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Clinton News Record, 1945-02-01, Page 4'im s., FEB: 1st, '1945 E GL,INTON; TT7WE-tEC01D• tonal preferrence . ' somebody • " put a • ' Spihitualc Moveinents 1r By Charles Spalding and Otis Carney ;..' ,than television. CHAPTER. XII ins bubble 'octant, in . ;any; hands' and : shoved me out into • the nigh. Continuous spying 'on the celestial bodies removed much of the 'heave en's luster':'W `. hat •reduced the stars to the level of street lamps vans the night 'Ensign Caldwell identified them byname. There is noaccount, ing- for the motives of the ancient gentleman who' assumed the respon- sibility of astral; nomenclature. The Milky way and The. Big Dipper in- dicate a`whimsical 'aptness, ;but Ori- on's Belt exceeds all. license. tractor. "That's Orions Belt," said Err "You: can get this,„ he insisted. The fetor of this murderous sign Caldwell, pointing upwards' in proprietor . • < I . 'Seaman Carmen Lotto"e y' V-7 Pm- «Practice talking an code fora , a fantasia was th dark. Barred from the Nov s. am because he lacked two years while. Instead ,of saying, "Hi, Joe," who ,devoted his 'special attention "Where, :air?” I asked. tries `dit:dit-dit•dit, dit- to• a naval derivative of in bar, ,,There , "na asked. college math, Lester Dowd ,greet him with , ,, called "Ident]co " "Identico" ` war , he pp onlis$'in the Coast Guard but lit -lit -da -da -da da -da -da ditn" yes," I Said, craning my, d I was a hequired • part of the curriculum. rued down because of a "facial It was stunning advice. unt "' The d ct or refuses even to leery a t fust 'One could not go Instead of balls running • through head back. "Not there," re ' "he snapped. "There." :amine him. Commander Whitman,chattering about the streets like an tunnels and dropping into slots, Not Orion or anybody 'else ever ,,ihe sketchiest old friend of the family, ender- unattended. Society takes stern ships and planes'of the quarreling had . a belt `that looked like that. In. ,rs to get a waiver'. for Lester 50he zest L can join V-7, but after weeks of acting Lester learns they still in- st toil two years of college math. He successful in' joining the V-5 aval Aviation and is sent to Ana- istia Naval Base.: After making sa first solo flight he gets a three - y furlough and visits his folks in figure in wrinkled pajamas, mouth takenly fall upon an ally, a mortify- ioago. The furlough ends, he opened loosely, bleary-eyed and ing sign• rose up in red, saying, groaning, was emerging painfully! "You have just made Hitler very from sleep. I had not the heart to happy." open the day with signals. He would have fallen out of the . bunk from Almost everybody passed "Identi- shock. Besides, his name was. Kanni- co," primarily because of Carmen's that only held when the squadron piki; and at 0600, even with my en- patriotic kibitzing. He was acknowl- was flush with planes. If there was thusiasan for radio, I am scarcely up edged champion of "'dentist)," and extra stock on hand, the students to saying, Good morning, Kannipiki," his feelings were ' so violently anti- who had . satisfactorily completed in the Morse code. Nazi that whenever a cadet threat- their training in the patrol bomb- • end to err, Carmel/ would jab the ers, and were judged competent I eventually passed the exam, but right button before any damage for the undertaking, finished- the it was not good for me. It caused a could be done. course by soloing. ,A few weeks- of. reshuffling in my subconscious. The dayI took the test, Carmen this regime was enough to liquidate Pieces like "Ulysses" and "The had jusreturned from a ten-day any surplus in materials. Then the Charge of the Light Brigade;' mem- leave. To say he was off his •game system would have to be abolished orized in bright childhood and con - is to trifle with grace. I was rely- until production provided excess stantly recalled by some connect- ing heavily on him to pull me again. When I passed by, there were, so to speak, dumping ' coffee in the Gulf once more. perime t -- thinglayinidentifying p ------ -- periment was reserved for my identif nn b re s r er resemblance to Orion'himself;"" It plane as friend or < foe, and then roommatesshooting at the quarry or letting it might just as well have been called The next moaning `the bugle McGregor's Tattered Old Macin pass, as the case might be. If you, stirred us at 0600. I was going to I pushed the right button,bells tort. salutations . in a 'went"It doesn't look like a belt, sir," make the usual, pealed, the enemy sank or cheery sting of `dit's and • las down in flames, and your score I said, feeling an ache in my neck. until I looked above me. A hunched mounted apace. Should you Pis- 1 „"That " said Mr. Caldwell icily, is no concern of'yours. * * * What separated the men from the boys was the solo .flight in a P—. boat. It was an elastic requirement ves for Corpus Christi, where he gets acquainted with service - air -craft, another feature of sic training. Later he goes for a d ride in' a trainer and meets a uth American officer as he steps rt. There was a staggering amount ground school to be covered in P—boat squadron. The stiffest .uirement was taking twelve rds a minute in radio code. The re I struggled with this assign - n , the more I became convinced t the talent to decipher was a ing flash, now came harkening back through. When his first shot was a ural gift. If code does not evoke in code. "The Field Artillery March" broadside into the U.S.S. Mas aehu- spontaneous response, like poetry in radio recollection amounted to a setts, I was as staggered as the ,uric, the task is hopeless. I 'disease. When the caissons came battlewagon. Up went the sign. "You have just made Hitler very Irately throughout the civilized world, The ; Christian -Church has been calling tre people to prayer and in- tercession, for divine help ` and sup- Pokt, for themselves and on behalf of our armed forces, hi the tremen- dous struggle, The Bight Honorable Ernest Dried Dales . Under Ceiling The distributor ofdried dates ee- cently imported into Canada foo Iraq has heels* started and all mer; chants ;will .Ibe entitled to supplies in proportion to those ,purchased in 1941. The fruit may not be immedia- tely available in all parts of Canada but wil be distributed as speedily as possible. According t> the Wartime arconsagn- Brown of the British house of Perri- PenPricest whichandTrisadtheeBfoirstd thee co sh]p- anpo t hoe recently spoken on the meat to come, irons Iraq since 1941 mpo irtance of prayer. represents approximately 60per Th's report appeared in' the S. S. cent of Canada's -normal imports. Times of Dec. 23rd and we believe Prices have been established at all will be appreciated by every Chris- 'levels of -sale. tion man and woman at the present time. The ,Right Honorable Ernest Brown is Minister of Health in the British Government. He is also Labor, leader -and Baptist lay prea- cher. In an address made some time ago he said: er burned with anything like a rolling along at twelve words a min d Morse -like flame. Code at theute, I had to put everything aside, of twelve words a minute beat pull the shades, and lie down. selessly against any ear drums Ground school's major attraction, rain on the roof. e ethers seemed instantly ed for radio reception. I must e been handicapped by the ab- ce- .of some essential antenna, B small but vital organ that un - ed the secret. It was a fright - deficiency. I used to toss in wondering' what might happen ne of my garbled messages fell the hands of some ill-fated Gar - History would fly off en an un- ered course and; upset the care laid, postwar plans. That ught was more than I could bear. er three weeks in a coded dark - ss, I went. in desperation to the happy." Carmen paled. "I sunk the Massachusetts!" he however, was synthetic training. said, aghast. • "What a stink that'll One of the hangars housed a lethal raise in Washington!" amusement , palace where warfare "ghat a stink that'll raise on the and Coney Island blended into high, Massachusetts;' I suggested, net - crusading entertainment. .You could tied to find Carmen so obviously off have a barrel of fun firing mina -form. ture machine guns at miniatureInn the next few -minutes he ac - planes, playing rear ,gunner in, counted for more than three hun- anake-believe turrets, and dogfight-'dred thousand tons of Allied ship- ing in the imitation cockpits. The ping. His bag included the Penn - trade that otherwise •flocked to the Y sylvania, Nevada, Portland, on air - Flying Turns lined up for a chilling bomber. Furthermore, he allowed ride en the bomb trainer.' The,the Japanese cruiser Yubari to pass Navy had not yet leased soft-drink by unmolested, presumably leaving concessions, but I often felt that it free to ravage the entire West surprise crackerjack with a litho Coast. It was the worst day our grenade at the bottom was closer side had since Singapore. e. "Carmen, have you left us just !for a pocket of silver?" I asked, be- ginning to doubt his allegiance. He was so bad he was subversive. Com- pletely rattled now, he fired at any- thing that came into sight. Down went the Pensacola; down went the Omaha. The bewildered British de- stroyer, Javelin, had to limp to port. • "There is no history in the whole range of human • experience more commonly overlooked than the his- tory of the spiritual movements that really determine the future destiny of man and nations. It was so in the days. of, our Lord. His name fills the universe now, but then only a hand- ful of people understood what was happening in their day and genera- tion. He told those whop he com- missioned. of a great secret hidden at the wet of spiritual victory. He commanded them to wait for their spiritual equipment. "Tarry ye in the city- of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power 'from on high." Two students and a mechanic went together en these forays. The cadets were always anxious to go because the flight was the last barrier be- tween serfdom and their eo mission. When it was done, you were emanci- pated. "Oh' the ether hands the trip held out nothing but unrewarded `peril to the mechanic. He was usually dragged aboard kicking and scream- ing. gleSNAPSNOT GUILD POINTERS ON INFORMAL CLOSE-UPS • Everyone finds interest in pictures like this one. • TIME and again in this • column i we have stressed the importance of making close-ups of people rather than longer shots. Today we want to suggest how you can make your close-ups more interesting. The chief reason for a close-up, of course, is to obtain a good like- ness of your subject. But it isn't sufficient to confine photography just to good likenesses. For a series of such pictures of a number of people could be monotonous even if the technique were perfect. But ''pictures of the same people in char- acteristic poses might well be more interesting even if the technique left something to be desired: There are a number of factors 'which lend interest, all or only a Sew ` of which may under the con- • trot of the. photographer, depending on the circumstances. If the subject is being photographed around his or her home, some choice of clothing is presumably offered. If the day is sunny and time is of no conse- quence, the time for the Picture, to obtain proper lighting conditions, can be chosen.•In residential or suburban sections, or in :the coun- try, suitable backgrounds ountry,.suitable'backgrounds are usu- ally no problem. "Trope" are avail.' able en every hand to occupy the subject, for example—chairs, swings, pets, flowers, garden "vegetables, sports equipment, in the summer; and snow shovels, sleds, toboggans,• skis, snowdrifts, ice skates and 90 on in the winter. In the picture above we can quick- ly analyze the outstanding qualities other than the attractive subject herself which result in a snapshot her man in the Service would be very glad to have. Take the costume. The comfortable. blouse and denimslacks fit in well .with the strawstack background. Costume and backgroend are in har- mony and contribute to a feeling of naturalness. The lighting is broad but not so flat as to 'spoil modeling. The pose it simple and unaffected.' Just what any one might do after a picnic or a day helping a farmer as a member of the Farm Service Force. And the sole prop iseone lone wheat straw, being used as thousands be- fore it have been used. Pictures like this are provocative. They make us all want to • take better close-ups. And a large per- centage, . we hope, -will find their way to the boys in the Service. 91 . John van Guilder OBITUARY late Dr. Edward Cushing and at Isis insistence decided to remain, -iles Cleveland. he 1914 old ' Maternity ' Hospitail was:` located at 3735: Cedar avenue le a dingy and poorly equipped building. The death rate. .among both mothers and babies there was high and Miss MacDonald was shocked at conditions she found when she joined the .staff that, year. But she was not the .nurse to take things as she found them and do nothing.' She became superintendent of nurses at !old Maternity Hospital and under her 'regime •new methods, new equipment, new cleanliness, strict discipline and a new attitude toward patients became the eules. Miss MacDonald continued as superintendent of Maternity Hos- MISS CALVINA .McDONALD pital, when its new building was The woman who pioneered in constructed in the University Hos- The nursing methods pitals group. She was assistant di - modern obstetrical rector of University Hospital in di - and helped save the lives of butt- rest charge of Maternity Hospital dreds, probably thousands, of moth - when she retired in 1933. ers and their babies. The woman for whom they chafing- I Then in 1936 the hospital was re, ed the name -of old Maternity Hos- dedicated and was given her name pital to MacDonald House. in recognitioneof her great service. The nurse whose efforts to int- Miss MacDonald was a pioneer in prove the -operation of Cleveland's home maternity service during old Maternity -Hospital and her her administration of Maternity successful career both es a nurse and Hospital it was estimated that be- an administrator brought her the tween 50,000 and 60,000 babies were recognition of the medical profession -born under the institution's care. both here and echoed, I Surviving Miss MacDonald, who Those were some of the highlights lived at 9715 '"Logan court, is her. in the life of Miss Calvina MacDon- l brother, Dr. Peter MacDonald of :i1d, who died recently in Lakeside' Calgary, Alberta. Hospital ,at the age of 70. The last phrase is timeless. His power continues to the • present. Everybody is talking about power,. mechanical power, intellectual power, but . the power which really matters • is Spiritual, the divine energy.. The -secret of victory is there, and the way to realize it is the practice of • prayer -private prayer, public prayer, prevailing prayer. The disciples were to tarry. Why, Because you cannot hurry the giving of divine power. When the da T Mr. Willson, who regarded my de- velopment as one of his greatest tri- umphs, had'purposely stayed away on this important day. He said he did not want to make me nervous. Ever since the first unfortunate in- struction, he had handled ine like a man high on a building' ledge who had to , be approached . quietly and from the side lest he become excit- ed and jump. Undoubtedly he was home sitting close to a telephone. In the midst ef this wanton de- struction, I wondered what the re- action would be in the London Press. The Times, suspecting an eery change in the trend of the war, would bring out an editorial under the quizzical title of "These Odd Americans". Beaverbrook would cer- tainly call fora clearer definition of policy. The Evening Star, jumping at .conclusions, might run the exasper- ated headline: "Berle Is Standing On His Head Again." With one try remaining, my score totaled an anemic eight -five A per- fect answer -would barely pass me. The target appeared. It was a boat. That much was plain. Carmen's shaky hand reached for the buttons. I was riot sure, but anything was better than that. I grabbed his hand away, closed my eyes, and pushed blindly. The Von Tirpitz sank like a rock. Carmen went. wild. 'Considering the engagement as a whole, there was little cause for rejoicing. • Still it is not every day you - sink the Von• Tirpitz. • ' Miss MacDonald had been in fail- ing health for some time at the close of an actiye and fruitful life. Born in Canada, she started her career as a school teacher in Chat- ham, Ontario, but after several years in the classroom decided to become a• nurse. Miss MacDonald practiced for five years in Boston before going to Cleveland in 1908. In those five years she made a specialty of ma- ternity cases. She began her work with the THE PICK OF TOBAGO It DOES taste good in a pipe y of Pentecost was fully come. That is the spiritual rhythm. Air Vice Marshall A. B. Ellwood C.B. D.S.C. No human inventive power can • snake one grain of spiritual energy. It is a gift. It is always waiting for the open heart and the sensitive con- science. The important thing is that you should be willing to -use the power for God's glory and purpose. Where the disciples had seen the shame of the Cross they were now to see the glory. On the spot where they had turned their back on their Lord and where Peter has betrayed him, where everybody knew them and knew about their shame, they now stood up and showed that men, endu- ed with the Holy Spirit, could over- come their :Own weak and cowardly natures (Abridged)." I was scheduled to take the test of fire with 'a cadet called Crandall! We were strangers to each other, but if friendship is born of mutual adversity, I -reckoned we would soon be bound by ties- of steel. Waiting by the plane, I hoped for both our sakes that Crandall wasa young man to whom aviation was second nature. If he toyed with model aeroplanes and was on an equal footing with horsepower, it would bolster the :expedition immensely. I was idly wondering if news eif the war had reached Heaven (in gloomy moments'I am appalled by a thought that Gabriel Heatter is not getting through), when a cadet, head bowed, started for me. He was of medium- height, his black hair cut very short, and he was making broad . gestures.' As be got closer, I noticed he was talking to himself. When he carne within ear- shot I heard him saying: V— Presbyterian W. M. S. The January meeting of the W.M. S. was held at the .home of Mrs. Nott with a large attendance of members and visitors. llers. ,Rober- ton, the President, presided. Mrs. Makins opened with Prayer followed by Scripture reading and remarks by Mrs. Fox. The Hymn "0 God our Help in ages past" and the Glad Tidings prayer by 'Mrs. Ward closed the Worship period. Mrs. Clifton gave the first chapter of the ney Study Book, the theme, ",Approaching the Gateway" which proved most interesting. • "Now, Ben, you can do it perfect- ly well. Don't say you can't do it. Say you can. Then you will. Ev- erybody else does it. But if you don't, you've lived gloriously. . Easy, Ben. Watch `yourself, Ben. Every- thing is going to be all right." These seemed to be the shadow of a doubt in Ben's mind. When he got to me, he said nervously: - "You're Dowd. I'm Crandall. I see we're to do this awful thinf to- gether." Then he . ducked his head and began to egg himself on again. "What's awful about it, Ben? It's glamorous. Think of ` it that way. Besides, you wouldn't ever know what hit you. Shut up, Ben." Little by little, Carmen calmed himself. As soon as he saw things objectively' again, he credited • .my test, and turned happily back to his emporium. All the equipniest was enjoying heavy play. "Don't tell me there ain't prog- ress," he sniffed. "Today a fella goes into a penny arcade, and if he's at all the conscientious type he cones out a pretty damngood soldier." The remainder of the time was devoted to navigation, a study pun- sued relentlessly as king as you were a cadet. The course ranged Prom wind vectors, plotting boards,, and geographic sectors, to draft -9. sights, horizon shots, and three star fixes. Stars occupy a decorative spot on my interest scale akin to butterflies. I feel blessed when I cross paths tiith a tiger moth, but no urge to shag it over the country- side. Nor am !I drivenb Y curiosity to transform Venus's .brilliance' into 'legrees of - azimuth. Global 'war- fare, however, trampled on all per - The minutes of the December meeting were read and -a report of the Year's work given. The trea- surer gave the annual • report. The Society has exceeded their allocation and left a small balance on hand. Mrs. Lane gave a report of the Presbyterial. held in Clinton. The President gave a short reading. "The Glad New Year", and the meeting closed with -a Hymn and the Lord's Prayer. The Hostess served dainty refreshments and all enjoyed a social half hour. It was a thrilling exhibition of what a high-strung ' boy would do for his country, but it augured an hour of anguish for the co-pilot. "Don't mind me," he said, - looking at me again. His eyes were - very clear and bulged ' slightly and his mouth was thicker and broader than normal. "I drive myself this way." (TO BE CONTINUED) Due Dates for Ration Coupons Coupons now valid are butter 90 t 94, sugar 46 to 51, preserves 38 t 38. Butter coupon 95 becomes, -veli ebnuary 8.:. No expiry date has been aineun ed for any valid coupons ie book, 5 0 0 d V BAYFIELD (Intended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. R. Matthews, Miss Ivan and Jack Parker returned to Port Dover on Tuesday after having visited their sisters, Mrs. J. Sturgeon Sr. Basil Parker 'and E. Matthews were also here for a few days last. weak, - Tpr. Gordon Emerson Heard, son of M2•. and Mrs. Emerson Heard is officially reported injured in action. His parentswere notified by tele- gram from National Defense Hlead- quarters on Sunday, January 21. Gordon'. enlisted in March 1943. He received his training at 'Brampton and Camp Borden "before going' over- seas -in' August, 1943. In. October 1943 he was transferred from Eng- land to Noith Africa and v • Knitted Goods New knitted goods which are not identical as to style, size,or count and quality, ef yarn with the manu- facturer's standard 'goods must have prices fixed by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, according to a re- cent order:: Picture Shows: Air Vice Marshal A. B. Ellwood, C.B. D.S.C. eanamesaateasse man Big Cads hr L-er The big Getman eross-channol Picture shows: The barrel of onto guns''captured by the Canadians at of the guns and the contrast in site Gap Griis Neg. to the f•gty a of a soldier.