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the International
Ross McGregor, of Hullett town
ship, is the man in tjie Huron
County Plowing Match executive
who will have tn look after the bil
leting of the many thousands of
people who will be staying over
from one day to the next at the big
match.
Newspapermen, O. P. A, officials
radio men, salesmen, implement
company officials, agricultural writ
ers, Ontario Department of Agricul
ture officials, Federal men . . .
and: these are only a few of the
many who will be looking for some
place to sleep at night.
As it stands at
percentage of the
booked. Men who
ience the jam of
tend the plowing
present a large
hotel space is
know by exper-
people who at-
match.es, have
sent in their reservations. The Com
mercial Hotel in Seaforth has been
retained as the headquarters during
the match. Here .judges and ,of
ficials of the match will be quar
tered together.
Ross, who has already picked 'an
able crew of men. to help him with
this work has*the detail of finding
all available lodging space within
a reasonable distance of the match.
Private homes are already being
listed and the type of accommoda
tion thjey can give and rates being
set for a reasonable charge. |
He reports that the response from)
the people of the district has been in war time.”
BETTER OF APPRECIATION
Goderich, Ontario,
March 16 th, 1942
J. M. Southcott, Esq.;
Editor, .“The Times-Advocate”,
Exeter, Ontario.
Dear Mr. Southcott:
Through your newspaper, which
■has been of very great assistance
in the Campaign, we would like' to
congratulate the people of Exeter
and the surrounding territory, as
well as the people of Huron Coun
ty as a whole, for their magnificent
achievement in the Second Victory
Loan Campaign.
Those who worked long hours to
make 'this achievement possible,
men such, as Mr. R. N. Creech, your
'County Vice-Chairman, and Mr.
Laird Mickle, of Hensall, deserve
great praise—as do County Chair-!
man G. L. Parsons, Publicity Chair
man Chas. K. Saunders, Employee
Chairman W. «C. Attridge, Adminis
tration Chairman. Harvey Erskine,
and Messrs. Bob Bowman, Jim Kin-
kead, Hal MacLean, Jim Shearer
and Jim Mullin,. the other County
Vice-Chairmen. The speakers who
■ disregarded snow, ice and cold winds
to place the Victory Loan message
before Huron were also a very im
portant factor in the success of the
Campaign. We know something of
the work and worry these men have
put into their jobs—without any
financial reward whatever and fre
quently at the cost of heavy person-;
al, sacrifice. Huron is fortunate in
having men who couple their mark
ed ability with unselfish public
spirit.
Many others too numerous to
mention here have contributed in
an important way to the County’s
'successful Campaign. It would be
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Answering Four Questions Most
Often Asked Correspondendent
Who Comes Back From Britain
This Is tlie 13th of a series of 18
articles on conditions in Great
Britain ip wartime, written ex
clusively for tiie weekly news
papers of Canada by Hugh Temp-
Jin of the Fergus News-Record
Having completed the first dozen
stories in this series, perhaps I
should take time this week to ans
wer the questions most often asked
me since J came hack to Canada. I
shall not attempt to answer them
all, of course, hut only four of
those which seem the most impor
tant and which are most frequent
ly asked.
f!
I What Changes is the War Making
in Great Britain?
Zurich minister
DIES SUDDENLY
Heart Attack proves Fatal to Rev,
Rrnest Tuerkheim
Toronto, woman who says I should
be writing for DNB. She is quite
rude in her remarks, not only about
me but also about Canadian girls.
Yet the subject is one of interest
and I don’t see why it should be
kept secret. Canada has sent some
two hundred thousand of her young
men over the ocean. Every one
that marries in Britain will not be
free to marry a Canadian girl if he
returns, And allowances and pen
sions to the wives overseas must
amount to a considerable item in
time.
Many Canadian soldiers are mar
rying English girls. Some are mar
rying Scottish girls, The command
ing officer of one Ontario Battalion
told me
his, boys
England,
centage
in that time if they
Canada,
This officer had no
soldiers could not marry without
his permission. He insisted on in
terviewing the prospective byides
before he gave it. He said they were
invariably fine types of girls,
would be a credit to Canada
the war, If he did not think
withheld permission to marry.
I do not think the proportion of
Air Force men getting married over
seas is large.
The reason seems obvious.
Here’s Quick Relief from
SINUS PAIN
3-Purpose Medicine Helps Clear
OiitCopgested Ssrrs Areas
one best way to get relief from tortur
ing sinus pain, is to .dear congestion
from nasal passages and give sinuses
a chance to dram. A few drops of
Vicks Va-tro-nol in each nostril is usually enough to bring this comfort*
ing relief,
Rev, Ernest Tuerkheim died sud
denly at his residence in Zurich
early Sunday of a heart attack in
his 52nd year. Born in Hamburg,
Germany, coining to Canada in 1911,
Mr. Tuerkheim ministered in Des-:
boro, North Battleford, Laird, Sask.
and for the past 14 years served the
St. Peter’s Lutheran church in Zur
ich. He. had completed 30 years in
the ministry.
in 1911 he was married to Ann
Helm, who survives him, besides
five -daughters and’ two sons, Mrs.
Ed. Gascho, Zurich
Neve, Hot Springs, Ark.;
N„ of London; Gertrude,
to* Irene at home; Jack,
and Herbert at home.
The body was resting at his home
until Tuesday at 5 p,m„ when it
was taken to lie in state in St.
Peter’s church. A private funeral
service took place at the home- on
Wednesday at 2.15 p,m,» followed
by a public service in St. Peter's
Lutheran church at 2.30 p
J. H. Ruble, of Hamilton,
ed at both services. The
ers were Geo. Hess, Fred
Arnold Merner, Henry Gackstettei'
The Albert Hess, Milfred Schilbe, Hen-
an egg while I was there. (The ra
tion is two eggs a month per per
son in the London district). In fact,
I saw only one person eating an
egg in almost a month. There are
no packaged cereals. They came
from Canada and are too bulky to
ship, Oatmeal could be obtained
occasionally when one could get
milk with it, The sugar ration is
one-third the new Canadian ra
tion. Friend potatoes seemed to be
the staple
sometimes
fat bacon.
Meat is
allowance
paid, one shilling, tuppence a week
per person, That would mean a
roast on Sunday and shepherd's pie
once or twice on following -days.
There are two exceptions,
and offal are not rationed,
hotels one ate >unrationed
venison, rabbit pie, grouse,
guinea fowl—or
breakfast food last fall,
with a slice or two of
severely rationed. The
is limited by the price
that over one hundred of
had married since reaching
That is a higher per-
than would have married
had stayed in
objection. The
Mrs. Arthur
Ellen, R.
of Toron-
of Zurich
Va-tro-nol Is so -WfIPOSE successful be*
MEMCiSiE cause it does three 4 importaptthings:
(1) shrinks swollen membranes of the
nose; (2). Kelps clear put pain-causing
congestion and <3>
soothes irritation. Many sinus suf- <
ferers say it’s best WiCKS
VATRO MOL
WILLIAM RUBY BURIED
IN ZURICH CEMETERY'
, who
after
so he
Funeral services -were held Wed
nesday afternoon of last week for
William Ruby, of St, Mary’s Hospi
tal, Kitchener, on Monday. Mr,
Ruby was born in Zurich on August
23, 1865, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs, Jacob Ruby. For many years
he farmed near Zurich, later oper
ating a general store in partnership
with John Gascho for a few years
prior to his
Surviving
Kitchener;
Dietrich, of
ther, F’eldy Ruby, of Pontiac, Mich,
His wife, the former Mary Prang,
predeceased him July 24, 1940.
The funeral was held from the
Zurich Evangelical church, of which
the deceased was a member. Rev.
C. B. Heckendorn ‘officiated. Burial
was in Bronson Line cemetery.
This was my first visit to England
and therefore I cannot answer from
my own experience, but among my
fellow travellers were several who
had been born in the British Isles,
oi' had visited them on several oc
casions. During my stay in England
I met people of all classes. My hosts
included titled persons of various
degrees of prominence and rank. I
travelled by myself when time per
mitted and met and talked with
people of all classes, I wandered.
quite gratifying. They want to
see the match put over in the best
possible way . . . and are willing to
put up with some inconvenience in
order that lodging may be found for
the many people who will be seek
ing a place to stay,
Ross is the kind of man who gets
things done quietly, There isn’t
much fuss about the way he works/
but you find that; he does things ini
an -efficient manner at all times, j _
He has been marshalling his forces. away from the group to talk to
for quite some time now. people who were working^in their
" _ ’ , to the men and women
running, machinery in the factories.
I met many former Canadians now
living in England.
It seems to be unanimously agreed I
ztVk n rvrxr* 4 "O i»4il- 4 n lin trzi o 1 — j
Ross McGregor is a good farmer | gardens,
and a keenly interested member of!
the .Huron County .Federation of
Agriculture, He feels the shortage
of labor just as keenly as.anybody
... but he’s putting his shoulder
to the wheel and pushing for all
lie’p worth.
“The International is going to be
a success this year,” he said.. “Gaso
line rationing will he a bit of a nuis
ance and inconvenience but in
times such as these what are little!
troubles like that. People won’t be|
able to go so many places but)
they’ll be attending the Interna-'
tional Plowing Match. There isn’t
a fanner in the Province of Ontario
who can affoi;d to miss this year’s
International, just for its educa
tional value alone, along 'the lines
of teaching people how to combat
the troubles, they are encountering
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Game
At the
meat—
chicken,
guinea fowl—-or such things as
tripe, sweetbreads and head-cheese.
English sausages are amazing
things. They look like sausages but
taste like nothing- on earth. I tried
them twice, the second time to see
if they could possibly be as bad as
I thought they were the first time.
There was no improvement.
Bread and vegetables were not
rationed. With so many growing
their own vegetables last year, and
with a favorable season, there was
no scarcity of vegetables. I saw
oranges for sale once. They were
for children only. Stores were busy
but I never saw a queue lined up
to buy food, although there were
line-ups in the early mornings
where - cigarettes were sold, three
to a customer.
m. Rev
officiat-
pallbear-
Haberer.
luc ipctouB mmvxvu^. 4,xieas, ivxjiirea pcnii
Air Force is continually in action, ry Gallman, Elmore Klopp.
There is nothing monotonous about
life in the bomber or fighter squad
rons. In the Army, some of the
men have heen ‘ in • Southern Eng
land for
ing for
come.
Some
private
practically
■Others get acquainted with girls at
dances and entertainments put on
for the troops. ’
For the Canadian girl who has
sent her soldier overseas, there
seems to be hut one precaution to
take—send a continuous stream of
letters, mixed occasionally with
boxes and photographs. And let
ters are more important than boxes.
more than two years, train-
a fight which has never
of the men are billeted in
homes and have become
“one of the family1'.
The confirmation class which
Mr. Tuerkheim was to have confirm
ed last Sunday acted as flowerbear
ers, Marjorie and Donna Merner, El-
da Reichert, Helma Clausius, Pauline
Haberer,
Schultz,
Schilbe,
Schilbe,
Delores Klopp,
Marjorie Klopp,
Bruce Eichmier,
Frederick Haberer
Jack Adhens. Interment took
in St. Peter’s cemetery.
Erika
Hubert
Laird
and
place
retirement,
are a sonf Emery, o£
a daughter, Mrs, A.
Kitchener, and a bro-
that the changes in Britain have al
ready been great; that more are
still to come, and that things can
nev’er be the same again as , they
were before the war began.
A great levelling process is taking
place. Money is of little use if it
cannot buy luxuries. Ratioping ap
plies to all, No matter how many
. suits of clothes a man had before
the war, he can buy only the same
j number now as the humblest la
borer. True, the quality will be
better,' but even that distinction
tends to disappear.
During more than three weeks in
London, I saw only two young men
I dressed in formal evening clothes,
! not counting the waiters in the ho-
! tel. These two were in an under-
1 ground station and they were drunk,
unfair, however, to close without | They were pointed out to me as a
applauding the efforts , of the sales-j bad example by a Constable. ( Yet in
’ ' ' '' x i the days before the war, a Canadian
) cabinet minister was refused admis
sion to the dining room in the hotel
where I stayed because he was not
in evening clothes.
An incident happened during my
I stay in Britain that shows the Ger
mans have no idea what a change
they have wrought in England. One
night, they dropped a spy by para
chute. Evidently he expected to
move in society. He was dressed in
tails and his outfit was complete even
to white spats. The outfit marked
him at once and he had the further
misfortune to drop in a mud puddle
and spoil his spats. He was' picked
up before he . had time to hide the
small wireless transmitter he car
ried. His clothes cost him! hAs
life.
Even then, pleasure travel in
automobiles was limited to the dis
tance one could go on three gal
lons a month. Since then, it has’
been prohibited. While I was in
England, the distinction between
first and third classes for railway
travel was abolished and there is
now only one class. *
Rich and poor suffered alike in
the bombing. That, perhaps, did
more to break down distinctions
than anything else. Everyone phys
ically able to do so must take a
turn at fire-watching.
It is said that income and Other
taxes amount almost to conscription
of wealth. I cannot say whether that
is true, but it is obvious that wealth
can no longer obtain many luxuries,
and a great levelling process has
been taking place. And I did not
hear* any complaints about it.
Is Rationing of Food and Clothing
Eliir to All?
This questioil can be answered
without hesitation. I do not see
how rationing restrictions could be
more fairly applied. There are a
few loopholes, but these are not
important. An honest effort is made
to see that everyone gets equal
privileges.
Food allowances of all rationed
staple foods ate alike for rich and
poor. No amount of influence can get
any more. The British people are ob
viously not starving, but I do not
think they really get enough to eat.
At least, a Canadian feels the sud
den change in diet.
Take butter, for instance. No
matter where one eats, the allow
ance is the same, two ounces a
Week. That allows (a slice about
the size and thickness of a quarter
For each meal, it will not butter
half a roll. On Sunday morning, I
showed the family the butter allow
ance for one meal. I used six of
them, or two days* ration, on
slice of hot toast.
It is hard to find anything
breakfast in Britain.. I never
i
men who spent a tremendous amount
of time and energy doing their work
under extremely . difficult condi
tions; and Mr, Harold Williams,
the County Secretary, who worked
■long hours to duplicate the excel
lent. job he did in t,he last Campaign.
The people of Huron have been
to us all that Huron’s most ardent
boosters have claimed for them—
and more. For the ability of the
people of Huron to do a good job—-
we congratulate them; and for their
friendly hospitality we sincerely
■thank them.
Yours very truly,
H. J. Vandewater, Organizer
B'. L. Coyne, Asst. Organizer ‘
SAINTSBURY
((Intended for last week)
Miss- Lorraine Dobbs spent
week under the parental roof.
We are glad, to report that
Fred Davis
few days.
Mrs.
week ■
Noals,
Mr.
spent
Mrs. Win. Dobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Tuesday to spend the
friends in Toronto.
Mrs. Harry Noals and uauy, juura,
are spending a week with her moth
er, Mrs. Will Dickens.
Mr. and Mrs, F. Hardie, of Lu
can, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Dobbs on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs treated
Mr. and Mrs. Minor Dobbs and
family to a fowl supper Monday
night.
A.C. Lloyd Bobbs, of MacDonald,
Man., and A.C. Harry Dobbs, of Cal
gary, ar-e spending their 14-day
leaves With their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Minor Dobbs.
The Radio Farm
at the home of Mr.
Hodgins with 32
the discussion progressive euchre
was played and the hostess served
lunch.
is feeling better the
last
Mr.
last
lastMacDonald spent
her sister, Mrs. Harty
. M.
with
Of Aylmer.
George Essery, of London,,
Sunday with his daughter,
Dobbs left
week with
baby, Dora',
I
Forum was held
and Mrs. Labdna
•present. After
A Help to Bose Who
Are Past Middle Age
When men. and women get past middle age their
energy and activity, in many instance^ begin to de
cline, and their general Vitality is on the wane.
Little ailments and sicknesses seem harder to
shake off than formerly, and, here and there, evidences
of a breakdown begin to appear.
L, vkv, tLv.Lv. ..L’-k. ___should take a course of Milburn’s^Iealth ~v —, >■
They help tone up and invigorate the patient by them tome action on
the system. 4 a ¥ *
Price 50c a box, 65 pills, at all drug Counters^
Look for our trade mark a “Red Heart” dh the package.
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Torontd. Oat.
U1 CIM.UUVVU UVffjiU IO <xj/Pcw’* • 4 i i f • J -•*Now is the time those wishing to help maintain their health and Vigour
ild take a course of Milburn’s Health and Nervo Pills..
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one
for
ate
What to Send in Parcels of Food
To Britain
What is sent to Canadian soldiers
'in Britain isMargely a matter of in
dividual preference. The weight
allowance is liberal and there are
few restrictions, I_ _____
Canadian Army Headquarters
London suggests
marmalade, fruit juice (all in cans);
razor blades, garters .and braces.
Another suggests candy, particular
ly chocolate. I askv*. many soldiers
what they would like and got few
other suggestions. They seemed to
be well supplied with cigarettes,
though there weije many complaints
about cigarettes going astray. I
imagine that it is not so much
what is in parcels for soldiers that
counts so much as the fact that they
are sent regularly. They like to
know that' the people back home
have not forgotten them.
Parcels for civilians in Britain
must be chosen carefully. The weight
limit is five pounds, including the
wrapping and package. There are
some restrictions about the num
ber of packages which may be sent
and the contents. If the parcel
does not comply with the restric
tions, it will not be delivered,
person
will be
will be
ization.
sending
Civilians in Britain appreciate the
parcels sent them even more than
the -boys in the Armed Services.
They are more in need of the extra
food. A pound of butter received
from Canada, for instance, doubles
the ration for one person for two
months. There is a definite rule
that no person in Britain may write
to ask that food be sent, but you
can be sure it will be welcomed.
I asked many civilians what” they
would like most, If parcels were
sent them from 'Canada. Invar
iably butter headed the list. It
can be bought in cans. I heard of
one old lady who received a two-
pound tin of butter from Canada.
She
X
and
she
a treasure beyond price.
Not more than two pounds of any
one substance may be sent in a five-
pound parcel. Do riot send clothing.
The person who receives it will be
forced to give up clothing coupons,
and possibly have to pay duty as
well. Don’t send cigarettes to civ
ilians either, since the duty is high.
Tea is not so scarce as generally
supposed.
Foods generally mentioned, be
sides butter, were: canned
particularly ham products;
concentrates in tins, cheese,
butter, vitamin Bl tablets.
If you are sending to a lady put
in a few hairpins, bobby pins or
safety pins,
scarce in Britain,
that younger ladies might like
lip-stick.
Are Many Canadian Soldiers
- Marrying British Gir1|?
Perhaps this is a. subject that
should not discuss, it seems to be
ticklish one.
tors on the
a woman’s
quite.a stir,
own paper on the subject and to-day
recelved a red-hot letter from some
An officer at
in
butter, sugar,
The
to whom it is consigned
notified, but the contents
turned over , to some organ-
That is worse than not
a parcel at all.
called the neighbors in to see
The local paper heard the story
printed it. Two riionths later
still had hef butter unopened,
meats,
fruit
peanut
They are unbelievably
And it is said
a
I
&
One of the other edi-
trip wrote about it in
magazine and created
I had. an item in my
Recruit: “What’s on the menu
tonight?" Cook: “Oh, we have
hundreds of things to eat tonight”
Recruit: “What are they?” Cook:
“Beans.”
400 CHICKENS DIE IN FLOOD
Mr. Elgin Rowcliffe, a well-known
farmer
heavy '
ens a
placed
house,
residence, opposite Sam DougalTs,
highway No. 4, two miles south of
Hensall. Mr. Rowcliffe had con
verted this house into a chicken
house and owing to heavy rains
the basement was flooded and
chickens drowned.
near Hensall, suffered a
loss when he lost 400 chick
in onth old which had been
in a basement of a vacant
formerly known as the Ross
ILDERTON FARMER’S SHEEP
GIVES BIRTH TO 5 LAMBS
A Lincoln sheep owned by W.
Colbert, Brookmount Farm, R.R,
No. 1, Ilderton, has given birth to
five lambs. According to available
information the occurrence is ex
tremely rare. The usual litter num
bers one or two, with rare eases of
three being reported.
J’
e BE SURE you have tile
right number, consult the
directory.
® SPEAK distinctly, directly
into the mouthpiece.
® ANSWER promptly when
the bell rings.
® BE BRIEF. Clear your line
For the next call.
@ USE OFF-PEAK hours for
Long Distance calls: before
9.30 a.rn., 1*2 p.m., 5*7
p.m., after 9 p.m.
77ie.se things may loo): trifling,
but on 6,500,(100 daily tele
phone calls, they are very
iniporlaiit.
CLEAR T
Manage*
WARTIME TELEPHONE TACTICS
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