half dozen ordinary hen fruit, but the tam,' ily skillet elaimed them first, — pats- ley Advocate, THE SHADOW KNOWS they said they did not Imow what. caused the death. Army physicians' said Brown bad not reeeived Any Army' medical examination prior to his death. Brown is reported to have arrived at• the barracks Wednesday, where he Was examined by the personnel Selec- tion board. lie was waiting for en,' rolment After eating luneh when he collapsed,. and died moments later, The coroner states that ,rila military board had examined Brown before his death, and That no X-ray or inocula-• fiat,. had been givon, The funeral was held from the home of his mother at Dinigannon, on Sat- tirda.y afternoon, Burial took place hi. Dungannon .cernetery, ADVANCE-TIMS WATCH FOR HIM! • Radio's Greatest Mystery Character x Every C N 8 to 8.30 dam,p K Wedy presented, by Whitt Rabbit Fur The other day, Mr, Earl ICirkpatrick of Arthur Township, who is some- thing of an authority on .anything per-, taining to fur, showed us a fine white rabbit pelt that he had just- treated, It belonged to .a white rabbit that all summer did damage in. the ,garden of Mrs. John I-1„. White, Finally it was dispatehed, and so ;M:e was the. fur that it was decided to have the pelt• preserved.--Arthur Enterprise News, T.. 'blue coal' Exeter Airman Willed in India Mr. and Mrs, A. 0, (Sandy) Elliott received the sad news that their son, Sergeant Harold Alexander Elliott had lost his life during air operations in India. The news has elicited the sympathy of many friends for Mr, and Mrs. Elliott and family in their ber- eavement, Mr, And Mrs. Elliott first received word that their son was mis- sing on Monday, Noveniber 16th, when they received a telegram from Ot- tawa, stating that Harold was reported missing as the result of air operations on November ISE—Exeter Times Ad- vocate. DEALERS OF CANADA Exeter Couple 50 years Married Attired in black and wearing the bouquet of orange blossoms Which she had carried as a bride 50 years ago, Mrs. William H. Dearing celebrated with her husband their golden anniver- sary at their home in Exeter, Among the numerous tokens of goodwill was a gift of flowers from the Board of Education, of which Mr. Dearing has been a member for 19 years. Atwood Cheesemaker Champion Donald Howes, 12,12. 4, Atwood, was adjudged the grand champion cheese maker of the British Empire at the 15th annual convention and Billfish Empire Dairy Show, sponsor- ed by the Central Ontario Cheese- makers Association, according to re- sults released. Howes won the T. Eaton Company Ltd. silver trophy em- blematic of the championship with six entries, the best scoring 98.5 marks out of a possible 100. He also won three other major trophies, finished first in June and August factory cheese .and stood high in other classes. 4,• Scout Honoured At Harriston At an open meeting of the Harriston Boy Scouts held in their rooms, Jack Dadswell was presented with the silver cross, the highest decoration a living Scout can earn. Jack was honored for his rescue of Mrs. L, Frieburger, of town, from drowning, when she took cramps last summer .while swimming. Jack who was on the bridge dived in fully clothed to make the rescue. Court Declares Will Valid The Ontario COurt of Appeal dis- missed the appeal from the judgement of Judge 1'. Costello and directed that the last will and testament of the late Mary O'Rielly be admitted to probate. The costs of the appeal were --,flirected to be paid by the appellants, Thomas O'Reilly, Mary O'Reilly, Joseph Ryan and Francis J. Ryan. This. decision ends a long series of litigation in which the will was at- tacked on the grounds that the testa- trix lacked testamentary• capacity and that undue influence was exercised. Dungannon Man's Death A Puzfle Civil and military authorities arc awaiting a post-mortem report in the expectation it will end the mystery, in the death of Charles Raymond Brown, 37-year-old Dungannon man who col- lapsed while being enrolled in the army at Wolseley Barracks, London, Wednesday afternoon. Pending the receipt of the post-mortem report, He could tell you how Italian tanks scattered In Libya. how Sicily looked by the light of flare bor'nbei how the Huns ducked for cover in -a half-dozen European countries. He's a member of an R.C.A.F. air crew—those much travelled "lighting comrades of the skies." Trained in Canada—R.C.A.F. air crews take the world in their stride. Smooth-working attack teams—bomber and fighter Pilots, Navigators, Bombers, Gunners, Wireless Operators—ready for action on any front. They seek out and destroy the foe wherever lie can be found. After victory these 'keen young Canadians will lead the way to a bright new world. Our future is in their hands. Their future is in the skies. Young men with a taste for adventure—and yen to pin Hitler's ears back—have a new career awaiting them in R.C.A.F. air crews. R.C.A.F. training in Canada is expanding steadily. More planes, more schools, more instructors are • now available. At present applications are being accepted for air crew at R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centres throughout Canada. If you are physically fit, mentally alert, over 171/2 and not yet 33, you are eligible. If you are over 33, but have exceptional qualifications, you may still be consider. ed. Lack of formal education is no longer a bar to enlistment. WOMEN TOO—join twil, Canadian women fill .V1), "that men may fly." vitaljobs in the 11,C.A Women'. Division, re- leasing PIM for air crew duties. Recruits are needed, age 18 to 40, physically fit, with at least High School entrance. Many useful and obi await you. Ho experience need. ed. The Air Force will train you quickly to take your plugs with Canada's airwomen. Full in, formation at any R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centre. or write address below for booklet, Lost Three Fingers A. very unfortunate acicdent happen- ed to Mr, A, L Morrow, at Diebel's sawmill, at Allenford, when his right hand came in contact with a buzz saw, severing three fingers affa the first finger at the joint.' He was taken to Owen Sound Hospital for treatment. --Tara Leader. Chesley Reeve Enlists J. C. MeDonald r reeve of Cheslen who has enlisted in the Canadian army, and will commence duties a week from Monday with Military District 1 at London as First Lieuten- ant and likely to recruiting officer Tor the northern part of M.D. 1. Reeve 11f.cDonald's enlistment creates the third vacancy in the. eight-man Ches- ley council, Chesley- Enterprise, Milverton Lad Over Turin There is considerable local interest and pride attached to the R.A.F. raid on the Italian City of Turin on Satur- day night as one of our boys, Sergt. Frank Want eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Zulauf, of Milverton, was a member of the crew of one of the giant four-motored bombers which de- livered a devastating attack on Mus- solini's great war plane and munitions centre. Frank, who was bomb-aimer, was mentioned in the despatches. — ,Milverton Sun. Same Hen Fruit! Malcolm Clark, local Chicken king the other day handed us a couple of the most stupendous eggs we have ever. The mammoth specimens were almost identical twins each".measuring eight and one-half inches in circumfer- ence the long way, and just a shade • ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AIR CREW FIGHTING COMRADES OF THE SKIES • For illustrated booklet giving full information write: Director of Manning, R.C.A.R., Jackson Building, Ottawa, or the nearest of these R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centres:. Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, North Bay, Windsor, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Moncton, Halifax AIRMAN TELL OF GREAT EXPERIENCES By Flight Lieutenant T. C. McCall Sheep Killed Cost Brant S754 The financial statement for tlie Township of Bri.nt for the year up to Nov. 16 shows that sheep killed 4nd injured by dogs cost the township '$754 to date, as against only $3.10 last year, and showing that such unfavor. able happenings can,play hob with the finances of the township. — .Chesley Enterprise. Kincardine Forms Ski Club, Latest addition to sports organiz- ations locally is the Kincardine Ski Club which came into being at a well- attended meeting in the arena Wed- nesday night. Already it has a mem- bershiP of 28 and expects to more than double that number. Plans of the club include erection of a ski jump and ramp on the south side. — Kin- cardine News. • .— . Teeswater Chief to Haniston Mr. Arthur Morden, who has been Teeswater's Chief of Police for well nigh a decade, forsook his position here and commenced duties in Harris- ton as law enforcer. Chief Morden handed his resignation in some time ago, ,and applied for the Harriston job. — Teeswater News. Will Appeal Drainage Award It is reported that .a second aPpeal is to be entered against Engineer 13o1- ton's award in the Grubb drainage scheme. 'In response to the first ap- peal, more territory was taken into the drainage area, and now the ap- pellants charge that the costs of the work has not been fairly apportioried. —Mildmay Gazette. Paid Outlawed Debt A farmer from this district was amazed and delighted the other day to receive a money order from a Saskatchewan agriculturist for $250 in payment of a wage accotint' incur- red in 1928." In all thbse years, the 'debtor never forgot his obligation, 'but was never in shape to pay it until last week, There is a good deal of r,cal downright honesty still lurking in human hearts, — Mildmay Gazette, ''- Goderich Soldier Dies In Germany Private William Duckworth,, son of Leading Aircraftman and Mrs..Wal- lace Duckworth; Goderich, -died of wounds in' a German military hospital, according to information received by his family. The young man was 21 years of age. Word of his death came from Ottawa through the International Red Cross. One of Goderich's fam- ous "Fighting Dttckworth," William was with the Essex Scottish and was wounded and taken prisoner at Dieppe. He had written a number of letters since that time and had said lie was recovering from his injuries, He wrote that he expected to be out of the hogpital abbot two months. Injured Sleigh-firidiag Miss Patricia Caruso, 12-year-old daughter of Pte. and Mrs. Sam Caruso, of Walkerton, waS the victim of a painful mishap when- she fractured her: right leg just above the ankle, while Sleigh-riding with friends on Child's hill in the east ward. Patricia and het friends were tobogganing dewn hill whea they strUck a culvert, catching her leg under the'ftont of the 'toboggan. A Gift that is "Appreciated All Year" The Advance,Times is a year round gift. A gift that goes to the receipient 52 times a year. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors would appreciate such a gift. "A Near Miss" The deer hunting Seasot1 appears to have been,free orany accidenta, but we heard a belated story this week Of "a near miss". Itarl Boyle was plowing on his farm in Kinlass dur- ing the open season, when a rifle bullet struck the -handle of the plow and caroMed Off to Ptincture a hole' through his Smock Which was flying open, -- Lucknow Sentinel. azine which cl.;cribes the virtues of- various type of aircraft, They never get very far away from flying. The day after landing back in Canada,. , Johnny wai at the controls of the An- son boniber which flew us from Ot. tawa to Toronto. Then he piloted the same ship most of the way from To- ronto to Montreal. Today he IS cast- ing envious eyes toward the co-pilot of our Lockheed' and the betting is, ten to ohe that before the kite touches down its wheels, he will have served a stretch at the cootrols. , • "I never had a chance to ,fly over this country, while I was .training," he, sayS. "My advanced training was at Brantiord and we were never permit- ted to go very far from our base." For a lad who got his wings just a year ago tbis month, johnny has come—aed gone—quite a way. He'll go' a lot farther, The skill and mod,- esty which have endeared him. to the four lads whose fates he has largely held'in his hands these many months are typical qualities 4:1f the youngsters who are flying for Canada today on all the World's battlefronts. As repre- sentatives of thiS eVet-expanding body, Johnny Highain 1/P.C. and the four lads who call this 22-year,old veteran "the old inan" are ready to take up the job where they left oti three nights ago so that, as their skite' per says, "the note tittle We 'come home, it'll be for keeps," . . , IT IS ALSO A GREAT FAMILY GIFT Only $2.00 a year , (eircept to the United States) A Christmas CarAwill be sent for each subscription. Charged With Break:in The Outward Sign Ilettyt "bo you know, you're wear., ing your wedding ring ?m the wrong fingert" ttheh "Yes, I married the wrong mate Canada thinks of its flyers overseas. You can bet that we'll let them know how wonderfully we were treated wherever we went. We'll let them know, too, that there are many, many more air crew teams following them over," It is a 'magnificent late summer day. Front our 4,000 feet we have an al- most unbroken expanse of 'sunlit clouds — thick, • cotton-batteny ...stuff that affords only an' occasional glimpse of the dappled grey, green and blue of the Northern Ontario wildertiess below. Johnny Higham has 'just finished telling me some more about that raid over Saarbrucken Three nights ago. Weather, he says, is as great an enemy of the Allied flyer as enemy flak or fighters, The other night.was no exceptiOn, The crew had dropped their eggssmack on the target, they will tell you proudly—and headed for home. Ahead lay the prospect of a magic-earpet journey over the Atlan- tic, and the acclaim of millions of their own people. Good food, comfortable quarters, old friends and, best of all, the loved ones 'that they had left be- hind more than a, year ago: Over the Channel theY‘ ran into nasty weather which got worse as theY approached their own adrodronte. It was debat- able whether "A For Apple" their own ship-41mM attempt a landing at the home aerodrOme, or go, on to ao- other where the weather was better. Once before their trip home had been washed. out by Similar circumstances, tecattSe of the multiplieity of arrange: Ments necessary, it was a good bet that if things. went awry this time, the plan would be waived, So down tame "A for Apple" through the clouds and fog, Half an hour later the crdW Was Ort itS Way tO Canada, That day they were a weary group of lads, Pour of them—Flight Serg'ts, Siggy tee, Carl Svehistm, Art 'Loath "and Doti MOTASOilite fast asleep in their seats,' Pilot Officer Rigliarla studying an article in a .picturo mag- Pilot Officer Johnny Highain, D.F.C. who is sitting across the nar- row aisle from me as this is being : written, puts this trip down as one of the most thrilling experiences of his life. At the moment the crew, which only a few nights ago devasta- ted Saarbrucken, changed aircraft upon returning to their base in Great Britain, and then flew aeross the At- lantie to become Canada's heroes of the hour, are high above the clouds over Northern Ontario. Our com- fortable big Lockheed transport is purring along at a speed, which John= ny tells ,ine is about the same as his old Miinpy's (Wellington bomber) cruising speed. This is att experience that five young Canadian airmen will never for- get. "A year ago we were the chaps who were carrying rifles in a parade," Flight Sergeant Carl Sveinson remark: ed. after Mentreal had given the group a tumultuous Welcome, "Here we are today sitting in limousines, Boy, ii the other chaps iti our squadron dOuld tee Us now," There is one cloud on the `lads' hprizon' but it is not causing them a great deal of concern. Airmen have a dread of being accused of "shooting a Bile" which is precisely what these lads are being asked to do several Charged with breakin and entering times a day, They know that when Roope's se- Ace statiori on the Bay- and if they return to their unit, the field road Ofi 116Vtribdrr 10 and steal- ing a 'quantity of cigarettes arid cash, Morley Bloomfield was remanded to 'Sail for one week. famous "Moose Squadron" of the R, C.A.F,, they will be badgered unmerci. fully for the speeches they have,made in Canada, arid the interviews which have been carried in every Canadian paper and over radio stations, "Sure, we'll take a lot of punish- ment," admits night Sergeant Siggy tee, of Miettedosa, Man., the naviga- tor of the grottp, "but it's worth it to be able to go back there and tell what SUBSCRIBE, NOW! Wiligham. Advance Moos