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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVQCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18th, JW
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WHICH
MUST W-Oiys ON
PRODUCING FARMS
The Ontario Department of Kdu-
cation in a directive issued Friday
ruled that Ontario school children
who work on farms this summer
production
their aca-
“land on
The author pf this series, Jim
Greenblat, is the Editor of The Sun,
thriving weekly newspaper published
in Swift Current, Sask, He is a native
of Winkler, Man-, and attended pub
lic and high schools jn 'Winnipeg. He
moved to Swift Current 33 years agp,
and studied law until the outbreak
of the First Great War/ He served
in the Canadian Army from 1015 tp
1919, and was lyoiinded in France,
He has been in t h e weekly news
paper business since 1923, and is a
past president of the Saskatchewan
the Canadian Weekly
Association,
he writes a sprightly
the Sun, called "Swift
division of
Newspapers
At home
column, for
Current Through the Looking Glass”
in which he has developed the high
ly readable and inimitable style that
he brings to this series from Ottawa,
Before leaving Ottawa, he left one
postscript on a brief bit of
raphy. It 'read:
"P.S.: Don’t like Toronto!”
Editor’s
biog-
note.
HOOKING INSIDE THE ENGINE
Call me lucky or not, but I’m just
an ordinary weekly newspaper edi
tor who was invited to come down,
to Ottawa, that daffy but pulsat
ing, thrnb'bing with energy war
heart <3£ a nation which is such a
staunch and energetic partner of
the battling United -Nations. I was
asked to write a series of articles
for home consumption—that is, for
the plain, honest-to-God folk in the
towns and on the farms
stitute the readers of
weekly newspapers.
I didn't get any
ing down here, but.
expenses. I felt
your own member
who con-
Canadian
for com-
wayable to tell you
your own editor
the beam about
what thinks the head of the
■outfut,
Donald Gordon,
Scotsman
in the same
does when he’s on
something. I want
Chairman of the
, that big,
who dynamically
salary
they did pay my
somewhat like
___BE . of Parliament,
eatin’ on the tyain, having the odd
finger-bowl and pretending I was
used to it and having the bell hops
“sir” me tp death. You know, as
well as I do, that weekly paper
editors at home are merely suf
fered. But with the finish of these
articles, like R. B. Bennett used to
say before they stuck him in
British hall of fame, “He had
day and ceased to be”,
I came to have a personal,
hampered, uncajoled, unpoliticked
look at the Wartime Prices and
Trade Board and its mechanism;
what makes the wheels go ’round
How it
routine
I don’t
Ottawa
in politics or ration cards, so I feel
free to give you my own impress
ions, unbiased, of this tremendously
vital thing whichu^.. ordering our
very lives, trying to keep a mile
ahead of inflation and thus prevent
the evils of deflation after the war.
to tell
whole
Board,
dark
leads this organization and who, by
the way, might look like the hard
ware man or the blacksmith in your
town. He talks to me ns if I, myself,
meant something in this world. That
to me, was the clue why even steno
graphers keep the midnight oil 'burn
ing in this organization—and I do
mean to work.
Rcsearclx Economist Phyllis Turner
the
his
un-
affects the daily life, the
and economies of you and I.
owe a cent to anyone in
from Donald Gordon down,
Then take Mrs. -Phyllis G. Turner,
administrator for Oils and Fats for
Canada and a member of the United,
Nations Committee on these vital i commodities. She’s a former chief j
research economist of the Tariff, Board; a strikingly beautiful wo-1
man doing tremendously big job
in something you'll be intensely in
terested to hear about -later
stick with me long enough
series.
Then there’s Kenneth W.
who I talked with, Secretary
Board, a -McMaster
mist of standing,
knows what it’s all
of person (like the
have to fiddle with
women readers will
ested in what Byrne Hope Sanders
told me. ’She's better known as Edi-.
tor of Chatelaine .-and now heads;
Seaforth won the first game of
the Huron iLeasue’s intermediate
play-offs in Clinton, Wednesday
night s to 4. As an O.H.A. sties, the
homo and home games have been ar
ranged with goals to count on the
round.
Veteran of many hockey seasons.
Hubert accounted for four goals on
Seaforth Beavers’ behalf, material
ly aiding the visitors in obtaining a
four-goal lead, The winners of this
series, which continues Friday at
Seaforth, will meet the Exeter Air
Force in the group finals,
Hubert notched three of his goals
in the first period with A, Mc'Fad-
din making it 4-0, as Clinton failed
to reply in the first 2Q minutes. <• !
Christie and Clarke scored for
Clinton in the second while Peck
kept, the .Beavers ahead, with Har
ris adding two. Mertz and Qunican
made it four for Clinton, and Hu
bert got his fourth in the last per
iod,
SEAFORTH— Goal, Messenger;
defence, .Hubert and Peck; centre,
R. McFaddin; wings, A, McFaddin
and Libett; alternates, Harris-, Car
negie, Thompson and Nicholson.
CLINTON—.Goal, Dungavell; de
fence, Mertz and Hay; centre,
Christie; wings, Dayley and Vande-
boncoeur; alternates, Robb, Hardey,
McRae, Clark, Qunica'n, Casselman.
Referee—Hayes, Ingersoll,
First Period
1— -Seaforth,
2— Seaforth,
3— Seaforth,
4— Seaforth,
Mrs. Joe Carey, MLCarmel was the
hostess at a delightful shower re
cently in honour of Miss Leona Mc
Cann, of Dashwood, whp js to he a
February bride, About 50 guests as
sembled each (bringing the bride a
very useful gift. The colour scheme
throughout the house was pink and
white. Early in the evening Mrs.
Clem. McCann entertained the guests
with contests which were thoroughly
enjoyed by all. Miss Beatrice Duc
harme gave several well rendered
and appreciated guitar numbers.
Madeleine MeCann cousin of the
bride, played several piano selections
while her girl friends accompanied
her by singing "Hit” tunes. To the
strains of the Wedding March played
by Madeleine McCann, the bride took
her place in a beautifully decorated
chair in. pink and white. Then
Cecelia Hogan dressed as a charm
ing little 'bride and? Jimmie Carey
acting as groom drew in the decorat
ed wagon .heaped with gifts. Miss
Camilla Glavin then read an address
to the bride.
open her gifts and read the accom
panying notes. She was assisted by
Miss Mary Glayin, of Centralia. The
bride thanked her friends warmly In
a few words and the guests respond
ed by singing; “For She’s a Jolly
Good Fellow”, Mrs, Joe Carey with
the aid of a host of good friends
served coffee, cake, sandwiches, and
cookies. . All departed extending to
the bride best wishes for a long ana
happy
must work on -actual
farms in order to obtain
demic certificates,
A .‘farm is classified as
which are grown for commercial
purposes ordinary field or orchard
or garden crops or on which live
stock and poultry are raised for the
production of food?’ It does not in
clude land "used exclusively for pro
duction of such crops as tobacco,
mushrooms or other products re
garded as luxuries.”
Authorities said that last year
some worked in canning factories or
on other jofts which then were con
sidered farm work.
Officials estimated probably
25,000 school children, will again aid .
the farmers and, with other help •
directed by the Ontario Farm Ser
vice Board, the total probably
would reach 100,00'0.
The 13-week period need not be
continuous,
for a
Pupils
except.
needed
BACK TO REFQR3IATQRY
Twq years less one day in an Ort-
tario reformatory was the sentence
handed out by Magistrate J. A.
Makins at Goderich tQ Howard WIL
Hams, 18, who some weeks agp
pleaded guilty to a robbery charge at
Goderich and car thefts at Goderich
and Clinton on New Year's Eve.
Wilson is fhe youth whom Reeve
R, E. Shaddick of Hensall came
upon in a stolen car near Bruce-
fieid and held, until the arrival of
police,
crime, who
was
Branch
less a
crimes.
Both
from justice, having escaped
Guelph reformatory*
Carte Blanche-—No Punches Pulled
Leona proceeded to
married life,
later
and
day
Wilson’s companion in
got away at the time,
apprehended at Bong
sentenced to two years
for his Huron County
young men were fugitives
from
provision being made
holiday in July or August,
may leave school April 23
where they, are urgently
in the armed forces,
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BRIDE-TO-BE SNOWROUND
ON HER WAY HOME
• BLUEVALE-—-Miss Nancy Jane
Fpwler, of Columbua, Ohio, arrived
home last week to visit her parents.
Rev. F. G. and Mrs. Fpwler, here.
Coming -from London to Wingham
on the newly-cleared No. 4 high
way, the bus succeeded only
reaching Clinton because of
drifting snow. Starting back to
turn its passengers to London,
bus bot stuck at Centralia and Miss
Fowler spent the night at a farm
house, arriving in Bluevale by
train, via Stratford, the following
. evening.
Miss Fowler will be married the ‘ latter part of February to Lieuten
ant Arthur Katz, of the 21st Bat
tery, A.A.T.S,, North Carolina.
in
the
re-
the
When Chest
Colds
Strike Give-
—■ give thg important job of relieving
miseries to the IMPROVED Vicks treat
ment that takes only 3 minutes and
makes good old Vicks VapoRub give
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ACTS 2 WAYS AT ONCE to
bring relief . , . PENETRATES tp upper
breathing passages with sopthing me
dicinal vapors . , . STIMULATES chest
and back surfaces like a warming poul
tice .. , and WORKS FOR HOURS to ease
coughs, relieve .muscular soreness or
tightness, and bring real comfort.
To get this improved treatment-
just massage VapoRub for 3 minutes
on back as well as ’
For Better Resultsthroat and chest,
then spread a thick
layer on <' .2
cover with warmed
cloth, Try it!
:ad a thick < ft# £*chest and t/IGHS
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HjOUNT CARMEL RESIDENT
SUFFERS FRACTURED HIP
Hubert ......
Hubert ..........
A. iMcFaddin .
Hubert .. .....
Penalties—Thompson, Hay.
Second Period
5— (Clinton, Clark t,..............
6— Clinton, Christie ..........
7— —Seaforth, t Harris ........
8— Seaforth, Harris ...........
9.—Seaforth, Peck ...............
-Penalty...,(Libett.
an econo-j Third Period
certainly 110—Clinton,
' 11—-Clinton,
12—Seaforth,
if you
in this
Taylor
of the
man,
who . .
about. His type
others) doesn’t
politics. And
surely be inter-
Qunican
Mertz
Hubert
8.00
' 9.00
16.00
SEAFORTH TVINS OVERi’ .CLINTON IN TWO STRAIGHT
Consumers branch division, with its1 The Seaforth Beavers eliminated
-farflung chain of “watching” local the Clinton Sparks in Seaforth Fri-
committees. Behind her discerning, ■ day night by beating them 7-5 and
intelligent eyes you could visualize’taking the round 15-9.
her as a young mom in the kitchen'
slicing around 'the pie dough.
Information From Source
Are you interested in hoarding,' libett~and “Smoky” Harris got one
etc.?
i learned from
j administrator
I division. '__ _ „ ___ ___ ___t
1 own church, minister. He doesn’t ^rst Pei’i°d 2-1
look like Himmler and hates any
one who gets tough, but he’s sure a
firm guy.
standably,
concerned mainly
i who wants to gyp
there’s Dr.
Saskatchewan university man,
nomic adviser to the Food Admini-j
stration. Why that’ man’s head is. always as full of butter, eggs, hogs, I . Glmton‘
cheese, beef and milk as Canada’s
_.. . . __. He sees the
least hardship for all -of us in a war picture more than he does statistics,
which is bringing new and ever in- More about that later, too.
creasing, intricate problems attest-1 Ima ine rationing millions ot
tag our very lives. Just remember | peop] cards an tu(f, That w0!fl(i
when you shake your head wisely at „,ake head swlm at 1Mdntl.eal
your neighbor and say something and t t0 e laln IoglcaI1y,
about them guys at Ottawa”, that how L B Unwln, a ,c p R vice.
one time you left the barn door open, Presldent and Ms toIks al)out lt |
bossy wandered out into a blizzard'And wllat do you thluk is in thel
yourself a hundrod m,nd 0, p]acjd administrator H. H.
j Bloom at Toronto, who handles what
j you can get in farm machinery in
this greatest of agricultural coun-
if you and I are to( tries? There were many others.
j I’ve got a lot of stuff filed away
! in my mind, but it’s got to be boiled
I-down-all of it-to make not too tir-
| ing reading that Will give you an ap-
! predation and understanding o £
'what’s being done to YOUR way of
life. On how you react to the poli
cies and regulations laid down may
eventually depend that samo way of
life, Bear with me through the fol
lowing few weeks and I’ll do the
best I can to explain Why and how
they’re doing it.
And remember, we, the people,
only paid for my ham and eggs
while I Was away from home. I did
n’t have to pat anyone on the back,
I remain, like you, a small town guy
or guyess, so stick around and tune
in next week.
a
given carte
don’t look like
was
inside the engine, to
to interview the
names who handle
great wartime economy,
And j
I wasn’t asked to pull punches.
That shows I
pilitician. I
blanche to look
ask questions,
really big
Canada’s
and that itself was a thrill,
here, take my word for it, you’d be
impressed like I was. From butter
rationing to subsidies the men do
ing the job are in my opinion sin
cere, patriotic, hard working and
don’t let anyone’guff you about poli
tics and bureaucracy. It’s all such-'
a c-olossal but necessary thing.
They admit mistakes have been
made. They also admit they are
human—even the experts and eco
nomic advisers; but they’re all aim
ing toward the best deal for the’farms collectively are.
You’d be surprised what I each. The Sparks goal scorers were
Fred A. McGregor, ’ Dagley, Christie,
of the Enforcement, an<l Mertz.
You’d take him for your I ^ie Sparks led at the end of the
. _• __v.. . Kill’ Hi zx 'Raairisvti
His-
has a
IG.
L but the Beavers
I outscored the Clinton team in the
I second period, with the score being
division under-'tied at 3-a11 §’oinS into the third-
big Job’and lie's1 Des»ite u,e (a,ot ‘ha‘
H fpiinw outscored 4-2 in the third the Sparks
you -and I. Then’^ trying all the time, but the
E Britnell a Seaforth team took advantage of
’ec0_! their breakaways.
( alties were handed
1 going to Clinton.
-• ' i—Goal,
'fence, Mertz, Hay;
wings, McCrea, Vadeboncoeur; alts.,
Clark, Hardy, Robb, Finukin, Dun
gavell, Schlote, Dagley.
Seaforth—Goal, Messenger; de
fence, Peck, Nicholson; centre, Mc
Faddin; wings, Thompson, Libett;
alts., Harris, Carnegie.
War on Hitler is Given Boost
By Mother Pig
following item from HensailThe
appeared in the London Free Press
"One of the Yorkshire sows on the
Stelck farm in this district gave
birth to 18 piglets. As this mother
pig had the table set for only 12
guests, the surplus was disposed of
to Delbert Geiger who had a new
but less numerous family of pigs on
his farm. Mr. Stelck declares that
ever since James Shearer, agricul
tural representative for Huron
County, asked for a 2-0 per cent in
crease'in bacon, this sow has been
going around wiftua twinkle in her
eye. If production will help to win
this war, “watch out Hitler.”
A despatch from Ottawa says that
gasoline coupon books for the fiscals
year 1943-44' for motorists in the
AA category are smaller in size
than those in cur-rent use-small
enough to fit into a vest pocket or a
woman’s purse.
All private motorists will be en
titled to AA coupons from April 1
next, giving them 40 coupons for
one year’s driving.
The .Hirst inside sheet of the new
book is detachable. It is a
to be placed on the inside
car windshield, bearing the
AA and the words, “gasoline
Rationnement de l’essence.”
background color is light blue and
the wording
The book
tions under
are issued.
The coupons which follow are
dated 1943-44 and carry the words: ,
this coupon when detached by sup
plier permits delivery of one unit of
grade gasoline. G. R. Cottrelle, oil,
controller.” The same wording is
given in French on the reverse side.
sticker
of the
letters
ration.
The
is in dark blue.
then gives the condi-
which gasoline coupons
and you lost
bucks -or so.
Our (Living Standards Involved
Believe me, i* ’ ’
continue eating the nutritive foods
necessary to our complex organ
isms, to fortify Us for what may be
a long and terrible war-pull (and
after the war); if you and I are go-1
iiig to be 'able to continue paying and i
receiving wages adequate to a fairly;
decent continuing standard living; if
the producer and laborer is to reap
in at least some worthy measure the
efforts of -his toil while the war lasts
—without any too Explosive disrupt
ion-—it will be because this organi
zation thinks, acts and continues in
its (what appears to me to be) sin
cerity of purpose, let the chip fall
Where they may.
I propose this series of articles to
be just plain, unvarnished telling
of what I saw in iOittawa, Montreal
and Toronto. I would like to be
Mi’s, button Ayres* *1 fought a
tough battle to get Into society in
Boston^ but >1 firtally managed it,”
IMrs.Noser: “I imagine you had
to keep your chin up.”
Mrs, Puttoh Ayresi “No, just my
hose!”
Recent Enlistments
Four motorists in Goderich and
nearby Colborne Township have
been deprived of the use of their
cars by the lifting of their gasoline
ration books. The books had been I abused, it was said, by loaning them
to friends and the fact that’some
were found in possession of loose
coupons not belonging to the ow
ner’s book. Circumstances have
been reported to the oil controller
with whom prosecution rests.
James Carey, 78-year-old Mount
Carmel blacksmith, slipped on icq
with the result of fracturing -his Jhip.
Mr, Carey while at the
rick Hogan to attend a
deceased, noticed his
the snow with his ear,
the way to give assistance, slipped
and fell. Dr. Dunlop, of Exeter, was
called and Mr. Carey was moved to
St.Joseph’s Hospital, London, in
T. H. Hoffman’s ambulance.
home of Pat
wake for the
son stuck in
and while oh
• Follow the Classifieds—they save
you money.
This is the kind of a cough it is hard to get rid of.
the kind that bothers you during the day and keeps
you awake at night.
Why not get a bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine
Syrup and see how quickly it will help to relieve you of this coughing condition?
It acts promptly and effectively, going to the foundation of the trouble,
loosening the phlegm, soothing the irritated air passages, and stimulating
the bronchial organs.
“Dr. Wood’s” has been on the market for the past 48 years.
Price 35c a bottle; the large family size, about 3 times as much, 60c, at
all drug counters.
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto. Ont.
in-
Only three pen-
out, two of them
A fair crowd was on hand to
watch this game played on soft ice.
Farmer McFaddin led the Beavers,
scoring three goals, while Nick
Casselman; de
centre, -Christie;
McCrea, ’Finukin
(FULLARTON COUPLE
WED 50 YEARS
Congratulations were extended to
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Clarke who on
February 15, celebrated their
50 th wedding anniversary. They,
were wed at the bride’s home on the
Thames Road, on February 15, 1893
with Rev. John Ball officiating.
Before moving to Fullrtrton three
years ago, they lived on the farm
now owned by their son-in-law,
Verne Martyn and took an active
part in the Mount - Pleasant com
munity. Since coming to Fullerton
they have also taken an active
terest in this community.
Their family consists of one
William Thames .Road and
son
one
daughter, Mrs. Verne Martyn,, whose
farm adjoins her brother’s'; also
four grandchildren. Sergeant-Pilot
Roy Martin, Ray, Jack, and Helen.
The expressions of good Wishes
for many more years of happiness
were voiced by their friends and
neighbors, who called on them dur
ing the afternoon and everting,
while members of their family pre
sented them with gifts and flowers
and sent telephone messages. Mr,
and Mrs, Clarke also wore presented
with flowers united
church.
Recent eiilistniertts at No, 1 Dis
trict Depot, ILondon were A, E. Mac
kenzie, J, F, Kilis, H. A. Cousins
rthcl L. W. Lavello, all of St,Marys;
R. F, Rummell, of Exeter; W. J. Me*
Kellar, Forest. How Does Your Label Read?
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