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which bursts about the plane, and which is thrown up from the proâ€" tecting vessels in a convoy, is as grand a sight «s the fireworks at the C.N.E., and "what is better, it dose not cost you a buck for a seat." Three times the aircraft in which Sgt Mattusch was flying was shot up with flak, and twice on the ground the plane was showâ€" ered with shrapnel. He has two permanent reminders of these acâ€" tions, with two leg wounds made from the flynig flak, and one leg wound from shrapnel splinters. None of these wounds are of a seâ€" rious nature however. 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A couple of submarine scares, which did not develop into anyâ€" thing interesting, although depth charges were released, were the only excitement on the trip over. After becoming _ acclimatized, Sgt. Mattusch related that he was sent to a signals school for furâ€" ther -trainir;s. "When you were first enrolled, you thought you knew everything about anything, but you soon found out that you knew nothing about anything," he laughingly remarked. After the cance, for st;ht' Mattusch, former Euulent of St. James‘ Luther ague, addressed the members on his exreriences during the past {eun n his talk he traced highâ€" ights in his life from the time be left the shores of Canade on a fast 1937 CHEV. SEDAN Delivery 1938 FARGO PANEL 1939 CHEVROLET 1938 DODGE 1937 PLYMOUTH 1935 CHEYROLET 1940 HUDSON Coach 1910 DODGE with heater See Us Today‘ Newly painted, extra fine tires. Good tires and paint. T RUC K S COACHES J R Reaton, io George St . Waterloe tusch was a crew member, was orâ€" dered to Gibraltar. Many interestâ€" ing stories of life on the Rock, 2% miles by 1 mile in size, and only 550 yards wide at its narrowest part, were told. Historical sketchâ€" es of interesting phases of Gibralâ€" tar were related, and the flier told how at the present time the Rock was being tunpelled into ‘cataâ€" combs‘, and even when he was there last spring, an underground along the coast of occupied counâ€" tries, and damaging enemy lhin.m port, the ‘kite‘ in which Sgt. tâ€" @ ' ~ Phone 8â€"8487 THB WATBRLOO (Ontaeclo) CHRONICLE at‘ Dieppe," the mayor averred. | _ On Tuesday night, Sgt. Mattusch, Continuing, Mayor Zilliax, in the Proposed the toast to the King, at full battle dress of the Scots Fusiâ€" the annual banquet of the Elmira liers (Reserve) of which unit he is Service Club, held at Trail‘s End a member, stated, "Surely, while Hotel, Concstogo. The Waterloo fellows like Towser are willin go‘llinns' Club were @uests of the loâ€" fight and die, if need be, for tf.eir cal rganization, and (‘.ngl the Rev country, we at home should be W .A. Young, padre at No. 10 Basic eager and willing to do our share,‘ Training Centre, Kitchener, was and make whatever contribution Euest speaker. "It is my belief that as long as Canada sendsâ€"men of your calibre to fight our battle, there can be no doubt of the ultimate result. I would here like to mention another local hero, Sgt. George Hickson, and I mention him because he lived only a stone‘s throw away Lrnm this spot, on this very street. We are very proud of his exploits at‘ Dieppe," the mayor averred. as are your parents, sitting here on the platform with us. And they have every reason for pride, for you have gone through many hardâ€" ships, trials and illness, and have come through it safely. We are glad to welcome you home. I am convinced that in the notâ€"tooâ€"disâ€" tant future, when this Yresent conâ€" flict is settled, you will be able to return again, and take your rightâ€" ful place in your home community, for 1 believe our soldiers and airâ€" men will be properly looked after when this war is over. regarding the indiscriminate bombâ€"| SEt. Mattusch, a rather shy, unâ€" |And there is the air navigator who ing by “g‘e enemy ofugfim&o TIE; assuming lad, accepted the rememâ€" | calls the signals, acts as boss a good ‘cathedrals, Sgt. Mattusch counterâ€" brance, and thanked the townsâ€" |part of the time and steps modestly ed, "Even our own fellows, no mat. P°OP!¢ for the gift. He mentioned |aside when the kudos is being ‘ter how good, sometimes make tP®. Y2tious local organizations |handed around. ‘mistakes, and might easily drop Iwhich had contributed to the welâ€"| In _ a _ bomberâ€" reconnaissance ‘one on a church," When asked fare not only of himself, but of all |\squadron which works hundreds of ‘whether he was ever bombed while | 10021 men on active service, and on ‘miles at sea and far from its base, in England, he replied that the enâ€" thet behalf, said a ‘Thank You‘ to !the navigator is Probably the numâ€" tire time he spent in England he‘those at home who still keep the|ber one man, if any man in the had never hear. a bomb. Damage 1248 @Way from home ever in their |outfit can be considered more imâ€" in England resulted to a great deâ€" }memow. The Civil Guard, the |portant than the rest. Here is why: gree, from incendiaries, dropped on ©2024@n Legion, the Ladies Hosâ€"| _ In the first place, the aircraft wooden structures, and many ca. |pital Auxiliary, the Red Cross,‘must reach its objective which in sualties resulted from the fires thus | K Of C for their overseas hostels, ’thls $ Tine groa mt Seoon aver caused, he said, whereas in Maita, * M.Câ€"A. for entertainments proâ€" SqGUareâ€"mile area of oceon over where the buildings were almost Y!ded the services, and many indiâ€"|Which a "sweep" is to be carried entirely constructed | from. stome, | Y!4U@!S. "Thanks a lot, you‘re doâ€" |OUt. This Particular region may be i f ‘\ing a swell job," and the likeable|three hundred miles off the coast. little damage resulted from mcen-‘ & 209. 2 ; ‘g j PCs Nes modest younr sirman. doffed his It is the navigator‘s job to see that diaries, which burnt themselves| youne th 1 ts there by idi lout on the stone roofs. ~ cap, fanned himself, and sat down, |{€ p.[ar:o 5th. ere bBy ';Ir."‘" B |Civic Reception |amid resounding cheers. jthe pilot with a course which wi ecep! . _ â€" take into account the constantly . On Monday night, a civic recepâ€"!. Rev. Mr. Kalbfeisch related that changing speed and direction of |tion was held on the floodlighted !" the parade dewntown, Sgt. Matâ€" [wind as well as atmospheric conâ€". public school campus, for the reâ€" tuSsch, almost overcome with the ditions which might build ‘up icing lturned airman. This lad, holder of E£00dwill shown toward him, had ?on the wings. ‘ the Maltese Cross, with his parents, SAid to him, ‘If they do this for a| Assuming that the patrol area is ‘Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mattusch, Rev. man who returns on a visit, what reached without difficulty and that |L. H. Kalbfecisch, pastor of Sgt. Will they do when this war is , the "sweep" is carried out, the next |Mattusch‘s home church, St. James OVer?‘ Continuing, the cleric said, task of the navigator is to get the I.uthtjran Church, with Mayor A. “"Towser holds the unique distineâ€"|aircraft back to its base safely. A ~H. Zilliax, rode in a fagâ€"draped tion of being the first man who has good portion of the plane‘s fuel jeep from the school grounds to S6°n active service to return to the supply has already been used and the Cenotaph for the March Past, home town, and it is only proper| the chances are that the tanks do thence back to the school campus.| that in this time of terrible conflict, | not provide for a sightseeing junket ' The parade was headed by the We should honor our young hero. Ho Greenland or Cape Cod. What Boys‘ Bugle Band, and included |!t is part of our civic duty to give 4 the navigator has to do is to set a ’the local platoon of the Scots Fusiâ€" EVC hOnOr Where ROMOF i$ GU@. It| â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_ liers (reserve), Elmira Civil Guard, iS 53 weeks ago toâ€"night that I Boy Scouts and Cubs. ‘spoke words of farewell to him, in _ _As the jeep approached the|2 young people‘s meeting in his ||| school ground. the young airman Church, and toâ€"night 1 rejoice to | [ stood to acknowledge the cheers SaY words of welcome to him, upon | I R A V E I of the hundreds of citizens assemâ€" his safe return. We should all at| I }_){lcd to ‘sayhanbgm'cia] "Welcome : !his !ir!gf-l, OI'I‘ bended knfio and with ‘J '3 fo ome" to the boy they knew as UPWA ook give thanks, and exâ€"||I "'l'mysor", Mayor Zilligx, in ex. bress our grattitude for his safe | i CoNVENIENCE â€" CO| tending a civic welcome to the 20â€" return. J like to think of his Pa-( | AND SCENIC yearâ€"old lad said, "Towser, this reâ€" triotism; he enlisted voluntarily, | |I presentative gathering of the citiâ€" knowing full well the importance‘ \\ zens of Elmira, are as proud of you, {of those issues at stake in this conâ€" | I as are your parents, sitting here Aict. and wanted to make his conâ€" | [ ATTENTION on the platform with us. And they |tribution, not in dollars and cents, | ‘ napmpeoaopan have every reason for pride, for| bUt in service. to preserve our libâ€" ||I SHOPPERS AND y;:u ha:-q glonp through many hardâ€" (t'rty andfifreodom. He was willing | | suenmmmenemncmeemmmmmem enc ships, trials and illness, and have to Sactifice, even his life, for a| ‘ i come through it safely. We are ©2USe which is real and worthâ€" | w glad to welcome you home. I am While. I know this young man, his }‘ convinced that in the not-too-dis-i‘YPe_and his principles, and I am || You can materially assist us in tant future, when this present conâ€" Convinced that with gouths such | l better serving Canada‘s muniâ€" flict is settled, you wilf be able to|a8 he is, fighting our battles, uui-[ | tion and armament workers by return again, and take your right. mate victory is assured. He should ||| not _ travelling . during . peak ful place in your home community, | be 2 Stimulus and an inspiration !o( hours. Please take your trips for 1 believe our soldiers and air. Others to do as he has done," conâ€"| at times when workers are not men will be properly looked after cluded the pastor. \ travelling. In this way you As the jeep approached the school ground. the young airman stood to acknowledge the cheers of the hundreds of citizens assemâ€" l‘as friendly to a German, as to an |Englishman. An interesting thing | happened on the island one day. A British pilot was downed, and esâ€" caped, landing by parachute on the bay. The Maltese rowed out to his [rescue. This particular airman happened to be a Scotchman, and when the rescuers heard him speak English with his heavy ‘Burr‘, they ducked him under, almost drownâ€" ing him, thinking he was one of ! the enemy." |_After the address, the audience /was invited to ask Sgt. Mattusch questions regarding his life with the R.A.F. In response to the queâ€" ry, "Is Malta bombed as much as | they say?" he replied, "It is attackâ€" |ed on the average seven times each day, four times in daylight, and ithree times during the night If attacks are fewer than that, they are more concentrated. The largest mass attack consisted of 128 planes, but that time they were after the _harbor." "The whole island of Malâ€" ta is considered a military objecâ€" tive," he continued, "for in order to {be declared an ‘open city‘, there must be no soldiers stationed there, or no _ munitions manufactured there, as well as a great many |other regulations to be observed, ‘and of course, since Malta is so ‘!small, military services are distriâ€" buted throughout the entire island, ‘and thus the whole island is a miâ€" litary objective." When queried regarding the indiscriminate bombâ€" ing by the enemy of churches and ‘cathedrals, Sgt. Mattusch counterâ€" ed, "Even our own fellows, no matâ€" ‘ter how good, sometimes make mistakes, and might easily drop ‘one on a church," When asked ‘whether he was ever bombed while in England, he replied that the enâ€" tire time he spent ‘in England, he |were told by the airman, of life among the Maltese, who are a medâ€" ley of Italian, Greek, Spanish, Jewâ€" [ish and ‘what have you‘, but most of whom speak English The naâ€" tive children he considered espeâ€" clally bright. Due to enemy action, [schools on the island, have been closed, and the youngsters ramble ‘all through the island. "It never ceased to amaze me how the chilâ€" ‘dren would run up to you, telling }you that a convoy of such and such |a size, escorted by so many Spitâ€" ‘firos, was due to arrive on the island at such and such a time. IAnd generally they were right, alâ€" though I dont know how they |found out, for we had received no |official word of it The Italians are the special enemics of the Malâ€" tese. They blame everything on \them. 1 believe they‘d feel almost Mphneiniie s ces it t kicints Li is d L 13 had never hear. a bomb. Damage in England resulted to a great deâ€" gree, from incendiaries, dropped on wooden structures, and many caâ€" sualties resulted from the fires thus caused, he said, whereas in Malta, where the buildings were almost entirely constructed from stone, little damage resulted from incenâ€" diaries, which burnt themselves out on the stone roofs. Civic Reception ‘it has been battered somewhat. ‘Sgt. Mattusch related that he had {many interesting pictures of Malâ€" ta, but most of these had been deâ€" stroyed by enemy action. the soil upon this rocky island, is really Italian soil, for in the years before the Italians joined the Axis, while this British stronghold was still a ;ooa.nlei;hbor to lt.alyi ':]hipo carrying tese goods to. ian markets, Abaded up with Italian soil as ballast for the return trip, and now the inhabitants of the litâ€" tle island of Malta, depend for most of their food, on the crops raised from Italian soil. The harbor of Maita is one of the largest in the world, at one time being able to accomodate the ’entu'e British fleet. And the harâ€" bor is one of the main objectives of enemy action. However this [British stronghold, can still be conâ€" sidered a stronghold, even though and. It is interesting to know, that very amusing anecdotes | _ During the reception, an aeroâ€" plane flew low over the campus, ‘adding an appropriate note to the theme of the celebration. The crowd reverently sang the Nationâ€" Jal Anthem, and an appropriate ‘and novelty yell, closed the official welcome to the young airman, who |has been assigned to the position ‘of instructor, at an Eastern Canâ€" adian Operational Training Unit. lies within our power to do. We still need 20 more men for our reâ€" serve platoon, and I might say, they furnish you with a uniform, maybe not as nifty as yours, Towâ€" ser, but one which we are mighty proud ‘to wear" At this point, Mayor Zilliax called upon Reeve F. C. Forwell to present Sgt. Mattusch with a gift, "Small in size, but sigâ€" nificant in that you are the first local man on active service overâ€" seas, to return to the home town. There will be many more such men, to return, and many more such gatherings to be held." Receives Gift. 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Here is why: {course which will bring the bomber Bflmber right spang over its home aeroâ€" ‘drar'?e. Probably n(:ghl has fallen in the meantime and there is a fine (Continued from Page 1) {driz;lo,of rain. It is still up to the who carry the ball. They get most |Navigator to find exactly where he of the gallery‘s appplause and share |iS and how to get from there to in all the spectacular plays, but Wwhere he wants to be, quickly and they are the first to admit that Accurately. Between its present without the best efforts of the |Position and the base the plane may other members of the crew, their|ruun through fog or heavy clouds own _ work _ would _ be â€" useless. Which, under winter: conditions, There is "Tailâ€"end Charlie," the )\'lll load inches of 1ce on its wings wireless operatorâ€"air gunner or|in a matter of minutes. And a plain air gunner. He does the ‘heavily loaded plane will require blocking for the team, fights off the More fuel. 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