The Huron Expositor, 1940-10-18, Page 6prayer. "
Gives History of Land
G. L. .Parsons, president of the
newly -formed company known as the
Huron County Flying Schaal, Limit-
ed, NV /VD was to have. introduced a re -
'presentative, f ib'e Canada Oompany,
said he had been unable to contact
the speaker he had hoped for. Mr.
Parsers game many interesting facts,
l:'owever, concerning the land around
G•oderi•ch and the one .which Sky' Har-
bor hall' been set up. Hetold. how
in 1618 Champlain and La, Salle had,
landed at the spat which was later
to become ,the town of God,erioh. Many
years later he said, a group of Eng-
lishmen and Scotsmen, 'had''• dome • to
what is now the shore of Lake Huron
and had bought a huge tract of land
which was designated 'as- the Huron
".'-net. These men brad bought the
land for, 25c an acre. • These men
formed a companry known as the
can oda Company, surveyed" the,•.land
about the 'spot where the. airport has
been foundedip there.
swas,
town was
been built and designed a town,
tsnm
liar
Ito have been 'known, gas. Garbrai'd.
In closing his remarks, Mr. Par-
sons
arsons as'ked':'the petople of G'drd'eric'h
and vicinity to extend to the young,
defenders of the Empire' who had re-
eently come to, the airport -to train,
the utmost in hospitality.
J. D. Thiomas„ chairman of the fin-
ancial committee which e had. just re-
cently completed, a" campaign, for the
sale of stock in' the airport, •thus ac-
.$35,000- in actuait cash for, the
operation of the' project for the first
month or more, said no more tangible
demonstration was needed of the loy-
alty of the p'eoplp of Human County
than the fact- that lit lessthan 17
d•oys these residents Ilitaldl subscribed
4,3'5.000 to the carrying on of the com-
pany. "The fact that the whole Dom-,
munity has snrbseribed to this airport
is' our answer to Hitl'e'r'," said Mr,
Thomas.
Expressing -.his regret that Flying
Officer J. M. Rlobert5, of the R.C.A.F.
depot at London, was not on the.
grounds to speak, Hugh Hill, presi-
dent 'bf Sky Harbor Flying Club, said
1t•.•..would have been but proper to
egave had Mr. Roberts, who has Liken
a deep interest in •Sky Harbor Air-
rert since its earliest days; speak for
a few inomnents,. ' He felt, however,
that the gathering would be priviileg-
ed to hear Group Captain P. H. Mack -
worth. "In dlosin'g," said Mr. Hill, "I
would just like to repeat the remarks
of Dire of our m'o'at famous .statestmen
who, said, 'Never before in the his-
tory of the World has the security of,
ea rruany .depended upon so few?"'
t. Ottawa Officer Speaks'
Outlining tate part elementary fly-
ing schools such as Sky Harbor are
playing in the war, and sketching in
a brief word -picture the various train-
ing period's• theaugb wilvich a pilot
mist go 'before he is ruddy to enter
battle for ei'hber the R.A.F. or the
R.C.A.F., Group Capt- Maekworth said
a Pilot corning to Sky Harbor dams
done 'a little -disciplinary training and
bas had another month's training a-
long academic 'lines. The planes in
Use rat the eleunlentbary school's, he
sad, are safe .Fleet ai'renaft wlii'ch
are adapted to straight 'flying and are
not a type. that will play tricks on.
the young pilot learning to fly. The
students will spend an equal amoint
Of time at leetuaites, learning navigat-
ing and on maichife gun work. 1'he
eliealt'er went''di1; to explain that •the
sclr(oofla are trailer civilian mrapa,ge-
mewt. and that the inetabers of this
staff are responsible for the domestic
end of bh'er airport, a0 well ae fb'r
snpplyfnig nieehlaniles and instrlletoLa.
He said that by sil'awiing the. c'vil
(,tubs to eard•y' Ol l "the nuitnagetneat et
ti.e ftyJng sciin+ble- it gives theta a
Chance to t.akelinet ihv Hinny Wet eff v t.
•11•e "praised these (ilt bo, iii Canada for
the work they terve • dome - and sa1.1
they ''nave fn'lliikt Paia't and) are today
setting a 1'g-lf Standard illi flies- It
i••+ Oily % . 1rvr"Ale t,fe* daf•s that
thre ,auithiniiti'ed'iliad ‘decided to exghinidt
the trains* actuante still tins, 35"'tro+er
arrived • at Gadetr trite do tragi. • itietia9;'d
'Of 24 Dae had 'been n rt£ flrsa iwtittrol dti
ten
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f$tratford Beacon Herald)
e;ngg . sero! "-How many times
O'•axpeeieneed aviators heard that
�i #tar• announeememlt donne train the
WOa er obeerveeand known that the.
s 0W -^they had planned for the day
ele't>;s tcaneelled. The ' order meant
• there was, a heavy r in•cloud forma-
tion only a short distance overhead
and that visibility was so pear it
Would be unsafe bo either take a plane
up or try to ground it while that wea-
ther condition prevailed,
Thirty-fve young airmen 'and a
crowd of more than 5,000 people had
an unpleasant experience with "ceil-
ing zero" at Sky Harbor -airport at
Goderich. Monday afternoon when the
600 -acre airport, which is one of a
number in Canada- to- be taken into
British Commonwealth aid training i
scheme was opened as an elementary
air training flying school. Over the
week -end hundreds of people from .
many points in Ontario had arrived at 1
Goderich for the opening of the
school. Throughout the day cars had
streamed in the highway and wended
• their way thrroug'h the village of Sal•t-
fard up to the airport a mile arcl a
quarter from. " that tower
Although it had showered intermit=
tently thioughout the morning the
rain had not been heavy and it was
not until about • a quarter of an hour
before the airmeet was to begin that
the rain game dowtz with a \;enge-
anee•. The • downpour let up suffici-
ently to aiibw the, program to proceed
but the dampness and cold had the
or, t derxd-,
effect of ' rli a lling . speeches shorter
than they would ord'iniarily have been
and also resulted in the grounding of
all i(plaat'els but the big, hi-matou^ed
cabin ,plane which brought Group
Caipt. P. 11. Mackworth, D.F•C sen-
ior staff officer of No. 1 Training Dis-
trict, which was flown back to 01 -
early in the afternoon.
Army Takes Part
Four band's, the Clinton .
Band, Exeter and. Wingbam Citizens' 1
Bands and the bugle band of the El-
gin regiment, were present for '• the
opening and contributed numbers be-
fore the program. began and between
the speeches given by various civic
and military dignitaries. Members of
the Middiesox-11u:rcn Regiment, 'N.P.
A.M., under the -command of Coll- H.
C. Dunlop, paraded to the airport
from the armories_ followed by 'D'
Company of the Elgin Regiment un-
der • t•he command of Major D. R.
Nairn of Goderich- Most of the • mien
from 'D' Company of the Elgins are
from the district about ..Goderich.
These were in full battle' dee.Ss, wear-
ing steel helmets. They were accom-
i panied to th flying field by their bugle
band. The airmen formed up with
the militiamen, members of the Cana-
dian Legion and Boy Scouts at the
airport.
The official progr=am got under way
a' few minutes atter two o'clock when
Warden George C. Feagan, of Huron
County, one of •the men` who have
hien interested in aviation inn Huron
since the beginning of the,civid flying
f_eld there two years ago, welcomed
the new airmen, the visitors and the
militia
to the airport.
Huron County has been interested
in Sky Harbor since the begin'ndng of
ri:2 war, said the Warden. explaining
that, the 'field had been operated by
the county in .the days previous to
its being acquired by the government
as a flying field. The field, be said;
The Ivng, slim barrels of these business -like anti=aircraft guns' point tli'reeteningly skyward, ready
to pour steel into any marauding enemy airplane that may venture on this side of the -Atlantic. In the
hands of an experienced crew, these 3.7 guns can fire 12 shells a minute. Angle fire• is directed by, a
range and height finder and a Vickers predictor.
comprises 600 aeries of land including
alearance rights..
"These young men who have come
here to train will receive their initial
training here, and the Winning of this
War will largely depend on how we11
they are trained in the early stages
of their flying careers," he told th's
great galberiug-as•sembled before hiull
Following Warden Feagan'a 'ad-
dress, Rev. G. G. Burton of Clinton,
a veteran of the last war, offered
It's Kids Like This
One That
The SeaforfliIions Club Helps
WON'T YOU LEND
US A HAND !
THE Seaforth Lions Club, through its crippled children's
work in this, district,,,has aided hundreds of handicapped
children" to face life, with a smile. Countless more have
enjoyed the advantages of the Lions Club Pool and Park and -
other Lions Club welfare activities.
But this Work costs money and must depend upon the sup-
port of the generous citizens of Seaforth and district, who do not
want to see the underprivileged children in their 1nnidst go unat-
tended. '
:1'he annual Lions Frolic, at which funds are raised to carry
on this needy work, is being held this' year on Thursday, October
8.1st. ' In connection with the Frolie, the Club is holding a draw,
-tickets for the valuable prizes being on sale throughout the disc
trict at 25 cents each, or a book of 5 for $1.00.
uy A Book
#§ SPAM 1014A,l'1D )31t' TEE OM/0g EXPOSITOR
air.
c14?'n,�titdrieel Trent Pogo 42
III Ire
• . !s;anietitn'g tiacaneditti
-about +the `eaft +cad coolness of tile
gena Peelte. It s iris **her -
difference ntpr to seivity: With it
the Sense of wai<ioi'lad. ea -operation
reaches a ;paiod'igiioils degree. Dash
one is mobilized either organioalyy or
morally.. Each isi doing'dia work with
orderlin'eSs, calm and: ' diseigline.
There is neither thaste, nor P*"eeipita-
tion, • ntor . panic. Everyone one 'applies
rules and enoaunages everyone t' else
to do likewise.' Vigilante never ie
lazes+. Britain is not invaded; 'trait
everyone behaves as tb0u0 in'vasi'on
might come at any Moment. This peo-
ple will In no circumstances be tak-
en by .snirprise.
A sporting .people, the British are
counting 'th'e blows and ,taking stock,
impartially of their reverses and fail-
ings', not to be dislx artened by them,
but to correct them. Northing 'is left
to ebance or to'improvisation.,
Britain: 'givsieithe iinpreshio Jefa a
powerful up-to-date machine, whose
flawless, well-oiled. 'march proceeds
noiselessly and without a hitch. Ev-
eryone knows what he has to do. And
he, or she, will do it at the right
time.' ,, d
There is complete, trusting and ea-
ger .ca -operation between the public
and the authorities.
German.pippagand1a will not change
this nor diminish in the least, the.
calm and self-conscious force of this
great free people.
It is a -significant fact that, in
spite of ephemeral triumphs, the
German people head to be drugged by
false news, In Britain German com-
muntiqu'es are published daily .in full.
Any one can listen freely to Nazi
broadcasts, if be. happens t� want to
de so.
The democratic liberties are fully
respected. The press ewe:merits on
Government action with a surprising
•frankn'ess. • 'Parliament, whose powers
are supreme, continues to sit 'when-
ever theme is business to transact. -
These things acre, to my mind, one
of the essential guarantees of Bri-
tain's coming -victory.
The -officially inspired optimism of
the countries living under a -system
of censorship lull:;the fighting spirit
of the citizens to sleep. A flood of
reassuring but often unfounded state -
remits not like chloroform upon them.
The British people are conscious, of
the -fact that -they- ;have never been
invaded for the last 900 years. They
are not oblivious,• to the unsuccessful
attempts made•s+uccessdvely by Philip
II, Louis XIV and •byi Napoleon. They
tkntiw ;that _200 -or 250 ships would be
needed to land five divisions. They
]avow that they will never be betray-
ed by that ally.which always keeps
faith with them: the sea. They know
that ',their ships are starling th•e seven
'seas and using thousands of ports, all
the world aver, when s the... German
and Dtalian m'erca 'abets- are con-
fined to coastal traffic in the Baltic
and - the Adriatic.
They know that in defiance of the
furious -attacks of the German Luft-
waffe,• the Royal Air Force- is 'daily
delivering its blows 'on"•Gerni.any, on.
Turin, on Milan, on .Libya, wherever
it Dares to strike.
They also know ' that
States is on,. their side.
ed,
From the -elementary _ school the
pupils go to a service school and
there, besides le>anning to fly planes,
they . learn to use them. Later t" ray
go overseas r.nd take a course in
the actual type' of flying they will
need when contacting the enemy.'
"All of these stages have made the
R.A.F. and • the R.C.A.F. much more
efficient than "the ,enemy air force.
Tine keeping up of this quality will
beat the enemy finally," He assugr-
cd the public that' the qp:teker train-
ing scheme now planned will not re-
duce the quality of the prlote.
Group Capt. Mackworth then- de
glared 'Sky Harbor airport "we'l and
truly oi,c'nsed." '
Praises Stratford Group
The County 'of Huron may be well
r l,• -e -sed that it is ,privileged to -play
a part in the British Commonwealth'
Alr Training ,scheme. -.said George W.
Schaefer, chairman of the Godierich
Board of Trade..."I tally believe this
scheme will be one of the greatest
achievements of the present war."
Speaking of the bond of friendship
that exists between the Stratford and
the Goderic'h Boards of Trade; he said
it v; as th ro,tigh the courtesy ,of the
.members of the Stratford bodythathe had beery allowed to present to
the late Naemane Rogers, then Minis-
ter of Defence, some Of the reasons
why Sky Harter should be branded
in the Air Training scheme, Mr.
Schaefer t'h'en read a telegram from
G. I. Graff, chairmran of the Stratford
'Board of Trade, 'offering congratuira,-'
tions and best wiethea Mr' the .future
of the airport.
M'r. 'Schaefer .observed' that but one
share of the stock in •the airport had
gone t,utside' of Huron County and
that this had been :given to „the Stant-.
ford Board of Trade by 6he (oderiohl
(Continued on Page 7)
Urge Clean-up
of Weed Areas
As• seeds of .many Ontario noxious
weeds may be retained on the plants
until late Fall and distributed by va-
riau's agencies during Fall and Wine
ter months, these .infected areas
should be cleaned up immediately,
states John D. MasdLeod, Craps, Seeds
and Weeds Branch, Ontario Depart-
ment' ,of. Agrieubturd, Taranto. •• The wind carries • some weed seeds
long distances in id.rifting soil and al-
so over frozen ground and snow. An
experiment conducted in Saskatche-
wan proved this fact when it was
found that six ounces of surface soil
taken from a spot along a road fen'ce,'
contained the followingseeds: Stick-
weed 330; Wild Mustard 267; Hare's,
Ear Mustard 99; Stinkweed 3; Blank
Bindweed 150; Lamb's Quarters 15,
and Ragweed ;9. • AndFther experiment'
conducted some years tag,' showed
the presenec of many weed ,seeds in
,snow, some 32 seeds of nine, species
of .seed's being found"--in--two-igtia.i
feet of 'a snow drift.
Many ..Weed Seiedis are •eaten by
birds during the late Fall and early
Win gr when other food is not plen-
tiful. These seeds will not lose . their
vitality and, may be carried long. dis-
tances in this way.
Negleeted fall weeds . will spread
plant 'diseases, gather -and, hold a'mow,
clog, 'di;toliiss and thus hinder the flow
of water, ars dangerous from a fire
standpoint and axe a source of infes-
tation to time entire cOla munity, Mr,
MacLeod' paints out. `s
Many field's throughout Ontario in-
fested.
nfelted. with Wild Carrot, Thad liilax,
Ragweed, etc., 'should be mrown, at
this time, raked upand burned 'and
the infested area brought tato the
crop' rotation.
Seeds of neglected tvseied,s grosIng
in vacant tots, around •.build bogs, „fence !,
lines and l n banks of 'r'tvrers; small
streams and diteheb • May' be ,carried
long distances by' s Hng fto'ode.
Py dteandng up and humming allow*
te
ll,wd -
le ed weeds "at this; thin •i111e' appear.
Ole* of property 1s• irmprove4 In elt-
itss, toWirs iaunyl'. Vlt!ag+r .las Well tie
#stuns
the 'United
They ,realize that those who were
unable to prevent the heroic : re -em-
barkation of Dunkirk 'are now faced
with the- incomparably more.formi-
dable task. of attemvptinsg .the saute
operation in the opp'os'ite direction.
They know that the whale Empire,
wittrreut .exception, constitues one sol-
id rock. -
Nor do they forget that two;thirds
of the peopies subjected by Germany
ard`'•not Germans at all, and that the
terrible fire 'o'f vengeance,„•which is
mow smould'erin'g in the ;hearts. of the
oppressed mations will burst into
flame at the, right moment
As- a citizen .of an indomitable na-
tion,. I know that, in spite of • prlofes-
signal ,traitors• and place -seekers, the
whale of Beagium constitutes a 'col-
umn in the service of d'e'mocracy and
liberty. The beloved spirits, of Card -
luta] Mercier, of Burgomaster Max, - of_
-King Albert, of the ;heroic workers
who • were deported, .for refusing to
work 'for the Germans, ;aacowrpany us
in our effort and inspire us with hope,
' Britain a.nd her the permanent va-
lues of mankind'Will 'trium iph: - - -
Nothing is difficult; it is only we
who are indolent -B. R. Hayden,
The first step to knowledge is to
know that we are ignorant.. -Cecil.
friend that stieketh
btlothem.-Prov. 18 ,24.
closer than a
As O'nlooked says, in -calamity the
spirit of man, can reach the heights.
Day bei day must .be, our motto. -
F, Perry.
• Defer no time; delays have danger-
ous 'ends.
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LONDON; and WINGIIAM
NORTH,
A.M.
Exeter ^ 10.34
Hensall . 10.46 -
Kippen , X7.6.52
Brucefield 7 11.00
Clinton ..11.47
Londeeboro ' ' , 12:06 ,
Blyth ' - 12.16
i3elgrave 12.27
Wingham 12.45
SOUTH
Wdngham
Belgrave
Blyth
Landeaboro
-Clinton
Brueefield
Klppen
Hensall
Exeter
P.M.
1.50
2.06
2.17
2.26
3.08
3.28.
8.38
3.45
8.58
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
L.. : + .,'�.'..:;i. i A M.. PM
aederioh:: ; :::, 6.15 2.80
olmeseiue--** ___.. •tea,,- '6.31 2.48
Clinton 6.43 3.00
'Seaforth , 6.59 3.16
7.05 3.23
7.12 3.29
7.24 8.41
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Wi,o hags been appointed Military
Attactio to the eariadittn > enthral
in Was111ngtof. Before his "'° app'
potntmeflt to the new pos'E •Col.
Lotion' was Comm cedant cif #ire
tiaticouiler A,re
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'St. iolumban'
Dublin
Mitchell ..
' WEST
Mitchell .... 11.06 9.28
Dublin 11.14 9.38
Sea forth 11.30 9.47
Clifton • 11.45. 10.00
Gedemieh12+.005r,, 10.25
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P.M.
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4.24
4.33
4.42
4.57
5.05
5.15
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