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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-12-14, Page 2PAGE 3: 'the Clinton News-tcecord with whichisIncorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SaJBSCRIPTION x1.60 per year in 'advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2.00 to the;U,S. or, other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are ,paid unless at the option of the pub - !Better. The date to which every sub- neription is paid is denoted on the ,label.nl�' ADVERTISING Rims - Transient advertising, 12c ` per count line for first insertion. 8c for each subse- quent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements not to 'exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "`Lost", "Strayed", ete., inserted once •for 25e, each subsequent insertion 15e. Rates for display advertising &rade known on application. Communications intended for pub-' 'lication must, as a guarantee of good • faith, be accompaniedby the name of -the writer. G. E. BALL ' - Proprietor; ..'..: H. T. RANCE -1. . :NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance Agent ?representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies !Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan B10 k - .. . , .. Clinton, Ont. H. C. MEIR Barrister -at -Law Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner ;Offices in Bank of Montreal Buildins Hous: 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. Dr. F. G. Thompson House and Office, • Ontario Street Clinton. Telephone 172 !OFFICE HOURS: 2-4 in the .after- noon and 7-8 in the evening daily. Other hours by appointment. D. H. McINNES !, iT I CHIROPRACTOR. Electro." Therapist, Massage a:Mien: Huron Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sate and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment' Phone 207 HAROLD JACKSON Licensed. Auctioneer of dampbusts in back of, the neck The procedure was to talce off, and, _ As far as I was concerned "she" Specialist in Farm and Household was no more than he deserved, I make a climbing turn to the right was just a dumb animal. With Sales. was on the verge . of pulling the or left in aeeordance with the course "us" it was a marriage of conven- Licensed in Huron and Perth trigger but the Davide are a proud rules, level off at five' hundred feet, nine. :After the crisis, • when the Counties. Prices reasonable; satin - fa tion guaranteed. , clan, Could I shoot a man in the cut the throttle at the runway's children were old enough to know, Marking the fleeting per informationetc, Write or phone back, with my background? I end, make a gentle approach and there would be a quick divorce. Shell -lours like the tiek of a phantom phone 14-661, 06412 Weturned f h h"1 M thethefirst instruction d For the sound :of a step that is never returning, For the hollow sound of a knock. w THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., DEC. 14th 1944 ove at Firsi ill By Charles Spalding and Otis Carney arsoinessearinesseneenassaanan Almassaassegamsowsear CHAPTER V the round. David . 1lfunk� shuffled "Cut g I your gun. We'll •be Iover the Navy Yard, and they shoot at you,": I followed instructions to the let- ter and banked sharply to compen- sate for errors. "Fine, oh fine!" the Voice chided. "Wrap us up tight. We are two examine hint. Commander Whitman, hundred feet above the ground and an old friend o£' the family, ended- so shot ie the tail with it as some You wrap us up in a knot. Bundles anis to of the other boys. It's no straw- for hell." get a waiver for Lester so berry festival. 'Them flyin' ma- After some uncertainty we chines ruin mah nerves." •straightened up over the. runway. "What's wrong?" I asked. I felt I forced' the descent by .pointing cheated. the nose deem. ".It's too much like work," Munk "How deep do you intend to' bury criticized. "Ah worked before once. us this time?" asked Mr.'Glossup' Ah didn't like it then and Ah don't in a resigned Oriental tone. change much from year to year." It was too late to snake any Munk had a constaut pickled out- changes. The plane 'hit the ground as if it had been pushed off a cliff. "Ohl" groaned. Mr. Glossae.. Barred from the Navy's V-7 pin- '"" grana because ,he lacked two .years "Ole son, it looks as if ,you wnz rung out,, he said, of college math, Lester Dowd tries „Dry. as •a bone," I •confessed. to enlist in the Coast Guard but is "David," I asked, raising my head, turned down because of: a facial "how do you like flying?" squint". The doctor refuses even. to "Well," he drawled,. "Alz'm not he can join V-7, but after weeks of waiting Lester learns they still in- sist on. two years •of college math. He is successful in joining' the V-5 Naval Aviation and is sent to Ana. costia Naval Base. Six weary weeks of prelisuinary ground school pass by and het is finally driven to a fly- ing- field. He goes - up on an .indoe look •that rarely 'let hien down. I urination flight with Mr. Glossup, I never envied him more. his instructor. From the ;direction. of the road a ,� familiar harsh voice hollered, "Hey, Mack, all aboard if you're going Mr. Glossup took this opportunity back With Sett Hur." to turn the plane over. on its back. I It was fearless indulging his I hung suspended by the safety y' vlihnsy. He noticed my distress. belt. My feet fell from the pedals "Oh, sick, huh, Mack? Happens to and flopped aimlessly under the the best. G'mon c'inon,;get off the instrument panel. A week's ac- canvas --it's good for you, Mack, cumulation of small pebbles and best thing for ye lesser filth drifted clown my pant . "You too?" T cried. I put my head legs. My hands fell loose and my between my knees and retched. arms dropped limply into space. * * * * This was the straw that broke the camel's equilibrium.: After ten periods of instruction You may inspect every inch on your "Go Shedd and kill me," I sobbed; a cadet is considered safe for his hands and knees. In the mneentime tired of living. A: tide was rising in first solo, an experience, he is given 1 advise something' simple in . a my throat. - to understand, that is comparable straight line." "That was • inverted flight," to going' over Niagara in a barrel. Day after day this routine was chirped Mr. Glossup. ` Mr. Glossup abandoned the rough repeated as I groped for the "feel" My head fell forward on my chest, and ready tactics of initiation and of flying. Most of the others caught. I felt as if I were going to drain conscientiously pointed ane for the on rapidly. Tim Carpenter referred right out of myself. Great Day. Little by little eonfi-, to his plane as if it were female in Mr, Glossup looked in the reflec- dence returned,. By the second gender and shy by . nature. Flying tor, flight I was sitting securely in the for him was just a matter of put - "From your ghastlycockpit without clawing at the up- ting his • arm around this pretty, pallor 1 judge bolstery, and on the third I opened fat, backward child and getting that you are sick, he said. "May my eyes. Relations between myself her to talk about hersdlf, With Tim T?" He kindly tipped the. plane over to one side, affording all the com- forts of home. The plane leaped into the air like a stricken thing end then' fell back. "My!" groaned Mr, Glossup. The plane bounced up. once more and then came to 'a final rest. "Lord!" breathed ' Mr. Glossup. I opened the throttle and pre- pared to take off again. "This is an airplane, not a yo- yo," ,explained Mr, Glossup. The plane staggered and swerved. "And these pilgrimages of yours an the runway! When day is done and the plane, however, never it was love at first flight. amounted "to • anything like boon "I give her throttle, but she companionship. Mutual trust was says `No,' she don't want to come lacking, Far my part, I always around, So • then I give her more I summoned my waning strength. suspected the assembled nuts and throttle and she comes around so The large Glossup head was directly bolts, and if the airplane had any nice and sweet—an'! puts her hose in front of me. The target was sense it watched me like a hawk. Hist where I want it" He shook his right in my sights and a couple I Landings were the first obstacle head at such compliance. talistm "If -it's -your' turn' note, I was' in 2u afternoon wing that week. By the time we were all gathered at the field the tension was strong enough to swing on. I fidgeted in front of the assign- ment board until the second period, which' 'was scheduled to go up at three -thirty, and then started down the line to rho .plane, manner two - ninety -six. On the way 1 passed Mr, Glossop, "Where are your, going?" he asked: "I'm up .for my solo, sir," 2 said, "My gosh!" he muttered. He walked away, taking extra large steps which soon developed into a trot, When last seen he was Tun- nine for the officer's ready room. I could see him making all the ar- rangemeets, passing his hat, call- ing the florist. The maestro was a very consideraable man: Reaching the plane, I. sinned thin- ly at the mechanic and made •a pre- cautionary investigation of the plane. • Finally convinced 'that all was "according to Hoyle," I taxied gingerly out to the runway strip. I looked up at the tower—somebody Waved --locked the tail wheel, ap- plied full "crottle," and put in a rush call for Saint ‚Jude. The plane left the ground as it was supposed to, and I headed for the hinterlands. If I was coming down like a rock, I was coming down unobserved in the country as a gentleman should. (TO' BE CONTINUED) V FIRST FROST By Margaret ,Ross` Woods There's no more autumn •beyond the hill, The fruit has dropped from the ebony bough, The ripe gold peach and.the silver pear Touch the lips. and: fill With their magic Tare The fragrant cup of my mock des- pair Athirst till the mouth is sore. There is no more autumn now, From this ;heady store ' Of treasures luscious and sweet to pluck, • No longer the scarlet'juiees stain; There are no'more pinnis in the wooded lane • Nor persimmons ready to suck. Autumn has drifted so fair, so far, And .the night moth flutters its wings and is still, Where the sky, is pricked by a rapier star, And my heart in its weariness leaps astir, Listening and beating, Harold Jackson, R,R, No, 4 Seaforth, lurched to the side of the cockpit. ,land. We had not been five minutes could go her way and I would go! eloek, m 'ne or h erne, while e' e. in air on it in rnC ion Mine, and there would be -aril en Giessen gave a bright resume of the when Mr. Glossnp called overthe to this—silly pretending. flight. I slumped lower and lower gosport: "All right, keep the alai The day for my first solo arrived into the cockpit in a partial coma. speed constant, 'keep the wings' at 5 a.nr., like ° . all the other clays. The figure of Drake recrossed my level, and don't cross the controls: It had unconsciously developed tre- fevered' "mind, but this time he You got it!" he erred, waving his niendous importance. All' the let - wasn't strutting jauntily off theihands over his head. itees from home ended with "Love, bowling 'green. Ile lay on his bunk I and have you soloed, • et?" Aunt below decks,an ordinal man hum- Judgingn!b from this madcap helm, e yY ?' thatEa nobody was at the helm, I Mab ai}vays wrote. that after she bled by the elements, swallowing j grabbed the stick and stepped on "recently talkedto ybur mother," Mother Sills Pills like peanuts. the right rudder• as if it were aper- and she was constantly under the Few people know of that. serious spider. The plane skidded. • impression that I was about to solo. lie this eemicon>cious state I felt "Just fly the machine. Doan Mother had 'commissioned nae be- tbe wheels of the -plane jar against sprain it," called Mr. Glossup.foto I left. Now on the eve of the the earth, Mr. " Glossup taxied I could maintain something like 'Big 00010 there was an ominous slowly line—level to the place on the line:level flight for a while, but then a tel of good ' cheer .frena "Switch off!" he cried to, the me- wing would dip and the plane would Father. I chanic, and leaped nimbly from edge slyly off to one 'side. It was ."Best of luck, son. Everybody his seat. disconceruing to have the controls bete' hopes you make it," Archibald, Seaforth, Vico-President "Yeti'11 find a mop and water be -,'at. my beak • and call and yet. have The message was apprehensive. ]rind the hangar, he said le, me„ no influence over the proceedings. Inhere seemed to be some doubt in anti walked away. I felt like •of governess of faulty the family whether •or not the third Nodding weakly, I ; prayed he character vic't mined by hellion generation could drift around' by wouldn't slip on the sidewalk and .charges who Have discovered their; itself in the ether. break his back in four piano, !keeper's blind spot and fiendishly 1 Before we left for the field, Chief I sat motionless in the cockpit. exploit the advantage. , When, I Connolly, a kindly man with six The sun, now almost at its zenith, ' banked tothe r'ght, the plane went service stripes who lectured 'us in had burned the freshness out of the thirty degrees past- zny intention.•, the theory of flight, calla ane aside. morning. A hot wind was raising 1 The altimeter registered alternate "Son, I see you're up to solo," he der, Walton; George Leitch, Clinton. the dust in swirls. The world was , gains• and losses' in altitude. I' smiled. '"Next to your wedding And then I thought of God, who tin old, repeated thing, shorn of might as well have been on the •night," •he said, moving •closer, "it's gave AGENTS— John E. Pepper, Bruce-` field; R.. F. McKercher, Dublin; J'. Prueter, Brodhagen; George A. Watt, DR. G. S. ELLIOTT Veterinary Surgeon Phone 203 Clinton, Ont. ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 67 Blow 'Ste. W. Toronto Ont, THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. OFFICERS— President W. R. Frank McGregor, Clinton, Manager Secy-Treas. M. A. Reid, Seaforth. DIRECTORS W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Alex. . Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris Leonhardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewar- tha, Clinton; John L. Malone, Seaforth Alex. McEwing, Blyth; Hugh Alexan- V 'TIS CHRISTMAS Once more the year has rolled around To holy Christmastime, ' .• The snow lies thick, o'er all. tine ground And stars shine :down sublime. I saw today in window gay A wreath of holly bright, It seemed to smile at all and say: "Soon 'twill be Holy Night." • I thaught of that first Chrisneas time When the dear Christ. Child came And shepherds saw the wondrous sight-- The glorious heavenly flame. I thought of how the angel band Sang songs of joyous praise All woven with the theme most grand Of "Love and Peace" alway. Blyth. Parties` desiring to effect mama: aerie or transact ,other business 'will :be promptly attended to one applies, tion to any of ehe above officern,ad- dressed to their respective post offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director. 1/1 e :..tt[w CANADIAN `'' TIO .A " " > f WA' S, TIME TABLE depart will arrive at and from Clinton as follows: ' Toronto and Goderich Division Going „Fara, depart, 6.43 a.m. Going East, depart . :. 3.03 p.m. Going West, depart —1... 12.04 p.m. Going West, depart ...... 11.10 p.m. London and Clinton Division, 'Coming North, arrive ... 11.20 a.m, novelty, I shuddered to contemplate Magic Carpet. the greatest thrill •of, your life." This sweet and Holy Child, the tattered leftovers. Of adventure and gallantry as ° Arthur's knights knew it, ' nothing remained but misery and sickness—,much siclfneas. And it would get worse and worse. With effort I hauled myself from the plane and settled dizzily to OLi IRGINI PIPE TOBACCO It's a real pipe smoker's tobacco "Watch the wings. ,Keep then . Although; the Chief had . •'never So that His love a world might save level with the horizon," criticized flown in his long rich career, he And all be reconciled, Mr. Glossup. had insisted on this :bizarreeom- I evened the Wings. parison all through his course, I And then, I thought of things. today "God,the air speed," he snapped. often speculated on the aeronauti- 0f trouble and of strife, The indicator repeesented_ the . air 'cal nature of his nuptials, which Of booming guns and the dread fray speed in the dangerous red segment must have taken an odd :bird -like That menaces all. •life, as fifty-five' knots. _ :I dropped the tuvn,; nose and thrust the --throttle for -j Members of the class were free Can it be true, that, all for naught ward. 1 with their ' best wishes, and each God gave this evondrous' birth. "Seventeen hundred r.p.m•'s is poured advice • over ane like lini- Let shepherds' be by angels taught n ample,". the Voice. "You -eem' saidos � merit. Evidently Mr. Glossup had Of"Love and Peace. on.Earth? determined to ruin this engine advanced the epimer& that his ate - for the better student who : will dent wasp no Rickenbacker and that Oh could we hear the angels sing lollowou. New .will you 'look at Y y even if I managed to get un' intheAgain,' m,'' o nHoly Night, t , the wings? Didn't I just explain an, 1 should come down like a It surely Earth ely Peace on would bring about the wings? Ilse your head," melt. Tim Carpenter generously :And God's sweetperfect 'light. he implored. demonstrated the technique of Ann Peach, Listowel: I'eould have managed ' with are l "tro'ttling" Red Run and Johnny other pair of bands and feet, but Barker made pretty , speeches on it was so hard to get extra help Death, outlining ° the great adven- in those days. 1 tag es if offered 'young men of P The first flour 'mill in Canada was built at Port Royal, now Annapolis e r,t vnm•,.., .,.,a ,,1 esris, es. r.„ ®The Borden Co. 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Ships have been attacked by adio- also tried to disrupt operations by long range artillery ;shelling with 210 and 17 rem. guns. • Supplies come in L1barty ships which anchor •off shore and ' unload their cargoes into L. C. T.'s (Laird - me• Graft Tank) and Ducks, L. S. T.'s (Landing Ship Tank) weave 'with loaded supply lorries, which drive straight 'oflii to the dumps, thereby cleaning the harbour very rapidly. Owing to shallow water on Some of the beaches, the L. C. T's have to be off-loaded into Ducks. The 'supplies are scatteredall over the bridge- head radgehead, in mixed dumps, so that if one is hit the fire programme is not af- fected, Picture Shows: Inner corner of Anzio harbour where two L. S. T.'s are unloading: in background carr be seen bomb damsged -buildings.