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Wednesday, May 24, 1944 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Week End With Canadian Bombers For the next four weeks the editor is publishing: four articles from the pen of R. P. Mclican, who recently returned from Enjrland representing the C.W.N. A., giving in detail the work of a Canadian bomber group he visite<i in England. The first article appears below. PART i "There's Smitty." Under the guidance of an R.C.A.F. public relations officer we were hurrying through the dark oni an early Sunday morning; hurrying from our billets to the station de- briefing room where we would meet the boys as they returned from their raid on Leipzig. Th<,- roar of the first returning plane as it circled the field waiting for its landing signal prompted the P.R.O. man to make the remark be- cause at every station there is al- ways one pilot who brings his plane home first. At this station it was "Smitty," and, sure enough, he was th first pilot to walk into the de- briefing room. We heard a dozen stories of how he does it but they all differ and when asked about it Smitty just grins and says he doesn't know either. But, oddly enough, there is a "Smitty" on every station. We had arrived at the station on Saturday afternoon and were to re- main until Monday morning. Three cars driven by RCAFWD's met us and I discovered that one of the girls was the daughter of one of my rural corres4pondents! At the station we were met by the station commander who told us "ops ' were scheduled for that night. We had dinner and sat in the mess chat- ting through most of the evening with the men w^o were to fly to Leipzig later that night. Tt was about midnight when with the .station commander we went out to see the take off. The takeoff is something weird and wonderful; something out of a "King Kong" type of movie. You feel you have been transported back into a prehistoric age; that this thing can- not be taking place in a quiet English eountry.side. The night is dark and the clouds are heavy. The ceiling is low and one searchlight staibs almost straight up through the dark focusing on the cloud's to show the pilots the height of the ceiling. Around the perimeter of the field are spaced flares close to the ground. Other flares, of a dif- ferent color edge the path of the run- way over which the planes will take off. Crouched on the perimeter and faintly outlined against the flares were the ships which will soon take off. Their wanning engines are tick- ing ewer and fre<iuently roar to a deafening throb as they are given a little more gas. A signal comes from the contrpi van near us. The first plane wobbles to the starting mark and hitches it- gelf around to face down the runway. A light from the control van briefly plays along its side as its number is taken. Its motors roar and throb un- til you cannot hear the man next to you speak. Suddenly it commences to move, .slowly at first, and then gathering momentum. As it -draws away from you its front light van- ishes and you see the tail light lift from the ground. You watch that tail light speed swiftly away from you, until suddenly, a mile away, it seems to jump straight up into the air. "It's airborne," 'he .station commander remarks. One after another machine after machine after machine, engines roar- ing, wobbles off the perimeter to the start line and crouches there for a moment or two Vje-foro hurling it- self through the darkness on its mission of dt^truction. The scene is unreal, fantastic. Are they prehis- toric monsters preparing to pounce upon some uasuspecting city? Are they huge dragonflic^ from a bygone age? As you stand and watch, you shiver But it is not the cold wind that has sent a chill over you, that has stif- fened the hair at the back of your neck. You realize that in those things are thi dean, decent youngsters with whom you chatted less than an hour ago; the price of Canadian man- hood. And you remember that tlieir mission is one of destruction and that some of them, probably, will not re- turn. You think, too, of the people of Leipzig, who in five hours or six will hear the roar of these planes and the crash of bursting bombs and see in- cendiaries rain down upon their homes. Despite yourself you pity the people of Leipzig. One plane fails to become airborne. The crew, far down the runway wheel it off, tumble out and hurry to another machine ready and wait- ing. They are the last machine to take off. Finally, the roar from he field is ended. In the sky there is the di- minishing sound of the planes hurry» ing to the marshalling point. You dis- cover you are very weary and wel- come a drink with the station com; mander in his sitting room in an old fashioned English farm house. And then to bed, knowing that you will be called in the early morning hours to see the planes return. Once, twice, during the night you are awakened by the sound of a plane near your window. Drowsily, you realize that the mac^hines have returned to their base as something was not functioning as it should. All too soon comes the knock on your door and you hurry into your clothes and cross to the debriefing room. The return to base after the "op" of each aircraft is unquestion- ably the most dramatic phase of the operation so far as those who re- main behind are concerned. As each bomber lands and the boys file into the interrogation room, they dispose of all the special equipment and maps they have taken with them. They are served coffee, food and cigarettes, and then are interviewed by the specialist officers surih as gunnery leader, squadron command- er, navigation leader, radio officer, etc. Then they are interrogated by the intelligence officers, one crew at a time, and the boys tell of the night's operation, describe the weath- er and cloud formation, tell in detail of any combata with enemy aircraft, discuss the relative strength of the anti-aircraft defences, relate in detail the position of their plane, speed, height, etc., when making their actual bombing run. .\ll the = tory of the night unlfolds either under questioning or by unprompted telling by the crew. The interroga- tion is definitely a highlight for an observer and is probably the most revealing incident in the operation of a bomiber tation. Following the interrogation the boy.'i are free to go and have break- fast and go to bed, but they look at the end of the room and see that all the plane." arc not reported back. They hang around and wait, ex- changing oxiperienccs with their fellows. This one will tell you of the explosion his bomibs made; that one tells about a round with an enemy night-fighter. Another one will describe the flak while a fourth will d'.imn the now machine he was flying and long to have his "old â- rnlj" back. You chat with them for an hour or more and all the time you arc conscious that, while they are talk- ing, they are looking over their shoulders casting glances at the lii)!*rd. It so happened that this was a bad trip and the losses from this station were comparatively heavy. As crew after cr:'W r«;)ortcd I watched for chaps 1 had talked with Mil' evening before. Suildenly I found that I was watching for two I youngsters with whom I had sat on u Chesterfield for three quarters of an hour. One from Toronto and one from a small town on the prairies. Nice kids. Hurriedly I again check- ed the room. They weren't there. For an hour I watched the door. They did not return. Presently Without a word or a sign all the air crew in the ,.'*oni gathered close in front of the black- board. They had realized that if any of the missing planes had landed at another aii'Held, there had been ample time for this station to be notified. The W. 0. in charge of the board got uip and wiped the black- board and within thirty seconds, without a word, the men left the room. A dozen of us were left . . . alone with a blackboard â€" wiped clean. While those chaps slept all traces of their missing fellows would be removed. Gpecial officers pick up all personal belongings and equip- ment. It is carefully tabulated, packaged and sent to their relatives. Significantly their final place u<pon the station is a line on a blackboard never completed. 'To be continued) Alex. Stewart Passes The death occurred in Ceylon at 1.30 Wednesday morning of last week of Alex Stewart, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joihn S. McDermid, in his TJth year. The deceased was the son of the late John Stewart and Mary Ferguson. He was born two miles north of Priceville and spent all his life there until health forced him to retire two years ago. Since his retirement, the late Mr. Stewart has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. McDermid at Ceylon. He was unmarried. Of a quiet and kindly disposition, he will be much missed by his friends. Although not in the best of health, the late Mr. Stewart was confined to his bed for only two (lays before he died. The deceased was the last remain- ing member of a family of three brothers and three sisters, Donald, Roderick, Archie, Annie. Ellen and Mary all predeceased him. The late Mr. Stewart was a life-long Pres- byterian. He took a great interest in polities and was a Liberal. The three nieces surviving are, Mrs. J. S. McDermid, Mrs. M. T. Hogarth, Miss Catherine Stewart, R. N., and one nephew, J. P. Stewart. Rev. Paul Rumball, pastor of Ei^s- byterian Church, Priceville had .hargc of the sihort service at the house and at the Presbyterian Church in Priceville and delivered a very aippropriate message. The hymns used in the service were, "Unto the Hills Around." and "Abide With Me." The pall-bearers were: Stewart Muir, A. S. Muir, Wm. Hincks, D. Caminbell, J. Nichol, N. McKenzie, J. McWilliam and Henry Tucker. The beautiful floral offerings were carried by Messrs. M. T. Hogarth, J. P. Stewart and H. Baxter. Friends and relatives attended the funeral were from Toronto, Caledon, Orangevillo, and Holstein. Interment took place in Priceville Cemetery. '-••-»•-••>•.•' I STALLIONS * THESK TWO RFGISTEKEI). STALI.IONS WILL STAND AT MY STABLE IN FLESHERTON FOR THE SEASON OF 1944 CHEPTEL DUKE Dapple Grey PPTROHERON Stallion, Reg No. I5!)96, weight ;; 1900 lbs. Sirrd by Cheptel, ' Dam. Karlotte 2nd. KING ABDELL Bay STANDARD KRBD Stal- lion, Ueg. No. fiOOl. Junior (Jranl f!ham')ion Royal Winter Vnr 10.^5, weight' 1100 lbs. Sire, Rorton Petoh; Dam, Char- lotte Abdoll. H. nnST. Proprietor, FLESHERTON AT STABLE $8.00 . . . FEES ... ON ROAD $10.00 Intercotcd parties n- or ^ dintanco of five miles, may have fitnble prices by paying for cost of trucking. St. John's W.M.S. Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the St. John's W. M. S. was held Friday in the Sunday School room of the church. Mrs. E. Betts presided in the absence of the president and opened the meeting with hymn 376, followed by the Lord's Prayer in un- ison. Mrs. Moore was in charge of the devotional period. Mrs. Cargoe of- fered prayer and Mrs. R. Fisher read tiie scripture. Th<? study book was taken by Mrs. Bell, who gave a splen- did address on "Faith as a grain of mustard scad,"' from the passage Luke 17: 6, showing how much can bo accompli-shed whe;i one has faith and really sets out to do it. Her il- lustration was of a small group in China who wrought wonders in a farming community. The meeting closed with mizpah benediction. Another rooster story is the one about the belligerent Chatham bird lliat recently attacked and injured a little girl. AVAILABLE 1 Binder C or 7 foot cut. 2 Manure .Sprcndors. I Dump Hay Rake. 1 Smoothing Harrow. ;1 Walking Plows. 1 12-Disc Harrow. Now Renfrew Cream Separator fiOO lb. capacity. 3 Good Us«d Separators. .Asphalt Roofing. Roll-Brick Siding. W. EDGAR BETTS Cockshiilt Aftent Phono 4eJ FLESHERTON Local and i'et$oudi PHe. Gfordon Stuart of Simcoe was in towni on Saturday. Pte. Ted McCracken oi Camj) Bor- den was home over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Alex, Aberdein and family visited on Sunday with rela- tives at Durham and Holstein. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon iloKjnnon of Toronto spent the week end at their home in town. L.A.C. Ted McTavish of St. Jean, Que., and Jean McTavish of Toronto spent the week end at their home. Mrs. Ellen Armstrong, manager of the lo<^l Bell office, spent the week end with friends in Toronto. Mrs. W. G. Trelford of Toronto visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Rich- ardson for a few days last week. I Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Irwini of ElmifL ' spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Aberdein. Miss Dorothy Welton has returned home, after spending the past sever- al months at Kingston. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Dargavel spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Dargavel at Pomoch. Mrs. D, A. Clark and son, Elmer, of Durham spent a day last week with Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Dargavel. Pte. Reg. Hutton of Camp Borden spent the week end with his wife on the east backline. Mr. T. A. McDonald spent the week end with the Stewart families. Mrs. McDonald and babe returned to To- ronto with him. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Perigoe, Betty and Mary Kay, of Malton were visit- ors over the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Ab. Stewart. Mrs. Grace Hindle and Dennis of Duncan and Mrs. Orville McWharter of Red Wing were callers on Mr. and Mrs. Win. Kaitting on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Brett and son and Mrs. Florence Mclntyre of Orangeville visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Ksn Kaitting of Preston spent the week end with the former's parents in town and the Jatter's parents at Singhampton. Mr. W. Sloane attended the fun- eral of his cousin, Mrs. Flora Turn- er, which took place in Toronto on Monday afternoon. Mrs. W. S. Inkster returned to town last week, after spending the past several months with her family in Toronto. Mrs. F. J. Thurston returned from the Owen Sound hospital on Wednes- day of las.t week, following her op- eration two weeks preiviously. Aircraftman Bob Bellamy and Mrs. Bellamy of Toronto and L.A.C. Ben Bellamy of Centralia spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bellamy. Mr. N. R. Richards and Mrs. Wm. Melville and Betty Ann of Alliston were the guests of their brother, Mr. J. A. Richards, and Mrs. Richards over the week end. , Mrs. Reg. Faweett of Gait, Pte. Wayne Weber of Terrace, B.C., and Mrs. Weber of Kearney were visitors on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Betts. Tlie ladies of the Red Cross Society wish to thank all who helped to make the display tea on Wednesday last such a success. The proceeds am- ounted to $15.15. Recently a ring was sent to Pte. Emerson McKillop, who is with the R.C.A.M.C. at Red Deer, Alta., and acknowledgement has been received, thanking the people for the gift, which he greatly apipreciatcd. Mr. and Mrs. Goo. Goldsborough and Harriett of St. Catharines, Mrs. Otto Clipperton and Miss Aleda Mitchell of Toronto attended the sale of the househol**exccts of the late George Mitchell, successfully con- ducted by the auctioneer, Mr. Wm. Knitting. The pupils of Mrs. J. E. Milne, A. T. C. M., will be prescntcMl in a recital on Friday evening, May 26th, at 8.15 p.m., in the Town Hall. An interesting program including all Festival numbers, has been arranged. An admission of 26c is being charged, all proceeds going to the "Milk for Britain'' fund. »».;..}.<M^»fr.>.>.>»>.»»»<»<w{H><.<M»<.^<.<..>»».><.<,4H»»»».»^,^,<,^H»»<.^»»^4^^ I y y CREAM SAVING GASOLINE AND TIRES IS PART OF EVERYONE'S DUTY May we suggest that you bring your can of cream with you to the Creamery each time you come to town. Besides the saving of gasoline, it will pay you well to follow this paretics. The Creamelry will be open Wednesday and Saturday nights to 10 o'clock. Flesherton Creamer j & Produce Limited W Phone 66 Angus Avis, Manager ♦♦♦<^K»^<«<">*<K»<":«««**<">*<^'><~x««<'>****<'^^ > In the days when bread was the staff of life many people lived to a crusty old age. In their heyday Italian Fascist leaders used to jump over bayonets. The next jump North is the Alps. Small Ad. Column FOR SALE 12 Pigs ready to wean.â€" Lloyd Talbot, Flesherton. 50cl FOR SALE â€" O.A.C. No. 21 barley. â€"Herb Betts, R.R. 3, Flesherton. FOR SALE â€" Small barn. .A.pply to John S. McDermid, Ceylon. 49c2 WANTED â€" Nunibei' of cattle for pasture. Apply on the premises. Phone 44r3 Flesherton. FOR SALE â€" Potatoes for seed or eating. â€" Jim Stewart, Flesherton, m FOR SALE â€" Settings of duck eggs. â€" D. W. Adams, Flesherton. FOR SALE â€" Number of year-old and two-year-cattle. â€" Johnston Bros., R. R. 2 Flesherton. 50c2 FOR SALE â€" Quantity of yellow feeding mangles, firm; also goose eggs. .'Vpply at The Advance office FOR SALE â€" General Purpose horse. â€" W. T. Genoe, Ceylon, phone 32r 12, Flesherton. 48p2 WANTED â€" Anuasis BuHaUe fo; mink and fox feod. â€" Bsvt Mcintosh Eug«nia, phone Fayankfn. 5r25 FOR RENTâ€" 100 Acre pasture farm lots 8 and 9, 3 N.D.R. ',Cheap."â€" Boyd Bros., Flesherton. 50p2 FOR SALE â€" Young pigs ready to wean. â€" Emerson Beaton, R. R. 1, phpne 22r32. llcl PASTURE TO RENT â€" 150 acres, Lots 5, 6, 7, Con. 2, N.D.R., Arte- mesia. â€" A. Conkey, Men's Staff House, Hamilton. PASTURE â€" A number of cattU wanted to jmsture, never-failing stream in pasture. â€" Eldon Black- burn, R.R. 3 Proton Station. FOR SALE â€" Four good purebred Shorthorn bulls, about 1 year old. Howard I. Graham, Markdale R.R. No. 4, phone 59r2. 47o2 The bomWng of railways behind thi German lines start.s another train thought in connection with th« fc>! vasion. FOR SALE â€" 3 Young purebred Scotch Shorthorn bulls, 2 dark roan, i white, sired by a Klaymor Discovery, a son of Colynie Royal Barage (Imp.) and out of good milking dams, herd f.ily accredit- ed. â€" M. J. Varey, h.R. Mono Mills P.O., village of Hu?kloy. 49p2 AUTOTRAC FOR SALE Autotrac on Durant Four, in good condition, with 5.00x19 tires on front and spare. GLEN MOORE phone 60M'22. DURHAM, Ont. PASTURE â€" A few year-old can be taken for pasture. â€" J. F. Collin- son, Ceylon, phone 21r3. 50pl FOR SALE â€" Quantity of No. 1 silver hull ibuckwheat. â€" Alex. S. Muir, Ceylon, phone 49rl4. 50c2 FOR SALE â€" Yorkshire sow and 10 young pigs. â€" I. B. Whittaker, Cey- lon, phone 40r23. 50c2 POTATOES â€" Irish Cobbler pota- toes, good for seed. â€" W. E. Loucks, phone Flesherton 72r23 48p8 FOR SALE â€" Brick residence with double lot on which is small bam, in Flesherton. .'Vpply to Francis Genoe, Eugenia. 4atf FOR SALE â€" Mammoth clover seed, also good GJP. mare. â€" L. Alcox, R.R. 5, Markdale, ^wo and a half miles north of Flesherton on No. 10 Highway. 49pi{ FARM WANTED â€" To rent or bay, 100 acre farm, possession to be taken in the fall. Write Alex. Duncan, R. R. 1, Markdale, phone 132r2 Markdale. Ilp2 PIANOS FOR SALE â€" Choice selec- tion re-on<Iitioned piano£\ ranging in price $65 and up.â€" J. C. Black- stone, 515-8tb Street (A) East, Owen Sound, phone 672. CAME ASTRAY â€" Came to Lot 17, Con. 6, Osprey, on or about April 17, black, tan and white hound. Owner cari have same by paying expenses. â€" Warren Morrison, Max- well P.O. 49pS BUSINESS CAR J? /. X TENDER FOR LAND , Sealed tenders will be received by rthe undersigned up to 12 o'clock noon >u Saturday, the 27th day of Tlay, :'>!l, for til" purch:ise of Lots 77 '.h\ 7», Con. 1, S.D.R.. Township of Artemosi . Possession given on ac- ^piitane*" rf fender. Hijches-t or n- :,rodnr not neoo.^sarilv ncce-ted. Tnmler<! ninrkcd "Ten(;v.r." â€" Herb Corbett, Proton Station. DR. J. E. MILNE Office â€" Durham St. Office honrt: afteroooiu t to WedoMday MMt'Satnrday /.ao to lOpjo. No offine boom on Stnday, WM. KAITTING LICENSED AUCTIONEER for the County of Grey Farm and Stock sales our aporlalty. Terms: reasonable. Satisfaction is ^u.^.ranteed. Dates arranged at T1i« Advance office or phone 4w.