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Clinton News-Record, 1949-03-10, Page 11'THURS'DAY, IVIARCH 10, 1948 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE ELEVEN Takes Place Saturday, March 12, With Many Special Features View of Baking and Candy Section ShoWing Restaurant to Left Rear Radio "Hams" Form Emergency Group "Hundreds of amateur radio stations throughout Canada have been organized quietly and care- fully into a strong emergency .communication system by the RCAF, The chain is now ready to start sending "practice" messages, and will accept any message from anybody providing it is not of a business nature, far trans- mission to any part of Canada. To exhibit the system to the public, the RCAF stationed a transmitter -receiver truck in Vic- toria Park, London, for three days• The truck's 300 -watt transmitter went "on the air" carrying messages to members •elsewhere and receiving messages for London. The network would go into op- eration ,in earnest only in . an emergency of a_kind that might cause regular communication channels' to break down. 40 in District Members of the Air Force Amateur Radio System, of which there are about 40 in Western Ontario, in centres including Windsor, Chatham, Ingersoll, Woodstock, Owen Sound, Wing - ham, Goderich, Clinton, Galt, Kitchener, es well as London, are on the air four nights a week on official business. They sign on et a pre -stated time, and under charge of Squa- dron Controller Frank P. Kehoe, London, formerly of Clinton, re- ceive and send messages to and from the Western Ontario dist- rict, Contact with other areas Is maintained by Mr. Kehoe through another frequency. Three Frequencies The organization has three -frequencies in uae: One for the areas for transmission between 'members; a second for communi- cation from one area to another; .and the third, called the Trans Canada trunk, for messages of a transcontinental nature, The over-all director is Wing 'Commander E. A. D. Hutton, Ottawa. The dominion is divid- ed into six areas. London and Western Ontario are In area No. 4, which extends from Kingston . `to Windsor. Area Four is fur- ther subdivided into four squa- *elrons: Toronto East, extending from Kingston to Toronto: To- ronto West, from near Hamilton to Toronto; Hamilton squadron, comprising the area around Ham- ilton; and the London Squadron, centred in London and' extend- ing from Owen Sound to Wind- sor, and from Lake Erie to near Hamilton. • Area No. 4 has about 125 hams t e It London squadron about 40. • Use in Emergency The RCAF spokesman said the system had been organized to be available in cases of emergency or national disaster. It had been decided to bring the transmitter truck from Tien - ton to London to stimulate in- terest among the hams and gen- eral 'public in the scheme. The truck will he stationed near the Boer War Memorial in Victoria Paris until Wednesday evening, under Flight, Sergeant Wilkes. Its call letters are VE3rilt. It will be open for inspection, will be sending messages and receiving them from district "hams". and tomorrow night will go on the Trans -Canada Trunk at 9 o'clock. The erea and intra -area fre- quencies are on the regular ama- teur wavelengths, but the Trans- Canada Trunk is on 42.90 kilo- cycles, specially assigned by the Dominion Government. Mr. Kehoe, commander of the London Squadron, broadcasts from e station whose call letters are VE3VU. He is a former officer from Clinton RCAF Station, Each "meeting night" Mr. Kehoe holds "roll call" to see how many of his "hams" are on the air. Not all have to be on the air each night, but mostly they all are signed on. It is permissible, though, for them to take turns, with each "ham" required to be on duty only one night a week. The stations in emergency might receive direct radio cells from provincial police, RCMP, or the Air Force, for transmission. Three Transmitters Air Force official in charge of London Squadron is Wing Com- mander F. J. Gauthier, chief sig- nals officer et Trenton. The transmitter truck which was on display in London had three transmitters and receivers, powered by a gas -driven gener- ator. It can transmit on very high frequencies or on ordinary POOR SUCKER: SEAFORTH—When a horse he was riding broke through the ice covering a ditch running through his father's farm in McKillop, Laverne Hoegy noticed , some- thing moving in the water. As he watched, a seven-inch sucker flipped itself out of the water onto the ice. He carried the fish home and placed it in the water trough. short wave. Flying Officer W. F. Potts, who was in charge of the display, said the organization needed practice in sending messages, which is why it is prepared to accept messages from the general public for transmission. He em- phasized it did not absolutely guarantee delivery, and that mes- sages that might have a com- mercial implication could not be accepted. Federation Notes Protest Condemnations The President of Huron County Federation of Agriculture, W. R. Lobb, Clinton has been chosen to go to Ottawa along with e de- legation from Middlesex and ad- joining Counties, to protest the condemnation being paid on catt- le found to be reactors, on the T.B. test. - p Attended Meeting C. R. Coultes, B•elgrave, Simon Hallahan, Blyth, Bertram Klopp, Zurich and W. V. Roy, Clinton, attended they annual meeting of C. F. and G. A. in the King Ed- ward Hotel, Toronto, on Saturday Februery 19. The meeting got under way in. "Vanity Fair" at 10 a.m. Ni i4 Last week the Executive of the Onterio Cream Producers and an We Invite You to Visit - The Modern, New Bartliff Store and Restaurant and while there suggest you inspect the Beautiful Flooring chosen by Bartliffs' — — -- RUBBER TILE which we had the pleasure of installing Our Hearty Congratulations to this Aggresswe r., Ir al RUBBER and MASTIC TILES WALL TILES • INLAID LINOLEUM METAL MOULDING Installed in Kitchens, Bathrooms, Hallways, Stores, Offices, Etc. FLOOR SANDERS For Rent or Work Done FOR FREE ESTIMATE PHONE OR WRITE -.. KEATING TILE Co. Lloyd E. Keating, Proprietor 8 CARDEN ST. — GUELPH Phone Collect 2346-w After Hours—Phone Collect 358-M =0==:10=20===0=0 1=I01=0===01=07= Executive Committee of the On- tario Federation of Agriculture appeared before the Ontario Premier and members of his Cab- inet, to present a brief protest- ing the imitation of butter by the manufacturers of margarine, oleo -margarine and other sub- stitutes. The Canadian Federation hes urged the Dominion Government to appeal the decision of the supreme court respecting mar- garine, because of the serious lack of agreement among the judges in rendering the decision and also because of the uncer- tainty the decision has created in respect to agricultural legis- lation in the Federal field, and the future of federal jurisdiction in handling of agricultural policies. 0 FINES INSUFFICXENT GODERICH—Inspector of Legal Officers, Toronto, has Informed Goderich Town Council that fines collected by Goderich provincial police were not sufficient to con- duct the magistrate's court in accordance with the Magistrates' Amendment Act. The court hes been supported this year by pro- vincial fines. Council previously had requested a share of the fines on the grounds that Goderich pays for protection under the provincial police system and should receive some of the rev- enue accruing to the court. Congratulations to BARTLIFF BROS. 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