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i --- : PAF Wp IE 2d AL FE 15, 185 Rn \ rod 4 va = * Of a SHLAA LF THE EPR FE RUE RIRE. read SEL i] Eh ahaa nek at © ET " " a 4 IAD Si wd = J { a / Ai hee! wally PORT PERRY, ONT., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th, 1952 London. -- Well," we're here at last, although I must say that for the past two days we have been wondering if we would ever.arrive. Nature seemed to be doing her best to delay us as much as pos- sible, For the moment is is going to-be Just a counter with the hub of the Com- monwealth. Early tomorrow morning we are flying to Hamburg to begin our week's stay in Europe. After two days in West Germany we will motor to Copenhagen for a three day sojourn in Denmark and then fly to Stockholm for two days in Sweden. Back again then to London. My two companions, 18-year-old Eugene Timbers of Milliken, and Norman Tyndall, 24, of Richmond Hill, and I checked in less than 8 hours ago so we haven't had much chance to see anything of the city --except the brief glimpses- from the taxi as we drove from Water- loo station to Marble Arch. It may be my imagination, but even the traffic sounds different over here. It has a-muted quality. The '"hoot-toots" of the cabs and cars and the rumble of the buses do not seem: to have the ear-pierc- - ing pitch peculiar to New York. Street cars--or trams as I must now refer to them--are used only in some of the older sections of the city and in a few of the su- "burbs. ' 'The - giant double-decker buses of. London Transport Board have greatly impressed: Norman and Eugene. Their first comment was: "Why don't we have them in Can-| _ada?" They were even more im- - pressed when our taxi driver told them the street cars were also double-deckers. It does seem a logical 'method of moving more people at one time than running two single decker buses or trams. "As you know from our last let- ter we were two days behind schedule-when-we left New York: "The "Queen Mary" had been det layed on her previous runs 'by At- Jantic 'storms. When the weather cleared on the third day out we all 'hoped that she would be able to make up time, but unfortunate- Jy it did not turn out'that way. On our third day-out I held a telephone conversation with our host-to-be in England, the Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. And that was quite a thrill, sitting aboard this giant of the oceans, 1,500 miles from the nearest land and talking by radio-phone to 'Frank Ellis in his office at Queen Anne's Gate, London. The reception was so clear that he might just have been on a lower deck. Arrangements were made then to cut short our anticipated' two-day stay in Lon- ---don and leave almost immediately for West Germany. Norman has two -great desires: to fly the route of the Air Lift in- to Berlin and a quick trip behind the Iron Curtain. It seems that I CANADIAN 'PLOWMEN hyd ABROAD "hail and farewell" en-}|. y-- 3 | ONTARIO Norman S. Tyndall E.Eugene Timbers will have to keep a close eye on him, The Russians in East Ger- many might not appreciate that his uninvited presence was prompted only by an interest in agriculture, ; It is strange the things that im- press people. Somé of our Amer- ican fellow-travellers found great humor in the fact that the English and European passengers left their shoes outside their state- room doors, Even when it was ex- plained that they were left simply for cleaning it caused a lot of merriment. In our innocence we early fell afoul of a steward. We asked for the key to our stateroom. The little steward was obviously in- sulted and in a voice that almost cut us to ribbons replied:" There are no keys, sir. Nothing has ever been stolen on THIS boat." Norman, I think, should have been a newspaperman. He cir- culates in the most amazing fash- ion and in the six short days we were aboard accumulated a fund of agricultural knowledge that seems to cover most of the 48 states. Eugene spent a lot of time in the company of a large gentle- man from Georgia and it was to be expected that one day he would say: 'You-all is ready for break- fast?" ; : - © Friddy was a day of great -dis- appointment for many on board. We had moved into the Channel and _had expected to dock at Cher- bourg, France. We missed high tide and had to wait 12 hours to get in." Some of the servicemen's wives aboard, who had exected to meet their husbands on shore, 'broke into tears, Norman didn't shed a tear; he said he wouldn't care if a strong wind came along and blew us down to Portugal. Life on the "Queen Mary" .was too short for him. Eugene, with less salt water in his blood, laconically remarked: "] like a day's plowing for a change." However, -the delay was disap- pointing and we didn't get into was less than an hour's wait for our train--electric incidentally-- which sped us rapidly to Waterloo station on the banks of the Thames. From the station we could see the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral across the river to our east, shining in the wintry sun. 'The difference and bustle of the | very amusing, Be "| that it must be a little chilly for Southampton until Sunday. There | station was confusing, "but we found it a pleasant novelty to step from the train onto a platform in- stead of down to track level. All ed in that-manner, "The boys found the high-mount- ed English "taxis with the driver blocked off from his passengers, Both suggested the cabbie, but he replied: "Nah! Yer gets used ter it." "And so to bed. Tomorrow we have to be up early. We leave Northolt airport at 7.30 am. Our next letter will he from "Somewhere in Europe". All the best from all the plowmen to al} of you. UTICA "The annual Congregational meeting of the Epsom circuit was held at Utica on Saturday, Jan. 19th. After a pot-luck dinner the meeting came to order under the joint leadership of Rev. Mr: Ken- nedy of Uxbridge and Mr. J. Hill. The various financial reports were made and the necessary officérs elected. Mr. J. Wilson of 'Epsom moved a vote of thanks to Utica for their hospitality at the con- clusion of the meeting which was heartily seconded by all our visi- tors. Officers éleeted at Utica were Mrs. H. Walker. as elder and Mrs. Jack Crosier and Ralph Wilbur as Stewards and Mrs. R. Wilbur as section auditor. The Utica hockey team played Sandford at Uxbridge on Friday night and defeated them by a 3 to 1 score. The line-up for Utica: goal, Tom Sutherland; defense, P. Ross, C. Armstrong, Stan Alder- son and Harry Geer; forwards, D. Catherwood, John Millman, K. Alderson, Don. Geer, K. Evans and Bob Sutherland. _ - . The attendance at Church on Sunday was poor and although there were 28 at Sunday School only four of these were adults. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mitchell were (Sunday - guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Judd of Chalk Lake. Mr. and Mrs. I'red Ballard were at John Ballard's Port Perry to {see their new grand-daughter on Sunday. | "Mr. and Mrs. Wallace were mid- | week visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Fred irl a Fay Wallace stayed wig er grandmother Mrs. , Locke_until Sunday. Mrs. Locke iis spending this week with the i Wallace's. ! Mr. Bell is having water pipes installed in his barn, | Myr. Chester Giebner of Toronto {was a week-end guest of his fa- ther Mr. Henry Giebner. ! Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson Harper of Toronto spent the week-end with Mr. Russ Harper. My. and Mrs. Joe Grills of Co- 'lumbus were Sunday visitors of { Mr. and Mrs. H. Walker. : Mrs. Bob Walker has been go- (ing to the dentist in Toronto for the past two weeks. Mrs. MacMillan and son Grant of Greenbank were at Miss A. ! Christie's on Sunday. Mrs. Jack Crosier and Mrs. R, 'Sandison attended the teacher's meeting at Manchester on Thurs- .da afternoon. FER 183 BUICK fenfires TP Roatmter, Super hd a Liv) w New snd b rocker el m Het 3 Dyn owls stander on the e ar oise. d Power Steering is optional at extra cos . Deluxe: tour-door sedan. i handsome restyling inside and out and is available in three series to! -- including 14 models. New ance beaut v redesigned front end in the distinctive Buick styling and rear ? ty of the long, flowing fenders. Four horsepower included in the three series. Buick's automatic transmission, ae and an option at extra cost on the Super and Custom. 0! t Wheel, kes are also featured on all models, while new body insulation new four-barrel Airpswer carburetor is featured on the Roadmaster only t on this same series. Shown here is the Custom i PRA for 1952 are the sweepspear \ > Tork $a r NE ? 1] ' pe Ny § i -e . A fa ' stations in England are construet-|' "| Saturday. are again enjoying hot lunches at school this winter, soup to-day and feocoa to-morrow. A i Miss Donna Crosier, R. N. and Miss Marie Carter, RN. of Osha- wa spent Sunday with Mr. and 'Mrs. Jack Crosier." Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Nelson have had their house insulated. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch McKnight and Kenneth attended the Youth for 'Christ Rally in Toronto on + Sunday visitors at Henry Sker- ratt's were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Skerratt and children: Miss Aud- rey Skerratt of Toronto, and Mr. band Mrs. Chas. Silver of Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. Erney Simpson of Toronto visited her mother Mrs. N.-Rusnell on Sunday. t OO rospect The W.A. met on Wednesday .of last week at the home of Mrs. By- ron Holtby. The president opened the meet- ing with the W.A. Motto, Theme Song and Prayer. Hymn 334, "I Love to Tell the Story" was sung followed by the Lord's Prayer. The scripture taken from John 1:1-14 was read by Mrs. Leslie Smith. Mrs. F. Vernon read the Lesson Thoughts and* Mrs. H. Holtby led in prayer. The minutes of the December meeting were read and 13 mem- bers answered the Roll. Plans were discussed for a ba- zaar to be held in June. ~ $5.00 is to be sent to the Temperance Es- say project. , The treasurer gave the financial report for 1951 as follows: Receipts - $698.85 Expenditures 462.67 Balance $230.68 An apron is being circulated among the ladies of the commun- ity. for each to add a donation un- der a patch. Each member is asked to bring an article for sale to the next meeting, not exceed- ing 25c. in value. An invitation has been received to attend a meeting of the Oshawa Presbytery W.A. in Whitby United Church on January 28th at 2.30 pm. Hymn 156 "Oh Master Let Me Walk With Thee" was sung and the Mizpah Benediction closed the business session. We were pleased to have little 'Beth Hunter -frgm Prince Albert with us and once again she de- lighted us with two vocal numbers. Lunch was served by the host- ess and the group in charge. Pro- ceeds $6.76¢ The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. F. Vernon. There will be choir practice on Thursday evening, at 8 p.m., at Prospect Church. We are pleased to see such good attendance at the combined church and Sunday School Services at 1.80 p.m. Let's try to make it even better. nt. County Hold | Folk School. Ontario County's second Folk School was held recently at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. William Pegg, three miles north of Greenwood, under the Secretary of Farm Forum. Rural young people from a number of com- munities availed themselves of this opportunity of working and playing together for a few days. The first afternoon was an informal get-acquainted period, with instrue- tion in leathercraft by the Resident Leader, and in weaving by Beatrice McLean. Mr. Burt spoke of the hist- ory of the .Folk School movement in our province. He pointed out that we have adapted some of the ideas from the Danish Folk High Schools, apply- ing them to our own situation where we are conducting short-term Folk Schools. ? The nctivities of each day began with ai worship service prepared by the students, or "participants" as they prefer to be called. Through work groups everyone assisted the School Mother, Mrs. I. L. McLean; with the household duties. - The discussions of various topics were interspersed by recreation and 'crafts. During the lively' discussion on: the tople "Co-op Principles" it was decided that. nominating by. ballot, as well as electing by ballot, is one. democratic way of getting an active Board of Directors, rather than open nomina- The 40 pupils at Utica School | leadership of Clare 'Burt, Provincial | all men was strongly questioned, Quy Municipal Government 'set-up was discussed from many angles, We -should let the local Councn know what we want done, or not done, by. senalng delegations. If we must criticize, make it constructive criticism. Why Farm Forums? We can make our Forums effective in out commiun- ities by dealing with our problems in, the small discussion 'groups, On questions "needing action at govern- ment level, the Federation: of Agri: culture can act on Farm Forum find. ings. ; Other discussion periods included "Are We Using the Press?" and "The Influence of Radio". It was decided that of all the mediums of inform- ation and communication available in our modern world, tht Radio probably has the greatest influence, but the Press-is a very close second. Indiv- iduals or groups should commend a newspaper or radio station when we read or hear something of outstanding interest. Our letters shouldn't he about our dislikes. A nature-study hike was conducted in "Uxbridge Forest". Another en- joyable session was one dealing with an "Appreciation of the Visual Arts". From among the many copies of fam- ous paintings which were on display throughout the, School, each person was asked to -choose one and later tell the story of the artist and painting, Sunday morning .the participants, leaders and hosts attended the Green- , Following the closing banquet an eval- tions from the floor. The statement ! wood United Church: where the dori that the Board should be made up of | vice was in charge of Rev. H, R. Monkman. In the afternoon the group went to the studios of Station CKLB, | Oshawa, where two tape r ordings | were made of Folk School attivities. uation session brought the Folk School to a conclusion. The Ontario County Federations of Agriculture financed seventy-five per cent, of the four day School which was opén to rural young people from any- where in the County. CT ene Rev. Mr. Lyons of Uxbridge will take charge of the Service on Sun- day next. Mrs. Robt, Pickard is under the doctor's care. We wish her a speedy recovery, Mr. Geo, Hopkins and sister Miss Florence Hopkins and friends has had pneumonia. Miss Nellie Cubbdn, Miss Violet Cowdens of Toronto and Miss F. Hill of Port Hope spent the week- end at Geo. Hopkins farm, They were visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Albright on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Simpson and Donna were in Toronto Saturday attending the Youth for Christ at the Coliseum. Mr. and Mrs, Earl Ballard visit- ing her sister Mrs. Henry Golden hd < i Pt Jia, Ont. visiting Mr, and Mrs. W. attended the G0th anniversary of Mr, and Mrs. W. O. Webster of Udora. " Rev, Mr. England of Scotland, Ont. spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. Schell. Rev. Howard 'King of Toronto will visit; Mr. and. Mrs. Walt Schell on Thursday evening of this week and will be showing slides on his Mission - Work in the -Baptist church, that evening. "Mr. .and 'Mrs. "W. Schell and Alex visiting her parents on Mon- day at Udora. . Miss * Donna Johnson. visiting with Miss Barbara Syers on Sat- urday. No School on Monday on account of the Funeral of the late Miss Graham of Claremont -- Aunt of our teacher, Mrs. Victor Symes. Attendance of 34 at: Sunday School. Mrs. Hillard Armstrong {s recov- ering after a spell of "flu, Mr_.and Mrs. Eldred Catherwood and Freddy visited on Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Walter Asling of Brooklin. - Mrs. J. Hill called on Mrs. Robtert Pickard on Sunday. Mr. Howard Graves celebrated his birthday on Saturday evening, several of Victoria Corners Thursday, who guests attending. tions per minute. things unheard of, even SIE THE CAREER COUNSELLOR AT Out of the tail pipe roars a fiery blast of air to 'rocket' a Vampire through the sky at sizzling speeds. The impelling jet is generated by the turbine blades of an engine which spin at over 10,000 revolu- New Air Force engines are built to do The precision found in a jet engine is a mechanic's dream. 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