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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-11-11, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11th, 1943 \TH£REIS TOW. Bu JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE^ Toni didn’t know, but she thought it likely, “Of course I’m not keen about it and I really loathe publici­ ty, Still* it’s for the organization, not for me. We hope that this is only the start—that women through­ out Garset will be willing to fol­ low our example. these ful tO- means home i home. . my ear Her cousin’s husband was with the Canadian forces, Miss Velda said. “He doesn't care much for the food, but then I’ve heard that the U.S. has better cooks,’’ “Well, I’m having roast duck— men like duck.’’ Toni closed her eyes as the second soaping got un­ der way. “Roast duck, green peas, asparagus and a mixed salad, cream for dessert. And I’ll candles and flowers and my linens—that’s the sort of thing miss when they’re on board At least I don’t belive they tablecloths, do you?’’ Easter, the second Sunday in April, poured out unstinted sun­ shine, but perversely supplied a chill wind that discouraged light­ weight finery. Women wore their mink coats and depended on gay flowered hats to accent the spring motif. Sarah Daffodil, who rejoiced < annually when the forsythia bloomed at the foot of the garden, had planned to spend the day work­ ing in the yard. It was really a respectable sized plot, and Sarah raised he,r owin plants in a cold frame she had constructed herself. The telephone called her from her gardening a little after eleven o'clock and she was standing in the hall, writing a note for the bulletin board she kept tacked above the mailboxes, when the Thanes came downstairs, dressed for the street. “We’re going to take a long walk before dinner,” Candace looked as bright-eyed as a chipmunk in her brown skirt and jacket, a brown calotte topping her pretty hair. Sarah said she envied them .“I’ve just had a message from an old friend, an invitation I feel I should not decline. She’s seventy-five and she has a nice old boy friend. His cold has improved, so he’s taking us out to dinner. I’d rather stay at home and garden, but Abigail pities my soliary state. It makes her so happy to save me from a lonely day with painful memories— she’s sure my memories are pain­ ful.” Sarah laughed infectiously. “Abigail loves to do unto others and it’s my late to be done unto.” She always left word on the bul­ letin board, when she expected to be absent any length of time, she told them. As the Thanes turned to the door, Sarah mentioned the sailors who were to be guests of the Fittses. “Are they likely to turn up, do you think, before Mrs. Fitts and her husband are home from church. Shall I leave a note for wait here in the hall ” “Oh—why, they’re not ‘Candace said. “Not coming?” “Andy met Mr. Fitts They say that men are pathetically grate- their hostesses and hosts. It a lot to a man far away from to be a guest in a private Don’t let the water run in , Ice have good men ship, have young across are sq the odor of smoked Peppercorn absently head of Doggie who men. Only here gone him muttered, get the right headquarters it to the left, sec­ have dinner come in and in the living with meet room stupid. Most of the volunteer wasn’t worth the telephone they ran up, Still, the sltua- could have been explained to Q. Will You Tell me my Tire Rating? stepmen council The Council of the Township of Stephen met In the Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday, November 1, 1943* at 1 p.m- All members were present. The minutes of the pre­ vious meeting were read and adopted on motion of Thomas Bove, second­ ed by Herman Powe. The Clerk read a petition signed by Joseph Regier and others asking that certain lands be drained under the provisions of The Municipal Drainage Act and the Clerk stating the petition was signed by a major­ ity of parties interested, it was moved by Arthur Amy, seconded by Nelson Schenk that the petition be received and a copy be mailed to the Township Engineer, Mr. George A, McCubbin, C.E., for attention. Carried. It was moved by Thomas Love, seconded by Herman Powe, that this Council invest $1,000 in the Fifth Victory Loan Bonds, to be credited to the East and West Division of the Township in equal share. Carried. The Clerk reported he had re­ ceived a cheque from the Provincial for $2,857.9 0 which rep­ subsidy of 1 mill on the the assessment of the for the present year. correspondence IZ TIRES CL Can I Buy q New Tire? A. Perhaps—perhaps not—but sixty seconds after you come into our shop we can tell you precisely what you can or cannot do in accordance with the regulations. A. We will gladly do that, and regardless of what your rating may allow, we will show yon the very best way to keep rolling on rubber for the longest possible time. Q. If I carry war workers, do 1 get Privileges? A» You certainly do—so don't pass up.qny of them. We'll tell you exactly what you are entitled to and how you can get them. a Gl. How about Bootlegging? A. In all earnestness we urge you to stay away from such dealings. The law carries drastic penalties for any person who buys, sells, borrows, pools or gives away any new, used or retreaded tire or any netv or used tube or retreading service except through an authorized dealer and by means of an authorized permit. Q. If I can’t get .new Tires or Retreading what CAN I do? A. You can do yourself and your present tires the handsome favour of discussing with us an intelligent program of keeping your tires "going'' to the very last ounce of vitality in them. Make it a point to do that today. Q. If | can’t buy a new Tire, how. about Retreading? A. It's quite possible that you are entitled to a permit for retreading—come in and see—before the tire Sf is too far gone. Q Treasurer resents a Dollar of Township Following < read and filed: 1. From Dept, of Highways Mr. J. A. Coombs, of Stratford, recently appointed District Engineer of Municipal Roads to succeed Mr. Ludgate. 2. From Deputy Minister of Pub­ lic Welfare re; Fuel to Mothers’ Allowances Beneficiaries. 3. From Victoria Hospital, Lon­ don, regarding increased charge per day of isolation patients. 4. “From the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund. 5. From Hydro Electric Commis­ sion agreeing to give permission' to supply electric service to the Grader Shed. Moved by Thomas Love, seconded by Nelson Schenk that Voucher Sheet No. 11 amounting to $327.23 and the following orders be passed: Alonzo $4.00; jurors, jurors, 45.00; 3.'Oh; gone, the old lady and the wife looked at each other the disordered table, “You good!A Candace snuffed the blue candles and the thin, acrid smoke blended with cigarettes, Old Mrs, Stroked the rested against her, his forepaws on her knee. “They were nice And they enjoyed their dinner, suppose, ■ if they had come and found no one and had away again. On Easter!” When Toni .Fitts heard what had happened, she said that someone at headquarters had been inexcus­ ably heli) bills tion the sailors and she would have tried to make it up to them some other time Not, she admitted kindly, that she didn’t appreciate the gen­ erosity of her neighbors. She add­ ed that she only wished she could count on them for steady, concert­ ed effort. Until Ned Peppercorn had retired from fifty-four years’ service as doorman and confidential messen­ ger for one of the city’s oldest wholesale firms, he and his wife had lived in old houses, lacking al­ most every convenience, but with one attraction, that of cheap rent. When, at seventy, the old man had automatically retired, he found himself with a small pension, a modest savings account and a great longing for hot running water and no duties connected with stoves or coal. Old Mr. Peppercorn and his wife liked to have dinner at noon. The Monday he and Doggie arrived fully twenty minutes ahead of schedule, old Mrs. Peppercorn was mildly alarmed. “I’m early, Mother.” He came 'out into the kitchen where she was stirring thickening for gravy, and kissed her. “But and me, we got our afternoon out for us. Hen was telling about a family he found in his junk yard.” “Hi« junk yard?” An unfortunate family had been evicted and had moved in under the sheltering lees of the plies of rusty metal in Hen’s yard, old Pepper­ corn explained. “When he found ’em, the five kids were asleep on old automobile seats. There’s eight altogether—five children, their ma and pa and an orphan they just sort of adopted.” “They on relief?” The outcasts had not lived in Garset the year required to make them eligible for relief, old Pepper- ’ corn said. “We got to hustle around ’ for them, Mother, I thought may- ’ be you’d speak to Mrs. Fitts.” She collects i ' she? I her for wear.” “Well, was that was that discounted their extra hearty breakfast. Candace had not re­ moved bur jacket when their door bell buzzed, “I'll bet that drugstore guy is bringing the ice cream, after I told him I wanted to call fo? it.” Andy in the kitchen was filling the tea­ kettle. Candace opened the door. Four serious tanned faces confronted her, four pairs of anxious eyes met hers, All were in sailoi’ uniforms. “Er— Miss, would you know where a lady named Mrs. Fitts is?” The tallest of the group, a weater-beaten man perhaps in his early thirties, swung his cap nervously in one hand. “She asked us to dinner, but we’ve rung her bell and she didn’t answer. No­ body answered.” The man behind “Maybe we didn’t bell,” "They told us at was tn© apartment ond floor." Without a moment’s hesitation, Candatee set her door wide. “Mrs. Fitts is sorry, but she was called out of town.” (To the suburbs, to meet an earl’s daughter, she re­ minded her conscience). We hoped that you would us. Won’t you my husband?” She left them with the radio turned on and sought Andy to acquaint him with the star­ tling news that they had four guests for dinner. “What in time are we going to feed them ” He opened the oven door and peered in at the roasting pork. “It smells swell,- but there isn’t enough foi’ four hungry men —th'ose sailors probably eat like prize fighters.” All he need do, Candace said tranquilly, was to go in and talk to the men. “We couldn’t tell them point-blank that Mrs. Fitts had changed her mind, could we? Evi­ dently her message didn’t reach the right person—at least no one broke the news to those poor trust­ ing souls. You go in and be a host, Andy. Build up a fresh fire and don’t mix the drinks too strong. I’m going across the hall to ask old Mrs, Peppercorn’s advice.” Although young Mrs. Thane and old Mrs. Peppercorn had hitherto met only on the stairs and in the halls, they had already discovered that they liked each other and Can­ dace's instinct in turning to the old ■ lady was based on mutual trust. Mrs. Peppercorn solved the prob­ lem neatly and with an enthusiasm that added radiance to her practi­ cal kindness. “Of course you haven’t enough for four extra. No couple plans a din­ ner for six, unless they've invited company.” The old lady thought fo? a moment, then beamed, we can do, is What kind of ing?” Roast pork, “We’re having roast lamb. your pork at one end of the table and have your husband carve it. Father can carve our lamb at the other end. Two kinds of meat al­ ways looks lavish.” The combined dinner provided a gratifying abundance and second, even third helpings testified to tlie appreciation of the guests. They ate and talked and laughed, until one -of them remembered the dish­ es to be washed. He was a curly- haired lad under twenty and during most of the meal the Peppercorns’ affectionate poodle had slumbered on his lap. The boy, his compan­ ions asserted,; mothered all the ship’s mascots. “We’ll clear away and wash up—• you just sit and rest,” chorused the four, waving huge paws vaguely toward their hostesses. Candace saw old Mrs. Pepper­ corn’s face and signalled Andy. “You’re heading for the movies— all you men,” the girl directed, smiling upon them, from her place behind the percolator that had been a wedding gift. Women liked to take their time, she told them, and she and Mrs. Peppercorn would en­ joy doing the dishes while they talked. In the great quiet that filled the living room after the six men had them to coming! ” his wife downtown and then held in a woman’s “I’m not sure, but I think is to be Or else it’s the daughter of when he went out to get the papers th(fs morning. He said Mrs. Fitts had called the dinner off last night. They’re going to a reception for .some English officers, given by the Daughters of the British Empire this afternoon.” As Mr. Fitts had outlined the program to Andy, Can­ dace continued, he and would dine in one of the ■restaurants after church go- on to the reception, fashionable suburban club. •the British Ambassador there. an earl, or something.” Andrew Thane said levelly. “Is Mrs. Fitts an Englishwoman?” “She was born,” Sarah answered, “in Kansas City, of pioneer stock.” If it had not been for anxiety about the fate of the roast they had entrusted to their thermostat-con- trolled oven, the Thanes might have walked till sundown. As it was, they returned home about two o’clock in a warm glow from the brisk exercise and with appetites We can give you ail the Answers — come in TODAY! SNELL BROS. & CO Exeter, Ont.Phone 100 “What to pool our dinners, meat are you hav- Candace disclosed. Put the you cut me McCann, selecting jurors, Isaac Besterd Jr., selecting 4.00; H. K. Eilber, selecting 4.00; G. E. Faist, postage, Geo. E. Eilber, making tile, G. E. Wenzel, rebate taxes, .47; Queen Alexander Sanatorium, account re Bowden, 27.00; Bank of Montreal, note and interest, 913.85; Dorn, of Canada Ins. Co., premium: on policy, 12.5 0; Dashwood Planing) Mill, stakes, 9.39; Geo. A. Love, relief. Vansteenkist, 12.00; George Eilber, survey Webb Drain, Stewart Webb, survey Wlebb 5.00; Hugh Morenz, survey Drain, 5.00; Henry Link, Webb Drain, 5. OF; Glenn survey Webb Drain, 5.0 0; County Treasurer, hospitalization re Defore, 45.9 0; Receiver-General, tion 5th Victory Loan, Carried. The Council adjourned again in the Town Hall, on Monday, the 6th day of December 19 43, at 1 p.m. H. K. Eilber, Township 1 7.0'0; Drain, Webb survey Webb,' i subscrip- 1000.00. to meet Crediton, ClerK. clothes for children, don’t thought maybe you’d ask something these kids can Presentation Don Winer Describes Life * in India TUNE IN Old Fashioned Revival Hour 7-8 p.ni., E.D.S.T. ■ " ■....■—........................... (Can.) R90495, R.C.A.F. Cpl. Winer, J. D., Attached R.A.F., India Command. Exeter District War Time Board, folks I re- ago. PILGRIMS’ HOUR 2-3 p.m. E.D.S.T. Mutual Network ’SUNDAYS Local Station CKLW WINDSOR you sit down and begin your dinner, Father, and I’Jl run down and see Mrs. Fitts. But don’t pin your hopes too high, because— well, because.’’ Toni Fitts, dressing to go to a benefit bridge, said frankly that she didn’t believe in individual inter­ ference. The clothing she received was that was into rooms, Mr. R. N. Creech, Secretary. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank the at home for the swell parcel ceived from you a few days Perhaps you’ve been wondering why the parcel was not answered before this, but the reason is quite simple. Here in India we are exactly half way round the world from Ontario, and mall of any description takes an extremely long time to reach us. I don’t know exactly when your parcel was sent, but I imagine it was sent in April or May. Four to five months is the usual length of time that a parcel from Canada takes to reach us. Your parcel came as a delightful CHARLES E. FUELER P.O. Box 123 — Los Angeles Zone 53, California ? f si ven with the understanding it was to go abroad, ripped apart, washed garments, right in she said. “But All cloth and made the work- I couldn’t ask +Uese women to suspend their work, or divert it. They’re enrolled for a cause and they’re entitled to £eel that they’re working toward their goal.” “What did she say?” askefl old Mr. Peppercorn, wnen ms wife re­ turned to the apartment. The old lady's round face flushed. “Mrs. Fitts thinks they’re a drop in the bucket.” ,fThe person you should have tackled,” said old Mr. Peppercorn, serenely ignoring the fact that he had suggested the appeal to Mrs. Fitts, “is Sarah Daffodil.” Sarah, despite slacks, possessed ble wardrobe of cestumes saved years and hopelessly out of style. The materials were good, the old- fashioned modes utilized yards of fabric, and like everything belong­ ing, to Sarah, were in excellent con­ dition and spotlessly clean. She of­ fered Mrs. Peppercorn a free selec­ tion, Presently old Mrs, Peppercorn spoke of the family for whom they were sewing; she had never seen such poverty, she declared. Hen had now offered the man a job as his helper and they were to live in his rooms Hen’s her fondness for a sot inconsidera- dresses and skirts, over a period of section of country in which stationed is quite low, only a hundrejd feet above .'sea-, so the weather here is ex- and, because of the was of at of' of surprise, for I thought that now I'm A very enjoyable evening 1 spent recently when a number friends and neighbors gathered West McGillivray Hall in honor Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hamilton 12 Con., who are moving to Ailsa'so far away you wouldn’t attempt Craig where they will make their to send any more to me. I certainly future home. During the evening, I enjoyed the canned goods that it Mr. and Mrs. Hamlilton were 'in-1 contained, especially the tomato vited to the front while Mrs. Dan' soup and the peas, and peaches. Lewis read the following address, | Here in India all those items are and with also each Mrs. tute also took the occasion to pres­ ent Mrs. Hamilton with a cup and saucer. Both thanked all me mb rance, address: i Mrs. E. Scott presented them. grown. Ia beautiful tri-light floor lamp, a dainty cup and saucer for of the recipients was given by A. Scott. The Women’s Insti- Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton for their kindly re- The following is the i •October 19 th, 1943 Mrs. Hamilton: friends and neighbors . .. , ------- v .........— Blood Bitters is bused on the knowledge that such ailments as eczema, and other Bkin troubles, are Caused by an impUre4 blood condition, y Bring, about inner cleanliness by Using B. B. B. to help cleanse the blood of its impurities. . Ask at any drug counter for B. B. B. Price SI.00 a bottle. Thd T. Milburn Co., Lixixited« Toronto, Ont. Eczema or Salt Rheum Eczema, or salt rheum as it is Commonly Called, is one of the most painful of all skin troubles. The intense burning, itching and smarting, espe­ cially at night, or when the affected part is exposed to heat, Of the hands placed in hot water are most tm- bearable, and relief is gladly Welcomed, , Tho relief offered by Burdock Bloo<‘house, on the second floor, unused, since the death wife. (To Be Continued) in of To Mr. and We, your of the community, have learned of your plans to move to town, where we hope you will enjoy many years of well earned rest. And when we realize you have spent your entire married life on the 12th Con. of McGillivray, we think it very fitting to gather here tonight in your honor and tell you it is neighbors and friends such as each of you, which make a community what it ought to be—ready to help when needed, and considerate of ”........ in contact with. Wo hope we will among your friends, to Ailsa Craig. We make new friends, but keep the old. The new are silver, the old ones gold. We ask you to accept these gifts as a token of our teem, and may you spend evenings together under the of this lamp. Signed on behalf of friends and neighbors. those you come still be counted when you move os- many glow your Englishman: "I say, what arc they doing?” American: “They’re dancing.” Englishman: “They get married later, don’t they?” ., but are of a very inferior quality. Tomatoes seem to grow no larger than golf balls, and are very tasteless. Peaches are also small, and just as tasteless. And peas are only used after being dried, and you all know what they taste like after that! Sorry to say, the cake you enclosed met with a slight mishap. A mouse -got into the par­ cel before I got it, and ate about half of it. He also ate one of the chocolate bars, and the other two bars part loss. way, forgotten me. the ring you gave me, and the boys are always wishing that they came from as good a town. I suppose that the folks at home would be interested in how we live in the forces here in India, so I’ll try to put it on paper, First of all, you all know the location of India, between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer. The location tends to provide the country with very hot weather. tude in different parts gives it all types of weather at all times of the year. The greater part of the country is between sea-level and six hundred feet, so that the greater part is extremely hot for the greater part of each year, But in the north­ ern part where the Himalayas stand in magnificent solitude, ranges from hot to cold upon have Rest sand yas As the name denotes, half-castes, and are so now that they almost have race of their own. They oil, Flit and and had turned mouldy, so that of the parcel was a complete But it made me feel good, any- to know that Exetei' has not Everyone notices But the difference in alti- , weather depending are at. I an K.A.E. nine thou- what altitude you just returned from Camp which was at feet, and the weather there wonderful. It was clear and invigorating, warm in the daytime, but cool at night. It was just about the same as the weather we ex­ perience around the end of May in Ontario. Yet thirty miles away, on the plains bordering these foothills, the temperature was soaring be­ tween ninety-five and a hundred, and the humidity was high. The I am about levej tremely hot, abundance of water in the nearby ocean, and in the great river on whose delta we are, the humidity is extremely high too. Before coming here I never realized the truth in the old statement, “It’s not the heat, but the humidity.” Even when you remain absolutely still in a shaded billet the sweat still oozes out, and the slightest exertion, such as writing, or moving about, makes the sweat pour. Even at night it doesn’t let up much. This part of the country is notoriously unhealthy. Before the war British troops were not allowed to stay here any more than six months of their time in England. Malarial mosquitoes are numerous, and a definite menace to us, even though all precautions are taken to safeguard ourselves from them. Ponds are sprayed with billets are all equipped with guns, we must -wear long pants long sleeves after six o’clock, we always sleep inside mosquito nets. Camps are built as far as possible away from native villages, so that the mosquitoes won’t trans­ mit malaria from them to us. Des­ pite all these precautions, some of us do get malaria. When that hap­ pens we are quickly sent to the hospital and given the most modern treatment. Usually that is followed by a period at a Convalescant Hos­ pital, and when they are absolutely sure we’re cured, they’ll let us come back, Dysentry is another preva­ lent disease and is treated just as thoroughly, I think a letter from me telling of the wild animals and snakes appeared in the Advocate awhile ago so again. Despite all isn’t , so bad. comparatively we can’t take much advantage of off duty hours. We’re quite close to a large city where we can get everything we want, and do nearly everything we wish to do. We’re allowed to dress comfortably to suit the occasion. By that, I mean that we don’t adhere strictly to service clothing. Working costume consists of socks, shoes or running shoes, shorts, and a pith helmet. Dress wear consists of shoes, slacks, a bush jacket (looking somewhat like an officer’s tunic, except that it has a sports neck and you wear it without a shin or tie), and a I won’t mention them pith helmet. All our clothes are khaki, of course, of very light material. We quite often wear sandals instead of shoes, as they are cooler. Officers and airmen dress alike, except for their dis­ tinguishing badges of rank. Social life doesn’t amount to much here in India. We are discouraged from befriending the Indians be­ cause of the insecurity of knowing which of them are “Ghandi- Wallahs”. English people are very scarce, so we don’t have much, chance of befriending them. There are quite a number' of Anglo-Indians around the bigger cities, and they are about the only ones we can befriend, they are numerous become a are mostly well-educated, staunchly British and friendly. But when hordes of European service men descend on r.nem, you can quite realize that their hospitality must have a limit, our social life I could go pages, telling features of India, here, now. May I thank you all again for the swell parcel. I hope I am fortunate enough to be on one of your future mailing lists. But if I may add a word of warning, do not include chocolate bars, or other perishable goods. In the line of candy, only rock candy comes in good condition, and then only when it’s in a tin. Letters from anyone who cares to write would be very welcome, too. Keep up the good work, Exeter! Good-bye for now. Regards, Don Winer. So, as I said before, is limited* on over you of ., and but I won’t bore many more interesting the people you further this, life out here Working hours are short, even though HBBKKW At Present We Are Short on most Every Line*of Stock, YOUR INQUIRIES WILL Still be appreciated A. J. CLATWORTHY We Deliver Phone 12 Granton