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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-08-29, Page 4f GODERJCII SIGNAL -STAR et Fight Top ThrifI aef's Overseas Trip W02 'ttob Wtor4, of Maitland A.ir Cadet Squadron, Goderich, was one ad Canadian Air Cadets chosen tin an exchange visit to the United Xipgdom this summer. The ex- ege visit is the top reward an al. cadet may receive during his +'ming, lttob, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1M1, Wood, of Goderich, telis of 11na trip in the follotving article: Y 'departed' from Goderich on July 10 for RCAF Station, Lachine, Where I received a week of training before flying to the U.K. On July 1.6, we flew from Dorval Airport in a North Star to Golder. Newfound - a ad, where we refueled and then started the long exciting journey across the Atlantic to jolly old ]England HE CANT MAKE UP HIS MIND WHICH MU -K FROM Ah)RZ:W DAIRY HE LIKES BETTER. THEY'RE ALL SWELL i4 FOR:Your Fountain Favourites," W•VISIT Our Ice Cream Eier On the morning of July 17, we first set foot on English soil and were welcomed by Air Marshal Sir Douglas Nlacyaden, KCB, CBE. Our party remained ai London for the next the days, during which out escorting party revealed to us ail they could of the largest city in the world. We visited the House of Parliament. Westminster Abbey, I uckiz gharn Palace and saw the changing of the guards at Horse Guards' Parade Square. Having left many pleasant mem- ories behind in London, we con- tinued north on our trip to Bristol, Bath. Barnstable, Exeter and Ply- mouth. While touring these large cities we were billeted at private homes. This was our opportunity to live with the English and Study their way of life, which, very sur - 1)1.;.^ ii;l) . w a, similar to ours, ex- cept the daily break at 4 p.m. for tea. We s i'ited th$ Bristol Aircraft Co. and saw the complete construe- ' tion of he "Bristol Britannia," a beautiful aircraft, We found the ancient ienRomanbaths very inter- est-ne ari.i we toured the famous Buekland Abbey, home of the gal - Sir I`reecLs Drake. On the mo:•nuig of July 31, the Royal Air Force flew our party to bonnie Scotland. We landed at Turiihouse, which is a large airport just three miles from Edinburgh. t,eon arriving in Edinburgh, we Aired the city e ed enjoyed a free afternoon shopping. By bus we viewed the beautiful Scottish countryside on our way to Glasgow. In this industrial city we toured, the Rolls Royce plant and enjoyed e pleasant afternoon boating up the river Clyde. On. Auguet 3, we returned to England by plane and we spent a quiet week -end at Wallesey. On once more to Stratford -on -Avon, where we were,-guest.of the ,mayor of Stratford at Shakespeare's more outstanding plays. We continued on to the famous city of Oxford, where we enjoyed three very in- teresting days at Oxford Univers- ity. Wi were thrilled to visit Blen- heim Palace, birthplace of Sir Win- ston Churchill, It was the most branch Agent for CNR Money Orders � APPLIANCES ?'oua,FRIGIDAIRE ,2u,le., FORSALES d SERVICE GODERICH uw'tlwSQUARE ...1740.a.. 586 Shce Summer officially ends with Labor I)ay, the girls will be out on the beaches to get their last touch of tan—if the sins is shining. beautiful construction I had ever sein. The grounds were marvel- ous and all of us were amazed open seeing this wonderful palace. Still onward, back to London where we saw the number one band tattoo in the gigantic stadium at White City. Before leaving Lon - u, we joined the United. States, English, French, N o r w e g i a n, Swedish and Danish cadets for a big ,rally at White Waltham, where we displayed our precision drill before the RAF. On August 12, we flew to RCAF base, Baden Soellingen, -Germany, for the last three days of .our trip. During our stay in Germany, we visited -Baden----Baden -a- German city 28 miles from our own base. The Canadian pilots gave us a thrill .of a lifetime—a ride in a T-33 jet aircraft. On Wednesday, we left Germany behind, fly:rig to Prestwick, Scot- land, to Reykjavik, Iceland, to Goose Bay, Labrador, to Dorval Air- port, returning to Canada en Aug- ust 15. From there, _the cadets departed for their home towns. Each and every cadet will have left many friends and memories behind in the "Old Country" and all of us hope some day to return to that beautiful country where we spout the past month of our lives. 0 0 0 QUICK. CANADIAN QUIZ 1.In this century which British rncnarch has had the briefest reign? 2. In 1900 life insurance, in force in Canada averaged $80 per cap- ita. What is today's average life insurance investment? 3. Where in Canada are fish weigh- ing as much as 1,000 pounds taken by rod and reel? 4. What major Canadian manufac- turing industry dates back three centuries? 5. Federal income taxes take what proportion of annual corporation profits in Canada? a ANSWgRS: 5. Nearly half. For eeinvestment' in plant and equip- ment corporations retain less than one-quarter of their annual earn- isrgs. 3. Off Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, where -big bluefin tuna are caught. 1. Queen Victoria, who died on January 22, 1931, reigning only 22 days in this century. Primary textiles. Now a leading industry it was established in Que- bec by manufacture .of hainespun. 2. $1,780 per capita. SPEED CAUSED THIS FATAL ACCIDENT LOCATION: No. 10 Matiway, S el Crametaa. TIME: 11:25 pen. ROAD SURFACE: A4ha:t. Very grc3st1 L'il-3 of heavy do re& RESULT: Ytva iti:::',L. This Car was travelling south ata speed far trio 'high for the road surface condition. The cats ahedd signalled a left-hand turn, and pumped bis brakes to give additional warning because he had to wait for an oncoming ear before making his turn. The driver of the high speed car jammed on his brakes and the car went into a violent skid. It shot off the road, clipped a tree, then smashed head-on into another tree. Both the driver and his passenger were killed instantly. Before yo'u travel too fast for the road surface con- dition, remember this picture. it could happen to you. N?ARIO OCPARTMFNT OF TRA1 SPORT 21.7 OUT ON A LIMB WITH BILL SMILEY Every year, around our place, there's a regular three-ring circus over our holidays. We only take a lousy week, but it requires mare argument, planning and general chaos than most people would need - if they were taking a six -months' cruise to the moon in a sky -liner., 0 37 4 {? About June we receive a folder telling us at which particularly attractive place in the country a swank hotel has been foolish enough to accept the weekly edit- or's convention. This year it's in Banff. We look at the pictures wistfully, but shake our heads wise- ly at each other, and agree we can't afford it this year, what with Hugh's operation, Kim's operation, and last winter's coal bill still rid- ing around in my hip pocket like the Ghost of Christmas Past. k~ Around the middle of 'July, the Old Girl, out of a clear blue sky, says: "Bill, I have scarcely a thing to wear to the convention, if you have any idea of going." If I have any idea of gong. I haven't given it a thought. "Thought we decided not to go," I venture timidly. "Oh, I well," she says, "I can sit around 1 home and rot, just as well as you can." 0 '0 * A few weeks later, long after the deadline for getting in reserva- tions, train passes and everything, she asks: "Have you got the tickets yen?" .1 say: "I thought -we weren't" going, because we couldn't afford it." Acidly, she observes: "We can afford for you to buy a pack of cigarettes every day, 1 notice, and come trailing home with beer on Saturdays. We've been tnarried for more than ten years, and if you can't afford to take a little trip once in a blue moon. . . ." '0.0 0 M So I secretly go ahead and get everything arranged. Just `f'when I'm about to pop the big surprise, and have paid the registration fee, reserved sleeping accommodations cry the train, and have made a down payment on a big, hotel, she reinarkso- "I'm certainly glad we're not going to the convention this year. For one thing, we can't afford it. For another, what would we do with. the kids? That's the week Kim starts school, and I wouldn't miss that for any silly convention." r ' - Upshot of the whole nonsense, of -course, is that after I've been accused of criminal negligence, told 1 never think of anybody but myself, bullied into footing the bill for new clothes, and excoriated in turn for my poverty and extravag- ance, we catch the last- possible train, in a welter of recriminations, tears, lost gloves, and hastily kissed children. - the steam iron she lugged' across the continent, would take your breath away. You'd never know she got that Palm Beach tan out -al the clothes line. 9 0 0 0 You should hear me sitting around at the bull sessions, ex- chaa;•ing lies and po$npeitiea with the other editors. "Yas; I've cer- tainly gat tlw Towns Council scared of my editorials. The Mayor always astas me if it's Orli. before he spends any . s oney. Yas, made ten thousand last year. Expect to make twelve.this year. Yas, the labor problem is certainly a prob- lem. 3len in our shop aetually ex- pect holidays. Yas, we'll probably go to Europe next summer." 0 ri' o 0 Back home, of course, I'm scared of the Mayor, i made $2,400 last year and expect to make $2,200 this year, the boys in the back shop are loyal though -starving, and 1111 be -lucky to get to the Ex next summer, never mind Europe. How- ever, when you're sitting there with a hunch of other liars, smok- ing a public relations man's cigar and sipping an advertising agency's redeye, you tend to forget you haven't got your grocery hilt paid. 0 0 e Troublewith these convention trips is well-meaning friends. Just about the time we've decided it would be much smarter to pay the taxes instead, people start saying: "You're only young cii'ce, you 1 'riow" or "Enjoy life while you can." The Old Lady and I have backbones made of cotton wool when it comes to self-denial, so we look at each other, shrug fatalis- tically, and take off for the coi- vention, lebtalg the bailiffs fall where they may. 0 0 0 Of the 3,974,000 occupied dwel- lings in Canada at September, 1956, 2,685,000 were ovfiiiter-occupied. 4• k1 0 We always arrive at the convene 'tion a day later than anyone else, and have to' catch up. Catching up with a party is about as exhaust- ing and fruitless as trying to catch one of those four -Minute milers after you've given him a one- m:nute head start. ri: ' However, we thoroughly enjoy ourselves. Pushed deep into the background are demanding child- ren, the coal bill, the storm wind- ows, the ashes in the cellar, the music lessons, the editorial page, and all thoughts of "taking it easy this year at the convention, and hot spending so much money." '0 O 4 k0 instead, the innate millionaire in each of 'us rises to the top with the buoyancy of a balloon :ir a barrel of beer. You should see the casual air with which I toss the boy a quarter for shining my shoes, even though there's only a piece of cardboard between my foot and the giound. You should see the Duchess sweeping into that pre -dinner cock- tail party. Her hair, up in curlers for the last hour, would make a model weep with envy. Her dress, freshly pressed on the bottom of an upturned dresser drawer, with • Alcohol Education In Manitoba The youthful driver said he had Passing On Right r s��o� ��tcka�insoua ear until Another youthful driver, Paul Not Sanctioned Webb, of G'od:erieh, was fined $1.0 ByLaw As Ye Tra 1't c cu the Square was the subject of some interesting com- ments by Magistrate D. E. Holmes in court here last week. Slow-moving vehieles should stay on the side of Square thateks next to the stores, he said, bid Huey often choose the inside lane in- stead. Giving his interpretation of the law cu another matter, 'he stated, "I don't think cars have a right to pass on the right-hand side on the Square." Apparently legislation has been drafted to make passing on the right side legal, but it only comes into 'force on proclamation of the lieutciont-governor of the pro- vince. So far, no notice of the proclo natien has been received, said the magistrate. William Brown, 16, of' Port Al- bert, pleaded not guilty to careless driving on the Square, out he was fined $10 and costs. According to Constable L. Tneriault, of Gode- rich, the teen-ager was at the wheel of a car that was In collision with an auto driven by J. R. Mitchinson, of this town. The accident occurred on Friday, August 2, at about 9.3,0 p.m. The court was told that damage to Mitchinson's ear was estimated at $35, but there was no damage to � the Brown vehicle. The Mitchinson car had been proceed fig around the Square on the inside lane. The other auto carne onto the Square from Hamil- ton street and scraped the right rear fender of the first vehicle. Manitoba's new liquor policy is being watched with dismay by many. But in one particular the Manitoba Government could well be Imitated by Ontario. Although the total population of Manitoba is only 850,000, two- thirds that of Metropolitan Toron- to, an annual grant of $65,000 from taxes is made for the work of the provincial Alcoholism Research 'Foundation. In addition another $50,000 annually goes to the Mani- toba Committee on Alcohol Edu- cation. Moreever, the Manitoba Temperance Alliance is handed $30,000 each year for the purpose of alcohol education in the s hooli. The Ontario Temperance Feder- ation for years has consistently urged our government to set aside money for educational and reme- dial purposes. Surely from its huge liquor income the province could well afford to earmark at least two or three tinea the amoiint Set aside by Manitoba. To date there is very little Govern - 'merit sponsored alcohol education in Ontario schools. This advt. srponcorod by Th© Huron County Temperance, perance, Fed- eration. T Borrow where money service._. has improved with age When you borrow money, you want service that's backed by years of experience. That's why most people turn to HFC, providing a money service backed by 79 years' experience. At HFC, you receive prompt attention, friendly but businesslike efficiency, your money in one day, and your choice of repayment plans: Phone or visit HFC today. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE cci R. K. fitcf,,.,Monager 35A West Street, second floor, phone 1501 GODERICH, ONT. aunt costs or five days fox failing t/0 report an accident. Crown Attorney H. Glenn Hays said that a vehicle driven by the boy struck a fence on Blake street, between Hincks and Palmerston streets, at about midnight cn Sat- urday, August 10. Police estim- ated damages at $25 to the fence and $125 to the auto. o 0 0 One Week Of Fun At Western Fair An entire week of fun is coming your way September 9 to 14 at London's Western Fair, and it's all yours to enjoy. Western Fair has everything from blue ribbon livestock and the largest farm machinery show in Canada, to superlative grandstand shows, harness horse racing with betting privileges and the famous Conklin midway. A strip of two Western Fair advance admission tickets cost one dollar. These tickets give you six 111RIlfTii IM.Y, AUGU,( 29th, 1357 chanes on thrive beautiful cars. Only holders of advance tickets eligible for these draws, so buy them now 111 your owe home town. Write Western Fair, ]London for reserved grandstand seats. Even- ing .prises are $Z. i..U, , Please include 15 touts for ex change on cheques and stamped self-addre>sedi envelope. Western Fair --"Where trown and Country meet"—is your fair. En- joy it for the entire week. 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