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PAGE SIX TEE CANADIAN STA~ESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTABIO THTJRSDAY, SEPT~MEER dth, lUI DOC=ebbo - - - __ BONMINO AND GUNNERY SPECIALIZED OCCUPATIONS Tbis la the tenth and last eo, the erle. of tornes about the brl"nn of Pilots and Obser- vers la the R.C.A.F., under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plant, wrtten for the weekly newapapers or Ontario ad dstributed throuth fthe C.W.N.A. By Hugh Templin Until 1 visited the Jarvis Bamb- ing and Gunnery Schoal, I had supposed that the Initial Training School at Eglinton was the most interesting place the Royal Cana- dian Air Force had ta show its vuitors. At Eglinton, the doctars, now disguised as Flying Officers, carry on scientific experiments in Idw pressure chambers, attach electric wires ta the skuil ta test the brain waves, and send men and materials mnto- chambers where cold winds blow at 40 be- 10w zero. There's nothing like that at Jarvis. Science and mathemnatics and. invention have combmned ta produce the wondcrs that are kept locked Up in special build- ings at the Bombmng and Gunnery School, but they have ta do with the arts af war and destruction, rather than medicine and healing. Ater a convention in Hamilton in May, a group of editors and their ladies spent an afternoon st a wings parade at Jarvis schoal, and then saw the buildings and learned something of the training methods. They marvelled at the beautitully furnished recreation rooms. They had fleeting glances of bomb sights in the nases of Fairey Battle bambing planes or noticed the loads of small prac- tice bombs attached ta the wings. They saw the drogue planes corne in and drap the drogues, or tar- gets, riddled with machine gun bullets and they f elt grateful for an insight into the training af the student observers in the R.C.A.F. and kindred Air Forces of the Empire. Really, what they saw was only. Phone 836 - - - - - - - - - - - --UMMMM a fraction of what the student sees. I wras at Jarvis school with thse other editors in May. I returned in August and was admidtted ta the variaus buildings where the doors are kept locked and few arc privileged ta enter. I was al- lawed ta use the power driven machine gun turrets off actual fighting planes; I was initiated into the mysteries of the bomb- sight, as far as was possible i an haur or sa; I was offered a flight with one of the machine gunners out over the water af nearby Lake Erie, and I saw the inside warkings of the "Bombing Tea- cher," a machine that literally amazed me. Difficuit Course of Studies Group Captain G. E. Wait is the Comnianding Officer of the Jarvis School. Aiter a cordial welcome, he turned me over ta Flying Officer G. T. Johnson, with instructions that I was ta be shawn everything and allowed to try out the variaus machines used in trainiug. And Flying Off icer Johnson literaily carried out those instructions. If I didn't learn everything about bambing and the use of machine guns, it was because one can't do that in àn afternaon. First, we went over the details of the course af study together. It was like the curriculum af a university caurse in engineering, with its various formulae and its applied mathematics. I wondered that students cauld pick it up un- less they had been particularly good in mathematics in their high school days, but the Flying Offi- cer said jhat few failed. Those wha did nat understand the thea- ries cauld memorize the formu- lae. Studies included the theory of bombing; trajectory angles, use of the Vectar attachment for bomb- sights when aiming- at moving targets; setting bambsights; low and high level bombing; wind drift and problemns arising from it; fuses and carriers; use of flares; Bowmanville Tin BRiTISE oQXMONW]ULTE IAir Trainlna Ian One of a sertes etf"urtiswrtens>eliy for Weekly News- paes yHghTmpiEditor of tbe Fergus News-Record. I -watcied Flying-Officer John- son adjuat tise bamnbslght, aiter drawing lines across Uic face of its compass and making calcula- tions. Then I lay an my stomacis and Iooked tisrough te sigis. We were in tise gallery of tise building. Uptais, intricate pro- jectars, designed by a Britiis in.- COMPLETES 25 VIAR Uieary o! slghting machine guns; tracer bullets; cannan guns; gun- nery tactics; types oi turrets, and aircralt recognition. That doean't mean mucis ta most ai us, but it sounde like a hcavy course a! study to be mas- tered lu six wecks. camfera Guns Save Ammunîtion First practice with actual ma- chine guns is on Uic 25-yard range. Vickers guns are used there, thougis Uiey are naw out- datcd and Brownings are used for more advanced work. Thse ma- chine gunners stand inside a Ion g building, open at Uic front, and shoat at targets wlth bursts ai fire, cight ta 15 bullets at a tirne. Inside anoher building, in sep- arate raoms, are power-operated machine gun turrets which gave Uic Britishs gunners an advantage carly i Uic war. Thcy were com- pletely equipped but Uic actual guns had been rcmovcd and re- placed by dummy guns which shot a ray o! light at a tiny Ger- man plane which moved against a painted sk5y. A student was bang- ing away at it, and every tin* he scored a hit, a bell rang. Amuse- ment parka have aimilar devices, withaut Uic turret, which is tise important part. Tise yaung man at Uic camera gun was daing fairly wcll, scoring hits with about haîf his shots. Dials on a nearby desk indicatcd exactly what he was doing. Ile finished and I climbed up inside tise turret. A table lowered over my knces and a lever at my side brought up a seat and wedg- cd me lu like a sardine in a can. Apparently I was a bit oversize ta make a goad gunner. Five or six switches set tise machinery lu motion and I laoked tisrough a smnail reflecting sight, alrcady de- scribed in an carlier story. Wlth my leit hand, I workcd a "stick" similar ta those that control small planes. A taucisoai my Uiumb an a button on top ai tise lever start- cd tise machine gun. But the mcchanism was toa fast for me. I got lu a few shots, but I scared not a hit. Another turret was ai a some- what different pattern. Handie- bars like those an a bicycle con- trallcd Uic motion-a turn ta right ar leit made Uic turret turn and by lifting up or pressing down, Uic machine gun was moved. Actual practice wiUi machine guns hs carried out aver Lake Erie. The planes used are Fairey Batties, uscd carlier in Uic war as medium bambers. Some arc "drogue planes", paintedý with yeilow and black stripes as a warning ta other planes that Uiey arc trailing behind Uiem a long steel wire. At Uic end ai Uic wire dangles a. drogue, or cloUi target, cylindrical lu shape and about eight icet long. Tise machine gunners go up twa at a time in anather plane oi similar make. An expericnced piot sits up in front, Uic twa gunners side by side back near Uic tail, wherc it is rather bumpy. Tise planes follaw a definite scise- dule, meeting -the drogue plane out over tise lake and firing lu a certain area. Bullets lu Uic ma- chine guns areý dipped lu paint. Those fired by one gunner leave red isoles; Uic other blue. That cuts Uic flightS in half and re- quires lesas targets. The drague plane circles back over Uic field and draps ts drague, releasing another at Uic end ai tise wirc ta take its place. Fligis ofaitUi planes with Uic gunners takc only about ten minutes. Bomba anid ombsights Bombs and bombing have be- came important lu this war. Mucis might be written %bout them. The bambs are ai sevéral types, de- pending on tise purpose for which Uiey arc intendeul. They tend ta increase lu sîze, weight and de- structiveness. Some exelode an contact; otisers go thraugh Uic raof and explode inside a building or a ship. There are bomba that pierce armor before cxploding. The bombs can be adjusted for variaus purposes, having differ- cnt types ai detanatars in nose and tail. Bomba are carricd on racks, underneati tise wing, in- ide Uic fusilage or in othq' places, depending on tise type af tise bombing plane. Thcy are re- leased clectrically by pullirxg a little lever. Mucis has been heard about bomb sigista lu recent months. Tise bomb-sigist h an clabarate instrument uscd ta ensure Uiat Uic bomb will land on or near tise target. In tise early days ai tise lest Great War, bomba were sim- ply dropped over tise cuge by tise pilot. Planes moved slowly and fairly low. Even at that, manY ai these firat bomba prabably landed a mile from tise place thcy John Shannon The Wingfoot Clan records that John Shannon af thc New Toron- ta Goodyear plant bas completed 25 years' services with the com- pany. To mark tis nuleatone ai faithful service E. H. Koken, sup- erintendent, made a series of pre- sentations before a large gather- ing recently. He first recelved a folder whlch contalned letters of congratulations from persans in other plants with whomn Shannon has business dealinga. He was then given an Elgin watch and chain on behalf of his feilow em- playees. He then was given his 25 year pin. In case he ran short of cash he wuspreentd wth a $100 cheque on behaif of thc com- pany. And last, but flot leat, a nicely fermed certificate ai mcm- bership ta the Service Pin Asso- ciation. Mr. Kaken congratulated him on thc goad service he had given the campany. John in his reply Uianked everyone for the thought- fui remembrances. He started with thse company in Bownian- ville and ariginally hailed from Ireland. He was always employed in the Shipping Departmnent and now has charge ,ai the Division. He is thc last mnan in the plant who still smokes Irish Twist. He likes it up narth in thc WiUderness and sometimes gaes there by him- self. He used to bd reeve o! Long Brancis, but now enjoys life. ventar, adjusted for altitude, wind specd and sa on, graund away. Down belaw me, thc landscape ai thc enemy country movcd past. I could sec its farms, Uic towns and cities, Uic line ai thc coast. I chose a factory in the distance, watched it come down between the wires and as it rcached the pointer, puiled Uic trigger. For same twenty seconds, Uic Urne it took Uiat bomb to drap, the scen- ery maved past. Then it stopped and a white light showed where Uic bomb had landed. Actual bombing is donc over Lake Erie. Small practice bambs, attached under Uic wings of the Fairey Battle are aimned at a red raft from heights well over a mile. A pufi ai smoke goes up as the bomb hits Uice.water. Observers an shore watch Uic pufis ai smoke, use some simple trigono- mctry, and plot the places where the bombs drop. The student marks whcre he thought they went. The best target hangs in the conference roam. Over it is a sign: "Beat this and yours will hang here instead." Alsa, no daubt, the owncr of Uic target wiil head his class at Uic next wings parade. THE END) Blackstock Miss Pearl Wright, anc ai Uic Mission Band leaders, attended Uie School for Leaders at Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, from Monday until FYiday. On Thurs- day cvening Uic following ladies 1attendcd, Mrs. Albert Wright, Mrs. Ernest Larmer, Mrs. Carl 1Wright, Mrs. Earl Dorreil, 3rs. 1Cecil Hil. Ail report a splendid gathering. Mr. Jack Waldon, Taranto, spent the weekcnd at Smith Bros. .Red Cross of Switzcrland has sent his father a cable Uiat P.O. Morry ;Waldon, Previously reportcd mis- :sing, is a prisoner in Germany but Sorenes from fired muscles UM«dsgoutte rubbins with bl(nd=cj. th 60-ysar-old remady for mus"le&trin, iff or &chine fimbe. - aietw"I.Md ibsumnatie P"insRub the pain awar uitb Mi-ardaii Its zrsss- ~An lots: ha$ no un- plissat odoe: da4us oulobli'. Colà di crinfary mu tIintB arnlsvsd b it. Sci test muoo@sin 1h pestesaingeoffraT- no Gseta bottis at * our druagis1'îtday. Kmithbandy10 MINARD'qc LIN IME NTrr is.; Harol Saliter at Pebom'o and Lakeficld and attended tise Munday-Joisawcddlng. Let us labar for that larger canipreisension ai truts, and tisat more tisorougis repudiation ai er- rar, whlch shaîl make Uic histamy af mankind a series o! ascendlng developmcents.-Horace Mann. that he h sesvercly Injured. Tise comniunity is very glad ta learn that he à alive and hope for his recovery. Visitars: Miss Effie Wright Oshawa, with iser brother, Jabez Wright. . . Dr. E. McMillan and Miss Mina McMillan, Maxwell, with Mrs. Robert Parr. . . Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hooey with rela- tives in Hamilton. . . Mr. Narman McNally and Vemna, Coîbomne, at Mr. Wallace Marlaw's. .. Mr. Wal- ter Kulusky and Mrs. Kulusky and family, Gaît, at Mr. J. H. Forder's. . . Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Sisook and Marjorie Anme, T >rn- ta, with Mrs. Jahp Marlow... Mrs. Wm. Steele in Toronta with Mrs. Russell Willan. . . Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gilbert have returned from a txip ta tise West Caast. W. A. ai United Churcis met at Mrs. Gardon Stmang's. Burk eton Recent Visitors: A.C. Herbert House, R.C.A.F., St. Thomas, at home. .. Mr. Harold Wilson, Oshs- awa, Mrs. J. Smith, Pontypool, at Mr. J. Curran's. .. Mr. and Mrs. L. Dean, Oshawa, at Mr. Ch. Dean's. .. Mr. and Mrs. B. Slinger- land, Oshsawa, at Mr. B. Hub- bard's. . . Mr. and Mrs. L. Moffatt, Oshsawa, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hud- son and family, Toranto, Mr. and Mrs. C. Brunt, Janetville, wîtis Mr. Stanley Maffatt's. .. Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean and baby, Oshawa, at Mr. L. Gatchell's. . . Mrs. T. Breck and Pilot Off icer W. A. Breck lu Toronta. . . Pilot Officer William A. Breck Icit for Halifax on Sunday. . . Mrs. J. Gill and Mrs. D. McTaggart lu Toronto and attcnded tise Exhibition.... Mrs. S. Moffatt and Miss Betty Moi! att visited L.A.C. Ew ar t Breck in Toronto Milltary Hospi- tal and attcnded tise Ex. . . Mr. Merle Hbbbard in Toronto at tise Ex... Mrs. A. Aldrcd, Ruth and Glen lu Toronto on Thursday... Mr. and Mra. H. Giil, Mrs. James Gi and Mis. Tisas. Breckýat Gifl's cottage near Bobeaygeon. Mr. and Mrs. John Carter-and family visitcd in Toronto. Isabel Carter spicnt a week's vacation in Scarbaro Junction and Toronto, alsa Uic Exhibition. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bolton and Miss Vera Carr, Toronto, were viaitara at Mr. J. Carter's., Ray Carter and Jack Collin, West Hill, niotored ta Ottawa and Norths Bay for their week's vaca- tion befome taking scisool work as teachers at Myrtlc and West RUl. Hampton A Canimunity Dance will be iscld lu Uic Townshsip Hall, Hamp- tan, Wed. Sept. l7ts. Lucky draV for beautiùful mantel radia. Ad-. mission 25c. Proceeda for Evening Telegrarn British War Victims' Fund. 36-2 At tise, Sunday Scisool session prizes and certificates were pre- sented ta those wha wrote Uic Temperance examinatian. A spe- cial prize was given Gladys Ker- sey who has been successful five years lu succession. S. S. session is at 2.30 p.m. next Sunday. Mr. and Mis. Ken Caverly at- tended thse wedding ai Mr. Harold Caverly lu Toronto an Saturday. Visitors: Mr. and Mis. Raymand Burns and daugister Barbara, Oshâwa, Mi. and Mrs. D. Rack- ham, Bowmanvillc, at Mrs. Jas. eBurns'. . . Mr. and Mrs. D. Gauld- L ig, sons Albert and Eugepc, Ro- chsester, N. Y., with' her mother, Mis. Ida Smale. .. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rabbins, daugister Judy and infant son Denny, Jefferson, Wis., at Mr. W. W. Horn'a and Mis. R. Avry's. .. Mr. and Mis. W. Chapman with fricnds in To- ronto. . . Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Tink and family, Base Line, Mm. and Mrs. Bruce Tink, Solina, at J. Chapman's. . . Mis. Alfred Hil- lier, sons Donald and Wayne, St. Catharines, Miss Roscilen Antiss- tIc, Brantford, Mr. Wallace Mur- phy, Chsatham, at E. Anthistle's. ..Mis. Wilbert McMillan, Peter- bora, at Mr. L. Trull's. . . Mr. and Mrs. Gea. Barran at Hamnilton and Toronto. . . Mr. Jack Cowl- ing, Toronto, at home. .. Mr. and Mrs. S. Nasis, daugister Mavis and son John, Detroit, Micis., Mr. and Mrs. Kennetis Bawcms, Toronto, at.Wm. Cisaprnan's. . . Mrs. Jno. Milis and son Clifford in Toronto. ..Mi. and Mrs. T. Salter lu To- ronto. . . Miss Gwen Cavcrly at Hawk Lake in company with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cale, Bowman- ville. . . Miss Ruby Clatworthy, R.N, with frienda. . . Misses Wil- ma and Beatrice Leachs with fi- ends in Toronto. (Intended for last week) Obituary Thomas Heumry' Thoamas M. Henry, 87 who taught for 52 ycars lu à5ntario higis scisools, died Friday, Auguat 22nd, at his home on Spadina Ave., Toronto, after a month's ill- ness.. He retired smre years ago. Born near Napane ai Irish parentage, he flnanced his course in arts at Uic University of Ta- ronto by teaching lu a rural scisool at Switzerville. Aiter graduai from unlversity lu 1881, he servedt as assistant principal and princi- pal in colleglates and higis scisools at Brampton, Part Hope, Belle- ville, Whitby, Perth, Napance, Sydenham, Richmond Hill, Mor- risbug Iroquois, Cobourg, Bow- manvillie, AImante, Arnprior and Trenton. Two sons, bath hlgh achool teachers, survive. They are S. Hunter Henry, Central higi s chool af commerce, and V. Roland Hen- ry of Peterboro collegiate. Mrs. Henry, Uic former Mary Hunter, who had been associated wiUi hlm on the staff ai Beileville higis school, died five years ago. Mna. Isabe"louJae Scott Johns, Nestieton Called to her eternal home on August 23rd, 1941, Isabella Jane Scott, widow o! Uic late Richard Johns, was gently rclcased fromn Uic suffering which she had borne Sa patiently for many months. Deccascd, wiso was lu her aeventy- fifth ycar, was born November 3, 1866, lu Durham County, daugis- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fauter Scott. Ail her lie was spent lu Manvers and Cartwright townships., Rev. Dr. R. P. Bawles conduct- cd tise funeral service which was held at Uic residence of her son David and later at tise United Cisurcli, Nestlctan, on August 25. The remains werc laid ta rest in Uic United Church cemctcry, North Nestleton. Pailbearers were six neighbors, Louis Fitzc, Her- man Wilson, ,William' Thompson, Reggie Ncsbitt, Wesley Campbell and Harold Porteaus. Tise flower bearers werc Maurice Nesbitt, John Wilson, Arthsur Jakeman, Wilmcr Fitze, Dan Black and Owen Stacey. She leaves ta maurn her pass- ing her daugister, Mrs. Louise Mc- Gill, Janetville, wha so tenderly cared for her mother durlug her long iliness, and anc son David Johns, one daugistcr-in-law, Mrs. David Johns,* and three grand- childrcn, Jimmy and Ruby Mc- Gill and Hilda Johns; also three Maderate destrea constitute a chaacter fitted'ta acquire all tise gaod whlcis Uic world can yield.- Timnotisy Dwigist. Mernt Io neyer sa consplcuous as when coupled with an obscure ~origin, jugt as Uiceniaan neyer ap- pears so lustrous as when it emerges iram a cloud.-Bovee. No mare important duty can be urged upon those who are enter- ing tise great theitre o!fl! e tisan simple loyalty ta their best can- victions.-Chapin. 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Three smail Wolf Cuba ai tise 17Ui Winnipeg Cub Pack cailed at tise City Hall with a cheque for $21, "for Uic London Lard Mayar's Fund." They said Uic money had been raiaed by a Cub concert. PNow the chief point afiInterest hems..;' ".Io t 1con get smre Sweef Caipul" SWEET QAPORAL CIGARErE "#Tàe p~rsftriJe Li ch soacScauc sbd s.~ Send the ehildren te achool well dresaci. Dring thens lu Couch, Johuston & Cryderman's for Sehool Clothcs where many Items of exceptional value are belng featured for thc next two wecks. JUST THE THING BOYS' SINGLE BREASTED SUITS wilU two pair of pants - Regular prîce $1095 Sale Speclal $~ 5 LADIES" DEPARTMENT ts featuring ail irls smart school toggery. Tunles, dresses, blouses, lu styles and colora that will make youngsters Proud lu wear. MENS' DEPARTMENT Speclizlug lu HIgh $chool Youth's servîceable clothes. DRESSES AND COATS FOR FALL Most of Our Fail stock is uow in. For wldest asaortment lu Fait favorites, by now. Couch, iohnston & Cryderman, Lt. 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