The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-10-17, Page 1°bent
Combining The Goderich Signal and Tire Goderidi Star
"NINETY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 42
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDA
DESPITE BAD VVEATIIER GREAT
CROWDS ATTEND OPENING OF
IIURON COUNTY FLYING SCHOOL
OCTOBER 17th, 1940
At the Official Opening of the Mum Flying School
“,
rt!VA.r. Represented hr Otoatp.
papte,hi P. B. litrao*orth,, Who
Veda*, Scheel, 'Open
Deapite` Myers-StWeather Icanditione..,
lgeessneeltillesratary Flying 'T•ritining
Scheel', Pituated at. Sky Herber
airPerts received at selsening
Thankegiving Day ,ae- •a unit
of tee tGonimonwealth Mr Tra1n-
171g„;P14)11. Interreittent kabala kept
tiler attendarwe' down to aPikrexs
k
4Bta tele- five' tbousandspeoptuennaseer
the cancellation, of a•pregrans. of fiYufg
exhibitions seheduled for the latter part
of the afternoon: With a low nying
-0e-111'1g-tee fleet of' eighteen tiger Meths
which were to take part in the ex-
hibition were, in tee terms of the B.C.
• grothaded. - •
Present to give the opening a Military
effect were sD" COMPanY Or the ,Eigin
, 4tegiment, O.A.S.F., under .the coraman,d
of Major D. R.. Nairn of GoderIcli, .and
three eontpanies of the Middlesex -
Buren -Regiment, N.P.A.M., nuclei* the
,Vommand-of•Colea O. Dunlop- of Gode-
rich.- The Tingles, for the great .part
• made up of, young smenseroan We dis-
trict, looked very abifIrt and rather
faienadable-el.- they merched• SOUOY in
full battle dress. Led. b.y the IllginRegi.
ment bugle band ties, .two contingents
* marched themile and a half of „twisting;
• hill3r road through the village of •Salt-
loadlo the 'airport in As:drizzling rain.
They were followed by a procession of
slevSle moving -ears that ntreitehed from.
, ehe end -of Cambria road to the top of
the hill onetlie other Ade of the river.
• The coMpaniesweresAlesaveettp on the
s• Paeknis parade per -tinkle within the
airport, facing, 'an bePreeleed.niibll
01.11GULATION OYXYA•
Goderich Truek
Driver Killed
Roy, lioWbiuusy Otudied Smogs
Load of Lumber Ley
Tuesday Korniug
1
,R!D.. CROSS REPORT
•Sinamsent to Toronto headquarters
Oeterber:12*sltiete000i(ox;4 seamen,"e"
sox.; 12. ecervea; 10 eweaters; 86 bid -
meta; .24 gloves. For 'evacueea:
Dresses+ 8; eirerts .2; blouses 1; Pull-
overs 1.; •eardigene 24 winelbreakers 1;
bloomere ;84,3110:WNW 3; seawls .1;
bootees 1; .qpilts
ee.Theateerlieleselesereseaadfisiletere,
.0enat of our :quota .trora Toronto, The
women's work committee, are very busy
;trying to. eonaffete all, the garments
.asked tor within tee two months'
./aarled.
$6,459.94 FOR RED .0ROSS
.Further Contributions Will Be Gladly
Recehtied •bY ,413a Treasurer
Goderichscitieite demonstrated a gen-
e.roeity, .and a sympathy for the stiffer.
lugs, a our people ie other parts of the
lemPire, greeter evenothan many of the
campaign tonsmittee believed pOssible,
LY eentributing .total of $6,4$9.94 ea
the reee.nt Ite,d Cross drive. •
This is naatie ti»of cash donations
eating lo 45,486;69 ane. pledges
pay, during the coming months, a fur-
ther $973.25. Many of -these pledges
•ane "duration pledges," that is, they are
fixed amounts which anumbers of citi-
zens leve contracted to pay as long as,
eimeasay aestee ,
canal:Riga ChaleMan D. E. Campbell
states teat it le reeliaed that the eau
vas WAS aiot 100 per 'cent. complete, it
„being .a piactical-e-MP.ossibility to see
every Single individual in thee town,
'Three who have • unavoidably .been
platform. *etesneees of pose,3,00 acne smissed are•assured .that their'contribe-
adia.n Legion, •the Gederich•Boy Seetuts
and Girl qmsiges, and. the Stratford Air
Cadets and Wing,ettes formed alongside
the groups of.sOldiere., • e
• Patriotic aim before .and betweenIhe
public speecbees were PlaYed by •the
Olintop Kiltie Band, the Viixighain and
Exeter Citizens' Bands and the
Alegiment band._ e • _
-The ceremony officiallessoing the
airport did ,not get *eineler way. until
nearly 2,30 pan., When tlie• ramn. sudden-
ly let, up- It heldoff through ,the pro-
gram, but Weatherscouditions were still
not considered' good .enough tar the
light training planes sto go ,altaft. •
The only plane to takeoff from the
•-field'eleriegstee-afterneatisseasea large
low -Winged, lif-Motorede .eabin plane
• which Me brought OrteePatIktein
Mecworth, senior air staff mime eor
districteraiztlegfenteeeeere from .guRoN HOLSTEINS
.tions will heseelcomed If ,they erlie,eane,
municate with A. M. Atobertsdis, 'the
permanent. treasurer •of sthe Goderich
Ike" .0rOes •Society.. Someone will be
eentsto.colleet :the amount or contribu. •
tions mey be mailed !to liern .et hie home.
President R. 33...uase.announoes that
arrangements will be made as soon as
possible to ,appoint :at least one_person
In 'etinh---Polling sub -division to make
collectionseperiodicalleeof pledges.
;this evey It is ihoped that no one col-
lector willhave ;too -much itaelo 'and that
all'coutribsitors will rheeieen it the
;times ledicat,ed on their pledge cards.
Volunteers willing sto'neidertake this
:work are invited to :gee.* toucb with
AseleSitobertson at iiis home, ILO
eaavid'e.setateetieceneer at victoria
:street. -
- Toronto.' The" NaneloselY
•by'lt; 0. Woven salth fixed baYenotg, •
tailates frostrelettion and lirisset Herds
warmed up for the take -offs.
The Speeches •Sheales ak,iluniar Fair
_ ee- heldeat
._TheePeogra_tn was:opened itY--Akartith At eh_recent slimier _Fair
George Feagan, •ehhirman a the COM; Liihdlan. bar the Weatteen Fair ASSOCia-
tion and open to Members if the calf,
mittee; who extendedsa Warm. welcome
colt„and awbae clubs of Western, On
all who were in attendance. Mr.
Feagan briefly reviewe4 the nstory of Arlo, the' entry of three Ilolstein
Sky Harbor airport from Its ineeptioncalves from the •Goderich DistrieteGalf
as a privatelseWned lclub Was placed first by ;the „judge, Prof.-
' eeeding'field to its
, being takee dyer by Huron County and 41.- Ce,Steekle,ee director •of the Eepexi.
filially adopted by the Government as nle-nua Varn-1, rtiaggo‘•
The calves ware shown by theit
the site of, an elementareelleing .training youthful ,oseners petfece lit and eon.
•school. He stressed the importance a
..Sky Barber in the Commanwealte air ditiOn, and reflected .the• "Care given to
them througheut the einniner seasoe.
'training *ephente, asserting teat tee
winning of tee war' rn the air .Would TIWean1P fromtwroon-ty,
Yeeoilun-kliowjtheeHolx
depenseurion how the pilots les stein herds inHu
tceived 'their elemeetare.traineigs. "hihnors he'llig Wm- D- Jalcies"
..The seeemeeeswhieh the peeple,..ee' Glutton, sons of Hume10iutton Col-.
-this country :are. makings 'arse :web:1g borne township -and Sandy Bisset, on
itomparieon withthe saeeifice which ef-Gorden
-tee ;Young 'pilots are maltieg," he de- 'In Prie &ass ter single' calves, with,
Oxford, .
,eaeaed in praising the courage01the f°rtY calyee competing frees
,orirte.,4.mhe will train' here. . • Perth' ,a.tid, other dairy gounties,' the
Segi-edefellfiegi.;GGfr B11 1tUlm-°1uttaml-
selleton, a Veteran of. the last vvai were placedpirst and second .
History of the glie The two Clutton ealvee are„named
,Parsons, provisional president Meadow Glade Sally Pabst and Meadow
,of 4,uren cenntY Flying Training Glade, Bessie Pabst and were sired:1W
Sir Prize Pabst Colanthee, seciiked floe
•Sehool, exPlained that lie had
been unable to secure the presence of the J. E. MeCague berd
at AIllston
a governor of thettenatia Company, the His dam, Prize Pabst Meg Pth4;
jovoim.tie -thelaint-en whielythe- second-atrthe,C.-11.• Zxliibition- as atwe-
lepart is situated, but he heesesa. year old ane is a full sister of the cow
a
briefly eviewed the history of the that was first in the aged ea/relass at
emote -Ss ere:rotted/1* ,the airfield from the 0.N E, 194) 'aud 19391Vas: reser"
tbe ,yealr 1018, when' Champlain • and senior ehannlien female at the same
,La Salle lauded Att. She mouth, of the sho.vv• •liteth are, sired by Meetslie.PahSt
eleneeetwig •(now Maitland) s River. Reg A.pple, who Was junior champion
Early in the nineteenth ...century, he Lot the Royal Wester 'Fair in -1930 and
the,...Ctinada company -applied to reserve all Amerietin two-year-old in
was the cynosure of - all eyee ass it
the Crewe ffte 41 le the et,e0:' frons 193t
GuelPh to the bordere W. Lake Iluroe. The Bisset 'calf, Saltine' Iteights
The elte of the atrAeld was at else spot .afereedes Posee, Was aired by Ito sdale
where in ;the onieyUay the ensue ea Netherland Pesch, secured from - the
oeireeese ,,vv0.0, sale eve en mese the herd of Geo. Rew.near Woadetock.
canie plan asIlLat of the town of •Gotle.
rieh.
Mie.Parserie tailed .atteetion tothe
stonsb of Dr. "Tiger" Dunlope who •'with
John Galt directed' the operation% e
the Canada Conipany tOoderich, and
throughout..tbe, Huron TractNe pro-
posed that the County Cdounell make
Dunlop's tomb more ea4ily aeceeelble to
thoge who should twtsh to visit itefl
isked that the people *$ Boron .eonnty
extend their heepitalitY to the airmen
from other countries of the ComniOnl
. weAlth and from other parts of Canallo'
who vvill be training here, •
Thomas, chairman a the on.
mice board, extended to tbe citizens of
Huron county the boardaPPreelation
a the way in whieh they had respOltied
in the reeertt eampaign.
Every IVAraidcioality Interested
"No -more tangible „display a tbe
loyalty of this country -could 1* found
than in this tounty 'where in less than
veventeen .by the eitizens subscribed
405,00," mid Mr, Thomag. Be„ was
partitularly pletteed. goad, the Speaker,
that every town, village and township
in. the Connty hitti subeeribed to the
stock of WO ItarbOr. _
„Chairman reagan expressed regret
in informing the audience, that neither
ode joy nor Cas0 11(4414 two of' the
piotainont lkhringing Fikv Harbor
to the Ortyliadt found' it poogible to *t
tend tlying Offleer ;11'. M. Roberts
' ton* pot be tenrtd on the groom*, but
• es-e-seeN-
in bje ebaenceellugh 11111, .one eV the
directors, intrOdinwl Greene' Captele P.
11. ,Metworth, D.F.C., senior ale etaff
officer foe No.ft district training ceetre.
, Before letrodueleg. Captain Mae -
worth, ,Mr. Hill expeessed regret that
&lying Offleer Robert* was not eavell.
able, as 'it was he who, mere than any
eteeemau, *eel° be eredlied with the
eetablisbing oe the airport both as
county venture and as am,. elementary
selloot Groep Captain Matcwortla
PreesediPleaeure at having =the holier of
opening one of the training schools, lin
the Britiali Conaueetwealth clen anti ex-
plained I etail tbe stages through
• Wbich atatudott goes before he becomes
a ful1:1100d pilot,
The StUdenea Trahdng
The student, before coining to the
elementary school here, wrilrhave done
e menthes. treining at an initial treating
sehool. There he would zhave learned
to, drilh' would, have brushed up on
niathematies, and learned other funda-
mentals which he would have to use in
taking the course,' 'Then he coulee en
to the elementary seltbol, where there
Is 4t sleet of safe planes with which, the
student can aecustom himself to flying,
without any great risk. At the de.
Mentary sehool, the student also re
--
eaves lecture% leerne to navigate, and
Rants the ilring•of a machine gun. The 1,
(Continued on rage 4)
• ..
s The .Picteres above were taken at the 'Official open of No. -12
blexuentart Ming Training Selmea on Monday afte noon. pox,
LEFT-mt, I,t 4 T, Reeves (left), .nonaratindin.g *Meer, and F.O.
adjutantr- going° aiverethetraining: sehedule. TOP
CENTRE -Two Speakers at, the meetieg. Left to right : Alex..
Young,' • of ',Colborne, Township, " ad .Mayer IL J. .A. MacEtwan, of
ersonnel
of Huron County
FJying Ttaining SehooLLtd
-TOP RIGUT-I-Group Otipt, altieworth,
senior *air staff officer- a No. 1 Training Command, who deelered
„the airport officially opened. ',BOTTOM -4 general view a' the
large. crowd which_was Made-up a soldiers, lair ,foree mei.-and ---
ciellians as they listened to the speedhes. wyrriuw mi§vr-A
line of pi:klieg Which is to be used by the stinlents ettensling the
• rraining centre.
MANAM
GEENT
Douglast (*anagei), Brussels; W.
L. Whyte (Sec.-treas.), ..Seaforths B.
; ' 3s--Leselitee
Knight, Exeter ;* Vanderburgh,
Clinton; K. s Stothers, Goderieh A-
Vanderburgh, Clinton.
'STORES "
•
E.
0"essop (Mid Storekeeper),
Kitchener; A. 11 *mite' (Assistant
Storekeeper), Blueeale. '
' GUARDS
Liscombe (tapta,,,
W. Ensign, E. Garton, G. keNall.
F
- LYING .INSTRUCTORS
edePhereon (Chief), j. Davidson
(Asst. Fly. Instr.), L. ,Renry, K. Gil-
bert, 13, Fuller, N.: Seeler, I. CoCkrtuie.
H. J. Davidson, ,•• •
• GROIJND INSTRUCTORS
• ,
K. IT,opkinson (Chief), H. Bettger
-,(Nevigatiort); 11. • Murphy. (Wire-
leap), V: Doupe (P. PacIter), R. Bolit-
sky (P:P. 4e Arm.). • '
- • -ENGINEERING .
le. J. Ward (Cie Eng. B.' & D.), a
Miller (A & 0), E. ,Croeock (A &
sTYNTOR ElseGINDERS
ses.ResSaerpsurr;--lessexestelese•Gee Bridg-
water, D. Barber, 13. Tarr/wee, I. W.
.11eConnell, Wm. Armstrong, O. Ram
den, R. Harwood, L. Clemens, E. Laia-
rence, D.Brownlee, B. Hill, U. Termer,
A, a Burrows," W. Rogers, G. Moncrief,
Anders,on, T. °Weir, S. Morton, G..
Bowen, B. Memnon, Win. Reid, J. Pat-
teson, Bole. - - •
r, AlsORIONTIOES. •
It Zemke; a Zarnkt,• G. Sheppard,
R. Cline, L. Atfiead, Wm, Comerford, L.
Dunham, R.• Youngblutt, R., 'Adam, E:
Jackson
said, .
• •
,It.C.A.F. STAFF •
Flt Lieut.- G. T. Steeves, Fly.. Officer
J.. J. Jordan, Gees C. H. 13rooks, Opls
.4teseeFarilleser,s0pisel...A.-DeGaleraithe
A.C., JS.R: Weir.. . -•
* METacAL, STAFF
Capt. W. fe Brown, R.C.A.M.C.; Pte.
IS Easton, R.0: -A -.31.C.
• STUDENTS
• L.A.C. Arnold, V. C.
" Boyle, D.
" • Brady, E. J.
" Carr, J. J. ,,,
" Carter, F. E. ,
" • Co4Per, H.:3.
' " Caseidy, R.. A.,
" Dick, N. D. R.
" Dann, R. le
-se Day, A. Ds
, " Fink, •D. I. M.,
" Fitzgerald, T. t.
" Fulton, 3.0. L. •
" Gkedberg, D.
Gordon, W. F.
-------" Gilson, A. I.
". Hevvsat, B. '..G.
• Rinks, C. C. D.
'" 'Hudson, E 3.
• Balkan, 3N:
" • Hoben, • 0, F. J.
saaseeeselannear, N. G.
" Menish, G. R.
" Otto, A.. W.
Phillips, G. M.
" Peters, H. E.
" Parker, 'F. W.
"• Pattisonelts H. •
" Quinlan, • J. A. A.
itirbillard, J. Gs L.
•" Rutherford, V. A.
!' Seibel, G. As
• " iSorley, J.
" Sehteleauf, J. W.•
" •• Iloplats, W. E.
REV. lit, C. 1ViatDONALD,
of Termite, who will-preaeli at Victoria
street "United ehureit on Sunday net.
Mrs. Sent Sinith le laid up With a
broken leg, aeffered acciderealle On
Wedeeelee Iaet week, M.r friends
hePe for a speedy ree0Very.
• REBEEAWINSTALLATION
irs Jenkins, p01' 01 of 'Rebekah
Assembly, and inetallieg Staff, of Clin-
ton, visited Goderich Rebekah Lodge,
No. 89, on Tuestitly, evening and inthe
impressive, installation ceremonies the
following officers were installed for the
ensuing year: 1.11.N.:G.A 111,ss Gertrude
A. I:Mist; Noble Grand; Mr-. Geo.
Baechler ; R.$.N.., mrs„ cam. Tweedie
ils.S.N.G.; Miss Glades Shore Vice -
Greed, Mrs. Harold Rivers;
Mrs. Roope; Mise Edna
Driver; recording secretarb Mr,. Geo.
Mumby ; financial sectsetary, Mrs. john
Newcombe ; treasurer, Mrs. Mag.
Videen ; chaplain, 'Airs. V. Scelegel;
warden, Mrs. John Pinder ; conauetor,
Mrs. Archie Johnston.; inside guardian,
Mrs. Kerte Stowe; outeide guardian,
'Mrs. O. Ginn ; musician, Mrs: J. Snider,.
After installation and ledge the mem-
bers and visiting staff enjoyed a dainty
inneh served in the Assembly naii by
koeial committee, --of Which Mrs.
'am. 40weed1e is convener. . *
NENELV $100 iltest APPLE DAV
Citizens of Goderich and district re-
sponded generously to the "apple day."
drive held by the Gederich Dos/ 'Scouts
and Cnbs and nearly $1.00 was realized.
Forty Seeing and Cubs canvassed the
town Mel stood at strategielti'Vet
eornere to greet Ca.ssereby '1 with their
*Atte plea to "buy an apple." • The
boys were oil the streets from early in
the meriting until late at night, tireless-
ly pursuing theirtask. s, The 4iPp1eS,
Itotelotte lease MacIetomit Reds, were
Purchaeed from * the Middleton favin
• near Clintere
terestn. g -Days
_at_thelWerfron
Many Vessel Arrivals—Piers and
Breakw.wita4Atersnetlfriso:nged
•
"They're still biting" e Teat's the
-
amateur fisherman's slogan of the day
as the run of perch Continues at the .
harbor. The run this fall is one of tee
longest and niost productive In recent;
years, 'making up* somewhat for :the
poor run. in, the -spring. „ •-•• •
Perhaps the largest crowd of the lisle
big season was on hand at the herbor
On• Sunday last., Out-of-town people
again made up the bulki of the crowd,
Some even staying here over night With
;the hope of adding .to their catch 0.0
Monday:, e The weather on, Thanks-
giving Day turned out cold and wet,
however, and few Were -willing to.brave
• The commercial fishertnen also are
making exceptionally,,.big • hauls these
days and everything from slerch, trout,
and whitefish to bass and .herring is
tumbling out of -their nets. -- -
Arrivals of the Week
The str. Ferrite arrived at the harbor
early Thursday evening, took on: 120
tons Of Salt arid- eleineed ferthelawer
,lakes • at 11 otelhels the same evening.
Tile (Wad& mune in early Fridey
morning from Ohicego, with 256,500
busof cornfor the elevator and
cleared, lightearly Saturday morning
for Fort William. The Superior carie
in on Friday morning from the lower
lakes and lea.ded-400-tent Of salt here.
Sheeeleared that eeening. for Wallace
burg.. The Windoe arrived early Satur-
day maiming from Fort William with
259,00Q busof wheat for the elevator.
She Is lying here waiting to unload her
• eargo, as is the str. Soodoc; which hes*
been .here since Tuesday afternoon of
last week. The, str. _Mina 0. 'Minch
&Me in from Fort Willem {M. Satur-
day evening with* 69,381). bile of ,wheat,
15,03 .busof feed, 15,000 bus of' oats
and • 8(3,407 bus. of barley for the
elevator. ) She cleared light an Sunday
eeening • Por Fort William. The
Wahcondah errivee' Mac Detroit on
Similay afternoon , With 52,407- busof
wheet and cleared on Monday morning
•for Fort Williain. TheYaelat Spray III
-
came in on Thanksgiving Day after-
itodn and remained in part until Wed-
nesday morning, when she left again for
Detroit. The A. A. Iluds,on arrived from
Port *SWIliam on Tuesday morning with
34,250 ,bus. of 'wheat, 65,301 busof
bailey, 20,833 'beta. of feed and 14471,
bus,. • Of Odts for the elevetor. Sife
eleared on 'Wednesday evening fot Fort
William. The Calelte &inked early
Wedneeday morning with 2400 toes of
biturainolia-coal for tee C. C. Lee eoal
yerds, She cleared late that morriieg
for down the lake, The Coelhaven
came in on Weelnesdav afternoon with
coal for the Weetern Canada Flour
'Mills from Sandusky,and cleared eairly
this (Thursday) utornieg for Sanduske.
The Netherlands freighter, Pries, Wil-
lem III, apiietly slipped out of the
eakbor at 7.45 Saturday morning,
headed for Iktontreal.
,The Prindoc is dile from Mango on
iidaY morning with 217,000 boa. .pf
Oen for the elevator,
MICS. RUNAS HVALECEED
alte. 0. We Ithenas of Burlington,
well known in Goderich, Was reelected
president of the Women's; ,Ilospital Aids
A(3e1ation et 'Ontarto at tile ellettel
meatiest held at Toronto last Week.
•••?.,
• LIONEL *CLAIM •
•
•
Lionel is a native of Goderich, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W., 3. Clark, Cambridge
street. He enlisted at Fort .William as
an A.33, in the Royal Canadien Navy.
and 'is now at an Eastern Coast port.
He sailed several •summers on tee
•.qtaaell guperior.,
'LOCAL "FIR'11/1 SUBSCRIBES $25,000
Among sebscriptions tio Canada's
non-interest-bearing certificates is that
of the Goderich Salt Conipany Limited
fee. $25,000. Total subscriptions to
these certineatee issued for war -put. -
poses, were $2,766,502 to October 1st,
frODI 201 ineividuals and organizations,
, Roy' Oliver Meiiirliiinteee thixtY-twee
Yeereeti Goderich track driver, wax
instantlyU1ed eerie' TneedaY morning
when the lumber ertick whie be wite
eiving left tee wad: on ,bighway No, 2s,
about tweuteetive mile* west ef lianaden,
and the heavy load Of luniber ehlfted
forward and planed iixa geinet the
Steering wheel. .1Ie had left Goderieh
at 11 o'eleek Menage niebt* driving it
Goderich Mapufactering Co. trUck, with
Windsor as Ids deatination; Itie bro.
ther, Riehard, Was driving* another
truck a Short slietancebeiiind,.and When
lie saw Itoe's trilek leave the road be
braisea his 'own mathittenipd went
ward to aid, -hie brother. With be be
belp o anotner truckairieer, , Richard - •
managed to eXtrieate, his brother front .
beneath the load, only to Siedsthet life
bad lased from the aliforttmete man.
The fatal seceident -Occurred about 3.1a '
Tuesda.3i morning., •
Roy Cliver")SfeWhinneY was hear* in
Colborne township, the eon of William
,iefeWhinney and 'Florence Maphell.Ile
moved into Goderich live years ago and
residede on Picton street, Surviving,
•Vesitles thewidow, the former Jeanette
II/tilled°, are a 'son, Richard, end a
daughter, Jagless.; his, peewee efr. and
MrsWU1'u afeWhinney, now Being
In town; a 'brother, RicIsard, and tvso
sister,' :titre. Robert Turner (Igabelle)
'mid Mrs. Dievid H,arnsan (Mary), all
living in iGoderich. *
The. funeral will. be .held. twin the •
home of air. and Mrs, etelarlaire,
,ney,. Wolfe *street, this (Thursday)
afternoon. *Interment will be in Ool-
ho,rste cemetery.
DUTCH SAILQRS Ira/AZ
-
Taken Off Freight,er Prins Willem 'All
. on Friday EveningSixteen Menseers Of tee crew pf*the.
Netherlands package- rreigeter Prins •
Wiflem 1111, Wince tied up here on Wed-
eesday afternoon* Of last week; were
taken off the ship early Friday evening
by 'a squad of Itoyel Ottiladian.Mounted
Mice and lodged ire the vitiate...Janes-
The m'en were reenoiree from. the
-freighter in group e of two end placed
en police cars, whieh swiftly conveyed ,
them to the jail. The act • of %trans-
.
portation was performed so, qttietle tht
few in town knew the • men had been
„removed from the vessel Until, they
were informed of t tbe next moreinge,
after the sells bad slipPed out of the
-liesek-,-'7•Tiiia et the oizgiiI, eighteen
risorters changed thetr'olndS 'and de-
cided to stay with -Capt. W.. P. •CS
Helstlingesi and serve ln the British-
ineithent Marine service, under which'
liags7111,eteNet1ferlanita- -freikh*r:'
autoinatically pieced by the decree. of **
Queen Wilheeniribe When the Nether-
lands 'capitulated: to Germany in May.7
Outside of tee captain, the steward and .
the two Men .jUSt mentioned, the crew „
vvin.ch sailed the vessel was made up of
Canadian seamen from Montreal.' ,
The ten Pinkerton agency debeetties
Who a.cconiPa.nied the vessel here from
'Chicago, and, 'who ' tra.nsferied ztlie
prisoners into tbe bandsof the i.0 M.
P., left on Saturday morning by rail for
Chicago. •
• RED SHIELD SHIPMENTS
From April 1,st the following, ship -
meets to Toronto headquarters have
,been 'sent from the' Red Shield auxils
'ary of the Salvation Army 213 *par
ocks, 12 helmets, 11 handkerchiefs, 10
sereateits, '7 pate, cuffs, 2 'scarfs 3 quilts •
,
for eva.cuees.
THE HEST KROST,
The temperatures for the past week *•.
and for tee corresponding week last
year, as officially recorded, were as fol-
lows:,
' • -
'1940 1939
• Max. Min, Max. Min.
Thurs., Oct. 10 ....04 44 • 60 SS.
Fri., -Oct. 11 • 65 '51 60 ' 50 •
Sat.,' Oct' 12 66 51 60 45
Sune Oct, 1$ „„,„04. 44 A5 +
Mote, Oct. 14 • 52 • 43 *e 52 -34
Tues., 'Oct. 15 50 40 ° 57," 34/
Wed., Oct 1e 28 60 40
Training --Commence!' at Sky Harbor
• The • roar of airplane engines in in-
ereasing„ nurobers over ,Goderich these
days is a renainder that the ElethentAry,
,Flying Training School at Ski Harbor
. Is in stetuel operation after sixteen
weeks of construction. -
•YeSterday was fa perfeet. flying day,
tee first since Morela.y's opening. Seven
of the seVenteen brand-new Fleet train-,
ing planes, made at Fott Erie, were imi
the air and.forty-live ffying hours:were
;mit on. the record during the day. This
will be more than trebled weep Sky
Ilarbor is organized fully. Incident.
ally, most of the thlety-ave students
"received theit baptism" as aviators.
• In keeping with tne all-round ac-
celeration. ordered at the week -end eor.
the Commonwealth Air Trainieg
the numberof students at, Sy narbor
has been increased froni twenty-four,
as' Originally intended, To thirty-five.
One Month hence the number wilt be
stepped up to seventy. Each student
will eave flown fifty hours in the seven
WeekS lie will spend here before mov-
ing on for higher training:
The aircraftsmais are being. well
looked after, The Signal -Star was told
by. eohn R. Douglas, manager of the
.861(001, and this was confirmed by the
boys themselves, ThW come faikt
every Province' in the Menelaus in.
eluding one from Priem Edward Xeland,
and there is one fronl British, Guiana
and tole fromTrinidad. Two are
A.merlesins, • •
The budding flyers were in happy
moth 'They staid that everything was
"hunky dory."
All in Good Htintor
olgetter mind boopting the Arattleans
yolar paper," said a Cantielt. -When
it comes to that they are quite chpable
of looking after' themselves." • As eine
was uttered the -spOkeStoan _gave -a*
American„ student by his side a Poke In
the *ribs andeverybody laughed:
Thie , Was the Spirit In evidence .lesA,
pith the fact tea' the plumbers, steant:
'fitters, eleetricians; etc., • are still at
Work at Sky Herber.. Water is being'
Carried and ae yet hot water is sie
luxury:: A temporary book up has'pro-
vided heat for the sleeping tittarters
and the oinee is being warmed for the
present with electrie heaters, Last
Friday tbe ehefs,'eent here by -Crawley
& McCracken, big Montreal tommissare*
moved in and in lees teen twenty-four
hoursthey had a meal ready.
The eomplete.adrainiStrative'and Ay.;
ingspersonnel at Sky Harbor was re-
leased yesterday and appears,.in this
Issue. , • • •
' Owing to rain and poor visibility
there ,were SoMe disappOintraeatS for
eforiclay'is effieltd/.opening. J. A. WHAM, .
Centroller of .01V11: Aviation, Ottawa,
flew here on Sunday and visited both
•Sky narbor and Port Albert airports,
Ile bad intended to stay here for the
Monday preemie but- took off on gent
day noon owing to threatening weather,
se as to be at Ottawa to Ykep an even
Ing appellate:tents Ile Was piloted by
Ilieltson4ying a lieecheraft. •
"Regrets," Weaved '
• Telegrams of regret At their inability
to attend Ntonday's function, owing to
Pressure of business, Were reeelYed
frOM Iran. O. C. Power,, llon„
Ralston' and lion. 0. D. Howe,. A tel
gram also was receivod from. Casa
Hough,• 1),etrolt,- Who was prerestod
from attending by Poor 1711vg weather.