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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-08-12, Page 6THL $W , iiORTH NEWS THU HOMY, AUGUST 12, 104a The Trains That Never Return Down in the, protruding corner of. Brittany where the new corn in the fields imitates the sea waves, there is a stretch of twenty mil'oS of railway which is tending to become a major German headache, It serves both Brest and Lorient. Along it trundle some of those hea- vy twelve -wheeled, foureylindered locomotives—among the biggest on the continent—which you used to see on the Paris -Lyons line on the way to the Mediterranean. In, those days they were hauling anything up to and including the somewhat as- tringent wines of Algeria, Now there is no wine and thanks to the R.A.F. practically no Lorient. But the trains still run, and must while any of the French Atlantic submarine pens whieh they serve remain in ac- tion. ;And it's on this line among others that RAP fighter squadrons have been sharpening up the practice of the science and art of train -busting, so successfully that to one Mosquito squadron alone goes a tally of forty- three locomotives hit and stopped since January, The same squadron has blown up ten power stations. 9They snake lovely blue flashes when you plug the transformer and con- MCNaughtons Were p' with when. e axe slip - Early pea end out his foot. He lay on the ith an accide Early Settlers boughs in the forest until evening when his companions returned. Cut - By M, V. W, in the Landon Urea ting the boot they applied salt park Press to the wound, sewed lip the. boot with strips of basswood bark and all Pro - Outstanding in the military lists, of seeded on their way the following Canada are the names of several day descendants of those heroic Scottish , folk, who, a century or more ago, left In earlier years, saw mills and grist the fields of heather and sailed out mills dotted the countryside.North Tarn - into the Atlantic, bound for the of Varna was the mill of John Turn- North American shore.' In their own er; south of Varna was' the Scobie land, many had met with difficulties affil. Prior to the erection of mills, and only by thrift and industry had however, men'of the northern court - they succeeded in keeping the home ties hauled their grain down the long together. highway to London. Later, when the. To Western Ontario came several Bayfield road was cut through long bands of Scotsmen. Among the more lines of teams and wagons Could be widely known settlements were seen at the Bayfield wharf, the grain' those of Oxford, Elgin, West Middle- having been taken In scows to the sex, Perth and Huron, Ever interest- boats on the lake, ed in religion and education, the Bricks were made near Bayfield, Scottish pioneers brought, to the for- near Zurich and near Seaforth. D, H. gists of Upper Canada, their Bibles, Ritchie hauled limestone from the their Psalters, and many other vain - able books, In the sixteenth century, John Knox, in his great religious cam- paign, discovered that there were nobles who could neither read nor write. As a result, he established boys' schools in connection with the Presbyterian Church, thus giving the Scottish people free education at an early date. Turning to the history of the Scot - tact breakers, but locomotives are tisk settlement of Stanley Township, more fun," says the squadron navi- Hnron County, one discovers that the gator, who once bit and stopped four name McNaughton stands out prom - trains in thirteen minutes of ten inently. Other McNaughtons, relat- miles of line, then had the pleasure ives of the Huron pioneers, had prey- of hearing that his squadron leader iously settled in the Bethel vicinity, had afterwards blown up the break- i Proof Line, London Township, All down engine coming out to haul I were members of the McNaughton them in. clan of Stirlingshire, Scotland. An - How clo you attack a locomotive? other branch of the McNaughton Pilots are naturally silent about their family had crossed over to Ireland, individual methods, but there is no where they were long associated harm in saying the most successful with the military life. "prang" is very rarely carried out Through the kindness of John Me - head -on. Naughton, Elmwood avenue, London Primarily the aim., is to blow up I South, a former reeve of Stanley the boiler, secondarily to give the ; Township and county commissioner engine an all-over wrecking dose of Huron, several interesting items which, if it does not produce a total , connected with the Scottish settle - casualty, will chew up rough parts, ment were secured. In referring to from the firebox to the valve gear, ' the McNaughtons of Canada, the Lon - to give the repair shops work for doner told of his nephew, William weeks or months. I McNaughton of Saskatchewan, des - There is another advantage about attacking from the side it gives French engine -driver a split second in which to see the attacked coming and fall out on the off -side, leaving a stopped engine as a sitting target. Some pilots say, if there are no flak cars on the train, they like to give the driver a warning "poop" with the guns as they come in. The Mosquito has been a success- fuI train -buster because its immense speed makes it difficult for the train gunners to range on it as it comes in at zero feet, and being highly maneuverable the pilot is able to bank out of the way of the explod- ing boiler as he crosses the railway line at the end of the attack. Then, if necessary, he makes a tight turn and comes in again. One crew, deserting trains once in favor of power stations, found they were able to make four attacks in this way in six minutes. Applauding crowds sometimes live the train -busters difficulties. The pi- lots say they WILL stand on rail- way embankments and cheer. Said one of them: "I once had to make Journeying over the plank road to two feint attacks in the hope of I London, the McNaughtons inquired making the crowd move. Then I gave as to the location of the Scottish up and flew around until the driver pulled the train clear." It is ineid- entally because of this consideration for the lives of French citizens that only goods trains are ever attacked. Another main difficulty in this specialized form of attack is navig- ating. At low levels it resolves itself into pure and simple map -reading. Ranging over the countryside from one railway line to another, looking for the distant smoke puff that makes a new objective, is like en- gaging in a four hundred miles per hour steeplechase. cendaut of Huron pioneers, visiting with Gen. McNaughton, Canadian commander overseas, who was born at Moosomin, Sask., where his father, Robert D. McNaughton, was associat- ed with the fur trading business, "Frequently they visited back and forth," John McNaughton stated. "And they claimed some relation- ship." As Gen. McNaughton's great- grandfather assisted James Watt in designing and operating his famous steam engine, it is evident that the McNaughtons were long interested in engineering research work. About 1532, grandfather, grand- mother , daughter, and five sons (John, Sr., father of John Mc- Naughton, Malcolm, William, Peter, and Daniel) embarked for Canada. During the 16 -week voyage in the sailing Vessel, smallpox broke out. Grandfather McNaughton acted as nurse for his family and all recov- ered from the disease. On the boat trip from Quebec to Hamilton, grand- father became ill with ship fever. At Hamilton, he passed away, burial be- ing made in the cemetery there. settlement at Bethel,.London Town- ship, where their cousins, Big Mal- colm McNaughton, Mrs. Carmichael, Mrs. Fraser, and Mrs. Robson resid- ed. There they received a truly Scot- tish welcome, the Ontario relatives being delighted to meet friends from the Old Land and to hear the news from the old home and of events in Stirling, Scotland, Grandmother Mc- Naughton and two of the younger children were invited to remain with the London Township McNaughtons, while the men proceeded on their way to the homestead, located 2% miles west of the present site of Best Heat Absorber Brueefield, Huron County. Best Milk Cooler When the clearing was made and a shanty erected on what was later The speed at which milk can be known as the McNaughton line of cooled depends upon the rate at Stanley Township, the children, aged which the heat contained in the milk 11 and 13, set out on foot at day - can be passed on to something else ; break for their northern home, ar- which will absorb heat. Some mater- riving in the evening, Never did an- ials absorb heat Much more rapidly other meal taste "quite as good" as than others. Water, for„ example, will that first supper at the McNaughton cool milk 20 times faster than air. homestead in Huron County. Air absorbs heat very slowly. Cense- Outlining events associated with quently if a can of war milk is plat- , the early history of the Bannockburn, ed in a refrigerated room where the Varna, krucefield and Bayfield die - air is at freezing point, it will be tracts, Mr, McNaughton explained about 12 hours before the tempera that his uncle, D. H. Ritchie, a form- titre of the milk has fallen to 50 de- er county clerk of Huron, was a civil grees Fahrenheit. This explains why engineer who had been appointed attempts to cool 'milk in winter by i land surveyor of different townships, setting the cans in a snow -bank or including Stanley and Bobanquet, exposing them to outdoor tempera- The old surveyor's chains, which he tore often leads to trouble, Iused, is a prized possession at the Because mills must give its heat to I home of Mr. McNaughton's brother, surrounding water, the larger the Huron County. volume of water and the lower its John McNaughton, Sr., father of temperature, the quicker the milk Mr. McNaughton of London South, will be cooled, and the cooling will , was a monism' of the Ritchie survey., be still more rapid when the water is ing group for some time. On arriving kept in motion. in the vicinity of Grand Bend he met' • stream, near the little hnanlot,' burn•. ed It, and utilized it 10 plastering Itis home. Others came later tor supplies, of lime, The Scottish settlers of the Bruce - field and Bayfield areas realized a handsome own from the sale of the rock' elm and hickory trees, Buyers, 1nolnding Wilson from Hehsall, visit- ed the district to select suitable tim- ber for ship masts. aGngs , of men were sent in to hew and haul away the logs, which were later shipped to eastern ports, Huron county was riot- ed far and wife for its excellent rook elm forests. . Household Fly Disease Carrier Because it is one of the most active agents in the spread of disease and one of the greatest enemies of public health, the common house fly should not be tolerated hi alis 110100' di' rte surroundings, or in slio.ps offering human food and fruit for sale. It breeds 10 filth, and passes directly from this filth to Human .food, carry- ing bacteria and particles of deceni., posing organic matter on its hairy body and legs and on its sticky feet and mouth, It may light on the face of a sleeping child, and this common fly is notorious for the part it plays in spreading infantile diarrhoea, ty- phoid, tuberculosis, cholera, dysent, ery, and other diseases. It is strongly suspected of being a carrier of the virus causing infantile paralysis, and already the Case has been almost proved by the finding of the virus in a mixed collection of 'files taken in districts where infantile paralysis had occurred. The common house fly is one of the. most serious corrupters of food, In the hone, control of flies is comparie- tively easy. They can be destroyed, and effective covering 01 the temper- at•y . garbage Will prevent the f11es from finding a breeding place. The most effective meshed of eon- trot consists in eliminating or reduc- ing their breeding places outside by the proper treatment and disposal of such materials as manure and. garb- age. One neglected manure heap or garbage dump is often' sufficient to infect the whole neighborhood, and therefore in the control of dies it is necessary to enlist the active co- operation of the whole community. Practical information on this subject will 'be found in Bulletin No. 037 "Control of Some Common Species of Household` Insects," which may be obtained free by writing to Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. "Eyes right!" thundered the Negro Lieutenant. "You's Wrong!" carne from the back ranks of the black troops. Flight Record Made in Canada's Trans -Atlantic :Service ATrans-Canada Air Lines crew es- tablished a new non-stop record from Montreal to Britain, flying a big transport plane in the Canadian Gov- ernment's new wartime trans-Atlan- tic service for the carriage of mail to and from the Dominion's overseas forces. From the take -off m Montreal to the landing in Britain the elapsed time was 12 hours and 26 minutes, 25 minutes faster than the previous best time. Trans -Canada crews will be regularly engaged in the new ser- vice and the plane carried a second T.C.A. crew to Britain in addition to three official passengers and mail. Above: crew members and passengers. Left to right -H. Thomae; Captain M. B. Barclay; A. J. Blackwood; Cap- tain A. Rankin; C. S. Hewett; W. Idouston, Superintendent of a De 1inviland Aircraft Plant; J. R. K. Slain, Inspector of Airways, Depart- ment of Transport; C. S. Ritchie, l.zecutive Secretary, Department of 1 eternal Affairs, High Commission- , ,'s Office, London, England; G. Net- , sten; Captain R. M. Smith; Captain l:anald F. George, Operations Man- : ger of T.C.A. and Pilot of the record- tse.,,lryng trip; and Squadron Leader J. R. Gilmore. The members of the crews hail from points in the Domin- ion from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Their home towns include Vancouver. B.C., Lethbridge,_Alta., Melville, Sask.,Winnipeg, Man.,Stratford,Ont., Montreal, Que., and Sackville, N.B. Below: Lieut. E. R. Kightley, of the Canadian Army Postal Corps, (cen- tre) supervising the loading of mail previous to the take -off. The plane carried+2,600 pounds of mail for the men and women of Canada's forces overseas. r Counter Check Books • We Ire Sellinq Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. 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