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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-05-20, Page 2Page 2 THE TiMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1954 This journal shall a (way 3 fight for progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid to attach wrqng, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely print­ ing news- THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 19S4 (This description of pilot training at No, 1 Flying Training School, RCAF Stn. Centralia, is taken from a speech delivered by G/C Bean at a recent zone rally of the Canadian Legion in Hensall) Before describing the training given at No. 1 Flying Training School, I will outline briefly the stages in a pilot's training before he arrives* at the* Flying Training School. Direct entry aircrew comes to us from three sources — university, the. Canadian services colleges and high school. When a civilian is accepted at a recruiting office for aircrew training he goes first of all to the Officers Personal Selection Unit in London. There his aptitudes for flying are tested, further medi­ cal tests are given and his aptitudes for leadership are also tested. If he comes through these, tests successfully, he is select­ ed for one of the aircrew trades: pilot, navi­ gator or radio officer. Provided his particu­ lar aptitudes are adequate and subject to Air Force requirements at the time a candi­ date will normally be given the aircrew trade of his preference. The process of selection normally takes about a week. The individual is then enrolled in the Air Force as a Flight Cadet and at­ tends an officers’ school, also in London, for six weeks. There he is given an introduction to the Air Force, is taught drill, is given pre­ liminary instruction in Air Force organiza­ tion, Air Force law and administrative prac­ tices. At the end of his six weeks at officers' school a Flight Cadet, if selected as a pilot, proceeds to one of our Flying Training Schools. If selected as a navigator he goes to the Air Navigation School and if selected as a radio officer he goes to the Air* Radio Officers' School. Train NATO Palo Its It is at London that aircrew trainees from other NATO countries join the RCAF training stream. There they spend several weeks getting an introduction to the RCAF and Canada and becoming aclimatized. Where necessary, instruction in English is given. Although .all trainees from other countries are supposed to be proficient in English when they arrive, additional instruc­ tion is sometimes required. The pilot trainee coming to Flying Training School at RCAF Station Centralia will spend the first two weeks in ground school learning what he needs to know be­ fore he starts his flying training. His third week he will begin flying, weather permit­ ting, and his time from then to his thirty- third week will be equally divided between flying and ground subjects. By the end of the thirty-second week, his ground subjects will be completed and his final ground ex­ aminations behind him. His lust four weeks will then be devoted almost entirely to com­ pleting his flying training. You will have noted that the course length is thirty-six weeks or nine months. At the completion of the course the successful flight cadets are commissioned as pilot of­ ficers. Until about a year ago the Flying Training School, graduates also received their pilots' flying badges or wings. These are not given now until successful completion of the next stage of training at the Advanced Flying School. Three Distinct Phases There are three distinct phases to the training given at Flying Training School— Flying, Academics and Officer Training. Each is equally important, receives an equal number of marks and a pass must be ob­ tained in all three. Flying Training consists of a total of 180 hours flying, all given on Harvard air­ craft. The instruction given includes aero­ batics, formation flying and instrument fly­ ing and navigation by day and by night, I can assure you that the training is thorough and that having learned to handle the Har­ vard properly, it is comparatively simple to learn to fly any other type of aircraft. What we call Academic Training covers the subjects a pilot needs to know at this stage of his training. Some of the subjects taught are navigation, principles of flight, aircraft engineering, radio, flight instru- i ments, and meteorology. All subjects, with the exception of meteorology which is taught by a department of transport forecaster, are taught by qualified flying instructors, These subjects arc taught therefore from a practi- By Group Captain W. W. Bean, O.B.E-i C.D., Commanding Officer cal or applied point of view rather than from a purely technical point of view. The third phase of training, Officer Training, includes classroom instruction and drill plus a practical application of the prin­ ciples taught, Classroom subjects include principles of leadership, Air Force law, sup­ ply, accounts and finance, and service writ­ ing The practical or applied side of Officer Training is given through our Flight Cadet organization. Flight Cadets of the senior course, during their last six weeks of train­ ing, are given responsible posts in the Flight Cadet Organization. There is a Cadet Offi­ cer Commanding who holds the Cadet or Brevet rank of Wing Commander and wears appropriate insignia. In fact, he wears on his sleeve the three, full stripes of a Wing Commander sewn on a white background. Responsible For Own Discipline Under him are four Cadet Squadron Leaders, one of whom is president of the Flight Cadet Mess Committee. These Cadet officers with their supporting staffs are re­ sponsible for Flight Cadet discipline. In ad­ dition each course has a Course Leader who is responsible for moving his course from place to place about the station as required by their duties, for their attendance on time at lectures, flights and so on. In fact, except while in the flying flight or in class, the Flight Cadets are directly responsible for most of their own activities. For instance, the Flight Cadets’ Mess operates under the direct control of its own mess committee. They control their own mess funds, subject only to higher approval as would be the case for any other mess. The senior officers of the Flight Cadet Organization are elected by their course. They put out their own routine orders and operate their own orderly room. On gradua­ tion, during the winter months when the graduation ceremony is held indoors, the parade is composed entirely of Flight Cadets and is under the command of the Cadet Of­ ficer Commanding. The Cadets are responsible also for a graduation tea held for the graduating Cadets, their families and friends and for the graduation dance which takes place that evening. Receives Advanced Training After graduating from Flying Training School, pilots proceed to an Advanced Train­ ing School, either single engine or twin en­ gine. At the single engine school the pilot is taught to fly a jet airplane, the T83 or Silver Star. After approximately thirteen weeks there he proceeds to an Air Weapons School where be spends nine weeks learning aerial gunnery and rocket firing. He then proceeds to an operational training unit where he will spend another eighteen weeks learning to fly the Sabre or Canuck aircraft and learning fighter tactics. He is then ready for a squadron. The pilot who is destined for Maritime or Transport Operations proceeds from the Flying Training School to a twin engine Advanced Flying School where he will fly twin engine Mitchell aircraft. After eighteen weeks there he proceeds either to a Trans­ port or a Mar time OTU where he will join the other members of his crew, will learn to fly the type of aircraft to be used, and will receive crew and tactical training for the particular role. This training takes a fur­ ther eighteen weeks approximately. You will have noted that a pilot coming to a fighter squadron will have been contin­ uously under training for over nineteen months before he is considered fit to join the squadron. The time is only slightly less for the transport or maritime squadron pilot. In the latter case, however, he will serve for nt least a year and possibly longer as a sec­ ond or co-pilot before he qualifies as a first pilot or captain. I hope I have give you some insight into the Sort of training given a pilot in the RCAF and have shown you also where part of your defence dollar goes. It is an ex­ pensive process but we are putting expens­ ive equipment into the hands of these young men and when the chips are down we want to know that our pilots are good. On this uscore I cart assure you that the RCAF air­ crew training is second to none in the world and that our NATO allies are very pleased to have their boys train at Centralia. Ej/aiararaia Maclean a Magazine TIMES Go By UIIUIIIMU'HIIUmiXXHHIHIIiHIIIIIIIIIIIKUIIIliUIllKIKUHIIIUKIIKI. field aginst Crediton, outfitted in natty new uniforms. Jottings By J.M.S. to 12 50 YEARS AGO The 3 3rd Regiment goes camp in London in June for days annual drill. Serg. Major Westcott has already enlisted a number of recruits to fill the ranks of No. 6 Company, Exeter. Considerable discussion is heard in Hensall on the pro­ jected electric railway from St. Joseph to Stratford and how it will effect the village sail from a busiuess view. Mr. J. G. Stanbury a very handsome driving outfit which he purchased from Mr. Fred Hess, of Zurich, Mr, Thomas Oke, genial clerk of the Central Hotel number of years, has the stock and trade of Hotel, Kingsville. Victoria Day will be celebrat­ ed with a sports program at the Agricultural grounds. Baseball, football, tug - of - war, wrestling, dancing and races program. of Hen­ point of now has bar for a purchased the King’s are on the Wfje Exeter ®imeg--&fcb£ote Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 « Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests ot the Town of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1953 *— 2,474 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada (In advance) $84>0 per year *—• U.S.A. (in advance) $4.00 per yea* Published by The Exeter Times-Advocate Limited $178,630 and from the munici­ palities along the route of $311,- 500, In 1874 the Great Western Railway leased the line and com­ pleted it.This lease was passed to the Grand Trunk amalgamation ern and the 1893. The Exeter in 1875 on the west side of the track and consisted of the wait­ ing room i building i platforms gers. In 1897’ two stories a capacity water. The with the installation of water­ works in Exeter. Two stockpens from which cattle were loaded onto the train measured 31x29 and 23x39. supplying 1000 cord of be delivered at the Ex­ Centralia Stations. No for less than 50 eords tract for wood to eter and contracts received. Arrested Last week we mentioned where Patrick Flanigan had been murderously attacked in his livery barn at Lucan. It re­ called the days of the Donnelley fued. Another item appeared in the December 30, 1875 isssne as follows: Set On Fire 'Crowley and Flanigan’s Lon­ don stage on Tuesday evening last was set on fire by placing some straw in the bottom of the sleigh as it stood in front of the Mansion House stables, It is sup­ posed to have been done by some maliciously inclined persons. Public School Examinations Public school examinations were conducted orally judging from the following account: “The examinations of the pupils of S.S.. No. 2 Hay, took place on Tuesday and was in every respect a success. The number of visitors was very large, between 50 and 60. The condition of the school is very pleasing both as regards scholarship and deport­ ment. The examination of the various classes was strict and in many cases severe, but the answers to the various questions were intelligent and comprehen­ sive, Too much credit cannot be given to the teachers, Mr. H. E. Huston and Miss Huston. Messrs. Hobkirk, Sherry, Currie and Rev. W. H. Gane assisted in the examination. A bountiful re­ past was served by the ladies of the section. At the close of exercise an hour was taken with singing and recitations the pupils.” Subscription Renewals Those who wish' to pay their subscription in wood may do so by bringing in the wood before the sleighing disappears. Dastardly Work The building of the new rail­ road was not without opposition. One item states that some par­ ties along tire line of the L.H. & B. have been guilty of a very- serious offence. Some ot the telegraph poles below Ciandeboye have been cut down—one com­ pletely and one almost. The per­ petrators will be severely punish­ ed if caught. In the same issue it states: “The other day a son of Mr. E. Deer discovered a hard­ wood tree lying across the tracks on a farm in Morris Township. As the obstruction could not have been blown across the track, it was evidently placed there some miscreant -with a view throwing off the train.” Clerk’s Salary $715 At the inaugural meeting the municipal council in January 1876, M.Eacrett was appointed clerk at a salary of $75 per num. George Eacrett was pointed treasurer at $15 annum. Charles Senior was pointed collector at a salary of $25 per annum, The auditors were paid $5.00 per annum and the license inspector $15 per annum. Exeter's First Sidewalks ’ It was moved by W. H. Verity and seconded by L. Hardy, that a board sidewalk be built six feet wide from Huron to Gidley Street on the west side of main street and from Gidley Street to the Lake Road, a sidewalk of the same material .four feet widp, and from Main Street to the Rail­ way Station of the same dimen­ sion and material on the north side of the street leading there­ to. Tenders for the construction of the same were to be left at the- clerk's house. Wood Wanted Mr. Isaac Carling had a con- Ami Discharged On Monday last, Constable Gill of Exeter arrested a young man ip. London, for having left the employ of Mr. Fanaon,. of this village before his apprentice­ ship had expired. First Train fa 18715 It was on December 11, that the first train pa through Exeter on the L.H The line was constructed London Junction (Hyde to Wingham, a distance of 73.5 miles. The L.H. <& B. was incorporat­ ed in 1871, the capital stoek be­ ing $104,250 in-shares of $50 each. Subsidies from the On­ tario government amounted Railway • with the of the Great West- Grand Trunk in station was built 1875, s s e d . & B. fro m Park) and was for freight sfieds. The 24x96 ft,, with bus and passen- frame water tank,a high, was added with of 19,030 gallons of tank was taken down IO YEARS AGO Mr. Charles Zivcker, promin­ ent merchant of Crediton for over 50 years, died in a private London hospital in his seventy­ eighth year. F/O William H. Wilson was reported missing overseas in a message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wilson. Huron County has gone well over the top in the Sixth Victory Loan, as a result of a supreme effort during the last few days. Mrs. Emily .Tory, widow of Elijah Jory, died' last week in her ninety-first year. Miss Olive Wood, who has just completed a course in public health nursing in Toronto, has been engaged as a public health nurse there and will commence her duties in July. Mr. Claude Blowes, principal of Hensall Public School, has been engaged as principal of Exeter Public School, to succeed Mr. Ray Waghorn, who resigned. Sgt. Andy Easton has pur­ chased Mrs. S. Martin’s residence on James St. ‘'Clothes make the man”, says the old adage. But today more and more men are learning that they can also enhance their standing with certain people by owning life insurance. Take employers, for instance. To them, a man's ownership of life insurance suggests that he is foresighted, thrifty, realistic.. Above all, it reflects willingness to accept re­ sponsibility — an attitude that impresses every employer. In fact, anyone who learns that a man owns life insurance regards him with added respect. They know that it repre­ sents one of the most important assets any man can have. Yet perhaps the most important effect of owning life insur- • ance is on the policyholder himself. It gives him a sense of achievement. For in no other way can he create such a valuable estate for so little in so short a time. AGO out between 3 25 YEARS Fire which broke and 4 a.m. Friday, wiped out the Exeter Salt Works belonging to M. G. Ransford. Three valuable horses belong­ ing to Mrs. George Lawson, of; Stephen, drowned as Mr. Sam j Lawson and Mr. Ed Lamport at- i tempted to drive two teams with a wagon and cultivator attached,' across the swollen Sauble near Crediton. The drivers rowly escaped iwth their when the horses became manageable. One horse itself and got ashore. Caven Presbyterian Church was filled for the ordination and induction of Mr. J. Bernard Rhodes, B.A. Rev. Herbert Mrs* Rhodes, parents of young minister and former sionaries to China where lie born, were present for the vice. The question of a pure water supply for Exeter is receiving at­ tention and a representative from a company that guarantees to meet the town's requirements, " ‘ ' of river n ar- li ves un­ freed by to of a tr­ ap­ per ap- So life insurance can do more than provide financial security for your family and yourself in later years. It also influences people in ways that help win success! To be a member of our band 45 years ago, we considered it an honor and we played our part just for the glory of it. If I re­ member, our town farthers at that time got a lot of glory out of their job for about the same price as ‘ ' Then pelled, a'ge and have more than glory out of it. That goes for the band as well. To be a bandsman it requires one night a week, 52 weeks in a year, as well as having to sur­ render a lot of public holidays during the year. In the year 1937 Exeter had the largest and best band that ever marched up our Main street. In the same year the band paid more than $500 for two brass horns with money the band earned. No, we didn’t ask for any help from the town to pay for these horns. We can elect our town fathers from any one of 1,200 ratepayers. Try rto get 12 third-grade bands­ men from the whole population. I am the last of three brothers, as well as two sons, who have contributed our small part in the band. I never got, or expected, a nickle o,ut of it in my time, ex­ cept the town did show their gratitude in a kind of an un­ orthodox way. They upped my taxes several times. Up them again and make it worthwhile for the boys to take an interest in the band. As for a uniform, we have one Of the best dressed bands in the province. But it takes more than THE ILM INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA Compristutg wwwa (tfcmn 50 Canadian, British and United States Compai.las operating in Canada ••a iis cmzmsMP to own we msurance" By: BANK OF CANADA, Fiscal Agent and the mis- was ser- the band got. along came the jet-pro- hydro-matic, supersonic our town fathers had to will address the Chamber Commerce this week. “Is your dog intelligent?” “Very. When I say to him ‘Come here or don’t come here, just as you please,' he comes or he doesn’t come, as he pleases.” have been ONTARIO'S LAKES ANDRIVERS HAVE MAW beauty spots where you'll be FASCINATED BY THE 6RANDEUR OF NATURE. ONTARIO IDEIPARtMEMT (JF TRAVEL & PUBLICITY HOM, L, ?. CteCJlE,. (J.tJ,, 15 YEARS AGO Miss Marjorie Gould Pearce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pearce, was united in marriage to Dr. John E. Whiting in a ceremony performed by the Rev. S H. Irving at Edmonton, Alta., May 15. , William Switzer, Gerald and Leon Paul, of Kirkton, who car­ ried off first prize on Ken Soble's amateur program, were heard over C.F.P.L. this week.Reeve W. Di'Sanders, Exeter, and Chester Mawhinney, Credi­ ton, were in Toronto in connec­ tion with the equalization of Huron County. Mr. J. J. White, former editor of The Times - Advocate, died suddenly at Outlook, Sask. The recently-formed Exeter Ahletic Association will enter a baseball team in the Huron-Perth league. The first game on May 24, will see the team take thej a uniform to make a band. I can remember of only four new instruments the town has bought for the band. The rest is junk that has been discarded by other bands. I would suggest that our council either do it or don't do it ithis time. .Possibly they could-fill the gap where the’band used to be in a parade, withi the town .grader and the snowplow— just like it is in Toonerville, where the fire engine never missed a parade. —E. L. Davis ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD IS WITHIN EASY DISTANCE OF EVERYONE IN ONTARIO ... BEE NIAGARA FALLS TH/S YEAR. ......................I-------------gLRS12fia-5g1M.ll- - 11 IF YOU HOLD Third Victory Loan 3% Bonds (issued November, 1942 to mature November, 1956) they should be presented for payment on or after June 1st through any branch bank in Canada, AFTER THIS DATE NO FURTHER INTEREST WILL BE PAID. The interest coupon dated November 1st, 1954 and all coupons dated later than this must be attached to the bonds when they are presented for payment. Payment will be $101.26 for a $100 bond (and for other denominations accordingly). 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