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6 U Leader A. Ferrier, of the Department of Transport; H. Pasmore, president of Fairchild Aircraft; Major Tudhope mmmmmmmmmsm.dmmmaammmufiw. ho i tirditnmtncrindtives: hrass. Trretvientirer»trpacndtinrne indiainfiocinasatiiratisiediieiiritrcandiniantine sinintirtethaiielicetcirinistirirrnramenlt tainiztratervitciradide ac Propelled by twin 420 horsepower constant speed motors, the adjustable pitch lers drive this silver streak at a topb:pcedd 245 miles an hour and a cruising speed of 212 m!laln bo':a'rat mfeet: Ev:ery modern improvement for comfort and safety, including the latest Northern Electric Radio Beacon and twoâ€"way commuâ€" etmirs maih mt see en ao ger fie ioi e nar n eepiens io lt triamphant dash across the Atlantic with historic news films. haat _ In the lower photo, left to right, are officials present at the handing over ceremonies. They are: Squadron LA of the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of T tion accepted the swift silvery Lockheed 12â€"A from Fairchild Limited. This ship is shown at St. Hum. Montreal, where it :illl undergo exhaustive tests before fiying to its home base at Ottawa to become the first of the Transâ€"Canada passenger service. HE fastest airplane in Canada became the property of the Dominion Government this month fhicials .Td_tl-.- Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Transportation accepted the swilt silvery Lockheed 17â€"A 10 DIRECTS CANADA‘S FASTEST PLANE credatcni S Thbe TCrue Vine HOLSTEIN LEADER | Mr _ Jas. | home in ti Mr Alex. Eccles is in this neighâ€" borhood cutting woed for the various farmers. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Carman Hargrave, who have ancther addition to the family â€" a Sirl.. Mrs Queer has gone to Princeton to spend Easter at the home her son Rev. and Mrs C. J. Queen. Miss Pearl Gordon who spent the winter in Toronto has returned home again. Spring is here again. Everyone seems glad of fine weather after the steady winter. . Mr Milford Matthews is engaged aâ€" mong the various farmers buzzing Messrs. Norman and Clarence Gorâ€" don are engaged with farmers in Galt vicinity. Ponald of Listowel visited Miss Libâ€" The April meeting of the Droâ€" bie Morrison on Saturday. more Women‘s Institute will be held Mr Alex. Aberdein and family of 3t the home of Mrs Robert ‘Taylor Flesherton visited with his parents, °" AP"! 12th. _ The sgneaker: Mr. Mr and Mrs W Aberdein on Sunday, CAM Patterson | The roll call : "A Messrs Jack Bond and Robert helpful hln-t Music: Mrs Sal:: Patâ€" o terson. Five minute talk on "Home Watt of Guelph were weekend visiâ€" shas Economics" by Mrs. Arthur Renton, tors in the McGuire home. and an exchanre of flower slips. All Visitors over Sunday with Mr and ladies welcome. Mrs E. Smithand family were Mrand SnlnniiONiies cUR e ce ‘ Mrs George Smith and Mrs Menary ‘ of Durham, Mrs Harding and aon: OpCHARD ‘ John, and Mr and Mrs Harry: Manâ€" Owing to the bad roads and ~disaâ€" cer of Toronto. ‘greea,ble weather news has been Mrs Hastie is visiting with Toronâ€" rather scarce. i to friends for a couple of weeks. Mrs Don. Meclivride visited with The North End Social of the Unitâ€" her sister Miss Hoeflin on Sunday. ' ed Church will be held in the baseâ€" Mrs William Nelson and Shirley ment of the church on Wednesday, gbent last Wednesday with her parâ€" April 12th. ents Mr and Mrs: William â€" Vollett P + uit *~â€"~1 Mr Jake Hilts‘ is moving on to ‘ Miss Mabel Sharpe spent the the George Ostrander farm, pm‘ week end with her aunt Mrs Jno. Township. Leith . Mr George McKelvie of Toroneo,’ Mrs Morrison spent a week with Visited a few days last week at her daughter Mrs Pettit and her is bhome here. ; little grandson at Brantford. She ree Miss Gertrude Grant of Richmond turned home Saturday. Hill will be the new teacher at S. Vincent Ellis is home on sick 8. No. 13 after the Easter holiday | leave from the Veterinary College, Rev. Horace Kaye will go to Toâ€" Guelph. ronto next week, to the O.E.A. conâ€" Mrs Hamilton visited last week Yention as a delegate, from &. S.| with her daughter in Listowel and NO. 13 school. returned home on Saturday. The Toronto Maple Leafs are gr | Mrs Morrison spent a week with her daughter Mrs Pettit and her little grandson at Brantford,. She reâ€" turned home Saturday. Vincent Ellis is home on sick leave from the Veterinary College, Guelph. Jas. Ferguson has _returned in time for the spring work Zion locality. ‘rersonar * _ NORTH EGREMONT THE DURRAM REVIEW | _ »tudents trying the departmental | secondary..school examinations must make their applications before May 1. Otherspay a fee of $1 for necesâ€" sary work involved in makinge ont DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINAT ONS ARE SET FOR JUNE 14TH Departmental examinations _ for middle and upper schocol students will commence on June 14th and with the ‘exception of commercial Subjects will end June 27th, accordâ€" ing to an announcement received from Toronto. l On June 28th, entrance class canâ€" didates will write literature and maâ€" thematics ‘and on the following dayI will take their tests in English Comâ€"! position and grammar and in Euglhh[ spelling. . The decrease of one dau; in the number of examination days is due to changes in entrance clu-' $.S. No, 12%, EGREMONT VIII: Mary Matthews, 69, Robert Matthews, 69*. VII: Ross McKenzie, 79, Ruby Matthews, 73, Hazel Morriâ€" son, 72* Ross Brown, 67, Ada Brown, 65* Joyce Eccles, 49 Ray Lawrence, 48. VI: Inez Morrison, 75* Anna Lawrence, 73, Myrtle Morton, 66*, Clara Young, 59, Alex. Young, 58. V: George Morton, 76; George Ecâ€" cles, 64, Fred Lee, 42. IV: John Ferguson, 8$4, Gordon Brown, 80, Luella Hargrave,, 80, Sneath Harâ€" srave, 75, Ben Woods, abs. III: Gerâ€" tie Morton, 75, Violet Matthews, 75*, Doreen Brown, 74, Keith Lawrence, 69, Jessie Ferguson, 68, Clifford Lee, 66, Many Woods, abs. II: Edith Ferâ€" guson and George Matthews, equal. I: Velma Hargrave, David Lawrence, Viola Lee, Ivy Hargrave, Nora Ferâ€" guson. * perfect attendance. Irwin Matthews. teacher Students trying the ANNUAL MEETING, ' MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY _ The annual meeting of Maplewood Cemetery was held in Varney Orâ€" ange Hall, Friday March 31st. Variâ€" ous reports were given and adopted| R. J. Eden was reâ€"elected trustee. It was decided that all plots not under perpetual care be charged $1.00 per year to help pay expense of cutting weeds and other expenses of cemetery. All officers were reâ€" elected for 1939. A plan of cemetery giving exact location of eveny grave is to be made. | Mr and Mrs Elmer Rahn and Merâ€" vin were Sunday visitors with Mr and Mrs. Robert Carmount. Miss Verna Carmount is spending a few weeks with her sister Mrs Geo Plume. Mr Clarence Damm is engaged for the year with Mr Bert Dickson. Mr Bert Reeves was buzzing wosod in this buig at the beginning of the week. Mr and Mrs Eldon Rahn visited on Sunday with Mr and Mrs Norman Dickson, Varney. Sorry that Norman is not enjoying the best of health. reports. and in other Mrs William Nelson and Shirley gpent last Wednesday with her parâ€" ents Mr and Mrs William Vollett, Durham. 0PCHARD Owing to the bad roads and ~disaâ€" greeable weather news has been rather scarce. chance. The Toronto Maple Leafs are gr | ing to take the Stanley Cup this SCHOOL REPORT The Boston Bruins haven‘t a ONTARIO ARCHIV TORONTO charged expense expenses were reâ€" cemetery dition to the party wards, who is on his way to Toronto and pick up Mayor Day of Toronto, Ontario‘s representative, who proved Lockiniz around the plane, I found that it was lbuilt very much like 2 bus, only narrower, one passenger t each seat, with a narrow aisle down the centre, with small racks above not sufficiently large to hold luggage or coats, but each passenger had p pocket on the wall, just like a door pocket in a car. The _ stewardess ’wme around offering to wrap us u; in lovely soft blankets. Our coats bad all been put away on hangers in the stern or tail. She was a very attractive girl, with a French accent so slight that Mr. Mutch said t,ome." "It may be a@ccent or it may be| charm;" and then to her: "How sick ; does one have to be to get attention?", Quite scberly she asked: "Are yov' sick ?" She then gave us gum to chew. We were instructed to chew it when arising or coming down, to help the eardrums to adjust to the ] chaniging air pressure. } it we are at as the cromw flies, we were on our way to Vancouver, a distance of 2301 air miles. in the black wasis of their lawns. Tommy Wayling and Evelyn Tufts, representing the Press Gallery, with us exclaimed over the beauty of the lighted Champlain Bridge and the Driveways. But, in a moment, the swift silver ship had swept us beâ€" yond the Capital City and, straight three M.P.‘s on board, looked for the Parliament Buildings, and there they were, a little cluster of lights Ottawa lay beneath us like a jewel. Gerry McGeer, Les Mutch and I, the =car. a flat tire, a long run on foot ‘to the main road again, the hailink of a car and final arrivalâ€"that ! sank into the comfortable seat of the plane with my only sensation that of relief. ‘, The takeâ€"off, when it came, brought joy to be above the snow, past an the bother of starting. Each time the plane takes to the air, one gets a sense of power, a lift to the spirit, comparable to driving a powerful car but much more so. While the shin taxies down the long runâ€"way before it turns into the wind, to be off there is a decidedly uncomfortable sensation of leaning too far backâ€" ward, but as we leave the grcund. the tail comes up and we feel on even keel again. | (Mail service, trans Canada, ha teen in effect for some time, but the carrying of passengers started only on April 1st. In the week or ;two previous to that date, a number of goodwill flights were arranged by the Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister 0o {Transport. to whom great credit i: ;due in the initiation and administra | tion of the service. People from the ;\\'est Coast were brought to Ottaw» and representatives of the Easterr provinces, the Parliament of Canada ‘and the Press Gallery (no senator© went) were flown to the Pacific, wit‘ civic receptions, broadcasts, interâ€" Iview:; and photographs at both ends. ed starting for the airdrome, a wron‘ turning (the roads bave not yet been marked), doubtful driving between snowbanks at least ten feet high. an almost impossible turning of the Only having been in the air (in an airplane) once before, I was anticiâ€" pating with a great deal of pleasure and excitement the takeâ€"off at ter p.m., March 24th. But so many unâ€" foreseen incidents intervenedâ€"a bus~ day, a late birthday dinner, a delay | This week we suffer from an emâ€" 3bn.rmoment of riches. The transâ€" |Canada flight, the Eastern Canada agricultural conference at Montreal, l‘an outstandin# debate on foreign ‘policy, the completion of the trade agreements, and the forecasting of new legislation. It is impossible to deal with it all. But we start with the flight. Quite apart from the novelty fiying to Vancouver and back in an incredibly short space of time, th importance of it to Canada justifie: putting it first. Once more space bas been eliminated and the evolu tion of transportation has taken great stride forward. Scime peop still living will remember the whol« transition: from foot travel to o~ carts, stage coach, railway train= automobile to airplane. Oitawa to Vancouver |"*«« in 14 Hours by Plane MISS MAC PHAIL‘S WEEKLY LETTER ates the effect of Canadians seeing 6 this rapid transportation. The great distances which made one part Canada seem foreign to enothor are wiped out. ‘The amazement and deâ€" light which the Frenchâ€"Canadian Mon treal alderman on our ship expressed repeatedly over the grandeur of Briâ€" tish Columbia and Vancouver indicâ€" A truer idea of success is coming. MY High pay and shoddy work will no longer be good enough. The ground $ cAws and the air crews will be judzâ€" Joan Davis ed on their perfect performance, their ~â€"â€" absolute integrity, and nothing less SsunNno will be success., â€"East Canadian unity will be served by MON. TUE After a delightful Sunday, on which will be off everyone was on his own, we left »+ bid. ten minutes of seven in the evenin~ _ Egtate o and arrived at the airport at Ottrvy~ Alex. the next day at twelve noon. The Geor trip back was smoother and two Reummtmen | hours shorter on account of the preâ€" 5==== | vailing west winds assistin=. m the mere youths who piloted the planes. Youth is certainly at the al controls in the air and, if we can sâ€" n completely trust the highly trained 8 «nd very young in this, element, whâ€"~ : cannot we use their initiative, idea}â€" la ism, and courage in the reconstrueâ€" tion of our social order. Youth wants to serve. Three clear impressions. The complete trust the passengers had i THURS We spent the weekâ€"end in Vancouâ€" ver, without missing one sitting of the House of Commons. It doesn‘t sound possible, but we did it. No space left for other subjects But no. We were going driving, througsh Stanley Park and following the luscious spring beauty along the sea; buying flowers at flowerâ€"stalls (daffodils, 3 dozen for 25¢!), or hayâ€" ing them given, seeing Chinatown, the marvellous C.N.â€"C.P. hotel and Gerry‘s magnificent City Hall. And then, to bed. By the time everyone present made a speech, on the wonders of the fiightâ€"the miracle flight, as it was calledâ€"and the beauty of Vancouâ€" ver, the excellence of their M. P.‘s. especially Gerry, it was four o‘clock and it felt as if by some misadvenâ€" ture we were back in the Commons again, hearing speeches and more #peeches . Well, first, soap and water, and lots of it. On landing. nothing interested us so much,. MWhy should we have felt so travelâ€"stained sailing through the clear upper air? We did, anyâ€" way, and our scrubbing delayed the civic luncheon. come us. It seemed impossible to believe that only fourteen hours beâ€" fore, we had left the winter and snow of Ottawa. As we got near Vancouver, the lower air cleared and we saw below us the magnificent panorama of the Fraser Valley. And then Vancouver its green igrass and spring flowers, and eager, friendly crowd to welâ€" itoba, who was perturbed that clounds between us and the earth prevented us seeing the checkerbrard of the prairies. We never caught a glimpse of either Manitoba or Saskatchewnn and the fog kept us from landing at Revina, which is the usual practice but just before reaching Lethbridge, we had a peek at Alberta. and did not "sit down" aâ€"ain until we arrivâ€" ed at Vancouver‘s famed airport. The air was very bumpy going over the moquntains and to get out of it, the man at the controls climbed to 16,000 feet to cross the Selkirks, then dropped to 14.000 feet over the Coast Range. At such an clevation one does not move around. ‘The head is giddy; the same effect at champarne the stewardess said; and one breathc» consciously, not gaspingly nor unâ€" comfortably ; just breathing, and lookinz at the mountains. is enough. At Winnipeg, Mr. Les Mutch M.P., was happy to see his wife and eleven yearâ€"old daughter at the airport, at 4.20 a.m., our time. I had the pleaâ€" sure of meeting and being photograpâ€" hed with the Mutch family. ‘There, in Leslie‘s stead, we picked up the Hon. John Bracken, Premier of Manâ€" ing field at Wagaming, for deâ€"icing and refueling. And, after that, only two stops to Vancouver. position. About 1.20 a.m. the stoewâ€" ardess gave us a light lunch: a tanâ€" gerine, cheese sandwich and coffee. The coffee woke us all up. 1 recomâ€" mended ovaltine for a middlc<ofâ€"the night drink. It was snowing and sleeting a bit, and the winigs and tail were coated, makinx it necessary to A little sleep. The very comfortâ€" ably padded chairs tilt to a reclining served by MON,, Your Lyrical Miracle Girl singe the haunting hit melodies of today and yesterday in the most thrilling picâ€" fUre Of her Annsam s Now Playing THURS., FRI., SaT, APRIL 6, 7, s The Queen of the Silvory Skates Alushos across the Silver Pueer to now hcights ©% grace and | bear,, Six new skating spectacles heade by the gorgeous "Alice in Wond»» land" Tce ballot * will be offefred subject to a at One o‘ sharp. The farm, consisting of 200 acres, waiting for an announcement of this kind for several weeks as the dates chanige each year. Mr. Rolston states that the muskrats are none too plenâ€" tiful this year. at Toronto to the effect that there will be an open season for the tranâ€" ping of muskrats in the counties of Grey and Bruce from April 5th to Those who attended the funeral from a distance were Miss Jossi~ Merchent and Mr. Alexander Merâ€" chant of Holstein, Mr. and Mr#. Thos. Mitchel!l and daushter, Mr and Mrs E. G. Warren and son Donâ€" ald and daughter Bessie, and Mr. and Mrs Allan Warren all of D troit . OPEN MUSKRAT sEason Mr. Merchant was a member of Tyler Masonic Lod#e of Cass City and the Roval Arch Lodge of Caro, also a member of the Cass City Frank of Alberta; Allan and Alex ander of Ontario. In 1901 Mr. Merchant was united in marriage with Gertrude Lundy of Detroit. To this union seven childâ€" ren were born. _ OCne daughter pasâ€" sed away in 1912. Those who surâ€" vive are his wife, Gertrude, three daughters, Mrs Clifford Martin (Haâ€" zel), and Mrs Ciinton Law (Marzarâ€" et) both of Cass City, Mrs. Thos. Mitche!l (Flossie) of Detroit; three sons, Frank, Charlie and Clarence all of Cass City, and six grandchildâ€" 1en:; two sisters, Miss Jessie Mer chant and Mrs William Reid of Holâ€" stein. Seven brothers, John, Joseph «nd James of Sask.; David and Sonja _Henie ‘My Lucky Star‘ â€"ROXY of Cass City, where he resided unâ€" til 1919 when he and his family moved to their present home, two and one half miles morthwest of Cass City. at his home Friday, March 24th, folâ€" lowing an iliness of six weeks . day, March 29th from First Presbyâ€" terian Church of Cass City for Wwilâ€" sunoay monite SHOoWw Mr. Merchant â€"Easter Sunday, 12.05._ TVES, wWEpnespay, Richard Creene e e womm are nephews of the de > Witlyâ€"â€" received word from the APRIL 6, was born near Mt. 1ith, 1870, a memâ€" Cesar Romere APRIL 5 TO 25 , 10, 11, 12th FANCY C4IN Te ad Easter Cords, New Wallp m #tud The Gift W.T PATT Th ECOs 04 (M l. mpbel!l and M o debate was ‘, and the ‘ iest and Mrs Vol. LXI at C€. Sarn DUKR M he Middi Floor W ) ola 0 nesda Durhan t1 the W th M De U titute M« fis I» de po