HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1951-05-10, Page 9"THURSDAY, 'MA'Y 10, 1954
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE Mri
RCAF" Station
and. Adastral i'ark'New.
Editor:
Sgt. J. E. MILLER *' 0
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Here and There...
t(By Sgt. J. E. Miller, Electronics)
OH-HUMM Spring ha s
"finally poked its bead above the
dark cold earth end Mother 'Nae
tune is playing her tricks around
;'.the camp. The lever is hitting
pretty herd, as is the inet nietors,
but after all that's what they are
-there for so we can't grumble
toe much or the weather will hit
ors twice as hard. I personally
feel like thrbroving this typewrat-
er as far es I cansee and go.
fishing but the PRO says get a
column in. so I have to deo it.
(Yawn), '
' * '
PLANS ARE WELL UNDER
WAY for the annual. RCAF Open.
'house end although, I, at this
'time. c'an't tell (mainly because
a don't know) the programme
for June 9, but from the grape
vine, which is usually pretty ye-
li'able, there will be quite a ver-
7rity of demonstrations and many
displays of an educational value
'to the visitor. (Yawn) The boys
+of the Model aeroplane club are
planning a huge display in the
fine art of flying models and I
also hear they are building a
eionnpleto -model 'Aerodrome to
'display their prized models with.
The PT & D staff are busy get-
ting the sports field in condition
so the competitors won't break a
few legs or arms in their ere-
deavour to. bring credit to their
:sections. (Just thinking of sports
makes me so weary). One thing
-we ace sure of end that is Air
Force Day will be held on Sat-
urday, June 9th, 'from 2.00 p.m.
until 5.00, p.m. with a gala dance
at night to end the perfect day.
*LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
1 con see a beautiful lawn cov-
ered with the prettiest yellow
'Dandelions I have ever seen and
believe it or not its green under
them. Across the road the grass
is being covered with sand and
cement for the floors of the Nis-
sen huts that are being assembled
as quickly as possible because'we
are gradually running out of
space for 'class rooms and 'the
'mew members have to be 'taught
fast and correct procedures .so
"they may 'get" into the field
they are needed so urgently. Well
the scare of the women being
taken back into the RCAF has
now become a reality and the
first draft is expected to reach
'Clinton around the first of July,
IT'S TIME FOR SE to have a
little rest from this spring fever
so I think I'll run along now but
although its beyonnd !thecontroi
of the Newspaper office I'ie- be
back next week and give you a
Thbt)e - more 'gen" on the hap-
penings and future plans of .the
RCAF Station at Clinton. Re
seeing you . .. (Yawn).
Cpl. JackSmith Back
From Whitehorse, YT
(By our Hensa'll correspondent)
Cpl. Jaok Smith, RCAF, White.,
horse, Yukon Territory, hes been
visiting bis parents, Mr. and
Mrs. .Orville Smith, Parr Line,
his grandmother, Mrs" Flora Con -
silt, Hensall; his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mns. Harry
Smith, 'Remelt; end with his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Cooper, Exeter.
Jack flew from Whitehorse
sometime in March to Ottawa and
Newfoundland. He spent some
two weeks in Newfoundland. He
returned to Whitehorse, Yukon,
this week.
IN THE AIR FORCE
Special NATO Wing
Aircrew graduates from abroad
trained"' in Canada under the
North Atlantic Treaty organiza-
tion agreement will take home a
special "wing" to display to their
friends. Designed specially for
presentation to NATO aircrew
trained in Canada the centre of
the wing contains a gold maple
leaf surrounded by a circle of
gold thread. At the base of the
emblem is the letters "RCAF".
The first wings were presented
at Summerside, PM, May 4. Over
100 aircrew from five Atlantic
treaty nations, Norway, France,
Belgium, Italy and the Nether-
lands are training in Canada.
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Beautifully decorated. Within
walking distance of all downtown
stores, theatres and business activ-
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RCAF PERSONALS
F/L W. M. Garton et . present
is on the eirl'iIt trip to Japan
(Lucky).
Mr, and Mrs. J. Husband visit-
ed with F/L and Mrs. • H. Id.
Miller last weekend.
Robert Torrence, infant son of
F/L 'and Mrs. J. T. Dayton, was
christened Sunday by F/L Weight,
RC chaplain.
W/C and Mas" B. G. Muller
entertained at a cocktail party,
last Saturday evening, prior to
the Mess Party in the Plight
Cadets Mess.
The Victoria Boulevard Bridge
Club -met at the home of Mrs. G.
Bury last week. Hostesses ler
the evening were Mrs, V. Munro
and Mrs. G. Bury.
Congratulations are in order to
Cpl. and Mrs. "Skip" Stengel of
the 'C & E Section. Mrs. "Skip"
presented proud' "peppy" with a
bouncing baby girl (Susan Ann),
S/L Bury Addresses
Legion at Blyth
At the regular meeting of Blyth
Branch No, 420, Canadian Legion,
S/L George Bury, RCAF Station,
Clinton, was guest speaker, and
outlined with the aid of a map,
What is being done in the air list,
in long range training and how
Canada is preparing for emerg-
encies"
Later, a musical program in-
cluded selections by Mrs. Mary
Taylor, accompanied by Mrs. R.
D. Philp; a song by D. McNeil;
sing -song led by Harry Gibbons;
and a song by Leonard Rooney.
DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION
LIMITED
441 Queen's Quay West
TORONTO, Ontario
TENDERS
File 19-C13-27 Job 1090
Construction of VAF/DF Building
Housing
Automatic Radio Facilities
RCAF Station, CENTRALIA, Ont.
Sealed tenders plainly marked
as to content end addressed to
undersigned will be received up
to 2:00 p.m, Tuesday, May 22nd,
1951, for the construction of a
VHF/DF Building to house auto-
matic radio facilities, to be locat-
ed at the R.C.A.F. Station, Cent-
ralia, Ontario.
Plans, specifications end form
of tender required may be obtain-
ed at the address -shown above. A
deposit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
is required for each set of docu-
ments, which deposit will be re-
funded on the return of plans,
etc., in good condition within
fourteen (14) days from close of
tender. •
Sets of documents will be made
available for the purpose of sub
trades and material suppliers et
the Builders Exchange, 267 Dun -
des Street, London, Ontario and
the Central Mortgage and Hous-
ing Corporation Brach Office,
343 Richmond Street, London, On-
tario, Mr. E. R. Collins, Manager.
Each tender must be accomp-
anied by a security deposit equal
to ten per cent (10%) of the ten-
der total. This deposit shall in-
demnify Defence Construction
Limited against loss In the event
of withdrawal of the successful
tenderer, subsequent to accep-
tance of the bid by Defence Con-
struction Limited, A certified
cheque made payable to Defence
Construction Limited or negoti-
able Dominion of Canada bonds
will be accepted as security
deposit,
The lowest or any tender not
necessarily accepted
S. M. Connolly,
Regional Construction Engineer
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Contact Sgt. J. E. Miller, Local 32, or your nearest airman.
Ten Times Torpedoed,
Airman Now On
Station
Ten times torpedoed during
World War II, AC Allan Harvie
is now stationed at Clinton RCAF
Station.
The following write-up was
published in The Pioneer, Sum-,
mereide, PEI, when he enlisted el
the RCAF: . ...
After 17 years in the merchant
navy Allan Harvie, Albertore
PEI, has joined the RCAF and
left last week for Aylmer, On-
tario, to begin his. training.
During the war years, Allan
Harvie, a native of Vancouver,
saw service in many parts of
the world 'and it hes been said
that he might easily boast of
being Chneda's most torpedoed
merchant seaman. Ten times has
ships were torpedoed avid five
times he was listed as dead.
One of his narrow escapes wee
from a tanker carrying aviation
gasoline . which was struck by
three torpedoes. It was useless
to lower life boats or rafts for
the ship was in Barnes and the
water around her was covered
with blazing gasoline. Wrapping
a woollen blanket about his head
he dived over the side 'of the
ship and swam under water un-
til his lungs were almost burst-
ing. A quick breath of air, an-
other dive, end the second eine
he came up to find himself just
beyond the fast spreading fringe
of burning oil. After swimming
and resting alternatively for some
hours be was picked up by a
Canadian corvette, so exhausted
that be immediately lost con-
sciousness.
On a number of occasions he
was adrift in life boats for
varying periods of 'tithe — once
for 21 days. Following the tor-
pedoing of one ship he was one
of two survivors.
" Bernie was in England when
France collapsed and all avail-
ablekaraft were 'asked to assist in
the evacuation of Dunkirk. He
got e'board a passenger ship which
made four Channel crossings and
rescued more than 1,500 men.
After the evacuation of Dunkirk
he took part in that of Narvik.
He was in the Egyptian port of
Alexandria (fallowing rescue
from a torpedoed ship) when 'the
British troops began to evacuate
Greece. He aided in the evac-
uation to Crete and then. from
Crete to Alexandria.
Since the war years Allan
Harvie has been. with the Que-
bec Steamship Lines sailing on
cargo ships mainly to the West
Indies and South American ports.
He was married in 1942 to
Gertrude Barrett, Albertan, PEI,
whom he met in Halifax. They
have hour children: Marilyn,
Trudy, Allan and Barry.
OFFICERS' WIVES AUXILIARY
The Officers' Wives Auxiliary
held its regular monthly meet-
ing on Tuesday, May 1, in the
dining room of the Officers'
Mess" Prize winners in the
Bridge and Canasta games were
Mrs. A. H. Tinker, Mrs. R. Sly,
Mrs. C, Gardiner and Mrs, Webb.
SENIOR NCOS' WIVES!
A social evening of games will
be held Monday, May 14, at 8.30
pm, in. die Airmen's Loun'g'e.
Come out and enjoy yourself.
Everyone is welcome.
Farm Boys Take. Salada Conservation Tour
Gerald Bell Ivan Bell, Braithwaite George Markle ,
An opportunity to study land ley 'conservation project.
Mr. Brown's comments on. Unit-
ed States agricultural methods
Wet their application to Canadian
farms will appear In a number
of weekly articles.
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VARNA
conservation end •soil improve-
ment methods in the Eastern
United Shutes is being a'ftorded
four' Ontario farm boys. The boys
are members of the 'first and sec-
ond prize winning teams in the
Junior, Inter -County Horse Plow-
ing event 'alt last year's Inter-
national, Plowing Meech held et
Ailliebor. They are 'Gerald Bell,
19, Woodville, and Ivan Bell, 15.
Kirkfied. representing Victoria
County; and George Markle, 18,
Alberton, and Tam Braithwaite,
19, Ancaster, representing Went-
wdrth County.
The trip, whin is expected to
'take the party as far south as
Kentucky and Tennessee, is be-
ing sponsored by
the Sallm% Tea
Oompany to 'en
dourage go o d
farming nnebhods
and is being con-
ducted by LeRoy
G. Brown, On-
tario agricultural
representative for
Victoria County,
former Huron
County repre-
sentative, Lind-
say, end a mem-
ber of Ontario
Plowmen's As-
sociation.
L. G. BROWN
Coach
The boys left on May 6, and
it was expected 'that the party
would go • first to Ohio where
they will inspect the famous
Muskingum Watershed Conserv-
ancy District, the Ohio Breeders
Cooperative and the Malabar
Farm. Other highlights of the
trip will include a visit to the
Blue Grass country in Kentucky
end a 'hour of the Tennessee Val -
MWS Meets
The May meeting of Varna
WMS wall held on Friday after-
noon, May 4 in the 'church. The
theme "How We Can Work for
Peace—Through Helping to Feed
the Hungry." The meeting open-
ed by singing hymn 180 "flow
Bright These Glorious Spirits
Shine" The Scripture reading
from Psalm 46 was read by Mrs.
Fowlle, followed by prayer by
Mrs. George Reid. A Litany of
Dedication was read by all mem-
bers. Minutes of the last meet-
ing were read end their adop-
tion seconded by Mrs. Lee McCon-
nell. The Roll Call was answer-
ed by eleven members.
Five calls to shut-ins were re-
ported and the word for the Roll
Call for next month to rellete to
the word "Sunshine." The treas-
urer's quarterly report was read.
A letter from Mrs. W. M. Aiken
with regard to the supply bale
was read and Mrs. L. McConnell
end Mrs. A. Coleman were asked
to purchase the articles by the
next meeting. Mrs. Fowlie read
a poem on "Peace." Mos. George
Reid gave a report on the morn-
ing session of the Presibyterial
and Mrs. Fred Reid on the after-
noon, both reports being very
interesting. Mrs. George Reid
read a prayer and the closing
hymn was 285, "Peace Perfect
Peace", followed by the Bene-
diction.
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