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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-08-13, Page 3Page 3 'TOE EXETER ■Ttar^y* Awprt 13th, IMt w LETTER BOX 1 I The following letters have been received by Chief Constable John Norry from a couple of ths lads who used when tOTSrf lads him, to visit Exeter in the days transients were frequent visi- Chief Norry befriended the and they have not forgotten Hello Jack: ..iOW i health, I •surprised almost a You will am overseas, That is what they tell me, but I think different, I would say that I am about half way over. Where we are stationed is the most lonesome place they could fin,d. There is very little en tertainment and no place to go. The town is seventy miles away. We have very long hours and it sure is a good thing. It keeps one from going overboard. But I guess we are lucky, too. We get good food and cigarettes are ‘ very cheap and plentiful, so that, helps a lot. The Major said the other night, “It takes men to soldier’ here.” , How is everything up aroun^-Exe- ter, Still the same old-"town, I guess. '*■ Well, Jack, I guess I will close, hoping that this finds you and yours in^-the best of health. When .^Pil -Mve a spare moment drop me a line. Yours sincerely, Robt, Bl6792 Gnr. Reggie, R., 7th A.A. Bty.,' R.C.A,, O.A.P.O. No. 2, Canadian Army Overseas. of be is. are you-^ In the best : hope. I guess you will to hear from me. It year since I wrote you. see by my address that I Heggie / e- & Editors at Banquet By Jlugb TempHu , All kinds of honors were paid to the small group of Canadian editors who travelled to Britain at the in vitation of the British Council, but I suppose the greatest honor of them all was the luncheon given to us by the British Government, We were the special guests at a dinner at which about half the members of the Cabinet and many other of the greatest in the land were present, Thirty-two people sat down around the lopg table in Claridge’s Hotel that alternoon of Octobei; 1st, 1941, Of tW twelve Canadians, two had ranks 4r titles that sounded impres sive wliipn written in full;- The Very Rev, Cijnon Chamberland and Rt. Rev, Bishop R. J. Renison. rest of us had none, except “Esq,” placed after each of names by our polite hosts, so we wouldn’t feel too lonely. Of the other -twenty, there two Viscounts,, one Lord, four /four Right Honorables, one i Marshal, one Rear Admiral, j Major-General, one Cardinal and I Very Rev. Monseigneur, ( Now can you imagine that? You Can’t Imagine It I The The the our that were Sirs, Air one one YouThe answer must be “No can’t imagine it. And I’m afraid I cannot describe it, but I am going to make ail attempt to tell you in my owu way, And I’ll reassurg, you by saying at the start that I enjoyed it. ■ To give you a better description, j I should go back to the beginning of the day. That will provide some thing of the background. My diary begins to tell of October "Slept till 10 o’clock and rose weary and worn, though I had home by 11 night before.” had been in London eleven They had been strenuous There had been a daily pro- which usually be ing and ig after Somewhere in England Hello Jack: How are you? It IS quite a while since " I heard from you and for that matter it is quite a while since I have written myself. We have been on quite a few schemes and' haven’t had very much time. I’ve' got some good news for . you in this letter. I’m driving a truck now, and a steady job, too, so that’s bet ter than walking. Then the big gest news of all. I got married since I heard from you last. What do you think of that, Jack? A swell -girl, too. Scotch. I’ve got the best they had in Scotland, so I’ve ' me going, got no kick. We got married at! Carlisle in the registry office and 1 no fuss, and then we beat it to _ _ _ Newcastle-on-Tyne for our honey- tained by..various groups, always as moon, which was only a week-end “the distinguished visitors who flew as I had ‘to get back to camp. But the Atlantic to bring us greetings we are both happy. Grandmother! from Canada”—or something of the is tickled pink as she came from j sort. the Old Country too and now she! On the day before, X had met • kn'ows there is no more itchy feetJ Winston Churchill. Anything after for this guy. ---------------------— ----- — -----------------w . stone now. I hope things are" not! anti-climax, or so I supposed. The too tough when we get back as I’ve! night before I had eaten away "from got f-o get a job and I don’t meanthe Savoy, at a little restaurant, and maybe. , | had come . “home” early and had gone to he’d, dog-tired. No Place Like Home 1st: very been I days. days. gram laid out, gan about 8,3 0„ in the morni was apt to continue till Ion midnight. It sometimes involved long trips by motor car, sometimes {at 9 0 miles an hour over the broad, I straight, new roads • that connect [ the larger cities. There was an ex- | hilaration about the thing that kept Now, at last, the program was easing off. Instead of seeing inter esting1-places, we were being enter I was standing iu in my pyjamas and gown, preparing to Perhaps even that was a faux pas: I suppose the gentlemen in such suites should not shave themselves —but Canadians are a self-reliant race, so I was there, in front of the huge blue Royal Doulton wash basin, my shaving kit spread around its circumference. The valet knocked and entered. What he was ready to do for me I have not the slightest idea, for I gave him no encouragement. But he was agreeable and friendly, “Oh, sir,” he remarked at last, “I see you have this famous bawth- room!” My ‘curiosity was aroused, Had it been the scene of a murder or something? But apparently not. “You would see how this 'otel was damaged by the bomb, sir? he continued. Yes, I had seen. The back of the building, including the wall of the famous restaurant, had apparently been removed almost in one piece, At least there had been a long gash down its face, now repaired. And in »front, just outside workmen were scars. The valet stood tub and indicated damage outside the window to which he referred. I mention the tub be cause it was the most striking fea ture deep, style, edge tub if ton. two and to be a temptation to me every time I took a bath, to lean against them both and see what —but I never did. The valet went on with “You see, sir, when the on, Lady Soandso .had this the night that big bomb out there she was standing just where you are now, and it blowed her clean into the bloody bawth.” That, morning was short. It was ■too late for breakfast, probably the only one I missed while in London. There was no need to wonder what to wear. No person in London wears fancy clothes to even the most dis tinguished gatherings any more. I had two suits with me and chose the blue one as looking slightly more formal. Downstairs, T met some of the other Canadians, check- the bathroom sills dressing shave myself. the window, the repairing other beside the bath- that it was the was huge and floor, Roman- over a broad the big blue of the room. It set down in the One stepped and down into also fabricated of Royal Doul- And bn the wall above were buttons, one marked “Valet” the other one, “Maid”, It used happened his story, blitz was suite and went off Nose to the old grind-. that was apt to be something of an . ed up on the program for the rest This war business doesn’t look so way we have been los- Things’ are rationed over here, too. They most anything in the are allowed one soap coupon a week and four ounces of chocolate, if we can get it. Meals are very plain in the big city .and you are lucky if they haven’t sold out. ’ The boys are very fed up. What they- need is a good fight. There is no getting away from it, the enemy is smart and we shouldn’t 'take him too lightly. I suppose they know what they will just have to and hope for the Let’s hear all when you write. good by the ihg places, pretty tight line up for town. We are. doing so we cross our fingers! best. ■the news Jack,' Red D-81735 E. Richards B. Coy., 1st Black Watch, R.H.R., Canadian Army, England. CLANDEBOYE Honoring Miss Marion Bice, has joined the R.C.A.F. (W.D.), a delightful afternoon was spent at the home of Miss Alice Hodgins. A number of girls presented Miss Bice, who is the first to join the women's division from this district, with a purse of money. Bingo, dancing and musical numbers Were enjoyed during the afternoon. Prize win ners were Misses Marion Bice, Mar ion Simpson and Jean Darling, Re freshments .were seiwed by the host ess, assisted by Misses Marion Rimpson and Ila Paton, who the Embank- certainly one rivers in -the dining-rooms Diarrhoea Dysentery * If you arc suddenly attacked With diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps Or pains in the stomach or bowels, or any looseness of the bowels do hot waste .valuable time, but at once pro cure h bottle of Dr, Fowler’s Ex tract of Wild Strawberry and. see hoW quickly it will give you relief. When you use “Dr. Fowler’s” you are hot experimenting with some new and Untried remedy, but one that has stood the test of time;' one that has been on the market for the past 94 years. Beware Of, substi tutes. They may be dangerous to your health. Get “Dr, Fowler’s” and feel safe, ffho T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto. Ont. How' easily one slips into familiar language. Looking back, the thought of calling the famous Savoy Hotel, “home”, causes a smile. Home was never like that, and I trust it never will be. B. K. Sandwell, of Toronto Sat urday Night, explained the Savoy to me before I ever saw it> He said it was built out of the profits of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas to provide the height of magnificence in London for visiting potentates and the like. I believe him. The Savoy Theatre is in the same building. The castle of the Knights of4 Savoy (or some body like that) used to occupy the same site overlooking the Thames. Statues of Gilbert and Sullivan were in the garden between the hotel and the river. Its front faced the Strand, one of the most famous old streets of the world: its back looked out over the gardens and ment to the Thames, of the most famous world. Its private Were named after characters in the operas. I used to ’breakfast in the Princess Ida room and when they moved me to The Mikado room for a couple of meals, felt out of plage. That morning, I wakened late—JO o’clock, the-diary says, and turned on the flight, foi’ the room was so thoroughly black-out that the cur tains and the blinds kept out the sunlight as they had kept in the electric light the night before. It’s rather a wonder I could sleep till ten o’clock. Usually my valet was in before thdt, or the maid would be around to untie the Cur tains. There were three push-but*' tons beside iny head, marked “Va- j let,” “Maid” and "Waiter”. I very seldom used any of them. By toiicll- »lng the bottom one I might have had breakfast in bed, but I never did. That seemed a waste of time. I preferred, to get up and go down to the dining-room where I could see Interesting people. But the valet used to come around in spite of me. I never let him dross mo, but he used to shine my shoes every day, hang up my suits for me, lay out the ones he thought I would be wearing, and occasionally con sult me about something. But I never got used to having him around, •On the first day, though, he gave ' me one of my best laughs, 1 I of the day, and finally took a taxi with Major .Christie to Claridge’s, the driver taking the now-familiar streets between the_ Strand and the West End. Individuals in London, even the most important Ones, have given up trying to keep ;up appearances, but the head waiters and other at tendants at these famous London hotels still look impressive in their tails. The taxi driver let us out at a side door and we walked down a hall to a lobby. There an atten dant looked impressed when we asked the way to the Government luncheon and he directed us .down a broad ante-room. At the far end, another man in uniform asked the name. He handed me a folder with my name written on the front, “Hugh Templin, Esq.,” and another attendant inside the door announc ed me and I shook hands with Right Hon. Brendan Bracken, an old friend, by thi^ time. The room was large and decorated in light grey, with big French win dows. In the centre of the room, but filling only, part of it was the long table. At each place was a. card with the Government coat-of- arms on it in red. There was no need to go looking at all the place-cards. In the centre of the folder which had been handed to me a,t the door, there was a plan ,Of the table* and the seating arrange ment. Opposite my name was a small red hand. I sat on the right of the Right Hon. Sir Malcolm Ro bertson, of the British Council, our host while in England (though not the host at this banquet). On the other side was Col. Sir Eric Crank- sliaw, though just what position he held in the Army, I never did dis cover. Beyond him was Major D. C. .Unwin Simeon, who is on the staff of the 'Canadian High Commis sioner coim tawa, der, and Prime more happy, perhaps, in the House of Lords at London. I would need a copy of the British “Who’s Who” to tell you something about all Who were at the table that day, but I» have no doubt that the names of all of them would be found lit that volume. And scattered here and there, as far as possible ill ev ery second seat, were twelve Can adian editors, not one of whom ever found himself in such dis tinguished company before. in London. Beyond Sir Mai; sat Grattan O’Leary of Ot- then Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexan- First Lord of the Admiralty, Viscount Bennett, one-time Ministej* of Canada, now We used to walk to reduce but now we are reduced to walking. stephen council The Council of the Township of Stephen met in the -town hall, LTe- dlton, on Tuesday evening, Aug. 4th at 8 p.m» All members were present. The* minutes of the pre vious meeting were read and adopt ed on motion of Thomas Love, sec onded by Nelson Schenk. The Clerk reported that he had received a cheque from the Secre tary of the Local Committee of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association for $100.00 as a refund of the town ship grant by reason of the fact that the cancelled I>lowing match has been on account of the war. by Roy Ratz, seconded by Agiy and carried that By- Moved Arthur J. law No. 572 to provide for the pay ment to the owner of any poultry damaged or injured by any dog, having beep read three times, be passed and signed by the Reeve and Clerk and the Seal of the Corpora tion attached thereto. Moved by Nelson Schenk and sec onded by Roy Ratz: That Bay-Sheet No, 8, amounting to $491,97 the following accounts be paid: Bank of Commerce, cashing cheques, $1.40; P. Eisenbach, vel for the tile yard.. Ontario Municipal Board, fee charg ed for approval of Centralia Drain Repair By-law, $2.00; World, Ontario Statutes, K. Eilber, postage, $3 0 Eilber, part salary as Treasurer, $175.00; W. son, public liability $175.00. Carried. and road gra- $16.-00; Municipal $2.00; H. 00; H. K. Clerk and H. Hodg- insurance, The Council adjourned to meet again in the town hall, Crediton, oh Tuesday, the 8th day of Septem ber, 1942, at 1 p.m. H. K. Eilber, Clerk A. Y. McLEAN Of THE SEAFORH EXPOSITOR " RECEIVES COMMISSION On Monday evening last a repre sentative gathering, of the business men of Seaforth, members of the Lions, Chamber of Commerce, Town and Township Councils and many friends gathered at the Seaforth Golf and Country Club- house to honor A. Y. McLean on the eve of his departure for Quebec to take a commission in the R.C.A.F. Mr. McLean has been business manager of The Huron Expositor for nearly ten years. , He is a Jus tice of the Peace and has acted as Clerk for the Magistrate^ Court foi' several years, and was also a mem ber of the Public Utility Commis sion. Besides these duties he is a past president of the Lions Club, chairman of the Lions Park Com mittee; secretary of the Collegiate. Alumni and the Golf Club and has been actively interested in many other organizations and community activities. , During the evening Mr, McLean wa§ presented with a. beautiful gold wrist watch, the address being read by Mr, G. D. Ferguson and the pre-5 sentation made by Mr. John C. Crich, On Tuesday he was also present ed with a handsome leather travel ing kit by the members of The Ex positor staff, a remembrance of his work and associations that ways be near to him. On Wednesday afternoon left for Lachine, Quebec, to his new duties—Seaforth tor. f ORMER EXETER HOTEL PROPRIETOR PASSES will al- “A. Y,” take up Exposi- are ’ the’ “Oh, ■George H. -O’Neil,, honorary presi dent of the 'Ontario Hotels Associa tion, who died suddenly in Philadel phia Thursday of last week, was a former owner of the Mansion House in Exeter. The Mansion House stood on the corner of Main and Huron streets where Mrs. C. Sanders’ residence now stands-. O’Neil was former manager of King Edward Hotel, Toronto, the Tecumseh Hotel in London, the Royal Connaught Hotel in Ham ilton. Born at Birr, north of London, he worked in his youth at hotels in London, Aylmer, Lucan and Lind- . say. ’ At the time of his death Mr, O'Neil was managing director of the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia. He died in the ho tel while watching a floor eshow. Before entering the hotel’ busi ness, Mr. O’Neil was a harness-mak er, As a hotel clerk in decided to return to proprietor of Hotel at streets. He leased the Thomas Winnett, the owner. At one time Mr, O’Neil was ager of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, and as general manager of the United Hotels of America he had an office on New York’s famed Broadway. His son, George O’Neil, Jr„ was associated with the Clifton Hotel in Niagara Falls, N.Y. About 15 years ago, his daugh ters, Dorothy and Marion, residents of Toronto, were presented to King George V and Queen Mary. the old Richmond ih UN H. Mr. the and Toronto he London as Tecumseh and hotel York from man REALLY KILL Op© pad kills files all .day and ©very day for 2 or 3 weeks, 3 pads in each jpaekef. No spraying, no stickiness, no bad odor. Ask your Druggist, Grocery or General Store. 10 CENTS PER PACKET WHY PAY MORE? THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Ont, KIPPEN Women’s Institute July meeting Institute was at the home ip the form Sweet Young Thing: “Why you running that harrow over grain field?” Young Farmer: 1 I’m raising .shredded wheat this {world’s most massive volcano, year Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, is the The The men’s lawn, Hodge, Twenty«two members and enjoyed an afternoon of games., and races, with the committee ip charge composed of Mrs. R, Mc Naughton, Mrs, B, Hodgins and Miss. K, O’Brien. Following the' games,- supper was served as prepared by the committee composed of Miss B, Doupe, Mrs, S. C. Switzer and Mrs. Anderson. After business meeting ' of thanks was extended mittees, also to Mrs. lending her home, for joyable afternoon. In several games of croquet were play ed. of the held on of Mrs. of a picnic, were present. Wo- ’ supper .a short was held. A "vote to the com- Hodge, for a very en- the evening dome is 13,675 feet high.. AM 019 CAMA9TAM CUSTOM %e e <s 0 When our pioneer grandparents had a big job to do they called in their neighbours. A barn raising brought help from miles around. Skilled barn framers took charge; sides were chosen and com petition between teams lent interest to the work. This old Canadian custom was revived when Canada’s National War Finance Committee was formed and went into operation. Under the leadership of the National and Provincial Com mittees—men experienced in the organization and conduct of financial operations—Local Com mittees were formed in all communities. Co operation and competition characterized the work. The biggest “raising” in Canada’s history got away to a magnificent start. E’VE GOT A The War goes on. The National War Finance Committee carries on. Some will serve on the committees organized to promote continued sales of Bonds, War Savings Certificates and Stamps. 'All of us must Continue to buy these Securities. We must save every dollar, every cent We can—and lend our money to Canada. We must provide the money required to carry on the war —the money required to win the war. Our fighters must have more ships and tanks and guns and planes. They must have better ships and tanks and guns and planes than the enemy has. We must all work, and save and lend. The safest investments we can find for our savings are Bonds, War Savings Certificates and Stamps—and they will provide money for tiS to buy things that we will want when the war is ended. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE u NaltMial Far Finance Committee A02