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The Huron Expositor, 1940-07-19, Page 2} r RE HURON EXPOSITOR J`1 IX` M1940 luron ExExpositor Established 1860 McPhail McLean, Editor. !listed at. Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Phursday ' afternoon by McLean JAFORTH, Friday, July 19, 1940. Why Not Stay at Home ? Statistics would go to prove that while Canada is a country of com- paratively limited population; a good majority of its people are given to extensive travel, particularly in the United States, and also that they are noble spenders while on their travels. r During the year 1939 Canadian motorists alone spent some forty- four million dollars in the States. In addition to this, some thirty million dollars was spent by Canadians travelling by rail and boat, and an- other twenty-one million dollars by ferry, bus and), airplane travellers. ATI-' of which- totals up -to the size- able sum of ninety-five million dol- lars. But that was in 1;939. This year both the Governments of the Unit- ed States and Canada have decided that it is! going to be different. The United States .Government . has de- cided that after July 1st of this year, no Canadian can enter that . country without a Canadian passport with a United States visa. And already one hundred and forty-five thousand applications for passports have been received at Ottawa. Unfortunately, however, for these would-be American visitors, the Can- adian Government has taken mea- sures which. will cancel the need for the great majority of these pass- ports. On the ruling of the Cana- dian Exchange Board, Canadian banks are forbidden to give Ameri- can money for pleasure trips .over the line; which means that prospec- tive Canadian travellers will have to stay at home, because they Will have no money with which to travel. Well, • why not stay at home? We know that there is a certain social prestige arising out of foreign travel and a certain satisfaction in telling about that travel. But if that travel is for pleasure, for health, or for rest, where in the whole wide world could people receive in like measure the benefits of all ;. three,, than by travelling in Canada? And the answer . is: Nowhere. People of means, if they look for it, can travel with as much comfort or luxury in Canada as they can in any other country in the world. They can find more varied and better' scenery. They may miss the foreign element; and feeling of being in a strange country, but for compensa- tion they likewise miss the foreign mistrust, the unwholesomeness of contact with most foreigners, and the :disadvantage of being ' able to speak the language' and of knowing what it is all about. People of every means, or "very lit- tle means at all, would fare even more ; advantageously. Since Mr. . Ford put the family home on wheels, practically all the pleasure trips of these two classes have been across the Iine. To see Detroit, New York, Buffalo, Chicago and ,:.many other places in-between and beyond. And it is nice to 'see these places. But the price ' these people . pay for these trips is very expensive; and of- ten exorbitant. Not in money, "'5f course, that can be and is met, but what they cosh in comfort, in sleep, in .nervgs and in health, is something else again. And that somethingcan not be called pleasure. Nor is it. In this age we Iive too fast; we travel too -fast, and because of that speed we have to keep to the high- ways, where there is neither rest nor peace. And where there is no rest or peace, there can be no pleasure. Our geared -up, raw nerves may call it that, but 'our minds and bodies totally disapprove that claim, 'par- ticularly the minds and bodies of our youth. When we feel the urge to travel, - why not ° shun the big places, the 0. right lights, the speed and the' high - No uxie + an take a trip in ianacla and particutlarly in i lfa n dtrftig the . Summer that'' is not, a pleasure. No led.tioroe n bum ..•withstand leathitt ever cha aging beauty Qf the countryside, and minds and bodies would benefit immeasurably. Why not,stay at home and try it? • Auto Travel In Britain Automobile travel in Britain is not what it used to be. It is no long- er either a matter of convenience or pleasure. In the first place, Britain is at war, and one of the first war mea- sures imposed was the restricted use of gasoline for motor purposes, par- ticularly when motors were to be driven for either personal business or pleasure purposes. But even if one had saved up his gasoline allotment until there was ample for a pleasure trip, the likeli- hood is that trip would never be tak- en.. Distance travel by car, in Britain has: become anything but a pleasure. On the Other hand, it has become an adventure and a very unpleasant and uncomfortable adventure at that. We, in Ontario,' are so familiar with and so accustomed to highway signs and numbers, to Motor League signs and signposts; -to route maps mad police patrols, that we take them quite as a matter of course, and eom- plain more than a Iittle if we do not think there are enough of them. But the British motorist thinks a lot about them --because they have all been removed. , There , are none any more. Not even a sign in a town or a sign on a that would indicate the name of a place. In fact, the British motorist is un- able to tell where he is going; or when he has got there. And that is not a very pleasant situation for any one to be in. Add to that the blackouts in the towns and cities and innumerable other unpleasant restrictions impos- ed , epos -ed on account of the war, and one can readily realize why motoring has become a defunct pastime in Bri- tain. .i" WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Influence of Weeklies (Listowel Banner.) One of the leading editorial writers of the New York Times, Simeon Strunsily, uraintains tbsalt a single copy sof .a weekly newspaper slowly abe+or•bed may succeed in driving home a point mere effectively thaw ' seven daily newspapers re- p -eating the same point ,every day for a week. He says "With us the small towin and country newspaper which is most often a weekly journal its moreinfiiueantial than ithe daily press. A week- ly newspaper which is read, and .absorbed in the seclusion and comprarafive 1ei,sur.e of a small town or the farm ie likely to 'exercise a greater' pull. nn its reader ,than the diaily paper, crammed with a bew-ildering array ,of reading. matter and consumed amid -th,e dieitractions o•f urban life,' - Streets Without Poles (Lethbridge Herald) The town of Seaferth in Huron..Coninty, On- tario, has something to boast about. .After Bong years all, telephone and plower line poles have disappeared from Main' Street, and the .trans- formation, has amazed the residents cif Seaforth. 'They are wondering why they didn't bring about ,such a fine iinprovem'ent years ago. When oiti•es and towanss are young, wondering whether they are ever going to amount to (much, the tendency is toi do all things easily and cheap- ly ne possible. But M. growing yawns and cities, a little foresight will secure the advantages by putting poles .in their .proper place while the utility services are .,being extended. • 'Women's Manpower. (Financial Post) In mobilizing Canadian manpower we must than a place—a read place—for Canadian, women. Since th,e outbreak of war women, have been far in the van of an ,all-out war effort, Through' their own Voluntary Registration Bureau last autumn a complete ,registration `(in 'duplicate) of 200,000 women available for war service (bias been maintained. The system follows that us- ed by the British' War Office. •It makes avail-, able to Ottawa 'ar to any lbleal province or dis- trict, complete information of trained,. comipetent workers available and whiling to tackle one or more jabs, on. a whole or pant -time basis. ,A few days ago, when the need anoste to find oul; how -many homees were open' to refugee chil- dren, a call for clerical workers was sent out. The Bureau hoped 100 Women would volunteer to do night Work analyzing the registration .cards. Instead 250 turned up. They have been gladly ;bus,ni•ng midnight oil since then, aai their little bit in the war effort. Then there are the hu dredsl of young men, who heave been training be drive, ambulances. or ' do volunteer war service aa drivers. Three hun- dred received diploma at Toronto the other night. They are qualified mem,bsrs of the Vol- unteer Auxiliary Drivers' Clomps. The voluntary ,service give11, by women t'hmough Red Grass (and similar 'charitable organ- izations is also •beyond praise. Those whe have -been closest to the ,walk of regis,tratnon, and training are arppallled et the ter- rible wake of wu namipower. They feel entre van - Men ailboiald be training to replace mein, td take jobs in factories or as ianxidiarries in able field. Then Point out 'that every man, in the fliing 1N,ne must be supported by at least five others behind' the line. Of ttheeee five) ,)obs Utley say' that three could, be filled, if necessary, by veleta:en In Br'i- taimi, these jobs are now being filled by Women. Canada's ,standing ariny might be trebled otter - eight if proper isle were Made, of the "•Manupawler" Of our women,, Canadian women' hare plot 'waiiited he !have their "inmt1ipo'wer" mobilized. Wiley ate tea* and ifnpaltletnt to titre v th'emisenteal into any ,part of diel wan` effort Where. they Can be of garde*. ears Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor July 23, 1915 • Mr. Will'i'am. Johnsen, of Zurich, is raising bis barn and erectinrg a cem- ent foundation under it on the' farm he purchased from the estate of the late John Jacobi, 1 Mr. W. W. Hoffman, of Seaforth, rhas• purchased the residence of the late Mrs. McDougall in the North Ward for $1,100. Mr. Wlm4 D. Smith, son of Mr. W. R. Smith, has purchased the comfort- able bride' -cottage of Miss Graham in Egmondville for $1,000. Miss Bertha O'Donnell bas success- fully passed her grade 1 piano,exam- 'nation, e3 the London: Conservaiiory of Muticwith first class armors. ' Miss Grata Ross, Miss, Helen Guth - id of Hamilton, and Miss Alva .Graves are spending two weeli*sr'et Bayfield. Mr. A. George, of Addiner, has been engaged as organist and choir leader in First PresbYteri•an Church. The school in Section No. 1, Hut - lett, made a record success at the re- cent examinations, the whole class of five Wha wrote having passed, two taking honors. In addition Mises Ma- bel Livingstone captured ,the echbla,^- shi'b for the North Huron, Inspector- at'e, her total being 545 marks, the highest total ani the county, which en- titles her to a year's free tuition. Mrs. Farnham is the teacher, While unloading baled fray at the station at Brucefield on Monday morning, Louis Atkinson of Seaforth had the misfortune to slip and dislo- cate his. knee cap. On 'Saturday morning while all the members of the family of Mr. Alex- andem Buchanan, of Tuckersmrith, east of Hensall, were ewgaged in milking, some of them noticed.. smoke and flames arising from the summer kit- chen,. let was .completely dtestroy- ed. The house was- of brick with metallic. roof and was built many years age by Mr. Stoneman: Mr. H. R. Long, .principal of Vic- toria St. School, Goderich, has re- signed, bis resignation to fake effect on Sept., 1st: James McLaughlin, of Manley, is .carrying his arm ill a sling as a re- sult Of an encounter with- `a heifer he nas leading, knocking him down .and goring him in the arm: The trustees of Browntown school, Merrier, have engaged Missy Marjory Yuild asp 'teacher for the coming term arid Miss, Teannie Yuill will be the new instructor in the "`And on Line, sehool, and Ie, Morris. On Monday of lest week Chief Weigthonlaater Wheatley, of Clinton, put over his scales 81 head of cattle, which had an al/et-age' weight of 1,320 poundis. -The purchasers were a Chi- cago firm w1110 have a big supply eee order for France. The Red Cross) Circle of Brussels has provided a covin the Duchess. of Connaught Hospital at Oliveden, England, 'and will furnish it for a year if nec'ess'ary. Seventy-five dollars was remitted non this purpose and, there is more to. follow. • From The Huron Expositor July 25, 1890 T,h,e teams of Fullerton, and Russrel- dale combined played- a quoit match against Mitchell on, tbe'..grounds at Russeldale on Friday last. This was a very interesting match and was ev- enly contested, ,Mitchell winning by 9 pc; ts. Mr. W$i. Rowcliffe, London Road, Stephen, met with rather an unpleas- • ant accident en Saturday of last week. I40 was engaged in unloading kihay with a hay fork and after set- ting, up one forkful he went to to pull the trip rope which broke, it being • unexpected, and Mr, Rowcliffe fell off the load, and dislocated, his shoulder. Am'ent . Bros., Brusis,els, are having a' dry kiln built nn connection with their factory .for the purpose of dry- ing barrel heading and lumber, 'etc. Messes. Charles, McDonald, Walton; Duncan and Colin McArthur, Morris; Thos, McFadzean, Grey, -and Robert McMillan and daughter, of McKillop, left on Friday last for the Old Coin try. The expense's, of the recent elec- tion in the South Riding of Huron amiounted to, $767.25. • Mx. 'James, Gravest, Seafortbn, has the contract for painting the, new town hall and market house in 'Wing - Mr. Franck Case, Seaforth, shipped three carloads of very fine cattleto the Old Country. on Friday. Mr. Melvin, who recently purehas- ed a lot from Mr. George Trott, Sea - forth, on Spariing St., is having a neat frame resid'encie with stone foundatibn, erected thereon, - Mr. J,amies, 'Som!errville, of Roxboro, has purahased from Mr. John Sin- clair, of Tuckersmith, a young thor- bughibred,Durham bull, Mr. R. j'. Patter/eon Jr., of the Hen- son Planing Mill, met with a pain- ful accident; recently. While' turning some balls for fence post use, ore of them flew off the machine and struck halm on the forehead with great force rendering him unconscious, for a time. The BrusiseLs, posit office 'is, to be removed to the stand near the bridge in, the (tame block opposite A. Bruce/el shoe sihop, On Monday evening of last weep. the 'barn, of Mr. J'amees Grigg, who' lives on the 8th cencessioin of East Wawaaosh, about one -quartet- of a mile west of Belgrare, was found to be in flames. ,With di fieuilty, he was to get the' horses from the sta Mr. John- Tough, Sr., of the son Line, Stakivlery, has sent us an ex- cellent sample of Democrat w"lveat, Frown on Tris, farm this season. It drill yields' about 30 ,bushrele' to the acre. A little daughter of NLr. George Duncan Met with a very painful ace cddent on' Thurnday night. She was placing ' c othes dm; a mantel, when she naught her fingers, do the ro11I rs; swathing one tart thiem. badly. •"Mr. John R. Idea, manager for the Iltsesrd, Ip/lving etenee, dis naw • `busily engaged hiavinig the flax crop ffr the S'eafdrtrh, mills, Pulled, He ,needs 100 zitore ham,, The Van ggtnionnd Woollen M9li lax d ginomdelliie de Working with 50 bands and has dtideere Yoe 3 ll tts *'lata. Phil fsifr of M• • Lazy Meadows • - a (BY Harry J. Boyle) 0 "CIGARS" 'T'his might be called a cigar -smoke 'reverie. As usual, it'is, raining this afternoon . . . and having that for an excellent -excuse yours truly is in- etalled urs a rocking chair on the side verandah inhaling and exhaling on a cigar that an implement fieldsmaan left. Watdhdng the a coke eddying up in blue -grey Masses, and then gushing up under the eaves to be pelted into nothingness by the driv- ing force of the rain . , . the idea Is suggested! . , , "Why rat write a centime) about cigars." Where and, how they're made Is for- eign. to me. Cuba . - or same strange, far-off place. Wrapped by dusky, ,brownr•skinued men singing na- tive songs as• they rock back and forth , . . but enough ,of that. Inuessls something about a cigar that makes men, feel important. It must be a throwback to the days When all bankers, smoked stogies and the flashy gamblers with long, thin cheroots, and derbies stood inside ho- tel wrtimd'owis, and watched the parade of anen and women, go by. Have you ever noticed that the .aroma of a cigar lingers on in a room,. Walk into a room and notice that rose -tingling sensation of tobac- co flavor. You'll notice too, how women', will sort of frill and say, "My, but I like the smell of a good cigar," or, if they're ultra sophisti- cated,' they'll say, "The odor, of a good cigar," A cigar brings, to mind what Aunt' Appleby always said, All her life she had pined for the days when she could meet a really important man, and one wiho would keep 'her in com- fort for the " remainder of her life. Then aim McI•iwain came . - . with his shinty travel'ler's case , , his big; -checked tweed suit and his der- by and cigar . and goad watch- Chain. She was ederking in the Mur- phy Emporium - . and fitst thing the, folks knew she was going with a "travelling salesman." Aunts clad in shiny black taffeta and meek looking uncles with side-whis'ke,rs, bone down on her father and mother and "chick -clucked." -, , and Aunt Appleby stood them all off with the one answer . , "I knew by the smell of this cigar that he was a real gentleman," Contrary to general pro- phesy they were metaled . . . and lived quite happily too, 1As a 'result "travelling salesmen" are held in emuoh higher esteem naw than form- erly in our family. Salesmen who came to sell farm- ers various. articles are foolish to smoke cigars. There's simply noth- ing quite as irritating as to have to sit on a fence and have cigar smoke) come trickling along on the breeze in front of your nostrils. On the Other hand, if a salesman gives you a cigar' you are too busy concentrat- ing on how to smoke it without chok- ing , d. and remain in appearance as if you sneaked one after every meal to concentrate on .what he was saying. As -a boy I remember a cousin of my father's who often dropped in for Sunday evening dinner. He War- -a branker . . and a pompous. gentle- man whoelooked out from white whis- kers over a weld -fed stomach and ate with a concentration that was anraz- ing. After dinner he would reach in- to his vest pocket . , . select a cigar and then after biting .the end off it . . and lighting •jrt he would dip in and bring one out for fatter. We ""tigett.- -td'•••si't • -and watch him smoke and be fascinated by -the smoke rings he was so pro- ficient at. blowing. , We never knew wh " father dislik- ed him. He just didn't seem to like anythiing about him. In later years as head of a household of my own, the realization. came as to why fa- ther disliked him. Mat was a con- descend:in'g attitude he had in hand-• ing the cigar over, just as much as to say . . "Well, you don't very often get a cigar, so try this .ane!" JUST A SMILE oR TWO:„ • When Betty came in fromthe chil- d/nines party She had. attended 'her mother said: "Well, daughter, did you have a nice time?" •- "Orh,' yes," said Betty entYrusiastic- al'ly; "It was the best Party I ever tasted!" - Father and son were enjoying an afteiwoon in the country., "Just fancy, William," said the father, pointing around him, "alt one time • these fields' were covered by the- sea, and fish were swimming about on the very spot where we stand.':. " I -es, • Dad," said little William-, sud- denly., stooping. "Look, • here's an IeanptY salmon tin!" Mrs'. Black:' "That poor Mrs. Jones has completely lost her voice." Mrs. White: "Dear, dear, I must- go ustgo and eail, I'm longing to, have a good . talk with her." , - Actor: "And .where, madam, do I perform my ablutions?" Landlady: "You don't go doing no performances here. The 'ouse was nearly wrecked last week by a troupe a' .ha ere batsi" "Hope you liked -these queer little Cthinese back -scratchers. I sent you from the World"s. Fair." • "Is that what they are? Why, I've been makinte my hiisibanid eat his sal- ad with tl!" • • Canada's War . Effort Among tl1•e principal events of the past week shave been various changes and appointments tot the Cabinet: 'These and other facts are summariz- ed as folalows : • 1. Two new Departm,entsi were ore- ated, those of National Defence for Naval Affairs and. National War Ser- vice's. • 2. Hien. Angus Macdonald," former Premier of Nova Scotia, was appoint- ed Minister of National Defence 'for Naval Affairs; Hon, Colin Gibson was appointed Minister of National ,Rev- enue and Hon: W. P. Mulock, Post- master General. 3. Other cabinet changes involved Hiomi, J. G. Gardiner, who takes over the ministry of, National War Servic- es, whileretaining temporariil'p his Portfolio as Minister of Agriculture. Hon, . C. D.'Howe, Minister of Muni- tions and Sanely, retains! also part of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Tsransip'ort and Hon. P. J. A. Cardin takes over the remaining part while also' adrministeriag the Department of Public Works. Hon,. J. L. Ilsley, be- came Minister of Finance succeeding Hon. J. L. Rsalistoei on the .transfer of the ,latter to the Defence depart- ment. ' 4. The Treachery Act in the form, of Bin .number 73 was placed' before the House of Com -mons, by- the Min. ieter of,. Juslrice. This, act provides fon the imposition of the death pen- alty, for treacilnery and for drastic penalties for lesser. offences against the safety of the State. 5. Mobolization, of a Canadian Foe-- es,try Corpse for oversees service was .annotinced by the IMiaidester of Nation- al Defence. Mr. Ralston :named, Brig- adier Generbir, J. B. white as nom - mender. At the outset six compan- ies are to be organized and fourteen •ere are to follow. 6. Plan drafted' nor a complete na- anal registration with Mr. J. Cast- ongumty as, of!4ycer in change under the new•,Deparrtmvemt of National War Serviced. 7. Mnudster of Defence Ralston and Asreo'elate Minister Power combined do notifying the country that 40,050 more haven were required far^the Can- adian Active Service Ponce, 8. The Howse of Commons contin- ued deldbsraitieoln of the budget in Commalttee after he . , ' g. .re eeted ameitdmaemet and sub •, r..,, .,}}> to the p1ropoiral fico go Rita connuittee moved by. Mr. M. J. C)aldlx'ell ' of • the 00-peea twee ,ConiatiOnWetrith Federa- tion' and Mr. Victor Quelch of the New Demadracy''p'arty respectively. 9. Allied Supplies -Limited, a com- pany. cancerned with thee- administra- tion of munitions 'and • explosives pro- gram on behalf of the British' Gov- ernment and joint British Canadian developments., was . formed, by the Government. 10. In order to conserve the na- tion's ho•lditrgs of United States funds restrictive measures' on the issue of these by banks to persons wishing to travel in the Caned States for plea- sure were imposed. 11. Further large orders for muni- tions. placed, in Canada by Great Bri- t.ein, The Ministry of Munitions and Supplies announced 'contracts to Can- adian firma on Canadian account of a total of 1,206. The total value of these was $8,261,226. • Administration By a rear ioeatic n of some port- folio's and "hy the s,ettinl; up of addi- tional deparimeats , Prime 'Minister Maekenzje King rearrianged his gov- ernmental forces, during the week. Hon. J. L. Palston, formeriy Minister. et Finance, ^a,ssumerl the post of Min- ister of National Defence. He was ,succeeded in ,the Finance portfolio by Hon J. L. Il: l,ey, formerly Minister of Natllonfai Revenue. In place of Mr. Ilsley, Calomel Colin Gdbsion, member for Hamilton West, was appointed. Minister of National Revenue and, the raoaarit ,position of Postmaster Gen- eral was taken over by Codoneet Wil - Hasa Parte Matlock, member for North York. The two new-depeirtments created were those of National Defence for Naval affairs., thitherto s,dimiinistered by a .deputy ,minister under the Min- ister for Nattionial Defence, and the Department of National War Services. To the first, named pest IIdn. Angus Macdonald, former premier of Nova stoma, was appointed) and to the sec- ond Hon. J. G. Gerdiner, -- Mr, lard- iinierr tier the pri+elsenrt is continuing also as Minister of Agriculture, but hie w 1Ji ahiorntly ra©ate that Position. pas tm,ent Mm. Gardiner has, appointed Hon: T. C. Davis, a,monriber of the B' of the Appeal ,member of Saskat- chewan, and Major. General L. 11. La Flecehe; formerly deputy Minister of National Detente. Hord, C. D. Sto'drre, wife has ,been Minister of Transport r t dna addd,ttiem to britilliatond and Si/MY, ' relitidnishee, Ptagt of; ruble $robes of CLIO, flermner de- (Oootdnu;ett eon• Pa'ge..g) The, Royal Canadian Air Force (This is the first of a series of •articles on the. progressive stages) of training under, the Brutish Commonwealth Air Traiping Plan, Each article wiiJi be devotedi to one , type of training centre or school, from the manning depot through to tthe pool, props which` fully tnaiaued men are drawn for ser- vice overseen). [1] The rhrthJnic . ",1orap-olomp" o stiff new 'service boats replaces th hub bub of fair crowds in the Coli seum building ' at Toronto's Exhibi non Park, for the cavernous fad building 'has been taken over by th R,oyial Canadian Air Force as a re ceaving station for the thousands o recruits, pouring in. from the ninetee recruiting, centres, across the country This No. 1 Manning Depot is, th reservoir of raw miaiterial from wid air tr•ainiing unite will draw "stu dents" to be made into pilots, al gunners,, air -observers, and technic men of various isorts. It is the firs step ani ,thee manning of the empire' expanding air force. , coliseum whiwhichfoii•meafoil-mealyThous ed the largest indoor fair in the Do minion snow gives shelter to a con Stant population of some 2,000 eage young men getting used to their al force blue and the terse bark of mili ttaredeorama'n?d.-.-..They.,.mtey wait seg Mel days.' or several ' weeks bebeta'.they are drafted to an initial. tnainin school fora more formal and m detailed introduction to air force lif The depot's -name, describes its put pone: manning the -air force. Tlie 'story goes that one proud req, then remarlced! to her fortunate son after his .inclusion in the depot, the she wished they had called that plat by some other name like Bishop De pot because niobody seemed to eve have heard of this person "Man ni, „ Spend one day at No. 1 Mannin Depot, No. 1 Air Training Command and the full significance of the tas ad creating an Air Force will strik the most - ground -minded layman Through this depot pass embryo pi ots, gunners, , wireless. • operators cooks, accountants', meehandes, fit ters, riggers and some three-s,cor other vocations, Each takes an im portant place in the scheme; -each i only one cog in the machine. An each is essential to the creation an fulfillment of the undertaking.. Suppose we follow young To Brown as he sa.rrives.. Tom first walk ed into •on,e of the recruiting centre •scattered across ' Canada, said 11 wanted to c "'s'«, passed through th most ri,.gorcus ande'uearching examine tion of tthe whole, armed forces. Briefly, he negotiated his wa through a rigid medical test, present ed documentary "pr ,cf of his educe. tional standing, sa�bmitted a birti certificate, had a long chat with friendly officer. This last was im.por tent, even if be didn't know it, "b e 11•e causwas tested during' that tal for "appearance, personality and man nerd' A few days later he was called up He was •provided with fare to, Toron to, where he was met at the . trai by. an R.C.A.F. truck. , He was drive out to she Exhibition Park,,,and dis embarked, in front of the big stop buileiing. Chances were he warn' alone, because from 30 to 60 young fellows like him arrive every day. He took his tease in a line of these lads and flied into the building. Inr'ide, strung in, a long line down the lobby, were tables. behind which sat young men in she ferrous blue uniform, They -shad typewriters in. front of them, and as Tom paused in front of one of these tables he pre- sented chis credentia,Is. The clerk promptly began pounding out a file n, On. "BrowThomas ACc," Tom then learned that everybody—embryo ace d' an000lt—is an A,02 (Aircra.ftman Second-class) when, the first arrives. Wih;en questions, are all answered, and the fire 'com,pletod!, Tom passed along to a wicket. Hare he gave his,_ name and regimental .nnarrrber, which was to be home, until he was drafted, days or weeks, later, to seems other train- ing unit. Now officially in the Depot, Tons was 'directed to.•the stores, branch. One 'oaf many recruits, he entered a ong rooun through which ran a eoun- er,• where he got his' equipment, Al'' different wickets. he got boots, uni- errn, cap, elects and so on. As, he erged from the other end, 'lugging duffle -bag ,stuffed with undiertlhdmgs th 'h nd struggling wiis, load of cloth - ng, he, was directed to another cann- er where a, ansail with, metal dies and hamnalver wIranbusy stemming regi- mental arumtb, e on boots. Torn got 's stamtped and then he was steered patairsi to a .huge room where be u,ntei for the bunk which bore the umber of ilia tag, Irl olio /loons,/loons,were sileeep bags, or oiu grpls, of s,everali bhundrred bunks, ar- ganged) in areas. Bunks, were double ekeru . Bach double -sleeker was, en- alosesd on ,one slide and both ends by • plyetvosod partition, permitting paiv- cy for the two occupants, but more articul'ariy providing protection from rauights -when. Windows were' open. he parrtititrns, else provide a place to rbrnig ellothdarg. Atone end of Uhe ns was an ablution. table, a long, otleeasly, clean metal trough' with inverted basins along bath 'rides. Tom q ckly learnlscJ thateafter a wash-up,. (dontfu uo att Page 6) f' 9' I 0 n e cls r e.1' - t s r e g or e. o- t e r g,. e 1- e d'. d m e y r a. e- k 2 e .,. t 1 err a a a nha u dpi a a T roe sp tri -y