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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-10-03, Page 124. This car plunged o4 the highway ,ope mile south of I3lyth last Friday, ripped along the ditch by the. side Of the road and struck a nest of stones before coming to rest. The four occupants were seriously injured and were taken, to hospital in London. All were from the FaC,A.F, station ht Clinton; ALEXANDER'S BIG FALL SALE STILL ,IN FULL SWING Don't miss this unequalled opportunity to stock up on hardware and household items at Big Reductions BARGAIN. PRICES THROUGHOUT THE STORE! ALEXANDER'S HARDWARE Thurs„ Fri., Sat., Oct 4-5-6 in ° Vera. Miles Van Johnson "23 PACES TO- BAKER STREET" This 'is a taut and intriguing murder my s. ery centering a,round a blind American play" wright Who inadvertently over- hears two people discussing, what seems to him to lad a kid„ napping plot, Mon., Tues., Weda sOct.•11-9-10 Humphrey Bogart, Jan Sterling in `The 1-larder 'They Fall' (Adult) • This story Centers around a giant but inept boxer who is made .into a leading contender .tor , the heavy weight title by means of a phony publicity build-up, fWelitiood Describes .Life Remote Northern. Weather Station ~TPi1NFI1 nil Wingham Teachers At Conference The following story is the .second In .,Seriea. of articles by Norm Welsivoods who recently .returned frOMa trio to .0aoSe 130Y and Northern Labrador with the RCAF: 414 dawn we left Goose Bay's wide runways and beaded almost due 'north for Indian House, some 280 miles away, on the George River. settling ourselves more comfort- ably on the assorted boxes and crates of the cargo, we had a closer 199k, around the sturdy flying boat. The Canso, known in wartime as the Catalina, is ideally suited as a liorthern carg0 plane. It can op- erate from land or water. With Its two. big engines and very long wing span, it can carry a heavy load great distaneea, while the stout hull will take landings on rough water with safety, The Canso was flown with a crew of three, pilot, co-pilot and engineer. The latter has his statien in the root of the wing, directly behind the engines, Which he looks after. We had met the pilot, Howard Koller, the day before and were I pleasantly surprised to. learn I that !he was from 117 0.1iterten. He 'had flown many hundreds, of hours in the north and had brought in seine of the supplies to Indian. House last atuniner. After sixty miles or so, we no, 'iced the trees become scattered. until very soon there were searee- ly any at all, Stretched away on every side as far as the eye could see were hundreds of lakes, big and small. They appeared in all shapes. We noticed some with sides that were absolutely straight, scored with chance precision by some ancient ice movement, so that they looked almost man, made. Although almost every part of Labrador is now accurately charted from air photos, there are thouSands of lakes and rivers that have no name. Unless the rivers and lakes are really large, they don't seem to warrant a name. Waterfalls, many of them quite large. are numerous and show up bright and white from the air, Our imagination was. caught by the rugifel3 grandeur below, laSeinated by the thought that: Perhaps, for centuries most of the shores below us bad never borne the footprints, of man. In the third hour we approached a range of mountains considerably higher than the Surrounding MM.- try. The tops were shrouded in the first deposit of winter snow, Now the only trees to, be seen were a very few stunted clumps by sandy shores, We would seen,ar- rive at Indian House, Our destination, Indian House, is a PePartment of Transport wea- ther station, Constructed in 1942, it is one of the four principal wea- ther stations providing data for the northeast part of the continent. It is called Indian House Lake, al- fhough the lake is just a long, wide stretch of the George River which flows into Ungava Bay, Five men operate the base, three of whom are trained for both radio and meteorological work, the oth- ers being a cook and a mechanic, They sign up for one year at a time, but generally stay two. Once in, they are there to stay. No week- end leaves, no sunimer holidays, no visitors except the re-supply plan- es in August and September, If the ice on the river is thick en, ough at Christmas time, a ski- equipped Otter will bring the mail and perhaps a turkey. ,If unable to land, the supplies are dropped by parachute, Every single nut and bolt, every board and pound of material at Indian House must come by air. Soon we were over the little clus- ter of buildings below and the pil- ot circled once to see the water surface before setting the Canso down in a very smooth landing. Edging the big craft up to the oil- barrel buoy proved to be tricky, with gutsa of wind and 'a seven knot water current, The co-pilot opened a !hatch in the nose, used a boat hook to snag the buoy and tie the ship up. In the meantime the crew on shore had the launch ready and the work of transferring the load began. We were told that the boat, a sea-worthy three-ton craft, had been dropped by parachutes to In- dian .House. A dilapidated jetty ran out about fifty yards and the boat-loads Were piled on this. La- ter the freight Was, hauled up .the hill `tothe warehouse on an over- head cable. In about an hour the Canso was unloaded and promptly left for Goose Bay, while, we and, the crew repaired to the barracks to be- come a little better acquainted over. a scalding cup of the cook's cof- fee. The bearded Young officer in charge, Paul Roberge, made us most welcome and showed us ar- ound the station, Fc1ur woodan buildings and a 200- foot ariel mast 'is really all there is to Indian House. One building serves as the radio and meterolical shack, and also as a convenient place on which to stretch a black bear hide, one of which was nailed up at the time. This 300 lb. bruin had been helping himself to some tarpaulin covered supplies by the dock two-evenings before, when the chief shot hini. A small building housed the supplies, another the diesel engines and generator. The living quartcrs building was the largest, with room for about 10 men. All the buildings were con- nected by elevated walks with handrails so that no tone would .get lost in blizzards. • The men seemed to enjoy, the cornpany and they •spoke readily about their interesting but isolated life. They were generously paid but we felt they earned every cent of it. The summer season is short, and all hands are kept busy tepair'- ing and making things ship shape for the next winter season. The deck, boat and cable line have to be pulled up high and dry in the fall. We had naticeWa, sizeable pile of boxes by the dock and asked about it. The boys told us the boxes con- tained soda biscuits, and with some colorful phrases, explained that several years before a crew at In- dian House who likes biscuits, had run short during the winter. The folldWing spring they were sure to include a generous order on the re- supply Iist. Well, it seems that the order has never been cancelled. Every year more soda biscuits ar- rive, piles of them, so that there is no more room in the ware- house. The present 'crew do' not like soda biscuits, We took, some back to Goose with us the next day, they were light but bulky. In the lbng winter months, the boys' only contact with the outside is by radio. Sometimes, atniospher- lc conditions that plague northern communication Will make receiving and transmitting impossible for days at a time occasionally the CBC station at Sackville, N.13, can be picked up. The buildings are heated by space heaters, There are about 12 of these gob* in winter and the men have an understandable fear of fire, A fire watch is kept by shifts day and night all winter, M..Desjarclino, the cook had been in the north for years, He prepared enormous meals with skill, all the dine apologizing for the •trienti Which Was linlited to What dame in cans. He bakes his bread in large batches then frcetes it. An occasional dari- boo is shot to provide ',fresh meat in Winter, and ptarmigan it part- ridge-like bird flock around the barracks by the dozen providing an easy Soured' of fresh fowl. The diesel engines, boat motors, pumps and ciather things keep the mechanic busy, He must be in., gallons. If something breliks down, repairs usually hate to be inapre-, Vised. Every limit, a full meteors °logical report on the conditions at Indian Hotted is transmitted, Once a clay balloons ate released to measure wind direction and the height of the cloud base. This data is plotted at Goose t4tti central , office. Soon after. We arrived we tried our hick with the Atlantic salmon which run. In the George Ulver at this time. ,Pt year, However the ex- tremely cold weather ' was against us, and we had no oinvit, We did Patch a few lake trout which' the Indian. IfeeSe boys regarded a The high winds made rrianotiver- ing the boat difficult, Later, we decided to walk to'a stream, Some, thrce miles away whieit (towed into the George River. As we were.about to leave, the chief suggested we take a rifle along, The three, miles turned out to be about the' most difficult walking imaginable, The whole area was littered with huge rocks with the spaces between covered With tundra moss. This mesa or lichen appeared in many Colors, looked dry but was actually soaking wet and, we were told that it Is almost impossible to dry it out, For a time we decided to keep on top of the ridge of hills parallel to the river. However on the top, which 'looked so smooth frm below, wo found ourselves con- tinually climbing' through" steep crevices, many of which were filled with a tough, interlocking shrub that was virtually impassable, We returned to the river ahem and clambered oser the rocks the rest of the 'way. The stream, when we finally reached it, loOked like a trout fisherman's paradise. For a quarter of a mile, it tumbled down in a series of steep falls and pools, We tried flies, lures, spinners and plugs with no 'luck, Apparently the weather was just too cold. The Indian House boys had told us that the lures were unimportant, the fish there would strike at anything if they were biting at all. Cookie's big supper disappeared in short order on our return. On the se.'ond morning we fished the stream by the base. At six in the 'morning, we found the Spray had frozen pn the rocks and, made the footing treacherous and again it seemed to be too cold for the fish. A snow squall prpnipted us to hurry ,back for breakfast. Later in the morning, the Canso appeared over the hills and landed with another load of supplies., We pitched in with the job of unload- ing so we could have the boat as soon as possible for trolling. The pilot said he would make two trips from Knob lake 'before returning to Goose that evening. His cargo ftom Knob was to be diesel oil, which would•be carried 800 gallons per trip, in the right wing tank pf the Canso. The plane's own fuel supply is carried in the. left hand tanks, As soon as the Canso left, we put out in the boat td troll, using the heaviest gear we had, stout steel wire' leaders and large spinners with three gang hooks, Gust* winds,• snow squalls again plagued us and we took only a few average size lake trout. Again, in the afternoon, we took the boat out ourselves and covered miles .pf water with no luck. In the late afternoon, the Canso came in with the last load of oil. On board was 'Clint Godwin, former CKNX staffer who" is now working as a dispatcher for ALT. Airlines, lie had been working in Knob Lake, controlling a _fleet of Canso airplanes engaged in re-sup- ply and building the radio siteS. Clint's job involved planning the loads and destination-of each air- craft. Depending on the weather conditions, he would arrange for the number of pounds of freight to be carried, the fuel load and the crews that would fly on any given day. While the final load of oil was being pumped ashore, we bid our friends at Indian House goodbye. In a small way, we were able to do something in return for the wonderful hospitality they had shown us. John Cruickshank sent them some radio parts for a trans- mitter they were building for their own use, and we checked their library and Sent some hooks to them on our return. With luck, they will have these by Chriatmas, The sky was darkening as we taxied out frOm the jetty, Moments later we could see the five small figures against the rocky bleak- nesa of Indian House, Three hours, forty minutes later, Goose Bay came up below, lights glittering brightly in a country of total dark- ness. At six next morning we left Goose in the North Star for Mont- real. The Expeditor from Centralia was waiting for us there and after lunch we were on our way again stopping briefly at Ottawa's Rock-, clifth airpors. Three forty-five arid landed at Centralia, somewhat deafened and travel weary from the long trip. And so ended the journey which took only a week, covered 3000 miles, required 25 hours of flying, Dedicate Memorials At St. Paul's Church Two of the original members of St. Paul's Anglican Church were remembered last Sunday morning when the new exterior lights over the main entranees, the new iron . railings on the Centre St. entrance and a plaque at the back of 'the nave were dedicated to the Glory of God and in memory of John Mc-. Crackin and his 'wife Sarah PardY. The gifts were given 'by their daughters. The rector's warden,' Norman Cronkwright, made the request' that the gifts be accepted and dedi4 cated and the people's warden, Dr,' W. Davis, unveiled the plaque. The rector, the Rev. H, L. Parker', then, conducted the short but impressiVe, service of dedication. WIIITECOURCII Mrs. Jack Shiell and baby Jane spent a few days, last week at the home of her mother, Mrs." Zim merman of Gorrie. ' • • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McBtirney.' and sons, -her sister, Mrs. 1:12. M. Shiell of Winghani, 'and Mrs, Frank Thompson visited on Sun- day with Mr. Thompson in Beck Memorial Hospital,' London, •and with London relatives, , Mr. Chas. Shiell .and Mr. Alex Leaver made a business trip to 'To- ronto on Monday. Ur. and. ,Mrs. Tobi Jantzi and family, of Milverton, spent Sun- alaY at the home of her brother, Mr. George Fisher, , The SInstitUte ladies are holding, their October -meeting next Tues- day evening and are entertaining, the Paramount and Belmore' Insti- tutes. The Whitecharch members are 'asked to bring articles for the penny auction table. Mrs. Reuben 'Appleby will be guest speaker. Miss Marjorie Coultes' of the Guelph Hospital nurses-in-training class, spent the Week-end. at her home here. The Courtney family from Bel- wood paid their yearly visit to this village ' on Sunday and called on old ,friends and visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' Albert Coultes, the former home of their mother, the late Mrs. Allen. Mr. Ira Wall has been having the hydro installed in his farm house and barn, and had the lights turned on one day last week. Lower Wingham School children marched, in the parade at Ford: wieh Fall Fair on SaturdaY. Ordination Service At Chalrners' Church , Mr, Angus MacKay, who for I tWentY-nine years has served, the Presbyterian Church in Canada as missionary and teacher on the ThanaPfleid, In India, was ordained into the • Holy Ministry • of the Church .of Jesus Christ' at an im- pressive service in, Chalmers' Pres- byterian Church, Whitechurch on Tuesday evening, September 25th, The service was conducted by ,the Beta William .Mitchell, B,A.., Kin sardine, moderator of the Presisy; tery of Huron-Maitland. Rev. • Russell Self, MA., M,Th.; a co-worker with Mr. MacKay for the past six .• years in India and who returns shortly to the Jharisi field, brought greetings froth' 'the' General Assembly's' Board of Missions and preached the ser- mon. He paid high tribute to Mr. MacKay's zeal"for the Master and Challenged a large congregation, on the true meaning of being a Chris- tian.neighbour. The Rev. John Pol- lock, B.A., Wingham, who was ininiater,at Whitechurch when Mr MacKa,y,heard the call to serve in. India, lounselled him as a fellow, Rev XsT,' Caswell read 'the Scrip- tare' message from Psalm 67 and ROMani 10 and led in prayer The Choit 'rendered a special anthem, "Christ Is :n the Temple, -.Many friends were present at the close of the service for an hint': of fellowship, Rev. Angus MacKay, on behalf of the session, was Presented :With a Bible and Book of Praise. Besides, the' Women'S Missionary Society gave MT. MacKay a tie: dirclling' case, The offering of over $100 :wilt be used on the Jhansi field in India. Members of the MacKay family a•rho were present for the service were Mr. and Mrs. MacKay's daughter of Jhansi, their Son, Don— ald and Misses Agnes and Bertha MacKay, all of London, M.F. and Mrs. Dan MacKay and • family of GtielPh, Charles MacKay of Dunn- :vine, Mr.. and Mrs. cordon Mac- Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Allan MacKay, ISfr. and Mrs; Salter, Mr. and Mrs. Raba. Mowhray and Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mowbray of Wingham, Mrs. Jellies Markle and daughter of Hamilton, Mrs. George Matkle, 'Vancotiver, B.C., Mr. and Mrs. A. Purtion of Luckriovv, Mr. and Mrs.' John MacIntyrd and Mr. and Mrs. John •Cleghorn of Winghani and other *relatives The regular meeting of the y,p,tr, was held on Monday, The meeting opened, with a sing-gong led by Margaret M.Achan followed by the business which wan opened with the minutes of the last, meet- ing read by Ferne Yanstone, • Margaret Meehan gave a report on The London Conference held at Stratford.: last week-end. It was, decided that; the meeting next Monday, O.itober 8th, would he postponed on account of Thanks- giving.. Doreen Burden, was in charge of the worship service, opening with the singing of "011ide '10 911 Thou Oreat Jehovah." followed by a pray- er led by Rev, MacRae. Laurie Stuckey,. read the, Scrip- ture taken from Psalm 23, which • was folipwed by a Poem read by Doreen Ellwood "He Is Counting on You", . The topic "ChristianSteward- ship" was taken by Doreen Buraen, The worship service closed, with a praye7 and the, singing of "Take My Life and Let It Be". followed by the Lord's prayer. ; Recreation ,was in 'charge of Merle Gowdy aid the' Singing of Taps closed the meeting,. NEW STUDY BOOK INTRODUCED AT MS WHITECHTJlaCH Sixteen ladies werespresent at' the regular meeting of 'the aW.M.S. of Brick, United, Church which was held on Wednesday evening, at the home of ,Mrs. Norman Coultes, with the president,-Mrs. George McGee Pre- siding, and giviag• the call' lo won- siMp. Silk' read, the vScripture lesson from Ephesians,' chapter 1, 'Mrs. Harry Cook led insprayer. Mrs. 'Gilbert beeCroft introduced the new •study book, "East from Burma " and Mrs, ,Clarende Chain- ney assisted. Four, ladies, Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, MrsaChas, Shiell, Mrs. Roy Pattison and "MrsaHatry Cook were appointed to" attend' the fall Waltif,S.' PreshYterial meeting at Brussels, and the ladiea accePt= ed an. invitation ' to attend the ThankOffering meetiniof Belgrave W.M.S. on Odteber • 9.' The president closed ,,the meet- ing with prayer, and all' enjoyed the axial half-hour that, folloxted. Disaster Fund.to . Aid Stricken Farmers • The Bruce • Disaster Fund ' has raised. about $14,000 ;since it was organised, twa roonths:,ago,, after a tornado Cansed about , $70,000' des truction in lower Etude County, Some of the townships and towns were slow' in, making their contri- butions. Cotinty. Warden , DOhal'd LaMont stated that another four or five thousand dollars is expected before' the .fund-el*a.,' '''• The. OntariogoVernment•haS of- fered 50 cents fOt : every dollar raised locally by tthe fund' and it is expected that the, federal' govern- ment ,may also do the sanie.,'' Financial assistance will only be giVen to those sand plan to :rebuild. Tvio adjusters -will be ,appointed by "Mr. Lamont and Gecirge Gear, Bruce Connty, agricultural iTepres: sentative, to assess, the datnage and 'the claims 'before the, money is paid from the fund. The Wiatifl 1, Advance-1:iMesi Wedtteadan Oct. 3431 1006 Few gifts are More Personal, More Treasured More Loved. We can make Christmas Cards from your own negatives or you can arrange an. appoint- ment at our studio. When the family is together for Thanks- giving pictures can be ni a, de which will be treasured posses- sions in the years to C011,10, IT'S TIME FOR YOUR FALL TUNE-UP We have a Factory Trained Mechanic for you. 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