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Wednesday, September 10, 1941 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE - ' THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Published ou Collingwood SUwct, Flesherton, Wednesday of Mteh week. Circulation over 1,000. Price in Canada $2.00 Pr yer, when paid in advance $1.50; in O. S. A. $&50 per year, whai paid in advance $2.00. F. J. THURSTON, Editor. EDITORIAL NOTES There is a theory that when a student moves to a higher grade the books used in acquiring knowledge can be handed over to younger mem- bers of the family. Frequent changes jn high school text books have a tendency to shoot holes in this theory and to deflate the family pock. t book. Premier Hepburn has been receiving complaints that children attending high school have been obliged to discard old books and buy new ones owing to text book changes. He not only promises an Investi- gation but some radical changes in the Department of Education if the information respecting text books is found to be correct. Some few years ago the manner in which books ie found to be correct. Some few years ago the manner in which new books were foisted on school pnpilfl developed into a scandal. Many of the books offered for use were authorized but several large publish- ing houses reaped a rich harvest in producing them. Changes in recent years have not been so frequent but enough new books are issued to con- stitute quite a drain on the pocket book of parents. As a mitigating circumstance the Department points out that the use of certain new books is optional and that at times it is left to the discretion of tiie teacher which books may be recommended. This of course almost invariably means the new books will be required. Perhaps Premier Hepburn is a little harsh in condemning the changes in text books when he says, "There are Dome dried old academic fellows in the Department of Education who are responsible for these continual chang- peach crop is not only excellent but abundant. The only problem is the harvesting of the fruit. Thanks to the cheerful response of the second- ary school girls of the province this difficulty has been met and a great band of eager pickers are already installed in the various camos under the supervision of the Y.W.C.A, In places where the organization camp sites are filled arrangements have been made to house about two bundl- ed more girls and as far as the fruit growers are concerned they have nothing to fear in -espect to the safe and speedy garnering of their crops. The girls who have volunteered for the work will not miss any of their lessons as the Department of Edu cation has issued instructions that special classes be conducted for them when they return at the end of the month or early in October. Bombing And Gunnery Specialized Occupations This is the tenth and last of the series of stories about the training of Pilots and Observers in the R.C.A.F. es. They seem to books have to be year.'* think that text changed every Despite the warning of Finance Minister Ilsley that Canada will re- quire fully $2,800,000,000. to meet war and other requirements during the present (fiscal .year the igreat body of our people seem to be carry- ing on with little thought for the future. Places of entertainment such us dance halls, restaurants and bev prage rooms were never better patronized and the conservation of jrasoline in te face of patriotic pleas of the government is not particular ly evident. The Globe and MMl's sporting authority states that "Rac- ing in the province has shown an in- crease at every meeting. Figures were not released as to the actual betting increases, but every track has announced wagering surpassed the figures of 1940." With a world war on, this situation is not so tfood. It crs would was hpped that work devote a part of their earnings to war savings. By doing so they would not only be helping the war effort but woukl be storing up a nest egg to act as a buffer against depression in the post war flays. * The Dominion Minister of Agri culture, Honorable James Gardiner, declares the feed ituation may not be as serious as war first expected. He will call a conference of repre- sentatives of Eastern and Western under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, written for the weekly newspapers of Ontario and distribu- ted through the C. W. N. A. By Hugh TEMPLIN Until I visited the Jarvis Bombing and Gunnery School, I had supposed that the Initial Training School at Eglinton was the most interesting place the Royal Canadian Air Force had to show its visitors. At Eglinton, the doctors, now disguised as Flying Officers, carry on scientific experi- ments in low pressure chambers, at- tach electric wires to the skull to test brain waves, and send men and materials into chamlbers where cold winds blow at 40 belorw zero. There's nothing like that at Jarvis. Science and mathematics and inven- tions have combined to prduce the wnders that are kept locked up in special buildings at the Bombing and Gunnery School, but they have to do with the arts of war and destruction, rather than medicine and healing. After a convention in Hamilton in May, a group of editors and their ladies spent an afternoon at a wings parade at Jarvis school, and then saw the buildings and learned something of the training methods. They mar veiled at the beautifully furnished recreation rooms. They had fleeting glances of bomb sights in the noses of Fairey Battle bombing planes or noticed the loads of small practice bombs attached to the wings. They saw the drogue planes come in and drop the drogues, or targets, riddled with machine gun bullets and they felt grateful for an insight into the training of the student observers in the R.C.A.F. and kindred Air Forces of the Empire. Really, what they saw was only a fraction of what the student sees. I was at Jarris school with the other editors in May. I returned in August and was admitted to the various buildings where the doors are kept locked and few are privileged to enter. I was allowed to use the power driven machine irun turrets off actual fighting planes; I was initiated into the mysteries of the bombsight, as far as was possible in an hour or so; I was offered a flight with one of the machine gunners out over the water of nearby Lake Erie, and I saw the inside workings of the "Bombing Teacher," a machine that literally amazed me. Difficult Course of Studies Group captain G. E. Wait is thi Commanding Officer of the Jarvis School. After a cordial welcome, hi turned me over to Flyinc Officer G. T. Johnson, with instructions that I was to be shown everything and al- lowed to try out the various machines used in training. And Flvintr Officer Johnson literally carried out those instructions. If I didn't learn every- thing about bombing and the use of machine guns, it was because one can't do that in an afternoon. First, we went over the details of the course of study together. It was like the curriculum of a university course in engineering, with its vnri nus formulae and its applied malh- 1'inntics. T wondered that students scoring hits with about half his shots. Dials on a nearby desk indi- cated exactly what he was doing, He finished and I climbed up in side the turret. A table loweriu over my knees and a lever at im side brought up a seat and wedged me in like a sardine in a can. Ap parently I was a bit oversize to make a good gunner. Five or six switches set the machine in motion and I look, ed through a small reflecting sight, already described in an earlier story. With my left hand, I worked a "stick' 1 similar to those that control small planes. A touch of my thumb on a button on top of the lever started the machine gun. I got in a few shots, but I scored not a hit. Another turret was of a somewhat different pattern. Handle-bars like those on a bicycle controlled the mo tion a turn to right or left made the turret turn and by lifting up or pessing down, the machine gun was moved. Actual practice with machine gun? is carried out over Lake Erie. The planes used are Fairey Battles, used earlier in the war as medium bomb- ers. Some are "drogue planes", pain- ted with yellow and black stripes as a warning to other planes that they are trailing behind them a long steel wire. At the end of the wire dangles a drogue, or cloth target, cylindrical in shape and about eight feet long. The machine gunners go up two at a time in another plane of similar make. An experienced pilot sits up in front, the two gimners side by side back near the tail, where it is rather bumpy. The planes follow a definite schedule, meeting the drogue plane out over the lake and firing in a cer tain area. Bullets in the machine guns are dipped in paint. Those fired by one gunner leave red holes; ihe other blue. That cuts the flights in half and requires less targets. The drogue plane circles back over the field and drops its drogue, releasing another at the end of the wire to take its place. Flights of the planes with the gunners take only about ten minutes. Bombs an Bombsights Bombs and bombing have become Two Divivons in British Tra'nin* " Large scale exercise' fir 1 h'lf manoeuvers arc constantly in o---- ation with all units of the BrHH> Army under training- This picture v^s ti^en during a m~ok H"'" K - ed a position, collecting to make tween two Divisions of the Southern further advance. Command. It she\v< troops who have rirtur- important in this war. Much might be written about them. The bombs are of several types, depending on the purpose for which they are intended. They tend to increase in size, weight and desiructivenesa. Some explode on contact; others go through the roof and explode insid a building or a ship. There are bombs that pierce armbr before exploding. The bombs can be adjusted for various purposes, having diffeent types of detonators in nose and tail. Bombs are carried on racks, underneath the wings, in side the fusilage or in other places, depending on the type of the bomib ing plane. They are released electrl. cally by pulling a little lever. Much has been heard about bomb sights in recent months. The bomb- sight is an elaborate instrument used to ensure that the bomb will land on or near the target. In the early days of the the last Great War. bombs were simply dropped over the edge by the pilot. Planes moved slowly and fairly low. Even at that, many of these first bombs probably landed a mile from the place they were intended to strike. A modern bombsight is a most complicated instrument. There are some ten adjustments. Not only the height of the plane above ground, the speed at which it is travelling, the direction and velocity of the wind affect the fall of the bomb, but even the temperature. The bom'bsight is covered with knobs and dials and scales. When all these have been adjusted, the Ob. server watches the landscape through an eyepiece. He sees it apparently moving down between two pairs of wires with colored heads at intervals along thorn. At last, the railway sta- tion, factory or whatever the target may be, appears between two tiny pointers. The observer pulls a lever and the bomb starts on its way. It ma" be 20 seconds before it hits and another ten seconds before it explodes. pick it up unless they had boon iKirtieiilarly good in mathematics In their high school days, 'but the Flving Officer said that few failed. Those who did *ot understand the theories government officials and farm or- ( . ou]f , mpmm .j zc the formulae, panizations in the matter of aiding Studies included the thoovy of shipments of feed grain from West bombing; trajectory angles, use of to East For the first time in two the Vector attachment for (bomb- sights when aiming at moving Summer Time Table Effective Sat., June 28 Leave Flesherton TO TORONTO c 11.50 a.m. b 7.25 p.m. TO OWEN SOUND c 5.50 p.m. d 7.45 p.m. b; Sun. and Holiday; c: Sat only; d: Friday only Standard Time Grey Coach Lines ROCK MILLS Most of the threshing is completed in this vicinity. Farmers are now busy cutting their corn, which is a splendid crop this year. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hill have re- turned home after their honeymoon, and are busy settling in their new home. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Xt-well spent Frida' - with relatives in Durham. Mr. Stewart Foster visited recently at his home here. Quite a nunvber from here attend- ed the gospel meetings at Clarksburg STATION We have reopened our egg grading station and are now prepared ro handle any amount of eggs 0. & A. Co-operative Company, Ltd. FLESHERTON. Ontario on Sunday and enjoyed hearing the as the owner is giving up farming, colored quintette again. Rock Mills Ladies' Aid ine; Cupboard, Chairs; Grind Stone; , ered)- due Oct. 3, 7 Chunks of Pigs, Turnip Drill, and numerous other i About 60 Leghorn year old Hens, articles. about 80 Pullets, Rocks and Leghorns No Reserve; everything must be sold I IMPLEMENTS, Etc. F. & W. The (tombing "Teacher" Students Irarn to operate the years Mr. Gardiner is cheerful as to the outlook for agriculture. He is confident Canada will be able to meet the needs of Great Britain in the matter of food supplies and the most pleasing fact is there is no limit to the amount Britain is prepared to ti'.ke. As pointed nut bv Mr. Gardin- er. in the now bacon agreement the wording has Ix-i'ti changed to "not less than" in place of "not more than' <IOO,flOO,000 pounds . On the other hand Honourable P. N. Dowan, On- tario Minister of Agriculture, call* for new deal for Ontario farmers. "I fear," he says, "there may be too great a lendancy to set top prices on agricultural products too soon or w on too low a figure. If we are to have Ink control, prices of agricultural products must bo allow- >d to come to the level of prices of other commodities. If there is to be Tiny control of pricos there should be at the same time control of wages." In thii particular Mr. Dow nn ' Crosses thp problem of farmers 1n :y\ng to operate with the Increns rd wapp being paid In industry. It now mlmitted the Onfcr\rlo (argots, setting bombsights; low and high level bombing; wind drift and problems arising from it; fuses and carriers; use of flares; theory of sighting machine guns; tracer bill lots; cannon guns; gunnery tactics; tvpes of turrets, and aircraft recog- nition. That doesn't mean much to most of us, but it sounds like n heavy course of study to he mastered in six weeks. Camera Guns Sve Amunitinn First practice with actual machine runs is on the 25-yard range. Vickern trims are used there, though they are now out dated and Brownings are used for more advanced work. The machine gunners stand insido a long building, open nt the front, and shoot >t targets with hursts of fire, eight to 15 bullets nt a time. Inside another building, in scpar- iti> rooms, are power operated machine gun turrets which prave the British (runners nn advantage enrlv in the war. They were completely ((nipped but the actual (runs hiul been removed and renlnced hv dum- my "uns which shot n rnv of H<?ht at i tinv German plane which moved nyn'nst n nnintrd sl;v A stinl"t i,.|inriii(r ;iv ( v at. It. nnd every time coved -i Ipt. n boll rnnrr. A"-" nvnt i"" 1 hnve simitar rVn-ice* tl\" t'lvet. whi."h i? thn. ivi i.ort-int >>!> The vonner mnti nr Hi? cnmrra gun was doing fnirly well bombsight with the aid of a "teacher," which is one of the most interesting and ingenious machines I ever sw. It is contained in a specially-built thre storey building nnd kept locked. I watched Flying Officer Johnson adjust the bonrbsicht, after drawing lines across the face of its compass and making calculations. Then T lay on my stomach- and looked through the sights. WP werp in the gallery of the building. Upstairs, intricate- projectors, designed by a British in- ventor, adjusted for altitude, wind speed nnd so on. ground away. Down lielow me, tlie landscape of the enemy country moved past. I could see its farms, the towns nnd cities, the line of the coast. I chose a factory in the distance, watched it come down be tween the wires and as it reached the pointer, pulled the trigger. For some twenty seconds, the time it took that homlh to drop, the scenery moved past. Then it stopppd nnd a white light showed where the bonVb had landed. Actual bombing is done over Lake Erie. Small practice bombs, attached under the wings of the Fairev Battle nrc aimed nt n red raft from heights well over a mile. A puff of smoke iroes up as the bonrb hits the water. Observers on shore wafrch the puffs of smoke, use somp simple trigon- ometry, and spot thp places where the bombs drop. The student marks where he thought, thev went. The best target hnn^s in the conference room. Over it is n sign: "Rent tnis nnd vours will land hpro instend." Also nn douM. the owner of the tiriret will hend his class nt the next wings piirnde. TTTF, END The Ladies' Aid met at the home of Mrs. Alex. English on Wednesday, Aug. 20th, when eight members and five visitors were present. The meet ing opened by singing "Simply Trusting." Mrs. Akitt read James 4, followed by the Lord's Prayer in uni- son. The roll call was taken and the collection amounted to $6.38. At the close "I'm not ashamed to cwn my Lord" was sung. The next meeting will be held at theh ome of Mrs. Ned Croft on Wed., Sept. 17th. Roll call 'Jehovah." Lunch Committee: sand, wich, Mrs. Harry Patton, Mrs, Wes Plantt; cake, Mrs. Earl Croft, Mrs. Wallace Fisher. AUCTION SALE HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AUCTIONEER WALTRR STJKLEY Se me about your auction sale. All sales conducted on business prin- ciples. Phone me t FevM-shnm 4rl2 or make nrr*npment at The r'lt'sherton Advnnw office. W. H. Patterson will sell by public auction at CEYLON Wednesday, September 17th the following, namely: Dining Room Suite, 8 pieces; 3 Cupboards, " Bedroom Suites, 4 Odd Beds, Extension Table, 2 Lounges, 3 Stoves. Bookcase, Odd Tables, 'Wash Stands, Number of Odd Chairs, Rock 1 ing Chairs, Dishes. Ceilers, etc., Extension Ladder 40-feet; Short Lad. der, Some Light Wood and Cedar, Quantity of Hay, about 5 tons. SALE AT 2 P.M. SHARP TERMS Cash. GEO .DUNCAN, Auctioneer. Mower, 5 foot, in good shape; M.-JT. SALE AT 1 P.M. SHARP Binder, 6 foot cut, in good shape; F. TERMS OF SALE I & W. Ha v Rake, 10 foot, in good ' Hay, Grain and all sums of |10 and shape; McCormJck Disc Harrow, 14 under, cash; over that amount 10 plate; 3 Sections of Diamond Drag mos.' credit will be given by furnish. Harrows; M.-H. 10-Run Hoe Drill; . ing approved joint notes satisfactiVy Wagon; Set Spring Tooth Harrows; to Canadian Bank of Commerce. Fanning Mill with grain elevator, Flesherton, bearing interest at 6 p.c. pulle" or hand drive; John Dere GEO. E. DUNCAN, Auctioneer Manure Spreader; Set Sleighs; Hay ' Rack; Walking Plow; Cutter; Barn . Rope, like new, 165 feet; Set Slings; . Hay Fork; Trip Rope; Turnip Pul per; 1% Sets Team Harness; Wheel. ' FARM STOCK. IMPLEMENTS. Etc. barrow; 4 Cylinder Star Coupe; Doubletrees, Whiffletrees, and num- erous other small articles. ' HAY & GRAIN 43 Tons of this . year's Hay; About 500 bu. Oats; t About 70 bu. Barley; About 60 bu. Fall Wheat; About 40 bu. of Spijng- Wheat. Everything must be sold, as the AUCTION SALE Austin McKee will sell by public auction on LOT 161. 1 S.W., ARTEMESIA IV.! miles south of Ceylon Tuesday, September 16, 1941 when the following will be offered: HORSES - Bay Mare, Spring Colt owner is giving up farming. AUCTION SALE FARM STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, Etc. Robt. D. Purvis will sell by public auction on Friday, September 12, 1941 FRIDAY. SEPT. 12 oRM when the fallowing will be offered: HORSES 3 Young Horses. CATTLE, SHEEP Blue Cow, 7 years old, milking; Red Cow, 7, years old, milking; Red Cow, 4 years old, milking; 'Red Cow, 4 years 'old, mjlkl ing; (above cows all supposed to be in calf); Yearling Fat Steer; 2 Cows; 15 Yearling Cattle; Spring Calves; 19 good Breeding Bwes I Ram; num. ber of Levhorn Kens. IMPLEMENTS, Etc. F. & W. Mower, 5 foot cut; Set of Disc Har- rows; Horse Rake; Wagon; Fnni'np Mill; Cutting Rox; Set 13/Tiull Har- rows; Fleury Wnlkinir Plow, No. 21; '2-Seat.r-d Democrat; Ilond Cart; Ret Light Slcigha, S|)t Heavy Sleighs; flood Top Cutter; Wagon Kox ami Rack; Grain Grinder 8-inch; 2 H.P. i Lister Gasoline Engine; Buzz Snw ' Oiitlt 7 H.P. Toronto Engine; Khvt , ric Cream Separator, new; '.' Furrow GIIIKT plow; Ktect-ic Refrigerator. I nearly n>\v; IJunntitv of Household i FHrnilure; Elector. Washing Much- Black Marc, supposed in foal; Bay SALE AT 1 P.M. SHARP Mare, supposed in foal. TERMS OF SALE CATTLE, PIGS. HENS - Hera , All sums of $10 and under, cash: ford Heifer, sxipposed in calf: Veal' over that amount 6 mos.' credit will* Calf, Yearling S eer Holsti-in Hejfe r be given by furnishing approved joint registered in calf, Durham Heifer 2 notes bearing 6 per cent interest, . years old, Durham Heifer in calf. 3 notes satisfactory to the Canadian good Durham Steers 2 years old. Bank of Commerce, Flesherton. lurebred Yorkshire flow (not regist- GEO. E. DUNCAN. Auctioneer ' The Fall of the Leaves Heralds Another Season CHECK YOUR FALL NEEDS, NOW ! Guns and Ammunition Alarm Clucks Stovepipe and Elbows Heater snd Ranges Stovepipe and Elbows T. D , Dampers, Stove Biard, ^ ermos B ? lUe * Furnace & Stove Cement HoU8ecleanm Materials Window Glass and Putty ^-'M- Roofing Materials Westinghouse Lamps Caulking, Roof Coating BE PREPARED - Repair Your Buddings Now ! F. W. DUNCAN Hardware, Anthracite and Alberta Coal, Cement FLESHERTON, Ontario