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THE SEAFORTH NWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1041
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COME TO
WALTON COMMUNITY HALL
FRIDAY, MAR. 21
And en+;' a e:1:- pres-
en;ed by the L' F \Tx'.O e i
The FAMILY ALBUM
Songs. Reding. Instrumentals
Dance to McNair's Orcrt.
T-ne Served -.-
WALTON
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JOHN h. MEDD WROTE
OF EARLY SCHOOL LIFE
DUBLIN
y At the mars::,G ..re
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.�:. ._._ x ... Lh:. t.-'_.,. At.—n.tu. was a off cn .....1.. On the :rater. while
suet ... H :.eve: whipped m8 again. planes Rt a.n:'asease f x hack
• matte:
.d at: o' tang i
^ 7
i �i , -e whipping i� 1r°I i.
a.•
_ "Yaw I was - _.. ..i_ E»girl: aLL 1 C dt. :pec^I♦ naotorboats dart
why was 1 ':t,::g ..»- , _
_ t+ou; s� t:k the targets and
•ca- alrl: ett
Ina away ar.y apl s crines c'sse:
• - i $!:. ....., -: tt,inz ai:i_... U.. lav>3. similar guard 13 'sent an
d
44r 3 e 'or. 'n .t';g'hting. 1wa
pm,alsneve had a warm
iattle 'won.
the r
▪ rny
BOMBING TARGETS
x a .c have always . .i.
ed high an. ng. the EriiI,irics
{ T ay
Lake
they
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hands Ai flie
THEATRE
Seaforth
NOW PLAYING
Doable Feature
"THE MAN FROM MONTREAL"
"PIONEERS OF THE WEST"
Mon,, Tues,, Wed.
NEAGLE
The Irene' Girl
Next Thur. Fri. Sat.
._. .. :.. ....- .. .-_ :,e ... ..lx'
r.. and maintelian-e slat oi•nsists
a • .a} That !sBei,cre_ _ .. Jarvis the stn..-
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.. ., .-.. tit. ...:i .... Ale Ili ..... ..
a -u...:I:t:a. ...
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He had ao siderabie - n '• e'a 'dying sco
away. ,,, 6 . .-.:. weeks fir. 1 i . •.._ye.nter :Lis tir.al stage.
,. .: a. :.a': learned has AEC Air pilots spend the las- 'wt,.
,c .,_,:r we shall allow hill: fell WeekS 1.:^'n training pe=arl
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e.oriy experienc:4 in the sch:-Jol at, Jarvis learning. to guide their at
Cartwright:craft into target positions. Ther they
"1 commenced nay school day. here are assigned to active service squad-
firs a ..,tde log school house about a rots. Air observers spend six week;
Quar'f-rcqn n:i'. ..from my 3-.n•e., at the school and wireless ,Ppe:atnr
This , n•" t.
\t'_. .. ._ 1i:d Feiks \\ ._
:d i, .. _
c :_01 :tf- al:d experierlees
In .?.e middle of the .sell cel'm.y-
His ....st teacher had a utaigne way
.>.t.td'tcir.g his new Inril? ?G
liae and all was be :c,.:. ,.d
it. M-1-.uss,-•: i .i:. c,f
lits .si l• xs ..errs.e.. .0 bb pu ,,..
::talion:
"1 ens torn - in the suburbof sin
6.. .. !n East Durham. .,.e o: the
lies villages in DarhaW
rr every r..:._€..,. a:e eco er;:
c'-.enifdenis sill 1
,.:.. .own •_rt!. - - . calk.::
rhe teacher was an aged mai, named
Clarke I knew very little of hin;. as
• ea.h':r• 1 do know he whipped tale
o c- and I thought I had not de-
served i* I cried :early- aid forenoon.
He .i»ri to pacify me but did not
..lies•'.. it was hard work and ray
:hro'a, was sore quite awhile.
AI: strikes have their disadva :•ages
air gnnr:ers spend fon: weeks in this
final training stage.
Long before the firs' student
bombe._ took to the air a: this
training school. section: of Lake
Erle were marked off' by buoys
:o:nl a bombing range and all ship-
ping was notified of this danger
zor.. Siriiar sections we:e :rm:xied.
E 7 1 , 'h won ge 'o ruax:Y .ted
sg- 1c d 1 are c '
tt,t
big asYa'r. - x , x %he teetsed n e. Ben b-Croppingpractice. however.
iat' y ,._ Taw.'
o .rue. They consented We the last training _tag provided
E.: coats and wen. e. I
w,. ..:veil" long is th:e rang the
Irst 1 hai:earned my lesson in
lei;:?,tear..+. I _ruck at the face. A
boy won't tand many knocks on the
ate I was a little taller and had a
slight advantage. We had just nicely
started on the second fight when one
o: the boys yelled: 'The teacher's
et' :irs.' We qui€, picked up our 1 at an aerial photograph enlarged aro
. and :an. The next day we were projected on the door. Behind them
the best of friends. They Lever ca:. sits an instructor. acting as pilot.
e63 again . 1 likely who tilts the projected image as the
,r ue; ..lee get the worst of it but a:•ti. s surface it '-4i would appear
'Ai... w-.: .ba' end's ;-.- t to ..it I•eneatb a nlaraetwe ing plane
:5'.: ;he $7.47,•.:y of... - T.t'.e student -r presses a rigger to ..:
i1,4. -a _- b~first
y: .:ase hi; '.bombs and ». he does so.
• a c .__ tui- intelligent drath r•ts the photographic land -
9 rT. .... the .a 5.
John H i ..p:. .o indicate %%here the "bombs..
Medd who gassed away Matei. J- have _t:utk His accuracy is jxdgtd
1'i^ - tr. -tee Village of Exet~. wile. by his flashing score
wreside.-
:: of his children ;fir_- G. In the nex' ,age of his schooling
I W. Lay r and W. G. Medd. ex the student goes aloft but still car-
! M.L.A. He was irhis tr year and ries no bombs. Instead, what is
+-c of h. a1._ and /known as the "camera obscure' is
,.sod days -a=e year before. :used. This apparatus is housed iu a
¢' building with an opening in the roof.
WENDELL WILLKIE TO The plane speed; over the building
SPEAK IN TORONTOI and as the observer presses the trig-
ger a photographic flashbulb Is re•
\t'il nie will address a leased in the belly of the plane- The
nes, sleeting in Maple Leaf Gardens
at T.:•:on:o on Monday right. dareh.
_�?h. ar• launch the nation-wide ap-.
peal of the Canadian War Services
Fund.
**Wendell S[ii:kie's visit to Torar
o will g, down fir. his -tory.' said
y a•, r. a fign7.. I
a▪ C
and�,.. n 1, w•I
Leyi-hexed
:a=t to l -•>y a::
Yaw on the chin. It was. a knockout.
Yaw": head hit against the storeand
r':. his : .. a_. The a+ht e..ig,•
the on the back and said
... -r:...>d .rake a man _:..m-. day.
t✓.-. his G.tsk.
x_ ..._. the loiood from.his
ase
.p:gx
.:a p 0
aste! ..the and
..s:: -.a lair.-- to 'take: his seat.
Barred Rock Cockerels
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Several hundred .. tU 4 week old Cockerels for sale at
sacrifice prices
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SUNNYVALE POULTRY FARM
Phone drib; r 3. Seaforth
SEAFORTH
SPRING SHO
Tuesday, April 1:t
at the school. Before going into the
ir, both gunners and observers
spend long hours of study on the
ground. Ingenious devices are pro-
vided t'or this preliminary schooling.
Observers. for instance. .e on a
platform, designed to represent the
bombing compartment in a plane.
and look down through a bomb sight
AT 1.30 P.M. A GRAND PARADE OF
ALL ANIMALS ENTERED FOR
COMPETITION
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SEAFORTH
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Headed by the Seaforth Highlanders Band
JUDGING TO COMMENCE AT 2 O'CLOCK
REMEMBER THE
DANCE AT NIGHT IN
CARDNO'S HALL
MODERN AND OLD TIME MUSIC
dvniSsion-35C
Prize Lists May Be Obtained from the Secretary
Humphrey Snell, Mrs. J. A. Kerr,
President Sec.-Treas.
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flash is picked np by sensitive instru•
merits in the open roof and the
marksmanship of the observer can
be accurately plotted.
Finally. before being ready for act -
service. the student is supplied
with racks o€ practice bombs and
e;o.-G ;tai A. D. iicRae. C'.8...a
- sent L over fargets on lam. and
:.... La: € hal: man of tilt fund •'To ; h - ii^r-
miiii• r:. of t.'anadiar, .. . _ water. 4.. land_ .:4h targets I 50e. Li. Used. and or. water. floating :4:-gt:-
a<�y e suis ceverye t- ind designed o rep!' -sent enemy vesst,Is.
irrc w 1 sp<,s for every maze to .,
Hi- y < o: ,. s her t _a -. T+ ?.a air gunner., in beating off
opposing aircraft. cani-a_ $'.•:.eve"
iia: a -.-,wed -doe -
e. i,eliinc.
,. Il vita:ion.
ar
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. c.. T _ 0 .: • 81 11, r a at. 0 : -
I i ,,»,,-ort'itg Mr. wink. ;e- fl. al exereses Feasor
re " ▪ • , h Ontario gox ernes m
bombs weight 31t_ poundseach..
\" .:+Ir::. Winkle .. one of the truly;
the United States today
compared to the 5@0 t6 round
g a men t: �
arra i:a ha, t -r ti -: ed 4,- ioc-racy the projectiles used in ac:ual warfare.
They are the inexpensive but accur-
"target ammunition" of the air
recent
Id t ver a gr at service by hi. ate
recent trip to Great Britain. in which, bomber. just as.2_ calibre ammunl-
he interpreted to his own country I
the cause for which we are fighting. t tion provides a good practice mod•
Tlns ties`af friendship between Can -1 tum for the rifleman.
ada and the united States will be Fifteen inches long. with a diem
vtronger than ever as a result of his eter of three inches at their thickest
visit here." 1 section, these practice bombs have
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cast noses weighted with a lead
The pretty young lady presented core. The after section. containing
a cheque to the teller. He examined detonator and the charge. screws
it carefully and asked: 'Into the nose and has a sheet metal
"Can you identify yourself?" s tail with vanes attached.
\Thereupon the pretty young lady . All parts of the practice bomb are
dipped into her purse, took out a made in Canada, 'including the
;mall mirror. looked at it a moment charge, which is a product of the ex -
and said:plosives chemist. On ground targets.
-Yes. it's me all right." 1 bombs charged with stannic chloride
i are used, while the charge for water
• -... For Sa:e Ms. 3 weeks 50c target bombs is, titanium tetrachIor-
Ben 3rt.- t • 'sit 5-ro a
'run • =''r e',"M . Su'art P 1,1.- it
Coming --- "1 CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE"
ide. Through a hole bored In the
:ofd neite a striker is inserted while
spring—held safety pins are thrust
through small transverse holes to
guard against accidental discharge of
the bomb, The bomb rack beneath.
the aeroplane holds the safety pins
...m" -y 00111 the bomb is released
ani then the pine ere automatically..
withdrawn. On contact with the
ground or water the striker is de-
r--"ssed. setting off the detonator, a
.:!?all charge of explosive which
laws o3 the tail of the bomb and
frees the chemical charge. Contact
of these acids with - atmosphere or
water causes a puts of white smoke
I«y which the bomb timer, thousands
of feet above. may judge the accur-
acy of his aim. Neither expensive
rQr d_.:-urtive, these miniature
bombs reveal to students and instruc-
tors the degree of accuracy in areial
marksmanship attained. Tiny white
puffs of smoke rising from the wat-
ers and shores surrounding Canad-
ian bomber school- portray the skill
Canada's young marksmen of the
ST. COLUMBAN
Mr. Jack Flannery spent the wee
end. in Toronto.
Miss Mary Miles spent Sunday
with her parents.
Mrs. James O'Reilly is home after
spending a couple of weeks with
Mrs. Tom Costello.
Mies Clestia Johnson spent the
week with her sister firs. Micbaei
Williams, of Seaforth.
Miss Catharine Dane spent Sun-
day with her sister Mrs. Johr.
Moylan:
Miss Rose O'Reilly has gone to
Toronto, after spending a few week;
at her home.
St. rnluniban St. Patrick's dance
has bot -n postponed on account c+
the storm and bad roads.
We are sorry to hear Mrs. Ed
Rowland is ill in Seaforth.
Miss Frances Delaney has return
ed home after spending some week.
caring for Airs. John Dalton.
Farmers of Huron County
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If you• are interested in the formation of a non-
political Farmer's Organization so that Agriculture may
speak with a unified voice in solving agricultural problems.
attend your Township meeting. Your wife and family are
also invited to attend.
MEETINGS COMMENCE AT 8 P. M.
Stephan Township—March 24th Twp, Hall. Crediton
l sborne Township --March 25th Twp, Hall, Elimville
Hay Township ---March "lith Town Hall, Zurich
Tuckersmith Twp.—March 27th, Walker's Hall, Brucefield
Stanley Township—March 2Sth Twp, Hall. Varna
Goderich Township—March 31st, . ,TwpHall, Holmesville
Colborne Township—April lst Twp. Hall, Carlow
Ashfield Township—April 2nd : , , G• S. 99th Con„ Ashfield
W. Wawanosh Twp.—April 3, Community Hall, St. Helen's
E. Wawanosh Twp. -.April 4th .. , Forester's Hall, Bel ave
Hullett Township—April 7. Conxntunity Hall, Londesboro
Mcli clop Township—April Sth Hall. Winthrop
Morris Township—April 9th, Twp. Hall, 5th Con., Morris
Grey Township—April 16th Township Hall, Ethel
Turnberry Twp.—April 11, Council Chambers, Wingham
Howiek Township—April 14th Twp. Hall, Gorrie
Above meetings sponsored by the Agricultural Conunittee
of the Huron County Council
Chairman—J. W. Gamble
Committee—Percy Passmore, Sam Whitmore, Fred
Watson, Alex McDonald
Warden—James Leiper
All models and prices of Radios. See -our large display.
We also have Battery Radios and Batteries in stock.
Farmers are particularly requested to investigate our line
of Battery Radios before buying.
Now is the time to get the most enjoyment out of a Radio,
when radio reception is at its best. We carry the well
known makes such as Westinghouse, DeForest, Rogers,
Spartan, etc.
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