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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1960
6LUEWATER and BAYFIELD NEWS
Mrs. Russell Grainger, Correspondent
CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY
A very happy occasion was ce-
lebrated on July 20th when the fa-
mily and relatives of Mr. John
Scotehmer Sr., gathered to honour
him on his 90th birthday.
Picnic supper was enjoyed by
52 persons..
Mr. Scotchmer was born at Bay-
field and received his education at
S.S. No. 3, Stanley, having •spent
his boyhood years on the farm
now owned by George Wilson.
About 1900 he went to North Da-
kota, where he spent five years be-
fore returning to Bayfield and lo-
cating on the Bronson Line.
Present for the occasion were
his daughter, Mrs. Robert Greer,
and her family; sons, Charles,
Roy, John and Gordon, with their
wives and families; his sister, Mrs.
Myron Butler and Mr. Butler,
Bayfield; his brothers, Alfred and
Mrs. Scotchmer, Bayfield; William
and Mrs. Scotchmer, Egmondville;
and Fred Scotchmer, Richmond
Hill; his sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert
Scotchmer, Bayfield; Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Cooke, Vicsburg, a niece;
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Beattie, also a
niece; Mrs. Minnie Caber, Winni-
peg, who is spending a month with
her sister, Mrs. John Scotchmer
Sr., was also present. Twelve of
his 14 grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren attended.
A large birthday cake for Mr.
Scotchmer graced the supper table
as did a smaller cake for Robert
Beattie, grandnephew of Mr.
Scotchmer, who celebrated his
13th birthday.
Great-grandson, David Renner,
presented Mr. Scotchmer with
birthday gifts from the family,
Mr. Scotchmer enjoys good
health, takes a keen interest in
everything, especially farming. He
is a regular attendant at St. And-
rews United Church, Bayfield.
Mrs. Betty Carnie returned to
London, after spending some time
visiting in the vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cleave, Miss
Louise Talbot, Kitchener, were
week end visitors with their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Tal-
bot Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Delore Ducharme,
Detroit, visited recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Ducharme Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Denomy,
Tecumseh, were Sunday visitors
with. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Du-
charme.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Deichert,
Scarborough, were week end visi-
tors with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Deichert and Mr, and
Mrs. Russell Grainger, and they
also attended the reunion at Staf-
fa on Saturday.
Phyllis and Jimmie Grainger
are spending this week in Scarbor-
ough with their sister and bro-
ther-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Deichert.
Mr. and Mrs. John Denomy and
six girls spent a week visiting with
Mrs. Denomy's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Ducharme Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Charuk and
son, Wingham, were visitors with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Ducharme Sr.
Mr. Dona Ducharme spent sev-
eral days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Ducharme.
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AND 15 YEARS AGO
J. A. MORRIS
Editor, Prescott Journal
writes from
EUROPE AND
THE (UNITED KINGDOM
Streaking through the skies in
beautiful sunlight thousands of
feet above the clouds and "wea-
ther" in an RCAF Comet IA Jet
toward Europe, we headed for our
rendezvous with the Canadian Ar-
my after 15 years.
At the efficient RCAF passenger
terminal at Uplands, Ottawa, we
had our first glimpse of the sleek
Comet that was to whisk us to
Marville, France, in eight and a
half hours flying time. Arriving
early, we checked, through and
watched the other passengers.
We were a mixed lot, the 30 of
us; reminded us of a combined
ops scheme — Navy, Army and Air
Force, and civilians. Armed forces
men were going over on rotation,
or completing special assignments
at National Defence Headquarters
in Ottawa. The civvies were going
over to teach school at RCAF bas-
es in France, while we were to re-
port on Canada's NATO forces for
the Ontario Weekly Newspapers
Association.
We sat opposite Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Harris from North York,
near Toronto, who were thrilled to
be heading for Metz. Mr. Harris
was to take over the principalship
of an RCAF school — he was an
education officer with the fly
boys in the Far East in World War
II. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fourbester
of Vancouver were on their fourth
plane in three days heading for a
similar post at Metz.
ONTARIO EDITOR VISITS NATO FORCES — J. A. Morris,
Editor of The Prescott (Ont.) Journal is welcomed. by F. L. K. Mc-
Bride, Vancouver, captain of the RCAF Jet Comet as they prepared
to leave for Marville, France. Mr. Morris will write a series of
stories of Canada's men and women serving in Western Germany
and France in our first line of defence. (National Defence Photo)
As we waited, we wondered if
we were twins. Three men came
up to us and chatted about where
we could have met. Among them
was Major J. W. P. Brown return-
ing to London after two weeks at
NDHQ. With Mrs. Bryan and fa-
mily he lives at South Wimbledon.
We compared notes but couldn't
decide where our paths had cross-
ed during World War II. He was
First Division and we were Third
— "The Water Rats." But we'll
remember the next time we meet,
for Major Bryan was a wonderful
help especially on the trip to Eng-
land.
What an "experience" this trip
really was. Breakfast at 17,000
feet at 3 a.m., (our time), with
the sun shining brightly — two
hours at Marville, France, we were
dropped onto the runway exactly
on schedule at 11:10 a.m., French
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time, A two-hour flight in a Dako-
ta of World War II vintage to the
RCAF base at Langer, near Not-
tingham, England, was followed
by a three-hour train ride to St.
Pancreas Station in north London.
Pre -arranged Army transport was
not in sight, so Major Bryan com-
mandeered a Royal Navy vehicle
which wheeled us through the
winding busy streets of Old Lon-
don to Morden, in the southwest,
where we rejoined our family
whose BOAC Britannia had left
Dorval, Montreal, 24 hours ahead
of our Comet.
As our Comet was prepared for
the take -off at 8:00 p.m., after we
had been seen off by Capt. Ingram
of the Army PRO staff, F. L.
Dwayne McBride, of Vancouver,
announced in his quiet, reassuring
manner, that he was in charge and
would be flying at 24,000 feet to
Gander. At 9.40 he reported we
were over the southern tip of the
Gaspe Peninsula, and would be
in Gander in an hour.
In our first jet flight we marvell-
ed at the majestic cloud forma-
tions several thousand feet be-
low us. All sense of speed was
lost after we rose above the clouds.
We were amazed at the lack of
noise, and only the thrust of four
powerful De Havilland Ghost 50
engines reminded us that we were
screaming along at 460 miles an
hour !
Less than an hour and a half at
the fabulous, modern Gander Air-
port and we were off again, non-
stop to Marville, France. F. L. Mc-
Bride told us we would be over
the Irish coast near Shannon in
4.10 hours — and on the dot we
spotted the deeply indented coast-
line, In ten minutes we were over
the sea and headed for Wales.
Cloud cover was almost solid
all the way, so that we saw only
bits of patchwork countryside of
Ireland and southern England. We
glimpsed the Channel a couple of
times, and as we crossed the
French coastline we started the
long glide into Marville. We arriv-
ed with the punctuality, of an
English, express train.
After clearing the French Immi-
gration office, we were taken to
the RCAF No. 1 Fighter Wing Of-
ficers' Mess for lunch, We were
met at the ramp by Officer Cadet
Allan Smith, of Alliance, Alberta,
a U, of A. student chosen to do
his summer training overseas. He
was assigned to show us about and
take us on a tour of the Wing and
the countryside, but, alas, we were
scheduled to take off at 1:00 p.m.,
for England. However, well be
back there in a few weeks.
Going back to the flight, after
zooming through the clouds above
Newfoundland, we settled down
for a catnap in the reclining seats.
The heavy Hudson Bay blankets
felt good in the pressurized cabin,
especially when we learned the
temperature "outdoors" was 55 de-
grees below zero ! The moon was
brilliant as we dozed off about
1:00 a.m., (our time) and when we
roused about 3:00 to see the stew-
ard placing breakfast on our table
the sun had replaced the moon!
Breakfast at 3:00 a.m., we could
not imagine, but when we had
tasted the orange juice, bacon and
eggs, rolls and coffee, oh, man.
We realized our last meal had been
at noon the day before.
And now, ladies, how would you
like to serve 39 breakfasts from
a kitchen with space for barely one
person to turn about In a broiler
about one-quarter the size of .a nor-
mal oven the bacon was prepared,
the eggs were cooked over a hot
plate about nine inches square,
and hot water for the coffee came
from a small boiler. With that
equipment two men served 39
breakfasts in an hour and a half.
We must thank the very capable
RCAF crew who gave us a pleas-
ant, swift introduction to the jet
age: F. L. K. McBride, Captain;
F. L. J. E. Sled, 1st Officer; F. L.
L. J. Halpin, Navigator; F. L, H.
J. Filleul, Radio Officer; WO2 W.
J. Hoehn and Sgt. C. S. Rodrigues,
Flight Engineers; Cpl. J. P. Gou-
let, Transportation Tech.; Sgt. J.
A. Patenaude and Sgt. J. G. G.
Moreault, Stewards.
Next week we'll describe driving
through the rush hour traffic of
Old London in a Canadian car "on
the wrong side," as we headed for
the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade
in West Germany.
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