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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1951-09-20, Page 9'• 'THURSDAY, SRPTENIBER 20, 1951 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE NINE RCAF Sta.lion and Adastral Park NewsAct°g StatiBANGS r S 45 Phnoe 382 Local 80 The Airwomen, ReportAROS AIRCRAFT BUSY TWO ON AIR SEARCHES Three weeks agog, the first contingent of postwar airwomen -. formed a spearhead and invaded the sacred portals of this effic- iently organized RCAF Station. Thetgirls are very happy in heir new surroundings and are rapid- ly settling down to the routine of the Station. As the weeks go by, more girls will be leaving the Manning Depot at St. John's, Que., to attend courses of instruc- tion here at Clinton. The first representatives of this recent addition to the RCAF hail from all parts of this fait country of . ours. From Vancouver to Newfoundland, not excluding On- tario, new recruits and a few ex -,service women would like the residents of Southern Ontario to know how much they apprec- iate ,the scenery and general at- mosphere in this district, Here at the Station, airwomen may participate, in every fernn of recreational activity with badminton, basketball and swim- ming possibly being the most popular. z An excellent library for refer- ence and study' purposes is pro- vided with a wide range of ma- terial. The Station Theatre af- fords a good variety of programs at ,very .reasonable prices to suit the pockets of all Service per- sonnel. The hi -weekly dances are well run and the shortage of partners is not quite so acute since the arrival of the airwomen, which all addsup to more enjoyment and happier evenings for '!all con- cerned. From a domestic point of view, the airwomen are . quite impres- sed with the messing facilities and the ex -service members find a great improvement over war- time days when conditions were not as good. The quarters are found to be roomy and: comfort- able in spite of the improvisa- tion which is necessary until the construction projects aer Com- pleted, It is not always possible to fit personnel into a course immed- iately upon their arrival at a Station, and the case of the air - (Continued on Page Ten) Already: Christmas Shopping Even though the thermometer reaches 80 these days, it's less then three months till we're in the thick of the CHRISTMAS rush. To avoid disappointment at Christmas time we suggest having your photos taken now and a SMALL deposit will hold them until Christmas. MacLaren's Studio Telephone 401 (same number both places) CLINTON STUDIO open Tuesday and Thursdays L00 p.m, to 7.80 p.m. and Saturday Evening (other times by appointment) Air Radio Officer .School air- pratt had no sooner returned from their 18 day Barilico-Hudson search; when they were summon- ed to take part in a search for two Collingwood men who were reported missing since Sunday morning on Georgian Bay. The men had failed to arrive at Col- lingwood after setting out from Owen Sound in a motor launch. Early Monday morning, three Dakotas, under the control of F/L Ed St. Jean, OC AROS Detach- ment, Centralia, winged their way northward once again on their distress mission. The conveniently -located radio range station at Wiarton was brought into platy and served as an ideal communications station for the search aircraft in sending and receiving instructions. The existence of this station dispens- ed with the need for erecting" a temporary communications centre which is normally required in mare remote areas. After carrying out a thorough search of the Bay area, the Da- kotas were recalled to base, leav- ing smaller aircraft to scan the shore line where it is believed the missing boatmen may have beached their craft. -At the time of this writing, no word has been received on the outcome of the search. a• RCAF PERSONALS Mrs. V. Strachan and sons Ro- bert and Ronald are guests of Sgt. and Mrs. Strachan.. WO1 and Mrs. Poster, 14 Ed- monton Rd., have as their guests, Mrs. M. Cook and Mrs. Poole, Winnipeg, Man. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mectill, Niagara Falls, Ont., were week- end guests at the home of WO2 and Mrs, D. Thornton, Que. Rd. NCO's Wives' Auxiliary The NCO's Wives Auxiliary are having a bingo September 24, in the dining hall of the Serg- eant's Mess. All ladies are wel- come to come end enjoy an even- ing entertain'4nnt for only 25e. FIRST FALL PARTY The first informal party of the autumn season was held in the Officers' Mess Saturday evening. The lourige and games room look- ed like a miniature carnival as it was ' appropriately called: "Millionaires' Night." Boys and Girls ! The KIST BOTTLE_ TOP CONTEST CLOSES MLDNtGH'� SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH • MAIL YOUR ENTRY TO -DAY HERE'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO . First — check to make sure that you have all your lucky Kist Bottle Tops and your official entry form. Then wrap your entry securely in a sealed package ... make sure it bears sufficient postage ... and mail to: HARRISTON KIST BEVERAGES, LTD. HARRISTON, ONTARIO • Please do not mail your bottle tops in an envelope ... we cannot be responsible for entries mailed incorrectly. Names of prize -winners will be published in this newspaper and prizes will be awarded two weeks after the contest closes. AND REMEMBER .. . Whenever you're thirsty ... whenever you're buying a drink at school, on hikes or at sporting events ... reach for a bottle of ice cold Kist Orange, Lemon -Lime, Cream Soda, Ginger Ale or Root Beer. You'll agree , , , Kist is the "tops" in pops! - KIST Makes You Glad You're Thirsty T.M. Rey. "Battle of Britain" Commemorated The above picture shows F/L C. L. Harding, Protestant Padre at RCAF Station, Clinton, conducting the "Drum- head Service" commemorating the Battle of Britain. The service, which marked the 11th anniversary of that critical victory, was held Sunday morning on the Station Parade Square. —Clinton RCAF Photo Station Personnel I Commemorate Battle Personnel of Station Clinton, assembled on Sunday morning, September 17, for the Battle of Britain Church Parade, which marked the 11th anniversary of that critical period in the early days of the war and that terrible but wonderful fight of the few against so many. The Roman Catholic personnel assembled in the Station Theatre where Mass was conducted by F/L H, S, Wight and the. Pro- testant personnel remained on the parade squarewhere they formed a hollow square for tete traditional "Drumhead Service" which was conducted by F/L C. L. Harding. During the solemn outdoor ser- vice, F/L Harding was assisted by a choir with F/S V. Boys at the console of the Hammand or- gan, The Last Post and Reveille were played by F/S A. K. Hain- es, who is a member of the Sta- tion Band. For the Bible Lesson, F/L Harding read Rev. 7, verses 9-17, and he took as his text for his sermon, Gal. 5, verse 1, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ bath made us free " Opening his address, during the Drumhead Servcie, F/L i ard- ing gave a brief history of the events of that momentous occas- ion. "This gathering this morning is to me a symbol of something that is great and fine," he de- clared, "It is a symbol to the world et large that we do re- member the bravery and the sacrifice of the people of Britain in the early summer of 1940, in their effort to prevent the Nazis from overrunning their country and thus preventing them from adding one more victory to the long list they already had ac- quired, "We remember the grim deter- mination of those people as they worked in their factories, as they drilled in the streets, and as they struggled hard to build the de- fences which they thought would be most useful in the event of invasion." The speaker went on to state. that it is also a symbol, of OUT thankfulness to God that he did deliver us. from the brutal for- ces which had overrun Europe in such a short time, and which would certainly deprive us of the freedom to worship, to work, and to think as we thought best. "This battle is quite rightly called not only the 'Battle of Britain' but also the 'Battle for Freedom'," he averred. History of Battle F/L Harding reviewed the story of the Battle of Britain, not only to refresh the memories of those who had experienced those dark days, but also for the bene- fit of those who were too young to appreciate 'to. the full the sac- rifices made on that occasion. Briefly,' the story is this. Hitler, with all the military might that gether over a period of years,. had started out on a plan of con- quest which, up to this moment, had had no reverses. Poland had been crushed; Norway and Den- mark had fallen; the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a n d France, had been overwhelmed by Hitler's might. Mussolini's. Italy had joined in the fight, hop- ing to snatch some of the victor's spoils. And so the Battle of Britain had progressed until now, only Britain, the Dominions end the Empire, remained as the oppon- ents of the evil which had over- run Europe. It was once again the story of the Philistines ar- rayed against a small nation. Goliath looked large and terrible indeed, but David was not only small, but unarmed. Such was the position of Brit- ain in the early summer of 1940. On June 17 France fell, The next day, Prime Minister Chur- chill warned the House of Com- mons that the Battle of Britain was about to begin. The dates -- July 10 to October 31—have been accepted as being the most con- venient to mark tale opening and closing of that Battle, for it was during that period that Germany did all within her power to over- come Britain. There had been many attacks on Britain before, but now the Luftwaffe went all out to break down any defence which England had built, In England, fifty squadrons of Spitfires and Hur- ricanes were all that could be mustered to meet -the enemy. On July 10, two formations of 150 enemy aircraft attacked a convoy off the coast of Dover. The bat- tle was on. .From then on, Hit- ler attacked heavily the coastal shipping, harbours, air fields, radio location stations and air- craft factories, in a supreme ef- fort to open the way for invas- ion. But his plan did not suc- ceed. Time and again our aircraft went into the air and took heavy toll of the German fighters, The enemy failed to get air suprem- acy over the Channel. Then Germany concentrated her efforts on London, hoping that by demolishing that city the morale of the British people would be so low that they would call upon the British Parliament to surrender. But again their plan failed, While it is true that great dam- age was done to that city and to many others, it is also remem- bered that our fighters went up and met the enemy, and inflict- ed very heavy losses on them, even though they were outnum- bered ten to ones. We shall always remember tiat day—September 15—when of 500 enemy aireraft which crossed the Channel, 185 were brought down. That day marked the per- iod when Germany's air power was on the wane, and our air power on the increase. Then, as a final attempt to Here and There:. (By Sgt. J E. Miller) WELL, here it its .againn fs�tilji breathing and kicking up ; the dust, although nobody yet has been able to give a logical reason why it should be allowed to walk around to breathe in much -want- ed air . . Things are really popping on the Station since the cpming of the . WOW's, and so far many changes and recom- mendations are in the offering to make the lives of all concern- ed .a little happier and easier. But this can't be done in one day so all the complaints are Bh o, rma- sortedritistopeusingplehigh-fltheGeyingns •fightre- ers and fighter-bombers. But this method was an admission of de- feat, and although night -bombing continued, the danger of invasion was passed. The Battle was won. No wonder, Winston Churchill could utter those memorable words: "Never in the field of. bnmasn conflict was so mach owed by so many to so few," "That in brief is the story of the Battle of Britain," F/L Hard- ing said. "But it must never for a moment be thought that it was fought only in the air, nor was the responsibility_ of defending Britain that of the Air Force a- lone; for while the aircraft were fighting overhead, the ground crews were busy servicing other aircraft, and all the intricate organization necessary to satis- factory flying and fighting, were busy, and had their share in the victory, "We also think of the men from the various parts of the Commonwealth who played very important parts in that battle. We in Canada remember particularly No. 1 Squadron, which saw ac- tion for 53 days of that battle, and downed 31 enemy aircraft. "In all this, there were two stabilizing forces in England, which must not be overlooked," the padre said. "One was the power of God, working in men's hearts and minds, steadying them for the work at hand, and the other was the understanding and thoughtful leadership given by Their Majesties, the King and Queen, and by Winston Chur- chill. In closing, F/L Harding refer- red to the text and reminded those assembled that they were required, as Christians, to exert every energy in their. witness for Christ, so that God's Love and Peace will be exemplified in their- lives, he had been able to gather to- break nown the morale of the ... being dealt with in the order they are received , . , (And its such a long line) , THE writer was very surprised when he returned and began to look over the marks of some of the classes to find (believe it or not) that in some cases the wom- en topped the men in the pre- liminary examinations ... I hope this has been a mistake on the part of the markers of the pap- ers, or we of the opposite sex will never live it down . , * %ti M THE new messes are being ereot- er very rapidly, and before long they will be occupied .. . We notice that •the new lean-to on the 'Recreation Hall is just about ready for a grand opening ... There still seems to be a shortage of steel for the new barrack block, but we have the promise of the mines that the miners will work extra hard so we may have the metal to build and complete our new home , , . Now that the fall weather is rapidly falling in the form of gaily -decorated leav- es aril over the dawns, it is ap- parent that the personnel are be- ginning to feel the cold weather every morning , . . Why, just the other day, we had to, use our rank to get space by the radiator when they turned the heat on . Blue uniforms are becoming more ' abundant every day and more will be seen after pay day when funds allow us all to get them back from the clean- ers then we can feel warm once more , , . a * C THE good old compound is still functioning and now the mixed classes are marching rapidly from class to class in hopes that the next room is a little wanner than the last , . . Ah yes, pretty soon, the ground will be covered • with its blanket of snow , . , Maybe we'll have heat by then , • . Who knows .. . b * a•, BEFORE we close this rambling, we would like to congratulate WO2 Oharbonneau of the Air- men's -Mess, W021VIcKellar, W02 Colbourn, and WO2 Mason on their discharge from the RCAP ranks to their recent promotions to Flying Officers . . Good luck, fellows, and when you get to the rank" of G/Cs remember this little •Sergeant back here at Clinton , . , Will you plesae , , 0 '1 5, THAT'S about it for now, so till we meet egain, take it easy , . won't you?.. 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