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ERICH, ONTARIO, THURSICA:171 AUGUST 22nd, 1940
Ilmtric,spoociti ligAR. NO. al
TO FORM CIVIL FLYING CLUB
"C" Co'y Back from
HERE FOR, SKY HARBOR AIRPORTf Canrp Well Tanned
so—
Operations Explained, at Meeting
- Last Night-_Conunittee. Named
to Randle Sale of Stook
Poi -melon of a private gamier:4' .te
, be known as the Huron County Flybig-:
Training School Limited, to Operate
•Sky,17arber airpOrt for the duration of
po War, Was decided upon last night at
a meeting - held in the Court House and
attended by men in publie life, laded-
' lug twenty reeves fedm all parte: of
.the countY. '
This new company, it was explained,
'willsinneediately. offer 3500 Shame of
Preferred stock„ bearbig eve per emit
Int9,Prege.
iiirea-ay been, subscribed. . Fed.'
oral ;Company charier with a capital of
e50,0Q0 le to be taken ont, $35,000 of
which is to be preferred Steele and
„ .e15,000 con:mime A bones of else Coin -
mon $10 share, for each ten seams of
preferred is to be givers, or 350 common
bares in all, and the reelabaing 1,150
ebaree Of common stock are to be
allotthd to the Kitcbener-Water1ooi1y-
ing for the transfer of, itsper-
sonnel and equipment. to Heron county.
Throughout the meeting it was ern-
phasized that all, twenty-six elementary
flying training schools under the Britisfi*
•Comnsenwealtla air training- Plan are
operated by private "companies -known: -
be eying elubseas, they are in England.
• It was pointed out that Huron county
bad no eir.ch company or flying flub and
that unless such a company were teemed
here. the Dominion . Government had,
decided that an outside club, Kitchener`
Weterloo Or Brantford, !would he called
in to hike over Sky Harbor. ,
• To Have Dominating Voice"
One inipOrtant feature of this new
plan, welch was unfolded In e series of
talks to, the Meeting,: Was that "turOA
-County ,eitieens would have a dominat-
ing voice in the compeny, electing the
• officers and eve Of the seven directors
b• y reason of its majority, eontiol of the
- stick;
Warden George-Peagan in openingthe meeting, told xilay he had celled it in
fairness to the different 'municipalities
et the, county Which . had -contributed
theireehere of the $9000 of county
motley sued to buy the original Sky
.Harbor site. He said.the'newslhat tbe
airport. was to be. Privately managed
had oine to him as a. distinct' surprise,
• as it no (leek had comet() All members
of the elounty Colleen. ;All along it had
• been thought that ehe ,management of
the airport was to be under inilitarY
control.. ; :* • . , -
Ottiw.a. Vensidted-
• He said be had protested toe Ottawa,.
bet read a letter' frordeAlr Minister
• Powers. that bore a .note of "finalfty--z
that Sky Herber was to be privately
operated, as • were 'all elementary
schools, and that no exception coeld be
.. made for Huron Count'.
;Coenteierroe
eald ,that while it was true teat :lee.
Oeeinty had spents$9000 of its ',limey.
as a patriotic *hire theeGoverernent
hadezieee -epent 'er- great -many -more
thdtsands of. dollars. He felt. that
despite'the fact that the' County, had,
no flying dub it shduld ei,Ve some say
.in the. administration of the school.
He said. he -aria_ others had `been ro
Kitchener and 'talked .things over with
-PlyiegeOlub efEcers there. As fie-reault
•it was decided to attempt to form a
company - in Huron. The County
Solicitor then proceeded to outline the
financial and officer setqlp of the pro -
pissed company. He said &het Huron
County as a municipelitywee not per-
mitted to subscribe for Any 1stoek.
It -was suggested by ale. Heys that
A. .1}1. Erskipee'Coenty Treasurer, be
named trustee collect -and 'receives
• money from stock subscriptions and to
,hold it in trust until'the charter is re.
*cerved.. This is to be done with the
permission of the iOntario Securities,
COMmission. 'No -commission: is to be
paid on the sale of the stock and no
organisation salaries are to be paid.
. Details of Contract
Mr. Erskine went frilly into details of
the -contract betweenthellying -Club and
tee. Government, outlining. the sources
• of revenue, all. of which Comes from
the Government There • Would be
ninety civil employees at the airport;
Of which the Kitcherter-Waterloo Club
• would supply sixty -threes- the practical
, d
ron twenty-seven, the ad-
ministrative staff, 'There would be
twenty-seven planes and forty -:eight.
studeets, earlier and senior classes' of
• 'twenty -four -each, they remaining bete
.twd months befere snoving on, to adt•
vaneed schoolS. _
'It was Stated that at.ali times *th,e
eompany would need $35,000 working
eapital, • that the. Geverrenent :would
--,--etakeese•ventystivespereeenteenil, relfolltee
„ over the flee per cent. - dividends on
, preferred Sto_ck. • The.eteers.teventesfileie
',--per-eennvouid'he &edited to the cern..."
s4rem4stois1r. Likewise theGovertimellt
AT IIVATElarROIti
More than a dozen yachts. belle pet
inte this port in the Iraq week and all
are reported tohave been headed Up
Use, lake. :ApParently the owners are
out to make the most of the few remain-
, •
ing weeks of gOod yachting weather in
the northern 'Waters, .• •
•
The ,str. 'Superior brought the sonly
grain cargo to arrive here in the past
week. She mese in on Sunday evening
from Port WMiam velar 8,000 bus. of
rye and 017101mM -a`f weeate and - eleared
on eliondae afternoon for Fort VVilliare
• after taking on A cargo of, salt. '
• The passenger boat Georgian bad 240
Paesengers on !board when' she called
here on Sunday merning On 'her: north -
Wend trip: , •
Mhe temperature- of the water off.
the .beech dropped froM 74' degrees
Fahrenheit Satiffirde to 52 degrees
by Meeday afternoon, the result, et a
chilly north wind which swept over
this district over the week. -ends The
temperature Of the water at present is
hovering just above 50 degrees, but a
fewswarm (Jaya would send it again into.
_the- 70% se karieble le the water in
'August , s •
.TliANKS FOR, nip SOCKS
Canadian Soldier Overseas Sends Note
• of APPreciation to Goderielt Knitter
Mrs. R. W. Bell, who sent a note in
a pair ef socks knitted for the solcliers
*resells, received a note of thanks from
the reciplepts Pte;Tangen.
Ie ivritess'z
• "Just a fewlines to let you. know thet
I recelyed a pair of Socks weicie had
beenseet over fee the boys on this sede,
'They sure came in handy, as aire etta,
do with' hand-knittee:sodke very well.
Tee fit was 01K, A let or bOYa bare
got socks and most- of teeth were a
gorgl tree Some of them eotild, have
beert made smaller in the feet, as some
:of us boys lertse email]. feet, but, how-
ever,' we are glad to reeeive' socks from
home 'whether, they fit or not, as the
sockS inade in England are, not to our.
liking, for epee thee are worn they
get ;hbard,, as they. are mostly' cotton.
'We are. Jraideg ;fine weather teday,
the sea Shining and a, nice blue sky,
as for the last two weeks We have had
a. steaerrain with about two ;breaks for
about- a halfsday ; se we are. all Mild
ef. crabby, -or have beek, as we don't
like ao muds rain. . , The elimate is
damp over here and sleeping In tents
and on the ground is not so het; but
we came over here for a reason and
we ,c,an't expect everything on a silvei
platter. So we keep, eur chins up and
carry oe, looking. forward to the day
iihensiveeeihreetiefdefierniffleireer4111.
not return entil we have -won a' victory.
• "We are etijoying ourselves very well
and the -people are very nice, and we
must not ,forget the young Indies, .as..
they try.to entertain us to their utmost
ability, en which we ere thankhil."
The letter toncludes with another ex-
pression' of. appreciation of the gift of
socks.. .
Two Members of Company_rigure
-• in Field- ---
Day Sports
Their two week -s' training lierioe at
Thanaes Valley teen% near tingle*,
eompleted, 440" Coy., of the Heron -
Middlesex Regiment,. N.P.A.M., returned
to their hones in Olinton and Goderich
,
on., Saturday a Somewhat 'tired, but
bePPY a.ed healthy.looking lot.
,
The Godeidee members ArriVed ixi
'town' by the C.N.R. noon "train and
after arranging:, tee's'. duffle formed
'snake •the etation plaform and
neterelred-,thetheeeemereieesseeeeeteee,
S-Weee' digrnissed. ' Several • of ., the men'
whose everyday week keepethens in-
doors had acquired'a lobster -
red tan about the face, shoulders and
arms during the two weeks they were
exposed to the see and wind. •
The Mideleseiteguron Regiment car-
ried off.top honors in the field day held
on Friday, in competition with four
Other regiments. The MeffeRegiutent'a
success was due mostly to the perform-
ances of two Members et "0" Coy„ Ptes.
Joe 'O'llerien, Of• Goderich, and -"less
Pinch, of 'Clinton, both former com-
petitors in -collegiate track and deld
meets. ()TARA won the 220 -yds. dash
'in 25-.g and the broad - jump With
a jump of 18 ft, 71/e inches, and placed
second to Lieut. George Downham of
‘`A" !Company, MiddleCeesHrurims, in the
100 -yds. dash, . The winner's time' was
e0.9 secs. • Piece took era plate in the
shot-put ivith a heave of 45 ft, 8 inehes
and was second in the high jump.
Finch, O'Brien 'O'Brien and Downham teemed
with another Man to -win the
mile relay race in 1 :47 2-10. ,
-"Ce Coy. averaged a score of' 27.28
out of ofea possible perfect 60 In target
drill. ConsPeny Sergeant-Major Harold
Allen was top marksman for eke' Coy.,
registering aPerfeCksec0 of 60. Lieu.t
.8, J. Salkeld'-'eang up a, 50 to place
second,. The ten best scores made by
• "0" Coy. men were as follows: 0,,iS.. M.
'Allen, 60; Lieut. S.. J. Salkeld, 59; Pte.
.7. D. O'Brien, 58; Pth, G. Haggle 54;
Pte, D. H. Finlay, 51 s 11. .7en-
kies, 48; Pte. iolaishoim; 47; rit-9..R.
Williams,. 47; Sgt. A. Kirkey, 46; Pte.
Johnston, 46.
The last men to apply` for -enlistment
in "Oe Coy., before the mid-
night deadline Of last Teersday, August
1-5, was reached, were IC V. Weston,
IL . Wieland. and fl. E.
Doak, .GoderichS and C. Mutch, Clinton.
"0" Coy. pave has a strength of 195
men, lecluding ofecere and other reeks,
• Captain - Carey , and Pie; .0.
Anderson returned eeturned -front' Winghara at
the end of last week after ;recruiting
twenty pee for the Kent. Regimen,
The regimeet has been
brought to its fell strength and further
recruiting is not necessary. ,
.-211011UR CIRCLE
The regular, meeting of the Arthur
,Circle -was held in the lecture 'mem of
Knoe aural' on Monday evening. The
meeting opened vvith a hymn, followed
by the 'Scripture reading by Mrs. Clar-
ence' elticDoetild. Mise Hazel' Mac-
Donald, .deatoness at Winnipeg, etas
theeguest speaker and her message was
very .interesting. trnd helpful. Miss_
Barrett delighted the anemberS 'With et
pleasing soleand Miss,Donna Pell gave
-the origin of the hymn „"Neerer, My
God, to Thee," after whieli. Miss Donna
13e11. Mrs. Wm. McDonald, Mrs N. Rill
and Mrs. .0. Iremp sang tee .heran,
.which was greatly appreciated. Inter
eeting letters from 'Dr. Allan Reoch,
Manehuria, were read by ;4111.5ses Aileen
Stowe Arid Eleanoreeelder. A vote of
thanks 'was eitendee to the guest
speaker by .Mrs, :Melvin Bell and Mrs• .
Harold 'Malice and the meeting was
brought 'to a close with prayee;
ACCIDENT TO AGED LADY
Mrs. C. J. Naftel, one of the
town's eldest residents', is en AlexandraHospital 'suffering', with a • broken leg,
the reeult of a fall at the liome, of her
son, Mr, lenyvett" Nattel, Wellesley
'street, oe Sunday 'snerning. Mrs.ne
Naftel was alo111 her upstaira eoom
when the eccideet ()emend. It is be-
lieved he that ,scaught her foot on the
edgeof-aseug.essahesWeejeayingsabene,
lier 'toren. A doctor was tailed and it
was. found teat the aged- lady had
Tractiikeirleer -eight hipbone. - She was
-
Immediately taken to the' hosr,itai,
' agreed te'PeYeseeenty-eve per cent of where the 'broken bone was set. At
• all lesSes, if any. When the company
was wound up the levesters would get
their original investutent back. ;- All
-Salaries, Ille; Erskine- eakl; were *fixed
by. the Government, which • vemild ea,ve
41 resident inspector at the Airport.
Many, detail:; touching on the finances
of :the vompany, the personnel of the
16 tag, from A geeerel manager, ehief
instructor, eying instructors, engincerS,
technielans, ete., doves to office help
;0.nd Watohmen, the salariesand wages
paid, were explained. '
Proposal Endorsed
L. E. Itlardiff,, 1.I.P., Reeves Bowman
(if I. Brussels, ,Seott of iSeatorth, Tret,
wartlia of Olintott and Turner of ,Gode.
rich ail endorsed the plan.
The special committee named by the
meeting _to arrange for the sale .of
stock and, handle an 'business until the
limited liability company is formed is
tomposed of 11x4Warde11
lIaneke; G. L. Parsons, Warden GeOrge
reagatt, It. 11. (Turner and - II.
firskine. . •
Thigh was ellairesan of Al
Meeting, County.Clerk Norman
secretary.
last reports she was resting comfort-
ably. 'Mrs. Naftel celebrated bet
ninetaefifth "birthday . on :tierce' 1.7th
last. Her general health is eonsidered
very good.
INSTRUCTOR 0 WINDSOR,
Prank Vines, 'youthful: eloderich
aviator, bee taken a position with the
Windsor ,Flying Club as instructor,
commencing, his duties on Monday of
this week. Frank has been rising 1!�r
four or live years, :sinee",he was fifteen
years of age, and was known as Can-
ada's youngest pilot. Throughout his
•career he has often been eommended for
les steadiness and hie strict adherence
'to the rides of sere tieing, and he should'
make an ideal instruetor. Ile visited
with Ids parents here at the Week -end
DON'T WANT FARM WOO&
At the ofilee of the district agricul-
tural representative at Clinton it was
• stated that, while_ many farmers have
applied for ' help in harvesting, there
hate been very few students Or others
,who have signified their desire or will.
ingness to accept such work. ,
---Atartvg
Mrs. Mary MeDo,ugall Mlich Interested,
in War Newv•
Still very active ,despite her • ad-
vanced years is Mrs, Mary MeDoegall,
Bruce street, wh quietly observeasher
• ",./st
eighty-eighth lei edgy on,. Thursday,
Augusteelgth Considering her age,
•Mrs. MaelThegall is inremeekably good
heath. She eas still tee full use ,of all
her faculties, although else requires
the use of glasses to read, and still
does her share of the household work.
She has never had a serious illness in
her life. , - . , . ' •,-
Mrs. MacDougall. Was born in 'County
Tyrone; ,treland, in 1852, the daughter
of Me. .and Mrs, 'John ItteCulgarfs At
elle age of ten she eame to this country
Wit hirer_ greeteuecle, , jamee-HarrY,
;riving here On October. e0, 18642. Her
greed -elide aettled "near St. Afiguatine
and for two years the young girl lived
with him. and atteetled school at that
;village. At the age of twelve Mary
MeC'ulgan came to ,Godericle to „do
housevirork and, with the exception oe a
-few years spent iii Goderice township
after her marriage :to leen 'McDougall,
„see, litee-lived liete ireek since -e -i- -
. The •mother of eleven children, Mrs.
McDougall has oetlived all but four
of them. The four -are William, Philip
and Kath, of. Godericlesand Christine
,(Mrs. Stanley Brady), lof Braatford.
One son,. Austin, was killed in the last
World War and anethei SOD, Willie -el
was wounded while fighting 111 France
Mrs, MacDougall keeps In constant
tottch,..Witli ;mews of • tlit present ' War,
both by newspaper end, be radio. She
Is of the opirrion that Hitler Is a much
worse man 'than fees , the Kaleer, who,
as she remembere was 'considered the
sworst kind of a errant twenty -eye
• years ago. Mrs. ' MacDougall:, hasno
Pitterheee-eliriferffea-irbefairee-iif The
fact thateelieesacrifieee a son In the
lastervar,eonly to eee the world thrown
. into another turmoil. Her only con-
cern is for the young boys whoa elle
has seen•grow,upaboet her and who she
is afraid „will be thrown .into the pec
sent conflict, and may •moot the smile
fate as her sop. '''. • ''.".
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MADE FAMOUS CAR
It ro of tetereat to learn that the
famoue railway car in White General
"Poeh dictated armletice terms lo the
'defeated Germane in 1918, and wheel
vvae 'again used titis year, With the
position of French. and :Germans re-
versed, was manufaetured by a termer.
.0artediat. This was, Mine other their
Arthur 'Henry Illensing, native of Mil.
ton, One, whose death' at Pasadena,
California, has just" been announced.
Mr. Fleming was a brother' of O. II
lilleatin,er, X.O., of Windsor and "Gode-
rich. Beside' Manufaeturing the ear,
Mr. A. II: Fleming provided the funds
for preserving it after It was made'
world-famous by the 'circumstances Of
the 1018 armistice. . ., '
ItLYTLI ASSESWENT APPEALS '
Judge Costello has beard tide week
a l'arge reindeer of apPeals ,froin the
10110 assessment . of the Village of
Illyth. . .
IN TEE NAVY
CIRCULATION OV *�
$1,300 Realized for
Children's 'Welfare
HAROLD HOLMAN'
Harold Holman, shown above, -is the
-son
of the late G. W. Holman, County
Clerk, and -Mrs. Holetan, now of Lon-
don. -.Harold enlisted in•September last
and left for Halifax in June. Having
taken -both the seantaneeip' and 'tee
eignalliag costree be eras sbeenseallecl are
if signaller, . and this is the Work lie
expects to do in the navy, 'Two. older
brothers saw. active service in the last
war. , 'Wank° was a popular member Of
the Goderide ,bakball club, and . the
boys wfsh him 411 good luck..
SUDDEN DEATH OF*
viratiAivi Merl. GREEN
Well known Otizen Stricken, on His
WaY to See a Doctoe A.1
,Seized Withsa, beart atteek While eft -
ting his ear'et, the corner of Kings*
street, And ehe Square, William Me -
Hardy Green ,•• seell-knoWn former resi-
dent of Colborne township, passecrarvay
shortly atter 0 • Were& on Thursday
evening east. • ,
_Prorfee4,pt Liotts!'Cint) parnival
•
Over 2,100 Admissiens
on Two Melts
• The Lions ;CIO' earnival in the 'West
street eink, in aid et crippled cellar's's).
and child welfaee week, drew an even
Urger attendance on ite second night,
day night. In all, 2,125 lie' 0Ple Paid
Friday, then on tee previous' Wednes-
,,. ,
admissiOn to the rink OP the two nits
In the draw tor bieyele, Plede by
Freddie Stokea, the winner , Wat3
DOVinty 0:011:11e81 daughter- end
,eirs. Gavin- games, oolbOrno steeet,
,•,,yrliesestickeee'veassNee8tes...e,
`Tee niAbi driivt Wtis made ,lry
.Plorenee'Sowerby; R.N., shortly, before
midnight • Feist pieze, an electeic re-
frigerator; • was won by Lorna MoOre,
• eight-year-old Montreal gleleewho is
visiting with. heX uncle and aunt, •Mr.
and Mese:Verne Beemiller.
The winner e of the main, 'prizes .on
the two evenings 'had much in common;
Madeline. 'Currie, the winner on, Wed-
• Aesday evening; being an eiget.year-
old out -a -town -girl Visiting with 'her
tirade and attut, Mr. arid, Mrs. P. R,
Pelee, Waterloo ,street
The prize-winnittg tickets were drawn
as foleswe on Friday night: ; Westing-
2125,us,eszolecrotrit leslefrigerator-ticiree
clothes -$o. 2o9a, gory Elizabeth
Curr, Goderichse bridge eet-Ne. 5719,
William Elwood, Goderich; coffee table
3105, Willitue London,
folding;camere-eNo. 2705, Fired Sturdy,
Goderielf; chair --.No, 9691, Mule Ran,
Dublin; caSserole.--No..14103, Norman
Bakere Gederich; aeroPlane cldek-NO.
11e80, Harry -Dodd, Goderich; hest and
rthel---No. 92,15, eleeeter, Murrey;
No 3, ,Peeklaill; table .leuireet-Ne. 9311,
Wilkinson, Point Edward;
hgbi-
No 2207, J. 0,,Itelly, Riverside, Conn. -
•Proceeds of the earnival are. rine
flounced as , 'approebeately $1400.
President Erskine of the Lions Club'
asks that special mention be .em -de of
the 'valued assistance given lir the sale
of ttekets be 'Captain C. E. Robinson of
the Capada $teanishiP- Lines. • Fifty
• batiks of tickets were emit to • Captain
Mr: Green had been on eloway ta Ed. and he sold every one ef them.. *
Visit a dodo.); when seigkeWith the • - _ ' '
,tatal atteck, slowee'eis auto- ' LADIES. AT ItlEI,E PRACTICE -
-mobile when aPpreaceleg the Square
FIY"teea-.. 3110. el mbb hrasd their e i rthelleGstbdtaerrigt
and upon seeing .neigiabor, Andre w Ladies' nine
Sitrallghani Park street, had called him shooting prafAbe
noon at the on ,'Wednesday after
to thesceleto Make an erupt . Accord- "range on Coristable A. E.
leg to. Mr. Stralighae, Mr. teen was • Jennings" farm. 'north of 'town. For
complaining 4)f not ecelleg very' well sthetni?arLer iwyea.inthseirtiyoetuieoghs.latudietsheansvee
when he sudd.eely threw up his areis•
and celled for a <lepton A doctor war of the 'rifle it141nn Wednesday they,
immediately 'emeuteilede but he 'Arrived'
had a ta$teeels ttlebree dl"sleotrheisn tMhea.1.11Y1g6ef
stikken man,
too late sto be of any nesistance to the the...gilds,
nineties e othnree
a ibheegiherms ehar'sdiatamr.get.olfilae:
Deceased. was born in Colborne town-
ship, the een of Andrew 'Green and range's sixty feet in length. Periscopic
sights were used to enable else girls to
Mary Mellardy, and was in his. sixty-
sixth year. He had farmed in Cols 'see ,the targetelearly. Constable Jen-
Isorneenosessfshis l4eiongueneseeese_ _mega. and -g&.,E1,,A700a,,,ppps,of Clinton
instructed the glees en -Thee proper firingof :
years he was engaged in.rallroading out
Sernia. With hie Wife he moved to position. Th
cleric , Feeessee. ls.eresenes yet.
tentative log
last year his health had been failing.:
Mr. 'Green was, for many years a titr by the cleb,
valued member of the board of directors .
MAX vviSf RAN
of ,Goderich 'Agricultural Society and
A photrigre*ph showing marveflouS
for e term its president He was par .A
effects over Lake Heron, taken
ticularly interested in horses and wee
ison, 15 Manning avenue,.
for years actively associated 'with the by D. E. 'WI
Goderich Trotting and -Peeing Assecia- StratfOrd, at the beach,at Camp Kiteels
gatniels in line for a $1,000 priee in a
tion. He was a member of 'Knox Pres -
national newspaper snapshot contest in
p.Tterian.-Oureb. :
Waehingters, ThC. Tire photo took Rest
Surviving, besides his wife, the term-
er Margaret Falconer are two sieters, prize ef $5.00 in. a still.1-ife class con -
d by a TororeenewspaPer
eirs. Thomas .MeGrattan (Jessie), of test conducte
and Will now be entered be the Wash-
Strekateltewarie and Mrs. Robert Dures.
ington. tontests First prize Ls $1,000
0,1arS9, of 'Colboree towuship; and a in this latter,.
brother, James, of Celborne. Two sisters contest. The photographer
caught a section of the beech with a
and two 'brothers predeceaSed. him.
Tee, funeral eerViee--wae• held from feweshreakeee showieg white- Crests.-
ater fluffy white clouds
Above the ev.
the family ,homeeSt David's streret, on
break the
Sunday afternoon, Rev. D.. T. Lane of. monotony of a dark sky.
The picture
ficiating. The funeral was very largely was taken from ithe steps
which lead
attended, deeettsed'e old neighbers and from the beach to the top
frleridWin Colborne township being eine *of the lakeeeitle eliffs at Kitchiganie
epieuously repreknted among those- '
IH
UPPIAlt IjOHOOL I Port Albert air
BESULTO A
field a, Busy
Tee prier echOol reeults for the Col- ,slauts
flounced by the Department of Educe- Pouring In front
tIn-,0)), Tuesday and eertUicates re- near Dungannon
ceieed. haVe been wailed to eantlidates
eoneOrned. Certificates of , a few
eandidatee hoe been held until the
epecia revising, beard eompletee 'its
Work. 40i Soon inese are race/eta
the completellet of upper se/eool Melts
'will be published.
HIGEWAYS, OILE1?
Itrot-tninittatTioemi-voikrooky•itefe seittee-Wiroksr'4,114,
.Government reYe No Heed to Request
for•Paving Much Used Read
‘_ Any hope that the Blue Water high-
ways would be hardtsurfaeettlorm-Duw
lop to 'Port Albert, tees, year 'went
agllemering on Monday of this week
'With the arrival goderich of an
Ontario Department of 'Highways Oiling
crests Three tank ears of oil /sad al-
ready arrived at Meneset railway eiding
and the gang went to work applying tee
dust -layer Monday afternoon. By Wed-
nesday eight the read to VIE southerlY
top of Port Albert hill, afro seven miles,
bad ,been covered. The highway throUgh
to Kincardine is to be similarly treated,.
'Some weeks. ago representatiene were
made to tee Department to have ;this
road, as far cas Port Albert at least,
hard -surfaced on account of unusual's*
Moore, Montreal; suit of -Ii)ilfe'41tVe''Pratiltc"Aeallubere"t airport. The
had been ,gravelled the spring and
oiled in the latter. part of June, but
had failed to stand up. Despite,. the
fact thAt maintenance work was
doubled en the rnmlop-Port Albert
stfetch; the, road had. beceme very
"evashboartly" and much ealuablearietal
was blowing away in dust. Something
had to be done, arid apparently the
Governmenetholt the cheapest -way out.
Those who use this road most say
the Government's action is false econ-
omy and that it is only a matter of
menthe until the road will be as bad•As
ever. '
AOTSCOUTS atigrErk •
Worked on Three' Shifts 'on National
• ,. Registration Days •
The secoderice Boy 'Scouts and. Cubs
gave ,great essistanre to the local
registrars during the three-day reps-
shertion period' this week , by ruetnieg
errands,, taking -messages and -doing
sundry other -small' but helpful -Jobe -
The 'boys Worked in three shifts, from 9 t
'o'clock. in the morning to 1 o'clock . ie.
the aktereoon ; thee from 1 to. 6 o'cloek,
and :finally from .6 to 10 e'cloels in the
evening. • ,
A .eommittee, recently •eprioested• by
terepens Club' to supervise the. alfatrs
-of the Roy Scoets aud Cubs, le &ens -
posed ,of Herb Norman johairman ),
Dr. Nee.. Jackson, .P. E. Hibbert and
-George MacEwan. • It is .the ,jntention
of the Liens -Club to take an Active
part en -promoting Boy Stott Werke
. • es- -
it
. Orders were received .front Ottawa
yeeterday by vents:adore at kort Albert
to have one of the three ,paved runways
at that airport ready for 'Pilule landiag
by!eptember 1st. Indieations are that
the order will be Ailed, for by the tad
'of thiS week Armstrong Bros. will, havir
eompleted the grading Of the landing
field, half of the,gravelling of the, ru*.
way bases will have been empleted,
andebard-eurfacing eisnliaeuto On
Momiai next..
Omeations at t4e Oolt Albert field
are so numerous and 'varied these ilityn -
that they are harder to 'keep traek
than to watels the proverbial three.ring
Circus. More than four hundred agree
a level treeless farm land Is fatrlY
polka-dotted with machines . of all
descriptions, groups of workmen, tem-
porary shaeks, tents,- etc. -
Buildings are 'beginning to rise and
grairel trucks are *shouting along the
4th coneessioe to fled from the pibi
like ere* apparatus goin,g to a eon-
fiegration.-
Movinga Mountain Gravel
1.1, is on these gravel dump trucks'
vaeying trim twenty to thirty accOrdilig
to the breaks in in*, or misfortune -
that high pressure is teany being ale -
plied. Nearly 2000,tons '16rusheit'
gravel are being transported from the
Pits and thunPed on the runways ever.: ,
ttventi-four hours. By the tikne the
toys are ,througir with the job tkver
150,000 tons-a.,veritable mOuntid.n.
rgravel--rwill... have been transferred
. from Culbere,s . near DrifigaUnbit-
to the airport five miles awaye Broken
,axies and blowouts -have ,been
numerous and at times the air bee' .
been . Wire' as the . August
.sky,,, but always:the show ,must go mt.
It has been goingpn now for ten dale
and the: first rtinwayhas not yet been.
completely grayelletl ready for 2the
ha -
top surface. '
, Buildings CoMmeneed
The W. C. Brosnan _conerafting
has broken grouhd and poured .feend-se.
'aloes for free of.the twenty four Wilde
/bags it is erecting, facing the true*
.Water highway.' Tease under way Are
the airmen'e. quarters,. .beadgeartera
staff, supple bending,. large ean.teen
and offieers' quarters. rerther south-,
Johnst.ons Bros. -ha-ve 'under • way tour
HIS:SUMMER KOMEDEIVIOLIS 1011)"
e site -for an indoor range
boep Pstn islied, _but -two -Chief-Post •
aeons are ueder consider- a good job this sliest/1er of keeping the
MOUE . KS. VISITORS' • -
rwehspeo geatehttehrdedetsotepahly. theRlaeslatttirviebsutealsoof
Though the cool weather ' of this
and Detroit. Among the profusion of
were present from Toronto; reeemseee ,_ twheee.knuhmahee rsloofwveidsittehres tforeermisttibeeusinineteeed,
floral tributesurrounding the 'casket States shelveda
woe a Wreath, from the Godthe
erieh Trot- seaoh pre•gginsrsaetdif,yindglnieactithIsea
thust
ting and Peeing Association. • ;The pall- conditions in
'Canada, were becoming
bearers • were : tree Weeton, Bayfield, ibieteMr
better c. to our, Mertes' acroSs the
n
Marvin Green, Vert Huron ; Herbert . C. Lee, proprietor of Hotel
Green, Detroit ; Angel Gilmore, Bruce- Sunset, states that, while. in July his
*field ; Joseph Barton 'and Ritedall Mar.. geoenstths Ihyhare Wen about, evenly
ee.t.e mostly • Canadians, this
riett, bete of Goderice. Tee flowerm
-
•ePren.
beaters were William Steven, William divid'tbrwaetwietehefaxh
nCoarnaaleer t
itte:aatnhtlAmh
Elaek, liehael Ohler, Willram Young, ice
the
in
Themes' Chisholm, Clarence MaeDonald, tollrd:t d
fairly aetivelor ceeatwhs yebe'weexepectyeedi. tce: be
.Tait Clark, and Harvey Fisher Inter
ment was'in Maitland cemeterSe , ' ' ' nu
Nit'ON' OF CLASS .
..........._ .
, STANLEY STREET SEWER
A Mmostenjoyeble evening was.spent
00 oe ay,,August 10thewhen-foerteen'
----CenetrnetionsesfeaeSewersolle-Stahlet `lifeliffiels of the PoIllyaena elass of
street, .uortli from Elgin avertne, Was Victoria United chercleand two form&
commenced this week under auspices of. teechere .Mise Hs-Ercees of 'Stratford
the public works .4otnthitto, of which and 'Mrs. Re Good of Goderich, gathered
'Connellior Frank Eingeilut is Chair- at 'Cedar Grove, Beirroillee for a iliarelxnan e
sewer reicr sehrUvneder legdetteelirteleektrletylTotLtehtles, A singsoe,g and ,games were enjoyed
enallew roast and chop seee
weo,. are paying. their shares ','-easb around the campfire; and it was also
'eoshareree:etmTleme invieusnti;c11»patihietyaalshipeemyiLegheitts, n4:t,:ndetinhaorof boDarnwCasuptuide phraedutibeeonspe8ussoyr,
no debentures being issued. Properties of the usual tekee. • •
which, will tap this sewer in the.future
and ' whieh did not *contribute to tl:tlinentier: 1,EhNeGei,eif494jetreEgetnenNts[tiss aANtinoNtionmeedeonfn
cosmiss
tiWill be required' to pay.one do,11
Mirlare lloWers, datiglater of Mr.
per year rental for all
And Mrs. A. M. Powers, of Pleton, to
PRESIVYTEItIAN, WM. 5. •Alt?3,3%.!". NErrrriinnittook $cOoni•boofrnNotr. taanwdlisylirps:
of Itnok ehurch., was held on Tuesday
Aug"t meeting of the 1V*:"4"8" The marriage to take piaee August
afternoon in the lecture roons ,pf the 30till at PleirtonEn.
church. The meeting opened with the ,
sinrdng of a hymn, after which Mrs.
11. Dills, read the Seripture lesson and anTdha efoterathp:raeoturrreesisl;tolitilh!! tttk‘ve2tc
MiFe
es rguson led -in eraYer. Miss Era • jas, oineilany , roomette were •,n8
follower :
1040 1930
, Max. Min. Max. "kin.
1'bnr.5.;',Ang. 15 • '57 . 84 64
Fele Aug. 16 ......84 • • 68,, 79 59
Set., Aug. IT . 85 OS • 82, • St
• Sum, mtg. 1.6 ID GO 81. 06
Alone Aug.19 eft, 61 82 et
Teee, Aug. 20 M. * 73 06
Wed., Aires 21 co 45 77 05
Somerville gave 41 most interesting „at, -
count of' a delightful holiday spent
at the Canadian Keswick Conference at
Ferndale, ettiskoka. Miss Hazel Mae-
Dortald, eleaconess at Elmwood Pres-
byferian :eleireh, Winnipeg, addressed
the meeting, telling of her ,work there.
The dosing hymn' was then sung, after
Which !Miss MacDonald led in prayer.
The meeting "closed with the National
Anthem. •
town • elear of transient "bums," ar-
rested Alex, McDonald, aged •fifty-six,
of no Beet! Abode, , on Monday Of this
• week, and prilood him in theCouptY jaU
until Thursday, weekly eeurt day, when
he .will face, a vagrancy charge. Mc-
Donald was . found 'at the "Jungles,"
former- favorite .resort ot the Weary
Willlea, .where shaeksiswere.demoliseed
by the authorities early -this year. 'He
was viewing the remains of his fernier
summer - home. McDonald, a yearly
visitor, complained of a sore pack, al-,
though he looked husey,enough.
•, '110Y-ALpN .
' A spriet wedding -wits solemnized lit
the home of Rev: A. E. and Mrs.' Allis
on Wednesday, Augusti4th, when their
daughter Marion Johns was united, in
marriage to William Arthur Hoy, son
p1! 'sir and Mrs. Arthur HOY, of McGaw
Rev. Mr Allin, father.of the bride, per-,
formed the* ceremony. After tee wed-
ding breakfast the young couple left op
the afternoon train -"for their lunife at
Walton.
POULTER-d-MONTEITII
A 'greet wedding 4wa$, solemnized Fri-
day ofterneon lase in the chapel, of St.
Janiee :Anglican chureh, , Stratford,
when Armes Isobelerlaughterof Mr. and
MrS. S. I. Monteith) St. Mares read,
was united in marriege to Corporal
George :Smith Poulteee'Reyaf-Careadirite
Ali Force, sen of Rev. E. .A. Poulter
'and Mrs. Potilter,•Straffordville, formex4ly of Benmiller. The•mem-lege wee,
performed by Re*. Mr. Poulter, father
of the bridegroom, assisted by Rev. P.
Ces Lighthourn, rector of the parish.
-After etheecereeronyeeteeret4Plienelfie
held at the home of, the bride's parents.
for the lmmediate dainul1s, ater which
Coreerals....and4afes, reenter left oh ,a
motet trips •
,
, WILIAMeeselepleEn
The' home of Xt. and Mrs. Cheeter
McPhee, 10th toncession of Colborne.
toweshipe was the ,ecene on Saterdtti
morning, August 'Ittee-of leceinarriage
of their eldest daughter, %felon Adeline,
to joseph Roy Williams, eon of Mr.
,anfi,Mrs, Stewart Williams. of Mdfore
Sask. The ceeemony was performed at
11 o'elock by Rev, C. L. Drown: of
aoderieli Under an aree ef evergreens
and summer (flowers from weree was
suspended a large white wedding bail,
The bride was becomingly Attired IA
powder blue repe with matching access
Soriee and careied.A bouquet of roses
and maidenhair ferne, Her sister,
Myrle, was bridesmaid arid wths dressed
le blue crepe and carried `0, bouquet of
gladiolus, sweet peas and baby's breath.
The groomsman was Mr. ItarVey ?ent-
itled of Nile. Mise Ileth MePhee, cousin
of the bride, played the wedding =web.
The wedding party, including inunedia te
relatiVes;partook of the wedding repast
41 a table decorated in pink and white,
and afterwards the bride and groom
Ieft on a trip to Melfort, Seek. OA
their rehire they will Make ,their borne
at Sarnia.
large hangars and a groirnd'InettectiOn
echool: These. 'buildings 'are
rear of the twenty-four building's :vveich
face the highweys ,
-Tee .1t.C.Alelitte taken 'Over azili
furnished tee ferraer Dickson fares'
ironic as a works 'building.. Likewise at 4
Sky Harbor the ow Fleming houres has -
bernespeteetcresteeeesaingailscseeTheeeeesses
eouree is only 'for constraction,
Its work almos,t finiseed, some a the •
Areistroeg " mechanized equipment,
caterpillars, scrapers, scarifiere grad'.
ers, land packers, elevating loaders, etee
is already on its way to Nova Scotia to',
do another airPort job. " 4
-21entit:eitee-allturreWater 11ll
elellhifile 86'igsirrviCe'say ads
vance gangs ot the Hydro -electric Vs'
tem and BeleTelephorie Co. are rrt work
getting ready fee .the construction
direct and heavy cable lines to accom-
medate Port 'Albert aixport. • Hydro
.material will be on the ground the first
of next week: • •
• At the s entrance to eky Harbor
handsome new •sige, 12 x 10 feet, has
been -erected,--It bears the insignia or
R.C.A.P. planes and reads: .
ROYAL CANADIAN AI1 FORCE
M°3111B,,..RaN;r7tisn
: AIR TRAINING PLAN- -
Four buildingsare under vonatruation.
at 1Sky4 Harbor and greund is. being *,
brolten for four 'ahem Ploere were
being 'laid yeaterday on some 'ef the
buileings. Work here has been held, upe.
soritewhat awaiting errival of 'material,
but it will be only a few dais autil the
order -will be "tell steam ahead,
.' .
Grass Runways At Sky' Harbor • •
The lateat with regard Ito the Sky
Harborrunways is 'that It is definitely
settled • that they will not be .hard--
eurftreeee -ae eesieerkby Huron County -
'<alleluias, The tfovereinent engineere,
it is stated, take the positionethat the
fildr.s prefer grass runways • It ie
stated also that hard surface rrnisvaes-
d,eter,lorate very quiekly and the ule-
keep,:es very high. • ,
—
Fencing Material and drain tiles also
have arrived at *Sky Harbor, but there
is noword yet as to the.ultintate fate
'fi°fte-d5.telVC5-e-outtinlityg- o2diatterkr'fii
s str:ate4defiVtititeill;
that many more acres' of trees wile
have to come down. Work .0f eemote
ing tee firewood . en theairport eat
e011-11111nstri-etre:Wce:i4o;n:aCe)'3.1*;lilrellacno-o'C°.pe' ;:aatilin-dg4rw.°Iris, -
the, County inthe hirbes ef workmete
So far about fifty men have,been PIacce
through the (*aunty, and,other,s, cover.
Ing halfaelozen trades, are on the
Waiting list.
One tonstrtietion boss expressed laints
eeif as immensely pleaeed with the Iiigk
class ef 'labor bi Huron county. Re
was an Irishman With a good line of
blarney, but lie inaisted Huron work-
men, were tee hest 110 had. Mine aces**,
yet. 'There appears to be an abendrinee
of labor, but Carpenter, ern:lenient"'
of theta; wili soon be in demand.,
MRS% W W, IVIARTIN DREAliS ARM
Misfortune. does not come eiegly 4
ler. eV. W. Martin's home North etreet,
Oioderielk. The Doctor himself has beta
eonftned to his home for some time
through Illness and o* $.aturday his
wife, who had been Attending Mtn, fell
at her home and fractured 'her aro% ad
the dhow.