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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-08-02, Page 3THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 194S ‘Steamship Special’ for Child War Guests If BACK TO BRITAIN: Child war guests Who came to Canada from < Great Britain in 1940. when 6,600 of them were carried in Canadian Pacific ships, now are returning to the Old Country. A group of them arc shown above at dinner in the Windsor Station coffee shop prior to boarding a C.P.R. f "steamship special” for the east coast. Also making the trip were R.A.b. ; > dependents like the wee Scottish-Canadian (right), enroute to Falkirk and , her R.A.F. father, who trained and married m Canada. Village Stories at Kippen W. I. The July 'meeting of Kippen East Women’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. John Sinclair. The roll call was responded to with “the name of my first Sunday school superintendent,” followed by a talk on the 'place of the Sunday school in the community, given by Mrs. J. MdLean. Miss Margaret Mc­ Kay convener of historical research, presented the history of the Eg- mondville Church. This paper will be forwarded to the University of Western Ontario for the Tweeds- muir Village History. T. N. Forsythe gave an address on the school at No. 2 school sec­ tion in which he taught for 20 years. Mr. Forsythe paid a great tribute to Mr. Robb, former in­ spector of schools. Mrs. Hugh McGregor gave a talk j on the old-fashioned apple paring bee. The grandmothers were hon­ ored 'by being presented with bou­ quets of roses. Marie and Ann Sinclair sang, and Mrs. Ross Broadfoot played piano solos. A musical contest was conducted by Mrs. John McGregor and Miss Betty* Moore. Tea was served. LIST OF FALL FAIRS Tavistock ...................... Sept. 7, 8 Blyth .......................... Sept. 13, 14 Chesley ............. Hanover ................... Sept. 12, 13 Kirkton ................... Sept. 13, 14 Milverton .....................Sept. 13, 14 Mohawk (Indian Reserve, Deseronto)............... Sept. 12 'Mount Forest ............. Sept. 10, 11 New Hamburg ........... Sept. 14, 15 Orangeyille ................Sept. 11, 12 Palmerston ............. Sept. 14, 15 ■Strathroy .................. Sept. 10-12 Aylmer ....................... Sept. 19-22, Exeter ..................... Sept. 19, 20 Forest ..................... Sept. 18, 19 Galt ........................... Sept. 20-22 Glencoe ...................... Sept. 17, 18 Harrow ....................... Sept. 19-21 Kincardine ............'. Sept. 20, 21 Listowel .................... Sept. 19,20 Mildmay ................... Sept. 18, 19 Norwich ..................... Sept. 18, 19 'Parkhill .......................... Sept. 21 Seaforth .................. Slept. 20, 21 Shedden ......................... Sept. 19 Stratford .................... Sept. 17-19 Wiarton .................... Sept. 20, 21 Atwood ..................... Sept. 28, 29 Ilderton ......................... Sept, 29 Lucknow ................. Sept, 25, 26 Mitchell .................... Sept. 25, 26 Owen Sound ....Sept. 29, Oct. 1, 2 Paris .......................... Sept. 28, 29 Port Elgin ........... Sept. 28, .29 Rodney ...................... Sept. 25, 26 Thedford ......................Sept. 25, 26 Zurich .........................Sept. 24, 25 Alvin ston t......... Bayfield ...........< ............ Oct. 9, 10 .......... Oct, 9, 1.0 Ingersoll ..................... Oct. 8-10 Meaford .......................... Oct. 3, 4 St. Marys ............... Oct. 4, 5 Teeswater .................,.... Oct. 2, 3 Itching, Burning, Stinging 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, or the hands placed in hot water are most un- bearable, and relief is gladly welcomed. The relief offered by Burdock Blood Bitters is based on tho knowledge that such ailments aS eczema, and other skin troubles, are caused by an impure blood condition. Bring about inner Cleanliness by using B. B. B. to help cleanse the blood of its irnnUritiea. Ask at any drug counter for B. B. B. Price $1.00 a bottle. The T. Milburft Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. CENTRALIA Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wiggington, of Detroit, and Mrs. Elmer Calicut, of Port Huron, visited with Mr. and Mrs. P. Simpson on Thursday of last week. . The three ladies are sisters. \ Mr, and Mrs. Hubert Niel, of St. Thomas, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Penwarden. ILieut. Mildred Elliott (N.S.)„ of Camp Borden, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mur­ ray Elliott. Mrs. Grosvenor is spending a couple of weeks with her son in Strathroy; Miss Wils,on is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kerr while Mrs. Grosvenor is away. Mrs. T. Willis and Mrs. W. Bow­ den spent a few days last week at the former’s cottage at Grand Bend. Mrs. Clifford Hicks and young son left on Thursday of last week for their home in Winnipeg. Misses Helen and Shirley and Master Donald Lightoot visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. Baker in Goderich. Mrs. G. Flynn has returned to her home after nursing Mrs. El­ ford in Exeter. Visitors with her over the week-end were her daugh­ ter, Miss Marjorie Flynn and Pte. Harold Fifield, of London. On Tuesday afternoon, August 14th, the W.M.S. will entertain the members of the Baby Band with their mothers in the schoolroom of the church. Please keep the date in mind. Mrs. J. Burgie and family are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. W. Connor and Mr. and Mrs. F Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Collins, of London, visited for a couple of days last weqk with Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Kershaw. MOUNT CARMEL Miss Betty Ry’an, R.N., is visiting relatives in Chicago. Mr. Jack Barry, of Detroit, is spending a week with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morrissey and family, of Pain court, visited relatives here last week. Mrs. Dennis Mahoney is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harold Overholt in 'Stratford. Mrs. Matt Doyle and family, of London, are holidaying at their summer home here. Mr. and Mrs. Tuffield Ducharme, of Detroit, visited the latter’s sis­ ter Mrs. Jos. Mahoney on Saturday. Misses Adeline and Eleanor Keo- hane, of Detroit, visited their aunt. Mrs. Gus Morrissey last week. 'Lieut. N/S Marion McCarthy re­ cently returned from Germany is spending a 30 day leave with her father, Joseph McCarthy, A reception was held Sunday evening in the parish hall for Lieut. N/S M. McCarthy. Fr. Fogarty read an address and Mack McDonald presented her with a $50' Victory Bond on behalf of the parishioners. Marion has been posted in England, France, Belgium, Holland and fin­ ally Germany. NOW MORE PROFIT IN RAISING HOGS When does it pay to raise hogs? Most farmers figure they can make a profit on hogs when the selling price is well above the cost of feed eaten by the hog. In this calculation they are right: feed is the biggest part of the cost of raising hogs. But as neither the cost of feed nor the price of hogs stays steady for long, there are times when hog raising is more profitable than others, and now is that time. Economists say that this is prov­ ed iby the present hog-barley ratio, which is explained by Keith Leckie, a Dominion Department of Agricul­ ture economist who was born ana •brought up on a western Ontario farm which has always kept hogs, and has had more brood sows dur­ ing the war than ever before, and several mo-re this year than last. In the “Economic Annalist”, he de­ scribes the way he finds out when hog" raising is profitable, under what, he calls the Hog Feed Margin. He figures that it takes albout 14 bushels of barley to produce one hundred pounds of pork. So he mul­ tiplies by 14 the price of barley and subtracts this from the price paid per hundredweight for a Bl hog. The difference between these fig­ ure is the margin a farmer makes on selling barley as pork rather than as grain. .And in his figuring he takes into account the advance equalization payment made fby the Dominion Government to Western Canada barley growers and also the Dominion premium on quality hogs. This calculation shows that for every hundredweight of pork a far­ mer produces he has a margin of $8.32 above the cost of the barley it took to produce that hundred­ weight of pork. Of course, that $8.32 is not all clear profit. Allow­ ance must be made for labour and other expenses such as housing. But the point is that the margin of $8.32 a hundred—which is the present figure at Winnipeg-—is now higher than it has been at any time since war began. Now this margin of $8.32 may not hold all year. But to find a whole years when the Hog-Feed Margin averaged higher than at present, one has to go back to 1930. Labour cpsts are higher than they used-'to, be. And so is the cost of building a new pig pen. But these are not big items in the cost of raising hogs. The biggest cost is feed, and there is more margin in feeding grain to hogs now than there has been in 15 years. C.REDITON EAST Mrs. Leonard Wein spent. Satur­ day in London with her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heatherley and Mr. and Mrs. E. Hession. and Janet, of London, spent Sunday at the former’s cottage here. Mr. and Mrs. G. Miller and Mrs. K. Miller and Mr. and Mrss. L. Damm and Miss Shirley and Master Dale Damm and Miss A. MacKay, pf Saginaw and Cass City, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hill. Mrs. Murray Neil and Beverley spent a few days last week in Lon­ don. Cfn Howard and Mrs. Truemner and son Ronald spent the week-end here with Mr. D. Truemner and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wein, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sims, Doris and Betty and Rte, Alvin and Mrs. Sims spent Sunday at Grand Bend. “My wife has been nursing a grouch all the week.” “Been laid up, have you?” BRINSLEY Rev, A. S, Trueblood rendered a very fine solo in Brinsley United Church on Sunday last, entitled, “Alone With God.” Miss May and Pearl Harris, of Parkhill, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lewis and Thelma, and Mrs. Adams, of London, attended the funeral of the late, Mrs. Harriet Lewis on Tuesday last. Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Vaux and Mrs, Alice Gray, of Toronto, spent a few days with Miss Mary B. Amos. . Mrs. Earl Dixon and Mrs. Cecil Ellwood visited friends in Londod ou Wednesday last. Miss Mary Lee, of Exeter, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lee. Mrs. Minnie Shaddock, of Ilderton spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs, Wesley Dixon and her brother, Mr. 'Fred Fenton, Miss Lilly Bates, of Toronto, is holidaying at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Melvin Allison, of West McGillivray. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Gower and Reta and Miss Ida Hardy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Kuhn, of Crediton. The community will be sorry to know that Mrs. Wm. Darling was admitted to the London Hospital on Tuesday evening last. Mrs. Howard Fenton and child­ ren are spending a month with her father, Mr. Decker, of Dashwood. Mrs. John L. Hotson recently purchased from Mr. Earl Dixon, the acre of land on which Mr. Hot- son’s shop now stands. M|iss Orpha Watson, and vMiss Verna Weir, of Collingwood, who are at present students of the Nor­ mal School, of London, spent the week-end at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Watson. Little Joan Rock, of London, is spending some time with her grand­ father, Mr. J. IL. Amos. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Lewis are all smiles—it’s a boy! Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Trevethick on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. James Lumsden and family and Mr. Alex Walker and Donald, of Strathroy, Miss Margaret Amos, Gerald and Joan Rock, attended the Colman Picnic on Saturday last. Boys from the neighbourhood re­ turning home from overseas are Pte. M,ert Morgan, Pte. Jack Brad­ ley, Pte. Garnet Pierce and Pte. Sid Bentley and ’'bride. Miss Betty Morley, of Exetef, is holidaying at the home of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Morley. Social gening A number of friends and neigh­ bors gathered to spend a few so­ cial hours on Monday evening last with Miss Rose Ann Bradley be­ fore her departure to reside in Lu­ can. Miss Bradley has been a highly respected and life long resident of the 4th concession of McGillivray. Music and dancing was enjoyed by the young people. Miss Bradley was then presented with an end table and an electric lamp. We all wish her peace and contentment in her new home and also present­ ed Dorothy with a three-piece Pyrex bowl set. The address was read by Miss Audrey Morgan and the presentation made by Mrs. Ray Elson, and .was signed on behalf of the neighbours. BELL—-PUDNER At the United Church, Mitchell, Edith Irene Pudner, of Seaforth, daughter of Mrs. Gertrude Keen, Egmondville, became the bride of Ross William Stewart Bell, son of W. M. Bell, of Hensail, and the late Mrs. Bell. Rev. A. H. Johnston per­ formed the ceremony. Mrs. Harold Johnston was at the organ. The bride given in marriage by D. F. McGregor, clerk of Tuckersmith, was lovely in a floor-length gown of white faconne crepe. Her floor­ length veil with heart shaped head­ dress was imported from England, and .she wore a gold locket, gift of the groom and carried Talisman roses and bouvardia tied with pink ribbon. Miss Erma Walters, Sea­ forth, as maid of honor, wore heaven blue faconne crepe with string of pearis. Her headdress was a veiled cap caught with pink and blue flowers, and she carried Johanna Hill roses and bouvardia tied With rose ribbon, The brides­ maid, Miss Gertrude Murray, grad­ uate missionary of Toronto Bible College, wore her graduation dress, white priority crepe. Her headdress was caught with pink and blue flowers, and she carried blue del­ phiniums and Better Time roses tied with blue ribbon. Little Gert­ rude Kathleen Pudner in yellow sheer crepe was flower girl. The groom Was attended by Howard Hyde, of Hensail, and the usher was James Sangster, Hensall. The reception was held at the home of the bride’s mother in Egmondville. On the wedding trip to Toronto, Buffalo, Thousand Islands and Montreal, the bride traveled in red two-piece wool crepe with -red veiled hat and black accessories and carrying a brown tweed coat. Mr. and Mrs. Boll will reside on the groom’s farm on the Zurich road one mile west of Hensall.- Hensall Reception On Wednesday, Jhly 25, Hensall Town HaU, lovely with a baek-i ground of flags, the platform rep-' resenting a homo with welcome, sign, was the scene of a reception for the local boys returned from overseas. It was sponsored by the Ladies’ Five Hundred Club of Hen­ sail, The boys who were present were Major Howard Hemphill, LAC. Max Hudson, of London, for­ merly of Hensall, Cpl. Roy Brock, FO. Douglas Sangster (repatriated prisoner of war), LAG, Dave Sang­ ster, Cpl, ’Lloyd Noakes, Craftsman Harvey McLarnom and two guests, FO. Jim Wilson, Toronto, FO. Robert Long, Windsor. The recep­ tion was preceded by a banquet. Rev, R, A. Brook was in the chair for the program which consisted of community singing led by W; O, Goodwin. The address of welcome was given by Reeve E. R. Shaddick; vocal solo, W. O. Goodwon; reading Miss Eleanor Venner; violin selec­ tion, Miss Greta Lammiep piano duet, Mrs. R. H. Middleton and Miss Florence Welsh; tap dance selec­ tions, Miss Joyce Broderick; accom­ panists were Miss Gladys Lukei* and Miss Florence Welsh. Dr, A, R. Campbell, of Guelph, secretary of the Canadian Guernsey Cattle Club, formerly president of the war serv­ ice committee of Hensall, congrat­ ulated the boys upon their safe return to Canada. Each of the re­ turned men were called to the plat­ form by Rev. Mr. Brook and pre­ sented with a gift. JOSEPH TOOHEY, 54, DIES IN HOSPITAL Joseph M, Toohey, of London, died Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Hos­ pital after a long illness. He was born in Biddulph Township 54 years ago, and lived in London for 15 years. He is survived by five brothers, Dennis, of London, An­ thony, of Iowa, U.S.A., Patrick, Hubert and Timothy, all of Bid­ dulph Township, and three sisters, Rev. Mother Marcedes, Brescia Hall; Rev. Sister Regina, of St. Joseph’s Order, Delhi, and Mrs. B. Lampier, of Windsor. The funeral will be held from the residence of his brother Timothy, in Biddulph Township on Thursday morning to St. Patrick’s Church. Interment will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ALSO ASKING ESTIMATES ON REMODELING OF BUILDING School Nursing- Service Plans Are Completed; Three Nurses Engaged; Headquarters in Clinton At a meeting of the property committee of Huron County Coun­ cil at Goderich on Thursday, July 26, it was decided to ask an archi­ tect to submit plans and estimates for remodeling the Court House; also for plans for a new building. The health and hospital commit­ tee of Huron County Council has completed plans for- the inaugura­ tion of the school nursing plans as authorized by the Council. Three nurses have been secured, Miss Helen B. Gardner, of Niagara Falls, as supervisor; and Miss Mil­ dred Haberer, Zurich, and Miss Jean Falconer, Brucefield, as school nurses. It is hoped to se­ cure another nurse before the re­ opening of the schools in Septem­ ber. The headquarters will be in Clin­ ton, the office being located on the ground floor of a building owned •by Frank Fingland, K.C. It is being decorated both inside and out, up- to-date furniture has been purch­ ased and a new heating system in­ stalled, so that the office will be one of the best of its kind in the province. Miss Gardner will arive in Clin­ ton on Aug. 1, and the other nurs­ es later in the month. The tender for supplying the County Home with 200 tons of ooal has been awarded to George Ger­ man, Clinton, by the County Home committee of. Huron County Coun­ cil. CANADIAN HORSES FOR B.W.I. POLICE Eighteen police horses are on their way from Canada to do con­ stabulary duty in the British West Indies islands of Trinidad and Bar­ bados. All half-breeds, they were selected by the Dominion Depart­ ment of Agriculture from Breeding Stations at Brampton and Ailsa Craig, Ontario. Of this shipment, the six horses going to Barbadees average 15 hands, 1% inches in height and range in age from 4 to 7 years; the twelve horses Jor Trinidad average 15 hands, 3 inches, with an age range of 3 to 6 years. Since 1933, both Trinidad and Barbadbhs have obtained all their police horses from Canada. Foreman—-Doal’t yob SCC that sign, “No Hands Wahtod.” Applicant—! do, but I promised my wife I’d really ask for a lob to-day, and that’s why I applied. Page 3 .. ....................................... . RED CROSS FROLIC & DANCE will be held at KIRKTON FRIDAY, AUGUST 3rd BINGO your amusement DANC/NG NEW AND “OLD TIME” MUSIC SUPPLIED BY A GOOD ORCHESTRA $100 in War Savings Certificates Tickets 25c each; 6 for $1.00 1st Prize $40.00 2nd Prize $20.00 2 Prizes ............ $10.00 / 4 Prizes ............ $5.00 The Draw will be made at the Frolic Refreshment Booths on the Grounds. I Free Admission to Frolic. I DON’T MISS THIS ANNUAL EVENT j Exeter Girl Home after Spending 3^2 Years in War Plant at Ajax Miss Gertrude Stewart has re­ turned to her home here after three and a half years in the shell­ filling plant at Ajax, twenty-five miles east of Toronto, where she was with the statistical depart­ ment of Quality Control. Miss Stewart has given us the follow­ ing interesting description of the town and its projects. “This plant started closing down early in June and all production will be finished by the end of July. One section of Quality Control De­ partment will carry on for a time to complete the Plant Manual, which is a history of Plant Pro­ cedure. “The plant covered an area of 2,726 acres, formerly good farm lands bordering on Lake Ontario. Tlie construction for this project started in 1941, Inside this area, which by the way, was surrounded by high barb wire fence, well guarded, there was 30 miles of gravel road and. 30 miles of rail­ road. There were four assembly lines, three of which were approxi­ mately one mile long, as well as Pellet Line and Cap and Det. line. Storage magazines for components were at safe distances from each line. Both D.T.L. and Inspection laboratories were busy spots.' Trans­ portation, maintenance, safety, power and heating were all essen­ tial departments to grease the wheels of production. Adjoining the plant enclosure were the main head office buildings, for employment and administration; also a local ■bank, post office and hospital. There were separate residences for girls and men as well as the hotel or staff house and eight houses for plant manager and superintendents. These were supplied with heat and water from a central system inside the gates. The residences for girls were very comfortable, -each ac- commodating 100 girls, and having a well-furnished lounge with sew­ ing machine and facilities for per­ The Want Ads are your depart­ ment.—(Jse them. WANTED during the Tomato Season beginning about September 1st MAKE APPLICATION TO Libby McNeill & Libby CHATHAM, ONTARIO Even More Food is Needed Now! 'ffliiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiiim sonal laundry. They had a large recreation hall with main hall for dances or concerts, a library, bowl­ ing alley, ping -pong room, facilities for basket ball and badminton. Recreation and entertainment was well organized and supervised winter and summer. Meals were served at a central cafeteria when off duty or working outside the gates and at line cafeterias during working hours on the lines. “Employees gathered here from all over Carih-da and there were some grand people too. Early in 1942, construction of cottages for families commenced. This mush­ room village situated between the plant proper and Kingston High­ way sprang up in no time. It even­ tually had 617 homes, a school with 600 pupils, a community hall built by the local Kinsman Club of Ajax, a non denominational church, loaned by the United Church and a resident minister. Then to supply their daily needs a marketeria was built and started business. The village became very attractive with its lawns and gardens, as the local horticulture society gave prizes for the best garden. Women here were active in Red Cross and church work and many housewives worked in the plant. “When the plant was at its peak the total number of employees was 9,000 and total production from 1941 to 1945 was 40 million shells. Reports from the forces overseas in action were very gratifying. They said they could always depend on Canadian shells. Quality was essential and safety was the motto. Considering the nature of the work there were very few accidents. The morale of the employees was very good and whenever a Victory Loan came along they never failed to reach and go over their quota or objective.”