Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 17, 1942, p. 6

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vaok sac the acton free press thurtsday september lyth 1042 the bomber press visits in england tty walter ft ltf ih coltafearauan with a v chhn fining the first of n aorlm of art icles on canadian forest in england written especially for tho weekly nowspnpers of canada by their two representatives on n sponsored tour of englnnu w io pny n visit to england under pre wnrsilayj conditions it is first necessary to hnvo government per mission or invltntlnn in the ease- of the recent visit by cnnndinn editors the trip wns the result of n sugges hon n fpenornl mcnnughton hint a pnrtv of cnnndinn idllnrs should be glvim nn opportunity fo see just how tin cnnndinn forces win living nnd training overseas iv o weekly editors were naked to hepnmi memhers of tho pnrty nnd the tlmln fi 11 to c v chnrtpr mnn iiklnr director of thi cwna nnd wnlti r ii 1 eggi jmmi dlnti pnit president of the nssorintlnn aftir brkf pnpnration the pnrty iim nihil d in mnntriul nnd prepared to iiiim for 1 nglnud h bnmbi i ft rt c ommmid fn pnrntion fnt tin trip fjvos tin frst definite ftilnil thnl om is in it lint i in war nm whin tin in hf inj tnki s plan i liih is a long mid si rious prne i dm e mvoh ing a v io t oni i if i in t k of oui passports lifi eh tails and 1 1 1 ill ntiak following tin ilininl di tails the prosptctivc ioiiir k fitted with pnrnthtiti jiarntss i his is n hi nv nnd e unibi rsonu affair which iuik to hi fittid quite tulhtlj nnd li nves th victim feeling that iil ih something like n trussed n after nt living full instrut tlnni on how to opernti tin parachute meniurpments nn taken for the fl inc suit which ih necessary in most flights which nn made at vnrylng heights from 10 000 to 25 000 feet next comos fltllngnnd instructions in th usi of nn oxygen mask also necessnr at these gnat heights baggage whhii is limited to to pounds is weighed in j nnd after some further details tin passengers ore sent bnck to thi hote1 with in atructlonh to nwalt a call on comparing notes nfur this rou tine we found that marls everv member of tho pnrt was told a dlf- fi rent storv as to win n w might start sonu wen told that then w as no plant available w hlu others won told to iu rendv at h 10 the nt st morning and others win instrutttd to i h ct a call sometime in the nild- flh of the night fhln probnhl part of tin plan to kei p moi me ntb as si en t as possihlt ai tunlk thi rnrs eulkd for us at tin lintel tarly the m t mornlnt 1 he plane arranged for us was a large four motored liberator whit h haet he in fitted with two lone bench is for us to sit on si w n of our part had left n toupu r tttivs bt fort hut otlu r ptussenge rs with us made thi pnrt up to if a fne t whiih did nut sum to tinttu r unvnm smral in tin pait win eolnj inttrthe air fm tin first time nnd i ould not tstiipi a fi i ling of in pi tlutinn i lu si hlg mne hints gt a fithlit of tn mi ndous powtr and it elld not si i ni sltnngi to in far above tin ilouds in a fi w minutes itti amount of loom in tin plant was surprising and while tlnn was not i neiugh span fot tvetvnm to in down it was nut rt all i rowded 1 hi noise is diaftninu and prevints ftn li ngthv t onvt rsatuin linn is n all not hint tn do hut u ad hut it elld not sum a long tinn htfort wt win our newfoundland 1 his is the rial wa to mi just what tin loun tr is llki and tin plain i nmitie low n to abnul r 000 fi i w had a fine vufy of the country nnd could really npprcclnto the amount of water in thin islnnd it h n country of inlets bays takes nnd trees mnklng n beautiful fo undent is thnl it seems to bo im possible to get nnything hut 4lnned milk sr the airport is so inrge ihnt trans portation in neceksnry to move round it very mueli so thnt we renlly did not set murh of it a ralhvny trnln nttrnetod our nt tentlnn nnd the engine carried a mes sage pnlntcd on its sides britain de livers the cioodi after a mtop of about four hours tin parl emhnrked again this time with onl ilewin pntrongers as two who left montreal were hound only for newfoundland we settled nn well ns we could for a long tedious night as tin plant ste adllv forged nln ad ut a high speeel looking through tin small windows ui tould sit n hnathtnking vista of a fliml flooi of ilouds hrilllnntly ii- luminatid h the moon 1 ho longest night e onv s to an end ami toon aftei a wonderful silnrrst uius or noillnrn inland eouhl hi ohlaiiu d through brinks in the loads hit iiws of the ti ish roun it side vhiiii inoki d like nn old- fashinin el pntehwork eiullt will al sigh fionithnl hiight si tile mints an fi w and fai in tut i n four hours and a half rfu i lim ine montnnl we wen gtntlv set down at a iiuli airport in ew found land hi re we we re gii n a pass and taken to tnstbound inn for din on inrln thl about nef t t zt wns n mnin ns ont of the most henutlful sights we have ever seen soon we approached oyr destina tion nnd the pilot set the huge plnne down with hnrdl a tremor our formal it us with the customs rewmtmlve of the weekly pre at tended early nervlee at st martln-ln- t hef leldt then after a hurrlm hreakfnst tho whole party started ofif in car to visit a farm which had won many medals a the best farm in berkshire this will be described in more detail in subsequent articles after a close study of this farm we went on to maidenhead on tlfe banks of the thames for luncheon windsor castle was the objccuve for the afternoon and n couple of haunt were spent in this historical- plnre after the long journey bnck some of the party uere not tootired to ro nnd listen to the orators jin- hyde park mondny was an even more rvnet- ing day iength visits uere paid to cnnndinn red cross headquarters n cnn legion hostrhtho snlin- tlon army hotedon unynmpton how the v mca hostel ortilnstor court bond theknlrhls of colum bus hostel in the same stre the mnph uaf club the union jack club nnd the beaer club i hen ue lsltcd the dnll telegraph the ut titers building nnd ended up late at night at i he daily telegraph in nth of these plnees ue went up nnd down stairs and through room after room so that most of us weleomed out be is on i in sela the high oommls sioiu r gne lun in on for the rrn mhors of tin pnrtv wblili wns a notahle af fih in thnt mut b vnlunhle in forma li in was si t urt d afte r visits to vjir ions plans in tin afternoon- the da enniludftl with a isit to thi pai i pl vs i elnesdav mor w as spt nt at lie british mlnlsti of information ami nt noon we met major e i nt ral the hon i t montagu who is sen lor offin r of tin canadian milltnrj hi ndquarters i his t onference instetl some time after whlth tie tailed instructions con would restock europes herds when war over nnd immlgrntlnn wen expedited nnd qfti r hrenkfnst thnt we had not en ough tlmi to finish ue started on the train journe to london a jour m whith took longer than the trip from ann rica fveryone has to look after his own hnggnge these dajs on thi english railroads and spnee on tin trains is at a premium the first group of our pnrtv were forced to slantl up for hours on this long trip but wi wen mnn fortunate in that n spi 1 1 although ui had nothing to tat all tla until late at night at i on don u i liavi tit st ribed the trip nt ross tin atlantit in somi di tall but until afti r ouj return to canada whin we i an w rite at it isurf nnl the outline of our uttkltiis will be giw n it hat ik en annount i l that wi would hni fmit das to re siuieifttr om atrunl but we soon wnnderttl just what the meant b rest lti moment seemed to hi i row did with sunn appointment suturdm was taken up with regis t rat ion and application for ration i nrds photos for our passes of which i lit n wire sn man that mr nupli r miion i lainu i that in hail it hu a luffle imil tel hold tlum lust in ok noon wt had a ton f leiui with tin canadian high torn iiiissioiu i tin i ion tin e nt masse al whieti in wihonutt tho editors in i onti tin eoimse of this informal dist ussitin in 1 ml masse remarktdthat there wen to i lot t anadiau i e sielent t orrt poiuli ns ntaliist li australian an 1 about thl anjtritan fin hun b we we n take n tt the nniuhun offn i is club w hlch is n at anaila llous and found mrs vim etit masii behind a unuitir ermiij th nn al 1 in pitigramnn for simdav was a roll one siartim out tin two tip gken nnd we prepared to really start uork the next elay the summao of our activities will rnntinlii in the next article and more di tailed nccounts of the various phases of our activities u ill follow lutfll peace in stamps in london group as dicp r raged canada history from viking iah traced in phi latch under blackout in em pires bombed metropolis j allan nicklrto c ruulittn lrcju stmff w riur i odc0s tcp the sands of da ppe e burnt d up in batth and in a pitntlilt cirtus hotel a selt rt group talked of hislor making stamps an i things conn lull or high water the war i imi stamp club holds its hi month 1 mutini and the night thnt can adians wen tonunf from dieppe a trowels outsitu tue ut d up in a drizzle of ram to bin niwspapors with the latest ntwsof tin bigivst raid of tin war a iroiip of 1 sat in a darkened loom and heard a lit tun on canadn and stamps lllustiattd with innter i shtlt s nutnt m louber native of for a i onsult iiil enginter resident iiidon speike of canada from the las of tin ikinis and took his audi n uuluditu tw women thioiilb tb m nr of pruj t tine i opn s of vaiunis issues of stam s on a new jersey livwtoek man ie- veloping small family type of cow expected to w popular blairstown n j cp when the nni invaders are driven out of norwny n htunly littloeattlo born nnd bred in amerlcn mny b sent to restenk the herds slnughtend for the oe rmnn troops or shlppetl to cjer- mnnv jo holster the dwindling food supply in the belch thnt is the hi lief of dfilryrrun who have ntlnt the experiment of n ntw york shipping mngnnte in new le me with a fienchnnt for livestock farming he hope s to develop n j truly ami rlt nn breed wlfh tin help of norwny h famous iilcmnrk cattle i he experlme nti i is lohn d heilly nnd the projett ik hi ing eondifcted at i his farm near here study of rrseelh i for two ears keill studied var ious hn tmls of rattle here anil abroad nnd then in 10t dee ided on the i iji mnrks foi t rossbreeding t vperl ments with stutk on this side of tin atlantic i in septi mht i of that wni jio as se mhli d tin original turd of 1 tows and onr bull at jjn st nt uellh is dtotint his efforts to building up the lehmark in rd b inhuiding in norunv tin slink goes line k bund ruts of iars anil tin difficulties of servue in that mountainous ountrv in ci smtnlpd mut h inlirieihng not nlv of fat he r and dnughtr r but ofti n of fathe i and ginnddnughtor in the present hrepdlng program t cows and 18 bulls hae heen born pnmne program i he suggestion thnt the new jer st herd might he used for n stock ing purposes in noruny uas advnnr ed recently hv professor willlnm c skelle of the college pf agriculture rutgofst university uho said reiuy i herdmight be more sig- vilficnnt thnn ue realize for if the cermans havt ravaged tin tele marks in norwny for fooel there is n poskihilitj the miht become i tinct hi fort the war is over i hen this american herd might be not ded- for rehnbilltntlon purposes ui lib says the average ameri can tow is too lnrge demands too grt nt an inve stment in upkeep nnd julds too mut h milk for the ni i ds of tin average rural famik tin telemnrk cat tit are small si ort it gged nnd rugged animals red and white in color nnd further identl- fu el b n broad white stripe along thi splm and eroup their home is in thi mountainous nllcs in the i i li mark re gion alone tht fjords north of bt rgen it is an animal which is accustom id to rustling much of its own feed on tin mountninsides said ut ill and it w ill w ithstnnd llmntic t hangt s in this countr rt onomii nllv the tt lemnrks an piofltable comparative 1 light eat i rs thiir milk prod oct ion also stneks up fmoiablv uith other breeds 1 lu ave raj i milk produttion per tow is o to 7 pounds per dn ultb a hut t i fat t onte st of approximate h four 1 1 r it nt britain deaf ii dumb n i in the 1 u vt rs it uas stamp srbhixkkns still bikmm less than bour after tin v hud lift tin it rnuin industrial citv of sarrbrui ke n tn flitmes thi hovnl v unadtan air fonv homl ing team rm lust tttnn to till c nnndinns nt first hand tin luirt of job om airmen an doini ovenwas then lads uhwmhi their load of deadlv homh on snrrbruekcn at r jl am and ttn uer in ottawa b itu following midnight ttr rtnurt thai ih nazi it uws flwming like ruddv elrctul pumutirri nbuvi nn th a rival in oftaun the lads are ileft to hit in t might sergeant s c islrky le jftearld naigatur of the mu from minnedoa man funht gt m o selnsem arold v ire vfiutopt rator from eltroa bask pilot off iifr- j b johnnv higham dfc 23yearold skipper of the crew uho hniu tram asminiboia sask flbjbt sfl donald r morrison 21earold tail gunner who conn from wolmlle ns and learold flight sfrgeant art loach front funnar and bomb aimer from islington stamp ms i html e ttiik no talk of war luxation mur for tin i in e lub s t ntesslon to u ir is in its nanu plus thi fiul that j philate lu me mbe rs of tin nrnu d leirns of tin united nations are in vititfto ati nd nut titles and tlisiuss tin ir hohbv 1 he n must be lots of stamj tolleiius in tin funis sail mi l unix in i u i want to make tt i m ft 1 1 at 1 inn stamt eit mr loulht r sail tin li tun e aim about aftir in i ndi n d b w far a talk n a un tr ituld hi illustiatt i e liisih l i ostai htaiui win i tun su h 1 n- it mai outstanding vtnts i i isl i an 1 lik in s s itl un in i i 1 i i h ad i i ii it dtl u it w i in j i un it i irtl t h j i 1 i1i 1 i l ki1 ill tt i tun w as nt n i i i nil il ut i n t lit in w i t t m i i in illti n it t i i v k 1 i t 1 1 s ilni t i i tt i ui i t m in i ni f its t i u i i wtl i iminat uik in tl n i i wen i t r rt n w i mi 1 1 1 pots ml umikol tn i orlmth ih u nnv ffi iv re rt that d ik mast its on on o vt hm u are able aft r a fe w uir ittaiks tt si ns tht lonnn f an trnft t4 fori humans bear tht sounl eif the tmines the dogs stiffi n an 1 mint toward the sound re promoted to expert john in the war industrie li af and dumb pi oj le in britain and tin a lulls among thi m nnmhe r kuhm to da are now tn inj taken into wax woik for which their in fit nut v make s the m more suitable thaji nun and women wtu tun jit ar and i eak om tn uj of tlum is working st ndik in thi shot blasting sit tor of a midlan is fattuv pr dm ing shells lb n tl din is si te rrifu that- few if 1 1 i i 1 nun w rkx i tan stand it ih i af an i dumb unaware f tin mf in if ti mm ir iund mum i lae i i l t rt uiinti ui e ti fiuihint and pel i si i m oil hi uihi it s e r ii ast s li till t m i i tt i i t t r i an 1 it n 1 wilt t tt 1 i t it tt iti si t 1 1 ist ii sunt 1in t t nt haf ml k i 1 p i li i i r he n 1 v i 1 nl w ik i t mil i 11 i i t tl j i 1 1 1 it in 1 tun t in n h t wil us ful r w t k t i mil f l nt dicpknu on hour ini w rk ti mandnik a km m siij t an i ih m st it it j siht is set j ti n il ki u f it in kuls uri bt ink trained for xanii it as i smiiin rs of la tun t hr il at j ot injnfoj ih wrv k t rr i 1 1 it th natl nal institute fu ttt i nf i e mi mi f ut h worktrh us him kirk in finding thnt their ht lj is nen dtel bv their teuntrv in its h mr etf mink r an well h imngtned lonlhin cp1 ninit i ondun po- lktnun huvt ktoppd wennng gas masks londoner complain thev havr to listen themmlvt for air raid sirens in the old days the hlmply united till th policemen holttd their respirators to the alert ionik1n cv mrm nn isen jont undtrvt ent m utks training to oetomc an a t s officer she has four sisttrs two daughters and a niete in the ats uhlle her husband son and brother are in the raf acton fair friday and saturday september 18 and 19 grandarena shaw friday evening loinorrrnw m pm to 1100 pjn tiikkk hoints without aih1ll momknt rkatukint tmk vrmyon par mk muukay oiiiin ir windsor ami ills educatki horse baldv the loves- sensational loinedy tkuockhoul novelty races y m c a iieiays high jumping 1 leirses musical chairs potato race on i lorsebaek hall exhibits open see exhibit of acton induhlricu musical iroramjiy the iorne scos band secjond day features saturday sept 19tli at 130 rami street parade t 130 ahma school children decorated bicycles and carriages pair hill be officinlu opened by hnlton warden john blmr features refore the grandstand hkh jimi1n horses old time fiddlers contest murray oulin and bli step i1ancinc kansas karmer l i time fiddler and siner big midway under direction of the acton branch canadian legion best bab competition in tent on rounds parade of ll e stot k at 1 jo p m special alf and koal exhibitn special pruwt for bacon iiorij and sheep lorne stots band will si pili the ml shal prmram splendid exhibits in hall and field liiud speaker mphfini ssttm in renn and nmndh womins institltk displvs itls rden ll it vii memben of the vrtixe senice loneii in i niform will be vdmitled fre of harxe big fair night dance in town h vusaturd y nkht mhiorciiftka the hnest fair rounds in ontario write secretary for complete information and prize ijt geo somerville president c b swackhammek secretary

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