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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-08-27, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27th, 1942 Page S WANTED for Factory Work during THE TOMATO SEASON beginning about August 25th Make Application to CHATHAM ONTARIO -* Applications from those engaged in war work will not be considered. NEW FIVE-CENT COINS OF COPPER AND ZINC MRS. MARTHA BRENNER 4 By Hugh Temjiiin Iri the last story I started to tell [ brave people,” the cabinet minister I about the luncheon' given by the repeated, ' British Government in honor of the! twelve Canadian editors, who were their guests. They had invited, as well, some of the men occupying the most important positions in church and state in Britain at the time. J sat near one end of the long table with Sir Malcolm Robertson on one side of me and Col. Sir Eric Crankshaw on the other. Beyond him was Majoi’ Unwin Simson/ of the Canadian High Commissioner’s Office, and across the* table was Major-General C. J, Wallace, I seemed to be almost' surrounded by the Army, but tp the? left, beyond Sir Malcolm, was Right Honourable A, V, Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty. Under those such company, far-off Canada say little and but Sir Malcolm Robertson, dent of the British Council, kept the conversation going briskly and it wasn’t/long before I felt quite at home. The nearest Canadian edi­ tor was Grattan O’Leary, of Ottawa, always a circumstances, and in a country editor from might be expected to listen a great deal, presi- good talker. Press Vs. Navy wasn’t long before we own conversations to brisk argument that The Night Westminster Was. Blit^d But more than poor people are brave ip. London. I asked about his own experiences with bombs. He was at Westminster, right in the buildings,'.the night the House of Commons was hit. it was sup­ posed that six bombs hit the Cham­ ber all about the same time, The things he said about “him” that night could not be repeated to a Canadian. (The true Londoner never refers to Hitler by name; he won’t give the arch-enemy that sat­ isfaction,, It is always just Mr. Greenwood admitted had been “scared stiff” on occasions. One day he was out of his office in Whitehall (close to the Houses of Parliament), so he took- his secretary and went in the He did but “hijn”). that he several bombed for- lis- was in at of fMcGIDDIVRA.Y NATIVE1 , DIES IN STRATJIROY • Mrs. Agnes Ann Clark died at Btrathruy Hospital on Saturday, ? August 8th, in her 62nd year, after an illness of about four months. She ! was born on the 29th of March on the townline of McGillivray and West Williams, the daughter -of [James A. and Susan Ellis, and liv­ ed there with her parents until her marriage to George Clark of Thed­ ford in 19'04, when they moved to Port Franks and from there to their farm until 1933. made ter and brother-in-law,. Mr. andl Mrs, John Thompson, of West Wil­ liams. She was a respected citizen, stand­ ing for all that was good, depend­ able and true, and will be sadly missed by her brother-in-law, with whom she was living, and by her relatives and friends. Mrs. Clark is suiwived by six nieces, Mrs. Celia Strauss of Dear­ born, Mich,, Mrs. Susie Hawkins, of Thedford, Mrs. Edith Menzies, of London; Mrs, Grace Robinson and Veliva Ellis, of Craik, Sask., and Mrs. Fern Carroll,, of Detroit, Mich., and three nephews, Roderick Ellis, of Exeter, Warren and Eric Ellis, of, Regina, Sask. Funeral services were conducted from Parkhjll by the Rev, McMillan of Thedford, with interment at Park­ hill cemetery. at Exeter where they resided the death of her husband in Since that time she had her home with her late sis- and brother-in-law, x# M r CHIMNEYS... a common cause of fire f w MUSES OF chlMtt£YS ™tESHlNG Canada’s new 12-sided five-cent "pieces, likely to be in circulation next month, will be made of copper and zinc with an alloy known as tombac. It is proposed to use available nickel blanks befoye introducing the new coin, but it is expected the 12 sided nickels may be in circulation some time in September. . The action is being taken to pre­ serve Canada’s nickel supply for war purposes. The 12-sided design is to prevent confusion with the 1- cent, 10-cent and 25-cent coins. Its size should prevent it from being elusive, and it Will be easy to dis­ tinguish and extract when mixed up with other coins in a purse or pock­ et. The size, weight and thickness are exactly the same as the present 5- cent nickel coin.- It operate in the pay phones, etc. The "elimination of will therefore station tele- nickel coinage is expected to release about 50 tons of nickel a year for war purposes. DIES AT MIDLAND, MICH. Mrs. Martha (Albrecht) Brenner, wife of George Brenner, died • at the family home, 308 George St., Midland, Mi.ch., on Thursday, Aug. 1.3th, following ail illness of eight months. She was born in Zurich on April 15, 1874, and. was married to Gdorge Brenner on September 21 1901 at Detroit arid had lived in Midland tsince that time. Besides her husband, she is survived by two children, Miss Hilda Brenner, of New York City and Miss Ruth at home; two sons, Ray, of Fenton.and Oral, ’of Midland, also three great­ grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Louis Schilbe, of Zurich and Mrs. Henry Volland, of Goderich; two. brothers, Henry Al­ brecht, of Langdon, North Dakota; and John Albrecht, of Zurich. Fun­ eral services were held on Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the home and at the St. John’s , Lutheran church, of which she was a mem­ ber, at 2.30 o’clock. Rev. Karl Linesmann was in charge. Burial took place in Midland cemetery. AMERICAN GIRL PLANS CITY BRIDAL Miss Hope Taylor, of Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Taylor, <of Mount Clemens, Mich., .Florida and Grand Bend, will be a lovely bride when her wedding to William E. Manness, Jr., also of Hamilton, formerly of London, takes place at Metropolitan United church in London on Saturday, September 5, at 1 o’clock. The bride-elect is a graduate of a girls’ college in Lakeland, Fla. Her -parents are occupying their summer home at Grand Bend, where Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Manness, of London, parents of the bridegroonr-elect, are also .summering. <? Clandeboye W. I* Meeting . The August meeting of^the Clan­ deboye W.I. was held at "the home of . Mrs/ Frank Hardy, with the president, -Mrs. Ed. F'lynn,. presid­ ing. Roll call was, answered by a lake port. Mrs. Flynn gave a short reading' on “Bomb Scarred Britain”, stressing the importance that we meet our objective toward our share Of the mobile kitchen. All dona­ tions are to be in at the September meeting, The Misses Alice and Edith Haggar favored with a vo­ cal and instrumental duet. A paper on living conditions in England was given by Miss Verna Cunning­ ham, followed by community sing­ ing. Lunch was served by the hostess and committee. Old Map Discovered A quaint old map of, Ontario which was likely issued about the time that St. Marys made its start a hundred years ago, w„as recently picked up by Captain Harold Snel- grove at a shop , in Stratford-on- Avon, England, and Sent to his fa­ ther, Canon -Snelgrove. It is on ex­ hibition in the Journal-Argus win­ dow just now. At that time this province was “Canada West”. This present county of Perth was then known as “Huron”. What we know, as Oxford County then was called “Brock”, after the'famous general. Bruce County was a blank “In­ dian Reserve”. The present city of Windsor was not marked,on the map, although the neighboring towns of Sandwich and Amherst- burg were important in those days. Though the land was then mostly an unsettled wilderness, the waters had been traversed by sailing ves­ sels and some present-day. lake towns had progressed far enough to be marked on the map. Goderich appears in fair sized type, though Kincardine and Port Elgin had not yet appeared. St. Marys had not yet arrived on the scene.—St. Marys Journal-Argus. Check Discharges From the Bowels Bowel troubles, although, happen­ ing at any time of the year, are more prevalent during the hot sum­ mer and early fall months. Summer Flu is one of the worst troubles, but diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cramps and pains in the in­ testines; or any looseness Of the bowels should have immediate at­ tention. The action of Dr* Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry is pleasant, rapid, reliable and effectual in help­ ing to check the unnatural dis­ charges* It has been on the market for the past 94 years, so why experiment with new and untried remedies? Get “Dr. Fowler’s” and feel safe. The T. Milburn Co., I*U»| Toronto, Ont. SUCCESSFUL HURON GIRLS’ CHURCH CAMP Leaders and girl campers have re­ turned* to their homes from a full ten-day camp—‘Camp Minehaha— at the United Church camp grounds, Goderich. Mrs. N. W. Trewartha, of Clinton, seryed in the capacity of Camp Mother, covering full charge of the with Rev. Reba Hern, charge of all devotion- entire camp, of Varna, in al studies. Miss Cora North Bay; teacher at Brussels and Miss Cleta Watson, R.N„ of Toronto, complet­ ed the full staff of leaders through­ out Bible study, interest groups, water sports and field sports. The full registration numbered 60 and the camp was declared a grand success the program, the combined monious camp Trewartha, teacher at Miss Barbara Mickle, from all angles of rendered so through cooperation and liar­ spirit, is in Boogey: They say az bachelor a man who has been crossed love, Woogy; Yes,, and a married man is one who has been double cross­ ed. But it got our ten to a developing a little farther down the ! table. Across from the First Lord of the Admiralty sat E. J. Robert­ son, a Canadian who went overseas in 1914 and stayed to uecome edi­ tor of a London daily paper: Tn* ’ subject of censorship had come up ' for discussion, as was sure to hap- ' pen when editors and heads of arm- ed services came together. This ’ gave Mr. Robertson a chance to tell what he thought about the way the Navy held back-its news for -days, and* Mr, Alexander had his own de­ cided opinions about the subject, to, and .they clashed. Viscount Cranbome was sitting beside Mr. Robertson and he came to the de­ fense of the Navy—and a fine time was enjoyed by the visitors. Major Simson created a diversion after a time, bringing up the subject of gifts from Canada to Britain. He could speak with authority, because many, of these gifts pass through the office of the High Commissioner and he had' been kept busy lately making official presentations of this and that. This was a" subject on which all the Britishers were on one Side,, with the, Canadians feeling that, though much has been done, it isn’t nearly enough. In those days, at least, our sacrifices were small compared with those of the people of England. At these dinners1 in Britain, the speeches were invariably brief.- Some­ times there were none: On this oc­ casion, there were but two, one -by the Right Honourable Brendan Bracken, the host, and a reply by one of the Canadians. But there" was something else I had not seen be­ fore, though I did see it once again —a professional .-toastmaster. He stood behind the chairman, and was dressed iri a brilliant scarlet 'coat with tails, one of the brightest uni- •forms I ever saw. 'When the time came for the toasts, he rapped with a gavel on the door-frame and an­ nounced: “My Lords and Gentle­ men: X pray you give silence for the Right Honourable Brendan Brack­ en.” I was impressed. With the Inner War Cabinet -MO* • ' On another -day, about a week later, I sat at a "dinner prepared for us by the Hon. Vincent Massey, Canada’s High Commissioner in London. On my right was Right Honourable Arthur Greenwood, then a member of the "Inner War Cab­ inet: on liny left was the Minister of Aircraft Production, Moore-Bra­ bazon. The latter was One of the earliest of all commercial pilots in Britain and he knew most -of what there was to know of flying. Yet I found Mr. Greenwood more inter­ esting. He was a small man, a plain, simple . Yorkshiremam Apparently lie lived with his wife in a fairly small house close to the Thames, east of London. He talked of bombing of London, “the 'most foresting subject of all,‘when could find a person who would cuss it freely. And he told me things which I cannot tell eyen after many ‘months. But there is much that Mr. derson said which I can pass on and so I return to my diary for help. “I take off my hat to those people In the east end of London,” he said. (The East End is the poor­ er district, near the docks. He told me how he had gone there during the bombing and had waited around until morning with those who were waiting for their relatives to be dug out of the ruins. I hadn’t yet been through a bombing myself, but I had seen the results, day after day, and I could picture the scene and the suspense. One wouldn't think it possible that people could go through that" and live---but they did, in their cellars and shelters, with piles of century-old bricks over their heads and pinning down their bodies, “A the in- one dis- some now, Heir car in search of another place, lost all his papers that time. He not kno^y what was in them, it didn’t seem to matter. The idea of going out in a car the midst of a blitz seemed to me that time to be the very height absurdity. Later, I got caught opt in a car during a raid, and it seemed as good a place as any. Driving aroupcb Westminster in a car, this minister, his secretary and. the driver found plenty of excite­ ment. Mrv Greenwood told me about seeing a dive bomber coming and hearing the scream of the bomb, but he said, it hit near the Lincoln sta­ tue and only made a hole in the road. He felt safe then, till he heard the scream of a second bomb, and said 'to himseV, “My God, this one. has my number on it," fell in Houses of Parliament. Near his own house, he estimated, there must be 200' bombs in the river. The Thames, is a bad give­ away for Londpn except when there is a fog, but many bombs have [ fallen into it. In spite of that, and : the continuous attempts to destroy them, traffic was never stopped over a single bridge. Mr. Morrison did not like going to shelters during a raid. It might be safer underground, but occasionally a bomb got into a large shelter and many were killed. If he was to be i killed, he wanted to be above ground; and considering the property dam-1 age the number of^ca^ualties was1 small. ~ Viscount Bennett Speaks Out j I saw "VJiscount Bepnett several times while I was in London. He was often- at the Savoy hotel and pro­ bably lived there at least part of the time. Occasionally he chatted brief­ ly with a few of the Canadian edi­ tors who had known him. when he was Prime Minister, ’of Canada and ■one day I was introduced.to him. After the Government luncheon, a group, of seven or eight members of our party stood chatting in a cor-- ridor of the hotel When Lord Ben­ nett came along. Someone called him- over and it wasn’t long before a heated discussion was under way. •The attitude. of the former Prime Minister of Canada irked us all, I think, irrespective of our politics. It was all right for Lord Bennett to say that he preferred to live in Great Britain. That was his pri­ vilege. But -he seemed to have little good to say for anything Canadian and was critical of all Canada was doing think, that ty gdod to ter. 'At last touch of exasperation, ‘If you feel that we. are not' doing things cor­ rectly, why don’t you broadcast to Canada occasionally?” “I Wouldn’t do that,” said Lord Bennett. ing.” Grattan He is • the newspaper in Ottawa. I could she a gleam of mischief come into his ” but the bomb the river just beyond the at present. We all felt, I Canada had been pret­ its former Prime Minis- someone said, with a “I don’t like broad'cast- O’Leary stood' beside me. editor of a Conservative Irish eyes. “No!” he a series of you?” . The debate Lord Riverdale’s Dinner said, “you once gave six broadcasts, didn’t ended soon after that mem- On e a din­ in Park In many ways, I liked that meal was over, we moved at once to another room,. where we sat around small tables with high of­ ficers Forces sons, moved were playing progressive euchre, so that we met nearly everyone in time. The table at the the most beautifully ever 'saw anywhere, profusion of roses, of Army, Navy and Air and other interesting per- Every little While, the host us around, as though he JSvery fourth farm chimney and liable to start a fire. J all farmhouse fires are due to defective chimneys and faulty heating equipment, Check YOUR chimneys this fall. Get into your attic and inspect the chimneys for cracks, breaks, rotten • mortar, soft bricks and open joints. Make sure that no joist, beam or other wood is set into the chimney’s brickwork. No chimney built with an offset—or within four inches of any wood should be considered safe. Make sure that all unused pipe openings are closed with metal, asbestos or cement. Clean out your chimneys before they burn you out! Every chimney should extend two feet or more above the ridge of a peaked roof or three feet or more above a flat roof. /I Jew dollars spent on your chimneys now may save you thousands later. ' is unsafe » Bint Practically J f!6HT ! We met a number of other bers of the House of Lords, evening, Lord Riverdale gave ner as Grosvenor House, Lane, one the best of all our evenings out, although to give from the thing of to make ity office of the Savoy that morning, and Who, been head recalled that he had been the head of the British delegation which came to Canada to make arrangements for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, been in my own business trips. Lord .Riverdale’s mal, with no speeches. it was my turn that night the one speech expected Canadians. I knew sbme- Lord Riverdale, but just sure I visited the public- Grosvenor was decorated one I There was a .. in dishes and garlands all down the table. Eng­ lish roses are large and beautiful and there were some of a sunset color that was most striking. The variety may have been Talisman, "but if so, the colors are softer in England and more blended. The stiff atmosphere of the Savoy" always seemed artificial to me. There was a class system among the waiters there, that was about the only survival of class differences' I noticed in the whole country. At the Grosvenor, there was an infor- ■ rnality and as we sat down, Lord Riverdale introduced me to the | waitress serving my end -of the table, ■ saying as he did so that she had lived in Toronto. Such a thing • as that could hardly have happened - i at the Savoy and the idea of a noble Lord introducing a waitress to a guest -must give something of a, shock to those who knew England in the not-far-distant past. An Literesting Guide Taking one final look., over my notes, I find, the names of many persons frequently in the news. On the afternoon I heard speak in the House of Commons, a’ guide pointed out, his married .daughter in the .gallery on one side. An interested spectator in another gallery was Mr. Maiskey, the Rus­ sian ambassador. No person I Inet in London was more interesting or more congenial than James Bone, London editor of the Manchester Guardian, one of the best-known of British papers. Mr. Bone was an old friend of Grat­ tan O’Leary and had visited him in Ottawa. He several times try. On his from Canada his ship was torpedoed off the coast of ‘ Greenland. He lost all his clothes, except what he had on at the time,-and when he got back to London, his flat had been bombed and all the rest of his personal be­ longings and clothes were gone. He was then living in a hotel on the Strand,' not far from the Savoy, and waiting for the next issue of clothing coupons, so he could buy himself a second suit. Mr. Bone’s office was small when compared to those of some wealthy Canadian dailies, but it was inter­ esting. Around the walls were etch­ ings and paintings by his brother, Sir Muirhead Bone, now recording the activities of the Royal Navy. This famous editor used to come around in the evenings, when his long day’s work was done, and take a few of ‘US out into the blackout. I never missed such a chance, tie was one of the best guides in Lon­ don and has written books atiout the city. We would go down" some narrow lane and lie would point to a house where Goldsmith lived, and the nearby one where Dr. John­ son resided and tell us incidents from the life of Samuel Pepys or some other old character. Churchill had been in Canada and liked this coun- last trip, going home after the war began, looked him up in “Who’s ’ finding out that his nanie had Balfour and that he was the of a great steel company. I room,” said the host, all right,” the guests re- I think,” said the host and that ho had town of As it dinner Fergus on happened, was infer- After the “I shall have to put yon fellows in the same “That’s plied. “Well, “you’ll have a comfortable night. It’s a feather bed,” At two o’clock in the morning one of the guests awoke his companion. “Change places with me, Dick,” he groaned. “It’s my turn to lie on the feather.” Hay Township Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Zurich Ontario East Williams Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Nairn Ontario “Brown fell asleep- in his bath this morning with the water running.” “Did the bath overflow?” “No; fortunately he sleeps with- his mouth open. “Nurse, I’m m don’t want to get “Cheer up, you tor’s in love with saw you kissing me this morning/ love with you. I well.” won’t,” the doc- me, too, and he "I tell my family that as long as Jack Is overseas, we’ll eat hash and like it.” • “ WE ARE at war. It costs lots to win. It would cost everything to lose. So I don’t figure that because we’ll soon pay a small amount as compulsory savings, I can fold my hands.and say ‘That’s that!’ No sir! Some people may need compulsory savings to save something for their own good. But that’s the minimum. I’m out to save all I can to buy Wat Savings Stamps and Certificates to help win the war and have .something substantial put by for the days when there won’t be all this work and overtime.” “I've christened my garbage can ‘Hitler’ and believe me he doesn’t get anything that’s worth anything.” National Wai- ITitiancc Committee Buy War Savings Stamps from, druggists, banks, post offices, telephone offices, depart* mentstores, grocers, tobacconists and other retail stores. Certificates may be purchased for immediate delivery in denominations of $10, $25 from bunks# trust companies andpost offices.