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the georgetown herald wednesday evening july biit 194t the british commonwealth air training plan one of m actio of articles mitten ipeouny for weeklr newspapers by barh tempmn ledhor of the fergus newsbeeord initial training school fuix of scientific marvels fourth in a series of articles on the royal canadian air force written specially tor the weekly papers of on tario were you planning to visit the ini tial training school at bgunton ask ed flying officer nlool our guide whose duty for the time being was to get us past the sentries and the barrier gates and explain what the royal canadian air force was doing i said i hadn t thought of it my desire was to get on to the camps where there was actual hying just as quickly as possible flying officer nicol thought that would be a mistake in his opinion the initial training school was the most interesting place of them all it was customary to take distinguish ed american visitors up to bglinton just to et them look around and see for themselves that there were certain things in canada which uncle sains air force didn t have walter lipp- mann the columnist hadbeen there just a lew days earlier my guide was right as usual if i had missed the number one initial training school i would never have nerves entered thejsraln the one on the ear was just a ground wire by using a complicated electric mach ine it was possible to measure the brain waves of the man who now looked like something that had wan dered out of a cartoon comedy the young aircraftman was told to enter a email room and lie quietly on a bed the wires were attached binding poets on the wall he was told that he wasn t to think of any thing exciting such as an evening with his best girl but to try to come as near as possible to thinking about nothing at all out in the next room the flight lieutenant touched a switch a broad ribbon of white paper began to creep over a table on it were four wavy lines drawn by pens actuated by the wires from the head of the man whom i could see through the window lying peacefully on the bed this patient was normal the wavy lines had no sudden variations his electroen4ephalogram showed that he had passed one more test a few are abnormal suddenly the biack line takes a turn to one side an aircraftman with a record like that may take a fit up in the air some day he won t be rejected on that one test alone but the chances are that aircraftmen undereolne testa in the low pressure chamber at the initial training school at toronto rojai canadian air force photograph realized just how thorough is the ear y testing of the young men who are des tined to become fighting pilots and ob servers carrying on sir frederick s work it is generally known that when sir frederick banting died in a plane crash in newfoundland he was on his way to england to carry on his scientific work for the air force his death did not stop that work it began at the banting institute at the uni versity of toronto and since last november it has been continued in the buildings which formerly belong ed to the egllnton hunt club in north toronto the egllnton hunt club used to be a favorite resort of toronto society and the kind of place where a village editor would hardly expect to find himself inside the main building is a big arena large enough for a game of polo and ideal now since the seats have been taken out as an indoor drill ground there are classrooms where dance floors used to be for the students at the initial training school are already studying a stiff course of higher mathematics armament sig nals sanitation and navigation ii is pasy to see why matriculation standing or better is a necessity lor every aspiring pilot i looked over the layout admiring ly even though it had been toned down to make it useful rather than beautiful signs of its former magni ficence were apparent this must have been a swanky place in the old days i suggested flying officer nicol used to be an other working newspaper man i wouldn t know he said my dues in the hunt club weren t kept up very well when the land and buildings were purchased there were questions in parliament and suggestions that they had been bought to help out on organ isation which was about to pass out of existence- i don t know anything about the truth or otherwise but the people who built the old hunt club never dreamed of the scientific won ders it would one day contain testing brain waves after a brief call at the office of squadron leader mcpherson officer in command at no 1 itb i went to the office orf flight lieutenant o b stewart this brilliant young doc tor a graduate of dalhousle university in the maritimes is carrying on dr bantings work but he took time off to guide me personally through the building where the aircraftmen re tested mentally and physically to see whether they will be able to stand the strain ot flying and fighting five miles above the earth as we started down the hail we met a young man whose appearance was starting he looked as thqugh be had just come from the hand of an electrtctan five long wires hung dawn from his head two of them seemed to be soldered to the top of his head in among his hair towo more were attached to the back of his neck and one hung from bis left ear little patches of hair had been shaved off and the wires attached at important points dr stewart explained that the two in front were over the pars of the brain c muscular co ordination and the two on the neck in dicated the place where the opuc 7 use o the time and expense of training him would b wasted so when he hows other symptoms as well he is finished as a pilot low presjmres and oxygen in the next room a large cylindrical structure stood in the centre of the room it looked like the bottom of a silo the outside was reinforced with steel and- planking ana large metal pipes ran around it a porthole of heavy glass was built on one side and there was a desk with a microphone near the window dr stewart opened a door and we entered a circular room lined with buriap seats for ten persons ran around the sides and in the centre wai a table with a chair where the doctor sat this strange room is used to test the ability to stand high altitudes where air gets thin and oxygen scarce usually a class of ten takes the test at once with a doctor keeping watch through the window from outside and giving instructions through a loud speaker while another doctor sits at tlie centre table the officer on the outside manipulates vahes and the air ls similar to that inside the circular room 5 000 feet above sea level 10 000 feet 15 000 or more there is no particular sensation felt by the person inside the tank but above 10 000 feet or two miles the nails turn a bluish tinge which is also apparent in the lips the brain seems unimpaired but that is an illusion to prove this the aircraftmen given simple little problems to do to change a sentence into a common code or something of the kind like a car driver with a few drinks who thinks he can drive as well as ever they dont know they are making mis takes as the air is exhausted the margin of error rises another test follows a rubber oxy gen mask is fitted over the nose and month a tube hangs down from it and the end of this is plugged into a small pipe which runs around the in side of the wall with a supply of oxygen available the tests show nor mal brain operation no matter how high the pilot may fly it is an im pressive lesson thoroughly taught a3 pe below zero i wondered what would happen next as dr stewart led me into another room young men were climbing out of flying suits of various types and hanging them on hooks along the wall equipment as well as men must stand the tests the flight lieutenant opened door similar to those on large refrig erators and we entered a cold cham ber the temperature there was said to be 20 above zero but we didnt stay long going on into a second and a third through large insulated door each time the second refrigerator chamber was kept about aero and the third at 20 below in ordinary summer clothes it began to feel chilly but such temperatures are encountered in high flying m the third refrigerator room the was a metal chamber somewhat like a large concrete mixer coated outside with an asbestos compound my guide unscrewed a circular door luce a jmg porthole and the two of us eumbed inside there was only room for two at a time there and a cold as we see it i by j a strang back in 1887 an act was passed by our dominion government which made the game of lacrosse our national game the act has never been repealed the game itself dates back to the 17th century when the in dians played it and at that time they would have as many as 500 players on each side and the game would last for weeks the game has had its ups and down in popularity at no time has it at tained popularity across the dominion like the winter game of hookey it b difficult to understand why it hasn t as it is a smart game in fact it is the only smart summer game that we have the game as played today looks rough although it isn t as rough as hootey and lacrosse players seldom get hurt or have any bones broken like hockey players quite often do up until 1934 we think it was the game was played in the field and at that time the officials did at times allow the game to become rather rough how ever since the introduction of box lacrosse the game has been kept conis paralively clean usually box lacrosse is played in side although some towns have built outside cushions for the game the modern game has been quite an asset for those towns that have teams and that also have ftpto date skating rinks olten the summer game would bring in more funds for the rink than would the combined receipts from hoc key skating and curling during the winter months in this way rinks have been kept out of the red in la crosse towns lacrosse like hockey has its juvenile serie also ils junior intermediate and sinter series in fact it has also senior b series howevir the senior series is the only one that gets any publicity and even it gets very little ispecially compared to the publicity given baseball for instance since the introduction of box lacrosse there havi only been about six tennis each year here in ontario and tin mention of the stmor groups bring to mind the teams that would represent orlllla st catharims mlmico hamilton brampion and fergus you kill recall that orlllia won the suitor utle several years in a and then the st catharines uam did the same thing this winning tne title tsviral jeari in mcccssion is not the best either for tin uam winnlrg the title nor for the game lstu lacrosse lovrs everywhere would hai quite a resjcct lor the village ol fergus at tempting to floor a team competing w ith the above named much larger towns and cities whili it u true that the fergus team never won the utle tince the introduction of box lacrosse yet they were often in the playoffs and usually were able to give quite a good account of themselves sometimes the teams that represented some of the larger cities and lawn failed to draw large enough crowds and these teams sometimes folded up in the middle of a scries but fergus always finished the season this year owing to war conditions perhaps fer gus did not enter i team in the senior serlia nor did the town of orlllla the latter town though did enter a team in the senior b scries and recently we notice where they have failed to at tract profitable crowds and as a result thej hae folded up for the season orlllla have had a team as long as we can remember and it looks bad wc mentioned above thut the st catharines team also won the title sc eral years in succession if we are not mistaken they won it in 1938 39 and 40 they had a treat team and lacrosse seemed to boom in the ar den city but as stated before these wins jcar after year don t do the game any good and st catharines seemed to get the idea th it the should be able to do just as thry liked tills m imin they didn t set m to hit their stride right on the bat it the first of the season and tin ham from mlmico took the spotlight st catharines eouldn t take it and whin the ofq ciah of the lacrosse association made a rulling that wasn l to their liking about a certain player that both ha milton and st catharines wanted st catharines folded up for the bal ancc of the season their action in this case was no credit to that city in our youth we scarcely knew that there was any other game but lacrosse while we did have a stick we were never fast enough to get anywhere n that strenuous gome but we did like it wc still do and we would like to see the game of jacrosse become just as popular across the dominion as is the present day game of hockey un like many other games though lacrosse has u be played from one s youth up in other words very few ever become star players that commence the game in later years one thing about the game is the love that one had for it right down through life if the game was played in ones youth in fact there is no other game that can compare with it in smartness we have often noticed that you hear more cheering in one minute at a lacrosse game than we would during a nineinning ball game it may have its spills but it also has its thrills former loal residint died at tottenham death came suddenly to a reapeued resident of tottenham ralph ira mc- cabe at 6 oclock on thursday morn ing july 3rd although he had not been well for a week it was thought his condition was slightly unproved when suddenly the end came coronary dhrombosls being the cause mr mcoabe was a resident of georgetown for a short tune where no operated a grocery business in the store now occupied by bradley bro thers i mr mtcajbe was born in the town ship of albion in 1879 a son of the late henry mccabe and the late elizabeth stewart and came to tottenham to live when eighteen years of age as a young man he worked on the old canada- atla rl a in the-early- days of the mining boom in the cobalt district he was in business in halley- bury in 1908 he started a planing mill in tottenham and carried on bus iness until 1930 bis late brother john joining hjm m 1914 as partner he was a flrstclass mechanic and they built many houses in the town and surrounding district of late years he had spent the summer months work ing in tlnvnlns he was a mblic spirited citizen and served on the council and school board was village clerk for a time also assessor he was active in political affairs being president at the tottenham conserva tive association for some years was a member ot tottenham band and was identified with other com- munlty oiw he leaves to mourn his death his wife and two sons lloyd of malton and edgar of timmlns and a daugh ter margaret at home also a sister mrs ida stlnson of smiths falls the funeral was held on saturday july 5th and was largely attended service was held at his late residence and was conducted by rev o h pur chase pastor of tottenham tjarted church interment was made in mt tegart cemetery six nephews acted as pallbearers we print nifty letterheads etc im in the doghouse and just because i thought id be nice to the wife and give her a good time here s fifty bucks i says go on down to the city and get yourself a few new duds and a per manent ofi t to the city she says a fine idea i suppose yofi think that just be cause we havent as many stores or as big stores here in georgetown that i vcan t get jusi as nice dresses and just as nice a hair do as anywhere now dear i i began but if you know the wife that dear stuff doesn t get me anywhere to the city she sniffed i sdppose when you want the car fixed you take it to one of those city garages or when you had the roof repaired last year you called in a building firm from the city well you know id never looked at it that way before of course id al ways bought my things in town but i thought women were different which just goes to show where a man can get when he thinks hes doing the little wo man a favour take it from me boys never mention city to the wife when youre talk ing about shopping buyers guide brills dept store mens furnishings ladies ready to wear boots and shoes main st phone 167 g e orgetown w j cain invites your patronage auto repairing t any make tires batteries welding all work guaranteed phone 284w victoria st college view exchange hotel room and meals good accommodation georgetown lumber co everything in lumber sash doors and interior finish we also handle ilydrated lime ilardwall plaster fibre board cement and roofing of all kinds hollywood hotel norval a home away from home every accommodation r licata fruit vegetable market a good place to shop phone 71 georgetown it has been truly saifl take ad- i vantage at the lltue opportunities and you won t need to wait for a big one artmdal wind blew continually dr stewart pointed to a thermometer which registered 43 degrees below i zero a temperature encountered four i or fire miles above the earth iti la possible to exhaust the air from tills chamber also we did not stay long as we oame out again through the various cham ber even zero temperature felt next week the link trainer ullicos for best service and cleanliness we try to make an ad of every permanent machine or machlneless our prices are right too call 278j or w h c mcclure home furnishings funeral director and ambulance service phone mw rachlins can gtn too better oervloe a trx will satisfy cleaning pressing tailoring ah wotk guaranteed phone 233 l scohs garage international truck sales and service comer moln and onelph ste phone 101 gtjtta peboha tires hugh lindsay radios refrigerators kelvinator philco stewart- warner main st phone 11 why not make mcgibbons hqtel your meeting place pleasant social surroundlnc richardsons hardware phone 25 electric fans 550 to 1475 keep cool we deliver saxe motors ojux road service dodge and desoto sales nd service oodph street phone 152 mcbean co importers of dry goods genu furnishing shoes caps overalls house furnishings phone 64 visit mackenzies one stop service station cars picked up and delivered all oars insured we invite tour patronage phone 355 brace mackeniie proprietor white rose service station- and garage spedmlist ignition and carburetor repairs f sinclair mian street georgetown phone 26 tyers milk products umtted high grade dairy products phone 162 oeobobtown r