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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-06-22, Page 7team 4bbancp=iritutro wr„NOWtii; WONZISIDAltr, 4.11?;IE z,1060 NEW BANK OpENS—The new building housing the Gorrie breach, of the Torauto-Dontinien Bank opened this week and is of highly modern design. Situated 'oil the amain street of Gorrie, the new build- ing has tinted MB-height Merino-pane windows at built the front, us shown. above, and at the rear of the building. Brick and cut field. atone are the construction materials. used in the 36x40 foot building ...... ;!. ... with the stone work brought inside to form one wall of the meaner's; office. Wilfred 'White of Wingham was the general. contractor. A. J. Brown of Walkerton did the eement work, Percy Clark of Wingluttn the plumbing, Corson Hardware, Gorrie, the, forced air 'furnace. and Burke Electric, Wingham the wiring,. The new structure is 44, real asset to the community's main street.—Advance-Tittles 'photo GORRIE-•-•A rfainlon of Edgar and pane families was held in the Gorrie community park on Saltir- day afternoon. . The Dinsmore reunion was held in the 'Gorrie park on Sunday -with about 40 persons attending from St. Mar'srs, 'Greaten; Clifford; Wing' ham and .Gorrie, Ed. Dinsmore of St. Marys was appointed president and Mrs. Lance Irwin, St. Marys, secretary. Next year's gathering will he held at the home of Mr, Ed. Dinsmore, St, Marys. •The annual Dane reunion was held on Saturday in the Listowel memorial park with an attendance of about 75. Dinner .and supper was served. Those attending were from Owen Sound, Toronto, Ni- agara, St. Catharines, London and Wingham. father in Toronto. . 'We extend sympathy of the community. Miss Winnifred Scott of Owen Sound spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Ed- wards; Mr. and Mrs. D. A, Huckwith, 'Toronto, spent the week-end with Me, and Mrs. Alert. Graham. Mt. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace and gr: and Mrs. Jack Lavey and family of Hamilton were guests of MrS. Jean Massey, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bower Farrish and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pluebottoni,.ListoWel, on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Goitady attended the ex-warden's banquet at the Little Inn, Bayfield, on I'd- day evening: . Mr. amid Mrs. Alex. Graham attended the 25th Wedding anni- versary of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sperling of St. Marys on Wednes- day, Mr. amid Mrs. Glen Black of Ptam- Men remained 'after -the Edgar reunion and visited over the week- end With Mr, and Mrs. Gordian Edgar. Miss Maureen Buchanan, Ayr, visited Saturday With Miss Gwen Hynchineh, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Horne and two Sons' of Toronto and Mts. Prank Duggan and son of Trenton attended the funeral Of their grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Nash, on Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ritchie of Arthur also attended the funeral. Mt, and Mrs, W., C. King visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Elliott of Mg. NORMAN CLEGG, shown Above, as he made the draW for the Nurses' Student Cotioell on Thursday last, When Jim Carr, of Whighein Motors, Won the donated electric clock and two matching lartipausilloSpItal photo, 000.0 FACILITIES for the customers are provided in .thonew buildIng opened. by the Gorrie branch of the Toronto-Dominien Bank this week. Mrs. Gorden Moir is ,shown at the counter in the new building. • Modern Chairs and desks for the customers are on the let a—Advance-anima, photo GORRIE—Seventeen ladies, in- cluding two from Wroxpter, were present for the June meeting of the W.A, of St. Stephen's Churdh mai the home of Mrs, Chas. Lawrence; The president, Mrs. Edward New- ton opened with devotions. Mrs. Earl Underwood acted as secretary, A letter of thanks 'was read from Cardston, Alberta, for the ship- ment recently made to the Indian Residential School, also from a ' member for kindness shown at , time of bereavement. • The lesson from St. John's gos- pel' was read by Mrs. Harry King and the roll call answered with a verse from the same book. Mrs., Gordon Underwood gave a paper on John, the beloved disciple, The last chapters of the study on Africa from "Missions Unlimit- ed" were taken by Mrs. E. C,' Attwell and Mrs. Norman Wade. It told of the days when the white man ruled supreme in Africa and of the African's present, determin- ation to manage his own affairs. Only the power ofr.Cltrist•ea,abning.t. unity of heart and niind td this torn and perplexed nation. I , .Mrs. Mary Taylor and Mrs. Harry Jennings of Lucknow spoke briefly. Plans were talked over for the 00th anniversary supper On June 29th, Meetings will not be held during July and August. '. "Vent .the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Art Wel4 in Lendon, Mr, and Mrs. Morley Johnson left Friday mornings on a motor trip to Montreal and ,Quebec City. Mr. and. Mrs, Boyden Devitt spent Thursday In Stratford, Mr. :Don- tilihtion and fatally of St. Catharines Visited SattfrdaY with Mr. and Mrs. Rose Dolg .401.1 attended the funeral of Mrs, Jack Tilker in Harriston, Mr, and Mrs. Art Forester were, in Detroit 'Saturday where they at- tended the funeral of a relative. Noahlteis underwent an op- eration last Tuesday at the Shoni- dice Surgery in Toronto -and. was able to return -home on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bender and family of -Gowanstown visited. Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Stan For- eater, Mr. and Mrs, Jack Holt visited for two days last week with friends- In London. Mr. -and Mrs. Lloyd Sinunermaker and family attended --a family re- union held in the park at Atwood :on Sunday. The sympathy of the community is 'extended to. Mrs. Dora Ridley 4111 Mrs. Douglas Holt in the pass- ing of -their sister, the late Mrs. 'Jack Talker, , Mr, and Mrs, Earl Moore spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. William Foote in Paris, Miss Lenore Beswitherick left -at the. week-end for Ann Arbor, Mick., where she will attend college for six weeks. Mr, and Mrs. Glenn- Zurbrigg spent Sunday in Kitchener. Week-end and Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Don Bridge were Mr, and Mrs, Don Mellray and family of St. ;Davids. and Mr. and Mrs, Lorne McKnight of 'Kit- chener, gisa Elizabeth Anne Cooper re- Wined -home over the week-end after spending the past two weeks with- her sister, Mrs. John Walsh and •Mr, Walsh in Calgary. Mr, and Mrs. Earny Darcey, Mr, Robert Hibberd and Mrs. Jack Holt attended the 1-Turon County Orange service Sunday in Brussels. 'Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Galbraith of Guelph, visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Galbraith, Births WELSH—To Mr, and Mrs. John Welsh elarylin Cooper) in Cal- gary Hospital on June 14, 1960, •a daughter, Yvonne. Jean, a sis- ter for Liinn,Marie. SEIFERT—To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seifert, in Galt Hospital, on June 1,4, 1960, a son. Wing at Sweibrucken. This is probably the most scenic of all time Ala Division Bases, it fact endorsed by,Dr, Shautiessy who spent three years there before coming to Wing- ham,' -The 'station is spread out over hilly countryside, in the centre of lite remains of the old Westwall Or Siegfried 'line. ' Vinyards, ex- tensively'.tilled, covered the slopes of the :hills., :Its :not at all &mom- Mon, to see oxen working In the fields here. Sweibrucken was severely bombed in 44-45 to dis- lodge- a strong Nazi SS Group who Intended to make a fortress stronghold . of the town, Little evidence of the damage remains, the town has been almost complete- ly rebuilt. More tape interviews were made at the station arid we were able to see a 'scramble'. Out -at a dispersal, while we were chatting with three young pilots, the alert buzzer sounded starting -a frenzy of activity. A few quick words of instruction and the pilots rushed to the aircraft where the ground team buckled them in. The Sabres were quickly started amid in less than four minutes had left the runway in a steep climb toward the intercept area. At this point in our journey, our itinerary Was adjusted- making it impossible for us to visit the Ca- nadian Army Brigade Reatqualeters at Soest, We purchased tickets on the 13eigarde-Ostend (a matter that took no more than five -Minutes) SURPRISE PARTY FOR ANNIVERSARY ii' - GORR:LE—Mr, and MM. .lames and tlwwfartd.ss: Wwieurietior p,rapwrilslreads ablyld 'uNirr: and Mrs. Les, Davidson at a dinner in honor of their 45th wedding anniversary. Mr, and Mrs. J. Ed- wards were married on June 28, 1915 in Fordwieli by 11ev. A. B. Dobson, They have resided on the same farm since that time, Mrs. 'Victoria Klein)? (Victoria Caudle), and Ross Doig were the attendants at the wedding and bath were at the gathering, The friends were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Les. David- slin, Lielowel. The guests. were .the Immediate relatives, Mrs. H. Hamilton Gives W. A. Topic OORRLvie-Mrs. Clifford Pyke tertained the Woman's 4ssociatiomi ' of the Gorrie United' -Church' :an Wednesday. evening. The filendly, retyA were in charge of the 'kW g !1", The meeting opened *ith Mrs. RhaJne at the piann. --Mrs.' W. King read two poems. :The-tople !'Overcoming Fear and Worry",7syna giyen by Mrs. H, Hamilton. ^Mte, ,Brown read the Scripture and offered prayer: '• Mrs. C. Pyke, president, con- (Meted the business, It was. .4e- cided to send a delegate CO St: Thomas. Tile meeting closed with the :theme prayer, The hostea$ and committee serv- ed a -dainty lunch. Friendly Fours ••The Friendly Fours Will meet at 4ie home of Mrs. Manfred Irwin op Thursday, June 23 at 8,15 p.m. •'':,SlilittLEY IRENE BENNETT. •. • daughter ,of, Mr, and MiS. Cirealibr iteintett, Gorrie, was graditated from the Atkinson School of Nnes- ing of the, !Toronto Western Hosr pital w.-Monday, June (Oh. She 'As a' 'graduate of the • Wingham His- - let:High Scheol. . ' tORDWIGH Miss Mary Corbett returned to Toronto Sunday after spending a week here with 'Mrs. Ruby For- ester. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lynn and family of Orillia, were week-end visitors 'with. Mrs. Dora Ridley, Mrs. George 'Bolander and child- ren of Locust ,illy and Mr, Bill Gibson of Toronto and Mr. Earl Ridley of London were also visitors Saturday and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret TlIker in" Harriston. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schaefer left Friday for Montreal, where they will visit a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Don Schaefer. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Keith and children of Baden visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Keith. Friday and Saturday visitors with Mrs. Nina Armstrong were Mrs. Herb Buckley, Mrs. Irwin' Mc- Dowell and Gary, all of Galt !Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Schaefer were M Gait on Saturday where they attended the wedding , of a niece. Mr, and Mrs. .Dave Dinsmore. Mrs. - Elsie Strong ' and Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Galbraith attended the Dinsmore reunion in, the Gorde .park on -Sunday. ' ° • 'Mrs. Roy Simmons and Mr,. Gary Sothern are spending a few days this week with' Mr. and Mrs. Doug Wildfang in Toronto. Mr. 'and 'Ml's. Bill' Leiola and daughters !Tororkto, were"week- end visitors with ‘Mr, 'and Mrs Wally Gibson anti r)Mr.. a4111, 'Mrs. Earny Darcey. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dolg attend- ed the 45th wedding .anniversary on Sunday of Mr. and• M. jas., Edwards -of Gordo, which was held at the home •of their danghter and son-in-laW, Mr. .and Mrs. Leslie Davidson in Listowel. Miss Clara Bates of Wingham spent the week-end 'at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wally Gibson, Mr, and Mrs. Carl. Stewart and Douglas of Listowel visited on Sunday with Mr .and Mrs. James Vittie. Mrs. 'Wellington Hargrave and David spent Monday and Tuesday with- Mr. and Mrs; Alex Wray in Toronto. „ Miss Donna, Johnson of the Bell Telephone staff in Wingham is spending a week's vacation with her parents, 'Mr. and Mrs, Carroll Johnson, Mr. .aod Mts.' George .,Aaliton The following 'ie 'the concluding part Of article .written ,11y Norman- Welwood, local •business.: Man, and former - ihember of, the RCAF who recently'returned from a 'trip to Great..Britain and 'the Continent; . • ' '"retitrnimig Switzerland to Cle'rrnany, We riekt visited No. 3 NEW DANK.11.1VIIN4 .• OPEN FOR BUSINESS GORRIE — The new Toronto- Dominion sank building opened for business Monday morning. The building has been under construc- tion for the pest seven months. It is a single storey brick 31'x44' structure with glass front and glass rear Wall. Wilfred, White, Wingham, had the Contract. The interior furnishings are most mod- ern and the building is quite an addition to 'the, village. The Toronto-Dominion Bank has had a branch here for the last twelve ,years but this is the first bank building., The Manager. is Alex. Graham, who has bean •in Gerrie, for the past two and -a half years, Miss Nancy Sandra Wright; arid Ronald Mann, are on the staff, •Ripley, Saturday :afternoon . and evening. ' •' ' -The following relatires• were at the home of Mr. anti. Mrs. Archie Miller on Sunday toff a family gathering, Mrs. Frances Gray; Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. Mae Mc- Lean, Wroxeter; Mrs. Donald Gib- son and Dana, Monkton; Mrs. Meriting Grainger, Jamestown; Mrs, Sam Workman and, three 'children, Brussels; Mr. and Mrs, Frank Earls, Lynne and Leone, Mrs. Jean MacDonald, London; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blythe and 3 daughters, Mlle ton; Mr. and Mrs. ICen Hestia and Margaret, Mr. amid Mis.'Boh and sons and' Mr,' and 'Mrs. W. C. King, Gorrie, Mr. and Mrs, Petey Aehtoii limit- ed last week to their' ire* home in C4orrie. Visiting them. on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Douglas and Beall, Fordwiehl Mr. ken, Ashton; .Brussels; Mr. and 'Mrs, Russell Hutton,. Walkerton and Mr. Elmer Dickisert, TeeaWater, Mrs. Frances Gray of Harallton J. visiting' her niece, Mrs. W. a King and other telativet. Gaunt Reunion Over 70 relatives from Lucknow, Lions Bead, Niagara Falls, Sarnia, Teeswater, Beigrave and Wing- -ham gathered in the Hanover Park on Sunday for the 14th annual, Gaunt reunion. Greetings were read from Mrs, ,Sam Durnin of Lucknow and Al- bert Phillips, Burnaby, Sask., Prizes: the eldest attending the picnic, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Gaunt, Wingham; largest family, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Keene, Owen Sound; most grandchildren, George Phil- lips, Ducknow; longest distance, Mrs. Mabel Moon, Niagara Falls; youngest child, Harold Gattnt's baby daughter of ,Coruatut. Election of officers: 'Pres., Lean- ard Phillips, Wingham; 1st vice, Mrs, Annie Keene, Owen Sound; treasurer, Mrs. Don Ross, White- church. An Invitation from Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Gaunt to hold the 1961 reunion at their farm home brought another very enjoy- able reunion to a close. BLUEVALE Dr. George Thomson and Mrs. Thomson, of Mount Allison Uni- versity, Sackville, N.B., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. George T. Thomson. Robert Dixon anti Mrs. Cliff Stewart, of Lakelet, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph -Greenaway on Sunday. Mrs. William Abraham spent a week visiting at Brantford and 'Kitchener. and travelled through the Rhur toward Belgium. Arriving in Os- tend the following morning, we boarded the ferry for a smooth comfortable passage of three hours to Dover, thence by train to Lon- don, In the course of the next five days, we toured those parts of England we had flown from and knew so well during the war. We picked up our rented car in Leeds, and- after a slinky start In the heavy five o'clock traffic, we man- aged to keep on the left side of the road most of the time, making our way North toward Harrogate. The English country-side is at its best at this time of year and it was with a good deal of nostalgia we wandered through the familiar old towns and villages, Ripon, Bouroughbridge, Thursk, Linton and -the others. We were in "6 Group" area, where during the war, nearly all the Canadian Heavy Bomber Squadrons were based. In Harrogate we visited the military cemetery where some 600 Canadian airmen are buried, The cemetery is beautifully kept, masses of flowers and landscaped shrubs surrounding the white crossed graves. Every year, the British Legion and the local RAF units hold a memorial service here. • In the magnificent Cathedral in York, • 'Yorknitnater's' great mem- orial has been created in honour of the thousands of young British and Commonwealth Airmen who .f101.1tig.::f'rinn,J those shores in 1989-45. The' mein- oriel Book-, contains 18,000 names, over 3,500'. Canadian; The - ha- nressiVe memorial is constructed, fittingly, In the form. of astron- omical .cloer,'atiowing 'the position of the stars, it map .of the heavens such as a navigator might sight them if flying directly above this spot. It is mounted in a intri- cately carved oak base, topped by a golden sculptured group. As we were about 'to leave an organ re- cital began in another part of the Cathedral, the tones, soaring through the great arches, enhanc- ing the beauty of, the great church and noble memorial. A highlight of 'the 'trip to me was a visit to air force station at Dishworth from where I had flown during the war. The RAF Trans- port Command unit based there made us most welcome, and we toured the entire station. There were many changes, new buildings. bright paint work replacing the dull war-time camoflage. A Mod- ern flying control tower had re- placed the old one, although a very practical use had been found for the old structure; with its large area of glass walls and roof, it produces a very fine crop of early tomatoes. Continuing north, we visited Middleton, St. George, Darling- ton and Middleborough before re- turning south. to Oxford. In all, we drove over 750 miles. All the roads have excellent surfaces and are well marked with signs. They are however, very curvy and the traffic, particularly on a Sunday, l is extremely heavy, In the larger Industrial centres, vast areas of new 'housing have -been built and are still in progress, anti in gen- eral, England appeared to be bustling with prosperity. Time smaller villages of Oxfordshire have riot cthanged much, They nestle Around the squat Norman lower chin-cites, neat and trim, with thatched roofs (with TV aerials), surrounded by the green hedged fields of the country side Around every other twist -of the road, one will come upon one of these picturesque plart9s, a delight to the eye, so typical of 'picture hook' England, Irt 'one such pretty village, Frityvell, I visited a fine oh) Tudor Manor, where I had •once been billeted for several pleasant slimmer months, meeting the charming people Who OWit it. North of Nottingham, we toured !the Sherwood forest area. -Only a small part of the once great forest still stands but some splendid oak woods -have been preserved. It was a pleasure to see beautiful country- side unspoiled by any form of connuercialiSm. 'Indeed, if you wish to see the Great Oak, reputed to be there in Robin flood's time, you have to leave yoUr ear and walk through part of the forest to find it. Only recently has the ancient church in nearby Edwin- torve erected a modest aign to in -irate that Robin .flood and Maid Marion were wedded within its walls, A surprising amount of coal mining is done in this very area bid the mine properties seem to be off the main toads and do not mar the beauty of the country- aide A visit to the RCAI(' Air Materiel Base at :hangar, south nf Nottlag- ham completed the tour. Prom here, we flew back to France. then home by way of the Azores and Gander in the reliable but noisy North Star. Several impressions remain amore vivid than others of this brief trip. 'The Air Division is a highly train- ed competent force. It is a very important part of NATO. Morale of the Service people is of the very highest. Canadian servieemen in Europe have a fine reputation end are held in high esteem by their European neighbors. At the risk of generaheing, had the immesaion that. ritrope, partienlarly Englend was enjoying a period of healthy prosperlir, .1,P4orepledifti'‘ienli; de7r7edbui,11.1"1.3g' end living in better houses, anti seemed hi hal..e a general air of well being. Eat opeens ate //Om - Pm tied sboet the perilous times tu whieh we live The -collapse of the Summit talks were headlilleti nn every paper. hut I think, no mere so, if as much as our papers here. Anyone rent empieting n trip to Europe will be pleased te knoYa that a dollar will buy close trl twice as Inneh in the war; Of it wnnld on brit; c'nnHtment on th average, and if you do go, I ran say it would be for you, as it ',vas for us, a trip you will never' re gret. Family Reunions ALEX GRAHAM. manager of time •Gorrie branch of the Toronto- Dominion Bank, is shown above in the office of the new hank Mold- ing opened this week. A staff of four are under Mr. Graham work- ing in die new and modern quarters, The new building also houses new office Ituadture and a large-sire vault to secure hooks mad 'valuables,—Advance-Times pito to i Mrs. Thos, Nish WAS Born in 1867 GORRIE—One of Howick's oldest residents, passed away at Listowel M.imorial Hospital on Thursday, June 16th, in the person of Mrs. Thomas. Nash, of Gouge, De,ceased, who was the only daughter: of the late Joseph Hunt and liester Ann Earl, was born in 1867 on. Lot 8, Con. .6, Howlek, which was Apart of the teem -on which she spent almost her entire life. In 1886 she married' the late Thomas Nash, She •Is survived by three daugh- ters, Mrs, 'William (Clara) .Ritchie, of Howick, Mrs. Robert (Rose) Patterson, of Mount Forest, and Miss Alma Nash of Toronto, one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Roland ID, Nash of Toronto, seven grand- children end 19 great grandchil— dren. Her hnsband, three sons, and one brother predeceased her. The funeral service was held in Moir's 'funeral home, Gorrie, • on. Saturday arid was conducted 'by her pastor, Rev."J, Eavart Clarke of Gorrie 'United Church, assisted by Rev, E. C. Attwell of St. Ste- phen's Church, -Gorrie. The pall- bearers were Lorne Robinson, Ir- ving. Toner, William Thornton, Ross Sanderson, DeWitt Adams and Hugh Hutchison, Interment was in Gorrie cemetery. TWO GUESTS ATTEND ST. STEPHEN'S W.A. GORRIE 'Attending .the funeral , Of Mr. Thomas Short on Wednesday of last week were Miss 'Margaret Dixon, Atwood; Mr. and. 'Mrs. Thome& MeLaughlia. Mr, Fred Hilton, Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Win. 'Westlake, Mr. and `Md. Harry Westlake, Goderich; Mr.. Warren Sanborna Miss Lorinda 'Sanborn, Vhitecharch; Mi's. Mel.' Sanborn, •BlueVale. Mrs. E. H.. Strong spent the week-end at the home of Mr. -and 'Mrs: Jack Reid in Haluiltori, Mr. Strong spent Sunday at the seine ,home and Mrs. .81tong tilt/led. home with him, ,Mies Beatrice Taylor and Miss ritarion. Ellis, London', called on the foriner's cousins, MieS Irene and Mr. II, V, Holmes on Sunday after- noon. ' Mr. and' Mrs Frank JCing spent the week-eed with relatives in Toronto, , Mrs. Mary fiezzlewood spent the Week-end with het daughter, Mrs. Dan jelnistoti at Stoney Creek, Mrs. 'FrarteeS Strong WAS pleased to have ladies of the Presbyterian church call on Erlday evening at her -home, A hymn sing .was en- joyed. Mrs. Strong spent the Week- end with her daughter Mrs, Carl Pennington and Mr. Peneington tilt Teesntater. Word has been received here of the serious illness of Miss Alice Edgar in a St. Catharines hospital. Miss Edgar was a forinet test- dent, Mr. and Mrs. JIM Walker of Brallipton visited Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Walker after attending the Dane reunion: iii Listowel on Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Taylor, -endoli, Miss Margaret Dane and ies Edith Walker, Wingham, also pent the week-mid here after the reunion, Mr. and Mrs, Manfred Irwin Spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. jack Douglas of Listowel. Mrs. Jean MasseY. EliZebeth and Glen were.oti holiday' est week at Windsor and Ilandiester, N.Y. Mr. Gerry Brown received Weird on Monday of the death of his woo v.',0 : Air Bases • ti ••••••••,•••••••,•Lt ,