The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

' ' f THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Wednesday, February 10, 1943 Flew Over African Wastes VANDELEUR The followinf letter was received by Mr. Reuben Speiu* of Toronto from hia son, Flight Sergt. Roy, Spence with the Canadian Air Force Roy is well known here, having .is- ited Flesherton many times and his friends are pleased to hear from him again. He has 'been ferrying bombers to England and last fall went over in a Flying Fortress and ferried bombers from, England to Egypt. As he was returning from one of these trips he wrote the fol- lowing interest account of his trip: Egypt, Jan. 25th, 1943 Hello Folks; Just at the moment I am flying from Cairo to Khartoum in a luxurious American air liner. It ie really something. Big soft arm chairs and very little noise. As a matter of fact it is one of the very latest. "We had a very good trip down to this country and have spent a very pleasant two weeks' vacation in and albout Cairo. We are now perhaps it is just a fertile spot on the Nile. Anyway the desert is fad- ing as we travel south. One of the ads just located a Coca Cola bottle, so we are off on a hunt for a full one. January 26 Our departure has been delayed a few hours, and now after getting up at four o'clock, we are lying on our flying jackets in our bare skins be- side the camp swimming pool, wait- ing for it to warm up Ibefore we go in for a swim. It is only 8.15, but the sun is well up. At home you are all snugly in bed, as it is only 2.16 in the morning. We have been able to get some American cigarettes here and just at the moment I am enjoying Lucky Strikes. Last night ! V M several Coca Colas. It is odd to be able to get these things 1000 miles in the desert. There isn't a cloud in the sky, and it is just like a mid-summer day back home. There are many kinds of strange birds and they are very tame. In a little while we are We see many rivers and swamps and | bits of jungle. The natives around j this part seem to be farmers. We ; Mrs. Geo. Shaw and son, Jamie, of are now heading for and , Durham spent a few days- with the there we part company from this , former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. aircraft, which will carry on back to Boland, and Doca. America, with this letter, while we wait for a boat to England. CEYLON Birthday greetigs are extended to Mrs. Jos. Oliver, -who celebrates her j Mrs. Geo. Buchanan was hostess 80th birthday on Monday, Feb. 16th. ; to the Woman's Association for their Mrs. Oliver is carrying on her house- February meeting on Wednesday ; hold duties as usual. With a host | afternoon of last week. of friends we join in extending beat It was with deep regret that the Mrs. Alex. Gilray of Camp Borden visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Fawcett. Miss Dora Boland spent a short time with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Shaw, at Durham. wishes for many birthdays. more pleasant people of this community received , the news of the death of "r. W. G. } Mrs. George Cairns spent the past , Hutchinson, who passed away in To- i week visiting relatives in Toronto and Todmorden. ronto on Thursday of last week. De- ceased was born and raised in this Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Piper and ** and was highly respected, daughter, Mary Bella, of Markdale His *** and f n - Beverley, have the going down to the orange groves and visited last Thursday with Mrs. H. Piper. Mrs. Dalton Marshall and baby daughter, Diaime Yvonne, returned the latter part of the week to their F j esherton last week- home at Roderick. Mrs. Edgar Doupe and two child- } sympathy of the entire neighborhood , in their sorrow. The funeral was held on Saturday in Toronto. A number from here attended the short course in ren, Joan and Murray, of Owen banana plantations. Some Arabs are] Sound are visitors with Mr. and Mrs. just passing by on camels. I guess Luther Duckett. I am fortunate to have such a trip. Afternoon: We are flying weatwarrt across Africa now, and have been in the air S. S. No. 9, Osprey Grade 9 Laura Allison, 69. Grade 8 Verna Heron, 87; Marg- Mrs. Anna McMillan is visiting are t Bemrose, 69; Russell 3eeley,62; her sister, Mrs. (Dr.) G. H. Holmes R e t a Duckett, 46*. in Owen Sound. Grade 7 Wallace Long, 67*; Mr. Wallace McCormack of Swin- Wesley Long, 66* ; George Porteous, Department of Labour National War Labour Board GENERAL ORDER The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has found that the coat of living index number for January 2, 1943, is 117.1 (adjusted index 116.2) as compared with the cost of living index number for July 2, 1942, of 117.9 (adjusted index 117). The Wartime Wages Control Order, P. C. 5963, provides in Section 48 (iv): "the amount of the bonus shall not be changed unless the cost of living index number has changed one whole point or more since the last general order of the Board requiring an increase or decrease in the amount thereof." The index number not having changed by one whole point or more since July 2, 1942, pursuant to the provisions of P. C. 5963 as stated, the National War Labour Board orders that the terms of its General Order dated August 4, 1942, shall continue to apply for the period February 15, 1943, to May 15, 1943, subject to the right of employers or employees to apply to a War Labour Board for authorization of payment of such an amount of cost of living bonus as a Board may determine to be "fair and reasonable," under the provisions of the Order. HUMPHREY MITCHELL Chairman. National War Labour Board Ottawa, Canau- February 4, 1943 ton Park was a caller on Saturday 43. at the home of Mrs. J. Knox. Grade 6 Ross Allison, 86; Or- Miss Isabel Weber spent the week v ni e Broderick, 2; Reg Allison, 39. more than five hours, getting away from the Sudan around 1150, which means we have covered more than 1000 miles, as our speed is iwll over 200 m.p.h and is sometimes 250. Mr. F. R. Oliver, M.L.A., left on thur Long, 82: Lois Coulter, 72; Ross One thing that has surprised me, Monday for Toronto to attend the Porteous, 61 ; Ronnie Wright, 60; in view of the fact that we are more opening of the Legislature Tuesday. Phillyis Davison (newly admitted). end at her home at Vandeleur. Grade 5 Ivan Young, 92; HAPPINESS Every heart belongs for happineM, than 1100 miles south of the Medit- erranean, is the fact that we are still Misses Jean Collinson of Owen Grade 3 Jim Londry. MilHe Sound and Frances Collinson of Duckett. over the Desert. This Libyan desert Markdale were week end visitors at ; Grade 2 Margaret Porteous. is almost unbelievably large. Since j their home here. Glenn Wnght, Vernon Long, Leslie leaving the Nile over 1000 mileu ' Mr. John A. Nichol and son, Har- Lougheed*. back, we have seen no water, not old, and Mr. Stewart Muir attended j Grade 1 Marie Porteous. Ray- young creature looks on &a his or her birthright and, if they don't get it in the fullest measure, they feel defrauded or something which should have been theirs. The older people, often disappoint, have decided that happiness is one of the unattainables of life, some- thing in the world, as eluihr* colours in a rainbow. It be bought, or chased, or caught, held with might and main. when you have said good-iy to or decided wistfully that it is 1 FLIGHT SERGT. ROY SPENCE back, we nave seen r> waier, not ., ,ncuus, *wy- -,,. nrtior* hut even an oasis, What a country! Wei the short course in Flesherton on I mOTld Youn(r . Lloyd Lougheed*. hmg that comes to others warm. Night: Shortly after I had stopped writ-i returning to England and are cross- ing Africa by air to a point in West Africa, where we will take a boat to finish the trip. We are flying down the Nile (or rather up the Nile) and the country, bar a few green oases along the river, is almost entirely desert and bare mountains. Not very interesting scenery. This trip is be- coming rather monotonous. We have been four and a half hours in the ail and should be at Khartoum in half an hour. We intend crossing this continent somewhere around the equator and I dik-s, etc.; very interesting. passed a large range of mountains, ' Friday and Saturday, sponsored by Primer Carl Young, Deane some of them 7000 feet high. They ' the Department of Agriculture. Mark- Wright. rare just bald black rock. We are dale. Numbers are percentages. Names now passing large patches of mud, Gnr. Wm. Marshall of Newmarket ' ; n order of merit. * denotes irregu- which look like dry lake beds. It is j was a recent visitor at the parental lar attendance or oneor more exams to them. It ts, actually, the most indefinite ft ri for you, when you have turned to live your life minus that nuttaal thing, behold, it is there, nestling ! your heart, and making a stay you of its own free will. ^ Bell. SE?TD IN YOUH RENEWAL. very hot, and we are in our bare home. feet and shirt sleeves, and still too | Miss Grace Wright of Feversham Is a visitor with her sister. Mrs. P, Hemphill. Holdfast Club packed two missed. Number on the <",'',, 3g. av _ ernge attend- ice 21. Mrs. Francis ,T. Seeley. Teacher. ing this afternoon, we started to ' ar e boxes recently at the home of leave the dessrt. As we neared the Mrs. Melvi"e Hogarth fr l hp RUSH- district, the country became ' a " Relief. containing 60 articles of bl. more and more fertile. We came llse <i clothing, including seven quilts, hr. down to 1000 feet and could see very ] The following sen* in donations: Mrs. op_n ROADg AGAIN BLOCKED ' ' Sing- I" '>,',,. -ii-y road was 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, but well. We passed over many native ' Alli f Muir - Mrs - JonT > Stewart, Mrs, ' a ftnr Mi<- blow Wrdnesday morning mud villages. Saw hippos and croco- \ Chris ^Thomson, Mrs. Earl McLeod, it is closed again. The Feversham Tf'id had not been opened, and the expect it will be very interesting. So After landing, we drove by road! Wm - Beaton, Mrs. H. Tucker ami p i ows nnve a j m08t a hopeless job in far we have followed or stayed near about five miles to this camp. It Mrs - M - Hogarth. It is expected getting through. Wednesday after- the Nile most of the time. There is isn't very prepossessing, very much] that similar boxes will be packed, nonn rain foil and thunder and light- not much to see except desert and like you see in the movies. How- 1 so that a ny ne having donations will ning was obsarved. bare rock mountains. Even an oasis ever, we had a stewed chicken dinner, i phase send thorn in and they will be - is found interesting. We are coming some made-in-Toronto Weston's bis- j srratefully received. Used clothing KIMBERLEY down, so must be getting near. It is cuits and some Canadian beer. Not donated, were as follows: 7 quilts, becoming very bumpy, so we must be bad, eh ? We are 500 miles from the I 2 men's overcoats, 2 ladies' winter The worst storm in several years low. The air over the desert is al- nearest railroad. I am writing this coats - 3 men ' 3 suit coats ' 2 men>s ^P* the Valle y for ost of the ways rough below 3000 feet. on my stomach, as usual, and must vests ' bal) y shawl - 2 bat) y Jackets, week. No mail from Tuesday was Well, here we are in Khartoum, fret up at 4 o'clock, so away to bed. 2 binders, baby bonnet, pair baby's able to ge 1 ; through, nor bread, but ; well almost. We are at Wade Seid- na and I am writing now from my Well, we are in the air again, January 27 1 pullovers, pair wool boottees, pair no one suffered on that account. The 1 ',,,.! : > i .-!. ..Iill.J'j ,. ,t.it ...1,1 .!! .ii. 1,1''; hnnnflnrfaran < i>i-.> .>n,m, fn r ; i,, n/*/*o_ quarters here, which consist of a bed after sleeping in and delaying our on the roof. It is very warm, we are not far from the equator. We seem to be off the desert, as there are take-off until 6.15. Had a pretty pood night's sleep, but it does get cool at nigh\ We are now two- a lot of scrubby trees around, but as thirds of the way across Africa and the Nile is visible half a mile away, seem to be well out of the desert. URGENT! Great Britain asks or seventy-five million dozen Eggs from Canada in 1943. That is nearly one-third more Eggs than there were produced in Canada last year. This task can be accomplished best by every producer striving to get more Eggs per Hen. The average production per month in Can- ada last year was nine eggs from each hen. Two more eggs per bird per month will do the job. T YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH YOUR RETURNS Flesforton Creamer' ft Phone 66 Agu Avis, Manager stockings, child's coat and cap, child's housewives were equal to the occa- cape, bed jacket, 10 handkerchiefs, I sion. The roads in the Valley were girl's skirt and blouse, 3 girls' sweat- passable for teams. One day there ers, pair pyjamas, 2 pair mitts, boy's were 12 pupils in the junior room v-neck sweater, lady's silk scarf, and five in the upper room. Tt was print dress, black silk jacket, pair impossible for mail to set through, lady's stockings, 5 pair boys' grey ! s o news could not either, two storms socks, pair ladies' shoes, pair men's \ following each other so closely. Men, trucks and plows were all along the roads doing all possible to clear out the snow. One day Mr. J. Kirkpat- rick went to Flesherton for the "mail via Thornbury. Owen Sound to Flesherton and back the same way, accompanied by D. A. Graham. The annual congregational meet- ing of the United Church was held oxfords. STEPHEN'S CORNERS (Intended for Last Wesk) Mr. Bill Stephen of Toronto is vis- iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stephen. Bill reports for duty in the Air Force on Feb. llth. The third regular meeting of the Frlday nisrht ' when therc was a * ood War Workers was held Wednesday, >lttendnnce - Reports were received Jan. 27th, at the home of Mrs. Jack fr " m a11 the de P artment s <d showed Broderick, with 15 numbers present. n " ob "K nt "* et and a balance on During the afternoon a box was pack- harul - Tt wfla deci(1( > (1 to make im- ed for each of the three boys from T^ 6 "!? " the !nR ' de f the our group who are serving overseas, and a quilt was completed. At the previous mooting held at the home of Mrs. Vern Wright, it wns decided to (>ln "' ch tllls year ' An Pvement COJnmitte wns appointed with Mrs. IX A ' Graharn as secretary-treasurer. The W ' A> met at the home * donate $25 to the Canadian Aid to Irs - ^ A ' Taham ' T 110 ' Russia Fund. A quilt was also com- ver $5 " s " bscribp(I *<> the church pleted and sold. The next meeting is 1 ' )rovc " lellt fd. Seventeen mem- to be held at the home of Mrs. John bprs WGro P resen *- Lougheed on Feb. 10th. A ?rcnf nunine r "f our people have In the annual report of Stephen's ; coW "' e <"" p(linll y a njr the children. Corners War Workers, it was omitted , Mt>rvyn Ellis reports fnr * n *? '" that nineteen boxes had been packed Air Force on Pcb " nth ' hnvinf? for the boys. Boxes were packed for nnllsted Uy while in Toronto. the boys serving overseas and at var- ious times for those who are serving in Canada. Miss Laureen Pedlar of Toronto spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pedlar. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Porteous visited In Memoriam TURNER In loving memory of our dear Jnnle who passed away on Feb. 26. 1926. O how oft she comes before us on Sunday with the Tatter's parents, j TTer <Iear * ac * * weet and true, Mr. and Jfr. Bert Magee, Eugenia. ltes ' t 'nff now In ipeace wlfh Jesus, Loving hearts still lonp for you. An effort for the 1innr>rnw of other* trfts us aoove onrnehres. Always remembered by her lor- ed ones. OUR FAMILY went through hard time** once. It taught us that you can't keep your independence without foresight and sacrifice. We learned what we could do without when we had to. So we know that a real m"*t-egg means more than just compulsory savings. It mean* all the War Savings Stamps and Cer- tificates we can lay our hands on. They're safe. And they're an invest- ment every Canadian should make. Why? Because they help equip our fighting men to protect everything we've got. And because, too, they pay back $5.00 for every $4.00 we put aside now. We've got to win this war no matter what it costs and we've got to prepare against the time when the boys come home. Buy War Savings Stomp* from drug <% banks, po t office*, telephone qglout, * iniriniftti storet, grocer*, tobacoonif turned other retail atom*. Certifloutot may W purchased for immWiaC delivery to denomination* of'$5 f $10, (25 from Itmnku, Trust Companies and Pest Offices. National War Fiuaiioe Commit