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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-08-05, Page 3<« & In times of stress a pollege or university trqining is vital and urgent. The University which is under provincial, municipal and pub­ lic cpntrol, undenominational and co-educational, offers the following courses: The UNIVERSITY of WESTERN ONTARIO LONDON - CANADA 1. General Course in Arts. 2. Course in Secretarial Science. 3. Arts Course with Theological options. 4. Degree Course in Nursing. 5. Honour Courses in Arts in­ cluding Business Administra­ tion and Secretarial Science. 6. Combination Course in Arts and Medicine, 7. A stqndard Medical Course- 8. Public Health Courses for graduate nurses and phy­ sicians. 9. Special Courses for techni­ cians, 10. Army Course for selected candidates (17 to 22 years). Physical education, athletics, military training (army, air force and navy) and health insurance are provided, For announcements and informa­ tion concerning scholarships, Joan funds (provided pn a liberal scale), matriculation, courses of study, etc., Write to— THE REGISTRAR143 CENTRALIA vs. IROQUOIS London Iroquois and Centralia Air Force will meet in a two out of three series to decide representa­ tion of the Eastern section in tho Western Counties Baseball Associa- ion senior finals. Winner of the series will go into] the Senior “A” finals and the loser into the Senior “B” finals. The same sort of situation prevails in the Western section where Dresden and No. 12 Basic Training Centre, Chat­ ham, will have to play off, or de­ cide in some manner, _______ _ the “A” club and which the “B”. Both sections have been ordered by the association to declare win­ ners by August 21. The Centralia-London series will be played at Labatt Memorial Park, London, which will be home grounds for both cltjbs. Tentative dates for the first two games are August 11 and 18. London officials had at­ tempted to get the series undei’ way here at once but Centralia, unable to field a team, asked for more time to organize. TELEVISION FOR. USE IN EVERY FAMILY PROMISED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR New York—Television ready for every family.’s mediately after the war,” Beal. Research Director Radio Corporation of America, said without reservation. Home receiving sets in any de­ sired size with “screens” from six to 24 inches in width will be avail­ able to purchasers, Mr. Beal said, “within the shortest space of time required to re-convert the radio manufacturing industry from war to peace production.” He made it clear, however, that lie thought there was room for both sound broadcasting and television, just as the telegraph and the tele­ phone have pursued parallel succes­ ses in common usage. ' “Unquestionably, television receiv-J ing sets will be within the range of the average pocketbook,” Mr. Beat said, “and we expect to be able to do a good job of programming without too many, awkward growing pains.” He added that the “imponder­ ables” of labor and raw material costs in postwar period made it im­ practical to name the price range of receiving sets at this time. Mr. Beal’s remarks were the first flat-footed statements from a cau­ tious natural scientist concerning the infminent nation-wide launching of the new industry, pro and About sets now are in use, most within the range of New York trans­ mitters, and a good many scattered throughout California, The Pearl Harbor attack occurred in the fifth month of a six months’ commercial television test, and war exigencies have cut ‘ television broadcasting from a minimum of 15 hours weekly to four, 1937 ELECTION RESULT; STANDING AT DISSOLUTION Result of last Ontario election, October 6, 1,937: Liberals ............ Conservatives ... Ind.-Progressives Ind-Liberal ..... U, F, Q................ 63 23 . 2 1 . 1 90 Standing at dissolution of On* tario Legislature, June 29, 1943: Liberals ......................... 59 Prog. Conservatives.......19 Lib.-Progressives .......... 2 Vacant ...»........ 1'0 90 master. LESSON in SECRECY BY CANADIAN TROOPS By Tom Wolf iu London Free Press 91 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, AVGUST 5th, 1943 All Over England There Are New Steps on Stairs and Strange Coats on Pegs Specially Written for this newspaper BY MARGARET BUTCHER Pate 3 of in- put down deep roots the weeks that grew and years of training which finally dawned The embarkation in Britain the Canadians bound for the vasion of Sicily was a master les­ son in “security.” Many of these soldiers had here during into months for the day in Sicily. They had made -many close friends -— many were billeted with families and -others had wives, and sweethearts. These ties had to be broken without arousing suspi­ cions which would be whispered all the way to Berchtesgaden. So it training a score was no $ nging’ about an Art Exhibition, isn’t ’■ there? It is so hard to look as if one had come in on purpose.) And believe it or not, that little fete netted over five hundred dollars., We should have considered our­ selves lucky to get two. hundred, IThe organizer —- a woman 1 had { now known before—saw me sketch-'5 ing one Saturday and we got into ' conversation. She asked me if I would help the little show, and thus I have made more friends.] They have a, really beautiful house in the village; two- or three six-! teepth-century cottages turned into! one, and I was their guest for the night. All day long they are work­ing at something: running Savings! Groups, collecting for the Cross, holding the village effort! together. All day -folk -are lean­ ing their bicycles against the wall! and knocking on the front door. * No house in London wag ever bus-] . ier. | During our manouvres they were always on the lookout for bone-j dry soldiers who could do with a, cup of tea: and I guess plenty were! bone-dry in that strenuous time. They were everywhere, dusty, dirty and workman-like, and one heard Canadian voices ail over the place,] They’ll be coming home with the ' English tea-habit firmly ingrained after this; and one of them said to* me having spent the winter here:' “It'll take me some time to get used' to the warmth again, I guess, when I get back home.” So don’t take it too hard if, for the first fort­ night, they show a disposition w loosen collars It will pass. was likened to "an Englishman’sREADING, ENG.—-How comforting it is that nothing can interfere with castle.’ the reasons! The whole world off y Man may be rocking; but the peas I the gates, have begun to sprout ,up through I the stony ground of the Allotment—- and the beasties (whatever they may be) are eating the tops off . , , just as usual. The Gardening partner, his trusty old gardening suit reinforced with handsome leather patches, is season­ ably gloomy and predicts the worst, as always, But there is life-—real life— in the air; the birds are chirp­ ing and tweedling away in the trees and on housetops, and whole place has a lush after the rain. Even the potatoes in sack behind my curtain ing like mad. The most dreadful things which man can do cannot take away one’s queer and secret joy in all this waking up, all this bursting out of hope . , , Yes, it’s got me today. Some day the world will be sane again and the people will be happy — if they have enough1 sense. I guess we’ll have to use our sense, all the same. But I’m one of those pessimists, for the has shown us one thing: that hum­ an beings can, under pressure, show extaordinary eourag-e, deter­ mination and gumption. Most cur­ ious of all, they can show unself­ ishness. That is going to be the snag, for-it always is. I’ve been talking to his wife about it all: a are just too old to be anything, and who are in their circumstances, sitting back on his shoulderblades: interest, says: ”X worrying What’s today the green look their little are sprout- n ot war The stranger is now well within ..... AU over England there are new steps on the stairs, strange coats hanging on the family pegs, alien sponges in the bath-tray. My private opinion is that it is an ex- cellent notion and something that will do a power of good all round, We aren’t an island people any more; there are no real islands nowadays; so we’re learning to be good mixers instead. My friends here are kindness it­ self to their London evacuees, tak­ ing no end of trouble over the two children. One feels quite sure that those kiddies, no matter what the future holds for them, will never outgrow the influence of these kindly, well-bred host of theirs. Anything but the best will always seem a trifle shoddy to them after this environment in their most im­ pressionable years, 1 Real Unselfishness Re4; for Factory Work during the Tomato Season beginning about August 25th MAKE APPLICATION TO Libby, McNeill & Libby CHATHAM, ONTARIO Applications from those engaged in war work will not be considered.The whole atmosphere of this house is one of real unselfishness, of the wish to help the other fel- ' low in every wonderful, and wash 1 water sink up one night a week and practices on their piano; the homeless are ] gladly welcome to any little privil- 1 ege a home can offer; and they themselves spent most of time in one room, loyally light and fuel. The striking is that they are much, pier than those other who are so wrapped up as little difference as their lives. Naturally, like having their existence dis­ rupted — who would? — but 1 know they have the satisfaction of feeling that they’re making a job of it as best they can. Last week, by means of working like" mad in my spare time for a • month, and by borrowir^ sketches ’from everybody who has one. I got ; together enough for an Art Sec­ tion in a country ‘show.’ It was held in a little village near here, where nobody has much spare cash, and was in aid of the country hospital. ' _ __l_ Saturday afternoon in the school­ rooms, and many of the women, worked like a fire-party from two; till six, brewing rivers of tea, or­ ganizing raffles and competitions, been, running the every scrap though some usual, is-it variety. possible way. It’s One may come around clothes in their hot- a young soldier turns and open windows! North ■ FOOD FIGHTS TOO ■ Hodgins, of Clandeboye, called at the home of Mr. Mansell Hodgins on Saturday on their way to Port Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Colin Love and family attended a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. Ed. Rill on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Art Fritz, of London, spent Sunday evening at Mr. Colin Love’s home. Mr. 'Crawford Johnson, of London, is holidaying with Morley and Glen Love. I have just loosen- The sun is pour-CROMARTY The farmers are busy cutting their wheat and it proves to be not an excellent crop. There has been so much damp weather that it is some­ what rusted. Mrs. John Scott and Mrs. McKellar spent the week-end in Clinton with friends. Cromarty Sunday School picnic was held in Lion’s Park, Seaforth, on Monday last and was well attend­ ed. All enjoyed spending an after­ noon in one of the most beautiful spots in the country side. Mr, are at days. Mr. Incidentally, ed my own collar, ing in through the open window— oh, lovely warmth! In my lodgings I never see a gleam, for J face north, and it makes the winter a long, bleak stretch. Some day, when All This is over, I’ll have a sunny room again, maybe; is, I think an axiom that The ger Always Faces here, one meets who have been roots; in fact it started just like any other scheme. Probably less than of persons knew that this training operation. Sure, plenty suspected. There were the significant issue of tropical kits and administering of anti-malaria shots, but theCanadians had been saying, “This is it” about each of dozens of schemes in the past couple of years. One officer cracked as he en­ trained, “If this is another blank- ety scheme they can take me out and shoot me.” He spoke for every Canadian, and also paid unwitting tribute to the success of military I security measures. There was doubt I up to the last minute, because at I first it was “Just a scheme—Com- " which"’is”to ~be ^ined operations practice.” There ’........... I were two such false starts before the -real thing. Things went m routine fashion up to a few hours before entrain­ ment for the ports. If a unit en­ trained at midnight, it wasn’t con­ fined to barracks until train time. That gives too much away to billeting towns’ populations, men went to the pubs as usual, returned for the o’clock “Lights out.” of “Lights out.” they to pack tor another It wasn’t until they entrained that the shoulder patches came off uniforms. When large units are embarking, you can’t conceal the fact, but when the 'Canadians arrived in the ports without their shoulder patches, they looked like just some more units of British reinforcements go­ ing out. About the closest they ig their identity was when one unit, being ferried to the ships which chokd the ports, star­ ted singing “Alouette” — a song, popular among Canadians, that no English units ever sing. The embarkation went perfectly. The hardest part wlas waiting abroad. ’For the units which em­ barked early, this was several days while the ships swelled with men and machines as loading went on around the clock. There was much singing and wisecracking during the embarkation — not the boisterous kind, but gags and songs of eager determined men trying to re­ lieve the tension of waiting. They couldn’t get going quick enough. Dozens of incidents proved it— such as the one where a unit was so eager to board the transport that it loaded on the tender be­ fore getting orders—and then had to unload because other materials had to go out on that tender first. These men were ready to go, and were leaving nothing including scores of 'dog mascots which they aboard. But they waited patiehtly. This was “it” at last. It was for this that they had gone through those blessed “schemes” over .and over again. They now knew in their hearts that those schemes hadn’t been wasted. When, they arrived in England. some units they had been civilians Now they were soldiers, An English major, handful of officers standing at one port in the small hours of the mor­ ning watching the huge convoy silently disappear summed it up for all: “They’re a fine bunch of men. Cod bless them and God help their enemies.** will be use “im- Ralph B. for the (came t0 revealin: commercial entertainment which con for 5,000 has been a decade­ television disputed receiving of them Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Pepper, of Oakshade Farm, Tuckersmith, an* pounce the engagement of their eldest daughter, Viola Mae, to James William Ellioiit, of Hyde Park, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs, David Elliott, of Clinton, the marriage to take place early in August. the The and 10customary Only instead were ordered “scheme.” were actually identifying behind-— and cat smuggled years ago, in khaki. one of a Th sheriff said to the murderer: yotfre x not “Better’ give yourself ui>, through}’’ the criminal could daunted; He said: “1*11 be hanged if I do!” But be a man couple roped pretty He and who into cosy said their saving it all “You can’t cut out self It’s human nature.” She think it’s silly—all this about future generations, it got to do ‘with us?” Went a Shade. Sulky thing about much hap- two people in making possible in they don’r, existence North. And people every torn up by I think I just went quiet and a. shade sulky—which was < of me and I know it now. sort of talk staggers one . when one is sitting there somebody else’s food—well, spot to be in, believe me. I ought to have done is enough; I ought to have said: and it’s just folk like you who’re; the bother, and who always will be.' ’ You’re the kind to beware of, and ■ if the rest of us really to do in the future we ' you out. anybody’s any nice tees or darned uncomfortable socially that you’ll realize you don’t fit in any-’ where.” , Some day, without a doubt, I Sixpence Admission SHALL say something of the sort. | So if you hear that I am an out­ cast, only able to move around un­ der police escort, you’ll know that the war is over and things ’have slipped back into the same dear old groove. But, all fooling apart, ’ what can be done about people like ( «that. i Personally, I think there should be a truce to politeness for awhile; the rest of us—nearly all of happily — should be free to those people precisely what opinion of them really is. You imagine what we murmur among ourselves, can’t you? People with sons who are fighting, husbands who are tiring their almost-aged bones in the Civil Guard, mothers and daughters who are rushing abdut in canteens or nursing. Yes, it’s very odd, but I’ve noticed that the folk with the strongest self­ interest and instinct of self-preser­ vation worth things might They will be up to their old tricks, given half a chance. cowardly But that . . , and eating it’s a What' plain Yes, You won’t party; you snug billets councils. know what shall freeze be met at won't have on commit- You’ll be so ns, tell our can are invariably the least keeping alive. Well, when begin to take shape .again it pay Us to watch those folk. Put Out of My Q11 alters am with have a their house; a my good half-a-dozen yet they corner for me to them. At my own is now A sleeping girl who, this week, so- I have crepe Today I friends who evacuees in have found work in, bless lodgings there war-worker; a is on night-shift, out to rattle' my typewriter else­ where. War-workers are being bil­ leted all over the place, and it’s no good for your smug householder to object. A vacant room means shelter for somebody, and the louder the on* jection the larger the war-worker —which is as it should be, Bin. most folk are very decent about it all; one woman t.ells me that her new biilette is “a real blessing" and looked after her, as much as possible, when she was Ill. All this, as yon can imagine, is making a tremendous difference to the av­ erage home which} in the old days. bur it Lo fl­ oyer day the is the exception to come across somebody who has a settled home—or who is working away from home. Nothing less like the ordinary English habit of life can be ined, yet folk have shaken to it, and one hears very complaint, considering the venience that is bound to times. It is a big thing to have!........ food and shelter—-and we know! it; and a north room is better than! ___ the Jee side of a hedge, even]We had a truly hectic Plough there are days when there! Mr. doesn't seem to be much to choose London, between them! Winter is over at last and it was all much easier than it might have} We have our ups and downs, Detroit Mr. London, visited on Sunday evenin with Mr. and Mrs. Colin Love, Mrs. Clarence Hardy, Helen an 1 Frank, of Lucan, and Miss Alice not imag- and Mrs. Ben MacWilliams present enjoying their holi- and Mrs. Jas. Scott spent adown (iays last week with their daugh- little ter in incou-j Mr< be at i ]Wme Woodbridge,. Lloyd Miller spent Sunday at with his mother. request Smith’s 20th." the ex­ “Colonel and Mrs. Brown the pleasure of Captain company at dinner on the And the reply came: “With ception of four men on leave and two men sick, Captain Smith’s com­ pany have great pleasure in ac­ cepting your kind invitation.” vicinity. Eleanor to spend and Mrs. Grant Ridley, HARPLEY and Mrs. Walt Lenehan, of are holidaying with Mr. and other friends McLInchey went a few days. » HOTELS oomraamr LOCATES ► EASY | David Eagleson ■ in this Miss MODERN and selling hut we have come thus far and; stalls — can go on. One knows it on a day; articles, as like this . . . but then, we’ve al- • were of the what-on-eartli-; ways known it, down underneath,} (whatever the day was like. I j “Wayne Wilson, five-year-old son i I sat in the Art Section, some-'of an ardent Mitchell fisherman, what aloof, taking sixpence a time. Moss Wilson, caught a five-pound for admission, and quite a lot of'fish near Exeter on Thursday. His people wandered in. (There is a 1-1 father, noticing that Wayne was hav- ways something a trifle ‘wander-, ing quite a tussle with his line, went ...... .... . _ . .. .. i to his aid and assisted in landing I the fish. Wayne said he thought it ! was going to pull him into the water ' from the shore. His two cousins, | Larry Cameron, aged four, and Garry Wright, seven years of age, were witnesses as they were also on the fishing trip. Mr. Wilson landed a four-pound bass.” Mitchell corres- ! pondent in Stratford Beacon-Herald. concert on the of the Men, 30,40,50! Want Normal Pep, Vim, Vigor? Try Ost.rex Tonic Tablots. Contains tonics, stimu­lants, iron, vitamin Bj, calcium, phosphorus;aids to normal pep, vim, vigor, vitality after 30, 40, or 50. ‘Introductory size only 35c. If not delighted with results of first package, maker refunds low price. At all druggets. Start taking OstrexTablets today. 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