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Mrs. R. S. Aikens attended
the flower show, in Clinton on.
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Canning
and Bruce, Yvette and Jacque-
line, London, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Roney
on Sunday.
Miss Nancy Lannin, who has
been holi4vj•ng .'in • the. West,
arrived, home on Thursday,' en-
joying her trip very much.
Mrs. Charles Roney a n d
mother, Mrs. Leslie' Williams,
and Mrs; Nelson Heale attend-
ed the Lobb reunion in Clinton
on Saturday.
Miss Mary E. Graham, Dres-
den, is •visiting -with her aunt,
Mrs. Mary Malcolm, and other
friends.
lnr, and ..Mrs. George Gibb, of
Stratford, are holidaying with
Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Malcolm;
also Robert E. Burchill -visited
at 'the Malcolm home.
Mrs.' Mary Malcolm visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ross'Gordon, Sea -
forth, last week.
Miss Mary E. Graham and
Miss.. Marion Beggs left for
Dresden on Sunday after *isit-
ing with Mrs. M. Malcolm 'and
other friends.
,Miss Patricia Burchill spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles,, Friend and daughters
at their cottage -Lion's Head.
Mr. Robert Burch • nd Miss
Wendy Trupfer, Friston, with
Mr, and Mrs. Jack Burchill for
the weekend.
Miss Gayle Lannin visited
last week with girl friends at
their cottage at Lion's Head.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pepper
visited Mr. George Pepper in
Stratford Hospital on Monday,
Mrs. Pepper is feeling some bet-
ter, . but slowly.
Mrs. Dalton Malcolm visited
her father, Mr. George Gibb, in
Stratford Hospital.
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A quarter century ago Bri-•
tain survived her darkest hours
by 'hurling back the German
Luftwaffe in the Battle of Bri-
tain, fighting in the skies of
England from June through
October, 1940, and causing
Winston Churchill' to utter his
immortal words:
• 1 "Never in the field of human
conflict was so much owed by
so many to so few".
Numbered among the "few"
were Canadians who served as
aircrew and groundcrew in
Fighter, Bomber and Coastal
Commands. Most of these Cana-
dians had crossed the Atlantic
in pre-war days to enroll in the
RAF. There were,. however,
two fighter squadrons identified
as Canadian, 'One was No 242
(Canadian) Squadron, composed
of •Canadian fighter pilots of
the RAF; the other was No. 1
(Fighter) Squadron of the
RCAF (later changed to No.
401) which had arrived in Bri-
tain on the–eve of battle.
Among them, Canadians scor-
ed some 120 victories in aerial
combat, • with about 100 more
enemy aircraft counted as prob-
ably destroyed' or damaged.
These victories were not with-
out cost: 47 Canadian airmen
gave their lives in the Battle
of Britain.
The Battle was not fought
solely in the• air: the ground -
crews. Were engaged in it as
well as the pilots_ After each
sortie the aircraft had to be
immediately re -armed, re -fuel-
led, the equipment checked and
tested, and the machines gen--
erally made ready to take off,
on the next "scramble". Dam-
age to engine, airframe and
equipment had to be' repaired
in desperate haste to keep the
,maximum number of aircraft
(mostly Spitfires and Hurri-
canes) in the air to meet the
German' onslaught. ,
The mechanics kept them fly-
ing
ying only by round-the-clock
maintenance, snatching sleep in
flight shacks'and bunkers beside
the aircraft. The finest tribute
to the efficiency of these "erks",
performing under extremely
trying conditions, was.,Amnd in
the daily reports of aircraft
serviceability., •
For the RCAF, the Battle of
Britain` had special significance.
It vas the force's baptism of
fire. It was then that Canadian
airmen flew into action as a
force for the first time against
an enemy, won their first vic-
tories,„
ic-
tories, ,,.•and suffered their •first
casualties.
Of 'the several hundred Cana-
dians who fought in the Battle
of Britain in the air and on
the ground, only five are known
to be still•serving in the RCAF,
such has been the passage of
time. Two served then in RCAF
formations, the other three, with
the -'RAF, They are: •
Air Vice -Marshal Edwin Mich:
ael Reyno, 48, of Halifax, now
deputy chief of personnel, Cana-
dian Forces Headquarters, who
flew with the RCAF in the Bat-
tle;
Group Captain John Randall
Daniel Braham, 45, now of Ot-
tawa, director of the air farces
transport and rescue at Cana-
.diari Forces Headquarters, who
flew With–the RAF; •
Flight Lieutenant 'Alexander
George Williamson Miller, 44,
of Corunna, Ont., •on exchange
duties at Hanscom Field, Bed-
ford, • Mass.; ex -RAF, and
Flt. -Lt. Alan Lawrence Mar-
tin, 45, of Winnipeg, serving
at RCAF Station Greenwood,
ex -RAF.
Ladies' Aid
Meet
T e first meeting of the fall'
seaso for the Ladies' Aid of
First urch was held in the
new Ce ennial room . of• the
church Tuesday afternoon with
an attendance of 20 ladies. Mrs.
Frank Kling, the president, was'
in the chair for the business
period, and the Habkirk-Dale
group was -in charge. of the
meeting. •
Mrs. R. S. Habkirk read a
poem entitled, "Wee Hughie Off
To School." Hymn 374 was sung
after which the Scripture les-
son' was read by Mrs. Habkirk,
taken .from the 121St Psalm.
Mrs, R. Kerslake read, the sec-
retary's report and a letter of
appreciation was read by Mrs.
R, K. McFarlane. - Miss Jean
Scott reported •218.00 in the
treasury. • .
On motion of Mrs. Douglas
O. Fry and Mrs. Mae 'Dorrance,
it was agreed to have the choir
gowns cleaned. Mrs. Habkirk
proposed the' notice of the meet-
ing for the calendar be given
to Mrs. K. Sharp by the group
leaders. The next meeting will
be in charge of Mrs. W. Cole-
man and Mrs. Harold Agar. A
vote of thanks was extended to
.Mrs. Appleby, Mrs. Geddes and
Mary Geddes for washing all
the dishes.
Mrs, W. E. Butt contributed
a solo, "If ,We Couldee Be-
yond Today." A.Alin, 'Prspec-
tive," which dealt with senior
citizens in British Columbia,
was shown. Mrs. F. Kling ex-
tended thanks to Mrs.' Elmer
Rivers, who showed the film.
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FETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. ...
HEN IN DOUBT, "STOP"!
• Drive Extra Carefully around schools and play-
grounds! Be on the lookput for children when
they walk to and from school! - Your vacation
from school children is over now!
• Be On the Alert when you are 'near a school bus.
Of course, they have to obey all traffic rules! But
give school buses a break anyway . . they
carry a priceless cargo.
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Parents! Never Stop. Telling Childrenabout the
many traffic dangers! Only then can we hope tb
help reduce traffic fatalities One out of seven
fatalities involves a school child!. One out of ten'
fatal accidents: %s caused by a teen-age driver!
• Drivers! Don't Hurry When You Drive.! We
may as well face it. We cannot reduce traffic
casualties 'unless we slow down! The lives of
others are in the hands holding your steering
wheel. The minute you may•ave isn't worth the
life' of a school child! .
Remember,' Safety - Is No Accident
Be Sure To Drive -- Carefully...
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