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David Amchi‘bal-d! was named presi- dlemt when the annual Archifbald family reunion was held at Wood- ‘bridge. Oldest mam preseth was Charles Archlifbald, 87, of King. Service Station YONGE ST. RICHMOND HILL WWWW THURSDAY, JULY 3rd, 1941. IT’S A BIG MILEAGE COME IN AND SEE THE PATHFINDER 'vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv They’rfe Here CITIES SER VICE Bonded Batterles This new “MILE MASTER” Battery gives you the finest quality and longest service guarantee money can buy. HAVE YOUR BATTERY CHECKED BY US TODAY AND PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER AHEAD. Our Service Department has the best and latest type of CHARGING and TESTING Equipment. Our Staff is thoroughly trained to give you Efficient Service anywhere in this district. YOUNG’S CITIES SERVICE STATION 29 Yonge Street Motorists! We wish to announce That we now have a complete stock of the new CITIES SERVICE BONDED BATTERIES MEL. MALTBY 7 YEARS SAME LOCATION It is not easy to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. That is not because men are not wanted: they are, and: the need will become greater. It is. not because one has to go far to find a Recruit- ing Centre: they are scattered all over Canada, and‘ every province has at least one of them. Ontario has sixâ€"at North Bay, Windsor, London, Hamilton, Toronto and Ottâ€" awa. It is hard because the R.-C.A.F. is particular about those it allows into its ranks. There is a high tra- dition to be maintained. For the air The Recruiting Centre is in an old office ouildinzg. That was obvious, not only because of the layout but because the names of [brokerage ‘firms and the like are still to be found on some of the doors. In the hallway, a man scrutinized me care- fully. He said] nothing 'but his look was penetrating. I wondered if I was suspected‘ of spying or some- thing of the kind but my guide, Flying Officer Nicol, steered me salfely .past. Later, I. learned that the man in the hall is an expert in character study. Had! I fortified my- self with a few drinks, or been othâ€" erwise unsuited to become- a mem- ber of this great brotherhood, he would have found an excuse for, steering me out the d-oor. ‘ crews, at least, educational! requireâ€" ments are high. A pilot, for in- stance, must have junior matricula- tion, or better. Alert, physically fit young men are needed, of course. The age limit for pilots is 30 years; for air all)- servers and wireless operators, two years older. According to the offiâ€" cial literature, “applicants are re- quired to be of goodJ character, possessing intelligence and person- ality, and to be observant, self-reâ€" liant and keen on flying.” And‘ this means just what it says. At the Recruiting C'dnrtlfie In order to find out just how a young man would join- the R.C.A.F., I started at the beginning of the procedure. I went to the Recruit- ing Centre at 297 Bay Street, To- ronto, choosing it because it is the largest and the busiest in Ontario. The staff numbers 415. ’ Every applicant must have proof of age and education, at. least two letters of recommendation and char- acter, one of them from a recent or present employer, a marriage certifi- cate,if applicable, 'birth certificates! of children, if any, and discharge papers, if formerly in military ser- vice. I might have supplied them all, but had‘ none with me. Most applicants go like that and} are sent to the Parliament Buildings or wher- ever it is necessary to go to get the certificates. There is no charge for these, if applicant uses the forms given him at the Recruiting Centre. Pilots Are Most Popular Nearly every applicant, who has the qualifications, wants to be a pilot. That’s easy enough to under- stand for there’s a certain glamor about the jolb. What boy hasrnit cord. This is the second of a series of articles about the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Commonwealth Afi' Training Plan, written for the members of the C.W.N.A. by Hugh Templin of the Fergus News-Re- Not Easy to Enlist in Royal Canadian Air Force Phone 12 (By Hugh Many applicants try to bluff their way into the positions they desire. There’s nothing new about that, of course, but it’s almost impossible in the R.C.A.F. All applicants for trades must pass the “tnade tests” even before the medical examina- tions. Two corporalvs start the ques- tioning. If the man passes them. he goes to the Warrant Officer. For every plane flying in the air, a large crew is needed on the ground. The R.C.A..F. lists some 65 trades in i-ts raans. Experienced men are much preferredl, ibut inex- perienced men of the right kind will be trained. To save time, I slipped past the two corporals and’ went directly to Warrant Officer W. H. Day, fami- liarly known as Sgt. Major Day. In years» past I knew more than one Sergeant Major. It was never the most popular rank in the Army. But Sgt. Major Day was unlike any oth- er of the rank that I hadl met. For one thing, he hadl a sense of humor. Equally important, he seemed to have an uncanny knowledge of the intricacies of all the trades in the Air Force. I said] that I would' look in the gas tank, but it appeared I had plenty of gas. After covering sev- eral possibilities, it seemed I had troulble in the timing of the igniâ€" tion, and I was soon» beyond my depth. The Warrant Officer knew far more about it than I did. So I decided to be a pilot atfter all. That is typical of what every re‘ cruit goes through at first. I asked if some were not too nervous to answer. After all, a man joining the Air Force was taking an im- portant and decisive stelp. Sgt. Major Day agreed, ’but he said that he soon put most recruits at ease and I believed him. If a few were still nervous, he sent them in to talk to the girls on the staff for a while. I didn’t know whether to believe Mavny don’t realize that. conditions have changed greatly in the air since the last war. Then the pilot usually flew and fought alone: now co-operation is essential. Manry pllan'es carry crews of three or four or more. They require air dbsew- ers, wireless operators and air gunâ€" hers. dreamed of flying his plane through the slkles? Whlo hasn’t heard: what Canadian pilots did during the last war? And how many really know much about all the other jobs the Air Force offers? I looked down the long list and pretended I wanted! to ‘be a motor mechanic. (I really wanted to be a pilot, but I was a bit too old.) I couldn’t imagine myself being a diesel ciler or a pigeon» loftmavn or a masseur or an interpreter, but e'v- erybody knows how to drive a car, so I would“ be a motor mechanic. “Suppose you were out driving with your girl‘ on the way to Niagara Falls and you were on a back road‘ somewhere“ (What that man knows!) “and‘ yOur car stopped‘, what would you do first” asked the Ser- geant Major. that or not. part of it. The attestation paper which the recruit must fill out contains the expected questions, such as name, age, place of fbirth, and: so on. There is space enough to list: the names of eight children, which should) be ample. There are also some less obvious questions: Have you ever been convicted of an ivndlictalble' of- fence? Are you in delbt? (If so, state particularsâ€"and there is plenv ty of space for the particulars.) Sports and Hobbies? In: addition, there is a question about flying ex- perience in hours, solo, dual or pass- enger. It is said: that some of the applicants, particularly from the United States, have plenty of hours to their credit, 'but that doesn‘t al- ways guarantee that they will he goodI pilots in the fighting services. Tempfin) Definite and detail-edl instructions are given to each applicant when filling in the forms, yet 90 per cent are said to make one stupidi misr- take: they don"t write in the name of their home town. They don’t forget their street address, but most of them applying at that centre are from Toronto and don’t think it nieâ€" cessary to say so. The Medical Examinatin The medical examination is: thor- ough, particular attention rbeing paid to the eyes and hearing, as might be expected. After passing the usual eye tests, reading letters on the chart at a distance of 20 feet in a darkened tunnel, and so on, the doc- tor held up his finger two feet in Anyway, I skipped that THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO Finally, there was the color 'bl’ind- nress test. I looked at colored cir- cles in a book, one to a page. Each one looked as though it was a mosaic pattern and in each I could trace with little difficulty usually, though not so easin sometimes, a pair of figures â€" '57, or 29, or a pattern. A man who was color .blind' would see an entirely different mumiber, one which didm't show up until pointed out by Flying: Oct‘ficer Kinsey, who was giving me the tests. The system was devisch by a Japanese professor who had) made a study of color blindness. For those who are seriously color blindl, there is a light test with red' and green lights. It is said that five per cent of the recruits are. color blind and so useless as members of an air crew. Last stage in the recruiting proâ€" cess was carried‘ on in a. basement room where a fulli set of my finger prints was taken. The fingers were stuck on a sheet of glass ‘coated with printer’s ink or something of the kind‘, then pressed one by one in the proper places on a card, then the four fingers of the left band together andl the four of the right hand. My guide enjoyed this i'm- mensely, ‘Kut there seemed to Ibe a certain grimness to it as well. The members of the R.‘C.A.F. carry c0p~ ies of these and other identifications with them Wherever they go. from of my eyes and told me to watch it, as he slowly pushed) it nearer my face. Gradually I grew more and’ more cross-eyed, which was qutie proper. He asked me to try it With him. His eyes followed. my finger to a certain point, then one suddenly snapped! back. I was surprised, but it’s fairly common. Those candid-ates haven’t perfect muscular co-ordination, it seems, and can't judge distances accurate- ly. They are the ones who might crash into another plane while l'andl- mg. After farewells to Flight Lieut. Lumsden, OJC. at the Recruiting Centre, and Flight Lieut. lMuokell, I headed for the Manning Depot, the next stage in the life of the recruit in, the R.C.A.F. ' When 110 Holsteinâ€"Friesian calves were sold by auction at Brampton on Tuesday of last week, $11,500 was the proceeds which wilflJ go to the Holstrein-Friesian Association in Bri- tain for war use. $325 was the high- est price paid and was for a calf offered by T. B. MoCauley of Hud- son Heights, Que. Hon. J. G. Gard- iner, Dominion Minister and Hon. P. M. Dewan, provincial Minister of Ag- riculrture were present at the sale. Lflberal Classified “Ads” bring re- sults. Next Weekâ€"The Manning Depot ourists who previously found the timeâ€"mellowed cities of Europe the answer to their vaca- tion problems are today enjoying those same old world delights on their own side of the Atlanticâ€" in old Quebec City where prac- tically every vacation sport and pastime, including golf, tennis, fishing and hunting, combined with the most up-to-date accom- modation, awaits the visitor in a mediaeval setting unique on the North American continent. Easily accessible by Canadian Pacific rail lines from Montreal, New York, Boston, and other large eastern centres, Quebec is experiencing one of the liveliest Seasons in its 300 years of his- Vacation Delights In Old World Setting MRS. C. DAVIS Funeral services were held at Schvomiberg Thursday, June 26th for the late Mary Louisa Davis who dial at her home there Monday evâ€" ening in her 84th year. She was 030111) in Bradford and :on‘ her 18th birthday was married and: moved 'tO Schomberg. Her husband, Charles Davis, who predeceaseii her by three years, was known as one of the pioneers of Schomlberg. She was a life member of Sch-omlberg Women’s “Institute. ‘ Surviving are two daughters, Florence E. Moore of Ithaca, New York, and Clara of Schomlberg, and one son, C. Russell Davis of Ridlge- ftown. Rev. J. McEwan of the Unit- ed} Church and Rev. F. V. Alb'bott of Schomlberg Anglican Chunch ofifi‘ci- arteci at the service held from the home. Interment was in Schomlberg Union cemetery. WALTER BONE & SON WIRE FENCING AND CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION OBITUARY tory. The opportunity of attend- ing s e r v i c e in century-old churches, rambling through nar- row, cobblestoned streets, over long-silenced battlefields, and seeing the colorful “habitant” at work in the fields, is a. rare priv- ilege in the new world, and one that Quebec alone can offer. The ancient dwellings of Que- bec’s “Lower Town" stand out in sharp contrast to the modern grace of the Chateau Frontenac, popular headquarters for the Quebec visitor. This famed Can- adian Pacific hostelry is starting point for many a. delightful sight-seeing tour by bus. cab, or lofty. horseâ€"drawn caleche. Withâ€" in easy distance lie the historic Frost Steel & Wire Co. Products We Giadly Quote Prices 24 Yonge St. Phone Maple 864 a 1.43 p.m b 8.48 p.11). xâ€"Through to North Bay aâ€"Daily except Sat, Sun. & HoL bâ€"Fri., Sat, Sun. & H01. x 8.18 a.m BUS TRAVEL INFORMATION AT A. HISLOP, Telephone 177' Plains of Abraham, the Citadel. the ancient city wall, the Great Gates, numerous monuments and other interesting landmarks. Farther afield the tourist is drawn to the picturesque Isle or Orleans, Where farmers still sow by hand, plow by oxen, reap with the scythe and thresh with the flail, while women ply ancient hand-looms and spinning wheels. Other nearby attractions include Wolfe’s Cove, Quebec Bridge, the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre. Montmorency Falls and Kerk: House, while northward lies the famed Laurentides Park, a. vaifi area of virgin lake, forest anfi stream country where vacation delights await at every turn. BUSES LEAVE FOR ORILLIA Richmond Hill PAGE SEVEN 5.48 p.m. b 8.48 p.m.