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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-03-20, Page 1'IsTLUTIC.,F04,111TII VI OF AIR ACCIDENT BURIED ' WITH MiLITARY, HONORS AT BARRIE Seyen Men from Port Albert Who Met,fleath. in Last Thursday's Crash • With elle ok the Winter'S wt SterMS in ,pr4Tress, 'the Seven young Unglish airm,en, trelA Port Albert vvb-O, were' killed in leet Th-ursday afternoon's 'tragic kid -ale -crash near .Bond Head Were buried at Barrie on ),Ionday. Pb %seven -0*-dr-41yd eaesketeseWerearranged a senti,eirele :in Barrie armories, where 4 Public Service. waS'iaeld. Later the bodies were stored in the mau- eoleum atepujen cemetery until. spring, when burial Will be made in .the 1033g - established itirraen'e pliie in the Simeoe 'County Own, _ • - • TheseVen Inemberes of the all of whom had been stationed at Port • .Albert for two Menthe or longer, were; i11t -Sgt M Dodeworthe- York teSgt. 3, O. Bell, DurhamLAC, M., G. ISkolard, Leeds, LA.C. g. Porter, Liverpool; LAC. D. A. Itundell, Bristol; 40.'0. Te • Douglas, Sherveoed, all of whom were lufled instantly, and L&0 X W. jack - eon, London, 'y'lho died in an B.0,Aer. ambulance inf. the, way to ROYal. WC- toria, J:10epita1, 'Barrie. ' Tie raging %storm prevented the at tendance of. many from Port. Albert at theeebsequies. Only Squadron Leader Mather and\Flying• !Officer 'Bradshaw, statin' chaP ain, who 'assisted the service, along with a few Other Officers, were present., A guard of honer ckosen. ° from among 'fellow ilightLsergeants of the dead pilots wes to attend, but air and Toad conditions-prevened this. It Ivas pannIr tkittliffeA.11Son'boritib-- ' ing 'planes.front, the Navigation fachool should ibe theref to pay. their lest Te- apects from the ekie.e, but tithe too, had to be -cancelled when 'the Storm • grounded- all masfleines. • Full MilitarYllollorie • However, full military henore were paid decealed by the Royal Canadian • ,Air Force at -Camp BOrde.n, with Flight - Lieut. E. H. Harston, ProteStant ehape lain at Camp Borden, aseistea by Squad - rob Leader J. B. .leradshavv, of Port Albert condueting the simple servieee, Today we are adding to our honor,. roll," said 1Fl1gh44ient.' HATIStell, ,`Sev,6n Young men who came from the-Mether Country to .fit themielves for their place in the defence of their homeland and Civilization. They lost their liVee in a ctlyieg itecidene.-___ When they eenlisted they dedieited 'their all in the great cause, and their.- ell .was fiquired of them. 4`lt Is natural that there is .sorrow in • (Mrhearts today, but is Mixed strange gladmess•ithat eatee out it the - (knowledge that here are seven men, ottt ofethousands, who count not their lives dear unto themselves that freedom may -Let it mot disturb any Of -yen that death has takenthem away, Me cannot setIthe value of a man's life. ,Sacrifiee and service Was in their hearts. Because that was so it. gives is courage, strength and' conAdence that • ,We will eomplete_, the task, and when -it is- finiehedeltewill bring. us corn - BOOKS'. FOR SOLDIERS • • CLOTHING- VOA REIFIIGEES The Imperial Oil broa,deaet of Saturday's' March 1.0th, Included au an- pouncement on hehalf of the Imperial ,Order of Daughters of .the Ilmpire te ,aid them intheir, work of collecting. books for the men of the overgeaS Oght-- ing, forces And ,new clothing for British war refugeee. Arrangeraente'lnive been -Made eewherebt new- eelothipere---new .knitted gap:mate,' new blankets, used Or new books may be left, et the Imperial Oil serrviee stations Inleiredereeel and wIR be forwarded be the Aluneek Chapter, to national head - +quarters for ,distribation. A JOB. FOR THE PLUMBER A, call in 'the hot water system of A furnace 'le the home of'‘Oharlee .AuSter- berry, 'Horton street, 'blew out an Mon - 'day morning, tensing consideeable ex- ,ditement. We. Austerberrje who was selone ,the laeuee at the time, on hearing the explosion and seeingethe steam and ,eoalrncluet, rising from the eellar called, the fire brigade 'in tO aetiOn. The fireMensoon discovered the cause of the explosion and, seeing there was zio fire threatening, PromlitlY: turned the job ()ever to the pluntber. Ashes and eoal-dust were spewed about the door and walls of the. eellar, and there Was minor damage to the furnace structure. It is belleVed that the pipe carrying th 'Cold water to the furnace had, be- eome plugged, eausing a congestion .of steam in the boiler which lelew out the coil. way, The Other droPped like a great wounded bird behind his barn.„ -at- the Loot of a eilgett hill. • _ „ lNne-Explosion'e-No-Fire ' The , yellow plane- struck the 'ear& with; such force that some people thought it had. exploded. The snow- eioud which rose like smoke ..1.frOm the iniptiet -added to this illusion; ever, in the wreckage of neither plane ',WAS there a trace ofexplo,si'on or fire. Down at his gate collecting ,WS mail, -Gunners= .not only sa.*0 , the collision in the air almost above him, but -was the -closest witnees of, the resUltairt crashes. t daezling eun :Was sng., • Glitet nerson was just' stalling; up„ the steep 200-foet incline to his briek homestead vhenehe-saw the two -bombers Bering," he judge(b about. 1,000, 'feet up,, Almost eide by side: • V. • Although -the; air had been full ef planes all day, some from. Goderich and soine frain.10anip 13telierrlie looked ix , at these two. -The eim was *eight in any eyes, AO dateled: Me.," he said. -I ihadi scarcely turned 'nay eyes OA them when,, it seemeltto.,me; the .yellevv one plunged into.the tail of the other one, from the sicie:and,partjy. Underneath. - "It -sounded just like an explosion, but it waS only the crash, for there was no flaSh. After that mY eyes were rivet - ted on the yellow plane, It s.piralled for, a, fe.silitseeonds,. seemed to fort that w&have done ..the work .they- retreighten out for a 'short space, and then plunged over in the east field, acros$, the highway in. front of me. - It =just' -seemed'to.blow to piece*ben it hif. the 'ground. ' Twisting in Crazy,Fashion • , "1 had caught just one glance of the ether plane twisting in erazY fashion as it -dropped behind the bameebut I d tti reed towards the yellow_one, -and didn't see what happened to the second one. . • ,`-`1 ran to the highway toward the Yellow plene-1 Vaved to a car•conaing up the road. I reeeknized Les Holmes, the (Driver. Iaslred him whether he had seen the plane drop, but he said he. hadn't. Ills, wife, sitting- beside him, had seen pieces, of the pla.ne fiyingeg5 •feet in the air, and the enow-dust, and had thought a farmer had been blasting tree etunips till I Pointed to the shredded wreckage. Ile turned his ear and .inehed back to tO.W11 tor help,. . , . eI ram on to the field, and...other 'neighbors were also coming, Dr. Judge, the eoroner, who- caine feent Bradford late ie said the men 'levee 'would have known what happened." : , . - :Neighbors, Come Iimuntag' ....tunningeifrom.' his h,ouse ebout a quarter of a mile. down the toad.: 'When: he saw the fate �f the men in the yellow plane,- we rari up the driveway and behitid the 'barn. Others *ere everting that way. -from the town and from. cars. 1Ve saw thepther heap of wrec)cage, down the slope. Webb saitl the erash had staken,his houseti quarter ofea- mile away", and eounde'd as if ft gen, had gone off. "When we arriVed at the other plane, etleil had just got out thetwo men who- vvere still alive. 'One 'fff the men, the Ing to;Canada.. Ile was in hie early one still conscious, mid they had never thirties, seen the plane before the eollision," Sergeant J. ,0,Ev11, pilot of the other In point of lives lest and material leS4* bomber, joined the two eears the erash IS the worst einee the Com- e , nt-.7 Ile was tirk, inonevealth Training Plan Was insti- . . had no tuted In Canada. IaSt Year. y his Ministerial Stateinent : 0, In the House 'of 'Conti/left at Ottawa In on Friday, Ilan. O. .G. ,Power,.`kinister in- of Natibnal. Defence for Air, meicing a e- formal etatement with reference to .g, 4 three air eeelderite the previous day, record said vvitV regard to the one in which sole sur- men from Port Albert lost their lives : Proving in "Two Anson* alicrAft, took off *at a. metro Dital't ro. At Art fifteen minute.:Interval on separate exer- tho ght to be broken; but eises approximately ineth&vaine direc- lwen confirroed. - lion. site weather ' was Slea.r every - "Was Manned by a pilot, .where, They -Caine into .collision, and navigator, e, inner and wireless oper- It aPpeareone knocked the,eall of the atoretheietter three students. It poste ether and both aireraft erashed out of $80,000 toehuild an Aneon bomber, i eontrol. The aireraf,t Were flown by ie stated- eXperieneed staff pilote, Seven of the The machines, one yellowt the ()thee eceuPants of the two .Ansons Were camouflaged+, droPPed on the 110aere killed and the wirelese •operator, the farm! of Robert- feunnereon, tiorth, of only' one ;to eurvive, Was eerlousty in - Bond !Tread, fifty teres ,of which are Jared. errata evidence at hatid it is ,eafit ef No 24 highway and aixty.s-rcTst. 'cousidterad that they may have been .One dived with the forte and noise of bliiitled by the sae on a turn.. Why bOntb in full ,sight of Ounnereon's they.eviire at the scene place and height $rout lioor, in a item efiat Of the high- ie unknown," started out to do.1, , After the service, the seven ensign. draped caskets were • placed on two R.C.A,F. trueke and the cortege pro- ceeded to the cemetery where Squadron Leader J. B. Bradshaw had eharge of ' the committal seridoe.' • News_eeeAeefdent -Received Authors that two Avro-Ansen bemb- ers from -Tort Albert h,aelf crast.ed in .mid-air far fron2 their •borne airport spread quickly around Goderielr in mid- afternoon lest Thursday, but it-' was not until late at night that it public statement listing the dead was issued by ,Squadron /Leader E. E. Vieille, acting 0.0. during the illness of Group Cap-; • tain P. D. Robertson. there were quite a number of 'planes from Port Albert in :the air that day-a,nd much aecking had to be dope before relativeg..ie England 'could be cabled'and a statement issued to the press, At Port Albert it as gated' that none " of the airmen killed was e newcomer - to the camil Somelead been here since November. The latest aerie -al reacheth the cameein January-' ' Flight -Sergeant Dothswoith, a steff pilot, was a era& flyer with math ex.! _perletime...„...He. (=tete...the -Navigation sellool. in the !first week- ef December and had quite number' of 'civilian friends III Goderich *hem he vfisited often. Ile liad ,tolif them, that he joined the R.A.P. When lie„ waS'sixtee, nyears of age and Wel .fought duting 'the Arab riots in Mdeopotainia and e also , had seen serviee In India andeEgypt. :His wife and year-old baby. in England wete to come te Oarieda in April and he heel spent some Mite trying to locate living - quarters. lie lied flown over -Ontario on training trips manYeimes sinee, eoni- ago, efefor,e ever"lb bis early ti4, t ,e family. Ue :, 444 fe11ow,-01, aollef ^ k' earcliiiie;3 r °that vie* , Ifoial V r his bat* w Ole has ii. Erich''p•lAn tric Combining The Goderich Signal and The Goderich Star Warden Leiper's Challenge to Perth 'New Hat Viragered on Issue of the War Services Campaign , James Leiner, Waran of Huron (County, bee iesned a fehallenge to Doe... - aid MeCallum, Warden of Pe,rth, that Huron Coinity will subscribe !It larger pereerttage over its queta than Pertly .Ceinety ill the war seevicee campaign which emees fon '.1e,fe.mh 24. Jheeprize:, Will be it ,tiew hatefer the ,.evife Of the, Winning Warden. • " Warden eller made 'ItiS challenge at :- an enthusiastic Meetingein the interests of the war eervices Campaign In Huron held at Clinton on Friday night d • The eardixagmeinee-Hurcine.4111*be Unique • leasmuch as produce oteatla 'will b aecepted, 4 special agridultural feenunittee of the exeeutivebeaddby j. 0. Shearer, agrietiltural represent-, -feature of the campaign. a.tiVe, has •been eek .to this e -Mr. Shearer announced that already hehaS;h44, a goat offered. Enthusiasm Tan high and befterkthe meethig broke. up Hugh '11111„eet Colborne, • offered a grade Guernsey heifer ealf, and Reeve ;Fred Wetson, of Stanley, five ,bnishels, of beans. , • The :Western -Foundry at Wingham has ,agreed. to take all scrap metal of- fered the Enron war services campaign. They will nse all the sem) iton. they •ean get and will Mid it inarket for any, other metal with the exception of tin The ,Oliiitcm Pipe and played patri- otic airs Outside and the Meeting opened with R:-Heimeereteting--forethe- Mayor of Clinton, in the 3. D., Thomas. explained the purposes a the eampaigai, and announeedt that ethe quota for Itercin'eQountY is $20,000. A inbiute's silence was observed hi memory of the seven airmen from leir, `NavigatidneScliool. 31, at Port Albprt,- wha lest their lives when two, planes crashed last week' at Ilona Head. - Andy Ley, tepresenting the Y.11.04. at Sky Harbor and the Ai NaVigation School, told of ithe work of the various services, Salvation Army, Canadian Legion, Xvights of Columbus, T.W.C.A.;, and He introduced three..Boyal Air Force officers Of Port Albert, Flt Lt iBurbridge,, Flying 02- Jficer Wients and Pilot Officer Glover, • *' • ,Itlayor" E. D. .Brown, of Goderich, made -a, vigorobs appeal and Brigadier Ritchie :and Major Flinnigan of, the iSaleation ArlaYq at Louden,- spoke briefly: ' At Wingham kekt Sunday morning the Canadian Legion, the 99th- Battery and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the legion' will parade to the,Angliean church for a special service. ° . • Local eliair.men arranged to, da te are as 01.10WS : , , Zone 1--Belgrave, C. R. Cortlies; •Turnberry, Pryde; . West Morris; 'East Grey and Brussels, BJ. Bowman. Zone 2 -Ashfield, Alex. MeBbnald ; Thona ; East Wawa - 'nosh; Raymond Redmond; West Wawa-. nosh; Thomas (Webster; •C4Oderiela tOWn- ship, Ben Itathwell; ,Goder.ich town, E. 0. Attridge. Zone 3--Hullett, Ross ',NleGregor ; Clinton, W. S. R. Holmes; Seaforth, Father T. P.. Hussey; MKil1oD, Gordon MeGavin; Tuckerstnith, S. H. Whit - mere ; Blyth," •W': �1. Morritt. ;Lee& Committee Meets • . "If the „ people hi .the front -rine in Britain eanlate it, so can wee' seemed to etnn. up the spirit of the members of the commit -fee in cherge of the fotth- eoniing efunr*paign 'fothe Canadian War !Services Fund when they met in the Legion rooms to Organize the '.11x -in - one" drive in Goderich. Many of them have been active.in live or six different campaigns...since the War started, but - es C'‘.lf.airraftn Cecil Attridge remarked, ,tir men in the planes, :on the ships' and in the treieing camps dole't act 'dowel. 'For them the war le always on. The lot of 'team captales and of can- vassers here at home, .£t•S he 'reinindd, e the gathering, is 'very :much easier. Thomds, chnirman of the -Huron Comity committee, was present and advised' the Meeting that the quota set for eGoderieh Is omit $250(e; a sum which, he felt, ought to 'be collected nasily Gederfeli' 7e6. the active support of the Canadian Legion and of the 'Salvation ,Arm, the tWo 'bodleS taking pert in the drive who a.re most prominently represented in Goderieh. it. was also decided to Ask the assistance of members of the Maple Leaf and Alameek Chapters of the„1.0.1).E, as eanyassers, although it, has been made ,elette by, these bodies that the _request foe funds from this public source has emeeeonly from the chapters of the in the four Western •Provinces Canada. A notice a the drive will 'be rim nightly on the:screen at theerapital Theetrel the use ofetheethefttre on Sunday es,V`ellinge-Mareli 30th,, hag,. been granted ireete.,MreJle J. Sutherland, the proprieffeeeefokee,eptiblie meeting.. An effort Is ibeing to geoure the eetwicee of it prominent elpeaker for that night, There will also be n general program, the detAileeof whieli have not yet beep Worked Aut. Ileadolprters at Legion Rooms' Braneh 14) of the Canadian: Legion have effered their roome ,head- quartere for the drive. It isleoped that enough exPlanatory pamphlets .eart be ekeured from hqu eadarters' In Toronto in to eke It possible t� distribute one to eaCh,liouse In town., Volunteer eau- vassere are requested to tet in touch r, llYDRO, Power will be. off Sunday next from 1 to 5 p.ni. I, BOREAS PLAYS A IOICE One Geller/eh merchant has had proof .of • the. truth .of the old axiom "We an ill wind' that blows nobody good." The Merchant in question, ven- tured out In the ertawsterm on Mon" day Morning to pay a business call an a clieut In M1ifield townehip, On itie re- turn to Goderieh, via the Blue Water highwey, hie* car :beetune stuek in snow, drift, Ne matter 110* he, at- tempted tit elutelt - the drift the ear -wouldn't budge.-- Igre Busineesenan---got. out of his ear and made his way to the nearest: (farmhouse seeking help. -The genial farmer, knowing the mer- chaet well, would do nothing until Mr. 13usineesinan had a goodesquare meal under iiis belt, Then be went out to • -bhe barn, harnessed his,,besVteame and the two Menmade their way to the car. La and behold, the ear was -stand- leg en the middle of a .bare stretch of road., During the time the mete had been eating their meal and harnessing the horses, the wind had shifted and blown that, stretcheof road clea.h. • as a whistle, liberating the automobile. The merchant: climbed eheepisitly into the car, thanked the farmer for his tro3.4ble, and drove ofe. The farmer eyed the merchant quizzically for a ,moment, heaved a sigh of Wonderment,- and headed back to thebarn with the horses: Week's Storm Was a Ripsnorter .1Trahis.-Inoo"kedylligh*ay.---TrAo. • Stopped 'by Worst Mow of the SEtstr4 OlcleVait Winter, it Is sincerely hoed, delivered his last kick of the season on IlIonday-ana,TrresdaY of this 'keel{ when a blizzard, the Winter's woret, tied up motor traftie in and out a Goderich for thirty hours,' caused' cancellation Of bus services and even stalled ''.Godericle bound trains. • Fromeld noon on Monday until the evening Meal hour, on Tuesday a nerth. oenorthwest.galeeblew,efe Lake- Huron SITOW 'tailing, visibility was acticallyniL Motorists were warned. to stay otf the highways arid with very few exceptions they 'stayed off. Monday,afternoon's hue,frozia _Strat- ford toe-Goderich was stalled in drifts between *Dublin and St. •Columban and the afternoon's bus to Stratfordwas cancelled, as was Tuesday morning's. It was .the firet• bus*Cancellation this, winter. ' " Monday's 0.N.R.passenger train ffrom..Toronto, due here at 12.0; noon: did not arrive until 8 p.m. With thirty-. dye iGoderieh pastengers, many of them retu.rning from .weeleendleaver the train was stalled six hours in a snowdrift two miles west of ,Dublin. A 'snowplow- which eame -to its rescue fretn IStratford jumped the tracks, .buelre ing the drifts and in turn it had -to fie rescued by 'the auxiliary.- -All this took -time. The train was -finally pulled back, to ‘Dttiblin afid sidetraeked to permit the iploW to pass. The train reached here pulled, by two locomotives behind the ifilow: It was 2.3d in the morning be- fore Jthe evening train readhed Goderich from Toronto. It, too, bore many week - °nag's.. On Tuesday the town went ithou.temerning aewpapwhentlin to -Wingham .train was- e celled and No.. 4 highwoiw4.s blocked.. Rural mail service was practically. nil fdr twodays--.Monday. and Tuesday. Profiting Mem ititer's experience, all 'County and Provingial snowplows 'were called in Shortly after the storm broke on Monday. It was impassible for the operator to seeewhere he was going and roads filled -in as fast as ;they 'were plowed 'out. They were not sent out again until late on Tuesday and at time of writing are still out. ° The snowfallin the Goderich area was light, but even so (mats in the high- .Wity.S were drifted in level with their banks. T.he Stratford, Dublin, Brussels, fW in,ham Rh th Ifacknow, Amberley and 'Kincardine areas, ,however, were deluged. with &tiovi. Only .1aSt night 'wits No. 4 highwaynorth of 'Blyth, opened. It defied ordinary snewplows. ---Aieerurelescheage. eeNTorthellurote and sortie in tlie"sauth were-Cddeed on Monday And Ttiestley. The Bine Water highway from Port Albert to Sarnia 'fared best, It .Was swebt nearly clean by the wind.. • with the _captains responsible for the obileetion in their district, it list of whom Appeared last week. It is 'whited out.that it eo,utrilption of onle $2.10 per family on the avelage in ,Goderieh will make up the Whole toWn quota, but it IS hoped that 'this will be greatly ceeded. The funds will be Used for the fight- ing men only, to supply them with eduatithreal' faeilitiee, recreation, tem- -fortable 'hiedels„ in .Landon and other ncentree, and 'eanteene Where they maY Purchase all t‘htise things which are not a regular artily issue and without which army life le dtill And routine. Not one of.the various bodice participial - Ing in the drive, namely., the Ciamulian Legion, the Y.1.1.04., the Salvation Army, the ICnighte of noltimbus, the YW.C.A. pet the 1:0.D.11., leeellowed to operate eanteens for profit itt this war. the last war this' wan 410110 ttrid eoneiderable dissatisfaction re- sulted. ,7» the present war all profits froin any eanteen Tecreational ace tivities go (Meetly ,baolt to' the men through a carefully worked' out igan which ha S the an tion of the Depart- . pent of National lletenee and: of ell the orgenizatione eoneetned. Ae eon' as-eirrangelinent,,i' for Iheatre nieht havebeen completed the lecogram Willr be announced. A Iarge Militant ie hoped fore ae an inteeesting and In- etruetiee evening Is said to be in prospeet. , County Celebration Set for June 256 Big Dara Prosram to Inottide Historical Parade, Sports and Banquet • Wednesday., June 2,:5th, has been de- finitely Set As the date 'of an all -day, county -wide -eelebratiort to be held In Goderich to Mark,' the hundredth an- niversaryof the incorperation of Huron CouittV This action was taken ',last etigut at a meetlegefetheecentennial-pontinittee-0 the °Quieter ipetniell, which Is in eharge of the event. ' While' the program Is still very much in the ,,raw, it is taking shape. There is to be an historical -parade' afternaim sports, *and, a big banquetat whieli all _living members and ex -members of the :Count Colmeli are to be present. It „ii 'expected that nearly four hundred guests will be addressed by prominent speakere, yet to be chosen. • Tree planting is to play its part in, marking -the event, Th. IsWill -take Place at 411 'schools in thei‘connty 'at an earlier date. This feature is. in eharge of E. 0. Beeteffin• school Inspect". Advances made in agriculture, in- dustry, transportation, ,etc., *down through the passing years Will be de- pictectin the historical parade and ex- hibition. Mani "antiques," long hid - lien from view,have already been of - 'fend to the eominittee7of 'WhIPth Sheareris chairman, They are to be dusted off . and put • on public' View. Strides made in science and in human activity ever one hundred years -from the scythe to the reaper to the binder to ,the carabine, fcht instance ---will be IS eenleetedeehete.wifl .be - a bigdisplayof farm machinery and implements,- past and present. Last night an old-time reaper was offered to the committee. They were thought to he be extinct. Progress in manufacturing and transportation also will be ' Chairman of theparade committee is H. T. Edwards; peblicity, A. Y. Me - Lean ; entertainment, .Nelsen • 1111; historical, G. L. ParsoitS; reception and decorations, George W. Schaefer; ,bancifie-t, A.. H. Erskine. There were twenty ,present at last night's meeting. Reeve R. E. Turner, littirnian 'Of the Centennial 'committee; resided. Others present were: Deputy eve W. J. Baker of Goderich, Deputy Reeve Gilbert Frayne of.Ashfield, 'Clerk ee. W. miller, Reeve Fred Watson of 'Stanley, *George-,' Laithwaite, j. c; 'Shearer, Viraedei japes Leiper, Reeve Morritt of. Bliyeh, A. Y. McLean of Seaforth, Wilmot Haacke, George Feagae, J. 11, Kinkead; Fe: C. Beacom, Nelson Hili, T. Re Pattersen,' Reeve Fred 'Livermore of Clinton, Andrew fRougele and 11. T. Edwards. The next meeting of the eonnnittee -will'be herd on, Mara 3Ist. FOUR INJURED IN • • .HIGHWAY ACCIDENT Mrs. A. B. Siurdrand .-.A.C. Thomas Laird o Port Albert, Given Hospital Treatment_ „ -- Four- personS-Vere 'injured' and others badly- shaken as a result of it ,double 'highway accident' which occurred on No. .8 highway, foutemiles 'east of Clinton, late Sunday after -mem. Mee, Sturdy, wife•Of. Lieet. Alfred R. „Stuede of theeElgin • Regiment,. is now resting at the home of -her father -in - mw, Mr, Harry Sturdy, West street, aperating_from_itither_extensive-in- juries-sustained in -the accident ' Lieut. and Mrs. Sturdy were return- ing to Toronto, where the Elgin Regi- ment is stationed; after Spending the week-eleieWitie Lieut. SturdY4eeperente in Goderich, and were proceeding east. As they topped a hill they. were met almost heed -on -by a ear driven by Mervyn Patton of Stratford, who was accompanied by A.C. Thomas Laird of the It.A.P. Stationed at Port Albert. A' blinding snowstorm rendered visibility. extremely poor •and this is believed to luiVe accounted for the drivers' • not seeing each • other approaching. Im- Mediate:1y atter the collision, a pees - ousel' has, driven ,bv lituSsel 'Ferguson of Mitehell- following the Sturdy or, crashed into -the Stranded, cars, throw- ing both vehlele,s to the sideof the road.. The bns by then out of Con- trol, landed in the fseittlf ditch, ,cif ,fhe ' Mrs. Sturdy and AR. Laird were the most seriously injured:- Both ,were removed to the ,Olinton hospital, where they ivere treated by Dr: Beattie of clinton. Mrs. Sturdy, who was rend- ered fineonscioue whoi thrown against the windshield of the car in which she was riding, _received head and faee bruleee abriteipes and bone in- juries in both her 'right wrist, and right ankle. A.,(1. Lairdwee knoeked IlhktillSe1011.4 and suStained 'serious head injurieS. Ike ;was removed from the lerepital. later in the .evening by the R.A.F. anibulence and taken . to the -Port Albert ,hoeidtal. ' ,Mre. Sturdy was removed froar the hospital on Monday and brought to 'Goderch. Lieut. Sturdy Was badly shaken and Meeived body bruises and head, lacer- ations. Ifiss 11. Iallary of Toronto was the„only one of seven buiefelies- ong-ere injured. She received head anti faceabraelons. Lieut. Sturdy and MisS- Mallory were given first Aid 'treatment and allowed to i)ontinue on Atheir journer.S. 130t11 passenger earwere extensively_ damaged and \AVM towed t i (Minton, garage for repairs. The bus was only slightly damaged and continued on its way: -•Tratifie Officer ,Fraelt To,vior f 011» - ton intestigated. PI.14:1IEB,, AT $r2'114RBOR Vileth.end Einetiou to WelcomeNew 8upercishig °Meer • An enjoyable dinner. wee heldiet Sky Harbor at the week-eud to welcome Vito- Lleut Ball, newly appointed, R.C.A.R. chiefSupervising oilicer at No. 12 Elenee'utitry School. Among those who eat dewy. were P.O. Ftteensburgeon and F..0."(iillespie, both of whom saw '$ervice with the air forte In the last wi Both were ilyeree but so great are the strides Made luavia- tion that they are again starting from scratch, learning all ever death, and are membere of the present ° claes of student pilots. They are the Ora eene- missioned wee to-trahrAteSky Harbor. Other guests were Fit -Lieut. Baoket Of Port eilbert, Col. Dunlop, Mayor Brown„ 3. D. Thomas, Warden -lames helper,. 'Rev, 0,4 J. Lane and George Schaefer. The directors of Huron. County Plying Training *School, Mesere, Douglas, Feegan, Wliyte, 11111, PrYde and Ilaackee were•hoste. There wae a brief toast list, F.O. Bali replying to the several 'messages of greeting to Sky -Barba. • Sky .1/arbor eltrale located atop a high', level windswept elevation, was busy .place on Monday when carpenters reeeived an emergency '•eall, tight storm doom were loosened from their binges and, small Panes, of glass were smashed by the action 01! the gale, but the staff hae ,become. *aeCuStomeAn_Jo these squalls by t „his time. • Captain (Dee) Brown., who has been raedlcal officer atiSkY Harbor &Mee the inception .of the sebool, Iele been trans- ferred 1St. Thomas. Capt., Brown, who preetised at- Stratford before join- ing the made -many friends in Goderich during inestay here, a-, kfti;f Al -though another class * graduates was ready, to leave Sky Harbor for a' service school this Week, the Ileparmre has been delayed. until -April lOth, owing to weather conditions and the pending spring break-up, .I.HOWeVer, the class liatfite full quota of flying hours on the record:- in fact, it was well ahead of schedule when the deadline was reached. ' C4RDIFF-KRAUTER At the Presbyterian manse, Clan: brook, orrSaturday, 'March 8th, Edythe Margaret,, elder daughter of. Mr. and ;ties. John Reauter,' Ethel, was united in marriage to Clarke Morrison Cardiff of 'Gtelerich, eon ef L. E. Cardiff, M.P., of Noeth.,Opron. Rev. J. Taylor of:. ficiated. The, young tOuple. Will reside in TGoderich 4.44. , REID-,LOGAN A pretty wedding took place on Sat- urday, March. 15th, at the home of Mr. end NTSjohn Login, „Brusselee when their • youngest daughter, ,14,aegueritte became the bride of -Mr. Douglas 0. Reid, B.S.A.., eldest son of Mr. and Iiirs; Si. D. Reid, of Drayton. Fowler Ofeleluevaleediecia ted. The wedding music was,,played byMrs. W. c. King, Miss Marie King singing 'tBecause" during 'the signing of the register. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a street -length dressof allure blue with corsage of -gardenias,- Iler sister, Mrs. A. SPald- ing, of St. Marys, , was the bride's at- tendant, wearing- na vY blue with earl ,sage of Talieman roses. Little Miss Jacqueline MiTerieh, niece of the bride, as .flower girl, wore*a 'dainty frock of yellow silk erepe with touches pt blue enibroiderran.d carried a nose- gay of pastel sweet peas. The bride- groom was assisted hy his brother, Lee,0„ Bob Reid, Goderich, A luncheon for the weddineepeety was ,eerved, after \vhicit theebrideeandebritlegroem- left amid showers of confetti for it short *honeymoon. ' • RELATIVE'S SOUGIIT information‘„Js 1ring ...sought as to any relatives a Miss Jennie. an ageir 116Vmaii, me:olivine' in Detroit Who formerly. liv4i,‘d in "Goder101 or in this distriet. Any Person establishing relationship.may ithul it to his, or her advantage. Apply at011(.4NAltelgAn Goderieb:' ,s ENGAGEMENT ANNOCNCED Mr. and Mrs.George jennet panounee the approaching marriage of , their daughter, Betty June, to Horece *elle Barrett, youngest on of •Mr. and Mrs. A. 0, Barrett, of Toronto, The eeeemony wihl take place in -Christ chur.cle Deer Park, Toronto, Easter Monday, Aprll 14th, at 7 o'clock. The. Reverend 'Canon, • Woeticeek, rector, will offiebite. 1111BOARD • OF TRADE' 'ANNUAL he femme meeting of' the letoderich ,Board of Trade will beheld on Tuesday evening hoNt, March 2th, In the dining - room , of the British Exchange Hotel, The-aneetffig-is ttrcognitelfeelit'S'irditieW and will conclude with it buffefliiikh; ' WANTED' • The Board of Tratle is still trying to secure accommodation .for airmen or others eonnected , with the service. Any citizen who can arrange to fent a house, or a few rooms, suitable for light housekeeping, is asked to get in touek with any member of the Board of 'Dade or send pareieulars direct to A. '• Wilkes„ of The Signal.Star. Please' state number of rooms, what conveniences, and also price expected. The tragedy of last ''weelc, when seven of the boys from one of the local airports lost their dives while on duty, shews the serious nature of the work in whielk these hoyS are engaged thy ,after day and night after night. Possibly there are some people who cannot; contribute to any of the financial mils whieh are necessarily being made for war purposes, but they might, with a Iittle inconvenience, be able to spare a few rooms 1,vhere an airman and his wife could live comfortably for a few months before returning. to the grim, realities of war, ' The nottriltof liade,appeals,to 'the patriotigin of fl4se .citizens to it.nd of, helping' What have you to offer in the form of sittomnualation? Clinton.Wingiuun Line to Be Closed Approval Given by Transport Commission of Pro d Abandonment WINGIIAM, Mamie 14. ' Municipal- Itiee 'bordering on the right -of -VAX trout ,Olinten Junction to WINO** , Junction, of the Civenedien Niktkoil Railways, Were disappOlta tatikr hear that the Board or TrauSport Co x4.1.1s.siono;s JP! cawlac have gl,Ten_ ap- proval of the -abitudonlitent of tbie section of the line, pert Of the 014 Lot - don, Huron & Bruce Railway. The Statement, as re/eased hy. J. A. Cross' • ebief eommiseiOner er ther Board of Transport Oemraissioners, reads as follow: "1.1Pairoheaingetheepulleation at the sittings of the board. bebi at 01.041eriell on Febniary aad. 11, 1941, in the presence of ouneel for and, represent- attres'ert-the applietuatee the TevenshiP of Hullett, Town of liringhani and ether munielpalities- affected, the Village of X-MeirnOW, flour mi'llers and the Post Office ,Ofdee Department, and What was al- it is ordered that tiM Abandon- ment of operation of part .of the al,. plicant'e, Exeter eubdivielon in the. Provinee of Ontario frone Ointon Juttee thee, mile 45.57, to Wingbren. Junctico, mile„ 08;50, a. total. distance of 22.0i*--. miles, each approval to be without pre- . J.udiee'to the rights Or remedies of Any, 'of the parties under agreement or ageeements between tiepin` any other court," No indication has been, given as .to when elie service will be discontinued definitely, .4141.011gleitZteednite, poesible. that it wihl bo eclOsed, "thin the .next :few weeks. • • Township Bonuses It is beii:v1"the inunicipalitk affected that the 'commissioners in re:- eerring to. "without: prejudice- to the riehteetneremediee•of any- of the parties are referring to the agreements ttween the ite\enships and tile railway under which the townstips granted lemes payments with agreements that . the tailWay must either keep up the.. =Away eerwiee or repay * the bonne .suins With interest at four per eent The "borruSes as listed in the nine - page statement of CoMMISSioner levies are as follows: Township : of nullette *25,660; TownShits' a, Bast Wawanosh, $25;000; TownshipofMorris, .$30,000; 7.3ownebile Turnberry, $5.0011, According to the'testimony'given at the`Godeidehelfearlegeone of-thenedet .seriously affected by the' abandonment of the 'hie ' will he: C. IL toultee„ of Belgrave, -wha is a drover And dealer in livestock, • Last year 1;0,e -hipped lgo earload-sof stock Own Belga -eve, The °caainrry4lissonIG-1111:sb'sulieginge'eesrtiel;Ithtatruatliecould, ship- ping from either Brussels or Winghara. • W. J. May, -district director of postal eerVice, ?London, is referred to in the • judgineut -asestatieg that a motor* vehicle service will have to be estab- to,furnisb service for the poste offices of IBelgraVe, Myth and Londeee, bore., The , eonaimseloners point out that le their estimetiop e reasonably adeiiiiate serViee 'can -Tie supplied by the iPostoffiee Department, . The statement makes reference to the faet that the operating. less for this * branch of the railway during 193/ wee , $5,877; in 1938 listed as *9,4681 , and in 1930 as $9,6131, M(ITOR. ACCIDENT inotaeteCideet eccurredeee Dunlop's hill, juet sontheof the C.P.R. subway, on I'riday afternoon la.st when a passenger' e'at driven by Lloyd „Boettger, of Monkton, was erushed • in between the R.Q.A.F. station .wagon from Sky Harbor andthe eaeterly em- bankment. The driver was unhurt, but the ear was extensively damegedon both eidee. Traffic Qfficer. Culp states that dleettger was proceeding north, well over to his right, when he met the truck, eoming south, its wheels in deep 1(0 ruts in the tentre efthe roed, The. truck driver was able to pull his front wheelout a -the ruts, but the rear wheels didnot respond and theemacIdne sideswiped the Iloettger ear, for which there was no eseape. Ille,hways men have since -Chopped ti.at the elangereue ruts. 'Only routine businese vvaS transtieted at the meeting of the Publie Commission on Thursday night lat. A letter from the Town Clerk eertitied, the appointment Chitties 0. Lee by the - Town Connell '0.a member of the 'COM - mission, for the years 1941 and 1042, in the place -Of the late E._ It W.t.gle, .and Ur. Lee took ,his seat, , The 1I.E.P.C. power hill for Febraare was $3,815,31. ALGOMA S. S. APPOlisITMENTS • Capt. M. A, Livingetone, • veterae Great Lakes skipper, will be on the bridge of the Algoma tee1 freighter Algocen when de clears, the upper lakes for the eeaeon. Engineer on the.,ebiP will he A. M. ek,Ieleatese. V.Yept.eLevinee peeve liasAairk thelaizeg since the &eye .of the. old paddlewheel ships ,on, the. loWo. St. Ixtwrence. 0the1 Algom,1.. appointments are: Algesteel, 'Capt., M. A. Lougheed, Engineer T. Myler; A1go- IVQ.A1(+Apt. Jame.s Sytkee, Engineer 5, It 'Wheeler ; Algosoo, Capt., A. II. Illaek- wen, 'Engineer 4). A. McConnell; Algc- rail, Capt. Charles Bteitty and Engiuterli al. C. Peenon.,. , n THE WEATIIEle The temperatures for the past .weck and for the eorresposeline- week laee year, as officially recorded, were te3 fellows: 1041 1910 Mate; lthe. °Mae. Min. Thenee March 1 35 14 32 14 Fri., ,'efareli 14 ,.:t8 2. 31 21'; Sat, Mareh .13 .lq29 28 22 San., Mardi 10 ...3# 1),‘.. .32 22 Mon., Mewl 17 e18 ThAO ii$1 Tue, Marv% 18 ..t2 111 ,Ifarch 19 .3.119 37, 27