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THURSDAY; AUGUST 7, 1941 T-E-C-N D-A- S ATES M A,-BO- -V-LLE,-NT-R- nAr'~ 'mm~'u' FIGRTER PILOTS EARN THEIR subjects from signais to naviga- WINGs AT CAMP BORDEN - tion. Advanced flying is taught by This Is the seventh lni a experienced pilots at Camp Bor- ser!es of articles ab»out thse den. The sieek and lovely Har- lRoyal Can adian Air Force vards fly at speeds over two and thse British Commüon- hundred miles an hour. They are Ir wea.th Air Training ]Pla the yellow, nolsy, single-motored rltten for the weekly new,,% craf t often scen in the air over papers of Ontario. Southcrn Ontario. Everything at Camp Borden la larger and faster. The threc main Camp Borden la Canada's best runways arc paved strips 3300 known fiYing achool. With its six feet long and 600 feet wide. Com- square miles of flat, sandy land, it mercial airports near the largest la probably the largest as weil. cities are tiny by comparisan. Ev- It was an air training camp dur- en that isn't sufficient. There are ing the,-ast Great War, from 1M4 two auxiliary landing f ields at 1918. In those far-ofi days, it Edenvale and Alliston, each as waan't too popular. Sand got ln- large as a commercial field, but 'to the buildings and the clothing used only in cases of emergcncy. and the food. Occaionally a vet- Other thlngs are speeded up as cran pilot remnarks: "I wonder if well. Planes sometimes seemn to thc oid hangars are tml at CaMP rise ln swarms; a control tower la Borden."> necessary to sort out traffic. It The pilots of the. last war would ia said that landings in a year may sec many changes. Sonie of thc number 250,000. Gasoline con- .old buildings remain but thcy arersmtinaenmu. haadta fnue among teUic ew «ones. The sand la now subducd, with green grass holding it dawn, thoughiti was necessary 10 keep the sced lu place wilh wirc net-. ting on some o! Uic dunes until: it sprouled. The administration buildings aud same ohers arc of permanent brick. Cmp Borden la now tic No. i Serice Flying Tnaining Scioci of thc Royal Canedian Air Farce. My awn gus la that il la aiso Uic largest and lu some ways Uic linest air aschoal on Uic continent. Il la devclpping rapidly. I vis- ited Uic R.C.A.F. at Camp Bonden twice. Within a fcw months, I found notable changes, particula.r- ly Uic fact that the collection o! asaortcd planes at Uic camp last PeU hbas been rcplaced by long flues of slcek Harvards, with a fcw Yales. Il la another indica- tion o! the way Uic supply o! training craf t bas caught up 10 tac needa. Tea Weeks of FIylag O! Uic six manths neccssary for thc training of a pilot ini Canada, Uic lasI ten wceks are, spent ai Camp Bonden or anc of tbe otien Service Flyiug Training Schools. On arrivaI. lic studeni, now witi Uic rauk o! Leading Aincraf ta- mni aeble 10 fiy a plane et a hundred miles an bour or so. Hej has lcarned la find bis way acros country, bas donc simple acro- batica (or stunts, if you like) and, bas had lectures on a variely o! - Lectures Stili Continue On my second trip to Camp Borden, I.arrived ah Uic gate just as a black Uiundestorm swcpt aven Uic plains. Six or seven pilais wcre up whcn thc slormn arrived and Uicy iad 10 stay up tiIl conditions became marc suit- able. It was an bour befare Uic hast anc was dawn and Uic crew lu Uic control towcr brcathcd a sigh o! relief. No damage bad been donc and the young pilota bad gaincd valueble expenience. Il was no day ho stay outaide, Sa I talked with Squadron Leader Carter, Uic Commauding Offiter, who bas since been transfenrcd ho a new sclbool at Claresholm, Al- berta. Fiying Officer Douglas showed me Uic lecture rooms, Uic armanient roorns and Uic course a! study, and Squadron Leader Bradsbaw xnitialc(I me into Uie mysteries o! Uic contrail ower. In Mie Control Tower The flying field'aI Camp Bor- den la a huge flat plain. Because O! Uic sandy soul, it dnies quickly aller a ramn. Huge, paed run- ways criss-cross Uic f ield, giving azmple room for landing, no malien what lhc wlud direction. On Uic edgc o! Uic field, near Uic hang- ars, riassUicecontrail ower. whicb la Uic nerve centre of Uic fhying field. To the casuai visitor, lic con- trai hower blooks unpnehentiaus. It is Uiree storcys bigi. covcrcd with i THE ERfTigE COMMONWEALTH Air Trainineg IPIan ne of a erles o! articles wrltten ssseclally for Weckly News- liaPers by Rugis Templin, Editor o! Uic Fergus News-Record. rosis IRAN FLAKESWIVFHEAR JU<ST r OVE TMEIR WON&OERF(Il FAIAtCR I I~ - COMMODORE %ffl à Thc Canadien Weckly News- Papers Association, a trade or- genizalion of over 500 o! Canada'sl weekly newsppers, la holding ils annuel convention lu Quebec ou August 14Ui, 15th and 10ti. Tic Statearnan wihl as usuel be represented et Ibis important gelicring a! weckly editors end themr wivcs. In addition la Uic picasure a! gomng ta liese meet- ings, wc bave found thal meeting atier publisiens o! lic Dominion and tlking sbop bas been o! tre- mendaus value, lu operehinq aur ncwspapcr. We arc endeavorng et al l imes 10 give Bowmenville tic besi ucwspapcr wecacn Put out, and we are going ta take edvanlege o! Ibis oppotunity ho heer some o! thc fineat speakers on ncwspapcr problcms liaI bave eppcared ou aur programme for many yers. 1 Wc note thet aur local b)usiness and prafessionel mce ttend lie conventions rcprcsentlng their re- spective Unmes o! business, and wc belleve thet lic invesiment in lime and money pays big neturua, sa w'll be away !ram home for a fcw days cmi oying e holiday wli cther progressive weekly publlsh- crs and et thc same lime studying how this paper cen better serve its readors. a4lan 1I IDerv soc na1 BY John C. Klrkwood asphaît shinglea. Around tih edges of Uic roc!. hang ail kind of odd things that mean nothinj to thc outsiqer, but much ta thý pilota. On a tlu pale above thi roof is an anemoneter, or instru ment for measuring the velocit: Iof the wind. Each of ils four cup Iis about the size of a half-arangg peel. Inside the glassed-in compart. ment on top of the tower isi crcw 0of thrce or four, surraundc by instruments and signalliný equipment. Oq a dcsk la a list aý ail planes in use, with tic numý abers, the names of the pilota anu eother information. As cach plant 1cornes down Uic runway, it get ra signal from, the tower with ar Aldis lamp, Ihen gaina speed 1lakes the proper runway, and b 1off into the air. The Aldis lamp is used for sig. nalling in Uic Air Force and ti tNavy, bath daý' and night. on ac. tive service, in convoy work and Uic like, it is saler to use' tham wirclcss, as Uic messages carmoi ibe picked up by thc cncmy. The tsignal lamp la about Uic size of a large automobile headlight, with a lens Uiat concentrates a power. fui ray o! llght in a narrow beam, Above Uic iani l a sighting tube, s0 that thc ray of light can bu aimed accuratcly, and underneath are a platol grip and trigger, Words in Morse code can be sent, or different colored lights used, Aý green signai gives the pilot the sign to go; a rcd to stop. As A more gencral signal ta pl- ots lu the air Vcry lighta arc used. They are bright fiares, like glori- fied Roman candies flred frorr îlarge Very pistola. The flare looks like an avcrslzcd shot-gur sheil, and fils into a pistai with a large *barrel. A rcd flare indic- aies that something la wrong; the white is a general recali; the green a signal that cvcrything is 0Kc. A switchboard controls Uic ci- aborate clectrical cquipmcnt - floodlight. scarchlights, rotating air beacon and thc rest. One is marked "«Ceiling Ligbt," but Uic ceiling in this case la the sky. A powcrful light on top of a distant hangar points stralght up to thc clouds. By sighting along a ro- tating arm to Uic spot whcrc Uic light strikes thc clouds, and rcad- ing -thc figures on a metal arc, it la possible to dctermninthUi height of Uic "cellng" for flying. A systcm of flags, colored balla and tin cana -indicates weallicr conditions and directions 10 be taken lu innding. On a fiat roof nearby, oddiy ahaped and colored picces o! wood are laid out ta give similar information. on the rainy afternoon which 1 spent in Uic tower, Uicy said: "Use run- ways oniy;" "Land from Uic Souh," and "Ai flying washed out." Beside thc control towcr stand the "crash crcw," witb lire fight- ing truck always ready in case o! accidenta. If a pilot gets int difficulties, Uic crew will be wel out on Uic ficld before he lands, wiUi an ambulance not far be- hind. The crash truck drives from ail six whccls and carnies cqulpment for aIl types o!flires. There arc th~e ordlnary lire extinguishers and a 100-gallon tank of watcr. For fires in oil and gasoline, car. bon dioxide is used to qucnch the flames by dcpriving Uicm o! oxy- gen. A foam tank laya a blanket of bubbles over Uic lire, keeping away thc air. The :lire fighters use asbestose uniforma and blank- cta'-of Uic same fireproof material. Runwaya arc not illuminated for night flyiug. but pilots must iearn to land with no more cquipmcnt than la uaed on active service on British air fields. Smnall flares, not visible above 900 feet altitude are laid out in Uic form o! a "«T" i such a way that Uie pilot knows wherc Uic runways and Uie hon- Bcing a bachelor bas ts com- pensations. Thus, by way o! ex- emple, la this extrect from a friend-now in bis 70s-who bas found il bard enougi ta cern moncy for bis own uceda. "A womeu fricnd," he writes," wba operetes a hounlat camp-a vcry bigi grade anc set in a loveiy pine grove-mede me a suggestion which pleases me. Fading thc noed lu front a! Uic plies laa stnip o! vacant ground, and sic wanta me ho convent it into a flowcr garden. Sic wanla Uic ganden as an attraction ciie!ly, but sic la vcry confident thet Uic sale of, cut fiawers 10 passing lounisis would be defiuibcly prof- itable. My pey would be veny amali but 1 would bave a neal cabin la myscîf, with Uic bhcased privilege o! enterlaining a cal and a dog, and I would siare in tic proceeds from tbe sales o!fialwers. The wark la exaclly 10 my taste. I love ho buiid atone wails and rustic stepa, and to spade tic soul. "But anothen Ibougit, on hope, deters me. Two wceks ega I 100k a fcw days off. I went back int the mountains fonty mlcs from here, and for five days tnamped around. I did mot walk sa fat or sa fan as usuel; in my five days I covcrcd about seventy miles. I never enjoyed a tramp 'more. My central point was a lovely fertile verdurous cave. Tic rhododend- rons were lu full bloom and thc mounlein rim, with aný average elevation a! nearly 6,000 feet was stcep and deeply scrraled. I arn tcmptcd ha buy Uirec or four acres o! graund thene, with tic view o! putting Up a cabin on it. Thus MY living expenses would be reduccd la ucanhy nothing. "At add times juat now I am touching Up a lecture called 'A Battie o! Wita, on International Rivais lu Uic Art o! Leugiler- Making.' Iu il I coutrast Englisi, Irish, Scalisi and Amenican typ- ical humor and show, I think, that eci type apringa from cmr- curnances dircctiy. When it ma finishcd I shahla til ove>, lwo brie! pacms, lie Ihemes o! wbicb absess nmc. Tbcn I shahl unden- teke e wark on Politicel Economy, o! whicb I kuow uathiug. Sa mucb Uic bether wbcne Dactor and Saint canfute eci ather eveniastingly. I shail atcp in and aPPly common sense. I shahl be- gin wli a freak confession-' Iu Uic following pages t s Uic under dog that la speaking! Tic authon disclains ail knowlcdge o! political economny as il la crucif- led in books. He bas icard or rcad thc names o! dlatlngulshcd writers on Uic subjeet - Smli, Ricando, Jevena, MM.i Marx, and If you read Uic short atonies ini womens' magazines-particuiarly American magazines - you wilI have perceived that in many af them bthc man and the girl mccl for the first time and fali in love with each other at sight or over a weekend; and you are sure la suppose that thhy married and lived happily ever afterwards. It's ail vcry romantîc, and makes en- joya bic reading, particuiarly ta young stenographers and secretar- les and ather young women who are on the watch for a man; but it is not truc ta life, and it lsaa Sood thing that thc number of young people who find a mate inside 24 hours after a meeting is a vcry smal anc. 1 recail meeting a young Can- adien woman in London ,England. She was an a daily newspaper thene, and because wc wcrc fel- low Canadians, we found mucb ho lalk about whcn we met. One day-pcnbaps two ycara after our birai meeting-thia young womnan came ta me ta tel me that abe was married and Uhal ber hus- band was urgently lu need o! employment. She bopcd Uiat I migbt be able 10 direct hum ta employment. In regard ta her marriage: she met ber man on Uic shlP which carricd themn acrosa Uic Atlantic, and she said that hon marriage was bath "lsudden and peculiar!" Juat what that meant I neyer lcarned. Mecn I asked ber what ber husband couid do specialiy well. she said that he was an exceptionally good bridge and tennis player! The last lime I saw this young woman-wc had, each of us re- turncd ta Canada-she told me that she was scparated from ber huaband-wbich was, o! course, just what I expectcd la hear. J CK I recail a slory. Two young women werc tlking ho each oUi- er about Uic recenlly annaunced engagement of one o! Uiem. Said thc other: III neyer dreamed liaI Tom had any idea o! marrying you." Said Uic other. "He didn'l have. It was cntircly my own idea." But it la unusual fan Uic initiative ho be taken, by tic girl, Uiough probabiy it la exoeeding- ly common for the girl ta do lhings wbich wil make ber notic- cd by and attractive ta same man on whom sic bas a "crush". This la wholly iegitimale. But a marriage, ta have an abiding per- mancncy and a lasting bappineas, caîls for a longer courtsbip than an eveningz or a weekcnd. Rush- ing int an engagement and into marriage bas an aftermali, as a general tbing, Uic discovery o! many incompalibilities, whicb are apt to lead la collisions o! temper and wills, witb, it may be, a sep- aratÀin. Juat now we arc secing young men and wamen entcring into marriage at breakneck speed, because the busband la a soidier and la going overseas; and many parents have had a son returned from Britain with a bride whomj be found abroad-a bride selccted impulsivcy-a sad mlasmating. Il is al caslly underslandable, yel it la ail toc often a tragedy-Uiis matter o! marriage springing out Herald. c but an instrument of lifc.-Becch- ares ta take up commercial cm- er. 1others, but heedd tem na. To i is mind Uey are as goomy fig- 1 ures filling misty niches in a sort Eo! international panthcon-except tat latterly America as trust mbt the sacrd edifice a fcw Tug- wells and Blue Eage Jonston, Wallaces, perapa la serve as Uic goda clowns, etc. I ave some cîar and definite ideas on thc theme, and in the course o! my present wark I ran acrosa trails that lead ta needed sources o! in- formation. I hope ta turn out a manuacript o! about 75,000 words, and I shahl write in a running, plain style with mucb humor." Wat interesta me cifly lu connection with this letter la, the spirit and attitude of a man 75 yars ad. You wili nt find many men lu their 70's wbo bave1 the frcsh visions and the mental« and physicai vigor o! my friend. Time bas ual robbcd bim a! Uic wiil and ability la attcmpt and ta do unusuai Uings-sucb avait a! unusual thinga. This man bas neyer aougbt mauey or riches. Wbat moncy he earued be quickly spent on an indulgence o! bis desires and.' moada. He built bimaclf a cottage in Gaucesterabire, England, and made it a Place o! charmiaaudrest- fulucas. An Englisb lord bougbt il. Then my friend built bimself anoîher cottage on Uic Cotawold Hilla-indeed, twa cottagesonc far occupation by hîmacîf. ausd one fa rsale. Tien a dazen and marc ycars ago he returned la the United States, the land a! bis birth, la end bis days in peaceful occupations. J C K Iarn couvinced that many a! us shauld shape Uic course o! aur life and aur activities lu aur young years Uiat wben we rcacb 70 wc shall not be cntering ons a barren ground. Wiy sbauld ual aur 70's be barvest yeers-yearsI wben we Ramner Uic grain whicb t we planted, purpase!uily, in aurM 30's , 40's and 501s? t ALL FRUITa US NEEDED s The Food Controller of CanadaG bas adviaed that not anc ounce, of fruit be wasbed an left on lh ie grouud. In obiier yeara thoua- ti anda of tons of appica are lefIta I f rot because Uiey are cither not wanted or there is no anc la v gather Uicm. Poasibly Uic Food t Controller can tel us wbo wlhlo galber Uic fruit that fails and baw ec Canadiens can utilize baga ands baga of apples thet lie on Uic s ground bruised and bal! ratten r during Uic fcw brie! wecks be- ci fore le frot comes.-Alliston cj ALEX McGREGOR OS JUDGE SATURDAY AT BICYCLE MEET (Crowded out Last Week) There was a good turnout Sat- urday when the Lions BiÇyclE Safety Club met ln regular fort- night session in thcuncilcham- ber. lb had been adverbised hat Bert Mortlock f Brampton would be guest speaker and that Alex MeGregor would act as magis- trale. Senîries were posbcd to es- carl bhe gucsts bo the dais but werc disappointcd when Magis- trate McGregor failed ta show up at the main gate and quicbly en- tered at the aide door from bhc judge's chambers. As business proceeded and Mr. Mortlock feul- cd to appear, the members resigu- cd Uiemselves ta the supposition thal thc bus was late, but at the last moment in bustled Bert wibh bis budget of good cheer. Judge McGregor had a heavy docket and he was introduced by Jean Living in an amazingiy ap- propniate speech. John Cattran acted as prosecutor and thc seven cuiprits received unusually stiff sentences. The Judge pointed out that they had been members of the club sufficiently long to know the rules and violations were pure carclessncss. In a general sum- ming up for the benefit of ail, His Honour referred la the steadily mounting 1011 of deaths on the bigbways and stresscd tic fact Ihat thc club was formcd for the vcry purpose of guardmng egainst juat that; that the boys and girls, by obscrving rules they them- selves had evolvcd, could become a real force in the community. Betty Osborne and Alan Lobb wene appainted Traffic Officers for the coming two wceka. Juat as Charlie Carter was ex- plaining Bert's -absence, the door opened and lu he tame, apologiz- ing for tic bus that iaggcd off achedule. In his speech, Mr. Mort- ville Club on being the first In Uic British Empire and be cxplained the difficully in getting a similar club started in Brampton. He as- sured thc audience that be foilow- ed thc local club from reports in The Statesman and was convineed that the young people o! the club were doing a real job. He said that he wouldu't speak very long, on account of the bot weather and he kept his word. He gained close attention when he pictured tic lowly background and ultimate success of such men as Hunger- ford, late President o! thc C.N.R., and Sir Edward Beatty and Lloyd George and MacDonald, ahl of tvhomn stuck with thc job and play- ed bbc game ta risc ta great dis- tinction. -And this was possible for any member o! the club. Arlene Northcutt movcd the vote o! thanks which was tumul- :uous in its spontancity. Business of the session consisted of sev- eral important things. Financiai Secretary Irene Cunningham pre- sented ber report wbicb was a masterpicce of lucidity and mcli- culous delail, and this scribe pre- licis for her a bigb succeas if she G. C. Joncs, R.C.N. Commranding Officer, Atla ntic Coast. COMMIODORE B. E. Rei, R.C.N. Dcputy Chief of Naval Staff. izon are and can corne in with Pilots Get Tlieir Wlngs Aller ten weeks ah Camp Bar- den on same other Service Flying Training Scbooi, Uic student pil- at is ready ta go overseas for fîûi- ai training under combat candi- tions. In taken o! Uiis be la giv- en bis "wings" and Uic rank af Sergeant Pilat. Thc wings ceremany la simple and impresaive. Tic graduetes stand in thc centre o! a bohlow square, with themr conades araund lhem: Among Uic class may be young men from Aus- tralia, New Zcaland, England and Scatland, Uic Straits Setlemeus or other parts o! lhe Empire. There are likeiy ta be same Americaus and a large proportion o! Can- adiens. The Comnianding Officer calis out the nemnes af Uic graduales, anc by anc. Thcy drap back a Pace or two, march down ho tic end o! Uic lime, around Uic front and tien praudly Up lie centre. A salute la rclurncd by Uic O.C. and he pins Uic pilot badge, a pair o! wings, wiUi Uie hetters. "R.C .A.F." ifor Uic Canadians, surmounhcd by e crown, an Uic breest o! Uic lunic, offena con- gratulations and a bandabake. This la anc lime wicn visitors arc presenl, usuelly relatives who corne ho sec Uic graduation cere- many. Most o! Uic graduales of Camp Borden are "single scaten"' figit- ing pilota. They have been train- cd in Uic Harvards by day and by nigil. They are taught ta !ind Iheir way acroas country ahane in ail kinds o! wcatber, la use machine guns and advan;ccd gun iguts. They will lake aven tic Hurricanes. Uic Spilfires and still ncwcr modelsafaler samne further training in England. But e few are traincd as bomber pilota. Tbey use tic Avro Ansous, a slower, twin-engincd plane. As Uic various camps arc turning la apecialized wark, Uic bomber Pilais wili probably be gaing la other achools lu future. Next Week-Trainln an Observer MEKY EDITOR MEET IN AUGUST AT QIJEBC CITY THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PA(I.V. TiLrRr.r. ployment. Arlene read the min- utes and Doris Chartran neatly outlincd the trip to Port Pcrry. A committee was formed to ap- proach the members of tic Lions Club to ask if they would be guests of the Bicycle Club at a wiener roast at the beach during the week. Charle Carter reported that on Safety Day at the C.N. the Bowmanvillc Club would be headliners in the paradd and on the platform, among delegations from ail parts of thc pro- vince. The meeting then adjourn- cd to meet two wceks hence. Students Working On Farms Resuni. Studios Oct. lst The Department of . Education announces that Ontario school children hclping on farms ths summer would not be required to return to achool until October 1, a month after the opening of thc schools. September 2 has been set as the day for them ta reopen. Principals arc authorized ini a memorandum issued by the de- partment to mark those studenta absent during September because of far mwork as present providing they have certificates from em- ployers stating thcy have been en- gaged in farm work. The memorandum said '"these pupils arc doing valuable woric and are worthy of special atten- tion when they return 10 achool." Riches are not an end of life, . ý i,ý ýý