FEBRUARY 8. 1954 l

RGAF Begins Second illperation Leapfrogl

OTTAWA. (GP)-The RCAF late next week will start another "Op- eration Leapfrog" to re-equip its air division overseas with 300 new Sabre Jet iighters.

The new Sabre V planes have Canadian-built Orenda engines and will replace the present 300 Sabres equipped with J-41 American en- gines. They have more power and. with a new. slightly altered wing formation. more manoeuvrsbiiity at high altitude than their prede- cessors.

The new Sabres will be flown across the Atlantic almost as last as they roll from the assembly lines at Canadair, I..t.d.. Montreal. The first mass flight will comprise 15 planes in "Operation Leapfrog V." Subsequen ierry trips will be known as "Leapfrog VI." "Leap- irog VII" and so on.

The ilrst iour Leapirogs were carried out between June, 1952, and last September without loss of a pilot or a plane. The new opera.- tion may take almost a year.

Has lligh Reputation

Even with its present Sabres, the air division has been classed by oiiiciala oi tiie North Atlantic Treaty Organization as the most formidable fighting iorce in west- ern Europets defence system.

The British are known to be re- luctant to see the wing-three squadrons-leave North l..uiien- ham. England. ior France. as they are scheduled to later this year. The other three wings now are based at Gros Tenquin in France and Zweibruecken and Baden-Soel- iigen in Germany.

The new operation will be car- ried out by No. 1 overseas ierry unit, iormed at Montreal last fall with about. 25 pilots. Its boni- mander is Sqdn. Ldr. R. G. Bob Middlemass oi Montreal, a veteran

Strange But True

By F. H. M.acArtliur

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The winter of 1919-20. the season illlCX1 the 'ilu swept across the iiorid like a prairie lire, carrying its millions at victims to the grave. in my little corner oi the earth every country doctor was doing riuty about sixteen hours out oi PVCFY twenty-four, travelling irom sick home to sick home. anyway lhey could get there. They want ..i woodsleighl. with smelly horse aiankets wrapped around their ieet ind legs to keep them from ireez- iiiz; they were often driven by 'nrmers at their districts in pung ;ieds. or cutters. or what have .'ou - and with luxury of a. bui- 'illO rug thrown in - over roadl .hat were almost impassible.

The sick needed doctors, the mid needed burial. and in order in attend to such grave matters the farmers had to turn out and Jl'ei'lk the roads come hell or high- iinler.

. our cellar shelves groaned under the weight oi fruits. Every time he counted the bottles we'd think M the horriets' nests we plung- crl into in the thick. dead under- h:ush or the raspberry world; ih.nk too. of the many times they rhased us and gave us a dig oi their stingers Just to remind us ihat they and not we, had the i:g'nt oi way. When we get stung he always put damp earth on the spot to alleviate our auiieringa llllil to reduce the swellings. That l.l5lS grandmas iavorite remedy for stings oi the insect variety.

”Did ye see any withered pine trees?" she would ask us every evening when we got home irom picking berries. To this query we would always say we did see a

low, just to hear grandma retell w H I I 3 d W .1d licr iavorite story, this one: r D m 0 he econ m "NM 1” Imm where ya ”hud' The iirst ilight, scheduled to

zen were picking berries today,stood an old pine tree and just on the niiter edge oi the woods lived a iarmer, with his wlie and daugh- ii-r, Margaret. The girl was ten- years-old. When the iirst autumn irosti nipped the becchnuts and sent them tumbling to the ground, Margaret and two neighboring girls unit to gather the nuts (or

take oii Feb. 12 or soon after, will follow the same route as the pre- vious Leapirogs: Labrador, Green- land. Iceland and Scotland.

IN MEMORIAM

Clirllllmas use. Mlnxlovilng memory do! wl:eclor

"It was a beautiiul day, chlld- '0 "W9 W 0 N559 " 3' "" l'Pl'l, a handsome day. - a good F0b"ll?! 8th. 1949. . day to be alive. Merrily the little .. ml . - t M h girls chatted as they dropped the ,, ,Cf,'",';,,t,';,.f3-' " ”""' W c l.ny kernels into neat little sacks iiliich their mothers had made Inserted by wile Ithoda and Son just ior that purpose. Their nimble Gordon-

iingera worked last. It was al- ways a race to see which would iili her sack iirst.

IN MEMBRIAM

In loving memory oi our dear Mother. Mn. Druciila Maoi'hec. New Haven. who passed iuvay Feb- ruary ilth. 1953.

O O I Finally every sack was filled. and placing them careiuly under their itrms, the girls started for their homes. following ii narrow trail that led past the old pine

tree.

Margaret was taking the 1nd, With breaking hearts: we watched Fuddenly she halted. put her will fingers to her lips and said. M"! ”" YWWU ”W.Vr

Although we loved you dearly We could not make you stay.

We mks you Mother at every turn Along life's weary way. And home has never been the aaine,i since you were called away.

God give ua strength to right it, And courage to bear the blow. But what it means to lose you, No one will ever know.

”sllu5h. somebody must be in the woods. I thought I heard ii wo- man's voice.”

They all stopped to lsiten. The voice came to them quite distinct this time:

"Stay right where you are, lit- tle girls." it said. Then looking In the direction of the pine tree they were amazed: to see a little old woman with her arms about it. Then came I. crackling noise rnllowed by a thunde or crash ill the old pine ieli directly across ”""'I'” Rwy.-n::,;nl!;:"d by her iha path and not more than twenty ii-et from where the girls were' standing."

We never tired oi hearing this yarn. And even though we knew when the Iinlah came. we would pretend to grandma that she'd Iklnped almost half oi it.

Came tall. we gathered haul- nuts and put them under the hay to ripen. That's the way every- body cured their haul nuts in ihose days and of course, us boys iollowed the old custom.

At Christmas time we'd bring them into the house. tear oii their outer jackets. put the sound nuts on the iloor and then Jump on them to crack 'em open. (We knew what a nut-cracker looked like then). One day there would be plenty oi nuts on the bushes and the next. day they would all be zone. "It's the work oi the squir- "'l!." grandpa volunteered when we put the question of their llwaterious disappearance to the old couple.

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her explanations to an end and

"Nonsense." grandma would pipe "D. "The squirrels Just couldn't lmiipen to get every single last One oi the nuts in one night. they? Oi course they could-

"What takes them?" she would "beat. after us. "Why bless my -WU. its the fairy people. The WW Iolk store them away for iiinter use Just like the squirrels store them away tor the same Purpose."

"Hand me my pipe and biiccy." Grlhdld said that. and we knew it was time for grandma to bring

for us boys to hit the hay. The old man always asked for his pipe and baccy to end the day in a cloud of Lady Nicotine.

Boys were seen and not liciird too much when we were young- sters. When it came time ior us to go to bed we went to bed with- out any ”buts or iis" or it we didn't we got the stick on our butts and enough at it to remem- ber ior weeks afterwards. Even mother iirmly believed in the bible adage "spare the rod and spoil

the child." (To be continued)

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I Seven Days A Week

(By Anne lhannen)

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1. Monday: It is interesting to learn how new words cane into being. For example. it someone shou.ld ask you it you were to a Bopero lately it might make you wonderjustwhat they meant. Well. Bopera. is a night club-or any oiiher place oi entertainment teat- uring behop music and dancing.

Funk and Wagnali's has issued a supplement to their regular dic- tionary called "New Words and Words in the News". Most of the words in this supplement have been invented in the past year. In the current so lemernt honors went to Robert Frost, the poet. He coined the words "iasticiiating", deilned as "making m-uch oi triv- iai tihings,dallying with lihe pleas- antly unimportant or superi'lcia.i." "Flap and flattery" produced the word "fiappery" meaning-"an ex- travagarxtiy la-udatory blurb print- ed on the flap oi a. book". The word ”Kewter" is a. jccoee n.a.me ior the joker in a pack oi cards and used now to mean any smart play in a diiIicu.lt or troublesome situation. For many years kewter has been a colloquial stand-by in Texas and now at last it has been recognized across the country. These are just a few of the new words and a. peep at the current list makes one wonder just where they all come froml

2. Tuesday: Says the Fashion Editor of an American magazine- "I attended the opening oi is French milliucry house in Paris recently. This house christened its most startling hats alter the novels or Marcel Proust. There was one called ”Remembrance oi Things Past"; another bore the title of "The Gucrmantcs Way", and a crownless bandeau with an uiisivept line, was ticketed "Within A Budding Grove". This could lead to a new game. How about scrutinizing every hat in the range of our vision and naming it after a novel? A hat that Juis in every direction might be called "The House or Seven Gables". How about one called "Gone With The Wind” or "Out 0! the Night"? This game would never compete with Canasta. thinks the Fashion Editor, but the tedium or R long bus or train. ride will be lessened it you brood on how surprised the lady in the next seat would be if she only knew she was wearing "The Gl'l'lpt?S oi Wraitii". I think I shrill call mine "The Lost and Found". it's usually, well, not lost -Just nilsplacedl

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3. Wednesday: In the children's world. miiny liuiidreds oi items are being invented ior their am- usement and instruction. Hepa- long Cnssidy is the idol oi thous- ands oi youngsters and young would-be coiulianda wear Hoppy hats, boots, shirts, even denlms. Many stores ieature bunk-house illl'llll.1l:'e ior Hopa.iorig's followers. Bunk beds have ranch house signs and pegs for parking "shooting irons".

Bureaus have wrought-lmn stir- rups ior drawer pulls; a treasure chest. stores ten gal-ion hats. cow- boy boots, chops and so on. Train trips too mriy soon be as relaxing ior parents 115 they will be enjoy- able ior youngsters.

The Pennsylvania. Railroad now includes a children's playroom-a de luxe one at that--in several oi its recreation cars. Gaily deco-

rated, this club car ior Junior is'

sound prooied. has miniature leatzher soia. tot. sized chairs and tables and it's enclosed in glass, so parents 'can watch their chil- dren playing. Toyn, books. games. puzzles llnd blackboards are pro- vided, and ii the cxiperimentworks, soon perhaps the idea. will be ad- opted across the country and in Canada. too.

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4. Thursday: Aiter it long, dry sermon the pastor annouitced that there would be a briei meeting oi The Board iinmediateiy alter the benediction.

Following services. a stranger was iirst to meet the pastor up

front. "You must have misunder- stood the announcement," said the pastor. ”I announced a meet-

lug or The Board". "So I heard,"

replied the stranger. "and ii therei was anyone here more bored than .

I was, I'd sure like . . 5. Frld'.ly: Have you ever tried Seashore Pie? This is ii tried and tested recipe you'll like once you try lt:- Two '1-ounce cans tuna iish Three cups cooked macaroni One cup tomato Juice Two cups cream or celery soup One-hall teaspoon salt Two tablespoons chopped parsley one teaspoon paprika. Mix tuna fish. macaroni and juicri Combine remaining ingred- ients. Add to tuna iish. Pour into

to meet him." 0

THE GUARDIAN. THE CENTRA

CHARLOTTETOWN L GUARDIAN

The construction at a new run- way at the Charlottetown Airport seems to be a dead issue tor the

HOCKEY EQUIPMENT reduced 2696 to boi. The Bike Shop.

aaansi Write ior iree catalogue. Arthur Veaey. York

VISIT HI-STYLE MJLLINIEBY 16355 Great George street. Every style Hi-style.

ALL TOYS reduced as mm. The bike Shop.

SPORTING GEODS reduced 257; to 5096. The Bike shop.

FOE PROGRESS with Economy

Vote Stewart ior Mayor.

REGULATIO-N-hockey sticks to clear 59c. The Bike shop.

FOR. THE BEST IN VALEN- TINIS see the Rust Crait selection

g --m irom Labrador a iew days ago. I" Reddm Bragg l The duck uncgugpy on the after four months work with two KEYWARD we wrest 5pemnliMontggue-Mu;-ny Riv" mad 1, thousand dollars in his pocket. Game oi the year. we have it. The W” W9" P0P"'”9d- 0" 5alUr- 7””! W" 51"" '””"'3' "ft" 9”” Island Book Room. day several hundfgd bird, cavorbf ing board and other incidental ex- ed in a wide stretch oi open wag pt-nses. He probably earned it.

5TAMrs ROYAL VISIT, Mm” ler, which opened up during theiwithout experience, he volunteer-, web cam am we ;i'."2.."::;'”;:. 1.".-., 22.5: 3i”if..'i.l..l.”.?i.”-iii”.313" . . re mus ave: - '-

Island Book Room, open evenings

6.30 to 8.

Personals

The many iriends of Mrs. MacDonald. Weymouth St.,

entered undergo an operation.

Mr. and Mrs. Robinson MaoFad- yen. Desable. have returned from Halifax whore Mrs. MaoFadyen was a patient in the Victoria Gen- eral Hospital.

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a greased loa.i pa.n (l0x5x3. Slit together one cup sifted ilour, one teaspoon baking powder and one- iiali teaspoon salt. Cut in 2 table- spoons shortening and add one- quarter cup cold water. Combine lightly and roll. Top mixture with pastry. Bake in a. moderate oven i375” F.) about 40 minutes. . . .

6. Saturday: "Death be not proud, though some have call- ed thee Mighty and dreadiiul, for thou are not ao....

Death came on soit quiet wings. in the week gone by and claimed one of the iineet oi our friends and neighbors-it kindly courteous man he was admired and respected by everyone. bereaved family, so suddenly strick-

en by the loss oi a beloved Dad. cannot yet realize that he has left

all earthly cares behind and gone on to receive the rewards he has so richly earned during a lifetime of devotion to them. We are re- minded oi the saying "We only take with us that which we have given away or done for others during our lifetime on earth." We envy the amount marked to this man's credit on God's ledger. It is a goal to live up to! His wile, his children, one oi whom "has taken up the Cross to iollow in God's iootsteps", and his grand- children will ne'er iprget this but oi men. whose liie here is o'er.

"One short sleep past. we wake

eternally, And death shall be no more; Death thou shalt diel" o o .

'1. Sunday: Another week has gone-a week we shanit soon for- get. for it took away irom our iamlly circle. the third younger oi our sons. First to a seaport town on the Atlantic Coast. thence tiie long train journey to an army camp in Upper Canada. We won- der, as the train oped through the darkened night. did he think oi the many times he picked up the old violin and siiung into the strains of the Orange Blossom Special, or was he remembering the circle, the four brothers and lie, with guitsra and violin. play- ing and singing Mansion on the Hill or one oi a hundred other songsl "Imagine seeing Texas. Mom!" he said in anticipation. for it is there that the tank corps do the most extensive training. alter a short stretch oi basic training in Canada. Yes. we could imagine it-all too vividly. the many.many miles that would separate us then. and we tried to smile and say "It will be wonderiui”. Only motihers know how hard it is to smile and pretend on occasions euch as this "Where we love is home. home that our ieet may leave. but not our hearts". We know he will think oi this quote oiten ior he read it aloud not so long ago. And so we say "Good-bye and may God bless you and guide you safely over the pitialis oi Liieks Highway".

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Until next week. friends, to you also-Au Reioir. ,

ANCIENT CA;lTAL

Paris was already a large citv in 345 BC when it was laid waste in

the iirst Norse raids.

, "Leela rooitfor Mrs. juries, Alice . . . Hi how Shirrife Morvnalodefor breakfast '

Fred City, will be sorry to hear that she has the P. E. 1. Hospital to

and

His

time being at least. Perhaps the idea will be resurrected at a fu- ture date when less work is in sight locally. 0

I03 PROGRESS with Economy Vow Stewart for Mayor. '

"WI TIIAT :11!!! not win. Giggey's Pharmacy. next stewartv Bakery.

KIBOBINE. lllectric and PN- pane Gas. Reirlgei-store. aryentog and Macliay.

Islanders returning from work in Labrador and other Northern points say that some of the big contracting companies are already talking about moving in on the St. Lawrence River Seaway job. Since it is a billion dollar pro- ject and will employ thousands oi men, the Island will likely be is recruiting grounds for some oi the tradesmen and labor needed. As speed of travel increases even Canada. as big as it is. is shrink- ing in size. and workers. especial- ly the younger ones. think little of hopping half way across the

lcontinent to take ii new job. , . . .

l rol. raoortnss with Economy Vote Stewart for Mayor.

Island Odds And Ends

One of the Island's New Cana- dians came back to this Province

52.25 per hour. time and a half for overtime. and double lime (or Sundays. The adopted Islander must have made good because the company now wants him to go to Commcncpmgnt Ml the Argentine on another high the job will put a number of rigger job. He's going.

Charlottetown's more than eight hundred idle men on the'payi-olll once more. The demolition of the old building which still stands on the western end of the site will probably take a iew days. It takes "WHEY t0 DRY the rent and buvi the groceries. ' l

quite a feed hill. .

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It is good to know that work on the T. Eaton building on Kentl Street is expected to start with- in a few days.

ALASKA aifi. Ar-riiovan

WASHINGTON-(AP) -- A bill to grant statehood to Alaska clear- ed the Senate interior committee by a vote oi l-i to 1 'Phursclay. The Cilllll'llll.l.EP voted l.'i to 3 in favor oi statehood for Hawaii last week.

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The steel work on Moniague's new federal building is about completed. and a number oi ear- ..... seniors who have been standing Ber-mud; W... nut ggnlgd in by "m” "E5195 53?”'- Wl” 110W, 1609 by Sir George somers. whose ." 9."g”3'd '" C1”-”"l1' "W bulldwcrew was shipwrecked there in mg in. It will add much to llIi'l mute to America,

appearance of the town. i ggg Cord Of Thanks

I wish to thank Doctors Mac- Miilan and Farmer. Sisteis and Nurses oi the Oiiarlottetorwn Hos- pital; also all who sent cards. came to visit me and brougiht treats dur- ing my illness.

Mn. Victor Mncfhoo.

IN-MEMOREM

HAPPY LANDING

Carpenters, plumbers, and oth. er tradesmen may he at ii prg. mium this year in Charlottetown, land when ri commodity is scarce it. Is likely to go up in price. At any rate it is said that local rar- peniers will be looking ior a hike

in wages.

building in the Charlottetown Ex- blbiilon grounds is for show nu.-.

poses. but its dimensions tliemselves admirably to use

lend as a

First and foremost the newt I

rink. The proposed seating rap- acity and all around roominess In loving memory of my dear WOUM M11519 quite a crowd at mother Mrs. Jame: Boyce. whoi hockey plavorf lime, and that isjpngged um, 1:91,, -m., 1953, l the time of the year when teams. have a chance oi making up deil-i Dear God forgive a silent tear cits. l,A constant wish that she was here, " ' ' lYou've taken others, you we know Summerside's new rink, llkewiseinut she was my mother and I located at the race track, is al- miss her so. ready slated to fill a dual pur- pose. it will serve as Ii show Alwayl "m9mb9"d building. it is understood, when dllllhler Mice. Ind paeded. Havie land Wayne.