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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943
Why Not Union Church Services?
In the interest of Christian fellowship, to
say nothing of the conservation of coal and elec
tricity, a measure of grave importance these
trying hours, why should not the churches of
this town unite for their Sunday evening ser
vices ? The morning hours will suffice for the
announcement of midweek services and the
Sunday School and for the regular financing of
the congregation. By half past one the firing
for the day in three of the churches will be over.
A rotation of the use of church edifices may
readily*be followed, say Caven, Main Street, Tri-
vitt Memorial and James Street, and so on, till
the coming of the warm days of spring. Each
church where the congregations join in public
worship may well be under the direction of the
leaders of worship in that church, while the
open offering1 could go to the church where
the service is held. Offerings made by envelope
will readily find their way to the appropriate
treasurers. These are but suggestions. We
hope the reeve will take this matter up forth
with, call the ministers and boards of the various
churches together and find out what may be
done in the circumstances. There are difficul
ties in the way, but when men are being crippled
or pouring out their blood in defence of all that
the church stands for, it is unwise for anyone to
consider mere convenience.
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Carry a Big Stick
The big stick referred to need not be ob-
vio.us, but it must be there. Paddy carried his
“Shill” under his coat sleeve, but he carried it.
President Theodore Roosevelt told his foreign
ministers to “speak softly but to carry a big
stick.” Russia took the hint from the great
president. She saw what Germany was doing.
She was wise enough to read the signs of the
times on the Japanese horizon and got her big
stick ready. Her girls were not trained in the
use of powder and perfume but they were
trained to pierce a German skull at a thousand
yards with a rifle bullet. She saw that Germany
and Japan were preparing in every way and,
every day to snatch from her every foot of
land and every other thing she possessed, Ac
cordingly, she prepared to resist the robber. We
see the result. This minute, Canadians general
ly and the folk of this region in particular, may
as well recognize the possibility of a food short
age and put their brains in steep and their hands
to work to avoid it, if possible at all. We may
be able to muddle through and then, again, we
may have empty or partially empty turns if we
do not do some tall hustling. That old orchard
had better be trimmed these fine days and the
/good old syrup-making apparatus had better be
cleaned up. Those nice meetings may as well
be laid on the shelf while we get some greatly-
needed preparations made for the food shortage
that every day becomes a possibility. Possi
bilities have a way of becoming realities, these
stern times. We must live before we can live
elegantly. The men of Fingal fought no battles
while they were half bewitched and resting on
their elbows. Then, too, easy hoping will stop
neither Hitler nor Japan, and both are very much
bent on our destruction.
A Rea] Benefactor
With every serious food emergency there is
almost sure to emerge a relief. Such is the case
in the present shortage of meat. The soy bean
so long and favourably known in Russia and
some other countries, is well to the fore as a
supplier of protein and other elements essential
in human food. At this moment the German
soldiers are nourished by the soy bean and its
products* In many localities in this province
soy bean bread, is commonplace. Lately the uses
of the soy bean as a food are becoming known
and made a satisfactory use of* Let it be noted
there are even more varieties of soy bean than
there are of potatoes and apples. In the apple
family there are fruits so hard that they would
break the teeth of a crocodile for hardness and
would make a pig squeal for sourness. On the
other hand there are varieties of apples. In the
apples that for flavour and texture make them
the king* of fruits. The original wild apple had
little to commend it, but cultivation and one
device and another known to the wise, have
brought it to, its present state of perfection.
The days were, too, when the tomato was look
ed upon askance, so little had it to recommend it.
But the cultivator and understander of plants
got out on the right of way and the tomato in
one form or another is now looked upon as an
essential food. The soy bean is following in
the wake of the apple, the tomato and wheat and
scores of other useful foods. Farm forums will
be well advised to become informed regarding
this wonderful legume that promises to work
Hitler’s Anniversary
Saturday was the tenth anniversary of Hit
ler’s accession to German leadership, And what
a retrospect! What a record of murder, treaty
breaking, oppression and squandering of every
thing priced by good and groat men! The
blood and tears of millions smear his hideous
track, Sinister, false, degrading, misleading at
every step he lias taken, this monster whom no
body loves and no one can respect, and whom
no one soon will have cause to fear, has taken
his evil way to the goal of the everlasting1 exe
cration of the human race. And it all might
not have been. He found liis people poor and
despised. He resolved to make them dominant
super men. Had he heeded his good angel and
resolved that he would give his people the dom
inance that comes of superior service, what a
difference it would have made. Agriculture
would have flourished, commerce would have
abounded, the arts would have come to their
own, religion would have taken her shining
place. The human spirit would have approach
ed its freedom. Had Hitler served his God as
he has served his insane ambitions he would; not
now be on the way to having1 liis blood licked
by the same dogs as licked the blood of Napol
eon and the Medicis. This man, highly endowed
with the gifts of leadership, who might well
have taken an honoured place in the company
of Lincoln and Cromwell, has preferred to grovel
with Attila the Hun and Avdul the Downed.
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Editorial Comment
At any rate the war has taught us something
of the wealth of the world. Now it is Siberia
we are learning about. That vast country is
no longer looked upon as waste of dreariness
and vastness without attractive content. It al
ready has twenty millions of a population where
all sorts of cunning engineering are carried on.
It has tremendous forests stocked with the fin
est timber where roam the best of fur-bearing
animals that are making the Lords of the North
stir in their graves as they learn of the furry
richness. There are minerals there of inestim
able value, with coal and gasoline and oil, to
say nothing of agricultural wealth. That land
so long regarded as the home of the ghost and
the exile where are supposed to lie in heaps the
bones of generations of patriots, is proving itself
the new wonderland of the world.
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That Security Matter
As we read it, the speech from the throne
given in the federal parliament, foreshadows an
effort on the part of the government of this
country to see to it that no one in all our broad
land shall be in want. So far so good. There
is plenty in this country for everyone to eat and
to wear, and to provide shelter from the storm
and fuel to protect him from the cold. That is
quite true., but it is equally true that while there
is water sufficient to satisfy everyone’s thirst,
effort is required to do the piping to make that
water available. Now, it’s that very piping
where the rub comes. Lots1 and lots of the thirs
ty are willing to drink from a cutglass goblet
brought to them on a silver platter. But doing
the piping! Why, bless you, that’s a different
thing. Lots and lots of people are willing to
wear clothes who are not willing to shepherd
sheep, to card wool and spin yarn and to weave
cloth. Lots and lots of people are willing to
eat potatoes who are not willing to dig gar
dens, to plow fields, or to bend their backs in
harvesting the murphies. We are grateful to
Providence for making1 the great majority of
people from Nova Scotia to Vancouver indus
trious and thrifty and independent minded. But
every community is cursed with the lazy and
good-for-nothings. Yet it is proposed that the
toiler shall feed the lazy and spendthrift! Can ■
any policy sink deeper in the scale of stupidity?
What will we do with those lazy ones, it is ask
ed. Our reply is tell them that if they won’t
work and seek work and create work, they’ll
have to starve. What of the improvident work
er ? If he won’t save in harvest, let him starve
in the winter of his old age. What of the weak,
the underprivileged, the unfortunate, those
overtaken by accident or prolonged illness ? They
must be cared for with all brotherly considera
tion and given the softest beds and the daintiest
food and the most affectionate care that our
land can offer. “The quality of mercy is not
strained.” But what we want to see our govern
ment doing is insisting that all who can work,
should work up to the measure of their ability.
Yes, and it should be insisted that our people
create work that will bless the race* There was
a day when there was not a steamboat. Some
one invented engine and boat, and lo! a crowd
of laborers that no man can number! There was
a time when there Was not an. electric light bulb.
Edison changed all that* There was a time
when Edison was too big to sell newspapers on
the train* Instead of asking for a handout he
turned to electricity, He spent few idle hours.
Young Carver did not ask for a job. He found
a job by creating one. Surely our government
can discover some enlightened policy to get'
everyone doing his shave and a little more. Un
less we do this we’ll lag pitifully in the world of
achievement, Russia has shown us the way in*
this respect. If Beveridge had turned his fine
faculties to showing Britain how to develop her
soil and her mines, she ■would not be shivering
as she is today in the presence of the submarine
menace. And be it noted, there was a day
when there was nary a submarine afloat, Britain
was not inventive and we see her plight as the
submarine goes on its awful way.
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7
IS YEARS AGO I
Fire broke out at 3.45 Sunday
which totally destroyed two stores
in Lucan, the general store of Has
kett Brothers and the fancy goods
store of Miss E. Atkinson.
Mr. Ulric . Snell has purchased
from Mr. C. C. Pilon, the Huron
Garage on 'Main Street, erected three
years ago by Mr. Pilon.
Alderson—-Collingwood — At the
Main Street parsonage, on Saturday
afternoon, (January 28, 1928, Miss
Vivian Geneva 'Collingwood, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Colling
wood to Mr. Roy Ernest Alderson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M.
Alderson, of Stephen, by Rev.
Moorhouse.
Mr. L. V. Hogarth has moved into
the residence of Miss B. Howey on
Andrew Street. Mr. Brown who has
been residing on Mr. Hogarths’ farm
in Stephen township has moved into
the apartments vocated 'by Mr. Ho
garth.
Loss of more than $10'0-.000 re
sulted when fjra^damaged the medi
cal building of the University of
Toronto.
At. a recent meeting of the share
holders of the Ross—Taylor Co.,
Mr. J. G. Stanbury was elected
president.
Canada’s Navy
You talk about your glorious army,
Your glorious air force too,
But did you ever think of the navy
And the job they have to do?
You fight your battles on land and
sea
And you are doing splendid jobs,
But you never ask how long it takes
If it were not for 'us gobs.
HAY MUTUAL
ANNUAL MEETING
The attendance of the policyhold
ers of the Hay Township Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
held in the hall, Zurich, on Monday
afternoon, -January 25, was not well
attended, owing to the condition of
the roads,
Mr, Arthur Fipkbeiner, of Stephen
was elected director in place of Win,
H. Sweitzer. At the meeting of the
directors held after the annual meet
ing, Oscar Klopp was appointed pre
sident for 1943, and H. K, Either,
secretary-treasurer,
The report of the directors showed
that the year closed with 2,134 pol
icies in force covering a risk of
$9,4-22,595.
The losses for the year amounted
tp $12,797,56, representing 66
claims, of which seven claims were
losses on dwellings and contents,
amounting to $1,546,65; two claims
on losses on dwellings and contents
by lightning, $74,75; four claims for
losses on out buildings and contents
from various causes, amounting to
$8,4’0-6,80; three claims for losses
on outbuilding and contents amount
ing to $17.00: two claims for losses
on poultry from
amounting to $25,45, and 48 -claims
for losses -of livestock by lightning
amounting to $2,726.91. The total
losses paid by the company since its
organization amount to $36i2,53 9.'82.
The assets of the company now to
tal $70,104.61, which represent cash
in the banks, investments in bonds
and unpaid instalments and with the
premium note residue of $249,-
0 8-5.03, less unearned premiums, the
year closed with total resources of
$309,942.96, an increase of $13,-
630.39.
The total cash receipts for the
year amounted to- $38,294.51 and
the total cash disbursements, $34,-
‘017.45, leaving a cash balance in the
banks on December 31 of $4,277,06.
1‘RESBYTERY ENDORSES
various causes
MITCHELL PASTOR’S CALL
Perth -Presbytery of the United
Church of Canada, at an executive
meeting held recently in the vestry
of Central United
endorsed the call
Vernon, minister
church, Mitchell,
church, Toronto, The
approved the appointment of Rev.
Alex Rapson, Kirkton, to a chaplain
cy in the Canadian army. He will be
stationed on the West Coast.
church Stratford,
of
of
to
Rev. Harold
Main Street
West United
members also
EXETER 9, CLINTON 2
25 YEARS AGO
’Mr. Ed Howald has gone to St.-
Marysv to work, in the flour mill. Mr.
D. Rowcliffe takes Mr. Howald’s
place in Harvey’s mill here.
Word was received in Exeter that
Pte. Archie Davis expected to leave
England for Canada on January 4.
’Mr. Arthur Francis, of U-sborne,
is moving onto the farm in Stephen
he recently purchased from Mr. W.
E. Sanders, known as the old Stan-
lake homestead,
Mr. Ed Knight, who for several
years has resided on the Thames
Road, has moved back onto the farm
he recently purchased from Mr. R.
G. Seldon.
Mr Thomas Ogden, of Fillmore,
Sask., is renewing acquaintances in
this vicinity and in Dashwood.
The Hydro-'Commission is con
serving power by ordering all win
dow lights in the stores cut off and
every second street light.
50 YEARS AGO
On Saturday last while Mr. Wm.
Dearing was delivering milk on Hur
on street, the front boib of his sleigh
became detached and caused the
horse to run away. Considerable
milk was spilled and one shaft brok
en. ’ ,
Coursey Brothers, of Lucan, have
entered
stallion,
Worlds’
ago.
•Count
their -celebrated
Joe Anderson,
Fair competition
Clydsdale
in the
at iChic-
Mercier, who arrived at
New York, Monday on his return
from Rome told a reporter
three-fourths of Quebec favor
nexatiob.
that
an-
[Looking Forward
A Lancashire soldier and his
had spent the day together, and on
their return the girl’s mother asked
how she had enjoyed herself. “Aw
reet,” said Jane, “but I think Joe’s
a bit mean, He nobbut spent six
pence on me all day.” “Well, if I.
were thee I’d tek his .sixpence back
and make him ashamed of himself,”
said her mother, Late that night,
Jane knocked on Joe’s door, “Ere,”
she said, Tak thL sixpence back, I
doubt if tli a can afford it.
said her
bothered to-ncet. It would ’a done in
t'mornin’,”
lass
” “He,”
lover, “tha shouldn’t have
No man would ever sail the seas
And expect -to live it through,
So thank your stars you have
tars
That wear the navy blue.
the
We don’t fly over the cities,
Or march with heavy packs,
But the navy always takes you there
/And tries to bring you back.
There’s not much more than a
whistle
When we quietly shove off to sea
To protect your merchant fleet
From -the restless enemy.
No frantic crowds to see us off,
No commotion in the town;
And when we are lost
“Just another ship
in action,
went down.”
watchedThe harbor lights are
Till they have faded in the rain;
We realize that we may never
Return to see them again.
We face the cold Atlantic,
The icebergs, snow and sleet,
No matter what the sacrifice,
For us there is no retreat.
We are beaten by the angry seas,
Torpedoed by the Huns,
Bombed by enemy aircraft,
Blasted by their guns.
We are freezing on the 'upper deck,
It is awfully warm below,
We are seasick, bruised and broken
But the convoy on must go.
We guard your vital food supplies,
Your planes, truck§, guns and
tanks.
For your existence over there
We Merchant boys give thanks.
So we give credit to your army
And your air force when its due,
But we always want this understood,
Canada has a navy too.
A Sailor Mon
and
the
and
minutes of the last
read and approved*
of thanks from our
in the forces were
HURONDALE W. I.
Mrs. Luther Reynolds was hostess
for the January meeting of Huron-
dale Women’s Institute. The presi
dent, Mrs* Kirkland, presided
the meeting was -opened with
institute Ode, the call to prayer
the Lord’s Prayer.
Roll call was answered by “Min
ute Sketches of Prominent Canadian
Leaders.” The
meeting were
Several letters
boys serving
i read. Tickets on the quilt were given
out to the members to sell. Rev*
Wlilllam -Mair presented the topic,
“Citizenship” in an earnest manner,
revealing how W* I. members can
work together to bring about a
better social order. A paper on
“What a Woman Can Do” was read
by Mrs. Kirkland. The meeting was
closed by the National Anthem*
During lunch hour a contest was
conducted.
Engagement Announced'
Mr, and Mrs, James E. Medd, Clin
ton, have announced * the engage
ment of their eldest daughter, Pliill*
is Elene to Tpr. Hobart S. Johnston
of Camp Borden, only son of Mr, and
Mrs, John R. Johnston of Ariss.
ELIMVILLE
After being postponed for a week
on account of the storm, the W.M.S.
held their annual social evening on
Thursday, January 28, at Mrs. tlar-
ry Ford’s home. As usual the hus
bands of the members were invited
and nine men were present as well
as some lady visitors. Twelve mem
bers answered the roll call. The
president had charge of the meet
ing. Rev. Mair gave an interesting
talk on the month’s study, “Chris
tian Education”. , Other - numbers
on the program were scripture read
ing, Psalm 27, by Will Johns; prayer
by Altin Pym; piano duet, “Beauti
ful Isle of Somewhere”, by Mrs. W.
Batten and Mrs. F. Horne; a double
duet, “Under His Wings” by Mrs.
N. Clarke, Mrs. R. E. Pooley, F.
Brock and R. E. Pooley; Gordon! gtevens.
Ford gave a monologue; Mrs. Ever-;
ett Skinner, the treasurer, read a ]
very gratifying report of last year’s !
work. The sum of $175 was sent I
to the branch treasurer. There i!
were nineteen annual and four life ]
members last year. [After the ’meet
ing some contests were'" enjoyed. A
delicious lunch was served at the '
close of a very pleasant evening. (
Mrs. John Kellett underwent an..
operation in London last Friday. Her j
Her ■
home ’
visit-
condition is fairly good,
friends hope she will soon be
again.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johns
ed in St. Marys last Tursday.
The congregational meeting was
held in the church last Friday even
ing. The attendance was small but
reports of the different societies
were very good.
MAKES FORCED LANDING
ON FARM NEAR ZURICH
The Exeter air force sextet blasted
the Clinton Spanks in an O. H. A.
intermediate Ar group game at Clin
ton Wednesday, January 28, 9—2.
It was their seventh straight victory.
The game was at first scheduled to
be played in Exeter but was changed
to Clinton ice.
Gunter did the hat trick, scoring
three goals, while Macey, O’Shea
and W’Obb each counted two and
Harder and 'Dungavell clicked for
the Sparks.
[Lineups:
Exeter—Goal, Young; defence,
Harder, Plumber; centre; Gunter;
wings, 'Macey, Forsythe; alternates,
O’-Shea, Brennon, Durnford, We,bb,
Allen, Tait.
Clinton—Goal, Rothwell; defence,
Mertz, -Clark; centre, Bailey; wings,
Vadeboncoeur, Christie; alternates,
j Hardy, Dungavell, Roth, McRea,
A twin-engined Anson bomber,
piloted by Leading Aircraftman Po
well, of Wales, made a forced land
ing on the farm of August Koehler,
half mile north of Zurich. The plane!
was damaged, but the pilot escaped
injuries.
Engine trouble caused the land
ing, as farmers working on a near
by concession heard one engine quit
completely. The pilot would have
made a perfect landing but for two
fences on the .farmer’s lane.
L.A.C. Powell, after notifying]
headquarters, returned to guard thej
damaged plane.
/Referee—Stan Smith, Stratford.
.SEAFORTH 8, GODERICH 3
Climaxed by a free-for-all in the
third period, a hard fought inter
mediate A fixture at Goderich Wed
nesday January 28, saw the hapless
Goderich Sky Harbor club drop their
ninth straight game 8-3 to Seaforth.
Tempers flared when Don Mac
Kay, who came out of retirement
to bolster the Goderich defence,
butted with “Pop” Hubert, veteran
Seaforth stalwart. Players of both
teams joined in the fun and slugged
it out until the Referee Butch Mur-
ney got things under control.
’Big gun in the Seaforth attack
was Farmer McFadden who dented
the twine behind Martin in the G'od-
erich nets four times. Other Sea
forth marksmen
Harris who each counted twice.
Sierolowski was the leading goal
getter for the Airmen with two. The
other Goderich goal was collected by
Rutherford.
Lineups:
Goderich—Goal. Martin;
! Wright, ■ Tracey; centre,
, wings, Murphy, Ellsmere;
Sierolowski, Riley, Westbrook. Ru
therford, MacKay, Kyle.
Seaforth—Goal ’Messenger; de
fence, .Peck, Hubert; centre McFad-
din, wings, Thompson, Carnegie;
alternates, Goettler, Nicholson, Hur-
| as, Harris.
Referee—Murney, Goderich.
Prospective Groom: “What’s
troubling you, Sweetheart?” Bride
to-be: “Why, Jack, I was wondering
were Huras and
defence, ■
Yates;
alters.,
All at One Time
“Gee, Pop, there’s a man at the
circus who jumps on a horse’s back,
slips underneath, catches hold of itswhere we are going to live after the' tail and finishes up wrong-side-up
honeymoon. Jack: “is that all? j on its neck.” Dad: “That’s nothing,
Pooh. that’s nothing. I am worry- son, I did all that the first time I
ing about paying the minister,” was ever on a horse.
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know of cases where & promising romance has been
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