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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-01-20, Page 136, ,,,,,„ /"h ''t 1A k 1 STANDARD SIZES The Consumerb' Association of Canada is presently .urging . ex- tension of standard sizing regula- tions to :inelude adults. CAC is an independent, non-profit, non- government organization with headquarters at 100 Glouster Street, Ottawa, K2P OA4 Eleven workshops throughout Ontario are part of the organiza- tion which The Ability, Fund (March of Dimes) uses to rehabilitate disabled adults, training them to do work, helping them to gain confidence and self- respect and assisting them to- wards independence. 0 Kites used an Most people would be surprised to learn that the story of airmail goes back nearly 200 years ---long before the days of aeroplanes. The first official British airmail service was inaugurated 60 years ago, when a series of flights was made between London and Wind- sor as part of the celebrations marking the coronation of King George V, but long before that date unofficial attempts had been made to carry mail by air. In May 1807, for example, Ad; miral Cochrane, the Earl of Dun- a 180T to transmit messages donald, transmitted messages from the British lines to the French during the Peninsular campaign by means of kites. Carrier pigeons have been used since time immemorial and it was by means of "pigeorlgrams" that Rothchild is said to have learned the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo three days before the news broke in London, thus en- abling him to buy shares on the London stock market and take a tremendous profit when they rocketed in value after the vic- tory was officially annou ed. The Montgolfier Brothers made their first balloon ascent in November 1782 and the balloon- ing craze swiftly spread over Europe. In September 1784 Vin- cent Lunardi made the first as- cent in England and dropped three letters over the side. One of these was found near the mile- stone on Northaw Common near London and posted back to Lun- ardi by the finder. It became customary for balloonists to drop letters and numerous . examples of this unofficial airmail have been recorded+ The first attempt in Britain to carry mail by balloon on a large scale was made on October 6, 1870, barely a fortnight after a balloon post was organized from Paris during the Franco- Prussian War. On this occasion an unmanned balloon was'launched from Lon - .don's Crystal Palace during a fireworks display and subse- quently' recovered at Acrise Farm near Folkestone, Kent. 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Lower main 'fridge' has 9.8 cu. ft., lots of door storage, two dairy compartments, two 10 lit. porcelaitrispers, lift-otjt egg bucket, two full -width 10 -position shelves. Thinwall insulation means• com- pact outside size. Just choose your easy -care, decdr- matching acrylik.finish. 215 JOSEPHINE ST., PHONE 357-2600 postcards contained in the mail- bag were postmarked Hythe. Examples of these Crystal Palace cards are very rare and are highly prized as forerunners of British airmail. To celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII in August 1902 special postcards portraying the king and queen were despatched by balloon from Beckenham in Kent. Later that year cards were flown by balloon from Manches- ter to publicize a Lifeboat Saturn day. These souvenir postcards are now eagerly sought after by aerophilatelists. Flights by heavier-than=air machines took place in 'the Ed- wardian period but were poorly Publicized and left little in the way of distinctive souvenirs. The • first aviation .meeting took place at Blackpool in August 1910 when Claude Grahame -White carried despatches, by aeroplane from Lytham Hall to Squire's Gate. An air meeting . at Lanark the following week was marked by several picture postcards and mail was cancelled. by a post- mark inscribed Lanark Grand Stand. This postmark was nor- mally used for telegraphic pur- poses but postcards bearing it are regarded as among the greatest of British aviation rarities. A flying exhibition was staged by Grahame -White at Southport in June 1911 as part of the Coronation festivities and. various attractive labels were produced. The World's first official air- mail flight was made in India in February 1911 in connection with the United Provinces Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition at Allahabad and a special post- mark showing a monoplane was, used on souvenir mail. The flights were organized' by Captain (later Sir) Walter Wynd- ham who, later that year, was responsible for the London -Wind- sor flights. Between September 9 and 15. there were 16 flights and 926 pounds of correspondence was . carried. Various . souvenir postcards and envelopes, and dis- tinotive "Aerial Post" cancella- tions were produced. Although items from the 1911 -flights are not scarce, they are of enormous in- terest' to collectors since they represent the beginning of offi- cial airmail in Britain. Daddy of the Choke -bore For nearly a hundred years there's been a. running debate over who invented the choked shotgun barrel. Of men making the-claim,enorie is more proini- nent than Fred Kimble, late resi-. dent of Chillicothe, Illinois, arid . the teeming duck ponds of the old Illinois River bottoms. It's said that he cobbled up (he first choked shotgun barrel by re- boring Civil War musket barrels in about 1868, in Charley Stock's .gun shop in Peoria. -Once his idea ' had been proven, Kimble hada .choked single -barrel gun built for him by Joseph.Tonks of Boston. It was a muzzle -loader, and Kimble claimed that it would put its en - .tire charge into a 26-ir.eh circle at 40 yards. BV comparison, his open -bored guns threw a pattern 412 feet wide at 40 yards. Continuing his tests, Kimble developed "the most deadly shot- gun ever made.".It was a single - barrel six gauge that burned six drams of powder at a whack 'and threw 11 ..ounces of No. 3 shot. He claimed it would shoot `through an inch board at 40 yards. With such guns," he -wreaked havoc; in the duck marshes; he once killed 203 mallards with 203 shots. in a, single day. It was just one hundred years ago that Kimble entered his first trapshoot, the Illinois State Event in Chicago, 'using a muzzle - loading single barrel. The targets were live pigeons, and at ; the shootoff only Kimble and the great Captain Bo'gdrd,us re- mained ---tied with 20 straight birds at 31 yards, Bogardus final- ° ly called it quits and suggested that they split the purse. As a footnote 'to all this, it's been reported -that Fred Kimble was also the inventor of the first clay target as well as t'he .trap that threw 0 Maybe so, maybe not. But whether Kimble did or didn't in- vent choke bores and clay birds, 'lie sure ktiew how to use 'em. Bridge results - The 'Howell system was used. First , J. A. Crawford and Mrs. J. Langridge. second, Mrs. W. Henry and Mrs. F. Forgie; third, Mrs. D. B. Porter and Farrish Moffat. The Ability Fund (March' of ,, Dimes) rehabilitates disabled adults by finding, thenl',suitable work, not because it turns an economic ex,ense, into an economic ('00' ribut 1011 but. it does. The 1Qlingham Advance-Tirnes, Thursday, January 20, 1972—Page 5 AIRMAIL 1911 -STYLE. Britains' • first official airmail ser- vice between London and Windsor marked the coronation celebrations of King George V. Various philatelic items were produced and are of great interest to collectors. More than 900 lbs. of mail was carried in this primitive fashion on the 16 flights. Strikes and Spares WEDNESDAY LADIES' Team scores ace quickly soaring. Sharon's SnJets have jumped into first place with 75, leaving Joyce's Black Panthers with 73. Lyla's Olympics are slipping down to 70; Shirley's Skiroule 60; Louise's Moto -Ski 58; Jean's Arctic Cats 49. High single, Diane English 288; high triple, Verna Steffler 710. a Games over 200 this week are looking -up: Diane English 288; Mary Campbell 246, 218; Sharon Skinn 246; Verna Steffler 243; Shirley Sallows 230'; Beth Skinn and Ruby MacLennan tied with 225; Joyce Gaunt 223, 220; Jean King .223 and 232; Ruth Ann Readrrlan 218; Edna Mae Arm- strong 215; Nora Finnigan 210; Bea Shropshall 204, THURSDAY MIXED The teams are really fighting to see who can chalk up the most poitt'ts. Elda's Eggheads remain on top with 61 points. Aantje's Up - N -Atoms have. 60 for second, Gwen's Go -Getters 59 and Fran =s Frumps also' 59. Pa't's Panties follow with 50 and Gail's Goon's are still trying with 41. u The 200 games were plentiful with Pat Fryfogle 207 and 204, Murray Gerrie 208, Bill Stapleton 209,' Elda' Nethery 200, Barry Fryfogle 203, 248 and 286, Emma Deyell`217, Gwen MacLaura2 280, 241 and 207, Dbn Montgomery 264, .Marg Moffat 201 and 225,.. Pat, Brenzil.208, Keith Pletch 246, Bruce Machan' 203, Gary Brenzil 216 and 213, Harvey Ballagh 220, Perrie Holmes' 216. The ladies' high single and triple were again taken by Gwen MacLaurin with • a 280 and 728. Barry Fryfogle came up with the men's high single of 286 and triple of 737. Many thanks -to spares Bill Stapleton, Bill .M'ontgom'ery,. Marg Moffat, Mildred and Murray Taylor. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE All the teams seem to be forg- ing ahead except the Newfies who are in a bad slump. The standings now are Boxers 63; Mutts 56; Re- trievers 55; Collies 49; Newfie's 46 and Beagles 41. High singles and triples were again taken by Rose Grove with 259, Joyce Gaunt 623, Harley Gaunt with 290 and 662. Thanks to spares Jeanette Scott, Carl Ricker, Wes Sim- mons, Ross Hastings and Jack Tervit. LEGION AUXILIARY DorisRemington rolled the high singe of 237 for the Legion Ladies' Auxiliary; runner-up was Lila Hickey with 233. - Mrs; Hickey had the 606 high triple with,, Norma Strong her runner-up with 596. The Coffee Crisps are leading with 52 points, nine points ahead .of the Snack Bars who have 43. The Smarties have 35 and. the Sweet Maries are sweet enough to let everyone else- have her way ; they trail with 24 points, sF;\i(1R 1,ADiF:S Mrs. Laura Gowdy bowled the high angle of 171 on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Mary McKinney squeezed under the fence by a nose with 303 of a double, just surpassing by one point, Mrs. Mae Mitchell who bowled a 302 Watch these gals next xVeek' \1O1.ESWORTH LEAGUE Rose Marie Vandenberg, 215, 249; Mac Smith. 209; Joe Moore, 249, 205; Shirley Ross. .247„ 267; Veirna Bowen , 221; Alice Daniels, 220, 213, 217: Don,1cCannell, 200, 221, Alex- Ross, 211, 201; Bob Bremner, 206; Helen i'ulfen, 259; Gordon Matheson, 231; Doris Matheson, 255. GORRfE LEA(;t'F: Anita Harrison 206; Doug Fero guson '?36, 210; Waverly Goforth 224; llagh Hutchison 206; Mary Helen Thompson. 209; Clare Bur- chill 218, Bob Edgar 246, 236, Wilford l.atronico 247. ' FORDWICH MiXED LEAGUE Jack Schumacher, 250; Randy King, 272, 220; Mari Johnson, 230; Doug Bunker, 244, 215; Doug ' Browne, 210, Frank Annis, 227; Lorne Lambkin, 219, 214; Don • Bridge, 217; Dave Dinsmore, 242, 260, 212; Audrey 'Schumacher,' 230; Gerda King, 205; Pete Esk- ritt, 220; Bonnie Wilson, 208; Les Carter, 205; Joan Annis, 235; Joan McCann, 210, 227. Ladies' high single, Joan Annis, 235; ladies' high triple, Joan McCann, 626; men's high single, Randy _ King, 272; men's high triple, Dave Dinsmore, 714. Town mixed league: Florence Wilson, 208; Gordon .Angst, 206. % ROXETER BOWLING Dick deB,oer, 214, 222; Tharon Riley, 217; Jerry Timm, 206; Ji`in Taylor, 204; Phyllis .McMichael, 229, 217; Mike Newlon, 228, 202, 218; Ethelene Smith, 209; Alberta Newton, 212, 2b4; Jack Burns, 250; Shirley O'Beirn, 205; Wen- dell Stamper ,°'222, 201, 267. High triples Wendell Stamper, 690; Phyllis McMichael, 607: BARLEYCORN BbOTS Shoe sizes were orignally based on barleycorns, says the Canadian Consumer, official publication of the Consumers' _Association. In 1324, King Ed- ward II decreed that three. bar. leycorns from ,the centre of the ear of corn equalled one inch. It was found that 39 of them equalled the longest normal foot length. This is how size 13 shoes were born. Dog -gone . WHERE, 'ELSE? CAN YOU: • Find :' 'Avid Job Full Time 'or !'art Time. • Find A M ide Selection Of Items For Sale. • find 1 144.11 I',eiintcr, Carpenter �luvc l e.0 hcr, Tutor. Etc. • Find t. \,2,,r11% Home or part nr nt 1+. 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