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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-05-28, Page 3i Page 3 WINCHEL.SEA ° Miss Joy whtilock, ot St. Thomas, spent Monday with Mr. an.4 Mrs. F. V. Horne, Mr. Lloyd Cushman,' of Chatham spent the week-end at the home of Mr. R. E. Pooley. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Robinson, of St. Marys, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R, W, Batten. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Davis visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mau-’ rice McDonald, of Saintsbury. Mr. Harold Davis and Miss Wilma On* motion i McCurdy spent Sunday with Mr. report was, and Mrs, Heber Davis, of Saints- decided to join the Assessing Officers ■was received from USBORNE COUNCIL The Municipal Council of Usborne Township met in the township hall op May 16th» with all members pre­ sent, The Council Association of for Ontario. A complaint Jos. Ferguson re broken tile in the Glenn Somerville Drain. A. Rohde was appointed to have the repair made.A report bn the McDonald Drain i repair in the township of Hay was opened and considered. C by Berry and Fisher the report was J accepted and the by-law was. pro­ visionally adopted. The Clerk was instructed to have the necessary cpipies printed and delivered. A by-law pounds by-law and making provi­ sion for the impounding of fowl was passed. By-law No- 3, appointing W. J, Routly as acting Road Superinten­ dent during the absence of Arthur Rohde on military service was also given necessary readings and pass­ ed- The tax roll for 1941 was finally • . returned by the tax collector vrith $856.80 uncollected. The Treasur- ,er was instructed to s^nd the list to the County Treasurer before May 24 to be registered against the land. 'At 3 p.m. a Court of Revision on the Assessment Roll for 1942 was opened. No property appeals were received other than one property transfer, Eight dogS were struck off and one was added. On motion . by Hodgert and Cooper the Court of Revision for 1942 was closed. The Treasurer reported receipts amounting to $156.40. .The follow­ ing expenditures were approved: Road.voucher, $588.46; relief, $5.00; ordinary expense, $146,41. Council adjourned to meet in re­ gular session on the 13 th day of June at 1 p.m. ’ A. W. Morgan, Clerk' no doubt, be of great benefit ________ # | to the crops. There has been a ' very excellent show of blossom this sipring. Mr.' Wilfred Scott is at present home on leave. Friday evening a gathering was held in the commun­ ity hall when he was presented with a beautiful billfold and a sum of money. supplementing the MITCHELL—Slipping at his home here and fracturing his hip, August Schellenbergei' was ^taken to Strat­ ford General Hospital. Irvine Leake, Logan, was - also taken to hospital after injuring his back in a fall in his barn. bury. . Master- Billie Batten had his ton­ sils removed on Saturday, last at Mrs, Godbolt’s hospital. We hope for a speedy recovery. Mrs. R. E, Pdoley, Marion, Irene, Dorothy and Bobby and Miss Francis attended anniversary vices at Munro on Sunday, Sunday visitors with Mr. Mrs. W. F. Batten were Mr. Mrs. Harry Brenner, Mr, and Ed, Kraehling, of St. Clements; Mr. Jo$. Speare, Mr. Richard Speare and Mr. A. Cumm, of Cromarty. Mr. Donald; with Mr Mr. ten ter don Ella ser- and and Mrs, and Mrs, Wesley Burns and , of London, spent Monday and Mrs. R. W. Batten, John and Miss Kathryn Bat- returned home with them af- spending the week-end in Lon- CROMAHTY Miss Jean Grahm, of Byron, spent the past week with her aunt, Miss Currie. Mr. Albert Camm, of Fort Erie visited this past week with his sis­ ter-in-law, Mrs. S. A. Miller. Mrs. MacDonald, of the village, spent a day in Brussels last week with Mr, MacDonald's mother. This locality' has been visited by very heavy showers of late which J942THE EXETER T1MES-APVOCAT£ By Hugh Templin The • Last week I undertook to say something about wartime London, so that th.bse who have never seen the city might know something of its layout. Actually, I didn’t get very far, describing only the Tham.es and a number of buildings and land­ marks close by, • Most of the famous parts of Lon­ don are north of the Thames. I was south of the river only a few times, once driving out past Croydon, the famous airfield to which most of the London traffic came before the war. It was, as you may remember, the first part of the city to be bomb­ ed, which was not surprising for many of the German bomber pilots had undoubtedly been commercial pilots before the war and they would know the way to Croydon with their eyes shut, Now the air field pro­ bably isn’t used and that district does not show the scars from bomb­ ing that some other iparts of the city do. On another day, I went by bus to the East End and Tower bridge,‘go­ ing. by way of the Elephant and Castle, probably the name of an old pub in days gone by, but now one of the main traffic centres, with bus routes in five directions. Incidentally, the bus conductors are nearly all ladies-in uniform. A stranger must depend on them .for help in finding his way around for maps are taboo and the windows of the buses are nearly all covered with blackout material, so that one doesn’t see much. One Sunday afternoon, I took a special train from Waterloo station, Which is south of the river, to Hamp­ ton Court, which is .up the Thames, not far beyond the suburbs of the city. The train passed through in­ dustrial districts, with small fac­ tories and most of . the houses fair­ ly small. Much damage had been done in some places and it looked as though the Germans often dump­ ed their bombs just wherever the notion came to them. At Hamp­ ton Court, Argo Craig met me and’ Showed me through the fine old castle which was built by Cardinal Wolesley and taken over by Henry VIII. There are famous gardens, still beautiful though obviously not so well kept as in peace time- Mr. Craig, elder son of Mrs. J. J. Craig, of Fergus, is an engineer who stayed in England after the last war and he works with explo­ sives and weapons of various kinds. His home is at Hampton Court. North of the Thames GOING PLACES! 1. BE SURE y6U have the tight num­ ber «.« consult the directory. 2. BE BRIEF. Clear your line lor the next call. These howitzer shells, all stacked and ready to “go places” are just one of the twenty different types of heavy ammunition being made in Canadian plant’s. These plants are going places, too: 1942 production of all types of shells totals a million rounds a month! And that means complete rounds — cases, explosive charges, fuses and other parts * « . all made in Canada. It takes plenty of planning to keep all these shell components flowing smoothly to the right place at the right time. It takes a lot of telephone ing, tpo. And that is where we can all lend a helping hand. Every call you make is carried over an inter­ locking network of telephone lines — lines already heavily taxed by the volume of war business. By being unselfish in your use of existing tele­ phone facilities — by always observ­ ing “Wartime Telephone Tactics” — you may be helping Canada’s war production more than you know, 2* SPEAK distinctly, directly into the mouthpiece, Gibijiy itefatys RULFE, Manager "Wartime telephone tactics’’ 4. ANSWER promptly when the bell rings. 5. USB OFF-PEAK hotirs for Long Distance calls i before 9.30 a.m., 1-2 p.m., 5-7 p.m.« after J) p.m. These things nitty look triflings but on 0,500,000 daily ielejihOtte calls, they arc eery important. The Canadian editors stayed at the Savoy hotel, which is considered the height of luxury, No doubt it is, but I am not going to go into de­ tails about the Savoy at the present. Bur it might be added that the very fact that we all had suites in that famous hotel is another proof, if any was needed, that the British (Council was treating us as honored guests. The hbtel and the Savoy theatre are all in, the same block and the hotel is said to have been built out of the profits of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, as played by the Savoyards, The Savoy faced on an alley off the Strand, one of London’s most ancient and notable streets. The back of the hotel, where most of the din­ ing-rooms were, looked out over the gardens and the Embankment to the Thames. A couiple of blocks away to the west "were Charing Cross sta­ tion and Trafalgar Square; to the east were Waterloo bridge and the old “City of London”. Canadians are often confused by references ’ to the City of London and London. The former appears to have been where the ancient walled city stood and it is in this district that one. meets the old streets mentioned in Pepy’s Diary and books of that time. It remains, I believe, a separate borough of modern London and it has certain traditions. For instance, in the centre of the Strand is a monu­ ment marking the old Temple Bar, a point beyond which the King can­ not go without permission from the Lord Mayor—no doubt referring to some hard-won ancient right. And only. one regiment, I am told, has the right to .march through the old City with fixed bayonets. One keeps running into such traditions in Lon­ don. It is in the City that St. Paul’s stands, and the Guildhall and the ■Law Courts were there, and some of Christopher W^^jfe^old churches. I am not sure tff th^f, exact limits, but the Bank of England is there, or just east of the City." The Old City of London It is this district which suffered the most grievously from the bomb­ ing. Whole blocks are gone. These were mainly wholesale houses, cleri­ cal establishments, business offices. The whole area was cleaned* out. It was one of the most impressive ob­ ject lessons that I saw anywhere except at Coventry. And now there is some consolation in knowing that certain German as bad. It was partly of property in was destroyed, blitz" took place on December 29th, 1940, being the holiday week-end between Christmas and New Year’s when business was more. or less suspended and no one was around to do “fire watching’.’ duties or to put out incendiary bombs. It was a sustained attack, first of all with thousands o f small incendiary bombs. These burned' the whole area in spite of the concentration of firemen and apparatus. It is be­ lieved by some people that it was not only an attemipt to burn much of the centre of London, but also to wipe Out the fire brigades. When the firemen had concentrated in the burning area, the bombers came back again.and began dropping high explosives, which were meant to kill, Since the fire had already fin­ ished the buildings. But Providence came to the aid of the British once again. A heavy mist sprang up over the air fields back in Germany and the big bombers were ordered home for fear they would not be able to land if they delayed their return. Now London won't be caught like that again, nor will ,any other city in Britain. Fire watchers are on the job continually, and extra supplies of water are stored up in concreted foundations of rained buildings, or in big water tanks in the streets. St. Paul's Cathedral escaped, al­ though buildings are gone around two sides of the big church and dam­ aged on the other two sides. Again, it seems to have been the design of the roof that helped, though no doubt the fire watchers were on the job. too. The sharpe of the great dome shed the incendiaries as they showered down over the City and they didn’t penetrate. I was hi St. Paul’s and saw only one sign of damage of any extent. A' high ex­ plosive bomb, apparently fairly small, came through the roof, leav­ ing «a hole some three feet in dia­ meter, and exploded Where the al­ tar used to be. It is being repaired. cities iprobably look the fault of owners this district that it The great “fire * WHO MUST REGISTER / Every man between the ages of 16 and 69 who is unemployed or who will not be gainfully occupied after May 31, 1942, must reg­ ister. The following are excepted: Full-time students, or those confined in an asylum, or a prison, or hospital or home for the aged and infirm, or are subject to the provisions of the Essential Work (Scientific and Technical Personnel) Regulations, 1942. WHEN TO REGISTER If you have not already registered at an Employment and Claims Office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission within the last two weeks, or have not obtained work, you are. required to register within the week of June 1st, 1942, or within one week after be­ coming unemployed or not gainfully occupied at any time after May 31st, 1942. WHERE TO REGISTER 1.At an Employment and Claims Office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission, if you live in, or within five miles of, a city or town in which there is such an office; or 2. At the nearest Post Office, if you do not live in, or within five miles of, a city or town in which there is an Employment and Claims Office, RENEWAL $ You must renew your registration at least every two weeks’ if remain unemployed. By Authority of Order-in-Council P.C.144S of March 2nd, 1942 HUMPHREY MITCHELL Minister of Labour; POST OFFICE, EXETER I first saw the area behind St. Paul’s on the day after I arrived in London. It was.a Sunday after­ noon, with few people around. The destruction ’in that area is so thor­ ough as to be beyond .belief, more dangerous walls have been, torn down, or were still being de­ molished. Little things Seemed to make more impression than the gen­ eral destruction. In one pile, for instance, were a dozen typewriters, battered almost beyond recogni­ tion. And homely little desk fit­ tings lay amid piles of rubble. I found, again and again, that it was these things that attracted my at­ tention when looking at ruins of houses or other buildings. It might be some child's plaything lying there forlorn; or some article of clothing stili hanging on a peg on a wall, although everything else in the room disappeared. On the north edge of this big area of ruined buildings there was a plot of green grass, the lawn of an in­ stitution. On it a number of men in white trousers were practising for a cricket match. I was new then to English ways, and I did not under­ stand how they had the heart to play a game in such dismal surroundings. The Newspaper District The 'Strand, which ran in front of the hotel, had a church in the That night the purple and from the roof ..I flashes from the anti­ down the Thames, c centre of the‘street at its east end, and beyond that, it became ’Fleet street. The church was one of beautiful structures designed Christopher Wren after , fire of London in 1666. by the odd name of St. Dane, and its span of life one great fire to another, for completely ruined now except the by the It Cle- was ly in the A.R.P. offices and the newspaper buildings. As an enemy plane approaches the coast, a yel­ low light goes. on. When it is de­ finitely headed towards London, a purple light glows.^ Of these alerts, the public knows nothing.- But when the plane reaches the outer de­ fences of London a red light shows. It is then that the alarm is sounded in the streets.- light was on could see the aircraft guns The Daily Express and the Stand­ ard are Lord Beaverbrook’s papers. I He is said to have spent $75,000 to bomb-proof his two buildings, and he succeeded. The Standard stands up amid a patch of ruins. The Ex­ press is on Fleet street, which is not so badly damaged as a whole. The London Times is the most famous of all the papers, of course. It is larger than the others, usually eight pages to their-four, for paper is scarce and rationed. It costs more and unless you are a re­ gular subscriber, it’s desperately hard'to get a copy of it. During the bombing, every window in the of the Times building was out and much other damage But the Times never failed to out as itsual, and the other Sir i great Went ttnent from it is the spu:g. Fleet street is ,the newspaper area of London—strange how they have managed to group everythihg into j “areas” In this great city. Along that street, and around corners in; the streets nearby are, or were, the great newspapers and even such lesser but well-known ones as that boyhood favorite, The Boys’ Own Paper. Most of them still carry on, but passing BotiVerie street, we turned down to see the B.O.P. of­ fice, Nothing remains but the bare Walls. I have told in a previous story of the way I spent an evening at the Daily Express office, ipart of it up on the roof with the fire watchers, while a German plane approached from the east, the only one to got near London during my stay. There's a system of alarms whieh show on- PRANCE—HAY, The manse at Thames Road Un­ ited church Was the scene .of a quiet wedding on Saturday afternoon, May 16, at 4.30 when Rev. Wm. Mair •united in wedlock Doreen, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hay of Zurich and Gordon, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Prance of Wood-1 ham. The bride wore a pale blub street-length dress, with contrast­ ing accessories, and she carried a bouquet of bridal wreath and tulips. The wedding march was played by of the bride’s and a Meyers Al­ Miss Alpha Meyers, cousin bride. Guests were the parents, a brother, Charles, sister, Kathleen; also Mrs. T, and Mrs. M. Stelck of Zurich, ter the ceremony the young couple left for London. On Sunday even­ ing, supper was served to a few* friends and relatives at the home and Mrs. Wm. Hay, Zurich, front blown done, come papers have equally good records. They weren’t using all their equip­ ment anyway, and they helped each other out, when necessary. It is said that during the height of the blitz it gave Londoners a comfort­ ing feeling to be able to go to the ■ of Mr door in the morning, after a night in honor of the bride and groom.- of terror, and find the morning Zurich Herald, paper and a bottle of milk there I as usual. No doubt it would. I The visiting Canadian editors! were made members of the Press Club in London-. That’s some­ thing of a distinction, I believe. One night, sohie Of us visited that inter­ esting club. It is uipstadrs in a short lane somewhere off Fleet street. We went in the darkest part of the blackout, picking our way over the bricks and rubbish in a street that hadn’t been cleaned up yet, where a taxi couldn’t go. The stairway of the club is bordered with valuable historic pictures and documents, J and in the library upstairs, I saw some 60 photographs of the burning of London. i i “By Jove, old boy, I couldn’t be­ lieve it wfien I heard you were hos­ pital. Why last night I saw you dancing with a pretty blonde,” “Yes. So did my wife,” Stubborn Gases •f Constipation Those who keep a mass of impurity pent up in their bodies, day after day, instead of having it removed as nature intended, at least Once in every twenty-four hours, in­ variably suffer from constipation. The use of cheap, harsh purgatives trill never get you any where as they only aggravate the trouble and in­ jure the delicate mucous lining of the bowels, and are very liable to cause piles. If constipated take Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Pills and have a natural movement of the bowels. Jfhey dp not gripe, m weaken and sicken as many laxatives do. , I, MiLnrn Co., LtL, Toronto, Oat,