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GRAND BEND
(Intended for last week)
Mr. Richard Webb moved into
Pete Eisenbach’s house and Mr.
Lloyd Fahrner has moved into the
house Mr. Webb vacated.
Mrs. Mark Wild, who spent the
Winter in Florida, returned home
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Statton and
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Holt visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Statton, of For
est. on Sunday.
Mrs. Isaac Sharrow is under the
doctor’s -care, but is showing some
improvement. '
The sudden cold snap was very un
welcome after such a nice winter.
Dr. and Mrs. Weekes, of Exeter,
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beer
on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gaiser re
turned home on Sunday from their
wedding trip and are getting settled
this week. Congratulations are be
ing extended to them.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Turnbull vis
ited with Mr. and Mrs. Russel Webb
on Friday.
Mr. Stewart Ravelie has bought a
cottage from Mr. Wm. Elsie and ex
pects to move in soon.
Houses are at a premium just
now. A shortage is felt as a num
ber of people are desiring to make
their homes here.
Mr. and Mrs. Becker, of Sharron,
were visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Webb this week.
GODERICH — Dr. Alexander
Johnston Simpson, medical practi
tioner at Kin tail for .37 years, died
suddenly of a heart attack in his
7 8th year
A Help To Those
Past Middle Age
When men and women get past
middle age their energy and activity,
in many instances, begin to decline,
and their general vitality is on the
wane.
Little sicknesses and ailments seem
harder to shake off than formerly,’
and, here and there, evidences of &
breakdown begirt io appear.
NOW is the time when those who
wish to maintain their health and
vigor, and retain their energy un
impaired should tako tk course of
Milburn’a Health and Nerve Pills.
They 'brace up and invigorate the
System, arid help stall off the decrepi
tude of 'advancing' years.
Tto T. MlftwK Co., LU., Toronto Ont
SEAPORT TOWN OF PWIQWff
XN TWO NIGHT RAIDS
Tons of explosives were poured on
the seaport town of* Plymouth in
two night raids. II. L. Percy, a.
wav correspondent, sends the fal
lowing account to a dally paper:
"In your glossary of war term?
substitute ‘Plymouthed* for ‘Coven
trated’.
I toured Coventry after the Ger
mans had inaugurated there the
new Luftwaffe tactic of concentrat
ed attacks designed to destroy a
city a night. The destruction wa?
horrible. But it was nothing com
pared to the ruin I found here.
Plymouth in two successive nights
has been Conentrated as Coventry
never was. There is nothing tn
compare with the scene of devasta
tion that was Plymouth.
It seems incredible that anyone
should have escaped. But the
streets of 'Plymouth, the valleys be
tween piles of debris which used
to be streets—still echoed tonight
to the shouts of children at play.
They were the same children, al
beit fewer in number,, who played
ori the streets of Plymouth tw-o days
ago. They skipped, where there
was space to skip, and played
marbles where they could find a
smooth stretch of pavement
But there were new games that
they hadn’t known as recently as
Wednesday. One was called ‘col
lecting’, and it consisted of gather
ing bomb fragments and tradine
them, much as children elsewhere
in the world trade stamps.
Many of the players were dress
ed differently, too. They played
awkwardly, their /movements hind
ered by bandages on a leg or arm
or knee.
Worst Yet
Birmingham, the City of London
—nothing I ever saw, equalled this
The city still reeks with the acrid
smoke of exploded powder.^ It
makes you cough. It gets In your
eyes and makes, them smart. Ho*
even the sea breezes have been able*
to dispel it.
-Some districts were wrecked com
pletely, the buildings razed. From
time to time throughout the dav
heavy explosions shattered the air
Some of them were dynamite explo
sions, set off ‘to bring down danger
ously sagging buildings. But many
were the explosions of time bombs,
and every one meant another rise in
the toll of dead 'and injured.
As I walked along the rubble-
strewn streets which were still
passable, I saw mothers with their
children hurrying somewhere with
bundles and suitcases.
One old woman with black circles
under her eyes was being led by her
daughter. Another woman, about
80, was sitting in front of. her
cottage—a cottage which had no
roof. She just sat there staring at
nothing. ,
I spoke to a woman trudging
along with a bundle under one arm
a suitcase under the other, and two
children clutching, at her skirts.
The children, about five and eight
years old, carried smaller bundles.
The woman was dazed, and I
had to repeat my question. She
said' she was Mrs. Mary Phillips.
She and her children had just
left the only house still standing
in an entire row of houses.
"I’ve got to get out of here,’’
she mumbled. "I’ve got to get
somewhere. My God—not another
night like last night. It is too
terrible. I don’t know what I'm
going to do. But I’ve got to gel-
somewhere. I’m just going on
walking until I can find some safe
ty."
Littered Streets
Mrs. Phillips was typical. Her
wide-eyed, wondering children were
typical. All over Plymouth people
are stumbling through littered
streets trying to "get somewhere.”
’It takes time to get around the
most devastated sections. Some
streets are impassable.*1 Still
smouldering bedcloths and matress-
es fill the air with smoke. Shatter
ed glass an inch thick carpets pave
ments not covered with masonry.
When I arrived at the Plymouth
station I saw long queues of women
and children outside. All carried
the bundles of nondescript house
hold belongings Which the people
here call "blitz luggage.” They
Were -desperately seeking some
means of getting out of town.
The American-born Lady Astor,
and !Prime Minister Robert Gordon
Menzies of Australia had narrow
escapes Friday night. They were
touring the city and had visited a
rest centre where "bombed out”
residents were awaiting direction
to shelters. Shortly after they left,
a bomb hit the centre, (
Another bomb hit another vest
centre in another part of town.
It Was crowded. Nobody knew
today what had happened to the
oceuoairtts. They just disappeared.
They say the Germans dropped
more than ’20,(100 incendiaries Fri
day bight, nearly twice as many as
the night before, and hundreds Upon
httiidreds of high explosives, t be
lieve it ”
On a quiz programme a young
lady, asked What she knew about
Lindbergh, replied that it was a
strong smelling German cheese.
We’d give her loo pet cent, says
the Wiarton Canadian-Echo.
Huron War
Services Fund
James Helper, Warden of Huron
County has issued a challenge to
Donald McCallum, Warden of Perth,
that Huron County will subscribe a
larger percentage over its quota
than Perth County in the War Ser
vices Campaign which opens on,
March 24. The prize will he a new
hat for the wife of the winning
Warden.
Warden Leiper voiced his chal
lenge at an enthusiastic meeting in
the interests of the War Services
campaign in Huron held in Clinton.
The campaign in. Huron will be
unique in as much as produce or
cash will be accepted, A special
agricultural committee of the exe
cutive headed by J. G. Shearer, agri
cultural representative; has been
set up to handle this feature of the
campaign.
Mr, Shearer announced that al
ready he -has had a goat offered-
Enthusiasm ran high and before
the meeting broke up, Hugh Hill,
well-known breeder of Guernsey
cattle of Huron, offered a grade
Guernsey heifer calf, and Reeve
Fred Watson of Stanley, five bushels
of beans.
The Western Foundry at Wing
ham has agreed to take all scrap
metal offered the Huron War Ser
vices campaign. They will use all
the scrap iron they can get and will
find a market for any other metal
with the exception of tin cans,
The Clinton Pipe Band played pa
triotic airs outside and the meet
ing opened with -W. S. R. Holmes,
acting for the Mayor of Clinton,
■in the -chair, who extended a wel
come and introduced J, D. Thomas,
chairman of Huron County War
Services committee.
Mr. Thomas explained the pur
poses of the campaign and announc
ed that the quota for Huron Coun
ty is $20,000.
A minute’s silence was observed
in memory of the seven airmen
from the Air Navigation School 31,
at Port Albert, who lost their lives
when two planes crashed .at Bond
Head, near Camp Borden.
‘Andy Ley, representing the
Y.M.C.A. at Sky Harbor, and the
Air Navigation School, told of the
work of the various services,
Y.M.C.A., Salvation Army, Canad
ian Legion, Knights of Columbus,
Y.W.C.A., and I.O.D.E. He intro
duced three Royal Air Force of
ficers of Port Albert.
Mayor E. D. Brown, of Goderich,
made a vigorous appeal and Briga
dier Ritchie and Major Flannigan,
of the Salvation Army, at London,
spoke briefly.
It was stressed at the meeting
that there will be no further cam
paigns this year for any of the aux
iliary services, including the R§d
Cross.
The produce or cash feature of
I the campaign will appeal particular
ly to the people of Huron. For
instance, the agricultural committee
points out a farmer may not have
ready cash o’n him when the can
vasser calls, but with the generos
ity of all farm folk he will be glad
to give a 'pair of dressed chickens, a
few dozen eggs, a fresh pork ham
or whatever may be handy at. th»
time.
Adequate means will be provided
of picking up the produce and ma»-
keting it
The committee ends its appeal
with:
"There are plenty of banks in the
•■County of Huron to take care of
the cash collections but the agricul
tural representative, Jim Shearer, is
scratching his head in perplexity, at
the thought of the tons of produce
that will be rolling in. However, he
will be ready for it-—with plenty of,
storage space.
The meeting" was most represen
tative of the county. The district
• conveners, Hugh Hill, W. L. Whyte,
Herb Campbell and Thomas Pryde,
were introduced, who in turn in
troduced the district or town chair
men.
Meanwhile each municipality is
setting up local organisations and
planning events designed to make
the people campaign-conscious.
SHIPKA
The regular meeting of the La
dies’ Aid will be held on Thurs
day afternoon, April 3rd, at the
home of Mrs. Matthew Sweitzer.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Tetreau vis
ited on Sunday with relatives in
Parkhill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Perry , of
Exeter were week-end visitors at
the home of the latter’s father, Mr.
L, Schroeder.
1, Maple syrup‘making is the order
of the day.
» 'Mr. Art Gaiser, of Goderich,
spent the week-end at his homo
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Hutchinson,
of Dashwood, spent Sunday last
with friends here.
Mr. Ed. Lamport, who has been
.jn St. .Joseph’s Hospital for eye
‘treatment, returned home last week
and is reported, much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ratz and fam
ily attended a reception for Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Gaiser of the Blue
Water Highway at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Fahrner, of
•Crediton, on Thursday evening last,
THS EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
A-I BABY CHICKS
Barred. Rocks, White Rocks, White
Jersey Black Giants, New '
Hampshire Reds
Write or Phone ter Prices
A. H. SWITZER HATCHERY
Phone SjS-3 Granted i Qnk
FARMERS REGIN
HUNT FOR HELP
With spring having made its de
but, district farmers ar® beginning
their annual search Jor help and
yesterday, Harry Wray, superin
tendent of the London branch of the
Employment Service of Canada, is-
sued a -call for volunteers.
Wanted at once, says Mr, Wray,
are nine married couples to begin
work bn district farms, and at -least
20 single men*who can find, their
way around a farm sufficiently well
to be classed as at least semi-ex
perienced.
With things opening up on the
agricultural front, My. Wray ex
pects daily calls from farmers re
quiring’similar help. Not as many
single men are available as last
year, he says, apd farmers are
going to be hard-pressed unless an
adequate supply of potential farm
hands present themselves at the
King street employment office in
London.
Of the nine married couples
wanted, two are needed to live in,
and the other seven w|ill havfe
separate houses to themselves. All
the usual perquisites go with these
positions, in addition to wages-of
from $30 to $40 a month.
All the 30 single men called for
now should be experienced, if pos
sible, and according to duties and
capability, the pay will range from
$25 to $3'0 a month.
■Since'Mr. Wray’s office acts as
clearing house between labor supply
and « demand, the superintendent
strongly urged all district farmers
to file with him their needs for the
next two months. He has a -back
log of some 80-odd London high
school boys, with varying degrees
of farm experience, who have vol
unteered to work on farms soon af
ter Easter to relieve the expected
shortage.
'Some of these will find work a
pew field, but all have strong backs,
willing minds' and permission to
defer their education for a w-hile
in order that farmers won’t go'
short-handqd, 'Early requests for
this help will aid Mr. Wray, and
the first to apply Will get the pick of
ZION
The March meeting of trip Zion
W.M.S. was held, at the schoolhouse
on Tuesday evening when the wo
men entertained their husbands,
Mrs. John T. Hern took the meet
ing, which was opened wjth the
Watchtower and a prayer for peace,
followed by the devotional call to
worship. Hymn 94 was then sung.
Mrs, Warren Brock read the Scrip
ture followed by a prayer b? Rev.
Laing. The minutes of the last meet
ing were read and adopted and the-,
roll call was answered. Hymn 7
was then sung and Mrs. Elgin Hern
sang a solo, after which James
Earl gave- a reading. Mrs. Clare
Towle and Mrs. Thomas Hern fa
vored with a guitar selection fol
lowed by a chorus by the men. The
Rev. Mr, Rapson, of Kirkton, gave
a very interesting address. Miss Ratz
read a poem followed by a chorus by
the men. The president took over
and there were games, contests and
a quiz program, A delicious lunch
was served by the ladies and the
meeting was closed with the Na
tional Anthem.
The Community Club will be held
at Zion School on Friday evening,
March 28.- The special speaker for
the evening will be Mr. E. J. Weth-
ey, of Exeter,
Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Brock
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Brock and Jean visited on Satur
day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Duffield.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Brock and
Mrs. Wm. Brock visited on Sunday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Rowcliffe.
Miss Jean Morley is engaged at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Hern. f
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hern visited on
Sunday 'with Mrs. H. Kyle of Exe
ter.
' The play, "Home Fees” was pre
sented on .'Friday evening by the
'edway Dramatic Qlub of Wesley.
It was enjoyed by all,
Mr. and Mrs. James Earl and
family visited on Saturday with Mr.
and Mrs. P. Passmore of Thames
Road. ■ fy
Mr. and Mrs. James Squires vis
ited with Mr. arid Mrs. John Hern on
Saturd.ay evening.
Mr. Wellington Brock, Mr. Mil
ton Brock, Mr. Norman Brock and
Mr. and Mrs, George, Brock and Mr.
and Mrs. J. Johns attended’the fun
eral of Mrs. Walter Brock of
Thorndale.
WAR HAS HIT BRITISH
BEAN MARKET
A delegation of bean growers
from four counties waited on Ag
riculture Minister Dewan on’Friday
of last week and were told that 'has
department was unable at the mo
ment to advance,any solution to
their problem arising from lack of
markets and excessive moisture.
The delegation consisted of grow
ers from Kent, Middlesex, Elgin and
Huron.
The war has knocked the bottom
out of the British market which
ordinarily takes 500,000 bushels
annually and the price had dropped
almost in half from the $2.2-5 per
bushel prevailing last fall. Coupl
ed with this, moisture in the beans
has mitigated against prolonged
storing.
"Moisture in the beans in some
districts has 'been found to run as
high as 28 per cent,” Mr. Dewan
said after the meeting. "Whether
it is feasible to try and dry io”
storage beans with that much mois
ture has yet to be determined. Tests
are now under way with the hope of
getting he moisture content below
19 per cent.”
"If there are 100,000 or 200,0010
bushels with so much moisture,
could we get them through the dry
ers in time, even if the drving is
feasible?” he asked.
(In the legislature on Friday D,
M. Campbell, Lib., Kent East, said
that action must be taken within
six weeks if the crop was to Im
saved.)
There is only one alternative In
the event the drying out process N
not practical, and that is feeding
the beans to cattle.
A committee was selected from
Friday’s delegation to consider the j
matter with department officials, :
Members of the deputation were’ ;
Claronce Blue, Dutton* F. L. Sifton !
Ridgetown; J. C, Shearer, Clinton
W. R. Clendening, Blenheim; J. A
Garner, Chatham; James McAllis
ter, Zurich; Elgin Rowcliffe, Hen
sail; W. G, Thompson, Blenheim,
Q. C. Moffatt, Chatham; W. P
Corneil, Appiri; E. A. Richardson.
Chatham; Angus McLean, Wards
ville,
Mr. Campbell; J. W, Freeborn
(Lib., Middlesex North) arid Chas .
M. Macfie (Middlesex -South) wore ,
the fnembers who accompanied the ■
deputation to see the minister
When a successful man doesn't
continue making a success, he is
a failure.
A worthwhile achievement was *
difficult before it was easy*
WINCHELSEA
Mr, and Mrs. Bert Fletcher, Mr.
arid Mrs. Clarence Fletcher and
Audrey spent Friday evening with
Mr. and. Mrs. Edgar Rodd, of Wood- i
ham,
Mrs, Goldwin Glen, of Brinsley,
spent the past week with Mr, and
Mrs, Sherwood Brock.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Denham of
Sarnia, spent t-he week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. W, F, Batten.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Burns and Don
ald, of London, spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. R. W- Batten.
Mr. John Andrew, of Exeter,, visit
ed on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Bailey,
Mr. and Mrs. Lovne Scholdice and i
family of Watford visited on Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Newton
Clarke.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johns have
returned home from their honey
moon. We welcome Mrs, Johns to
our midst,
We are s’orry to report that Miss
Joan Batten had the misfortune to
fall downstairs and break her left
arm. We hope for a speedy recov
ery.
Look a* Four Label!
B B Ml
We know a man who travels across
Canada several times a year. He meets
and talks with literally hundreds of people
of all classes.
“The more people I meet,” says he,
* “the clearer it becomes to me that folks
in the main want to be kind and helpful,
They’re a pretty decent ldt.
“But for unfailing courtesy and help
fulness I would pick the men and women
in the telephone service. I’ve yet to find
one I wouldn’t? turn to with perfect con
fidence in an emergency. They seem to
put courtesy first every time. That “voice-
5vith-the-smile* phrase is a matter of actual
practice—not just a phrase.”
Well, it’s fine to hear anyone talk like
that. It makes us try all the harder to
deserve such praise, „
especially whenTele-
phone service is so
Vital to the nation
at yar.
GEO. W, LAWSON,
Manager.
“Every duty, well and honestly done, is a contribution
to victory” , The Prime Minister of Canada.
“EVERYWHERE I
A 'fat negro cook down in Hous
ton, Texas, was noted for her
working philosophy. She was ask
ed - one day what was the secret
Of her calmness and freedom from
care. "Well,” she replied, "it’s dis-
away. When I sits, I sits loose.
An’ when I starts to worry, I falls
asleep.”
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