Clinton News-Record, 1950-12-07, Page 11.,Tt11JRSl3AY, -DECEMBER '7; 1)50'
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE lX
'Clinton RCAF Station
Socil Season Begins
Like 'New York, 'Clinton'RCAF
can mark the milestones of its
"years by the beginning of its
social season. And this is what
`happened during' the past, week,
with the two launchings being the.
"Telecommunication `Graduation
dance, and the 'visit' of"Tony pastor
''-and his band.
Saturday night saw the ban-
quet and graduation dance • of,
Telecom. Ofieers Courses No. 5
l and 8. The banquet,. -attended by
the students and their wives, was•
addressed by W/C Miller who
gave everyone food for -thought
in . these trying times.
The dance following the dinner
was the Drat formal dance of the
season, with the' officers 'in•mess-
'kit and the ladies' dressed in their
bib and tucker. Nothing
best g adds
•quite so much to the excitement
of a dance aa the lovely colours
of evening gowns swirling in
tune to the music.
The ladies; God bless them, all
looked lovely. Theee were on -
the - shoulder, off -the -shoulder,
back on the shoulder again gowns;
a mere man runs out of adjectives
to describe the profusion of col-
our in the dresses worn. Par-
ticularly lovely were •Mrs. James
Lynch in a satin turquoise gown,
and Mrs. Bob Miller in a black
lage Crepe, pleated, draped from
the shoulder; in fact all the
ladies looked so New Yorkish
that a Paris original black Chan-
tilly lace worn exquisitely, pas-
sed unnoticed as quite the nor-
so
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Turkey Bingo Proves
Highly Successful
(By Agnes T. Mason),
Turkeys, Turkeys, everywhere
and. I didn't win one. A bong -
up "Turkey Bingo" was held Sat-
urday
aturday night in the Sergeant's
Mess. H you were lucky you
now have your Christmas turkey.
Twelve turkeys and four hams
were given away for the right
Word: "Bingo." A record crowd,
of enthusiastic players tried their
luck.
Lucky enough to win turkeys
were: Mrs. L. Adams, Mrs. H.
Mills, Mrs. T. 'Foster, Mrs.
Cowiies, Mrs. Paterson, Murray
Madsen, Hank Bennett, John
Cotton, Jack Varaleau, Earle.
Knoblauch,
Mrs. Bill Edwards took home
two hams. Gordon Jackson won
the "Share the Wealth" game.
mal in the colorful assembly.
The supper served was, to say
the least, a credit to 'the orig-
inality and taste of our Canadian
cuisine featuring Prince Ed-
ward Island lobster, Malpeque
oysters, Gaspe salmon, trout and,
last but not least, our own Huron
County turkey. Adorning the
centre of the buffet was a huge
chocolate layer cake with con-
gratulatoins to the graduating.
class written on it. Needless to
say, the written sentiments ex-
pressed, disappeared as the coke
atteuated, but the spirit of the
tarty was still that of congrat-
ulations to the classes who have
weathered the long road that is
a Telecom. Officers course, and
all present joined in the light-
hearted gaiety felt by those whose
read is no longer hard end long.
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Oh, I Thought That Was
A Sardine
Guest: "Say, doncha know that
thish punch is gettin' awful weak,
f'r some reashun or• snozzer."
Host: `Be careful there. You're
dipping your cup into the gold-
fish bowl."
is easy tocarry home
GOOD LUCK
CLUB MEMBERS!
TO RAINBOW
Saturday afternoon the "Rain-
bow Club" had its combined
Birthday and Christmas party.
Mrs. Mills geeerously opened, her
home to` the Gibb. Red and green
trimmings, a winter scene, and
even •a Christmas treegaily
trimmed were in evidence. The
children• had drawn names the
week before, so each one had a
gift on the tree. Sandwiches,
cookies, candies, ice cream and a
big cake supplied by the moth-
ers, many thanks to them, soon
disappeared. Games wee played
and everyone had a wonderful
time.
Perhaps ypu haven't heard,
about the `Rainbow- Club" be-
fore, Unfortunately, because of
the lack of space membership is
limited, At present there are
about 25 menders. How and
where was it formed? At the
beginning of the school year
Janet end Elaine Mills coaxed
their mother to let them use their
basement as a club room. Not
realizing how quicklys and well
the idea. of a club would catch
on Mrs. Mills consented. They
meet every Friday after school
from four until five -thirty, and
the regular- meeting is observed.
To try and attempt too big a
project is out of the question
because of the space problem. To
date they are trying with adult
supervision to teach everyone to
knit and they are doing quite
well. There is no club tee, co-
operation is all that is asked. I
do believe that those responsible
for the idea and thecarrying
out of it deserve a lot of credit.
Officers and members of the
committee at the present time
are: President, Mary Ellen Pat-
ton; secretary, Elaine Mills; com-
mittee, Judy Ogsten, Fay Foster,
Janet Mills.
Good luck to the "Rainbow
Club"!
SEAFORTH—Several changes
in the ownership of real estate
have been made here. The prop-
erty of Harry R. Colbert, Centre
St., was sold to J. R. Spittal,
manager of the Dominion Bank;
Mrs. James Parkins' property on
Chalk St., to Mrs. William Morris
of Hibbert Township; and the
property of I. B. Jamieson on
Centre St. to " John A. James,'
Seeforth.
Former CO Promoted
To Group Captain
•
Air Force Headquarters has
announced the promotion of Wing
Commander K. R. Patrick, OBE,
35, head of the RCAF's Reserve
No. 1 Radar, andCommunication
Unit, Montreal, former Command-
ing Officer of RCAF 1S'tation,
Clinton, to the rank of Group
Captain. The promotion isef-
fective immediately.
0/C Patrick, who is associated
with RCA Victor in Montreal in
civilian life, held various senior
Air Force positions during the
war, and has since been one of
the leading figures in develop-
ment of the Reserve in the
Montreal area.
A native of Saint John, N.B.,
G/C Patrick was commissioned
a Flying Officer the day war
broke out, in 1939, He rose to
command of No. 1 Wireless
School, Montreal, and later as a
Wing Commander was appoint-
ed to command No. 5 Radar and
Communications Station, Clinton,
Ont., the big wartime develop-
ment and training organization
whose staff included British end
United States personnel.
G/C Patrick received the OBE
in 1943 for his work in radar, and
in 1945 the United States gov-
ernment -awarded him the Legion
IA Merit in recognition of his
work in research and develop-
ment of guided missiles.
He retained his association with
the RCAF through the Reserve
after 1945 and was instrumental
in forming No. 1 Radar end Com-
munications Unit, Montreal, the
first of a pattern of such Reserve
technical units being established
across Canada.
G/C Patrick has the distinc-
tion of being the first member
of the RCAF to receive his pilot
wings after the war's end, being
awarded them in 1946 after
qualifying at St. Hubert, P.Q.
The Lighter Side of Life
(By F/S A. K. Haines)
The candidate for re-election
stopped his automobile in front
of the farmhouse, and addressed
the old farmer who was sitting
under the apple tree:
"What are, your polities, neigh-
bor?"
"Wal, . stranger, politics is kind-
er mixed up here at our place.
I'm a Liberal, the old lady is a
Conservative, the baby is wet,
and the cow is dry."
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In The East
(Continued from Page Nine)
from eight to ten p.m.
The people of Ceylon are not
known as "Celanese" but are
called •"Sinahlese" and speak.
three different languages. The
Moslems speak Urdu, the Hindus
(speak Tamil (a (language of
southern India), end the Sinah-
lese speak Sinahlese. Strangely
enough the only language which
all can understand is English.
The Sinahlese themselves are
mostly Buddists and. vegetarian.
As they believe in re -incarna-
tion they refuse to take any ani-
mal life and for this reason they
do not wear shoes as . it would
mean taking an animal life to
obtain leather, Europeens who
employ Bud'dist cooks find that
there are many who refuse to
break even an egg, but in their
mysterious manner of thinking it
doesn't prevent them from cook
ng eggs once some one has brok-
en the shell. It is also quite
puzzling to know the island
averages over 300 known homi-
cides a year, so perhaps it would
be better to be an egg for safety.
Temple of the Tooth
While in Ceylon we had the
opportunity of visiting the fam-
ous Temple of the Tooth at
Kandy. The town of Kandy was
probably the most beautifully
ocated place most of us had ever
seen. It is situated on a lake
high in the mountains of the
nterior and has a cool sunny
climate averaging 75 degrees the
year round. The area around
Kandy is entirely taken up with
ea plantations and the planters
`bungalows" es they are called,
are the most magnficent homes
one could imagine. The upkeep
of these homes is only possible
because of the availability of
cheap labourers who are paid a
maximum of 40 cents a day. Most
Europeans, have between eight to
en servants in their private
household.
The Temple et Kandy was built
in _the twelfth century and is just
as one would suppose. It is a
huge edifice which houses several
hundred yellow robed shaven,
Buddhist monks as well as the
Tooth itself which is contained
inside seven golden caskets. , This
tooth is approximately two feet
long and doesn't resemble any
tooth except that which would
belong to 'a God.
Tropical Diseases
Ceylon for all its beauty of
landscape and climate has several
drawbacks. There are of course.
present, the omnipresent tropical.
diseases which, especially the
skin diseases seem to attack those
of the `lighter shade skins. .In
addition to this there is the know-
ledge that the most of the island
has a large population of the
world's most deadly snakes. One
of these, a smell six-inch snake.
called the "Crite" brings death
in less than one minute.
Colombo Conference'
As for, the Conference itself'
most of the sessions were closed
to all . except the 'officials. The.
most striking thing one would
notice was the devotion of the.
Tamils' and Hindus for Phandit
Nehru. They would stand pa-
tiently for five or six hours just
to catch a glimple of him driving
by in a car. Many of these
crowds, however,.. were harang-
ued at intervals by hely men or
Communists in turn and it was
significant that when these crowds
would disperse the walls back of
them would be covered with
Communist slogans painted in
red paint. This was all carried
out despite the vigilance of a
very tough police force. It was
apparent that even here the Reds
are well organized which is no
surprise as the incredible poverty
of the East and the extreme
contrast between rich and poor,
gives fertile ground for the ac-
ceptance of radical theories,
Pageant of the East
After two weeks in Ceylon it
carne time to depart for further
fields. On leaving, however, all
of us felt we would certainly
love to return to visit it again.
The island is a tourists -paradise
of strange sights, exotic foods
and of course, one never tires of
watching the ever present pageant
of the East.
(To be continued)
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