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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-11-25, Page 3Boxing and Wrestling THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25th, 1943 Pag® 3 Hospital News Warden Tuckey Expresses Pride in Huron’s Contribution to Canada’s War Effort very proud of the spjen- our station hospital is the fine staff that serves It is not without regret we see some of our old We are did work doing and us there, then, that friends leaving fox’ other stationjs although those who have come to take their places are proving as in­ valuable to our establishment and as charming. Nursing sister Campbell left us a week ago for Dauphin, Manitoba. Before her departure the entire hos­ pital staff, together with her many friends from other sections, attend­ ed a tea given in her honor by Nursing Sister Adolphae and Section Officei’ Rusted. Sisters Osbourne, Hansen, and West have since assumed duties at No. 9, and the entire station bids them welcome to the hospital staff. Postings and promotions have been taking place, too, among various other members of the staff. LAW.s Tetrault and Mitchell were both sent from our midst, the one to To­ ronto, the, other to the convalescant Home at Hamilton. Corporal Rod­ dick was also posted to St. Johns, Quebec. Congratulations are in order for Corporal Dorothy Taylor, one of our most capable hospital assistants, who a short while ago was presented with he^r chevrons, and also for Corporal Cassidy who is now gradu­ ated to his third hook . If you’ve been undergoing miner tortures at our Dental Clinic recent­ ly you’ll have discovered a new personality to make the ordeal less trying. Her name is Corporal Perry Romance, who has come to us from Toronto.# Hostess House News Last Monday night the Hostess House opened its doors to a birth­ day party, gay and informal, in the honor of Doris Madeley and Bill Watson, who celebrated with a love­ ly birthday cake and supper party theii’ combined day of "happy returns.” Singing and games filled the evening with lots of f4un foi’ every­ one present, a fine way to start off a new year which we hope will be filled with happiness and good cheer foi’ these young people. ACTIVITY AT NUMBER NINE London Little Theatre evening the stage was again gaily in lit On Tuesday our drill hall up as the London Little Theatre presented their variety show. Movie Guide 'Amazing ,5 Deanna Dm Edmund O’B the 49’ers.” 27—"Mystery Carole Landis Mrs.Friday, Nov. 26' Holliday” starrim Barry Fitzgerald, Short—"King of Saturday, Nov. Raider” starring Henry Wilcoxson. Monday, Nov. Spy” starring Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman. Short—"Court Favorites,” "Big Bad Wolf.” Sea and 29—‘‘My Favorite * * * * * Sunday Musical Hour London Citizen’s Committee sponsor a Sunday Musical Hour every Sunday afternoon for mem­ bers of ithe armed force's in the London Library and Arts Museum. The doors open at 2.30 o’clock and the program begins at 3 p.m. We understand that the hall is always well filled and that you will receive a .hearty welcome. This will not conflict with our own program which runs from seven till nine each Sunday evening. The popularity of our musical hour Is growing all the time. Last Sunday about one hundred and fifteen per­ sons attended. If you have any special requests for your favorite music, classical or semi-classical, turn Watts, Office. The classical them in to Flight Sergeant F/O Gordon, ox* to the "Y” Sketching Classes sketching class, instructor,Ou I’ AC2 Tonv Ourmo has been posted to a distant point However we have replaced him with AO1 Sowter, who was a commercial artist before joining the Glasses will Monday and 7 o’clock. Good luck, Tony, at your new post and sincerely hope that you will be able to carry on there with sketching classes. Air Force, Sketching continue as usual on Thursday evenings at At a meeting of the Boxing Wrestling Committee, it was cided to have another show on comber the liith. to a good evening On Friday, we hall filled as program iined At 7,15 p. begin with i In pleasant sunshine of pretence Let others bask their day.and de- De- We look forward entertainment. November the 26th expect to see our recreation have an excellent fox* that night, our program will musical concert, we up m. a at which two very talented mem­ bers of the Air Force will present a program of classic, folk, and light opera music, S./O. Ishbel Mutch, a well-known Canadian musician who has spent the last few years in New York City, doing concert, opera and radio sing­ ing, and .LAC. Clifford Poole a young Canadian musician with a very promising tists. This program p, m. at which our movie which is “Amazing Mrs. Holliday” starring Deanna Durbin. All Station Personnel are invited without charge. Clifford Poole musician with future are the ar- will last until 8.30 time we will show * # -■ s Christmas and New Year Entertainment Christmas and New Years season No. 9 S.F.T.S. this year promises be a happy one. A special dinner at to for both these days will be served to all Airmen and Airwomen. A program has been arranged to make those who are away from home, happy while spending this jolly season on the station. more attention is be- by statesmen, busi- educators on plans for world, There is a gen- Post War Training More and ing focussed nes men and the post-war era.1 realization that not only must peace be assured, but economic se­ curity as well. Many members or tile R.C.A.F. are indulging in a bit of personal planning. Jones wanted, before the war, to be a doctor; Brown’s great ambition was chemical engineering; and Smith has visions of aeronauti­ cal engineering. All these courses involve Univer­ sity training from foui’ to six years of it, and Victory Bond Savings would melt away very quickly fore such financial demands. To give opportunity to all charged members of the armed vices who can qualify within fifteen months after the date of discharge, Government has developed a to pay the fees and an allow- for living purposes to those continue their education or the pro- be- dis- ser- the plan ance who technical training under visions of the Rehabilitation Plan. So in doing youi’ own individual planning, figure out what you want to do, how much training is necessary for it, and then if you haven’t enough High School educa­ tion to be eligible for that type of training you had better get busy right away. No vices today can of education as failure, for the through the Canadian Legion Cor­ respondence courses to improve your qualifications if you really want to do it. See our Education Officer (F./O Hillmer) for full in­ formation. # $ * # Our Newspaper Column person in the ser- honestly plead lack a cause of future opportunities exist Several of the station personnel have promised material fox’ our station paper, this into the have anything it in to us by week, as we shall be .glad to any contributions concerning "November’s News”.* # .Points to Ponder material but have not turned "Y” office. If you send each have our office. to offer please Friday noon of Some one has said that—"It is always difficult to be true to our­ selves, to be always what we wish to be, what we’ feel we ought to be. As long as we feel that, as long as we do not surrender the ideal of our life, all is wel|. Our aspirations represent the true nature of our souls much more than our everyday life. One might say that the goal of life is bringing our everyday lives into line with ottr ideals And aspira­ tions. Shakespeare said word, "To thine own self The Apostle Paul strikes note when he says to the Thessalonia that they ought to live —"not as pleasing men, but God, who trietli our hearts.” A very fine poet by the name of I-L Alford has expressed this reasoning in the fol­ lowing poeni: Speak thou the truth, Let others fence, And trim theii’ words for pay; it in a be true.” a similar people of Guard tho the fact; though clouds of night Down on thy watch-tower Though thou should’st hearts delight Borne from thee by their stoop; see thine swoop. Face thou the wind, though safer seem In shelter to abide; We are not made to sit and dream; The safe must first be tried. Where God hath set His thorns about, Cry not, "The way is plain”; His path within for those without Is paved with toil and pain. Be true to And as thy What hast bought, Presume not thou to teach. every inmost thought, thought, thy speech; thou not by suffering hold on—thou hast the are on the sand; World-tempest’s ruthless Warden Bensop W» Tuckey, in hie address at the opening session of Huron County Council expressed his pride in Huron's amazing wax’ effort during the yeax’ in subscribing $6,- 635,450 to the two Victory Loans, Huron County Council had author­ ized a total purchase in 1943 of $75,000, and now holds $105,00*0 in Victory Bonds. Owing to the shortage of labox* and materials, the Warden continued, the -county highway committee had not been able to build many new bridges but had kept the roads in the best of condition. He hoped an extension to the County Home would be possible in the near* -fu­ ture, 1-Ie paid tribute to the late J. A. McKenzie, formerly reeve of Ashfield, and hoped fox* a speedy recovery for the sister of Reeve Robert E, Turner, of Goderich. The warden stated that he would like to see axx open season foi’ deer .declared in Huron county and to have the Department of Game and Fisheries appoint a full-time game overseer in the county. A clause in the report of the warden’s committee read later in the afternoon stated that a com­ munication received from the De­ partment asked foi’ foi’ deei’ committee partment that they felt obliged to abide by the decision of the coun­ cil at the June session for a closed season. Council confirmed the re­ port. Various opinions were expressed on the subject when the clause discussed. of Game and Fisheries a three-day open season in the county, but the had informed the de- financial* 1 to Oc- estimates year,” Mr. lived with- said. The After presenting the statement from January tober 31, together with tor the balance of the year, County Treasurer A. H. Erskine stated that it would appear that all accounts would balance favorably, "Consid­ ering that this was possible after the purchase of $30,000 Victory Bonds in the general account and $45,000 on the highways account, it has been a very good Erskine stated. Most committees have in their estimates, he administration of justice, Dominion Loan interest and insurance are down. There is an increase in the Children’s Aid Society, and in hos­ pital acounts, due to -an unusually large number of county patients. Mr. Erskine presented a group picture of King George, Queen Elizabeth, and Prime Minister Win­ ston Churchill, the gift of Wing Commander J. M. Roberts, former county clerk, and Flt.-Lt. Thomas Pryde, Exeter, a former member of Huron County Council. Warden Tuckey entertained the council at a warden's banquet in the British Exchange Hotel on Wed­ nesday night, and on Thursday the council attended a dinner in Clinton being tendered to Hon. T. L. Ken­ nedy, minister of agriculture for Ontario. the Department of National Defence, and that a visit be made to every farm, factory, and office at once; that ample supplies of feeding grain he guaranteed from the surplus of stored grain in the West, and sup­ plied freight free from Fort William or Fort Arthur, and tha’t the prices of this grain be those prevailing on October 15, 1942. This resolution also asks that, as the provincial government has passed legislation permitting the assessment of one- fifth of a mill on all rural proper­ ty, the funds thus collected be used to finance tho Federation of Agriculture. A resolution from Simcoe county concerning the increase in juvenile delinquency, asked that the Ontario government be requested to take steps to have the training school for boys at Bowmanville and that for girls at Galt, both of which had been turned over to of Defence, restored uses. That the minister requested to increase ment grants to high, and vocational schools greatly increased cost ance, due to war conditions, is the text of a resolution from the united counties of Durham. The county dorsation of the Department to their former TO HELP PREVENT ManyCOLDS FROM DEVELOPING RIGHT AT START ^-Purpose Medicine a Success At first sniffle, sneeze or nasal irrita­tion, put a little Va-tro-nol up each nostril, its stimulating action aids Na­ture’s defenses against the cold.... And remember—when a head cold makes you suffer, or transient congestion ’’fills up” nose and spoils sleep, 3-purpose Va-tro-nol gives val­ uable help as it (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2) relieves irritation, (3) . helps flush out clearing3 clogging VI€KsO mucus. Enjoy the --- relief it brings. RO’llOi. ■« of education be the govern- continuation to meet the of mainten- Northumberland and of Carleton asked en- a resolution request­ ing the minister of agriculture raise the price of cheese from to 23 cents plus bonus. Think Hog Prices Fair Enough to 20 meeting Monday councils Tuesday the Mu- Hold on, rock, The foes The. first shock Scatters their shifting strand; While each wild gust the mist shall clear We now see darkly through, And justified at last appear The true, in Him that’s true. Padre Moynan. Who’s Who Sergeant John W. Thorpe Royal Australian zlir Force This week our story begins far, far away in the land of the Southern Cross, Australia. I-Iere, ten thousand miles from Centralia, in the city of Brisbane, Sate of Queensland, John Thrope was born on April 4, 19 23. It was at Brisbane College that he was schooled in the elementary arts and sciences and here it was that he first developed the interest in the sport of rowing that finally in 19 3 S made him a member of the Queensland State Rowing Team. After graduation from school John studied at the Australian School of Interior Decoration in his home city and later, for some time, practised the art he had learned there. In sharp constrast to the snowbound winters of southwestern Ontario, he spent his Christmas vacations surf­ ing and swimming on the beautiful j sand beaches of his homeland. John’s eighteenth year found him on the threshold of a new adventure. In 1941, on the day after his birth­ day, he enlisted in the Royal Aus­ tralian Air Force. His initial train­ ing he received at Sandgate on the coast and from here he proceeded to Archerfield, an Elementary Fly­ ing Training School. He had not completed his training here when Japan joined the conflict against the Allies. This was indeed a menace of the first order for Australia, and it was not without its complications for the life of the student pilot at Archerfield. Ships for postings over­ seas were not available and those who would, in the natural course of events, be posted on them had to remain at Archerfield working with American squadrons based there at the outbreak of war; and John was among them. His Christmas Day of 19 41 he passed digging gun emplace­ ments. New Year’s Day, 1942, he spent unloading bombs at a small railway siding on the coast. It was not until March, 19 42, that he had his posting to an embarka­ tion depot near Sidney and a month later he set sail for points unknown, as a civilian passenger on the S.S. President Monroe. Rumour had it that he and his companions were headed for Texas for they had been supplied with American currency upon departure. On a cold wet spring morning,' after twenty-one days at sea in total blackout ship docked at San Francisco, proceeded with its Australian seixgers to various stops along Western coast. Brandon, Manitoba, was his final destination and here he took the last course which gave him his wings in November, 1942. After a gradu­ ation leave spent with American hos­ pitality in Spokane, Seattle and Port­ land, he returned to Vulcan, Alber­ ta to take a Flying instructor’s Course. He “Was posted to No. 9 S.F.T.S. in the snows of February of this year, the first Australian to reach Centralia. He’s a long way from home and like all" Ills compatriots, he wants to keep right on going-—to the front line. lie wants to be a fighter pilot, so here’s a world of good luck to you, sergeant John Thorpe add may it not bo too long before your wish­ es come true. > was his of a pro­ F. Watson, Stanley, stated not opposed, providing a game warden were em- I-Ie felt more deer are be- during the year than Says Deer Never Safe Now Warden Tuckey reiterated opinion that the appointment full-time game warden would tect the wild life. Deer are taken at all times of the year, and he favored the open season. Reeve Percy Passmore thought it would be fairw if an open sea­ son for two days were allowed. It would tend to keep the situation within the law. Reeve he was full-time ployed, ing killed would be if there were an open season. Reeves in the northern part of the county warned that this fewer deer are being seen Reeve R. Bowman of Brussels he liked to see the deer, and, "to see the boys enjoy the hunt. His particular aversion at the time is blackbirds, which are becoming too numerous around Brussels. "They are' beautiful to look at but are a pest.” year and said also, Si Many Patriotic Grants Besides supporting the Victory Loan campaigns, the council spent $24,448 in patriotic war effort by donations to the following: Navy League of Canada, $2,5OP; Chinese War Relief, $1,000*; Aid to Russia Fund, $2,000; Red Shield, $3,*0 00; Queen’s Canadian Fund, $500; Bri­ tish Red Cross Societies in the county, $12,300; Greek War Relief, $1,000; Red Shield Home Front Drive, $500; quiz contest prizes, $123; advertising to help recruiting, $25. A balance of approximately $2,60*0 is yet to be expended. very substantial provided in connec- eosts and in view of relationship between hog prices, it seemsSeek Higher Produce Ceiling The following correspondence was read at the opening session of Huron County Council on Tuesday afternoon and referred to the sev­ eral committees foi* consideration; Concurrence is sought by the county of York in a resolution de­ claring that, whereas a serious shortage of food is impending and to assist farming operations, tne Wartime Prices and Trade Board be petitioned to raise the ceiling price on all farm products in keep­ ing with the farmer's cost of pro- ducton and in order to permit the fanner to secure farm labor by paying a rate of wages consistent with the wages paid to employees in industry. Copies of the resolu­ tion to be sent to the federal and ; the section be readjusted, provincial ministers of agriculture. A resolution from the county of Peel would petition the oil control­ lei’ of Canada to instruct the re­ gional control officials to recognize that the duties pertaining to mem­ bership in a municipal council are essential business when dealing with applications for extra .gasoline from members of municipal councils. A resolution from Wellington county urges that the Department of Highways be petitioned to au­ thorize the payment by the provin­ cial treasurer nicipal road ly, after the the approval neer of municipal roads, out action is taken to avoid borrowing money on which the interest is a large item in municipal financing. of a subsidy on mu- expenditures quarter- latter have received of the district engi- It is set in the resolution that this Would Extend Selective Service A resolution from Grey county recommends that the National Se­ lective Service be so extended that appointments be made of men knowing facts about agriculture and the management of various manu­ facturing indutries in every county and urban municipalities; that they work in cooperation and unison with as-“With the distance 'teing tion with feed the favorable feed costs and hardly likely that any such action would be taken at this time,” the Department of Agriculture wrote in answer to a resolution submit­ ted the was urn by Huron County Council at June session in which a request made fox’ an additional premi- of one cent per pound on hogs. Waterloo county in a resolution seeks to have shipments of western grain speeded up; and Wentworth county advocates a reduction in cur­ rent rates of bank interest on loans to county municipalities. The boundaries of S.S. 17 of Howick are the subject of a resolu­ tion forward by the Township Council from the Board of Trustees requesting that the boundaries of In a letter J. M. Game, public school in­ spector, describes the boundaries as "grossly inequitable.” A petition from Fordwich, enclosed in a let­ ter, asks that the boundaries be left as at present. Sheriff Nelson Hill wrote enclos­ ing a provincial inspection report on the county jail. The total com­ mitments in 19 41-42 were 85, and eight from April, 1943, to June, the same as the previous year. T. Manjuris, Goderich, in a let­ ter acknowledges a grant of $1,000 to the Greek Relief Fund. Tbe Dairymen’s Association Western Ontario advised convention will be held on January 12 and 13, for a grant of $ 5*0*. The tained the information that Huron county produced during the 1942 season, 4,662,668 pounds of cream­ ery butter, and 1,637,000 pounds of cheese. of that their in London and asked letter con- New Legislation Summarized A bulletin from the Department of Municipal Affairs contained a summary of municipal and school legislation recently enacted, some of which is given below: The Assessment Act as revised requires the assessor to add to the assessment roll the value of any building which, after the return of the roll, is erected, altered or en­ larged, ox' which ceases to be exempt. The Court of Revision may cancel or reduce taxes levied against a building that has been razed by fire or otherwise. The councils of local municipal­ ities must have the first not later than the second in January, and county not latex’ than the third in January, A section of nicipal Act provides that a county jail may be used for lock-up pur­ poses by any municipality. A sec­ tion is added to the act giving townships the authority to add one-fifth of one mill to the tax rate of certain ratepayers as membership fees in the Federation of Agricul­ ture. A new sub-section in the Sana­ torium for Consumptives Act gives the minister of health the powei* to direct that a patient, who has been discharged from a sanatorium but who is not being adequately cared for, shall, be returned to the sana­ torium, the expenses of his return and treatment to be borne by the municipality liable for after-care. An amendment to School Act raises salary to be paid to $600 to $800 a year. The minimum age ators of motor vehicles is reduced from 16 to 15 years, and for driv­ ers of public vehicles from 21 to 18 years. The social Security and Reha­ bilitation Act (new) is to provide for the establishment of a commit­ tee to consider social security, the rehabilitation of men of the armed forces and civilians, and post-war projects. 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