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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-04-22, Page 13''TIUJRSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954 RCAF Personals. F/S and' Mrs: A Barnett and• -taone,accompanied by Mrs. 3. 'Ogsden and daughter spent East- er weekend: in New York City. 'Highlights of •the. trip included -the Easter_ Parade" on Fifth M- enne was .,a'tour of the magnifi- cent United Nations building and 'the. Statue o£ Liberty. Saturday -evening Ronald Barnett attended the Metropolitan House for the last; opera of the season, "l1 Trovatore", while the rest' of the party attended Radio City Music Hall for the Easter per- formance by the famous Rock- -,ettes. RCAF -Teams Are. Fairly Successful At Hockey Trials Distinction of being the only RCAF hockey team in Europe goes ' to the 'Flyers" of 3 (F) Wing, Zweibrucken, Germany. The Flyers have just wound up their first season with a whirl - `wind tour which took them through Germany, Austria, Swit- zerland and Italy, and saw them -whip European teams by margins of up to 12-1. Less fortunate was their en- • counter with the Swedish Olym- pic hockey team in Munich, where "the Swedes showed their strength ' with a 7-3 win. Their "roughest" game took -place at the little town of Chaux- de-Fonds in Switzerland, Here 'the stick -swinging kcal team forc- ed two of the Canadians to retire with head injuries. The RCAF • won the game 5-3. T T, 1,1, eCALL IN AND • .SEE US ABOUT `'YOUR PROBLEMS on: EAVESTROUGHING ELECTRICAL WIRING AIR-CONDITIONING GRAVITY WARM -AIR HEATING PLUMBING A FURNACE FOR EVERY JOB - 'WISE and BATEMAN Phone 147—Clinton A/V/M Kerr Visits RCAF Station For Annual Inspection Air Vice Marshall 3, , G. Kerr, CBE, AFC, CD, Air Officer Com- manding Training Command, visit- ed RCAF Station Clinton on Wed- nesday, April 14, for -his annual inspection of the station. Upon his arrival at the station he in- spected the guard of honour which was composed of airmen and NCO's• from the station. The AOC then made a tour of the station in the afternoon and later an informal cocktail party was held in his honour at the Of- ficers' Mess, and was attended by all ofthe officers on the station. A dinner was served in the Mess and was attended by A/V/M J. 'G. Kerr, G/C H. C. Ashdown, W/C B. G. Miller, S/L G. Bury, W/C E. J. Greenway, F/L J. T. Faulkner, S/L T. T. Arnold, S/L H. D. Ir- win, F/L 3. G. Fraser, Major D. J. Lake, USAF; Major E,•D. Fraser, F/L W. Johnston, F/L C. 11. Jen- sen, F/L J. A Warren, F/L R. E. Waldron and Lieut. P. Crosby. On Thursday A/V/M Kerr again. toured the station and also the Married Quarters area. CONSTANCE Miss Grace Riley is spending the weekend with Yvonne Ransom, Fergus. Church services will be on Day- light Saving Time on Sunday, at three o'clock. • Miss Yvonne Ransom, Fergus, is spending a few days at the home of Miss Grace. Riley. Mr. and Mrs. Borden Brown and daughters Joyce and Elaine, spent Easter Sunday visiting in Dur- ham. Mrs. Charles Dexter is in Strat- ford hospital. Her many friends will be pleased to know she is improving. ' Congratulations to Grace Riley and pupils of Summerhill school on winning two shields at the Hul- lett Music Festival. Doug Riley, Londesboro, who has been a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, for the last four weeks with a serious eye injury, returned home on Easter Sunday. Miss June Rodgers and pupils are to be congratulated on winning solo classes at the festival. Robert Philips won first in his solo class. Deanna Dale in class of girls und- er seven years, won first and Judy Thompson was the second winner in her class. The, pupils won sec- ond in the rhythm band class, In the recently -ended fiscal year CBC marked up a $2,563,118 de- ficit on TV operations; also a radio loss of something like $3,000,000. Commercial radio or TV couldn't operate that way long. 1 The Famous Marconi 1959 TV 17" MANTEL WITH WOOD CABINET For Only $199.00 Clinton Electric Shop PHONE 479 D. W. CORNISH "Your Westinghouse Dealer" CLINTON CLINTON NEWS -RECORD RCAF Firing .In Mid -Lake Huron PAGE 'NINE PORT ALBERT ow 11 WN1tt. ROC sOAE37- VILLE RICHMON VILLE DERICH `BAYFI'El.b FORESTER PORI' SANILAC LEXINGTON GRAND BEND LAKEPORT PORT HURON Fear For Fish in Lake Target Area Prompts Belated Protest to RCAF Joint use of a target area in Lake Huron by the RCAF Auxil- iary squadron at London and the United States Naval Reserve at Selfridge Field, was protested by the Sarnia Chamber of Com- merce and the South Huron Fish- ermens' Association, The target area is a 30 mile long, ten mile wide stretch of water extending from Kettle Point to Goderich. The range was established last October 1, on the International boundary. It was used only for light machine gunnery, according to an RCAF spokesman. There was no bombing practice in the area, Commercial shipping could go through the target zone by notifying the RCAF, it was stated. Further, the area was utilized only during daylight d li a ht ho urs. • The Sarnia and South Huron fishermen's objections reportedly were based on complaints that the RCAF range would cut into the main shipping area °between Goderich and Sarnia, would affect commercial fishing and interfere with pleasure boating. RCAF headquarters said it would look into any complaints that it received about the range. but that none had been lodged with it so far. Group Captain A. D. Haylett, senior RCAF officer in London, offered to take doubtful fishermen or members of the Sarnia Cham- ber of Commerce on an air tour of the air force target area in Lake Huron during firing opera- tions, to prove his contention that danger to civilians is "nil." The target area has been in use since last summer and is constant- ly patrolled by search and rescue aircraft from Selfridge Field, said Mr. Haylett, Gunnery is always delayed until the area and environs is free of shipping. The "tug" aircraft (which hauls the target) makes two patrols of the area before an operation starts to provide an additional safety factor, said Group. Capt. Haylett. Because only "dummy" ammuni- tion is used in target practice there is no danger to fish, he said. "It's only a matter of peb- bles landing on the water." R. T. Purdy, Purdy Fisheries, Point Edward, said the range covered the upper corner of area fished from his Point Edward dock, and a portion of the area fished from his Grand Bend dock. He said the main shipping lane from Sarnia to Goderich cut di- rectly through a portion of the "target area." - Chamber of Commerce officials were concerned not only with the effect of the target area on com- mercial fishing and shipping, but with the possible effect on pleas- ure craft. News of Holmesville Miss Margaret Penner, Kitchen- er, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bird. Miss Adele Finlay, Clinton, is spending a few days at her home in the village. Mrs: E. A. Yeo is spending a few days in Clinton as the guest of Mrs. M. Aiken, Mrs. William Norman and fam- ily were in Listowel on Saturday, the guests of Mrs. G. M. Elliott, Mrs. W. Shaddock and Miss Ann Shaddock, Clinton, were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCullough. Mr. and Mrs. John Beatty, To- ronto and Mrs. J, W. Smith, Gode- Quality. Printing .. . ' at the Clinton News -Record See our wide selection of Wedding Stationery Personalized Napkins, Match Books and Coasters Orders taken for Counter Check Books Phone' 4 Clinton rich, were guests on Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCullough. Mr. and Mrs."William McClinch- ey, London, spent Good Friday, with Mr. and Mrs. M. Stock and Mr. and Mrs. William McClinchey, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawson and Lynn, London, and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Brown, Detroit, were Easter weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Gliddon. Mr. and Mrs. 1-1 Hinz and fam- ily, New hamburg and Dr. and Mrs, Frank Norihan and family, Seaforth, were Easter guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Norman. Guests with Mr. and Mrs. Ewan Ross on Sunday were Mr, and Mrs, Don Rutherford and David, Inger- soll, Mr, and Mrs. W. D. .Arm- strong, Alan, Douglas and Mary Winnifred, Bronson Line, and Mrs. J. B. MacMath. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was observed in Holmes- ville United Church on Easter Sunday, and seven new members were accepted on the roll by trans- fer. They were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Potter, Mr. Bruce Norman, Mrs. Kenneth Harris and Mrs, Eldon Yeo. 40th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. William Norman entertained at a dinner on Thurs- day evening, April -15th honoring the 40th wedding anniversary of Mrs. Norman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Trewartha. Mr, Tre- wartha is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Trewartha, and Mrs. Trewartha the former Sadie MacMath, is a daughter of the ,late Mr. and Mrs. William Mac - Math. They were married at the home of the bride's' parents, on the Bay- field Road, Goderich Township, by the late Rev. James' Hamilton. After the dinner, which was serv- ed to the immediate family, Mr, and Mrs. Trewartha were present- ed with a lovely wall mirror from the family,. • Women Meet The Woman's Missionary Society and Woman's Association of Hol- mesville United Church met at the home of Mrs, Harry Williams, for their meeting on Tuesday, April 13. • The WMS was in charge of Mrs. Elmer Potter, and the theme ofNe the' meeting, was.; :" w Life ThroughrLove" meeting The me ng open- ed" with. they, I ,to war ship by Mrs. Potter an : he singing of the hymn 'There Tei -a en Gre Hill Far Away ?°r Tf1e sciipturry;lessen, on the Easter stary;,was,u!ead,by Mrs. RCAF Station Has Civilian Visitor From Scotland RCAF Station- Clinton was honoured today by the visit of W. D. Lorimer, managing direct- or, North British Locomotive Works, Glasgow, Scotland, The purpose of Mr. ; .Lorimer's visit was a liaison visit arranged by National Defence Headquarters. Three years ago while No. 200 Sudbury Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets was visit- ing Great Britain, the\ cadets were billeted in civilian homes. One of these cadets, who is now a Flight Cadet at RCAF Station Clinton stayed. with Mr. Lorimer at his home in Glasgow. F/C Taylor and one other Air•'Cadet were shown around the city and. the countryside by Mr. Lorimer and also through the Locomo- tive Works. Mr. Lorimer ex- plained the general operation and administrative parts of the gen- eral offices and also the buildup and the forming of the company to the cadets. Mr. Lorimer and F/C Taylor corresponded regularly`' for the past three years and as Mr. Lorimer was on a business trip " to Canada he decided it was an STANLEY Miss Leola Taylor, London was home for the weekend. Jack Graham, Toronto, visited at his home for a few days. Mrs. Norman Baird, and Sharon spent Easter week in St. Cathar- ines. Miss Margaret McGregor, To- ronto, is spending her holidays at her home here. Miss Lois Moffat, Windsor, spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Walter Moffat. Miss Kate 'McGregor and Miss Jean Mustard, Wingham, spent a few days visiting friends. Jim Stewart, London, spent the Easter weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Stewart. Mrs. Goldie Graham left en Wednesday to visit with Mr, and Mrs. Fred Robinson, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Pepper, epper, Niagara Falls spent a few days with John E. Pepper and family. George A. Klinkhamer and Geo- rge Oplinger, Detroit, called at the home of George Baird last week. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Neilans and two boys, London, spent a fete days with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Glenn. Mrs. Marion Laramie and daugh- ter, Elizabeth, Clifford, and Miss Jean McEwen, Toronto, visited their father,' Mr. Alex McEwen, over the weekend, I-4•4•-••••-•••-• I-.-sr••-•i LONDESBORO oe•ra-rte+-e-�+•. Mr, and Mrs. Robert Beacom, Goderich, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Scott. Mr, and Mrs. John McCowan, Phyllis and Shirley, Porter's Hill, visited with Mr. and Mrs. George McVittie on Sunday. Charles Hutchins and the medita- tion was read by Mrs. Frank Mc- Cullough. Prayer was offered by Mrs. W. Yeo. Mrs. Kenneth Trewartha read a poem "Lo, He Is Risen". The hymn, "The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns" was sung, and Mrs. Potter read a story "Borrowed Easter." The president, Mrs. Fred Mul- holland, conducted the business period. Plans were made for the annual WMS thankoffering ser- vice, which is to be held in the church on April 25. It was decid- ed to have an evening of sacred music in the church, and a com- mittee, consisting of Rev. H. C. Wilson, Mrs. Jack Yeo, Mrs. W. Norman and Mrs, L. Bond, was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. Mrs. H. C. Wilson read an art- icle on temperance. With Mrs. W. Norman at the piano, Mrs. Reg. Miller and Mrs. Edward Grigg sang as a duet, "Seeking the Master", Mrs. Lloyd Bond took the chapter in the study book and Mrs., E. J. Trewartha . read a "Letter from Africa". The meet- ing closed with the hyrnn "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" and pray- er by Mrs. Potter. The WA meeting was in the charge of the president, Mrs. H. Cudmore and opened with the theme song and creed. The scrip- ture, Mark 16-6, and comments were taken by Mrs. Cudmore. Mrs. Edward Grigg gave the treasurer's report, also the report of the an- niversary quilt committee. Mrs, E. A. Yeo reported for the entertainment committee for the 75th anniversary. The meeting closed With the hymn "Crown Him With Many Crowns" and prayer by Mrs. Cudmore. Lunch was served by the hostesses, Mrs. H. Williams and Mrs. Lloyd Bond. Rev. W. Herbert, a former Hohnesville boy, is to be the guest speaker at the 75th anniversary services of Holmesville United Church on Sunday, September 26. The annual spring thankoffering service of the WMS of Holmesville United Church will be held on Sunday, April 25, with Mrs, H, C. Wilson, Clinton, as the speaker. The service will start at 1.30 p.rn. (EDST). ' An evening of sacred music has been arranged to take place in Holmesville United Church on Sun- day, April 25 and to start at 8.15 p,m. (Daylight. Saving Tithe).; • opportune time to renew 'ac- quaintali,ees with the young cadet. Mr. Lorimer flew to Centralia` by RCAF aircraft and then proe needed on to Clinton where he was met by Group Captain H. C. Ashdown, MBE, CD, - Com. mending Officer; F/L O. Warner and F/C H. A. Taylor. The party had dinner in the Officers' Mess and went on a tour of the station, RCAF Station Clinton has con- tributed greatly to the Royal Canadian Air Cadets in the past. The late G/C E. A. D. Hutton, former Commanding Officer Of the station, donated a trophy, the Bluewater Trophy to No. 352 Maitland Squadron, Goderich, and No. 19 Squadron in Stratford. This trophy is presented to the winner of the annual drill com- petition between the two squad- rons. Stratford won the trophy last Squadron r narea goinnd g all Maitland out to get it into their possession this year. The original British North Am- erica Act — Canada's ,constitution — has beensupplemented by inter- preting acts of 1871, 1875 and 1886. During 1952, of every dollar every Canadian paid in taxes, the Fed- eral government got 77 cents. TAECAlVPit SPORTS COLUMN of &met 7e44,4440 Nostalgic veterans of the sports world, wldch Is well populated with such folk, fre- quently lament that in no sport do the mod- erns equal those of another ora, for physical ruggedness, durability, and such Indestruct- ible qualities. The modern streamlined hockey with its fast player -changes is frequently made a case to prove the point, and the absence of the old 60 -minute player is mourned in floods of bathos. ' The platoon system of football is criticized as producing a breed of specialists. Even the horses, moan these relics of another sports age, don't run so fast as Jormerly. But most of all, these folk point to modern boxing, with its limited rounds, as a sport that has grown soft, They lament the days of fights -to -the -finish, of ferocity, violence, when contestants showed stamina and the ability to withstand pun- ' ishment. And, if that is true, we're very glad indeed that things have' changed. After Battling Nelson, the shell of a once -great athlete with the durability traditional of those rugged days of sport died in complete poverty, we dug into some ancient files to refresh our memory on some of the Durable Dane's major battles, particularly his long and vicious fight with Ad. Wolgast for the lightweight crown which Nelson then held. And in our search we came across a newspaper account of the fight, which reported that it was "one of the most grue- some, merciless, heart -throbbing, vicious battles of all time and although Wolgast won he would never be himself again." Nelson so the story said, proved a punching bag for the young German from Cadillac, Mich. Nelson took a merciless pounding and after the fight his body and face showed he had undergone a terrible ordeal" Nelson was declared loser by knockout in the 40th round. He was still on his feet, but blinded by his own blood, streaming down his face, And truly enough, as the writer forecast, Wolgast was never quite the same afterwards. He is now spending his declining days in an insane asylum, living in the hazy memories df his great days, and training for the "fight of tomorrow" that his punch -wrecked brain envisions. That was a. fight, so we take it, typical of the era for whleh nostalgic fistio veterans somethnes mourn. 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