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THURSDAy, JULY 17, 1940 TEE CANADIAN STATESMA~(. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE THEEE - - THE Bar1TIBHCOMMONWE»ALTH Air Trainingià Ian One of a serles of articles wrltten specially for Weekly NeW,- Fpapers by Hugh Templin, Editor of the Fergua Newu-Record. ITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL miingly. Even thougis it bad SFULL 0F SCIENTIFIC been toned down ta make ,it use- ei MARVELS fui ratiser than beautiful, signa o! its former magnificence were Fourtis of a. serles of articles "ap isrmnt. hv enasak on tiseRoyal Canadlan% Air p"Theisnmthob ae been a wanky Force, wrlttea speclally for paei ieoddyIsgetd ftie Weekly Papers of On- Flying Officer Nicol used ta be tario. anatiser working newapapcr man. ««I wouldn't know," he said. "MY "Werc you planning ta visit tise dues in the Hunt Club weren't 1nitial Training Scisoal at Eglin- kept up very well." ton?" asked Flying Officer Nical, Wbcn the land and buildings Oui guide whosc duty for Uic were.purcbased, there were ques- time being was ta get us past tise tions in Parliament and sugges- ýsenties and tise barrier gates and tions that they bad been bought explain what the Royal Canadian to bclp out an organization wisicb Air Force was doing. was about to pasa out o! existence. I said I hadn't tbought o! it: my I don't know anytbing about the ,desire was ta get on ta the camps trutis or otherwise, but tise peo- wherc there was actual flying juat pic wiso built Uic old Hunt Club .w quickly as possible. neyer dreamed o! Uic scienti!ic Flying Off icer Nicol thougist wonders it would anc day con- -thât would beý a mistake. 'n bis tain. opinion, tic Initial training Scisool was Uic moat interesting Testtng Drain Waves place a! thcm ail. It waa custom- Ater a brie! call at Uic office ary ta take dltinguished Americ- o! Squadron Leader McPberson, an visitara up ta Eglinton juat ta officer in command at No. 1, 1T. let thçm look around and sec for S., I went to Uic office oÏ!Flibt thiemacîves that there were cer- Lieutenant C. B. Stewart. This1 tain tisinga in Canada wbicb brimlant yourrg doctor, a gradu-1 Alreraftzne n undergoing tests in thse iow pressure chamber at thse ]Initial Training Sohool at Toronto. -Royal Cânadian Air Force Photograph. Uncle Sani' Air Force didn't- ate of Dalhousie University i the hIave. Walter Lippmiann, the col- Maritimes, is carrying on Dr. umnist, had been there just a few Banitlng's work, but he took tume days earlier. My guide was right, as usual. If Off ta guide me personally 1 had missed thse Nuxnber One In- through thse building where the itial Training Schooi, I would aircraftmen are tested, mentally neyer have realized juat how and thysically, ta ipee' if the;y thorough is the early testing of will e able tô stand thse stràin the young men wl¶o are destmned o! flying and fighting five miles -ta become fighting pilota and ob- above the earth. :seI!1T&. As we started down the hall we *Carrylng on Sir Frederlok'sWork met a young man whose appear- It is generally known that when ac a trln.H okda Su Federck antig cied n athough he had juat corne from the \plane crash i Newfoundland, hehad o!nelcrcn.Fe 4wson his way ta England ta long.wires hung down from his kcoçry on his scientific work for head. Two of them seemed ta be ,,é th ArFore. 115deah dd fotsoldered ta the top of bis hcad, top that work. It began at the aonbihatwmrewe Banting Institute at the Univers- attacned a he ba o his eck ar ity o! Toronto, and ince lastanoehugroiisl!ta. Kovember, it has been contmnued Little patches of hair had been in the buildings which formerly sbaved off and the wires attached belonged ta the Eglintont Hunt atiprant points. Dr. Stewart Club i North Toronto. ep2ine that the twa in front The Eglinton Hunt Club used were over the part o! the brai -ta be a favorite resort of Tor- contralling muscular coordination onto society, and the kind of place and the two an the neck indicat- d where a village editor would the place where the optic nerves bhardily expect ta find hiraseif. In- enter the brain. The one on thse aide the main building is a. big car was just a ground wire. By arena, large enougis for a game using a complicated electrical, of polo and ideal now, since the machine, it was possible ta meas- seats have been taken out, as an ure the brain waves of the man indoor drill ground. There are who now looked like something class-rooma wbere dance floors that had wandered out of a car- used ta be, for the students at th toon comedy. Initial Training School are al- The young arcraftman was told ready studying a stiff course of ta enter a smail room and lie higher mathematics, armement, quietly on a bcd. The wircs were signais, sanitation and navigation. attacbed ta bindlng posta on tise [t ta easy' ta see why matricula- wall. He was told that he was tion standing or better la nec- nQt ta tbink o! anything exclting, eaity for every aspiring pilot. such as an evening with his best I looked over the lay-out ad- girl, but ta try ta came as near ~ An Important' Message I To Every Householder: We incercly advlae you to make arrangements now ta get your next winter's fuel supply. Tisere la plenty o! coal available et Uic present tinie and prices arc dc!inltely at their 10w. No anecacn pre- dict wisat Uic situation will be next facl, but we are certain prices cant be lower than they are now and tise passlbility l iscy 3ýmlgbt be consldrabiy iigisar. You have nothing ta bac amnd cverytbing ta gain, by ordering at this time. You'il save moncy: you'l have your coal in yaur bin and you'Ul be safe in an cmcrgency. It la ao a declded advantage ta aider "1blue coal" Ibe- cause this tradernarked anthracite assures you of gettig what you askcd'for-Uic world's jinest anthracite. Tisese days, with soS many fuel problema, substitution or mixing mnay of necesslty bo more prevalent than before and ts means inferlor heat . and more cot to you. But with "blue coal," the blue colour that you cen sec at a giance, guarantees Uic quality-and guarantees delivery of tise e- ai you ordered. Why nat get i taucis wIth us by pisane ta-day--aiid we are sure you will Uiank us next f l for Uic suggestion w. are makig ta you now, because wc sincerely be- liev. that wbat w. say la truc: you'fl b. better of!fi mcny ways by getting "blue coarl"and ordering it rlght naw. . Shsppard & GUI Lumbor Co. Limited Phonoe'715 Dowmaiviil lA stage settings. Thse girls wrote a 3-act play, CiThe Watson Family" whlch they acted out quite well. Their pro- gram conalsted o! patrlotlc longs, recitations, a quis and guesuing Icontesta qne o! thse girls acting DIRECTOR 1 as possible to thlnklng about nothing at ail. Out in the next room, the Flight Lieutenant tauched a switch. A broad ribbon o! white paper be- gan ta creep over a table. On it were four wavy, limes, drawn by pens actuated by thse wlres from the head o! the man whom I could see tbrough the window, lying peacefully. on the bed. *This patient was normai. The wavy Unes had no sudden vari- ations. His electro-encephalo- gram showed that hie had passed one more test. A few are abnormal. Suddenly the black lime takes a jump to one side. An alrcraftman with a re- cord like that may take a fit up i the air some day. He won't be rejected on that one test alone, but the chances are that thse time and expense o! trainingg bu would be wasted, so wben hie shows other symptoms as well, hie la !hiisbed as a piot. Low Pressures and Oxygen In the next room a large cyl- indrical structure stood i the centre of the roam. It looked like the bottom o! a silo. The autside was reiforced with steel and plankig and large metai pipes ran around it. . A partbole o! heavy glass was bufit wltb a mic- rophone near the window. Dr. Stewart opened a door and we entered a circular room, lined with burlap. Seats for ten per- sans ran around the ides and in the centre was a table with a chair where the doctor sat. This trange raom is uaed ta test the ability ta stand bigh al- titudes where air geta thin and oxygen scarce. Usually a clasa o! c ten takes the test at once with a doctor keeping watch through the window from outside and giving instructions througb a 10o u speaker, wbile another doctar sita at the centre table. The officer on the autside manipulatea valves and the air is gradually drawn out. Indicators shows thse altitude at which thse air is similar ta that inside the circular room, 5,000-1 feCt above sea level, 10,000 feet, 15,000 or more. There la fia particular sensation f elt by the persan inside the tank, but above 10,000 feet, or two, miles, the nails. turn a bluis tinge, which la aiso apparent in the lipa. The~ brain seemis unlm- paired, but that is an illusion. To prove this, the aircraftmnen are given simple llttle problems ta do -to change a sentence into a common code, or samctbing o! the kind. Like a car driver with a few drinks, who thinka hie can drive as weil as ever, they don't know they are making mistakes. As the air is exbausted, the mai- gin o! error rises. Another test followa. A rubber oxygen mask la fitted . over the nose and moulh. A tube hangs down from it and the end o! this la plugged inta a amail pipe whlch runs around tise inside o! tise wall. With a aupply of- oxygen available the testa show normal brain op- eration no matter isow high the pilot may "fly." It s an impres- sive lesson, thoraughly taught. 43 Degreesflelow Zeroba. pnnext as Dr. Stewart led me ita another raom . Young men were climbing out o! flying suita o! various types, and hanging them on hooka along the wail. Equipment, as weil as men,- must stand the testa. The Flight Lieutenant opened a door siilar ta those on large refrigerators and we entered a cold chamber. The temperature tisere was said ta be 20 above zero, but we didn't stay long, go- ing on into a second and a third, Uirough large insulated doors each time. Tise second r'erigera- tar chamber was kept about zero and the tiird at 20 below. In or- dinary summer clathea, it beganf to feel chlly, but such temperat- uirea are encountered in hlgh fiy- ing. In the third refrigerator room, tisere was a metal cisamber, some- wbat like a large concrete mixer, coated outaide with an asbestos compound. M3r. guide unscrewed a circular door like a big porthole and the two o! us crawIed inside. There was only room for twa at at a time there, and a cold artifici- ai wind blcw continuaily. Dr. Stewart pointeci ta a thermomet- er, which regiatered 43 degrees belQw zero, a temperature en- countered four or !ive miles above thse earth. It la possible ta ex- baust the air from this cisamber also. We did not tay long. As we came out again through tise vain- oua cisambers, even zero temper- ature feit warm. ..Eng1ish Letters Douglas, Marsisaland Dawn, the three children o! Mr. and Mra. Hehry Miller, Lindsay, formerly o! Tyrone, recgntly made a fricnd- ly - gesture ta tise children o! bosnbed Britain by sending some fioiiey, part o! wbich an aunt in the United States had forwarded them. Thse following response to their generosity is o! intereat, nat onily because a! thé persanage who made it but because o! tise sinCere message it carnies ta al Cantadians boys and girls. Letter From Mayors Council House, )oventry Jan. 21th, 1941 Dear Mrs. Miller: I am writing for the Mayor who la very busy and tô tell you isow grâteful we botis feel to your deai children for very kind thougis i scnding gifts to aur cbildren o! Coventry. I say thank you a thousand times. Itis sucis kindness that is help- ing aur people ta face tbe future wltlx courage. They are standing upbravely in apite o! their troub- les andi stili carrying on. Our dear aid city la certainly a pitiful sigbt to-day. Ali one nlght aur town became a mass o! ruina. Our own home was badly bit. Our A.R.P. workers were heroes - we owe tisem a big debt. They worked tirelessly ali througb that terrible night neyer thinking o! themselves. We had a viait from our gra- clous King. He came up our road and came to see me. I was astan- ished wben he came in at the back door, the front was nailed up. He la a tharough gentleman, sa un- derstanding and sympathetic. We were praud that be would trouble ta came and sec aur home. My huaband as mayor accompanied him around the city. He was bar- rified at the destruction but bis viait did a great deal ta put heart into our people. Dear Mrs. Miller, what a lovely tbougist it is ta caîl your littie girlie "Dawn." She must be a lovely littie soul ta tisink o! our kiddies like she did. We are grate- ful ta tbe people o! Canada for thc welcame they gave aur chul- dren and their kindness. I wish tifere werc mdre over tisere. 'Will you kindly thank your lit- tic message boy Ted Curtain for bis kindly grectinga and tbanks ta Douglas, Marsalal and Dawn. Accept aur beat wishcs ta you and yours from thc Mayor and myseif and may God bleas you ail. Yours sincercly, E. Moseley, Mayoress. Here is a portion a! an intereat- lng-letter rcceived by Mrs. Henry Miller, Lindsay, !ormerly o! Ty- rosie, fram an Englisis lady. Dur- ing t#e last war Mis. Miller was a nUtase in England and cared for -the butband o! tise writer who suffered wounds. Mis. Young- man, Tyrone, was kind enougis ta pass along this intcrcsting letter for tise benefit o! Statesman read- ers. "ýGrey House," Sandy Lane, Hightown, N. Liverpool. Maicis l7tb, 1941 We know yau are ail doing things for tise Hame Country and I am glad tise kîddies reccived a rcply ta their gif ta. My beart aches for the yaungsters here. It doca mot secm ta affect tic little beggais at present but the future is another matter. Tisey collect shrapnel for a hobby. You will know by now that we've been baving langer visits !rom Fritz o! late. Do you get any o! the "«news pictures" a! the Blitz damage from over here? I remember how isorror-struck we used ta be on seeing tise Spanish ruins - littie did we realize wbat was to be. It la good to sec the barsea and plougbs agai in tise fields; Uiey look so normal and solid somehow witb the gulla cddying about them it reminds me o! aur trne ta- gether. Circulation Stunt One o! the lateat circulation stunts beig worked by a maga- zine company la ta send out can- vassera ta seli subacriptians for soldiers overseas. Tise man wiso pays bis,$3.00 is not asked ta des- ignate a soldier. If a person wishes to buy tisis particular publication. be can go into a bookatore and buy it at Uic same price and bave it sent ta any soldier be desires. As fai as general reading o! this kind la concerned, it may be found in the rcading rooma maintained by the Y.M.C.A., Salvatian Army and other organizatians in camps and training ceAntrcs. In Tnhe Editor's Mail1 Dear George: Your sketch of the late W. J. Bragg and tribute to his worth was most apprapriate and worthy of the subject, and in expressing appreciatian of it I believe I arn wording the thought of many of your readers. His cheery smile and handshake and i winning personality wil be a pleasant memary with a host of friends. An aid memorandumn among my ancient papers incidentally suggests the weli known hoapi- tality of the Bragg home. The date is Sunday, August l8th, 1907, and the writer was Rev. T. W. Jolliffe, a well remembered re- tired Methodist minister then liv- ing in Bowmanvile. He was serv- mng for a time as assistant minis- ter on the Tyrone circuit of the Methodist church, and this memo was the program to be followed by the layman who was to sub- stitute on that particular Sunday for Mr. Jolliffe: Tyrone at 10 a.m. Salem, 2.30 p.m. Test at W. J. Bragg's, Providence. at 7 p.m. Such was my first introduction to that weil remembered home. John Elliott. 800 William St. London, Ont. White Rock, B.C., July 3. 1941. Dear Friend: Amn enclosing a two spot to help carry on with the same old "Home Town" news which I ai sure we ahould ail miss very much and thank you again for the continued efficiency of. your- self and staff. This is a. very busy year for both church and state. For after ail a retired minister cannot es- cape, even if he should try, many duties that are directly related to the church. In the realm o! municipal rep- resentative for this area, one has not only the task of trymng ta dis- tribute about $21,000 for public works in the Ward;. but to do many things in the way of public duties of various kinds. White Rock has now out-grown the status of a summer resort, and is. very rapidly becoming smaîl town conscious. The popu- lation bas doubled in the past 3 or 4 years; and now has a per- manent population of between two and three thousand. The new King George Highway e~asses our back door, and we opened a ten room new Junior- Senior High School, last fal, casting over $60,000. Building is booming, and it is hard ta keep up with the services owing ta such rapid growth. The Langley-Delta-Surrey unit was the first ta raise their quota in the recent Victory Loan Drive, in B.C., and nearly doubled the1 quota set. .Am forwarding some foiders gotten out by the White Rock Board of Trade. Hope you can place them for distribution, and oblige. Yours Sincerely, W. C. Frank. Fenelon Falls, Ont. July 8, 1941. Dear Mr. James: Would you kindly send my Home Paper ta the above address until further notice? For some time now I have been anything but weli, and have asked for a leave o! absence o! six months, which was graciously given me by the Commidssioner. It wiil be 35 years this coming September since I left Bowman- ville, the town o! my birth to enter a work that brought al kinds o! satisfaction, and I believe, has given me a great chance of serving OTHERS. I have neyer regretted for one moment that I gave God and The Salvation Army my life. I rejoice with thousands o! others that I have been able by the Grace of God ta serve and help humanity. There is nothing like it. Ahl around me here speaks of the great God whom I serve, and I see His wonderful handy-work everywhere. Sa peaceful and quiet. Even the leaves on the trees, the lapping of the waters. the splashing of the odd bass or lunge speak o! God, and I arn refreshened in my soul this morn- îng when I think that I amn serv- ing this Wonderful God o! the universe, and that even me He is interested in. .Have been here for the past six weeks. and already feel I have they may be or brigbt, and I do feel tisey will be the latter. The Home Papér tells me of thc passsing o! many aid timers. 1 recali Mr. Jury, (wha bas just recently answered the caîl) wben I was a amali cbild, how he with bis dear wi!e belped me over many a struggle (and I had some) and bow he with bis good wife encauraged me ta do the right no matter bow others iived. 411 these folks have meant much ta me, and I may have given up tise struggle ta do rigbt had it ngt been for folks hîke 1 have aiready mentioned. He bas already gone over, otisers are passing now, and we shail soon be passing. What a joy ta know one's peace is made with God s0 tbat wisetiser we live or die, it will be alright. Did not intend ta write at lengtb. but somebow anc cannot belp but ramble on wben writing ta the folks at home. I trust this finda you real well Mr. James and ali yaur care. My best regards ta you and your wife, and kind re- membrances toalal the folks in tbe Town I love. God blesa yau. Yaurs very sincerely. G. F. Hollande, Brigadier. The "Readers Digest" is giving ta the Canadian Government 15 per, cent o! ahl money received for Canadian subacrîptions ta their magazine, for the purpose o!fiselp- ing purchase Hurricane Figisters -for tise Canadian Royal Air Force. The most cammon names in Britain, and in Nortis America, are Smith, Johnson, Brown, Wil-, liams, Miller, Jones, Davis, An-; derson, Wilson, Taylor.1 Captahs E. S. Brand, RN. Director o! Naval Intelligence, Departmcent o! National Defence for Naval Affaira. Soldiers' L eters July 6, 1941. Editor af The Statesman: In answer ta a letter in The! Statesman from a soldier, Driver E. G. Hood, !rom England. This soldier has not taken into con- sideration that there la, a wai on in England, and sot drinks and cisocolate bars aie mot up ta norm- ai. Sa wisy say anythrng about them? Drink tbem warm and like it. It sounds ta me tisat Uic ex- pression this soldier bas la that English people arc slow,-and ig- norant as regards ta Canada. The part I take exception for is that tise womcn arc scrawny and un- developed. I arn an Englishman myseif and I knaw that English women are considered the finest in Uic worid for looks, develop- ment and courage. I am a re- turncd man mysel! and was i France 23 montha. Sa I knaw that discipline la necessaiy. The letter in your paper is Uic letter o! a spoiled boy and discipline is what he wants. He will no doubt be a better man when he returna ta Canada. Yours truly, G. W. Burtt, Reg. No. 681507. Bowmanvllle, R. R. I. From Thos. Breck with the R.CA.P.C. sonicwberci thc BritishIs les. June 8, 1941. To rny dear friends in thecocm- munsty o! Burkcton, Ont. I bave just received thiaugis Mis. Breck your kind letter o! re- memberance ýdated Marcis8, 1941 and just at this paiticulai time it la appreciated in a manner wisicis I !ind bard ta express suitably. In apite o! Uic exciting times and expériences througb whicb we have passcd as Uic novelty o! beig a good part o! Uic time in Uic "Heait o! Uic Empire" and swiftly movig everits, I must confess that tUic gilt la sort a! wearig off Uic gigerbread with thc respIlt that my thougis more and mare turn tawards my family and friends at home. So you can realize how refreabing and stimu- iating it was to receive sucis a beautifully wordcd letter o! re- mrbrance. To menit your fricnd- sp and rspect lasametising o! whichI arn very proud. The letter wisich Mis. Brcck sent me telling o!, Uic wonderful party you ais'anged for the men cnlisted in Uic services !rom Bur- keton must'unfortunately be pre- aumed ta bave been bast by enemy actian as I have mat 50 fai re- ceivcd it or bave I received Uic pen and pencil set wbicis you so kindly intcnded for me. Naturally I arn disappointed that it bas gone astray but its ls la more than campensated for by Uic knowledgc that yau tisought suficiently well o! me to include me in your gcnerosity. For bath thé letter and, Uic set and Uic kind Uiougbta ac- cept my warmest thanks. I bave since received an account o! what took place on that mnemorable oc- casion and have rcad Uic news- paper account o! it in The Canadi- an Statesman. You ail must bave isad a wonderful trne and. it would have been grand ta be there. The war news juat now la far fromn reassuring and goodmesa knaws wisat will happen by Uic time this reaches you but anc thing is certai and Uiat la that despite Uic enemica succesa be la stiil losing Uic war and what he bas gainied up ta now will turn out ta be liabilitica. The Canadians, I may aay are very bsgbly regardedi this country and whiie it bas praved irksome ta bave beeri hcld 50 long in Engiand and dcnled Uic glamour o! !lghting ln a !oreign country on Uic other hand Uiey sisouid be complimented as, after ail, Uic defence o! Britain la Uic moat important task o! ail and I bave been taid that in that res- pect Uic Canadians are regarded as Uic star defence lime. I do hope this war wil mot spread ta North Amirica and that you wlll mot be callcd upon ta endure what Uic pecopie o! Brit- ain bave suffred. I aiso wlah for you and yours a full measure o! isealUi and happineas wiUi a sprlnkling o! good iuck. Ever ïour !rlend, Tisas. Breck. 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