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PAY-AS-YOU-GO TOWN CELEBRATES 21ST BIR The proudest, most confident town council in Canada is that of Matachewan, Northern On- tario, celebrating its 21st birth- day this summer. The council claims Matachewan is the only pay - as - you-go town in the province, but they still can af- ford a curling rink, an eight- | team junior hockey league, tour- ists' mamps -- and the highest voting record in elections of any town in the Dominion, The 1,700 citizens have a major event to celebrate this year -- the com- pletion of the highway linking Matachewan with Kirkland Lake, shortening the town's link and its THDAY mineral and forest products with the outside world by 100 miles. The council members are Roy Stewart, Jim Fraser, J. B. Mc- Cormick, William Legace, Ber- nard Gelinas and Pete Larabie. --Central Press Canadian Drop Hated Sten If New Te y BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer IN KOREA (CP)--Canadian in- fantrymen here are trying out a new machine-gun. If tests are successful the Brit- {sh-made Patchett machine - car- bine will replace the unpopular Sten gun in the Canadian Army. It will become the personal weapon of section leaders, certain soldiers in the infantry section, signals line- crew men and others now using the Sten. While tests in the 25th brigade were ordered by army headquar- ters in Ottawa, where reports will arrive shortly, the weapon also is being tried in other brigades and baNalions id the 1st Common- ealth division. wor the 55 now with the division, sts OK 16 are being tested by Canadians. Each of the three infantry battal> ions has five, and the 16th is with WO2 George Maguire of Ottawa, the brigade's senior armorer. {USED BY UNDERGROUND Complaints about the Sten were rife during the Second World War, when it was produced primarily as an inexpensive machine-gun for iunderground fighters in Europe. when the service rifle proved un- suitable as a personal weapon for soldiers with certain jobs and the Sten was readily available. Its defects are notorious. Cheaply built, it is not machined. Since the slightest jar can set it off when loaded and cocked, it is unsafe. It feeds badly and is not likely. to "pe there' when the soldier needs SALLY'S SALLIES 3 "1 know there's a lot of fish in re : the sea, but... this one got away from me." Sistine nm. " When winter finally ceases, And put back in the shade. boil. June. SPRING CLEANING And warm spring days are here to stay It's time to drive in and say, "Put her in shape the usual way!" Then we get busy and flush out the That need to be changed when winter For days when it's ninety-nine in the We drain out the lighter winter oil, And put back in heavy so your motor won't The chassis we "lube", the motor we tune So your car runs along like a breeze in melts away summer grade It found its way into Allied use, it. Its barrel bulges easily, and it "jumps" as it fires, reducing ac- curacy. ALL-METAL GUN The Patchett is described as the 'perfect paratrooper's weapon." It is all-metal, weighs 82 pounds with its 10-inch, knife-type bay- onet, sling and loaded A In firing the Patchett, the right hand grasps a conventional pistol grip, the left holds the cooling acket. It can be fired either from the shoulder, using sights adjustable for 100 and 200 yards, or from the hip. If desired, the butt can be flipped under the barrel and locked 3 position for shooting from the 1D, Magazines are slightly curved and have a roller-bearing platform which feed s the ammunition smoothly. | No tools are needed to strip and |reassemble the Patchett. Its own {parts are designed to serve as tools. "NUMBER ONE WEAPON" Tests in the brigade are at the half-way point. Maguire, better known in Ottawa as a hockey player, says: 'From the preliminary work-outs {we all think it is a number one | weapon, | "It looks like a machine-carbine {and fires like one. Its appearance alone gives the soldier confidence, which he hasn't got in his Sten, "It's well balanced, feels good in your hand or shoulder, and has a negligible recoil, "On single shot it is very accur- ate, while on full automatic it has a nice spread of fire in the target jump. area with little tendency to lift or | Court Quashes Man's Conviction TORONTO (CP)--The Ontario appeal court Monday quashed a conviction on a charge of intent to extort against William G. Weiss, former manager of the Personal Finance Co., of Kitchener and now a resident of Windsor, Ont. The court agreed with defence counsel G. A. Martin that there was no evidence of intent. Testimony indicated that Mr. and Mrs. John E. Schmidt of Kitchener had borrowed $532 from the fi- nance company and had put furni- ture up as security. The furniture was sold to another party and the finance company asked for more security. Crown counsel Harold Daufman contended at the trial that Weiss had tried to compel George Israel, Schmidt's father-in-law, to enter into a guarantee for repayment of the loan by threatening to accuse the Schmidts of theft. NOTABLE FEAT "Of 2,600 rounds I've fired so far there's been only one feed stop- page. That's good in a machine- carbine, believe me." Brig. Jean Allard, the brigade's newly-arrived commander, person- ally tested the weapon before com- ing to Korea. e told The Canadian Press his only criticism was that the most comfortable position for firing the Patchett placed the thumb directly over the muzzle! He said a thumb guard could be devised to remedy that. 'Hanging On Rafters ne, Shuster For Way y BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer IN KOREA (CP)--A couple of heatres hereabouts are "packing 'om in" these days with the most ambitious all-Canadian show to hit Korea. It's the John Wayne-Frank Shus- ter show, streamlined and adapted for soldiers at war. With men perched on the rafters, theatres Hui for 300 are holding 650 these ays. Wayne and Shuster, together with | seven other entertainers and a staff of technicians, arrived as the 25th Canadian infantry brigade re- turned to the front after more than two months in reserve. DOWN FROM HILLS That's how it happens that the show is playing in the two theatres instead of touring the units as the visitors would have liked. Units send men down from the hills and up from the rear areas in daily quotas to attend. Says John Wayne: We could give 'em 22 hours but it's long enough as it is. Those aren't theatre seats the boys are sitting on--they're ammo boxes." The show glitters with witticisms based on the local atmosphere. "Get those cameras," says Wayne, noting that almost every soldier over here acquires a fine camera. inexpensively either in Japan or through army shopping facilities. hy "You can't hear the mortars for | the shutters clicking." {PLAY AT "DRURY LANE" They live at rear headquarters of the division, a dusty 30-minute jeep drive from "Drury Lane," a pre-fab theatre on the 'sharp side" of the Imjin river, They give matinees there every afternoon. Evening shows are in the theatre at rear division. | "We're just as clean when we |get to Drury Lane as the boys in the audience are," quips Shuster. Volunteers Wayne: "Before you talk to anybody here you've got to "We give 'em a 132-hour show. d blow on him to know who he is." The girls--singer Terry Dale and dancer Zina Cheevers--live in cara- vans at the headquarters. Luckiest man in the brigade these days is Pte. Ernest (Tec) Fargo of Re- ina, who "bats" for them, helps ook after the men, and in spare time entertains the troupe with Yeostern songs of his own composi- on, Other soldiers attached to the show are Pies. George Hilton of Montreal and Ernest Shepperdon of Oshawa. Its conducting officer while here is Capt. Deb Greene of Shilo, Man. The men sleep like other soldiers at the headquarters, on army cots, Canadian sleeping bags and under a squad tent. Most are veterans of navy, army and air force-ser- vice. BOREDOM BIG ENEMY "But what we didn't expect to find in this war," says Wayne, "is that the biggest enemy of the men here--apart from Communist shells --is boredom, the lack of things to 0. 'All the fellows tell us that. They get a kick out of just talking with new Canadian faces. So we've had lots of plain old bull sessions. "So have the girls. The mail cor- poral told us once he wouldn't give us our mail unless we sent the two girls along. We did." With them are Jack Wray, their producer, announcer Herb May and sound technician Don Bacon. Orchestra leader is Lew Lewis, former saxophonist with Harry James. Trumpeter Jim Reynolds used to play with Tommy Dorsey and accordionist Vic Centro has toured the Pacific theatre with |H. MacPherson. All ladies of the USO shows. f Ted Roderman is trombonist and | | the drums is Harry Nicholson, | | who became known to servicemen | when with the navy show during | the war. And how are they enjoying their audiences here? | BROOKLIN (Continued from Page 4) his family, having been summoned to his home by the recent passing of his mother. This play will be presented again in the fall after the return of Reverend Swabey. ELECT WARDEN At a vestry meeting in the base- ment of St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Murray Robinson was elected People's Warden, relieving Mark Lockyer who has been acting since the resignation of Ed. Love- lock, three months ago. LAST SERVICE Reverend Mr. Mellow of North- minster United Church, North Osh- swa, with his organist and 20 mem- bers of his choir had charge of the evening service in Brooklin United Church last Sunday. This is to be the last evening service this season. Reverend M. C. Fisher and the Brooklin Junior Choir of the Brook- lin United Church teok the service at Northminster Church, Oshawa, SACRED DRAMA The Young People's Union of the Brooklin United Church will pres- ent their Sacred Drama at the Kedron United Church next Sunday evening and the following Sunday will present it at Northminster United Church, North Oshawa. There will be a prepatory serv- ice for new members on Thursday evening at the Brooklin United Church, there being a Communion Service next Sunday morning. PI WI MEETING The regular monthly afternoon of the Brooklin Women's Institute will be held on Wednesday afternoon April 29 at 2.30 p.m. at the home of Mrs, William Medland. Program will be arranged by Mrs. John Hamer, convener of Citizenship and Education; roll call, an interesting book. Conveners reports are due at the meeting. Committee in charge of refreshments; Mrs. Jean Hunter: Mrs. Alex Blair, senior: and Mrs. community are welcome and secre- tary, Mrs. Arthur Elliott will be gald to receive names of any who wish to become members, ENTERTAIN r, and Mrs. Russell Boswell en- 3 | tertained on Sunday following lm are remnants of the might christening of their lovely twins, id United Church on Sunday 1 ing, Peter Russell Charles and Pan | ricia Marjorie Ruth. In attendance were their four grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. George Bowell, of Grand Valley, and Mr, and Mrs. Charles - Game, of Oshawa. Others present were Miss Joan Boswell, of Grand | Valley, William Kowe, of Oranges ville, Mrs. Joseph Fletcher, of Fers gus; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Game, Miss Carolyn Tamblyn, and Mrs, | Laura McQuarrie, all of Oshawa; Miss Dorothea Koch and Mrs O'Neil of Port Perry. ; PERSONALS f Mr. and Mrs. Martin Routley »~- | turned Thursday evening from week's holiday trip at the home\__ their son and family, Mr, and Mrs, Lenord Routley and son, Douglas, in Montreal. 3 Mr: and Mrs. Charles Elliott haye returned home after spending the winter at St. Petersbourg, Flori Mrs. Roy Mustard accompanis her mother, Mrs, M. Belyea Toronis: on a trip to Buffalo last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dowse and daughter, yetna, spent Sunday af- ternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Legerfon and family, Gale and Karlene, of Scarborough, Mrs. Legerton, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Dowse, was celebrating her birthday. Miss Helen Ormiston, student nurse at the Oshawa General Hos- pital, was home for the weekend with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, J. Ormiston. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Stevenson and children, John and Ratnya Lynn, of Burlington, were home: for the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stevenson, and had their children baptized in the Brooklin United Church. | Bruce Mackey, who is attending (the University of Toronto, {home for the weekend with his par- | ents. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mac. ey. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nesbitt were {home for the weekend visiting their parents, Mrs. E. Nesbitt and Mr. {and Mrs. C. DeJonge. The present ice glaciers in the |ice-sheet which once covered a "They're incredible. They're Who were baptised in the Brooklin Switzerland. going to spoil us for civilian aud- iences back home." Naval HQ Staff Lands At Hamilton | HAMILTON (CP)--The adminis- trative command of Canada's 6,000 naval reserve personnel arrived here Monday from Ottawa. HMCS Star, one of the 22 divis- ions across Canada, welcomed Commodore Kenneth F. Adams of Victoria, who will direct activity at the new centre of basic i mander of the aircraft carrier Magnificent, said the transfer will free naval headquarters of a lot of | red tape. | He said the new adinistration | will relieve coastal commands of | a great weight and all basic train- | ing can be carried out on the] | Great Lakes. Training will include | |eourses in radio, radar, gunnery, | sleciionics and anti - submarine | work. NAVAL ACADEMY OSLO (CP)--Norway will build a new naval academy at Barum, near Oslo, at a cost of about $900,- .1000. The institution will accommo- date 160 cadets taking a training course of 4; years. VIGOR OIL Co. Lid. FOR THE VERY BEST NO. 1 STOVE OIL At The Most Reasonable Price! Dial 5-1109 78 Bond St. West WITH REAL TRUCK FEATURES! FOR SAFETY. Big, husky "Torque-Action" and" Twin- FOR POWER! 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