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Wednesday, October 15, 1941 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESNERTON ADVANCE Published on Colling wood Strt, Fleiiherum. Wednesday of ack week. Circulation ovw 1,000. Price in Canada fZ.OO Pr >*, when paid in advance $1.60; in ! U. 8. A. |2JO per year, whn paid in advance $2.00 F. J. IHURSTON. Editor. CEYLON Thanksgiving and week end holiday visitors were: Misses Allie and Edith Grant of Toronto at A. S. Muir's; Harold Tracey, Toronto, at W. Gib- son V>; Aircraftman Dick Stewart of St. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart and family of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. McClean of Linden at John Stewart's; Dr. West and fam- ily of Angus, Dr. Roy Fletcher and Mrs. Fletcher of 'Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Magee and Lenore of Van- deleur and Mrs. Jas. Beatty at I. B. Whittaker's; Miss Janet Cameron of Durham at Mrs. Neil Cameron's; Mrs. Donald McLeod and son, Rod, of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wharin and Miss Jeanette McLeod of Toronto at J. 1). McLcod's; Miss Btella Pedlar and Billy Wright of Toronto at Geo. Fisher's; Miss Cath- erine Cairns and 'Walter Scrace of Toronto at Geo. Cairns'; Mr. and Mrs. Emerson McKee and son of H at Jiks.. McKeefc; Sherman Piper of Toronto at his home; Miss Marjory Stewart, Geo. Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnson of To- ronto at Thos. Stewart's; Melville Hunt of Gait at Geo. Arrowsmith'i; Earl McLeod of Oshawa at P- Muir's; Margaret Collinson of Toronto and Jean Collinson of Owen Sound at J. F. Collinson's; Mss. Campbell Wat- son of Holstein, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Don Porter of Toronto at S. McDormid's; Mr. and Mrs. W. Murdock and two daugh- CANADA AT WAR (Article Number Five) "The Navy" As a fitting climax to the Canadian editors' tour, a day with the Royal Canadian Navy at Halifax had been arranged. To any one who has visit- ed Halifax in peace /time, the trans- formation to its predominant war- time role as a key port on the At- lantic coast comes almost as a shock; The streets of Halifax are thronged with officers and ratings of the R. C. N., the harbour is lined with ships being readied for convoy, new build- ings to accommodate the Navy's needs are going up on all sides, and the dockyard is a veritable beehive of activity as thousands of navy men are schooled for service on 'he seas. Arriving at Halifax early in the- morning, the editors were shown through King's College, the Officers' training establishment, the Signalling School and the Admiralty House Grounds. Proceeding to His Majes- ty's Canadian Dockyard, our party saw all phases of the technical training of the Navy, including the gunnery school, ordinance artificer!" school and other departments of in- struction. It is here that the offic- ers and ratings receive their final training in gunnery, navigation, wireless, telegraphy, signalling and able seamanship to fit them for their tasks. Stokers are taught their en- gine room duties and there are schools for cooks, stewards and sickbay at- tendants. In one building the gun' ners were being trained on large na- val guns. It was an unbelievable bedlam as the youngesters went through their paces, shouting and re- peating orders and moving witn speed and precision to their respec- tive stations. Not all of these lads are Maritimcrs, in fact a great many are from the prairies and singularly enough they take to the water like ducks. Youth Predominates Youth clearly hag the call in the Canadian Navy. We met a 27-year old officer who is commander of a ters' of "Tottenham aT Y'surTett's: destr y*-r and another of about the -same age m charge of a brand new Canadian corvette. Another lad of twenty-one, an officer on a destroy- Jean and Doris Marshall of Toronto and Alex. Marshall of Bolton at F. Marshall's; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Owler and son, Bill, Mr. and Mrs. Stan Johnston and son, Stanley, Miss Florence Copeland and Mrs. Geo. Edwards, all of Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sinclair; Miss Hazel Oliver and friend, Miss Beams of Toronto with the former's grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Oliver. Aircraftman Wallace McDermid of t. Thomas was home on his last leave over the week end and report* at Halifax in a couple of days. Mr. Russell Purdy was home from Toronto over the holiday. Thos. Htf'.ard of Gait called on friends last week. Mr. Albert Hazard will spend the winter at Windsor. Mrs J. D. McLeod has returned home after visiting ker father at Springfield, \!.. . Mr. and Mrs. Gen. Fisher and fam- llj spent Thanksgiving at Sudbury, with their daughter, Mrs. V. Hall, and Mr. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hales and son of Brighton, Mr. and Mis. Fred Me JMullen and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Mc- IMullen, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Mc- Irtullen, all of Toronto, held a re- tanion with the former's father, Mr y. L. McMullm. er had already come unscathed through the horrors of Dunkirk where he was in command of a yacht which made four round trips in tak- ing off British soldiers. We visited the stores where depth charges and big naval torpedoes are housed. We were introduced to Commodore Jones Officer Commanding the Atlantic Coast, and his staff, and were told the story of how convoys are assem bled and shepherded across the At- lantic. It can he no secret that Hali- fax has a vital role in convoying merchant ships of Allied nations to jeleajjuered Britain and that the Koyal Canadian Navy is playing a jcroic part in this all-important task, having already safely escourted thousands of ships and millions of tons of cargo to their deitin- itions in the Mother Country. Aboard a 8TH LINE OSPREY Minn M. Duff, teacher in our school, spent Thursday evening With Mrs. Crawford. Mr. Fred Halt- was appointed on committee to inquire into the advisa tiHity of Been ring a municipal <lc tor in Onprcy, lit a miM-ting in Fever nhani last week. Mr. and Mr.s. H. Coumii.tier ant Hctti of the Hltli Line Bust, spen Sunday with llu- latu-r's mother, Mr* fl. K. Hawkins. MIHM Margaret has taken a position in Toronto. Mr. and MIH. Mown nml MisH D. Madden of roHiiivjwood renewed acquaintances here on Thanksgiving. Mr. Vernon Seniors of (iuelph Hpcnl the week end lit hi home lieiv. Mr. uiid Mrs. J. Haley attended the funeral of Mr. Kd. Sullivan in Clenelg on Monday. Mr. and Mm. H. Graham und Mr. Joe Cook of Orion spent Thankngiv ing with friends I ore. M'Mi-B. Lloyd Stephen*, Wilfrud Haley and John Murphy attended u Fowl Supper at (ilt-ni-lg Centre on Monday night. While motoring from Fern Glen, Mr. and Mr*. Hill Somern met with tin accident m-nr Harriti on Friday night. They WIT* taken to Burric Hospital, but were allowed tx> coim- to tho former's homo here, where fchey rp .eonvalencinjr We had a real opportunity to view the busy harbour when tw uf the now famous fifty American de- stroyers were placed at our dispmnl for a tour of the harbour and a 26- mile run onto the broad Atlantic. Fortunately for the editors it was a calm day. During the run depth charges were dropped and a smoke screen thrown out to add realistic touch to the trip. The depth charges rolled from the stern of the boat, threw a dense cloud of spray high into the air and jarred the destroyer stroyer but it is sturdy and impress- ive in appearance. Expansion of the Rayol Canadian Navy as a whole in the last two years forms one of the epics of this war, embracing an increase from 13 to 250 ships and in personnel from 1,300 to 23,000 men and the number is increasing every day. The Navyfa popularity with young Canadian manhood is proven by the steady stream df recruits pouring into Halifax and other naval training centres. Canada's Navy already has a proud record in this war. It will be enhanced as time marches on. Women Lend a Hand Just a word regarding the prob- lem encountered by Halifax in meet ing the needs of the thousands of naval ratings who are training for service there or who come ashore on leave. The women of Halifax, ably assisted in a financial way by various naval auxiliary services in- cluding the Navy League of Canada, are responding nofoly to the call for canteens and whilesome recreation for the men. We visited three or four such buildings and found that the sailors were making liberal use of the conveniences and comforts pro- vided for them. One small canteen alone had served as many as 25,000 meals in a month. Most of the lead- ers in this work are wives of naval officers who employ all their spare time in the arduous duties of fitting out and supervising canteens and rest rooms. Halifax churches like- wise are doing their bit to brighten the off duty hours of the lads who man Canada's ships. One of the most striking proofs of expansion is the erection of two new naval hos- pitals adjoining the Halifax water- front, which are greatly needed to supplement existing accommodation. A happy culmination of the editor's visit to Halifax was the banquet ten- dered at Admiralty House to our party by Commodore Jones and his staff of distinguished officers and ship captains. Our spokesmen had a chance there to express apprecia- tion of their gracious hospitality and to thank particularily Commander J. P. Connolly M. C., V. D., Royal Naval Provost Marshal, who accompanied us on the tour. It was an occasion, too, to become acquainted with the sterling worth of Canada's men "who go down to the sea in ships." Conclusion In concluding this series of artic es, we would like on behalf of Can- idian weekly newspapers to express to the Department of National De- ence and to the officers of tile Gen- ral Staff, the K. C. A. F. and the Navy, as well as to the Directors of Public Relations and their staffs, who took valuable time from their official luties at Ottawa to accompany u* on the entire trip, our sincere ap, ;>rociation for a memorable journey. \V would also give honourable men- tion to the Canadian National Rail- ways. It is certain that the tour served tho useful purpose of giving the editers a clear conception of what Canada is doing in this war and thus of enabling them to pass on information to their readers. If we have painted too rsy n picture of the Dominion's war program, it was not intentional. We simply re. corded what we saw. There is ample time and place for criticism, such as the Federal Ministers have invited. No doubt the newspapers will do their duty in this regard, as they have in the past. These articles have merely aimed nt portraying the extent of Canada's achievements in the army, the war industry, the K. C'. A. F. ami the Navy. That defects, .bottlenecks The most modern of equinment ..n arms are being issued to the British "Home Guard," and demonstrations BRITAIN'S "HOME GUARD" STUDIES TANKS -f the latest weapons and tactics are a-iven bv \rrny experts. Men of the "Home Guard" are seen listening while an expert gives a lecture on the vulnerable points of tanks. FOR SALE "Lighter Day" range, good heater and cooker. F. H. W. Hickling. Flesherton. One of our exchanges nk* "What ! the use of a woman trylnu to pull her dromi down over hoi knees when In- Bits down, when there liin't enough dress to cover them 'it n.v with terriffic I'drce. H is easy li see how they can play havoc with enemy submarines. The Captain of the di-stroyer on which we made the hai'ltour trip WHS a sturdy 'seadog. whose alert and ruddy countrnnnci clearly reflected tin spirit of tin Navy. \Vc Icnrned that he had ser- ved aboard II . M. C. S. Krisi-r, tin ('.iiindiiin destroyer which went dowi in a collisinn in the Knglish channe with the loss of n niiniber of lives Thu Captain, his officers and ratings were most courteous to the editors und we derived a new insight into the valuable work performed by the heavily-armed destroyers both in con voy and patrol work. Overhead passed big flying bouts which curry "ill a lung distance patrol fur out sea, while glimpses could he olitiiin eil of the heavy coastal fortifications of the harbour. FOR SALE Leather couch, brass bed, wooden bed, Victrola with 50 records, book case, back and warm- ing closet for range. Alex. Me- Eachnie, Flesherton. NOMINATION NOTICE VILLAGE OF FLESHERTON To the Electors of the Village of Flesherton: Ladies and Gentlemen,- Take notice that a meeting of the said Electors will be held at the Town Hall on Friday, October 24th, 1941, at Seven o'clock p.m., to nominate candidates to fill the vacancies in the Council, by reason of the resignation of tw6 members thereof. If more than necessary mem- bers shall be nominated and qualify and a Poll is required, the same will be opened at the Town Hall on Fri- day, the 31st day of October, 1941, at 9 o'clock a.m., and will remain open until 5 o'clock p.m., to receive the votes -of the Electors. Dated this 15th day of Oct., 1941. W. J. BELLAMY. Village Clerk Spend Less ... to buy more WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES . . . Double Your Own Pledge More money is needed ... to buy WAR WEAPONS W. EDGAR BETTS Cockshutt Implements - Flesherton, Ont. The Corvetlr On the outgoing trip we passed si'vernl mine-.HWocpers and corvette* inward bound from patrol duty. Kurlier at n (juubw dockyard we had viewed similar hips in course of building. We saw .some corvetter. on tho stocks with hundreds of men hummel-ing mid rivctting, while an- other was ready Tor iliil'very. Con trnry to popular conception, the cor- vette is not a small venue), but rivals the destroyer in ix>, and armmm-nt although we understand that some corvettes of smaller slzu have been hullt at Ontario port*. Each of the larger corvette* , heavily armed. They arn playing a significant role In the Battle of the Atlantic. One shipyard ,,lone hn 1,800 men nt work on corvettes and minesweepers und the counterpart will bo found in man? N Cnnnilimi shipyard. The corvette is not as graceful a ship u the de- und extravigance atill exist, there can be no doubt. The program is by no moans perfect. It has grown so rapidly that no amount of supervis- ion could co-ordinate and keep in hand the entire machine. We know that it cost a colossal sum of money and that taxpayers are being nsked to pay to the limit. Hut in develop ing the tools of war to defeat Hitler, momentary considerations must r< main sceomlry. \Ve hold no brief for Canada's p. litical government, but of one thing we can lie sure, the leaders of Can- ada's military, air and naval forces, and the entreproneurc of our war in- dustries are the ritfht men in the right, place. They are keen, alert and on top of their jobs. If Can- adian civilians will devote one frac- tion of the concentration and enthus- iasm of these men to the war pro- gram, Canada's part in the Empire fight for survival will surely be a worthy one. (The Knd) COACH SERVICE between Flesherton and TORONTO will ho DISCONTINUED for this season After October Grey Coach Lines The Fall of the Leaves Heralds Another Season CHECK YOUR FALL NEEDS, NOW ! Stovepipe and Elbows Heater and Range* Stovepipe and Elbows Dampers, Stove Biards Furnace & Stove Cement Window Glass and Putty Westirrghouse Lamps Guns and Ammunition Alarm Clocks Thermos Bottles Housecleaning Materials J.-M. Roofing Materials Caulking, Roof Coating BE PREPARED Repair Your Buildings Now ! F. W. DUNCAN Hardware, Anthracite and Alberta Coal, Cement FLESHERTON, Ontario It will be welcome news to the far mers of Ontario, although probably the most of them are apprised oi tho fact .ilir.uly. that there hatt Ix-m a larife (KH-rt-axr in the activity of the corn borer throughout the province this year. From testa conducted by the Provincial Department of Agri- culture .iniiMi- 1941, only nbout 20 per cont of the corn was affected, compared with UN |MT cent in I;MO. 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