The Clinton News Record, 1941-08-07, Page 7THURS., AUGUST 7, 1941
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Invention and change since the time
of Creation has really. brought the
world to what it is today. If the
Lord tarries it will be the means of
even greater changes in the next ten
or twenty-five years.
'If one wants an inspiration all he
bas to do ie to secure a book of the
pioneer days of Canada, read the life
,of the first settlers here and compare
their hardships with the many corn-
forts we have today.
Some of these pioneers, although
now well advanced in years are still
with us. As the days go by they are
becoming fewer and fewer, but to
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diose of us who have had the privilege
;of taikiaig to diem and of listening
'to their stories of the first days of
our Dominion it is indeed a real in-
spiration. One rust go back ninety
or a hundred years to visualize the
settlement of the white man in, at'.
least, this part of Canada.
The means of getting from one
place eo another was really, the be-
ginning of the roads of today. This
df necessity meant walking as the
land was covered with forest. Prev-
ious to that time the only travellers
had been, Indians who made, paths
through the forest,
The Indians made a one man traek
as they followed along one after
another in running fashion. The
next tribe would often use the same
trail or would wander further afield
and make new trails, very often in
pursuit 'of the first tribe.
Then one day the pioneer white
man decided to take up land and
pushed .his way through the forest.
He often left his family behind at
scene central station and had started
off with idea of making a home, In
many instances these settlements
were started near a river.
In order to clear his homestead he
had to chop down trees, part of which
were used for -constructing the log
cabin and part for making furniture.
Indoing these things he received
help from those who like himself were
seeking a future home.
Our talk today is not on settle-
ments, but on roads and from the be-
ginning of time in Canada there has
been a continual improvement on the
road problem,
As soon as the homes were built
the settlers transported their families,
with the possessions they had brought
from the old land. These were. us-
ually brought in wagons, sometimes
covered ,and this necessitated wid-
ening the roads. Some way had to be
found for getting them aeross the riv-
er. This is where the ferry boat
comes in. The first settler usually
built the boat which was fairly sub-
stantial. He plied back and forth ov-
er the river carrying passengers and
possessions. We can imagine the eag-
erness with tvhseh the mother and
family leaked across the river to see
if any way they could discern their
future home.
As we can huagine roads were in
very poor shape as practically noth-
had been done with thein but just to
chop down the trees and fill in the
worst holes along the way Many of
us who have riden over pitch holes
in the winter season will have some
idea of what the roads were like, oc-
casionally as we travel through the
country districts we come to a space
where there is a -bush on either side of
the road. We see the ends of logs
sticking out and in answer to out'
question as to the reason for this we
are told that it is the remains of an
old courderoy road, where logs had
been put in to prevent the boggy
et ound from sinking. These roads are
now pretty much a thing of the past.
From that time on constant improve-
ment has been made until now one
can drive, along in a motor ear over
roads which are as smooth • as the
floors in the early homes.
What is more pleasant• than to
walk along a country road in the twil-
ight of the day. The sun has gone
down behind the horizon the stars
have taken their positions to guard
the night and with the exception of
passing cars all is quiet. As we look
back many walks such as that have.
brought a great deal of pleasure.
It is true that even on some of the
main highways there are hills. At the
tone roads were laid out in the first
plate there was little way except
hand shovelling to make passage
through a hill, Climbing was heavy
but, tie with other dieficultics, one ha,
to tui mount it by hard work.
Even in spite of the vast differ-
ence iu the roads of today we do not
receive the enjoyment :from the use
of then that the pioneers got from
their hard earned roads. We wonder
why it is, but the reason is not hard
to find. The basis of the home life
at that time was the Christ whom
we to a large extent have forgotten
today. All roads at that time led to
the church oe to the home of some
settler where the word of God was be-
ing preached by a travellig minister
who went about doing his work.
through a large field, The majority
of churches today are made of brick
or stone. The congregations who
have built them have' given their
means, They ahve built the churches.
Heave then felt that their duty was
ended and that it was not necessary
for them to attend services. A car-
toon in one .of the papers recently
portrayed a nice looking church, in
pleasant surroundings. Ots e notice
board in front was printed, "There
wil be no services here on Sunday
nights during July and August. His
Satanic Majeety was standing look-
ing at it, and he is quoted as say-
ing "That's. fine for me. 1 never take
a holiday:" How much better the
world would be today if Christains
refused to take so many holidays! Let
each one of us think that over and de-
cide just how much we are using the
roads to lead we to God's House, In
all .nr'obability We will find that we
are travelling over them for pleasure
and ar. e breaking the 'yaws of His
Clinton Collegiate Institute
Lower School Promotions.
The following pupils have been promoted to Grade XI;
Edna Archambault, Douglas Bartliff, Carol Buchanan, Roy
Churchill, Marie Connell, Jack Cook, Helen Qs-ich, JoAnne Coning-
hame, Esther Hayman, Lois Draper, Margaret Fremlin, Fred Gibson,
Ruth Harris, . Mildred Heard, Ruth, Hearn, Keith Jackson,
Mildred. Jones, Mildred ;Lobb, Edna MacDonald, .Jean
McDougalI, Elizabeth Middleton, Ruth Middleton, Eldred Moffatt,
George Mustard, Shirley Nickle, Edith Pepper, Ray Potter, Ruby
Reid, Fay Snyder, Jack Stewart, Charles Thompson, Shirley Turner,
Betty Williams, Lois Webster, Edward Wise, Muriel Wise,
The following pupils have been promoted to Grade X: •
Betty Allen, Kenneth Armstrong, Norma Collins, Andt'ew Colqu-
holm, Ross Dilling, Gerald Elliott, Frank Ellwood, Lucy Ellwood,
Douglas Farquhar, Lois Ferguson, Harriet Fremlin, Margaret Fuss,
Mervin Glazier, Gordon Hill, Vernon Huller, Aileen McCartney, Jessie
McCullough, John McIntyre, Robert McKinley, Jane Miller, Pearl
Miller, Bob Morgan, Clara Nediger, Barry Nickle, Donald Palmer,
Wm. Robinson, Murray Roy,Helen Shaddook, Albert Silver, Frank
Smith, Genevieve Smith, Robert Steep, Jack Tyndall,
MIDDLE SCHOOL RESULTS
Following are the Middle School results for Grades XI and XII,
Pupils who were granted subjects for "Farm Service" should have
a "Certificate of Employment" sent in as soon as possible.
Hist., Alg., and Phys. are Departmental Examinations; Eng.,
Lat,, Fr., Home Economics and Shop Work are promotion examine
tions.
GRADE XI i I-- I
Lillian'Bell: A.lr:• c, Phys. c, Eng, H.E. , i
Grant Bisback: Hist: 3, Alg. 3, Phys. 1, Eng., Fr., S! W.'
Ellen Bohn: Alg. e, Phys. a, Eng. Lat., Fr.
Wm. Carter: Hist. c, Phys. c, Lat„
Doris Cowherd: Hist, c, Alg. 2, Eng., Lat., Fr.
Milton Dagg: Hist. 2, Alg. 1, Phys, 2, Eing,, Lat., Fr.
Helen Dixon: Hist. 2, Alg. 1, Phys. 1, Eng., Lat.', Fr. 11,E.
Doris Gingerich: Hist. c, Alg. 1, Phys, e, Eng., Lat., Pr. .
Alice Glen: Hist. c, H.E. ,
Elva GoVier: Hist. 2, Alg. 1, Phys. 1, Eng., Lat., Fr.
Helen Greeks: Hist. 3, Alg.-1, Phys. 2, Eng. Lat., Fr., H.E.
Robert Hanley: Alg. c, Phys. 1, Eng., Fr., Si:W,
Phyllis Herman: Hist. 1, Alg. 1, Phys. 1, Eng,, Lat., Fr., H.S,
Donna Rudie: Hist. 2, Alg. 2, Phys. 3, Eng., Fr,
Mary Hudie: Hist. e, Alg. 3, Phys. c, Eng., 3r.
Winnifred'James: Hist. 1, Alg. 1, Phys. 1, Eng., Lat., Fr.,
Catherine Jefferson: Hist. 3, .Alg. c, Phys. c, Eng., HA
Keith Jenks: Hist. 3, Alg. e, Phys. 3, Eng., Lat., Fr,
Lois Kearns: Hist. c, Eng., Fr.
Fannie Levis: Hist. 2, Phys. c, Eng., Lat., Fr.
Frank Lawson: Alg. 1, Phys. c, Eng., Fr.
Phyllis Middleton: Hist. 3, Alg. 2, Phys. c, Eng., H.E.
Kenneth Miller: Hist. c, Alg. 1 Phys. c, Eng., Lat., Fr,
Jean Morgan: Hist. 3, Alg. 1, Phys. 2, Eng., Lat., Fr., 31.10..
Cameron Proctor: Hast, 3, Aig, 1, Phys. 1, Eng., Lat., Fr.
Anna Reid: Hist, 3, Alg, 1, Phys. 2, Eng., Lat., Fr.
Marie Savage: Hist. e, AIg. 1, Phys. 1, Eng. Lat., Fr.
Betty Snell: Hist. c, Alg. 1, Phys. 3, Eng. 1, Fr. H,E,.
Jean Tasker: Hist. e, Eng., Lat„ Pr.
GRADE! XII
Florence Aiken: Hist. c, Chem. c.
Gertrude Bond: Eng. 3, Hist. c, Geom. e, Phys. c, Chem. e, Lat, c, Fr. c
Helen Bond: Eng. e, Hist. 3, Geom. 1, Chem. 1, Lat. e, Fr. 0.
Betty Brandon: Eng. c, Hist. 2, Chem. c.
Roma Chandler; Eng. c, Hist. 2, Alg. 1, Chem, 1.
Gerald CIayton: Eng, c, Hist. c, Geom. e, Chem.c, Lat. 2, Fr. 8.
Gerald Fremlin: Eng. c, Hist. e, Chem. 3, Lat. c, Fr. 2,
Lloyd Fulford: Hist, s, Alg, 3.
Lillian Garrett: Hist. c, Fr. 3,
Lois Hanley: Eng, e, Hist. 0, Geom. e.
Bernice Lobb: Eng, c, Hist. c, Geom, 2, Chem. 3.
Jean Long: Alg. o, Phys. c.
harry Mcl wan: Hist. c, Chert, c, Fr. c.
Dorothy Molntyre: Eng. 2, Hist. 1, Geom, 1, Chem. 1, Lat. 2, Fr. 2.
Eama
Mair: Eng. c, Hist. c, Alg•. 3, Phys. c, Lat, c, Fr. c.
Phyllis Manning: Eng, 1, Hist, 1, Geom, 2, Chem. 2, Lat. 2, Fr. 1.
Alpha Meyers: Eng. e, Alg, 3, Chem. e, Fr. 3.
Helen Miller: Eng. e, Hist, 2, Geom, 2, Chem. 2, Lat. 3, Fr, 2.
Patricia Morrison: Eng. e, Hist, a Chem. c, Fr, c.
Wilma Radford: Eng. c, Hist. 2, Geom. 3, Chem. c, Lat• c, Fr. 1.
Lois Rathtivell: Eng, 2, Hist, e, Geom. 2, Chem. c, Pc. c.
Bruce toy: Eng. e, Hist. 2, Alg. e, Geom. c, Chem.c.
Eunice Roy: Eng. 3, Hist. c, Geom. c, Chem. c, Pr. e.
Raymond Snell: Eng. c, Hist. 0, Geom. 2, Chem, 3, Fr. c.
William Sproat: Eng. 3, Hist, 0, Alg. 2, Chent, 2, Lat. c, Fr. 2.
Shirley Sutter: Ehg. c, Hist. 0, Chem. c, Lat. e, Pr. 2.
Mary Torrance:'Eng. 2, Hist, 1, Geom. 1, Chem. 3, Lat. 2, Fr. 1.
Keith Tyndall: Geom, c, Chem, c,
Fighter Pilots Earn Their Wings at
Camp Borden
This is the seventh in a series of
articles about the. Royal Canarlian
Air Force and the British Common-
wealth Air Training. Plan,. written
for the weekly newspapers of Ont-
ario.
Hy HUGII TEMPLIN
Camp Borden is Canada's best
known flying school. With its six
square miles of fiat, sandy land, it is
probably the largest as well, It was
an air training camp during the last
Great War, from 1914 to 1018. In
those far-off days, it wasn't too popu-
lac. Sand got into the buildings and
the clothing and the food. -Occasion-
ally a veteran pilot remarks: "I won-
der if the old hangars are still at
Camp Borden."
The pilots of the last war would
see many changes. Some of the old
buildings remain but they are hard
to find among all the new ones. The
sand is now subdued, with green
grass holding it down, though it was
necessary to keep the seed in place
with wire netting on some of the dunes
until it sprouted. The administration
buildings and some others are of per-
manent brick.
Camp -Borden is now the No. 1
Service Flying Traintng School df the
Royal Canadian Air Force. My own
guess is that it is also the largest and
in some ways the finest air' school on
the continent.
It deviloping rapiily, S visited
the R.C.A.F. at Camp Borden twice.
clay.
The broad coact is the narrow
When God is crowded out,
And vehicles o fevil put lovely things
to rete.
By them the highway's culttered-
And soon, below the slope,
Mankind is left a ruin without a
ray of hope.
How different ss the picture found
in the ',Narrow Way"
Expanding with the Glory that
points to Endless day.
As, with the great Pathfinder, we
journey up and on
Toward the Heav'nly City with its
eternal dawn. •
The narrow is the broad road when
Jesus leads the way
To Avenues of Service for others
day by day;
For, from a small beginning Love's
highway broadens out, till
The gates swing wide to eKaven, at
the summit of Life's hill."
• ",PE,G„
Within a few months, I found notable
changes, particularly the fact that
the collection of assorted planes at
the camp last Fall has been replaced
by long lines of sleek Harvarcls, with
a few Yates. It is another indication
of the way the supply of training
craft has caught up to the needs.
Ten Weeks of Flying
Of the six months necessary for
the training of a pilot itt Canaille the
last ten weeks are spent at Camp
Borden or one of the other Service
Flying Traitung Schools. On arrival,
the student, now with the rank of
Leading Aircraftmatt, is able to fly a
plane :at a hundred miles an hour or
so. He has learned to find his. way
across country, has done simple aero-
batics (or stunts, if you like) and has
had lectures on a variety of subjects
from signals to navigation.
Advanced flying is taught by ex-
perienced pilots at Camp Borden,
The sleek and lovely Harvarcls fly at
speeds' over 200 miles an hour. They
ego the yellow, noisy, -aigle-motored
craft often seen in the air over South-
ern Ontario.
Everything at Camp Borden is lar-
ger or faster. The three main run-
ways are paved strips 3000 feet long
and 600 feet wide. Commercial air-
ports near the largest cities are tiny
by comparison. Even that isn't suffi-
cient, there are two auxiliary landing
fields at Edenvale and Alliston, each
as large as a commercial • field, but
used only in of emergency.
Other things are speeded up as
welt. Planes sometimes seem to rise
in swarths; a control tower is neces-
sary to sort out the traffic. It is said.
that landings in a year may number
250,000. Gasoline consumption is
enormous,
Lectures Still Continue
On my second trip to Camp Bet -
den„ I arrived at the gate just as a
black thunderstorm swept over the
plains. Sax or seven pilots were up
when the storm arrived and they had
to stay up till conditions. became
inure suitable. It was an hour before
the last one was down and the crew
in the control tenger breathed a sigh
of relief. . No damage had been done
and the young pilots had gained valu-
able experience,. .
It was no day to stay outside, so 1
talked with Squadeon Leader Carter.,
the Commanding Officer, who has
since been transferred toe a new
school at Qlaresholm, Alberta. Fly-
ing Officer Douglas showed .me the
lecture` rooms, the armament rooms"
and the course of study, and Squacl-
•ron Leader Bradshaw initiated me in-
GENERAL ARTS
SECRETARIAL SCIENCE.
HONOUR ARTS COURSES
BUStte SS ADMINISTRATION
MEDICINE
.PUBLIC HEALTH,
NURSING
SPECIAL COURSES, Etc.
RegistrationDates
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
• August 25
• FACULTY OF -ARTS
September 20, 22, 23
FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
September 22
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MA.,M.D:, M.Sc., etc,
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\` MALE STUDENTS , /
7 AFF/DATED COLLEOE5 Registrar
to the mysteries of the control tower. an candies fired from large Very pis- form of a "T" in such a way that the
In the Control Tower
The flying field at Camp Borden is
a huge flat plain, Because of the
sandy soil, it dries quickly after a
rain. Huge, paved runways criss-cross
the field; giving ample room for land-
ing, no matter what the wind direo-
tion. On the edge of the field, near
the hangars, rises the control tower,
which is the nerve centre of the fly-
ing field.
To the casualevisitor, the control
tower looks unpretentious. It is three
storeys high, covered with asphalt
shingles. Around the edges of the
roof hang all kinds of odd things that
mean nothing to the outsider, but
much to the pilots. On a tall pole
above the roof is an anemometer, or
instrument for measing the velocity
of the wind. Each of its four cups is
about the size of a half -orange peel.
Inside the glassed -in compartment
on top of the tower is a crew of three
or four surrounded by instruments
and signalling equipment. On a desk
is a list of all planes in use, with the
numbers, the names of the pilots and
other inforamtion. As each plane
comes down the runway, it gets a sig-
nal from the tower with an Aldis
lamp, then gains speed, takes the
proper runway, and is off into the air.
The Aldis lamp is used for signal-
ling in the Air Force and the Navy,
both clay and night. 0n active ser-
vice, in convoy work and the like, it
is safer to use than wireless, as the
messages cannot be picked up by the
enemy. The signal- lamp is about the
size of a large automobile headlight,
with a lens that concentrates a
powerful ray of light in a narrow
beam. Above the lamp is a sighting
tube, so that the ray of light can be
aimed accurately, and underneath are
a pistol grip and trigger. Words in
Morse code can lee sent, or different
oolored lights used. A green signal
gives the pilot the sign to go; a red
to stop.
As a more general signal to pilots
in the air, Very lights are used. They
are bright flares, like glorified Rom -
tole, The flare looks Iike an oversized
shot -gun shell, and fits into a pistol
with a large barrel.. A red flare indi-
cates that something is wrong; the
white is a general recall; the green
a signal that everything is O.K.
A switchboard oontrols the elabor-
ate electrical equipmenb-floodlight,
searchlights, rotaring air beacon and
the rest. One is marked "Ceiling
Light," but the ceiling in this case is
the sky. A powerful light on top of a
distant hangar points straight up to
the clouds. By sighting along a rotat-
ing arm to t'he spot where the light
sticke the clouds, and reading the
figures on a metal arc, it is. possible
to determine the height of the "ceil•
ing" for flying.
A system of flags, colored balls and
tin Bans indicates weather conditions
and directions to be taken in landing.
0 a flat roof nearby, oddly shaped
and colored pieces of wood are laid
out to give similar information: On
the rainy afternoon which I spent in
the tower, they said: "Use runways
only:" "Land front the South," and
"All flying washed out."
Besides the control tower stands
the "crash crew," with fire fighting
truck always ready in case of acci-
dents. If a pilot gets into difficulties,
the crew will be well out on the field
before he lands, 'with an ambulance
not far behinds.
The crash truck drives from all six
wheels and carries equipment for all
types of fires, There are the ordinary
fire extinguishers and a 100 -gallon
tank of water. For fires in oil and
gasoline, carbon dioxide is used to
quench the flames by depriving them
of oxygen. A foam tank lays a blank-
et of bubbles over the fire, keeping
away the air. The fire fighters use
asbestos uniforms and blankets of
the same fireproof material.
Runways are not illuminated for
night flying, but pilots must learn to
land with no more equipment than is
used on active service on British air
fields. Small flares, not visible above
000 feet altitude are laid out in the
pilot ,lumws where the runways and
the horizon• are and d can come in with
scarcely a bump.
Pilots Get Their Wings
After ten weeks at 'Camtp. Borden
or some other Service Flying Train-
ing School, the student pilot is ready
to go overseas for final training un-
der combat conditions: In token of
this, he is given his "wings" and the
rank of Sergeant Pilot
The wings ceremony is simple and
impressive. The graduates stand in
the centre of a hollow square, with
their comrades around them. Among
the class may be young men from
Australia, New Zealand, England and
Scotland, the Straits Settlements or
other parts of the Empire. There are
likely to be some Americans and a
arge proportion of Canadians.
The Commanding Officer calls out
the names of the graduates, one by ',
one. They drop back a pace or two,
march down to the end of the line,
around the front and then proudly up
the centre. A salute is returned by:
the O.C. and he pins the pilot badge,
a pair of wings, with the letters,
"R.G.A.F" (for the Canadians), sur-
mounted by a crown, on the breast of
the tunic, offers congratulations and
a handshake. This is one time when
visitors are present, usually relatives
who come to see the graduation cere-
mony.
IVlost of the- graduates of Camp
Borden are "single seater" fighting
pilots. They have been trained in.
the Harvarcls by day and by night.
They are taught to find their way
across country alone in all kinds of
weather ,to use machine guns and
advanced gun sights. They will take
over the Hurricanes, the Spitfires
and still newer models after some
further training in England. But a few
are trained as bomber pilots. They
use the Avro Ansons, a slower, twin-
engined plane. As the various camps
are tuning to specialized work, the
bomber pilots will probably be going
to other schools in future.
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Till it?
There is perhaps no better illustration of co-operation between an industry
and the people it serves than that of the implement industry and farming.
Its inception was the making available to other farmers the tools which one
ingenious farmer developed to lighten his own labors and enable him to accomplish
more in the always -too -short seasons.
Its support by farmers to the point which has enabled the building of organiza-
tions financially strong enough and technically equipped to carry on large scale
experimental engineering has increased its efficiency and usefulness to the benefit
of every farmer.
In the implement engineer, the farmer has had a partner ever intent on finding
easier and more profitable ways of doing the jobs he has to dog The co-operation
of the implement maker, in this respect, has transformed farming and made farm life
pleasanter and more profitable- a co-operation that really counts.
MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY LIMITED
THE S E R VI:C E ARM OF THE CANADIAN FARM.