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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-05-14, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE SOLDIERS! i ATTENTION! JI STAND & M YOUR FEET MINARDS LINIMENT _________ l*F2 ■ DAVID FOSTER BURIED IN KIRKTON CEMETERY The funeral service for David Fos­ ter, who died $,t his home in Kirk­ ton on Monday, May 4th, was held at the home on Thursday after­ noon, Rev. A. iRapson of Kirk­ ton officiated. During the service the hymn “Abide With Me,” was sung, and a quartette composed of Charles Paul and his three sons, Gerald, Leon and Reginald, sang “Haye Thy Own Way, Lord,” There were many floral tributes and ia large crowd was present, showing the high esteem in which (Mr. Fostei* was held. The pallbearers were Ira Marhsall, Harry Bergen, Roy Fran­ cis, Dr. Gerrance Jose, Charles Paul and Mac Malloy. The flower-bear­ ers were Reginald Paul, Gerald Paul, Leon Paul and Lome Foster. In­ terment was made in Kirkton Union Cemetery.- (Friends and relatives at­ tending from a distance included Miss Ida Brearley, ‘Providence, Rhode Island; 'Mrs. John Shane, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Partridge and son William, West Monkton; Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Haehmel, Gadshill. This it the eighteenth and final Story of a trip to Britain and hack ajgaiti in wartime. The writ* er, Hugh Templin, editor of the Fergus News-Record, went at the invitation of the British and represented Canada’s newspapers, & Before the United States the war, two of the most places in the City of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, were rather dingy ship-, ping offices, One of them had a cer­ tain air of romance about it, 'for it belonged to Pan American Airway^, whose big 'Clipper planes were sup­ posed to fly fromi Lisbon to New York three times a week. It was on one of the main streets in down­ town Lisbon, in the district occu­ pied by the banks, the money chang­ ers and the pawn shops. All of these places were well known to thousands I dominated ed to the who hoped States or New World, out of Hitler’s reach. It was easy to imagine these re­ fugees making theii* hopeless rounds. And no place would jse more hope­ less than the ticket offices of Pan American' Airways, for - only the greatly privileged, with “pull” at Washington or London, or Ottawa, ever set foot in these ships with wings. In October, 1941, there was an­ other place visited by thousands who still hoped to escape. That was the office of American Export Lines. This was a steamship com­ pany, with ambitions to take to the air as well and break the monopoly enjoyed by Pan American. But the war with Japan intervened before the first Export Lines plane took to. to the air. The company was send­ ing three ships a month to Lisbon. And the most famous of theiiw all was the S.S. Excambion. Council weekly entered popular of refugees from Nazi- Europe, who had escap- freedom of Lisbon and to go on to the United somewhere else in the closer, the passengers with glasses could see its gu'ns. took it for granted ship of the British seemed, that some aliens jon board feared the same thing. If it came alongside, some­ body seemed likely to be taken off, whether British or German. The grey ship crossed our boys, several miles speed None was, view that it was British, time on, we felt safer. The Excambion travelled alone, not in a convoy. It was lighted at night, and had an American flag painted on the side, It made just two more trips after that, before being taken over by the American Navy. There must have been thou­ sands of sad hearts in Lisbon when it The Canadians that it was a Navy, and it q£ the enemy ahead of us and then put on and was quickly out of sight, of us ever knew What ship it but the Captain shared our Fromi that stories', in the written I omit- This man had been ac- in his opposition to Germany he had kept one step ahead of Gestapo, getting to Lisbon at though it took him two years Men? Women Over 40 Feel Weak, Worn; Old Want Normal Pep, Vim, Vitality ? 1 Does weak, rundown, exhausted condition make you feel lagged out, old? Try Ostrex. Contains general tonics, stimulants, often needed after 30 or. 40. Supplies iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin Bi. Helps-you get normal pep, vjm. vitality. In­ troductory slie Ostrex Tonic Tablets only 35c. For sale at all good drug stores everywhere, * SWITZER-BAKER The home of Mr>. ■‘and Mrs. Baker, of 'Stanley Township, Zurich, was the scene of the ding of their youngest daughter, Margaret (Carolina, to Eric Benson Switzer, son of Mr. and IMrs.. Charles Switzer, of Kippen. Rev. Luft, of ■Dashwood, officiated. The wedding music was played by Miss Kathleen Hess, cousin of the. bride. Given in marriage by her father, the bride chose a floor-length gown of tur­ quoise blue satin. She wore a onet of silver and flowers and car­ ried an arm bouquet of white car­ nations. Her bridesmaid was Miss Betty Switzer, of Kippen, sister of the groom, who was gowned in a floor-length pink) taffeta. Marine McLachlan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. IMcLachlan, of Kippen, and Marjorie Currie, daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Currie, of Clinton, were dainty little flower girls. The groom was attended by Karl 'Reichert, of Zurich, brother of bride. Following the ceremony the wedding dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Switzer left for an extend* ed wedding trip, the bride travel­ ling in a smart blue ensemble. John near wed- cor- Somebody just told us that the first jig-saw puzzle originated when a Scotch butcher dropped a dollar bill in the meat grinder. all antiquities are highly For instance, ’there are virtues. Not prized, the old Out of Europe by Refugee Ship , The eight Canadian editors, tem­ porarily stranded 'in Lisbon, had re­ turn tickets for the Clipper, but the weather was interfering with plane schedules and danger was drawing closer all the time. There would not even be a boat out for two weeks if we did not go by the Excambion, so, one or two at a time, we gave in to the inevitable, turned our Clip­ per tickets over to the British Em­ bassy and received, boat tickets in 1 exchange. The. Atlantic wide between Lis- ■ bon and New York, about twice as >' wide as from Newfoundland, to Ire­ land. The water is blue and warm, J with occasional dolphins jumping out of the waves and playing around the ship7 There’ was some delay in leav­ ing Lisbon. I had come on board early, after paying out my last few escudos to the Portugese police guard at the wharf entrance—their last chance to get graft out of the departing travellers. I had intend-' ed to keep that money for souven­ irs and was a bit sore about it. The harbor was interesting, as all harbors are. From the land side, big cranes were lifting casks of wine, crates of raisins and 'figs, and boxes of unmarked goods. On the river side, odd little sailing vessels, un­ changed from the Phoenician days, had cargoes of cork brought from the interior. They ■ were family affairs, evidently, and inhabited not only by people, but by dogs, hens and fighting cocks. It was dark when the Excambion pulled out and sailed down the broad Tagus river. Now that I was leav­ ing it, Lisbon looked lovely, set on its seven hills, one of the few bril­ liantly lighted cities left in Europe. The last was the gambling There on board that decreased gradually as ■ the days passed, but flared up i again as fresh news Came in. Just before the Excaimbion left Lisbon, there came word .that an American destroyer had been torpedoed by the Germans. It seemed that the Unit­ ed States might be in the xvar at any moment. heard that an ship had been us. Boat drill neatness. About half-way across lantic, there Was fresh anxiety. A grey ship Was approaching from the north, giving no signal. It looked like a merchantman, nut as it came bit of Europe I could see red neon sign over the casino at Estoril. was a feeling of tension Two days out, we American passenger sunk just took on a south of new ear­ the Ab Painful, Pus Filled Boils the Cause of Much Misery If you suffer from boils you know how sick and miserable they made you feel. " ... Boils ate an outward indication of impurities iff the system, and just tvhen you. think you are rid of one ano then crops up to take its place (and prolong your misery* All the lancing and poulticing you can. dd may not stop more coming, , i t ± *To help overcome boils you should purify the blood, so why not give that old* reliable blood medicine, Burdock Blood Bitters, a chance to show what it will do in helping you get rid of them? Thousands have used it for this purpose for the past 60 years* Why not you? The T. Milburn Cd., Limited, Toronto, Ont The Ger- found him on slome were alert, sailed, he with a shipment of goods, the eyes of the Portugese For a day, he stayed down hold, then came on deck, a At Bermuda he House of throne of Admiral Service that theBermuda. Service took a big estimation and ’ the a chance to stick sailed away for the last time. Living x With Adventure The stories of the people on that ship would have filled a library, and many of them were horror I mentioned some of them first story of this series, while on the Atlantic. But ted the most exciting of them all. There was one passenger we did not notice till the ship was a day out of Lisbon. His real name never, ap­ peared on the passenger list. He had been private secretary to a rul­ er of a European country, a man who had just disappeared when Hitler took over the country by fored and treachery, tive and the last, to reach it. Perhaps he grew careless, or his luck deserted him there, man crowd in Portugal and had him arressted charge. But the British The day the Excambion got out of jail somehow and was nailed up in a .packing box. It came aboard under police, in the free man again, left the ship, to land on British soil at last. By comparison with this iman, our real live Prince of the Bourbon, pretender' to the France, and a French seemed ordinary indeed. High Regaiti- for Secret It was at British Secret jump in our Canadians had their chests out a little farther. The arrival of the Excambion at Bermuda was exciting enough. The negro pilot came out in his little launch and boarded the* ship just before dark. Bermuda consists of a small group of islands, strategi­ cally situated in imid-Atlantic, with Hamilton the chief city. To get- to Hamilton harbor, the ship had to ■pass through a long bay strewn with mines. The open path was a zig-zag affair and the ship moved slowly from, one marker to another, the searchlights continually moving over the water. One mistake there would be just too bad. In the harbor at last, word went around that the Canadians were free to go ashore, along with the King’s Messenger, but all others must stay on board for search and question­ ing. If was Bermuda’s rainy sea­ son and the water was pouring down in torrents, and I had seen Bermuda before, so I stayed on board and watched proceedings. The ship was taken over complete­ ly by the British, by agreement with the ship owners, of course. All mail was taken ashore to be censor­ ed. All alien passengers were herd­ ed on to the after deck until their turns came. t • It was an interesting process. The person questioned sat. at a little table. A naval officer conducted the investigation in French, Ger­ man or whatever other language the passenger understood best, While a girl from the censorship staff took down every word in shorthand in that langugage. It soon became apparent that these men and women knew an amazing amount about our fellow- travellers—-more than we had learn­ ed in a, week with them. And they knew* the cities in Europe whence they came and could detect flaws in their stories. It was a thorough inquisition, which only the British subjects and those few Americans in the diplomatic service escaped, and it took most of the night. When ft was done, we knew how the Brit­ ish can check up on the damage done by bombing and can collect other scraps of interesting and valuable information. No doubt, the United States has also benefitted from this thorough­ going system as well Canadians were sevei'al of the were two men, sounding names Some of the a bit doubtful about passengers. There both with English* (and passports) but STEPHEN COUNCIL The Council of the Township of Stephen met In the town hall, Cre* diton, on Monfiny, May 4th, 1942, at 1 p.m. All members were pre­ sent. The minutes of the .previous meeting were read and adopted on motion of Thomas Love, seconded by Nelson Schenk. Moved by Thomas Love, seconded by Arthur Amy, that the Assess­ ment Roil of the Township of ste­ phen for the year 1942 be accepted as filed by the Assessor and that he be paid his salary of $110.00 $7,00 for postage; and that the Court of Revision to hear and termine appeals be held in town hall, Crediton, the 26th day of p.m. Carried, The Clerk was for tenders up to of May next at 1 chase of the Cooper property in Crediton, which has been obtained for arrears of taxes, The following correspondence was read and filed; From the Department of Munici­ pal Affairs stating the Province will continue the payment of one mill subsidy on the total municipal rate­ able assessment for the current year, Promt the Department of Educa­ tion regarding the organization and administration of Township school areas. From the Department of High­ ways and Oil 'Controller regarding use of “Marked Gasoline” colored purple in power maintainer. Moved by Roy Ratz, seconded by Nelson Schenk: that pay sheet No,' 5, amounting to $1,005.73 and the following orders be paid: Cook!s store, relief, Bowden, $4.93; W. C, Allison, coal, Bowden, $10.00; Cora Gaiser, milk, Jackson, $7.20; Anna Gill, rent, Jackson, $3.00; ’ Reste- meyer & Miller, relief, Jaclaaon, $)&.0>0; Wesley Wein, milk, Merner, $4.20; Bank of Commerce, cashing road cheques, JS1.35; M. C. Sweit­ zer, salary as assessor and postage, $117.00; Ivan Green,, rebate dog 'tax, $2.00; treasurer, County of Huron, hospitalization, Gossman, $7.00; McPherson, $35.00; Jessie Richard, $19,25, total, $61.25; H. K. Eilber, part salary, clerk and treasurer, $175.00; Exeter Tim.es- Advocate, acct., $11.07. The 'Council adjourned to again on Tuesday, May 26th, at 1 p.m. and de* the on Tuesday, May, 1942, at 2 instructed to ask Tuesday, the 26th p.m., for the .pur* H. K. Eilber, meet 1942 Clerk GRANTON At a meeting of the Red Cross of the Granton Unit, Rev. Harrison, president of Biddulph' District, pre­ sided and explained the coming Red Cross campaign after which J. Mc­ Farlane spoke and discussed' boun­ daries for collectors fOr this district for the drive which will commence Monday, The collectors, numbering 16, will be the same as in the 194 0 drive. The objective is $1,700 for this division. A salvage campaign was planned when salvage from this, district will be received at the Little Brick school, Lucan, on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week. The Lucan constable will be in charge. A nursing course was also plan­ ned and will be open to the public in the neai’ future. The local presi­ dent, Fred Crouch, spoke a few words, asking for co-operation and action and then closed the meeting. supposed to be escaping from France to the United States. One of them pretended to be a pacifist and quot­ ed A. A. Milne’s poems to the child­ ren on board-, and the other one got drunk on the last night on the ship and started to recite about Ger­ many’s might and the uselessness of holding out any longer against her. It was** Dave Rogers to whom he was opening out and our Wes­ tern friend called us to overhear it, and we felt like heaving the man overboard. Perhaps we .should have done it, but maybe he is in an internment camp south of the bord­ er by this time. If not, he is a dis­ tinct menace to the hation. After the Excambion left Ber­ muda, there seemed to be no more danger. That was before German submarines were operating close to the coast, so there Was a chance to relax. On the last Monday morn­ ing in October, we sailed past the Statue of Liberty and past the sky­ scrapers of New York to bark finally on the New shore. That night I was back Guardia Airport, outside New York, the place from which the trip had started six weeks before. But this time it was not the Clipper but a trim Trans-Uanada plane that took toe up over New York. The plane took a route directly over' the heart of the city, Where millions shone, in contrast to the out towns of Britain and Two hours later I could lights of Toronto and the long high­ way to Hamilton, still lighted in those days. The. big thrill of the trip was to be able to step out on Canadian soil again. Never before did Canada seem so good. It wasn’t because it was safe here, but because this was part of the great British Empire. Never before did thatf seem so Important. disem- Jersey at La of lights blacked* Europe, see the z «C”Used tires, used tubes. Physicians, Visiting nurses, Firefighters, Police, Certain trucks, etc. plass: Who may buy; “A” What may be bought: New, retreaded, or used tires; new or used tubes; retreading services. Only a limited few, the owners of essential eligible vehicles, may now obtain usable tires or tubes, or retreading services. Apart from sales permitted by the new regulations, no person may buy or sell, borrow or lend, barter, give away, mortgage, bum, cut, destroy or otherwise dispose of any such tire or tube- Eligible vehicle owners are divided into three classes, on this basis; r Retreaded or used tires; used tubes; retreading services. •nwn-scjay, May 14th, 1ft®. War Technicians War supply inspectors, Taxi owners, etc. Food inspectors, Scrap buyers, Travelling repairmen, Rural school teachers, etc. How purchases may be made; To buy new tire or tube, retreaded tire or retreading service, purchaser must apply for Ration Permit to the nearest office of Wartime Prices and Trade Board: (For used tire or used tube* see Class "C”). To buy retreaded tire or retreading ser­ vices, purchaser must apply for Ration Permit to the nearest office of War- time Places and Trade Board:1 (For used tire or used tube see below). A vehicle owner in this class may buy only used tires pr used tubes. He must prove necessity to any authorize! dealer and fill out with the dealer a Purchase Certificate. Classes “A” and “B” may also buy used tires and tubes under the same conditions. FULL DETAILS OF THE NEW ORDER ARE OBTAINABLE FROM ANY TIRE DEALER Very severe penalties will be imposed for any infractions of the new regulations. The tire dealers of Canada are co-operating with the Government in the efficient operation of the order, and in its enforcement. It is their patriotic duty to repair and legally resell all usable tires in their possession, and turn over at once to the •nearest salvage agency any scrap rubber they have on hand or receive in the future, including all tires and tubes no longer serviceable. Every person, whether a dealer or not, must report by May 31 to the Tire Rationing Representative at his nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board office, all tires and tubes in his possession on May 15, which are not scrap, and which are not on the running wheels and one spare rim of each vehicle he owns. Department of Munitions and Supply HONOURABLE C. D. HOWE, MINISTER, OTTAWA CONSERVE YOUR TIRES—-THEY ARE PROBABLY THE LAST YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER THE RED CROSS NEEDS y @ It is only through the Canadian Red Cross Society that anybody in Canada can send food parcels to any Canadian, British, Australian or New Zealand prisoner-of-war anywhere. This is but one of the great tasks of the Canadian Red Cross; great tasks require great effort and much money. More than 40,000 prisoners-of-war food parcels are sent overseas by the Red Cross every week. This number must be more than doubled to meet the actual need. More than a million such parcels have already been sent to prisoners-of-war. It all costs jnoney. The Canadian Red Cross Society has not campaigned . nationally for, funds since October, 1940. It now asks urgently for $9,000,000 in the only national campaign for war service funds to be authorized by the Govern­ ment this year. Every dollar contributed by you is wisely dealt with and economically adminis­ tered. All Red Cross accounts, are subject to scrutiny by the Auditor-General of Canada. The Canadian Red Cross has given enormous assistance to the injured and homeless in bombed areas in Britain. At Coventry and Hull, in devastated London, Plymouth, Bristol and Liverpool, the Canadian Red Cross was there. Millions of articles of clothing, shoes, blankets and other comforts have been distributed. Thousands of children in Britain have been made orphans by the war. The Canadian Re d Cross has fed and clothed many of these homeless ones and found them shelter. The Canadian Red Cross Society maintains Enquiry Bureaus through which families in Canada obtain information regarding missing relatives. Through these 4 Bureaus, prisoners-of-war or missing civilians are located. The work is carried on in co-opera­ tion with the International Red Cross at Geneva, Switzerland. The Canadian Red Cross has supplied 36 mobile kitchen units for Britain’s fire fighters. These units are equipped to go into bombed areas and feed 250 workers at a time. Mrs. N. J. Dore, Pres., Phone 1 R. N. Creech, Chairman of Canvassers,. Phone 84 CANADIAN#RED CRO THE ONLY NATIONAL CAMPAIGN THSS YEAN FOR WAR SERVICE FUNDS k5