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THE TIMES^ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1945
He
CHATHAM, ONTARIO
so much?
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STEPHEN COUNCIL
more
don’t really need. We must support
replied,
around
up for a moment
and then, with a
lunged at Brett,
“Why do
you do ?
the
off
in
the
land hack
your hoy
door, ana
the plane
8 p.m.
Reeve;
and
.g him
once
were
you
> his chances
He’ll go out to-
that’s the way things
take off
running
dress.
eyes,
You
acting
“Look,
asked,
his big
Lesley
the day
greatest
’the big
the hero everybody
busy,”
angry
(To Be Continued)
Lesley lias a fearful night.
up at him, under-
one thing. “Why do
she whis-
by .»
Rita Hanson
Letters from Whaleo
Boys Overseas
Mrs. Leverne Morley, of Whalen,
is in ........................ '
tors
FORMER EXETER COUPLE
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
,The story thus tai’: Lesley Sauu*
ders goes to 'Guayalagos to visit her
sister, Edith, whose husband is hi
pilot with Brett Hawley's air line,
and soon finds herself falling in
love with the new and generally dis
liked pilot, Jimmie «■ -Stearne. Edith
is distressed because, although she
and her Nick are deeply in love,
she hates to think of Lesley marry
ing one of these “bush pilots”
whose first love is flying and whose
lives are in constant danger. She
promotes a match between Lesley
and the wealthy Senor Miguel del
Santo, whose affection for the
American girl is evident. Lesley’s
interest remains with Jimmie, how
ever, and slightly but increasingly
with Brett Hawley himself. When
she learns that a scheduled flight
is to be made regardless of a raging
storm she is stricken with appre
hension for fear Jimmie is to be
the pilot. Her suspicions confirmed
by Jimmie, who is in no condition
to fly, she hastens to Brett’s house
and finds him there with Pel San
to’s secretary,
CHAPTER VI
Lesley stood in the doorway and
looked at Estella • Vargos. “Oh!”
she said. “Excuse me! I didn’t
know you had company.”
“I haven’t,” Brett said crossly.
“Come on in, Take off your coat.”
“No, thank you!” Lesley an
swered crisply. “I can come back
again when you’re not so
She was surprised at how
she was,
“For Pete’s sake? stop
Silly.” Hd* turned to Estella,
your clothes are all dry now. Be
a good girl and go home. My car’s
right outside."
Estella looked at Lesley with
black hatred in her dark eyes. “I
would not have come here to get
out of the rain if I had known I
was to be such a bother,” she said.
“I see how improper I was to spoil
your rendezvous. But now I stay
until I am dry.”
Brett reached down suddenly and
picked her up. “Estella, I’m through
telling you not to come here.
There’s no excuse for you to stay
any longer:” He kicked open the
door and started out with her. Her
Latin fury burst into action. She
still had her riding crop in ’her
hand and she lashed it across his
face as hard as she could, while
he carried her down the steps to
the car.
“This is worth coming out in the
rain to see,” Lesley said.
Brett deposited the girl in the
car and slammed the door. 'She
started the car with a jerk that
threw him backwards, and roared
across the field. Brett grinned. Then
winced as he fingered an ugly
bluish-pink mark on his face.
“You have to fight women off,
don’t you?” Lesley mocked him.
“The big strong American hero!”
“What’s the matter? Jealous?”
He laughed, and pulled a damp curl
that hung down over her forehead.
He shut the door and took her drip
ping coat. She saw his face in the
light. “Brett, that looks awful; she
hurt you! Have you got something
to put on it?”
“The first blow was the one that
got me, After that I ducked all the
time. Estella’s quite an impetuous
girl.” He looked in a wall cabinet
and found some salve.
“Was that an act, or don’t you
really like Estella?” she
perching on the corner of
desk.
“I don’t trust her,” he
“Got an idea she’s hanging
here to see what she can see. Don’t
know who she’s working for hut
I think she fancies herself as a
Mata Hari.” He -brushed back his
damp hair and sat down in a big
armchair facing her. There was a
short silence. Lesley realized she’d
have to start explaining her-reason
for coming, For a moment in the
excitement, she had almost forgot
ten it.
“I . . . I’ve come to tell you that
I think you’re being very unfair
about Jimmie Stearne.” She said it
levelly and watched the easy smile
leave his face and his eyes turn
cold. “I don’t think you have any
right to send him out under the
circumstances.”
“Oh, you don’t,” he answered.
“What are the circumstances?”
“Well, anybody can see . . . he's
the youngest man here, with the
least' experience and he knows
nothing of the country compared to
Jerry ot Murray or Hennessey.”
“I should send someone else out
tonight, just to keep your darling
-home', safe? He- Was scheduled to go
out tonight. The storm shouldn’t
make any difference.”
“But you want that shipment to
get through, don’t you? Even if you
don’t care what happens to Jimmie.
Well, Jimmie will never -do it, I
know him, and I know he can’t do
it!”
They were both standing and
facing one another now. “Miss
Saunders, you’re a very beautiful
girl,” Brett said with a cutting
edge to his voice, “And I know all
the men adore you. But I happen
to foe the one who’s running this
airline. Maybe you’ve forgotten,
but I never forget!”
“You certainly don't!”
snapped, “Every minute of
you’re Brett Hawley; the
flyer in South America,
powerful boss,
admires!”
“And the guy with the responsi
bility of life and death* hanging
over him,” Brett concluded for her.
“You don’t know -how much easier
it is to go into danger yourself,
rather than send someone else into
it. But it can’t be done that way:
Stearne takes his chances with
everybody else,
night because
work out!”
She looked
standing only
you hate him
pered.
He grasped
you love • him the way
You’d send everyone of us to hell
to keep him safe, wouldn’t you?”
She struggled and released his,
grip on' her arms. “Nothing I say
makes any difference to you. I
shouldn’t have come. Nobody can
talk to you!”
A bell rang in the room. Brett
said, “That's a report.” And openea
the door on a short covered walk
that led to the radio tower. Windy
was standing in the tower doorway
and Brett crossed over to talk to
him.
Windy looked worried; his broad,
seamed face was frowning at the
paper he held in his hands. In spite
of herself, Lesley moved toward
them. She couldn’t hear what they
were saying because of the rain.
Then Brett saw her standing there.
He said, “A» weather report just
came in. The storm’s worse on the
other side of -Cuyajara. No sign of
a let-up. Ice in the mountains.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means,” Windy said, "that
flying is impossible tonight. We’re
grounded and it’s nobody’s fault.”
“Oh,” Lesley said, and the -relief
she felt was weakening.
Brett lit a cigarette and walked
over to the other end of the R room
and back again. “I can’t fail to de
liver again,” he said. “You know
that stuff has' got to go through.
And, if we take it through they’ll
realize what kind of service this
airline will give.”
“Nobody would exepct anything
tonight,” Windy said gently.
“They would!” Brett snapped.
“Rather their contract does. -If they
break it now, we’re through.” He
threw the cigarette on the floor and
stamped on it. “Well,” he said se
riously, “I've
weather that
Bowel Complaints
of
During the hot Summer and early
fall months most < children, and
especially those teething, ata subject
to diarrhoea, dysentery1, Colic, cholera
infantum and other boWel com
plaints. ,Every mother should keep a bottle
of Dr* Fowler’s Extract of Wild
Strawberry in the home as a pro
tection against sudden attacks of
those troubles. tDon’t experiment With neW and
untried remedies. Consider yotir
child ’s health. Get ‘ ‘ Dr. Fowler’s >’
it has been successfully used by
thousands of Canadian mothers dur
ing the past 94 years it has been on
the market „
Don’t accept a substitute.
Get the genuine “Dr. Fowler’s?*
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and I’m sticking to it! I can do it,
if you can . ♦ . maybe better.”
“Stearne,” Brett snapped, “get
out of here. You're through jf you
can’t follow orders, Bp on home
and sleep, it off.”
Jimmie backed
as though cowed
sudden fierceness,
and hit him a glancing blow on
the jaw. Brett countered and with a
single heavy blow, knocking Jim
mie to the floor. He picked him up
and carried him to his bed. “Take
care of him,” he said to Lesley
shortly and went out.
An hour later, when the rain had
begun falling at an even pace in
stead of in wild gusts, the airport
crowd gathered at the sides of
runway to watch Brett take
They stood in huddled groups
the misty light, and listened to
thunder back of Cuyajara.
Jim still lay in Brett’s house,
hadn’t been knocked unconscious,
but he had turned his face to the
wall and refused to talk to Lesley.
She knew he was ashamed of him
self and she left him alone.
Now she stood with the raincoat
over her head again, next to Brett
who wts preparing to climb into
the cabin. He gave a few last in
structions to Windy. Lesley held out
her hand to him. “-Good luck,
Brett.” It was such an inane thing
to say. .
He looked at her without smiling
and took her in his arms and kissed
her so hard the raincoat slipped to
the ground. “That’s for luck," he
said softly. “And to give me some
thing to come back to,‘You'll owe
me another kiss when I
here . . . tor saving
friend!”
He slammed the cabin
she stood and watched
with the cold drops of rain
down her face and onto
never found -any
couldn’t be flown
through one way or another.”
“Brett!" Windy said, his
widening. “You wouldn’t,
aren’t that nuts!”
“Maybe I am. Listen, get all the
reports you can. Find out how con
ditions are at the other end. And
check the radio carefully . . . I’ll
be using it a lot."
He strode back into his house
and Lesley ran after him. “Brett,
don’t go! No contract's worth los
ing your life over!”
“Oh, cut the dramatics!” he
yelled. “Windy’s an old woman!
.He’s got nothing to do but worry.
Get over to Little Mama’s and tell
.her to whip up some coffee and
stuff, mostly coffee. I’ll leave in
about an hour.”
“But Brett . . ."she protested.
He took the raincoat off a chair
and put it around her head. “'Get
going. Be a good girl!” He opened
the door and she stepped out on
the porch. Jimmie was. standing at
the foot of the steps.
‘Tve been looking for you. You
got my raincoat,” he said loudly. He
stood swaying in the 'pouring ram
and he had obviously had a lot to
drink since -she’d left him. Yet the
cold rain seemed to be soberim
quickly for he shook his head
and then said, “Lesley, what
you doing here? What were
saying to Brett?”
“Nothing!” she said, looking back
■at Brett, who stood outlined against
the light in the doorway,
dropped in to see
home and he told
cided to make the
sending you.”
.Timmi.e walked
“Yon mean I’m not going tonight?
“That’s "
could see
two men.
body else
“Lesley
“Figure
Brett started to turn away.
Lesley said, “Jimmie, that wasn’t
the reason! He really thinks it
would be better if he goes!”
up!”
“I don’t need
out of things!’
the porch now,
take that ship
ing to do it!”
“You’re going to go back home to
bed and forget about it,” Brett an
swered him evenly, “After you’ve
apologised to Lesley for making a
fool of yourself,”
Jimmie was pale with anger. I-te
felt that he had been betrayed, for
l Lesley had told Brett of his fear.
“Damn you, you gave mo my order,
I just
if he’d drive me
me that he’s de-
l’light instead Of
toward Brett,
it,” Brett said. Lesley
the dislike between the
‘1 can’t afford to let any-
go.”
asked you to!”
it out any way you Tike,”
Jimmie said rbughiy.
a woman to get me
* He Was standing on
, facing Brett, “I can
through and I’m go-
The -regular monthly meeting of
the Council of the Township of
Stephen was held in the Council
Chambers, Crediton, on Tuesday
evening, August 7 th, at
Present: Alonzo McCann,
Thos. Love, Deputy Reeve;
Councillors Arthur J. Amy, Nelson
Schenk and Ed, Lippert. The min
utes ot‘ the previous meeting were
read and adopted on motion of
Thos. Love and Ed. Lippert. Car
ried.
Moved by Thos. Love, seconded
by Nelson Schenk: that By-law 616
apointing Maurice Masse as Con
stable for the Township of Stephen
he elven a first, second and third
reading and finally passed on Aug.
7, 1945. Carried.
Mr. W. H. Hodgson and Mr.
Cowan representing The General
Accident Assurance Co., waited on
the Council regarding road liability
insurance -and urged that the am
ount of the policy be increased. Af
ter some consideration and on mo
tion of N. Schenk and Ed. Lippert,
it was decided to leave the policy
as before, namely $5,000, $10,000
Public Liability and $1,000 Prop
erty Damage.
Moved 'by Thos. Love, seconded
by A. Amy: that the Council grant
permission to Mr. Fred C. Walker,
of Grand Bend, to repair a portion
of the Walker Drain at his own ex
pense. Clerk instructed to -notify
Mr. Walker.
Mr. John Manors and Mr, Herb
P-file from P.V. of Grand Bend
waited -On the Council and urged
that some action be taken regard
ing sanitation in the village. Reeve
McCann decided to contact Dr. Tay
lor, medical health officer and have
an inspection made; also the -Coun
cil of Stephen plan -on holding a
special meeting in Grand Bend on
Friday, August 10, to meet with the
village trustees, to discuss matters
of importance pertaining to the vil
lage.
Moved by Thomas Love, seconded
'by N. Schenk: that the following
'road accounts be paid: Township of
Stephen $399.39; Centralia Police
Village 4.20; Grand Bend Police
Village 403.88; Total $807.47.
Moved'by Nelson Schenk, second
ed by A. Amy: that the following
general -accounts be paid: M. C.
Sweitzer, meeting with assessor of
Bosanquet for equalization of U.S.S.
No. 8 $5.00; M. 'C. Sweitzer, meet
ing With assessors of Usbovne add
Exeter for equalization of U.S.S.
No. 9 $5.00; transfer to No. 2 ac
count of 50% Road Subsidy 650.01;
'J. H, Hoffman, funeral expenses
and ambulance for John Marriott
38.00; T, H. Hoffman, ambulance
for Richard Masse 8.00;, County
Clerk, hospital expenses for J.
Marriott 4.50; Vernon Schatz, re
lief for Tyler 16.00; G. A. Love,
relief for Marriott 12.00;
rough’s Adding Machine Co
new machine 119.70; Restemeyer-
Miller. relief for Tyler 16.00; L. H.
Turnbull, hauling gravel 6.00; Geo,
Eilber, making tile 82.00; Centralia
Farmers’ Co-op., cement 45.50;
Dashwood Planing Mill, lumber for
Town Hall 88.68; B. Klenzle, labor
On’Town Hall 18.40; $1,114.79,
As Labor Day falls on Munday,
September 3rd, the meeting of the
Council will be held on Tuesday,
September 4th, 1945, at 2 p.m,
The meeting was then adjourned,
L. R. Hodgson, Clerk,
Margery:
I received the parcel the “Whalen
Nigers” sent me, and was tickled
pink to get it. I’d sure like to be
back and get in on some of the
shows and things around the cor
ner. I think I
especially when
don’t hear any
here.
Speaking of
in Brussels the other
tops anything I ever
Canadian Navy Show.”
ly good.,
The only pice thing about it
here is that we’re billeted in a
private home. Just myself and an
other fellow at this place
people are grand, They
washing, nice clean sheets
•bed jusf like home, only we can’t
understand what they say. It’s
surely lots of fun making conver
sation with aur feet and arms fly
ing.
I hear the lads have been north
fishing. There’s no fishing or shoot
ing here, and I think that’s what
I miss most.
Hoping to hear from you again.
Thanking you,
As ever,
Roy Hodgson,
Luxemburg, Germany.
Dear Margery:
It is impossible for me to express
my thanks, to the depth of my
feelings, for the lovely parcel I
received this morning. I wish io
thank all concerned because it is
highly appreciated by me, The eats
are lovely and the towels and oth
er toilet articles are just what I
needed.
I am getting rather tired of this
life. Now that the fighting is over,
I surely would love to be back
you all again.
Although I’ve only been
here since August ’44, I have
plenty and been through a little.
I came to the continent from.’ Eng
land the first day of October ’44,
and was then stationed less than
a mile from the front at Eindore,
Holland. I crossed into Germany
on my birthday, April 11, 1945.
That is how we celebrate special
days over here. There are many
things I could tell. But I will close
now. Thanking you again.
As always,
Lloyd Dobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. .8, J. Smith, of Lad
ner, ILCm
Montreal,
guests at “Ladner Acres”,
the occasion of their Weddtifo
niversary and Mrs. Smith's birth
day. Cocktails were served on the
terrace after .which a chicken din
ner was served by candle light in
the green room. The remainder of
the evening was spent playing
bridge. Among the guests were
Mrs. Paul Ladner, of Ladner, Sgt.
and Mrs, E, Am esse and Christine,
of Montreal, Que., LAC and Mrs. R.
Gregson,
Sgt, and
Ontario.
The home of the bride’s
Mrs. Vesta Streets, Clinton,
the setting of the marriage
urday, August 18 th, of her
est daughter, Cora Isobel, to Raye
B. Paterson, Toronto, only sop of
Mr, and Mrs, Robt. J. Paterson, of
Hensail, Standards of white and
pink gladioli formed the background
for the ceremony with Rev. D. J.
Lane, of Clinton Presbyterian
church, officiating. The wedding
music was piped by Corporal W, J.
Mutch, of the R.C.A.F. Pipe Band,
Centralia, brbther-in-law of the
bride. Given in marriage by her
brother, Beecher Streets, the bride
wore a street length dress of turquoise blue ’fashioned with eyelet
cap sleeves and peplum. Her match
ing veiled hat was caught to a halo
of tiny red rose buds and she car
ried Better Time roses. Norma |
Streets, sister of the bride, attend
ed' as bridesmaid wearing a street
length dress of beige silk jersey
and carried Talisman roses. Roy F.
Errington, of Toronto, attended as
best man. At the reception, the
ibride’s mother received in printed
silk jersey with corsage of red
roses, and the groom’s mother, who
assisted in receiving, chose moss
green with corsage of pink roses.
Mrs. Victor Heeley, Clinton, and
Misses Kay Ross and Jean Morgan,
of Toronto, friends of the bride,
assisted in serving. The couple left
later for a trip through New York
State, the bride travelling in a
cocoa brown gabardine suit with
matching accessories. On their re
turn Mr. .and Mrs. Paterson will
take up residence in Toronto. Guests
were present from Toronto, Detroit,
London, Goderich, Hamilton,
Hensail.
Bur-
for
June Is the season that, they
really believe that “two >can live
cheaper than one,’r Winter is the
time when they find out that it
can’t be done. -
NTFh
Seasonal Workers
during the Tomato Season
beginning about September 1st
MAKE APPLICATION TO
Died in Michigan
The Mancelona Herald, of Mam
celona, Michigan, records the death
of Samuel L. Wisler, aged 82, who
died June 28th.
major operation
ed his strength.
Indiana. At the
moved to Mancelona. In 1889 he
wag united in marriage to Priscilla
Dearing, of Exeter. No children
were born to this union. In 1906,,
they adopted a daughter, Beulah,
now Mrs. John D, Patton, of Coos
Bay, Oregon. ’Surviving are his
widow and daughter , t and four
grandchildren.
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you need more than bricks! You
need security—a job—a future! And
these depend on a Canadian dollar
that will always buy a full dollar’s
worth of goods—a steady, sound
dollar that’s not pulled down to
half .its value by inflation! That’s
why it’s necessary NOW—more than
ever how—for all of us to tight and
work to keep that dollar worth a
dollar!
Why is it so important NOW?
Because now is the time civilian goods
are scarce* and money is plentiful.
NOW is the time we must guard
against paying MORE than things
are worth .,. or buying things we
rationing, observe price ceilings, and
avoid bla,ck markets. If we do this,
we can keep prices from shooting
sky high. If we don’t, some day we’ll
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worth of goods. This means your
dollars—-those dollars you’ve saved
to buy your home—-will only be worth
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And after inflation comes depres
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returned men to whom we owe a job,
a future, a home of their own—-we
must make sure Canada’s dollar re
mains steady* We must keep up a
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enemy-—inflation!
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Make this Pledge Today!
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In fighting inflation:
By observing rationing and avoiding
black markets in any shape or
form.
By respecting price cortWok and other
anti-inflation measures, and re
fraining from careless and unneces
sary buying. I will not buy two
where one will do, tror will X buy
a “new** where an “old” will do.
By buying Victory Bonds, supporting
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by all such measures
which wilt lower the
cost of living and
help keep prices at a
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