3
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
Saturday,
July
25,
1953
passing
Group
Capt.
Townsend
Described
As
Great
and
Brave
Gentleman
iifl,
JanJij
be
a
gross
mlsstatc-that
Canada's
fisheries
doesn't
By
ALAN
HARVEY
The
Townsends
lived
at
RAF
misconduct.
Mrs.
Townsend
mar-
stations
and
with
relatives
lnrled
John
A.
dc
Laszlo,
son
of
LONDON
Kfi
Group
Captain
widford.
The
young
equerry
the
late
portrait
painter
Philip
PRINCE
RUPERT
TO
revur
iuwriscnu,
a
ccnum
liguir
made
his
first
official
appear-
de
Laszlo,
last
February.
ill
dj
naif
la
ruyai
iuiiiaui-cf
to
ance
at
court
April
8,
1944.
He
Jirs
Sinclair,
who
ar-
Townsend
was
granted
custody
of
the
two
children,
but
by
con
front-page
news
today
simply
because
he
happened
to
be
an
yestcrday
on
nj-
uith
his
executive
exceptionally
brave
young
man.
Alislair
Fraser.
for-
sent
they
now
are
with
the
mother
at
her
country
home
near
Seven
Oaks,
Kent.
They
will
be
I
-
-r-
r-
?
1
It
was
his
courage
as
a
Battle
Rupnrt
lawyer,
was
ue
last
night.
of
Britain
fighter
pilot
which
taken
to
Belgium
occasionally
to
I
was
then
29,
and
Princess
Margaret
was
just
13.
The
Town-sends
later
went
to
live
at
Adelaide
cottage
near
Windsor,
a
"grace
and
favor"
residence
granted
rent-free
by
the
Royal
Family.
REGARDED
AS
SON
Townsend
as
equerry,
and
later
as
deputy
master
of
the
brought
him
to
Buckingham
Pal:
i,
t
spoken
naileries
Ls
had
a
busy
time
ace
and
placed
him
In
close
association
with
members
of
the
in
the
souui
mi
i
f
Royal
Family,
including
pretty
L
a
politician
works
KETCHIKAN
WRANGELL
-
PETERSBURG
see
ineir
iatner,
recently
posiea
to
Brussels
as
British
air
attache
in
a
move
regarded
as
linked
with
the
reported
romance
between
Townsend
and
Princess
Margaret.
When
reports
of
the
attach
V
young
Princess
Margaret.
The
late
King
Oeorge
VI
de
ampalgn:
ne
hpouc
Island
Thursday
v
here,
arriving
at
King's
household,
went
to
shows
cided
his
equerries
should
be
and
theatres
with
members
of
Mhv
afternoon
ana
drawn
from
men
who
had
proved
themselves
in
battle.
He
want
the
Royal
Family.
He
rode
Vrracc
with
Liberal
l
ed
Apkhaite
and
horseback
with
Princess
Margaret,
went
on
the
South
African
tour
in
1947,
escorted
the
Princess
to
a
ball
at
Amsterdam
In
ment
were
first
made
public,
many
wondered
whether
the
story
had
any
basis
In
reality.
By
tacit
consent,
all
doubts
now
are
dissolved,
and
the
royal
romance
Is
a
topic
on
every
tongue.
Veterans
of
Fleet
Street
regret
the
iivrr
newspapermen
MiCallum
of
tho
nd
Sun
start
writer
1948,
piloted
her
planes
in
the
And
Other
Alaska
Points
ELLIS
U.
They
were
driven
King's
Cup
air
races
in
1949
and
Hogarth,
law
partner
ed
to
be
surrounded
with
gallant
youth.
Thus
the
choice
as
"war
honor"
equerry
fell
on
Peter
Wooldrldge
Townsend,
DBO,
DFC
and
bar,
one
of
the
first
RAF
pilots
to
bring
down
an
enemy
bomber
in
the
dark
days
of
1940.
Townsend
was
born
in
Rangoon
In
1914,
second
son
of
an
official
In
the
India
civil
service.
He
was
educated
at
Halleybury
and
the
RAF
college
at
Cranwell.
When
war
came,
he
was
slightly
appre
ra.ser
until
me
lor-
Increasing
tendency
to
comment
on
the
Royal
Family's
private
affairs,
but
most
feel
the
story
1950.
The
King
was
said
to
have
regarded
him
as
a
son.
In
1952,
Townsend
was
granted
a
divorce
because
of
his
wife's
:.
7
W
t
.i
i
i
ls
too
good
to
pass
up.
iintment
with
Mr.
the
fisheries
minis-'
here
and
on
Sunday
rk
to
Vanrouver
to
AIR
LIN
Phone
266
Office
Opposite
Post
Office
hensive,
wondering
how
he
would
Hundreds
Pay
Tribute
To
Casey
Jones'
Memory
react.
He
need
not
have
worried.
He
Hon.
C.
I.
Howe.
home
free
except
nre
seeches
before
0
election.
is
boss
was
In
Tcr-mser
met
a
host
of
shot
down
a
Ilelnkel
bomber
over
Whitby,
Yorkshire,
early
in
Old-timers
nodded
as
the
1940.
He
rose
to
command
RAF
band
played:
"Come
all
you
V
AUG
HAN,
Miss.
(API
Casey
Jones'
beloved
whippoorwill
whistle
echoed
once
again
stations
at
Drem
in
Scotland
hintanecs
and
or
coulrin
t
miss
a
ml
conversation
when
eeted
by
lawyers
rounders
I
want
you
to
hear
the
story
of
a
brave
engineer;
Casey
Jones
was
the
rounder's
name,
on
a
high
rightwheeler
he
rode
to
fame."
FASHION
FORECASTS
a
brilliant
season
ahead
for
Lawrence
Spcrber's
design
In
"Peau
de
sole"
a
rich
all-acetate
fabric.
The
slim
torso
line
la
emphasized
by
gathered
fullness
of
the
skirt
and
trimmed
with
tiny
rhlnestone
buttons.
The
dress,
now
on
sale
at
a
Prince
Rupert
store,
was
made
from
material
produced
at
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
plant
on
Watson
Island.
and
West
Mailing
In
Kent.
His
score
of
"kills".
Increased
to
at
least
11.
He
had
the
quality
common
to
the
"few,"
a
kind
of
distinction
that
marked
him
out
from
other
men.
across
Mississippi
while
a
monument
was
unveiled
in
this
village
where
the
famed
train
engineer
died
in
the
blinding
crash
of
the
"old
382."
Casey's
83-year-old
widow
and
Sim
Webb,
the
Negro
fireman
lid
Bruce
Brown.
He
frhrrrv
greetlm?
for
k-ife.
Mary,
and
their
Ann,
home
on
holl-Tom
and-
Mary
dur-
A
fellow
pilot
Interviewed
by
Hector
Bolitho
for
his
book
"Combat
Report,"
told
Bolitho:
"He,
Townsend,
ls
very
shy
and
to
whom
he
yelled
"Jump,
sir,
!
Jump!"
Just
before
the
crash
5'J
years
ago,
attended
the
unveil-
i
Ing
late
Friday
In
thi3
whlstlt"
j
irirent
D.OOO-mllc
trip
fucla
and
through
the
Soldier,
Korean
Bride
Must
Get
Married
Again
EPCOL
RADIO-PHOHES
has
no
idea
of
his
own
courage.
kites.
the
UUnota
Central
i
Very
English
on
the
surface.
He's
sfP
on
utter
Al's
arrival,
he
Ross
Nicholson,
tho
the
greatest
gentleman
I
havei""'-
Mrs.
Jones
rode
Into
Vaughan
ever
met
in
the
service."
12-month
tour
of
duty
to
say
"I
k
irge
of
B.C.
Packers'
do"
to
the
Army's
satisfaction
so
It
was
in
the
tense
atmosphere
if
fishinB
boats,
who
lier
of
his
periodical
of
wartime
that
Townsend
met
on
the
IC's
crack
streamliner,
train
No.
1.
The
train
that
Casey
rode
to
his
death
at
almost
the
same
spot
also
was
the
IC
No.
1,
"the
high
rightwheeler
''ia'if
iisTPpk
Rosemary
Pawle,
a
brigadier's
daughter.
They
were
married
a
By
BILL
ROSS
Canadian
Prens
BUI
Writer
IN
KOREA
r
Wed
legally
more
than
14
years
and
with
an
infant
son,
Corporal
Oilles
Grcn-ler
of
Montreal
has
to
get
married
all
over,
again.
The
Army
says
it
wants
to
hear
the
church
bells
ring.
So
Orenlcr
has
come
all
the
way
back
to
Korea
on
a
second
he
rode
to
fame."
town
for
a
three-day
I
Crocker
from
Prince
Casey's
spry
little
widow
now
few
months
later.
Their
first
son,
Giles,
was
born
in
1942.
The
second,
Hugo
Oeorge,
born
In
1945,
had
the
late
King
as
his
that
he
can
take
his
Korean
wife
back
home
with
him
to
Canada.
The
28-year-old
corporal,
who
survived
three
engagements
with
Canadian
girls,
lost
his
heart
finally
to
winsome,
23-year-old
Hee
Baik-Wha
of
Seoul,
a
graduate
nurse.
Now
In
charge
of
the
medkal
rt
and
his
daughter,
ive
In
yesterday
but
t
for
home
on
the
night.
a
few
months'
visit
lives
in
Jackson,
Tcnn.,
and
reared
two
of
Casey's
sons
to
follow
in
their
father's
footsteps
on
the
railroads.
.
The
years
rolled
back
for
Sim
Webb
as
he
gazed
on
a
model
inspection
room
for
the
58th
rownedwitli
Swim
Results
In
Proposal
of
"Old
382"
with
Casey
in
the
i
Canadian
General
Transport
Mass
Flight
immc
In
Norway
are
JMrs.
Jacob
P.
Strand
Company,
UCASC,
he
has
worked
his
way
through
the
almost
Ten-watt
ship
-to
-
ship
transmitter
with
Dynamotor
power
supply.
Recommended
for
distances
up
to
100
miles
.
.
.
Ideally
suited
for
small
boat
installation.
Ir
sons
Ronald
and
Hr.
Strand
Is
a
well-sherman
here.
They
New
York
aboard
the
fi
America
liner
Oslo-
insurmountable
paper
barricade
of
formalities
that
confront
soldiers
who
marry
abroad.
He
now
has
the
Army's
permission
to
marry
his
wife.
Of
Executives
.
Leaves
Today
LETHBRIDGE
J
Eighty
light
aircraft
from
the
United
States
success
LONDON
(Reuters)
When
two
champion
-swimmers
faM
In
love
there
is
no
better
place
to
pop
the
question
than
in
thc
mirirllo
nf
thp
temrjestuous
Eng-
cab,
his
hand
on
thc
throttle.
Casey's
whistle
was
donated
for
the
celebration
by
a
Missouri
maa.
I
61m
can
almost
recite
minute
by
minute
the
account
of
the
"Cannonball's"
last
run
in
1900.
From
the
time
they
left
Memphis,
Tenn.,
ah
hour
and
25
minutes
late',
to
the
time
they
got
to
the
S-curve
at
Vaughan
STuesday.
The
date
is
set
tentatively
for
ll!n
channel
next
Friday,
July
31,
and
the
i
.u
.
..
,ot
ha.
h
arc
expected
to
converge
today
on
the
same
vessel
ling
by
way
of
Van-Krrd
Skrllum,
who
an
extended
visit
In
couple
hopes
to
have
Ma.i.
J.
J.
'
'm
mttonr
so:
on
this
southern
Aioeria
cny,
Vallely,
the
1st
Commonwealth
;
and
English
swim-
jump-off
point
for
a
grasshop
where
they
J
were
"
only
two
"
min-
uivision
s
senior
woman
amonc
A
vnl-.
fomH
ohnr.ni!
".""w
...
r
rhanliln
nffiriatp
officiate.
I
"
"
,
UlCS
Oil
SCneauic,
Dim
can
ll-
tnaplam,
j
jwimmer,
Abdel
Moneim
Abdo.
trace
tne
nistorlc
run
mile
by
The
Gremers
met
near
Uijoug-
Abdel
Is
training
Margaret
for
mlle
.
Triced
Complete
with
Power
Supply
'169-50
McRae
iBros.
Ltd.
The
Store
That
Service
Built'
Phone
or
38
du.
ii
mucs
norm
ui
ocoui,
in
ner
annual
attempt
to
cross
tno
(
Some.
2.50U-.person,
-the
iargl
per
air
tour
ol
six
Canadian
provinces.
Billed
as
the
largest
single
mass
flight
to
cross
Canada,
the
Trans-Canada
Air
Tour
is
designed
to
provide
an
aerial
holiday
and
emphasize
the
usefulness
of
light
aircraft.
!
In
other
years,
the
air-minded
And
though
life
ii
not
oil
j
"beer
ond
skittles",
yet
the
I
sun
on
occasion
can
shine.-
-Good
friends,
good-will,
good
beer
go
hand
in
hand
to
make
your
happy
occasions
more
memorable.
Your
beer
will
be
the
best
by
far
if
you
make
it
"lucky
Lager".
In
International
competition
lucky
lager
has
been
judged
Canada's
Finest
Beer
and
has
been
awarded
the
"Star
of
Excellence"
symbol
of
that
......
w.c
b.t-
i
cnannci.
tie
proposeu
.i
est
in
the
history
of
this
village
en
charge
of
.
the
medical
in-j
garet
piowed
..net
way
-through
commuruty
35
miles
north
of
spectton
rwm
fit
the
brigade
s
;thc
water
covered
with
1
the
Mississippi
capital
of
Jack-then
newly-cstabhshcd
NCOs
:
pounds
ef
thick
crease,-
t.
(hH
fmm
thB
vHpvs
.
In
a
dance
apron
with
ancient
Chinese
i
i-e
ancestry
is
lost
I
lity
was
expressed
by
Harvey
It.
Cheese-
Olendale,
Calif.
Mr.
in.
who
has
a
nat-
fm
Mum
cgmiui.
school
"Abdel
was
In
the
boat
shout-
that
flank
the
IC's
tracks
and
Ing
words
of
encouragement."
,
jammed
Vaughan's
one
street
to
said
Margaret.
"He
bawled
thc
pay
tribute
to
Casey's
memory.
business
executives
have
gone
to
Alaska,
Cuba
and
South
Ameri
ry
museum
named
In
Olendale,
spent
P
s
a
paid
executive
of
So
many
Korean
civilians
took
ailment
and
Inlury
to
the
sympathetic
Canadian
that
he
finally
iiad
to
seek
help.
'
Miss
Hee,
graduate
In
nursing
for
the
Srvcrance
Teaching
Hospital
in
Seoul,
a
Canadian
mis-
1
States
Buy
Scouts
n.
Since
his
retire-
ca.
On
one
occasion
they
flew
to
Hawaii
by
charter
aircraft
and
then
bnzd
the
Island
in
light
planes.
MOTIUU
PLANKS
ALONG
This
year
the
trip
is
expected
most
encouraging;
woras
01
an
Will
you
marry
me?'"
They
hope
to
marry
after
this
year's
channel
swimming
season.
Abdel
plans
to
celebrate
by
swimming
the
channel
both
honour
in
1951,
'52
and
'53.
'
has
travelled
all
over
in
his
collapsible
ionary
hospital,
was
assigned.
iler.
to
be
made
by
rIkuiI
300
persons,
i
Together
they
treated
an
average
coming
up
to
Prince
1
llioeseniBn
shipped
r
bm-k
to
New
York
iibussa
after
making
including
tne
occiipaius
oi
as
of
z50
pionls
,nth.
j
Canadian
light
aircraft.
Larp.rr
;
(ANr,A(;E
NO
RARKIi:R
"moth-V
pluncH
wll
accompany
,
Thc
I!UrM,
ke
Enpl,f;i,.
.
the
flight,
carrying
batcage
amITh(,
Frt.,M.n.BpctlkUlK
cutiuclinn
f'upplirs.
knew
only
what
English
he
had
I
The
flight
Is
i
ponsoied
by
the.
u
kpU
up
since
Joining
the
army
f
Africa
Diii'lnn
llw
makes
lecture
tours.
t3
Ills
talks
with
col-
Unyiu
laiiHiiuiti
rijuig
lho
y..nr
ucf,ue.
uut
Uiey
got
I
As
wclHtloii
and
the
Portland.
of
places
he
has
P'Tlleularly
Impresv
'
city's
totem
poles
the
pole
Toutr
In
Prince
Rupert's
inu-
alorg
fine.
'
In
time
they
were
married
at
!
the
Seoul
registry
office,
and
then
Greuler
was
rotated,
lie
tokt
his
wife
lie
would
send
for
her.
In
Cnnnda
the
paper
barricade
materialized.
FlnaUv
Orenler
applied
to
return
to
Korea.
Produced
by
Imperial
Tobacco
Company
of
Canada,.
Limited
at
a
public
service
lllf
jOve..
Chamber
of
Commerce.
It
'will
include
aircraft
fnun
California,
Wa:;lilni;ton
and
Oregon.
I
Five
groups
led
by
tmir
leacl-icr
I..
8.
(l)orl
White
of
Purtlnnd
!
left
here
this
morning
for
Lrth-'.
bridge,
where
they
will
be
Joined
by
Canadian
airrrart.
Tlie
planes
leave
here
tomorrow
morning
for
Winnipeg,
making
refiieliii;i
slops
'at
Swift
Current.
Regina
and
M
it?
,
P
v
Bnwrn,
who
arrived
nlglit
from
Vancou-
I
to
luke
up
duties
as
of
the
HsIwi'iiipn'K
r-ftion
ie,
dropped
up
to
the
.
Brandon.
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1
Herbert
IhiRhrs,
editor
I
Stops
will
he
mndn
Monday
In
'.Ontario
at
Sioux
Lookout,
Ann-strong
and
Kapuskasltig,
where
ja
few
of
the
slower
aircraft
will
j
remain
overnight.
Another
ir,
iwlll
spend
the
night,
at
North
iBav.
The
remainder
will
proceed
i-omox
District
Free
'flenay,
not
far
from
Bowen
munnced
lh-
4'.
'
-k
Co-op.
to
your
Comfort
Scheduled
i'HsMs
to:
VANCOUVER
Daily
KETCHIKAN
Doily
(enccpt
Sun.)
EDMONTON
and
Points
East
Direct
.
.
.
Mondays,
Wednesdays,
Fridays,
For
a
Wtll-PianncJ
Holiday
Anywhere
CONSl'LT
amazed
In
k.
m.
to
Malton
airport
outside
lor-
Vk
Ajres,
who
was
the
-
onto.
f
me
Comox
District
fs
until
March
of
this
'ormcr
had
seen
Mr.
action
during
Court-'"X
Chamber
Thc
flight
visits
Ottawa
Tuesday
where
a
civic
reception
will
be
held
and
then
proceeds
to
Quebec
City
Wednesday.
It
leaves
for
Yarmouth,
N.S.,
on
Thursday,
The
fliers
remain
In
Yarmouth
I
Wo
Arc
Moving
August
1
STOCK
REDUCTION
SALE
Montlny
-
TucsJoy
-
Wednesday
CLEARING
ODD
AND
BROKEN
LINES
GIVE-AWAY
PRICES
Wool
and
Nylon
Pullovers
.
,
$1.88-
Sleepers,
2-3-4
ycor
$1.48
Baby
Dresses
5c
and
$J,8
Ovcra'!
.
,
-
$1.88
Socks
4,or98c
THE
STORK
SH0PPE
303
Third
Avenue
West
Meetings
when
Mr,
f
's
battling
llw
CPR
p
Island
Freight
Ltd.,
I
"but
a
decrease
in
fates.
BE
HKPPY
6ET
LUCK."
;
!for
a
tuna
fishing
lournrr-vnt
until
Aim.
"
and
leave
the
next
!
day
for
home.
CITY
TRANSFER
LOCAL
AND
LONG
DISTANCE
FURNITURE
MOVING
Phone
950
CK.VTING
PACKING
STORAGE
First
Avenue
and
MclMde
Street
.
PHONE
FOR
FREE
HOME
DELIVERY
LUCKY
LAGER
BREWING
CO.
LTD,
ALSO
BREWERS
OF
BURTON
TYPE
Alt
m
this
tdvcrtiseincnt
is
not
publnhtd
or
displvd
by
thc
Liquor
Coniiol
-Botd
or
by
the
Government
ol
BritK
Columbu
,
,,'t
.
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THIS
COMPLKTK
TRAVEL
SERVICE"