44 THE MAGNET. <strong>1940</strong> Concerning Our Murals ALEN MCCOMBIE. 3E Recently it was my pleasure to \'isit ~Ir. G..\. Reid, R.e ..\. :'I1r. Reid, who is famous for his ponrayal of Canadian pioneer-life, painted the murals in our auditorium. Knowing this, IlCrh
JARVIS COLLEGIATE 45 Air Raid SHEILA RICHMOND, 2B Southchurch is about a mile and a half inland from Southend-an-Sea, which is on the north coast of the estuary of the river Thames. As the town is surrounded by important military, naval and air garrisons, it was only natural that we should feel the war there first. We had come out on the bus from Southend to our playing-fields at Southchurch, We were heavily laden, since we always had to carry our gas-masks, and to-day we had our field-hockey equipment as well as flashlights and some type of handwork. As the war had been declared only a few weeks before, trenches and shelters were still being dug. After we had played hockey for about half an hour, we heard the sirens making the irregular sounds which can be heard all over the town. As we had been constantly drilled every day at school, we were able to march without panic in single line down into our unfinished trench. Trenches are long underground alleys about two and a half yards wide, cemented at the sides, and covered with corrugated iron, cement, and finally earth and grass. In the Public shelters there are numerous tunnels leading out from the main on-c, but our trench was only one length. Also, in the completed trenches electric light has been installed, while in our unfinished shelter the darkness was only dimly lit by an occasional flashlight. At first the two teachers who had accompanied us asked that we keep strict silence, but a short time after they said we might whisper to one another. One of the teachers called the register to make sure we were all in the trench, while the other came around to us all in turn, and, after examining our gas-masks, fitted them correctly. Soon we began to hear the drone of aero· planes above us and the deep boom of the anti-aircraft guns. Some of us, myself included, were rather nervous, but as the firing continued we became only cramped and bored. As my friend, Christine, and I were the farthest back in the trench, the teachers asked us to see if the very end were suitable to sit in; but after falling into a deep puddle of water we decided against it. There were twenty-eight of us in this one small tunnel. \V'e were sitting on benches against either side with our feet slightly raised from the wet floor and gas-masks and cases open in our laps ready for use. Some of us were very near the opening, and as there was a possibility of splinters and shrapnel, or even poison gas, it was rather a. dangerous position. \Ve - had now been in the trenches for over three quarters of an hour, and as we were very bored, someone suggested amusements, but the teachers still wished silence so that they could not fail to hear the 'hand-rattles' signifiying a gas attack from the air. However, they began to tell us stories which, although childish, I enjoyed immensely, even though I was still somewhat afraid. We soon tired of this, and voted for some talking games such as, 'nnending words,' 'film stars,' telling st.ories until we mentioned 'and', and invent.ing st.ories after being given a few det.ails. When we had been in t.he trench for over two and a half hours we were very thankful to hear the 'all clear' sound, and a liWe later the air-raid Warden's hand-bell rang in our field. \Ve came out into the open, and although we looked about to discover if any damage had been done, there was nothing to be seen. So we decided to go home and find out how our people had got on in the first German air-raid.
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