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Another in a series of articles written
by W. R. Legge and C. V. Charters,
" who represented the Canadian
Weekly Newspapers Association in
r recent tour overseas.
TRAINING FOR COMMANDOS
IS' STRENUOUS
(Article No. 13)
by Walter R, Legge
Of all the demonstrations which the
Canadian Editors saw in England,
probably none was more realistic or
thrilling than that given by the 3rd
Canadian Division A.L.C. Training
School.
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day,
The three teams went over, high bar,
ricades with pack and gun, helping
each other as necessary, crossed over
the creek on swinging ropes, plough-
ed through swampy ground, crawled
through tunnels in the ground, crossed
heavy barbed wire entanglements, and
went through several other equally
difficult barriers.
As they made their way through
these entanglements and 'barricades,
other officers and men hurled explos-
ives down among them. "While these
explosives were not of sufficient pow-
er to maim the men, they were heavy
enough to throw up clouds of water
and mud over them ,and went off with
very loud reports. This was to train
the men to become oblivious to shot
and shell falling among them.
As soon as each man had completed
when we set out in our bus in the early
morning for this demonstration, One
of the places through which we passed
on our way was a port which before
the war was the terminus of a ferry
service - to France. As we went
through this place, the sirens gave air
raid •warning, but we saw nothing of
the raiders.
Arriving at •our destination, we were
shown the training of men who were
qualifying as commandos. Three teams
from different brigades went through
the course that morning, a course
which is part of the. hardening train.-
ing.
Strenuous Training Demonstrated
The course was very wet and heavy,
having a small creek running, through
it, with swampy ground, and it de-
manded, stamina,: and determination.
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to pieces,
All we could think of was the world-
derful demonstration we had witnes-
sed, which showed the training the
embryo Commandos go •through, and
which can only be properly under-
stood by seeing it in practice.
TORY CORNERS
The annual meeting of ,5th conces-
sion was held -at Mrs, j, Howes, TWA
quilts were quilted, one the donation
of Mrs. Howes, the other from mater-
ial purchased, The years' report was
given by the convenor who congrat-
ulated the ladies on the amount of
work accomplished. A donation of
$5.00 was voted to the Aid to Russia
Fund. It was decided on account of
rationing, to discontinue the lunch,
Mrs. J. Gamble invited the ladies for
next „Meeting.
The friends of Mr. Bert Harris are
pleased to know that he is making a
satisfactory recovery after his recent
operation.
Pte, Thos. Edgar of Ipperwash
Camp spent the last week-end with
Mrs. Edgar and Faye.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howes received
a cablegram from their son, Sgt. David
H. Howes of the R.A.F. saying that
he arrived safely overseas but con-
tracted mumps. Sgt, Howes enlisted
in 1940 and after his training has been
stationed at Rockcliffe and Ottawa
where
rsstaff.
Mrs.
on Air Marshal Bread-aie
Mrs. R. A. Tayldr who ,returned
home after a visit with her niece, Mrs.
L. Walker, Gorrie.
Mr. Frank Wright received word of
the death of his brother, also his
brother-in-law at Cookstown. Mr,
Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Wright attended the funeral in Cooks-
town.
Born-to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sang-
ster, 15th Concession Howick, a
daughter.
Sorry to report the illness of Miss'
Catherine Howes, a student at Wrox-
eter High School. Her mother is at-
tending her.
aright and wrong way PtERE is d. bank the fire for the night.
Here are a few suggestions that
will make this operation of your
heating plant easier for you:
First, and only if necessary to
make room for fresh coal, gently
shake the grates until the first
red glow appears in the ashpit.
Then with
shovel or hoe
pull the live
coals to the
ft rhen t fis e thb eat
slopes down-
ward toward
the back of
the furnace ACTLY
hollow. Place --
fresh coal in Iger«11141•44eipor in a,' eg:_
forming a
u this hollow.
Remember to
always leave a spot of live coals
exposed directly in front of the
fire-door. This will act as a pilot
light to ignite the gases given off
1 by the fresh 0041. Be sure to at-low enough time for -these gases
to barn off,
Neitt, close the eshpit damper
and open the check damper wide,
The turn damper shouldof course.
be left in Its usual position,
nearly closed. Never leave the.
fire-door. -open when the Ara
is, banked,
Never, under
any circum-
stances, use
ashes to bank
the fire, You
Will only euce
eeed in com.,,
nle•tely
smother-
ing the Are
and clinkers
may result.
If you fol-•
low these
suggestions for banking, the fire
will last through the night-and
will deliver quick heat in the
morning when you open the draft.
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Thursday, February 4, 1943
WING HAM ADVANM-TT1OS
the course, he threw himself tat -the
ground And fired his rifle at figure
targets, .leis .Score being kept. This
trains them to be able to hit the on-
Only after violent exertion.
After seeing this course, there was
a demonstration of 3" mortars, throw-
ing both high explosive and smoke
bombs against a bank some distance
Way, Standing beside these motars
it was possible to watch the course of
these shells their arc high in the
Sky until they exploded on the distant
bank.
There was an interesting episode
daring this demontsartion which was
not on the programme, A Spitfire
was flying back and forth, going out
of sight over the sea, and then return-
ing is if to look us over, Each time
this Spitfire came into view, the dem-
onstration had to be halted to prevent
damage to the plane.
Finally after a longer absence than
usual over the sea it returned, but this
time made a double roll over us before
flying away home, This roll is a
sign of jubilation frequently given
When a pilot downs an enemy plane,
and a short time later we were told
that this plane had intercepted and
brought down two German planes just
off the coast where we were.
Newspaper reports that night said
that an English plane had shot down
two F.W. 190 German planes off the
south •coast, and that the pilot of one
had bailed out and was captured.
Then followed a demonstration of
visual system of signals by lights, and
although it was a very bright day,
messages were exchanged with distant
points by means of flashing lights.
The party moved on to a point on
the coast where there were high white
cliffs, to see a commando raiding
party in action.
In this demonstration it was sup-
posed that a troop of the school had
been ordered to destroy a Radio Direc-
tion Finder Station on the French
Coast, portected by a high cliff and
lightly defended by the enemy, The
time was supposed to be night.
Plan Of Attack Is Outlined
The Royal Navy lands the troops
at the foot of the cliff and the party
proceeds, over the beach to make the
raid, making as little noise as possible.
The men scale the cliff and the raiding
section goes inland to destroy the
Radio Station. One party clears the
building and seeks -a prisoner and
papers of value to our Intelligence.
The noise awakes the enemy defence,
and the raiders withdraw under cover
of smoke and the fire of their own
men.
That is a brief outline of the dem-
onstration. First three boats which
we were told were some that took part
in the Dieppe Raid, landed the party.
The scaling of the cliff by ropes and
the manner in which the ropes were
taken to the top of the cliff were most
interesting.'
Then some supposed cacualties were
brought down on these same ropes,
and a prisoner, who was interrogated
on the shore. To show the detail in
this maneouvre, the men selected to
act the parts of prisoner and inter-
rogator, were both able to talk Ger-
man, and carried out that part of the-
show in that language.
How the party makes the descent of
the cliffs, even bringing away the
ropes used, and the withdrawal to the
boats while protected by rifle fire,
were carried out in an admirable man-
ner.
The boats put out to sea to complete
tile demonstration, but were called
back to shore to give the editors a
chance to mingle with the boys of the
troops and to talk to them.
After such an interesting and thrill-
ing show, we were very glad to have
a chance to talk to the men, and soon
groups in animated conversation were
formed on the shore. We found the
men unusually keen, strong and en-
thusiastic about their work,
Among those I talked to'"were
Lloyd Backwell of Waterloo, Que,,
Lieut. J. St. Jacques, of Quebec City,
Clarence Lynch of Moncton, N.B.,
Harvey Daley of Bathurst, N. B.,
George Williamson of Campbellton,
N.B., and Francis Bryant of Dorches-
ter, N.B.
Lunch In An Interesting Location
The morning was brought to a con-
clusion with a delightful lunch, served
in the open, on top of the cliffs, in
a scene of overwhelming beauty, From
this point a magnificent view of the
sea, white cliffs, and green couittry
spread itself before us. I was assign-
ed to a table presided over by Brig,
I( G. Illackadet of Montreal, and also
at that table was Col, V. M, Hugtnan,
also of Montreal.
We learned during the meal that
the last time a Iwich had been served
• at that spot, some Messerschmidts had
come over and machine-gunned the
gathering. We• did not let that spoil
our appetites, and Mr. Napier Moore,
one of our party, remarked that if
they ante over this day, they would
break a lot of dishes,
We Might not have been so ate-
free that Morning, if we -had 'known
then that tli7. cliffs over which we
were climbing Were 'heavily mine&
and that if we had stepped, on a hid.
den thine, we would, have beets
The most thrilling moment of a
paratrooper's training comes with .his
first jump, Here a. few of the Cane
edians who took -a full parachutist's•
tourse with the Army at Vort.
Life of Geo. W. Johnston Subject
Mrs. 'George Hetherington conduc-
ted the Y. P. V. meeting in the United
Church on Friday evening. After a
devotional period, Miss Shirley Siding
read the story of the life of time Can-
adian writer and teacher, Georg,:
W. Johnston, who died in 1917. He
taught in Toronto University as well
is in several Ontario High Schools.
Misses Irene Hall and Muriel Smith
sang his well-known composition,
"When You and 1 Were Young Mag-
gie"; written in honor of his wife. Mrs.
Hetherington conducted a Bible quizz.
A spelling match followed in which all
took part.
60 woman's and children's dresses, lives.
over 100 pr. service socks were knitted
from yarn purchased with our funds.
The officers were all re-elected by
acclamation. It was decided to hold
a public meeting for the purpose of
organizing for the Red Cross Cam-
paign to be held in March. Rev. F.
G. Fowler to secure a special speaker.
Mrs. Edward Johnston, Miss Duff and
Mrs. Alex McCracken to secure other
numbers on the program. The date
will be announced later.
Red Cross Meeting
Mrs. W. J. Johnston presided at the
monthly meeting of the Red Cross
Unit at the home of Miss Duff this
week. Mrs. Mary Robertson reported
that during the year she has cut 121
articles mostly pyjamas and Mrs. J.
H. Smith had charge of cutting over
man's Institute will be held on Tues-
day afternoon, February 9th at 2.30
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Joseph
Curtis. The social welfare program
will be in charge of Mrs. Stanley
Gallaher. Roll Call-Something for
an. emergency medicine shelf. Paper
-Science March on Death, by Mrs.
Gallaher. Reading and a sing song,
A representative of the National Fin-
ance Committee expects to be present
and give a short address. Ladies of
the community are always welcome.
Banking the Eire
AMPRICA'S }meg HEATitiA 004
Henning, Ga., await the juttip master's
command to take off on their gest
jump. Ready to lead off is Lt.
Cote, of Montreal, Vrenelt Canadialt
juniper,
Milton and Donald Mann of Ford-
with, were week-end guests with their
grandparents, Mr. amid Mrs. W. W.
Mann.
Elmir Sellars, R.C.A.F., Galt, spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Sellars.
bliss Florence Fowler spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Cameron
Ingles at Atwood.
A. D. Smith, R.C.A.F., Burtch, was
home for a few days this week.
ArnoldL.A.C. Lillow, R.C,A.F. of
Camp Borden, spent the week-end at
his home here.
Mr. and Urs. Jas. J, Elliott and.
family, Miss Jean and Harold attend-
ed the funeral of Mrs. Elliott's mother,
Mrs. Wightman at Belgrave.
Spoke On The Potter's Vessel
Rev. F, G. Fowler conducted the
regular Sunday morning service in
Knox Bresbyterian Church, preaching
front the text "and the vessel that he.
made of clay was marred in the hand:
of the potter: so he made it again an-
other vessel, as seemed good to the
potter to make it" using it as example
of how God can re-mold our marred
of the five thousand, The Sunday
School Superintendent, W. J. Johnston,
presented attendance rewards for 1942.. '
Shirley Sieling, Katharene
and Bill Gallaher received fifth year
seals. Berra Gallaher, fourth year,
and June Shiell, second year. Mr.
Tavener spoke a few words of com-
mendation, to the recipients. The col-
lection for Russian Relief in the Unit-
ed Church amounted to $44.
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BLUEVALE
Presbyterian Church Annual Meeting
The annual congregational meeting
of Knox Presbyterian Church was
held on Friday afternoon, January 29,
in the. Sunday School room. Rev. F.
G, Fowler opened the meeting, a
hymn was sung, he read front the 55th
chapter of Isaiah and offered prayer.
Mr. Fowler expressed hi§appreciation
of the co-operation on the part of the
different organizations and thanked
the leaders for their whole hearted
loyality and interest in the welfare of
the church.
J. C. Higgins was elected to preside
for the business meeting and Olive
Scott was the secretary.
The report of session, presented by
Archie Messer showed that death had
removed four from, the congregation
during the year, Mrs. Anson. Shaw,
Mrs.. Alex Moffatt, Mr. Alexander
Mustard and Mr. James Thynne.
There were three baptisms. The pres-
ent membership is 103. The secretary-
treasurer, Miss Olive Scott presented
the financial statement, showing that
the revenue front the envelopes, the
Anniversary offering and the Mission-
ary givings had exceeded the previous
year.
The secretary, :Mrs. Archie Messer
prepared and Mrs. Walter Smillie read I Presented With Shields
good reports from the Woman's Mis- Rev. C. Tavener preached from the
text "There is a Lad" referring to the sionary Society and the Ladies' Aid
part taken by the lad in the feeding Society. The W.M.S. met all financial
obligations and the Ladies' Aid closed
the year with a substantial balance.
The Mission Band, the Sunday
School and the Young People's So-
cieties show activity and interest which
is an encouraging sign for the future
welfare of the eongregation. Mr.
Peter S. MacEwen, tendered his resig-
nation as a trustee, after many years
of faithful service, W. H. McKinney
was elected to fill the vacancy. Other
members are John Mundell and Peter
Moffatt, Burns Moffatt, Will Mandell
and W. H, McKinney were elected
to the Board of Management for a
term of three years.
Mrs. Harvey Robertson was re-elec-
ted superintendent of the Sunday
School with Mrs, Eldred Nichol as
the assistant.
Mrs, Will Mundell was the newly
elected secretary-treasurer of the Sun-
day School with Mrs. Harry Elliott
the assistant.
The congregation 'endorsed a hearty
vote of appreciation to Rev; F. G.
Fowler and Mrs. Fowler for their un-
tiring efforts he the work of the
church and the organizations connec-
ted with it, and also for faithful serv-
ices throughout the pastorate,
Following a discussion on the ques-
tion of having the Belgrave congre-
gation join with Bluevale and Eadies,
a vote was taken showing the meeting
to be in favor, Final arrangements
will be dealt with hy the Presbytery
and -S nod.
After singing the gational Anthem,
Rev, G. Fowler pronounced the
Benediction.
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